NOVEL NEXT Chapter 55 - 55: Testing the Molotov Cocktail
Chapter 55: Chapter 55: Testing the Molotov Cocktail
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Wang Tao felt a bit disappointed; this time it didn’t replenish his HP.
“Not sure if this blood replenishing is a one-time thing or periodic…”
After muttering to himself, Wang Tao looked at Ding Yuqin, who was lying on the bed like a dead fish, and patted her butt.
“Sister-in-law, time to get up and cook!”
“…Mhm.”
Ding Yuqin gave Wang Tao a blushing glance and then said softly,
“I, I think I’ll take a shower first…”
“Perfect, I was thinking the same, let’s go together.
Wang Tao grinned.
After a quick shower, Wang Tao started his morning training at home with a bare chest.
Wang Tao really enjoyed working out because he could clearly feel that his daily training was improving his strength. Although the improvements were not substantial, the sensation of receiving rewards for his effort was quite exhilarating.
“Wang Tao, it’s time to eat!”
After preparing breakfast, Ding Yuqin habitually set up Wang Tao’s bowl and chopsticks first, while she herself didn’t take anything, standing by waiting for
Wang Tao to sit down.
“Aren’t you eating, sister-in-law?”
After Wang Tao sat down, he looked at Ding Yuqin and asked.
“Oh…”
Ding Yuqin then happily went to grab her own bowl and chopsticks.
From now on, her three meals a day should be secure.
“Eat more, sister-in-law, you’ve lost weight.”
“Yes, thank you…”
Ding Yuqin had been severely frightened these past few days and hadn’t eaten much. Although she had managed to eat a bit yesterday, her HP was still only a
little over thirty.
Since Ding Yuqin had chosen to follow Wang Tao, he certainly wouldn’t be stingy; he had to at least make sure her HP was fully replenished.
The two of them didn’t speak again, eating silently.
However, Ding Yuqin would occasionally steal glances at Wang Tao, who was well aware of her looks, but he didn’t mind.
-I’m done eating. I’m going to go down for a bit later, you just stay home and don’t wander off.”
“Ah? Wang Tao, you’re going to…”
Ding Yuqin instinctively felt a little scared whenever she heard Wang Tao was about to leave.
“I’m going to clear out the zombies in the residential courtyard. Having so many zombies outside isn’t right.”
Wang Tao explained.
With the main gate of the complex locked and all the other unit doors downstairs locked as well, the only zombies left were those in the courtyard.
He definitely had to clean them out. Plus, with the zombies around, he wouldn’t be able to bring the stuff from the car over.
“Ah? So many zombies… Be careful…”
Ding Yuqin quickly put down her bowl and chopsticks and grabbed Wang Tao’s hand, her voice tinged with nervousness.
There were at least twenty zombies in the courtyard. She could hardly imagine how Wang Tao would clear them out, but she didn’t doubt him; she was just very worried.
“Don’t worry, I have a secret weapon!”
Wang Tao patted Ding Yuqin’s hand and then went to put on his gear. Ding Yuqin hurried to help him.
His previous clothes had been discarded, and the books were damaged, but Wang Tao still had plenty of those. He found a new set of clothes, fresh books, and then taped them all up.
Ding Yuqin found other equipment for Wang Tao, and as she helped him dress, she saw the battle scars on his body. She subconsciously caressed the scabbed wounds, expressing her concern,
“What happened with these wounds? Do they hurt?
Wang Tao just smiled indifferently.
“Got them on the road yesterday, but they’re just minor injuries, not painful.” In fact, they did hurt quite a bit yesterday. However, since he had replenished his blood while with Ding Yuqin at night, the wounds had healed a lot, and naturally, they didn’t hurt as much anymore.
“Wait for me to come back, and I’ll treat your wound again…
Ding Yuqin said, biting her lower lip.
Upon hearing that the injury was sustained yesterday on the way back, Ding Yuqin felt even more touched, after all, this was a wound Wang Tao had gotten for her…
“Mhm.”
Wang Tao nodded.
After all preparations were done, Wang Tao left the house, carrying a box full of Molotov cocktails.
With so many zombies in the community, it was impossible for him to single-handedly take on a group. It wasn’t a matter of whether he could win, but rather the risk was too great, and the potential gain was not worth the danger.
Wang Tao already had an idea of the power of these Molotov cocktails. When attacking a “Terrorizer” zombie, a single strike would cause around fifty to sixty HP of damage, while a Molotov cocktail could burn more than fifty HP in one second. Although he was unsure of the exact damage it would do to these Ordinary zombies, even if it was only around fifty, it would be enough.
After all, this was a continuous area-of-effect attack!
With this powerful weapon at his disposal, he didn’t need to take risks. Carrying the Molotov cocktails, he arrived at apartment 201 and opened the window.
The body of the bespectacled man he threw down yesterday was now only a skeleton. A few zombies were gnawing at the bones.
However, it seemed the zombies’ teeth hadn’t evolved much, as they were still unable to gnaw on some of the larger bones.
Wang Tao knocked on the window, immediately attracting the attention of some zombies.
He stood by the window, occasionally knocking on it. Soon, four zombies had gathered beneath the window.
“Heh heh…”
“Roar…”
Looking at those zombies that were agitated but couldn’t climb walls, Wang Tao cracked a smile.
He lit a Molotov cocktail, then hurled it down at the zombies.
Splash-
Boom—
After the Molotov cocktail shattered on the ground amidst the zombies, flames burst forth, and Wang Tao could distinctly feel a wave of heat.
He looked closely and saw numbers beginning to float above the heads of the zombies engulfed in the sea of fire.
[-64]
[-63]
[-61]
[-]
“Molotov cocktail attacks against Ordinary zombies only do slightly more damage than against Terrorizers?”
Wang Tao was somewhat surprised, as he had added extra ingredients to the cocktail.
It was not much of an issue though, since the Molotov cocktails would burn for quite a while, and these zombies would definitely be burned to death.
The roaring of these zombies attracted others, but seeing the flames, the other zombies were unwilling to approach, just roaring and watching from a distance.
Wang Tao wasn’t in a hurry, as he still had plenty of Molotov cocktails in his hands, enough to take out these zombies.
“Hm? The damage is getting lower?”
Wang Tao noticed that as the zombies’ HP dropped, the damage inflicted by the fire was also decreasing.
Soon, three zombies had fallen to the ground with a sliver of HP left, but they weren’t dead.
The flames continued to burn; although the gasoline in the Molotov cocktails had burned up, the zombies’ bodies were flammable and could continue to burn. It just didn’t smell too good.
Wang Tao silently waited for a while, and three of the zombies were burned to death. The one that had not died because the flames had initially only caught its arm was now spreading to its body.
But the three dead zombies didn’t drop any loot, nor did they increase Wang Tao’s HP limit.
“Damn! Doesn’t it count as my kill? Those I shot dead with a gun counted, why doesn’t burning them to death count?”
Wang Tao was puzzled, realizing he would have to experiment more in the future to understand the situation.
However, if burning the zombies to death didn’t count as his kills, he would have to change his combat approach!
“I have to go down there! First, I need to burn them until they are crippled, then finish them off with a blade! Otherwise, these zombies’ deaths would be too wasteful!”