NOVEL NEXT Chapter 623 - 258 Awakening Key_3
"Brother! We’ve made it out of the city, I see our car!"
Phew—
Upon hearing this, Wang Tao finally breathed a sigh of relief; he was very grateful that the route he had chosen earlier was the right one.
It wasn’t until everyone had gotten into the car without any danger that Wang Tao could no longer hold on, and he collapsed into Jiang Shixue’s arms.
"I’ll sleep for a while..."
"Brother!"
"Wang Tao!"
...
"Water..."
Wang Tao felt his mouth was very dry and called out subconsciously.
Then he felt a cool sensation at the corner of his mouth, and as Wang Tao slowly opened his eyes, he saw a pair of pure, clear, large eyes.
"Brother!"
Jiang Shixue put down the glass and tightly grabbed Wang Tao’s hand. Wang Tao looked up to see the familiar ceiling of the military base room and also saw a group of people standing beside his bed.
"Wang Tao! Sob… I thought..."
Yang Changhong was holding Wang Tao’s hand, her eyes slightly swollen.
"Brother Wang, you’ve finally woken up!"
Xu Xiaojun clenched his fists tightly, his eyes also somewhat red.
"Brother Wang..."
Nie Siyan seemed to have cried as well.
"You finally woke up, kid!"
He Jijun showed a smile on his face.
"Woof woof!"
Lightning, who had been quietly guarding by the bed, immediately jumped up and then excitedly ran around under the bed.
Wang Tao got out of bed and vigorously rubbed Lightning’s head, then smiled at everyone and said:
"Don’t worry, I was just very tired. I’m all right now."
He remembered what had happened before; he had said he was going to sleep for a while. At that time, he had been seriously injured and looked pitiful, so such a statement could easily be misunderstood.
After all, others couldn’t see the HP bar and didn’t know that Wang Tao still had over thirty thousand blood.
"You’re really strong!"
He Jijun gave a thumbs-up.
"How long did I sleep?"
Wang Tao asked.
"About sixteen hours, it’s eight o’clock in the evening now. It’s already dark."
Yang Changhong hastily spoke up.
"That’s not too bad… You all haven’t rested, have you? Go get some rest!"
Wang Tao saw that they all looked not in the best of spirits, evidently not having rested much.
"I’m off to rest; this old man can’t keep up with you young people!"
He Jijun left right away. Now that Wang Tao was all right, he felt relieved.
Xu Xiaojun nodded at Wang Tao and then left as well.
Nie Siyan wanted to stay, but seeing that Yang Changhong and Jiang Shixue were there to attend to Wang Tao, she tactfully left.
Only Wang Tao, Jiang Shixue, Yang Changhong, and Lightning remained in the room.
Jiang Shixue was quite alert; her body was special, and she wasn’t tired at all. Yang Changhong, on the other hand, looked completely exhausted.
Wang Tao immediately picked up Yang Changhong, and amid her startled cries, tossed her onto the bed.
"You sleep too, hurry up."
"Oh~"
Feeling Wang Tao’s overbearing concern, Yang Changhong felt sweetness in her heart.
Wang Tao sat on the edge of the bed, gently caressing Yang Changhong’s face until she soon fell into a deep sleep.
Then Wang Tao took Jiang Shixue to sit on the sofa and asked her about what had happened after he fell asleep. Stay updated via empire
"Once we left the city area, there wasn’t much danger. We encountered quite a few zombies on the way back to the base, but none were a match for us... As for those two giant zombies, they didn’t appear again."
"That’s good. Those level 4 zombies are truly terrifying!"
Wang Tao exclaimed with a sigh.
After checking on Jiang Shixue and Lightning to ensure both the woman and dog were fine, he then turned his attention to his own attributes.
[HP: 37353/110000]
[Mana: 1394/45000]
[Special Energy: 450000]
[Awakening Key: 1 (Inactive)]
[Level: Level 3]
[Hidden Attributes: Improved Body Conditions, Night Vision, Plant Affinity]
A poor physical state could affect the speed of mana recovery. With not much mana, he couldn’t use Self-healing, which is why Wang Tao’s HP wasn’t high.
However, it wasn’t a big problem. He could just find Yang Changhong later to restore some mana.
But Wang Tao’s focus wasn’t on HP and mana – it was on the Awakening Key he had acquired!
This Awakening Key had appeared after he killed the Level 4 Black Skin Night Demon. When he set his sights on the "Awakening Key," an explanation appeared.
[Awakening Key: The key needed for awakening (obtained by killing a creature of Lord level 4 or above, either of the same level or higher)]
[Inactive: Currently unusable, requires 3 conditions for activation]
[1. Max out HP (Completed)]
[2. Max out Special Ability Level (Not completed)]
[3. Possess Hidden Attributes (Completed)]
[Note: Automatically ascend to level 4 after awakening]
Reading these introductions, many of Wang Tao’s previous questions were resolved!
Only through awakening could one ascend to level 4! Without awakening, it would be impossible to reach level 4!
But awakening required an Awakening Key, which could only be obtained by killing creatures of Lord level 4 and above!
Wang Tao had felt it before, that ascending from level 3 to level 4 would probably have additional requirements and wouldn’t be as simple as before... Now it seemed this was indeed the case!
However, obtaining this Awakening Key wasn’t just difficult – it was as challenging as ascending to heaven!
After all, one had to personally kill a creature of Lord level 4 or above!
Only someone like Wang Tao, who had fought with a level 4 Zombie Lord himself, knew how strong they were!
If it weren’t for the Night Demon, they might have been utterly defeated by another level 4 zombie... And to kill it personally, not to mention that unlike Ascension Crystal Cores which could be traded, this greatly increased the difficulty!
Of course, even with an Awakening Key, one couldn’t awaken immediately; the Key needed to be activated, which required three conditions—
The first condition was to max out HP, presumably meaning to reach the upper limit of hundred thousand blood at level 3. Wang Tao and several teammates had already achieved this condition.
The second condition, to max out Ability Level. The maximum for level 3 abilities wasn’t 10, but rather to ascend to level 4, level 1 with an Ascension crystal core... This, of course, Wang Tao had not achieved.
The third condition, to have Hidden Attributes!
"So hidden attributes have this use too?"
In that case, hidden attributes were even more important than the first two conditions!
After all, HP could be gained by killing zombies, and special ability levels could be raised using crystal cores, but hidden attributes... Wang Tao felt they were related to luck.
If lucky, like Ding Yuqin, she activated a hidden attribute the very first time she killed a zombie.
If unlucky, like team member Nie Siyan, even with hundred thousand blood, she had no hidden attributes.
Of course, obtaining other items, such as Night Vision Eyes or Magic Seeds, could also grant hidden attributes, but that was also a matter of luck...
So those with hidden attributes were the ones with the potential to ascend to level 4?
[Improved Body Conditions, Night Vision, Plant Affinity]
Wang Tao looked at his three hidden attributes and fell into deep thought.