Chapter 461: Chapter 204 Feeding the Zombies (Double Monthly Tickets at Month End)_3

“Oh? 15 spots?”

Wang Tao was somewhat surprised.

To achieve Level 3 Ascension, besides meeting basic criteria, the most important thing was the Ascension Crystal Core.

But acquiring a Level 3 Crystal Core was very difficult; only Level 3 zombies or monsters could drop them, and even if one killed a Level 3 zombie or monster, it was still uncertain whether an Ascension Crystal Core would drop. After all, they didn’t drop a Loot Pack.

Even if the drop rate for Ascension Crystal Cores was high, say, killing 2 Level 3 zombies to obtain one Ascension Crystal Core, then for 15 spots, at least 30 Level 3 zombies would need to be killed!

However, each Crystal Core had different Quality. White and blue had a lower probability, so at the very least, one would need a Purple Quality or higher to be relatively safe, with red and orange being the best.

Assuming they were extremely lucky and the probability of dropping a Purple Quality or higher Crystal Core was one in two, to collect enough Level 3 Ascension Crystal Cores of Purple Quality or higher, they would need to kill 60 Level 3 zombies!

60 Level 3 zombies! Where the heck did Zijin Base find so many zombies?

And even if it was possible to find 60 Level 3 zombies, could they even defeat them?

Wang Tao hadn’t thought about it carefully yesterday, but upon reflecting today, it seemed quite unreliable!

After Wang Tao shared his analysis, Nie Siyan was also stunned. She had been too excited before and hadn’t considered this problem. Now that she thought about it, something was indeed off.

Her face suddenly turned somewhat sullen. Could it be that she was happy for nothing?

Wang Tao pondered for a moment and said:

“I think, if they aren’t purposefully setting a trap, there might be two possibilities—”

“One is, they’ve found a place with a lot of Level 3 zombies that might be trapped in there, making them less dangerous to kill, and with more help they could deal with it… The other is, these 15 slots for people are paid out in installments…”

There might be other possibilities, but Wang Tao felt these were not very likely.

Nie Siyan thought that what Wang Tao said made sense. She hoped it was the first option. If it was the second, that would be troublesome…

Besides the news about the Ascension slots, another piece of information was confirmed—the ranking battle.

Zijin Base was indeed organizing a ranking list. The four major powers wouldn’t participate, but other powers could register, with a maximum of three people per power. It would start directly tomorrow.

As long as one could get a good ranking, they would receive rewards from Zijin Base, and naturally, these rewards varied in size. Just in terms of Level 2 Crystal Cores, Zijin Base had taken out a lot, claiming it was to motivate everyone… This was indeed a significant investment.

“So, do we participate?”

Nie Siyan asked.

She had some confidence in herself, but not much—her confidence was quite solid before, but after Wang Tao had Xu Xiaojun take action yesterday, not only were others struck down, but her confidence took a hit as well. So now she felt that she could probably rank, but getting a good ranking was uncertain…

“Participate, you and Xu Xiaojun should be enough.”

Wang Tao said.

After all, Crystal Cores that were free for the taking shouldn’t be turned down.

However, to be on the safe side, Wang Tao thought he might enhance Xu Xiaojun’s strength a little more—he hadn’t yet had a chance to use the Armor Blueprint he obtained before…

“Yes!”

Nie Siyan was immediately overjoyed upon hearing that Xu Xiaojun would take part.

With the ability Xu Xiaojun had demonstrated yesterday, competing for the top spots shouldn’t be a problem!

“By the way, someone has already contacted me wanting to buy your Crystal Cores and Potions. Shall I talk to them about the price now?”

Nie Siyan suddenly asked.

“Go ahead.”

“Alrighty!”

Nie Siyan had just left when a woman came over. She said their leader had invited Wang Tao and Jiang Shixue to join them for lunch at Building 7.

Wang Tao didn’t hold back, considering the clubhouse had plenty of food, and it was free.

When they arrived at the villa of Building 7, Wang Tao noticed that Lan Yulian had changed into a different outfit for the day. She wore a white lab coat and had her hair neatly tied up, looking very much like a doctor—which she actually was.

Seeing Wang Tao and Jiang Shixue arrive, Lan Yulian immediately came out to welcome them—of course, she was there to greet Jiang Shixue.

She took Jiang Shixue’s small hand and, seeing Wang Tao nod in approval, Jiang Shixue didn’t resist and followed her in obediently.

Lan Yulian was very happy about this, so she had Lu Yingfeng bring out some washed grapes for Jiang Shixue, which were bigger than any Wang Tao had seen before the apocalypse, resembling plums and looking delicious.

“Such luxury, to have grapes!”

Without any reservation, Wang Tao took two bunches of grapes from Jiang Shixue’s hands, which earned him eye rolls from both Lan Yulian and Lu Yingfeng.

“They taste really good!”

It had been half a year since Wang Tao had grapes, and he had almost forgotten what they tasted like.

Of course, Wang Tao was not snatching Jiang Shixue’s food; it’s just that she liked meat more, and wasn’t very fond of fruits and vegetables. Wang Tao reluctantly volunteered to help.

At that moment, Lan Yulian suddenly said to Wang Tao:

“You must also know about those 15 Level 3 slots, right?”

“Mhm.”

Wang Tao nodded.

“Aren’t you curious why Zijin Base dares to claim there are 15 spots available?”

Lan Yulian asked again.

“Why?”

Wang Tao’s eyebrows raised.

Wasn’t this woman unwilling to tell him these things? Had she changed her tune?

“Because… before that, may I ask first, you know about the prison constantly buying survivors, right?”

Lan Yulian did not say directly, instead teased a bit more.

“I know.”

Wang Tao was very clear, after all, he had sold over two hundred scumbags from the Skull Club into the prison.

“Then, where do you think those people bought by the prison went?”

Lan Yulian looked at Wang Tao with a serious expression, but this time she didn’t wait for him to answer, and continued:

“They fed them to the zombies!”

Wang Tao’s brow furrowed.

“You mean…”

He thought of some horrifying possibilities he had once considered.

“It seems you’ve guessed it. Exactly, they fed those survivors to create many Level 3 zombies! And now… these zombies are about to get out of control! This so-called upgrade operation is remediation for this situation!”