Apocalypse: I Can See the HP Bar, Killing Monsters Drops Loot-Chapter 1013 - 403: Rough Rescue_2

"We'll do it together!"

One of the Iron Beetles was supposed to be sold to the City Hall, but Gu Yun was a bit busy on his end and hadn't found the time to discuss the specific price, so it still remained in Wang Tao's possession.

"Alright!"

After Han Rui responded, she immediately activated the Iron Beetle. In the blink of an eye, a huge black "Insect Clan Monster" appeared in front of everyone.

"So this is the Iron Beetle, huh!"

"Damn, there's another one!"

"It's strong!"

"..."

The people from the Sixth Army Corps all knew about the Iron Beetle, but not many had seen it. When they saw this massive creature appear, and there were two of them, many people exclaimed in astonishment.

Wang Tao didn't care about the others; he and Han Rui headed to the ruins, where they ferociously dug through the debris due to their large sizes.

"Ah—"

Cheng Yiyi was about to say to let Wang Tao be careful not to accidentally kill any survivors inside—the rescue wasn't a simple matter. If handled poorly, although the people may not initially be dead, they could be severely maimed then die due to being roughly extracted!

But before she could speak, she saw Lan Yulian suddenly unleash a wide-range Healing Ability.

Wang Tao dug out a person who looked barely alive, a mere touch could have killed him. However, under Lan Yulian's Healing Ability, he revived as if "Returning to Light", instantly looking spirited.

Ordinary people have an HP of 100. If they have killed zombies, it could go up to 1000, and higher than 1000 belongs to Ability Users, which no longer count as ordinary people.

Lan Yulian's Healing Light could restore 1000 HP per second, so for these ordinary people, Lan Yulian could instantly max out their HP!

Of course, HP is not only related to Life Energy but also to injuries. Lan Yulian's healing could only restore HP and could not heal severe injuries. For example, if someone were missing arms or legs, Lan Yulian couldn't heal them, so these individuals couldn't be restored to full HP. However, enough to keep them from dying was already sufficient.

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"..."

Cheng Yiyi shook her head somewhat enviously.

Having a powerful healing is indeed capricious!

Under such rough rescue efforts, the entire area of ruins was quickly turned over, and everyone who still had a health bar was rescued by Wang Tao. As for those who no longer had a health bar, unfortunately, nothing could be done.

"We rescued 64 people, 18 died..."

After Wang Tao deactivated the Iron Beetle, he came to Cheng Yiyi's side and sighed.

"It was inevitable, you already did very well... Let's transport the people to the temporary relief station together."

Cheng Yiyi patted Wang Tao's arm.

"Okay."

When the group transported these survivors to the relief station, it was already past midnight.

"Thank you for today! If it weren't for you, even if we could clear the ruins, probably not many could have been saved..."

Cheng Yiyi expressed her gratitude to Wang Tao.

"We all share the same goal; there's no need for thanks," Wang Tao said with a smile, then frowned and added, "But this is not a long-term solution! The snow outside shows no signs of stopping and is getting heavier. According to this situation, people might need rescuing tomorrow, the day after, and beyond..."

Changhe Base had over half a million people. If they were all affected by the snow disaster, they definitely wouldn't be able to keep up...

"That's indeed a problem, and we are already trying to come up with a solution. We will likely move other people to the relief stations in advance to avoid disasters like collapsing buildings due to heavy snow. But the aftermath is also going to be challenging..."

Changhe Base had many relief stations, which are durable buildings with plenty of food, so they should withstand the snow disaster. But the population within the base was simply too large, and moving so many people over was no simple task...

"But these are headaches for the City Hall to worry about, we just need to wait for instructions."

Cheng Yiyi gave a resigned smile.

Wang Tao and the others didn't head back, staying at the relief station until dawn. There were several incidents in between, and Wang Tao deployed a few more times, rescuing quite a number of people. His natural Night Vision, along with the Iron Beetle's and Lan Yulian's presence, meant they could operate efficiently even with fewer people, surpassing even the Sixth Army Corps.

"You guys go back and rest for now; we'll take it from here!"

As dawn arrived, Cheng Yiyi looked at Wang Tao with immense gratitude.

"Sure. Call me if you need anything!"

Wang Tao led his group back to the villa.

The snow outside continued to fall, nearly obscuring the houses in the Autumn Water Pavilion Villa Area.

"Let's clear the snow first!"

Everyone busied themselves for a while, and finally, they cleared the snow around the few villas. Although it wouldn't take long before the snow covered everything again, if not cleared, the accumulated snow would become increasingly difficult to remove...

"Let's all take a break! Rest and gather strength. These next few days we'll probably need to act like a disaster relief team..."

"Okay!"

While everyone went to rest, Wang Tao received a message on his wristwatch from Yao Guodong.

"Mr. Wang, do you think... If I fuse with the Crystal Core you gave me now, will it be successful? I didn't have time to meditate yesterday; I was busy with the disaster relief and quite overwhelmed. But I want to take a chance with the Crystal Core because if I don't become an Ability User, just stepping out of the door in this heavy snow is troublesome, severely affecting my work efficiency..."

Before Wang Tao returned, he had found an Epic Crystal Core and had someone deliver it to Yao Guodong. Since then, Wang Tao hadn't followed up on the matter. Now, considering the time, Yao Guodong's curse would just end today.

"Mayor Yao, go ahead and use it. I think there shouldn't be any problem. You'll definitely succeed today! But is your subsequent work arrangement okay?"

Wang Tao immediately replied.

The meditation he had mentioned earlier was actually just to make Yao Guodong wait another day for the curse to dissipate. Although Yao Guodong didn't meditate now, he indeed waited for a day, so it didn't matter.

"Great! With your words, Mr. Wang, I feel reassured! As for the work, you don't have to worry; I have arranged everything already!"

"Since Mayor Yao has preparations, I won't say more. I wish you success."

"Haha, thank you! I'll contact you again this time tomorrow. I'm getting ready to start the fusion with the Crystal Core!"

Soon, Yao Guodong went silent. Wang Tao sent him messages, but there were no replies.

"He must have fallen into deep sleep... He succeeded."

After confirming there was nothing else to attend to, Wang Tao also went to sleep.

When he woke up, it was already noon. Although the sleep wasn't long, for these Ability Users, it was completely sufficient, and everyone was once again energized.

"It's still snowing outside, but it feels about the same as it did in the morning, it hasn't gotten heavier..."

Lan Yulian remarked while looking out the window.

"It seems about the same..."

Wang Tao nodded, the snow not getting heavier was good news.

He checked his informational wristwatch. Cheng Yiyi had left a message saying that the committee had decided to start organizing people to retrieve other survivors. Even those who temporarily had no issues at home, as long as the houses were deemed unsafe, would be forcibly taken to a rescue station, involving about ten thousand people.

The survivors would definitely prefer to come, since they couldn't leave their houses and had no way to restock food. Being provided for at the rescue station would surely be better than staying home.

"This is going to be a big project..."

Wang Tao contacted Cheng Yiyi and Gu Yun, mentioning he was awake and asking if there was anything they needed his help with.

There was no contact from Cheng Yiyi for the time being; she might have gone out where there was no signal.

However, Gu Yun replied to Wang Tao.

"Mr. Wang, we haven't received any more news of house collapses over here, but some survivors have reported people dying of the cold at home... Could you please check the area around you? The approximate range is..."

"Okay!"

Wang Tao immediately agreed.

Then he called everyone to get ready.

As soon as they opened the door, everyone shivered.

"Sss—"

"Why has it suddenly gotten so cold!"

"I feel like it's several degrees colder than when we came back this morning!"

Wang Tao furrowed his brow.

The low temperature was more terrifying than the heavy snow itself...