Apocalypse: I Can See the HP Bar, Killing Monsters Drops Loot Chapter 1880: 807: Former Memories_2

Next, Wang Tao came across the entity called “Revelation,” appearing as a vague white silhouette with no clear features.

When the white silhouette appeared, Wang Tao stayed calm, yet his earlier allies freaked out like they'd seen a ghost.

They repeatedly muttered phrases such as “How can this be? Why are you here? What's your goal?”

Wang Tao felt puzzled, sensing that his companions apparently recognized the white silhouette.

Soon, one of them clarified the situation for him.

Their firm belief that slaying the being known as Revelation would revive the world stemmed from a shared dream they all experienced. In that vision, the white silhouette instructed them on pursuing Revelation, detailing its location and timing.

However, just as they prepared to strike at Revelation, they learned the shocking truth: the white silhouette was actually Revelation itself.

For these individuals, the white silhouette represented their ultimate belief, and it had imparted all their potion recipes to them. They proudly identified as its devoted followers. Now, they faced the horrifying demand to destroy their own object of worship.

This revelation drove countless among them to the brink of insanity.

Still, the strategy was locked in place with no room for retreat. Madness or not, they pressed forward. Thus, they banded together to assault the white silhouette.

During that existence, third-stage zombies posed an unbeatable threat to surviving humans, while the white silhouette wielded fourth-stage might. It dominated utterly over humans and zombies alike.

Hence, the clash proved incredibly grueling.

Nearly every one of Wang Tao's survivor comrades fell in the fight.

Without a sudden inspiration to draw in the zombies, who then turned on the white silhouette as well, total annihilation would have come much sooner.

Wang Tao hadn't perished yet, but his state was critical, rendering him nearly useless in combat. His team supplied him and the rest with a special elixir that induced a final burst of vitality, bringing their forms back to prime form—though it endured for no more than an hour, or as little as ten minutes at worst. When the effect ended, death followed with blood pouring from all facial openings. How long it lasted hinged on bodily fitness and mental resolve.

Wang Tao took the elixir without delay, and so did his companions, believing a last stand before the end held value.

Driven to utter desperation, they at last inflicted damage on the white silhouette. Its defenses weren't formidable; a wound meant they could finish it off!

Though Wang Tao's physique and fighting prowess weren't the mightiest, his determination stood unparalleled. Thus, while others started hemorrhaging from every orifice, he persisted.

In the end, as almost all lay dying with just a handful remaining upright, Wang Tao—having lasted a full hour—fought to keep going. In his dying seconds, he ceased holding back, letting half his body fade away in sacrifice, closing in on the white silhouette at last and severing its head in a single blow.

Right before death claimed him, Wang Tao witnessed a flurry of text materializing in his view, shifting chaotically before coalescing into a single phrase — [Talent: Lucky Star].

Upon reopening his eyes, he found himself reborn into his second existence.

“Ah, so that's the truth! It's no surprise that in later incarnations, despite countless crises, I was always the one triggering the temporal shift. Turns out, in the initial life, I accidentally beheaded that entity and acquired the ‘Lucky Star’ talent, which enhances fortune!”

After viewing the recollections from his debut life, Wang Tao at last comprehended the events.

Exclusively in the initial life was activating the loop dependent on destroying that temporal entity, whereas later lives merely required locating it and fulfilling specific criteria.

During the first life, Wang Tao serendipitously executed the temporal entity, bestowing upon him a fortune-enhancing gift, which persisted across subsequent existences. His good fortune never waned, guaranteeing that amid any chaos, he alone sparked the rebirths.

The ordeal of that opening life stirred a whirlwind of feelings in Wang Tao. Though the zombies then lacked great power, it marked the bleakest chapter across these nine prior spans—no, including the current one, ten in total. That debut era stood as the pinnacle of hopelessness among them. Merely thinking back sent shivers through Wang Tao. The utter powerlessness was an agony he vowed never to endure anew.

Across the following spans, zombie might intensified, and so did human resilience, allowing empowerment through zombie hunts. Elements such as crystal cores and beasts arose in later phases.

Every rebirth originated from Wang Tao's actions, yet memory carryover eluded his grasp. Thus, despite returning to life, he remained oblivious to the fact.

Luckily, certain elements endured transmission, including the “Lucky Star” talent and the “True Vision Eye” skill. Bolstered by these advantages, his power escalated per cycle, culminating in ninth-stage supremacy within this tenth iteration.

Gazing back over these ten cycles, the element etching deepest into Wang Tao's psyche wasn't the undead hordes, beasts, romances, or conflicts... but that enigmatic temporal being!

Clearly, the temporal entity orchestrated human use of rebirths to seek it out. Absent its direction, humans would have faced extinction in the first cycle, leaving no further chances.

This sparked Wang Tao's intrigue regarding the temporal entity's nature. What drove its shepherding of humanity? Having invoked the loop nine times already, would it manifest once more?

Wang Tao lacked answers to the initial pair of queries, unable to infer them either. Yet he suspected the temporal entity endured, merely awaiting discovery! Should he locate it, answers to his puzzles might follow.

Nevertheless, the pressing priority lay not in pursuit, but in swiftly purging Earth's zombie infestation.

Wang Tao dimly perceived that delaying the zombie purge could lead to their next evolution.

Swish—

Wang Tao's form blinked out of sight in an instant, rematerializing surrounded by Ding Yuqin, Wei Zhenguo, and their group.

“Whoa! Wang Tao, you startled me!”

The whole group jumped at Wang Tao's sudden arrival.

Witnessing Wang Tao materialize abruptly among them, excitement and wonder filled their eyes. They detected no presence from him now, as if he were merely a regular individual…

Without a word, Wang Tao abruptly gestured with his hand.

Though they perceived no motion, a sensation invaded their thoughts as if something had slipped inside. Shock etched across their faces as they stared at Wang Tao.

“Looks like the past life's recollections have resurfaced for you.”

Wang Tao remarked, smiling.

Having accessed his full history, he acquired a minor power—the capacity to bestow prior-life memories upon others too! However, it limited to the most recent cycle since that's the only one Wang Tao preserved, and this preservation extended to every being in the realm, not just him! Other entities simply couldn't trigger it; only Wang Tao possessed that key. Therefore, through Wang Tao's invocation, Ding Yuqin and companions saw echoes from the prior existence flood their minds.

Their looks toward Wang Tao evolved from astonishment and delight into fervor and appreciation.

“You truly accomplished it!”

In the prior existence, Wang Tao vowed to seek them out anew in this one. His former allies wouldn't vanish from this cycle. With the memories restored, they realized Wang Tao had fulfilled his word.

“I knew our faith in you was justified!”

Wei Zhenguo boomed with laughter.

“Thank you!”

Yang Changhong conveyed her profound thanks to Wang Tao. This cycle, he rescued not just her but her sibling too. In the last one, prior to her fall, she'd hesitated to speak of her sister, worried it might derail Wang Tao's vital cause. But Wang Tao had kept her in mind always!

The rest shared similar deep appreciation for Wang Tao, convinced they'd pledged to the ideal leader.

“Okay, settle into those additional recollections at your pace. I'll handle the zombies beyond first…”