Apocalypse: I Can See the HP Bar, Killing Monsters Drops Loot Chapter 1882: 808: Purifying Fire, Zombie Crisis Resolved (Part 2)

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Previously on Apocalypse: I Can See the HP Bar, Killing Monsters Drops Loot...
Wang Tao restores Qu Shilin's memories from her past life, deepening their bond as he reveals his ascension to the Ninth Level. He reviews the stockpiled Super Serum at the Hope Laboratory and decides to eradicate the zombies worldwide. Attempting to venture into space, he discovers the Air Wall still confines him to Earth, confirming humanity's entrapment. Returning to base, Wang Tao initiates the purification by catalyzing Super Serum into controlled flames infused with his Life Principle, which spread across the sky and heal survivors without harm.

Right now, the broadcast system at Changhe Base activated. It declared that Mr. Wang Tao was utilizing these fires to cleanse the world, targeting solely zombies and sparing humans entirely, which soothed the concerns of all.

"Purify the world?"

The people who had survived didn't fully grasp it, yet from the explanation, they could vaguely infer that the fires aimed to sanitize the Changhe Base, offering healing benefits too, so they buzzed with thrilled chatter.

They had evidently lowballed the scope of those fires, assuming it merely blanketed the whole Changhe Base.

In truth, with Wang Tao at the core, the purifying fires, raging gusts, vital radiance, and enhanced serum all radiated outward at a blistering pace.

To start, it enveloped the full extent of Changhe Base, then swiftly expanded to swallow up all of Changhe City, next the entire West Province plus the adjacent one… the coverage kept growing!

"Is this the might of the Ninth Level…"

Positioned at the heart of the blaze, Wang Tao eyed his hand. Despite the fires reaching across multiple provinces, he experienced no fatigue, as though performing a routine task.

The potency of Ninth Level truly outstripped Level 8 by a wide margin!

Nevertheless, extending over several provinces marked the utmost limit Wang Tao could handle right now. He wasn't weary, but the area couldn't stretch bigger.

It was feasible to push it farther, yet that risked losing grip on it. The present span suited him best, easy to sustain without exhaustion. Going beyond would tangle the management.

Wang Tao's advanced sensing ability extended with the fires, covering those several provinces.

In that expanse, nothing escaped Wang Tao's vigilant observation.

He distinctly observed how survivors bearing wounds, upon being wrapped in the fires, suffered no damage—in fact, their wounds mended!

Certain survivors battling zombies realized the fires left them untouched, while the zombies abruptly keeled over, their forms catching fire and crumbling to dust in moments.

Seeing this unfold, folks reacted with a mix of disbelief and delighted shock.

"Might this be the 'Purifying Flame' from the heavens, aimed only at zombies, protecting humans, and curing even concealed illnesses?"

Wang Tao did a quick scan to confirm every zombie had been reduced to cinders without a single human survivor hurt, at last feeling utter ease.

This showed his approach worked flawlessly—swift, broad-reaching, and mighty, with virtually zero downsides. The sole hitch might be his personal involvement required over the following days.

After some time, Wang Tao deemed it enough and moved on to the subsequent area. Here, the fires kept raging, joined by winds, vital light, and super serum, persisting for days to guarantee no zombie slipped away. Now, Wang Tao arrived in Wuyang Province.

Boom——

Applying the identical technique, he generated a massive quantity of Super Serum, which the fires and winds directed to blanket numerous provinces in mere moments.

Countless zombies perished without warning, the Zombie Virus got utterly wiped out, and plenty of survivors received cures. These folks puzzled over the events, but witnessing zombies dissolve into ashes, they knelt toward the heavens in gratitude.

Within just half a day, Wang Tao unleashed the Purifying Fire over the whole Qian Country, wiping out every zombie nationwide, erasing all traces of Zombie Virus, and mending the health of every person… Henceforth, Qian Country would be free of Zombie Virus!

Yet, purging only the homeland zombies fell short of Wang Tao's ambitions. Once domestic matters were secure, he ventured overseas.

Employing the same strategy as domestically, Wang Tao produced Super Serum, enabling the fires and winds to disseminate it across enormous territories.

Overseas survivors first mistook it for heavenly wrath, dreading incineration alongside zombies. But as the fires enveloped them, they were stunned to find the blaze spared them and actually treated their wounds! Zombies, however, ignited on touch and swiftly became ash!

This astonishing spectacle shattered the survivors' comprehension. With no rational explanation, they deemed it a sign from their deities!

While survivors offered fervent prayers, Wang Tao spent a week having the Purifying Fire scour the entire planet.

The planet resembled a blazing sphere, though the heat scarcely climbed, and human survivors stayed safe.

As the fires slowly receded and normalcy resumed worldwide, survivors everywhere comprehended at last: all zombies had been incinerated! The Zombie Virus was gone! Did this signal the end of the zombie apocalypse?!

"The zombie crisis has been resolved. Ahead lies a vast, resource-rich new world; rebuilding human civilization depends on you…"

Wang Tao's voice resonated gradually over the Earth, rendered in various tongues.

In the apocalypse era, the majority of the world's population had morphed into zombies. With every zombie now ashes, the surviving minority claimed this colossal new realm.

Upon hearing this, survivors wept with overwhelming joy. Some shouted queries about whether Wang Tao was their revered god.

Wang Tao hadn't planned to clarify initially, but pondering the necessity for them to strive in reconstructing society—and that cohesion would hasten recovery—he provided a response.

"I am Wang Tao of Qian Country…"

The zombie crisis ended, yet Wang Tao refrained from heading back to relax.

Numerous enigmas awaited his investigation, such as the Air Wall encircling Earth, potential escape routes, and the survival status of the Revelation-level Time-Space Creature!

For the moment, Wang Tao lacked means to breach this Air Wall; he shelved it. Regarding the Time-Space Creature… he suspected it lingered somewhere!

Wang Tao meticulously reviewed recollections from prior lives. The Time-Space Creature emerged each cycle, in varying spots, seeming impossible to track, but it appeared to deliberately lure humanity toward discovery…

Examining the emergence sites of the Time-Space Creature, Wang Tao spotted recurring motifs. He pursued these to inspect every location.

Though in the last life, the Time-Space Creature had executed its ninth Temporal Shift and ought to have vanished, Wang Tao doubted it could evaporate so simply, convinced it endured, perhaps observing him at this very instant!

Wang Tao rapidly checked each anticipated site, but regrettably, the Time-Space Creature eluded him.

"Has it truly departed? No— one spot remains!"

Wang Tao soared straight to the Happy Community of his former dwelling.

He had just uncovered an additional trend; across the prior nine lives, despite diverse appearance points, they loosely traced a loop. His old Happy Community sat at the loop's core.

Even if it proved coincidental, a brief visit cost little effort.

Wang Tao soon reached the Happy Community, and the instant he soared above, his face grew grave.

He sharply detected a pale silhouette lounging on the couch inside his long-shuttered residence.

Whish——

Wang Tao's form blinked out of sight. Upon rematerializing, he confronted the pale silhouette directly.

"You, you've arrived at last."

Ere Wang Tao uttered a word, the pale silhouette spoke first, no less, in standard everyday Chinese.

"Just what are you!"

Wang Tao brimmed with exceptional alertness.

For he perceived no blood bar on the pale silhouette!

Such an occurrence was utterly unprecedented!