Apocalypse: I Can See the HP Bar, Killing Monsters Drops Loot - Chapter 1821 - - 778: mass production

Chapter 1821: Chapter 778: Mass Production

Wang Tao personally tested this rudimentary powered armor.

Compared to the powered armor from his previous life, this one is far inferior in terms of maneuverability, defensive power, and endurance. But it’s just an initial prototype, not mass-produced yet. Having achieved this effect is already quite commendable!

“Very nice!”

Wang Tao walked out of the powered armor and then, based on his previous life’s driving experience, offered some targeted suggestions.

The main issue now is still the power; although it uses the crystal core as an energy source, currently it can only extract energy from a Level 1 Crystal Core. There’s some loss during extraction, so the effect is naturally average.

If we could extract from a Level 3 or even Level 4 Crystal Core, this powered armor would truly be complete.

Of course, the current powered armor can still be used; after all, it’s a hunk of metal, nothing a human’s small frame could compare to, and it’s even stronger than some Ability Users.

“Mr. Wang, based on the current research progress, I think in more than two weeks, or less than a week, we can produce a mass-production version of the powered armor!”

Luo Xing said excitedly.

He also didn’t expect that the design which only existed in his mind would actually come to life. The surprise was so sudden that he was a little unprepared.

“I’m looking forward to it! Keep it up!”

Wang Tao said with a smile as he patted Luo Xing on the shoulder.

At this moment, Luo Xing frowned again and said:

“But there’s a problem. Currently, we have two research directions. One focuses on quantity; the mass-production version of the powered armor may be similar to this prototype, looking rather simple. The advantage is that it can be widely distributed, but individual combat power is relatively average. The other focuses on quality; the combat power of the powered armor would reach Level 3 or even Level 4! However, this kind of powered armor can’t be widely distributed, at least not with the current situation…”

“Can’t we have both?”

Wang Tao raised an eyebrow.

The powered armor from his previous life followed an elite path, focusing on quality, strong individual combat power, but with low production. But since he has a second chance at life, can’t he have it all?

“Uh, theoretically, we can have both, but the problem is we don’t have enough manpower. After all, others have other research tasks to complete. If we develop both routes at the same time, we may end up with none in the short term…”

Luo Xing naturally wanted it all too, but the capacity wasn’t there. After all, this is scientific research, not something that can be completed with just words.

“Oh, it’s just a lack of manpower, that’s easy! I’ll help you recruit some people in the next few days!”

Hearing that it was just a manpower issue and not a technical one, Wang Tao heaved a sigh of relief.

He didn’t understand technology, but manpower was not a problem; he planned to personally go and rescue people. In both this life and the previous one, he was aware of the locations of many research institutions. Although some are surely overrun, they can’t all be; as long as he can bring these people over, there won’t be any issue with manpower.

He had already rescued many scientists before, but they were all from places relatively close to the Changhe Base, while the ones further away haven’t yet been reached.

“Phew~ that’s good, as long as you know what to do! So, shall we start both projects simultaneously? Leave the manpower issue to you!”

Luo Xing spoke with some excitement.

“Alright, go ahead and get busy.”

Wang Tao nodded.

After Luo Xing left with the powered armor prototype, Wang Tao immediately went to City Hall to check the relevant data and compare it with his memories from the past life to locate places where scientists were likely to have survived.

He spent some time marking many positions on the map, then took off from the Changhe Base with the Golden Eagle, Lightning, and Taxue.

Since no Level 5 zombies had appeared yet, he couldn’t accumulate Level 5 Crystal Cores, and the blood quantity provided by Blood Beads had reached its limit… Wang Tao found that he couldn’t enhance his strength at the moment, so he decided to make good use of the time before Level 5 zombies appeared in large numbers to rescue some talents.

The places Wang Tao planned to visit this time were further away from the Changhe Base, but with the Golden Eagle, he did not have to worry about endurance and could go directly.

Thus, in the following days, Wang Tao became essentially the busiest person at the entire base.

Some onlookers kept track of how often the Golden Eagle was spotted, noting that the highest number in a single day was six sightings of it flying back!

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This meant that Wang Tao had rescued six batches of survivors on that day, all of them talents in the field of scientific research; the Hope Research Institute was getting ready to expand!

Because of Wang Tao’s previous life experience of searching for the Ancestral Virus, he visited many research institutions. In this life, he subconsciously went to these familiar places and rescued quite a few people. Among these survivors, many had researched the Ancestral Virus, thus providing a lot of assistance to Qu Shilin in developing the serum!

Even though they obtained the Zombie Virus Serum Recipe from the previous life, due to the differing timelines and the evolving speed of the Zombie Virus, manufacturing a serum suitable for use now couldn’t be achieved in a short time.

However, with the addition of these people, not only did it accelerate the research progress on Crystal Energy extraction and powered armor, but it also significantly sped up the serum research progress. According to Qu Shilin, within a month at the latest, they would be able to produce the Zombie Virus Serum!

It’s not a vaccine for early prevention and with a time limit, but a serum that can actually eliminate the Zombie Virus!