MTLNOVEL Chapter 332: Perception Ring_2
Ding Yuqin suddenly widened her eyes, looking somewhat foolishly at Wang Tao.
Wang Tao's expression was also very surprised, but he soon showed a look of realization.
After he and Ding Yuqin both put on the Perception Rings, they had a subtle connection between them that was indescribable; even if he closed his eyes and shut down his senses, he could still perceive Ding Yuqin's location, feel her heartbeat... and even talk to her directly in his mind!
"Sister-in-law?"
Wang Tao called out in his mind.
"I'm here!"
Ding Yuqin excitedly looked at Wang Tao, her voice appearing in his mind without her lips moving.
"So this is what the perception is all about!"
Wang Tao pinched Ding Yuqin's rosy cheek with some delight, then said in his mind:
"Sister-in-law, move farther away. I want to test how far this perception can reach."
"Okay!"
Ding Yuqin immediately ran outside with Han Rui and the others, who were all confused, not knowing what Wang Tao was doing.
Wang Tao briefly explained to everyone.
"The rings interact with each other? And you can talk in your minds? Badass!"
Everyone was also very surprised, but it was the apocalypse, and nothing strange was too surprising.
After some testing, Wang Tao was amazed to find that he couldn't determine the upper limit of the perception range!
At the farthest distance from Ding Yuqin, they were several kilometers apart, but he could still sense her location and talk to her, only the sensation of her heartbeat was gone.
Because they were in the wilderness and there might be unknown risks, Wang Tao didn't let Ding Yuqin go too far. After gaining a rough understanding of the ring's abilities, he asked her to come back.
Then Wang Tao stroked the ring on his hand, summing up his thoughts inside.
In short, these two Perception Rings were like a device that could "see" the location of teammates and allow them to communicate with each other.
Although the rings did not increase any combat ability, this ability was indeed very strong, much better than any radio device, and the communication was more convenient. At certain times, it could be very useful.
"Wang Tao, this..."
Ding Yuqin was somewhat reluctant to remove the ring and give it back to Wang Tao, but he stopped her.
"This ring is a gift for sister-in-law."
The ring was already on Ding Yuqin's hand. Taking it off and giving it to someone else would make her feel a bit uncomfortable.
There was no need for Wang Tao to take it back. He could just give it to Ding Yuqin, and if in the future they really needed someone else to use the ring to cooperate with him, they could just borrow it from Ding Yuqin. He believed she wouldn't be stingy.
"Ah? Really? But… it's not much use to me!"
Ding Yuqin was somewhat surprised, yet felt it was wasteful to give it to her. After all, her combat ability was average. If it were given to someone who had a good rapport with Wang Tao, like Jiang Shixue or Lan Yulian, it would surely bring a much greater improvement to Wang Tao.
"I haven't really given you anything either. It's rare that I give you a gift, and if you refuse, you'll really make me sad..."
Wang Tao had spoken such words, so naturally, Ding Yuqin couldn't refuse anymore. She felt very touched in her heart, almost wanting to give Wang Tao a long kiss, but she was too shy to do so.
The other women also looked on enviously, but everyone sensibly did not say much.
Wang Tao thought that they should be able to encounter such monsters again in the future. If they drop another Perception Ring or something, then everyone could have one!
And speaking of rings, Wang Tao thought of his Life Ring and took a glance at it.
[Life Ring]
[Level Four (Epic)]
[Kills store HP that can be used for oneself; current stored HP: 15000/100000]
After killing the Fire Patterned Ant, the Life Ring received 15000 reserve HP. And since the Fire Patterned Ant had 150,000 HP, that meant… one-tenth of the life energy of killed creatures was stored in the Life Ring?
That's not hard to manage; he just needs to kill a few more zombie monsters to fill it up.
"Alright, let's continue opening the meteorite!"
Wang Tao still had one last meteorite that hadn't been opened. After being busy with the previous meteorite that released the monster, it was finally time to open the last one.
Everyone crowded around excitedly.
"It would be great if another monster comes out of this one!"
Han Rui spoke with a bit of excitement.
For them, a Level 4 Monster Lord posed no real challenge, yet defeating one would yield an abundance of spoils. As long as a monster was opened up, it was a blood-earned profit.
The tenth meteorite was the size of a washbowl, with ten indentations on its surface.
Wang Tao placed ten Level 4 Epic Crystal Cores into them; the crystal cores emitted a faint orange glow before the light dimmed, and with a 'crack', a fissure split the meteorite, which then quickly broke neatly in two.
A palm-sized dark shadow scurried out from inside the meteorite. Everyone thought it was a monster, but Wang Tao caught the dark shadow in his hand.
Wang Tao said with some surprise,
"It's not a monster; it's an Armored Beetle weapon!"
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Only then did everyone see clearly that what Wang Tao was holding was something that resembled a black beetle.
[Level 4 Weapon: Armored Beetle]
[HP: 10000/10000 (Upper Limit 100000)]
[Status: Can Be Awakened]
[Enhancement: Independent Attack, Armed (requires consumption of a Fourth Rank Bug Tribe corpse to activate)]
[Compatibility: 0%]
This was an Armored Beetle, identical to the one he'd obtained before.
Wang Tao had previously discussed the Armored Beetle with Ding Yuqin and others, but since Gu Yun had taken it, they had only heard about it without actually seeing one.
Now, seeing the still beetle in Wang Tao's hand, they all came over curiously and poked at it.
"This is the Armored Beetle? It looks just like an ordinary, oversized beetle..." Lan Yulian muttered.
Wang Tao took out a Level 2 Crystal Core and used it to enhance the beetle's Compatibility. Once the crystal core disappeared, the beetle's Compatibility changed to 1%.
The moment he willed it, the Armored Beetle leaped from Wang Tao's hand, landed on the ground, and began to swell, quickly growing to the size of Lightning.
The nearby Lightning had already seen this device once before, so it wasn't as alarmed as last time and simply barked at it.
Wang Tao patted Lightning's head, then commanded the Armored Beetle to perform various actions, amazing onlookers.
"The Armored Beetle's armed ability needs to be activated, which requires consuming the corpse of a fourth-order member of the insect race. Fortunately, we have a corpse right here!"
Wang Tao explained with a smile, then directed the Armored Beetle toward the Fire Patterned Ant's corpse.
"Eat."
Under Wang Tao's command, the Armored Beetle immediately pounced on the Fire Patterned Ant's body, which visibly started to shrink.
Witnessing that the Fire Patterned Ant's hard shell was being consumed in just a few bites made Wang Tao slap his forehead in realization.
He had initially planned to sell the shell to Qu Shilin, as this fire-resistant shell should have been excellent material. But now, the beetle had completely consumed it...
"Ah well, what's eaten is eaten, there will be more in the future..."
The Armored Beetle soon finished off the large Fire Patterned Ant's corpse. It was hard to imagine how it managed to rapidly devour so much.
The Armored Beetle returned to Wang Tao's side, shrinking back to a small beetle form.
By then, its attributes had changed.
"Eh?"
Wang Tao noticed that its attributes were a bit different from those of the previous Armored Beetle.
[HP: 50000/50000 (Upper Limit 100000)]
[Enhancement: Independent Attack, Armed (HP, Attack, Defense, Fire Resistance)]
The HP remained the same at fifty thousand as the other Armored Beetle, but the enhancement attributes now included "Fire Resistance"!
Wang Tao suddenly considered that the previous Armored Beetle had devoured a Dual-Tail Scorpion corpse, which was basically just a shell, as its large pincers, tail, and even shell had been removed.
Whereas this Fire Patterned Ant, despite having some materials removed by Wang Tao, still had its fire-resistant shell.
Could it be that because the Armored Beetle consumed a shell with Fire Resistance Ability, it now also had fire resistance?
If that was truly the case, then this was a significant discovery!