Apocalypse: I Can See the HP Bar, Killing Monsters Drops Loot-Chapter 969 - 388: Driven Out

"What's going on?"

Wang Tao had seen Internal Impurity rise before, but he had never seen it skyrocket like this.

Moreover, how could it decrease after the surge? This was beyond Wang Tao's comprehension... You should know, even using an Inhibitor could only suppress the virus's flare-up, but not reduce Internal Impurity.

Currently, Wang Tao knew of only two ways to reduce Internal Impurity.

One was Ascension. After each Ascension, Internal Impurity would reduce by 50%, which was how most people managed to decrease their Internal Impurity.

The other was using a "Cleansing Potion", each bottle of which could reduce 1% of impurity, with immediate effects. But Wang Tao was the only one who had the Cleansing Potion, and not many at that, just enough for his own use.

Clearly, neither of these methods applied to these two women, which is why Wang Tao was so surprised.

"What happened to them?"

Qu Shilin curiously poked one of the women's body, but there was no response.

The environment had been quite dim just now, and the women's attack on Wang Tao followed by his quick subduing of them had happened too swiftly, so Qu Shilin hadn't gotten a clear view of what had happened. She only vaguely noticed some changes occurring on their bodies.

"Not sure, seems like they were turning into zombies, Internal Impurity almost reaching 100%. But... suddenly it was suppressed? Internal Impurity decreased, and they reverted to their previous state..."

Wang Tao shook his head and then looked at Qu Shilin.

She didn't have any special Status on her head, so he couldn't determine the reason. Perhaps Qu Shilin, the researcher, could discern some issues?

Qu Shilin also looked puzzled after hearing Wang Tao's words.

"Internal Impurity? Turned into zombies? Let me test it."

Qu Shilin fetched a portable detector that could measure Internal Impurity from the car. This device, newly created by their institute, had been installed in the car by Qu Shilin.

Wang Tao naturally didn't need this device, but Qu Shilin didn't know that Wang Tao could see the Internal Impurity; she thought he was guessing, so she wanted to test it herself.

Qu Shilin plucked some hairs from the two lying women and placed them inside the machine. Moments later, the device's small screen displayed two lines of text.

[Energy: Level 0]

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[Impurity: Level 10]

Seeing these results, Wang Tao paused.

The detectors had been enhanced through several iterations and were now more precise.

Previously, it could only detect from Level 0 to Level 5, but now it could detect up to Level 10. Now each level represented 10% of Internal Impurity, so Level 10 meant 90%-100% Internal Impurity!

But Wang Tao had clearly seen that the Internal Impurity on these two women was 54% and 60%... The detector's results were different from what he saw!

Wang Tao suspected something might be wrong with the device, after all, what he saw couldn't be mistaken, right?

"Internal Impurity at Level 10!"

Qu Shilin's face was very serious.

Normally, when a human's Internal Impurity exceeds Level 8, that is, over 80%, some zombie-like features would appear. Such as skin rot, whitening of the eyes, exposed blood vessels...

These features resembled those infected by the Zombie Virus, always hinting at a possible mutation; suppressants were of no use then.

"But these two women already have Level 10 Internal Impurity, yet they show no zombie features, which doesn't make sense..."

Qu Shilin muttered and then looked at Wang Tao again.

"Oh right, you just said, they showed zombie features then they disappeared?"

"Right."

Wang Tao nodded.

"That's unscientific! How could zombie features disappear..."

Seeing Qu Shilin's bafflement, Wang Tao unconsciously glanced at Jiang Shixue; she was conveniently looking at him too, and they exchanged a knowing look.

Jiang Shixue had not just shown zombie features before, but had fully turned into a zombie, yet ultimately Wang Tao had saved her.

However, Jiang Shixue's case was different; she had used a Purification Potion.

And these two women, Wang Tao saw very clearly, they hadn't consumed anything.

These women's Internal Impurity was not over 80% now, so not having zombie features made sense... Thus, it must be an issue with Qu Shilin's detector. Or perhaps its detection principle may have some delays?

Anyway, what Wang Tao saw directly corresponded with these two women's current Status, so... what he saw must be accurate.

At that moment, Qu Shilin suddenly added:

"When too much Internal Impurity accumulates in a body, some changes occur, not just outwardly but internally as well. The detector measures this kind of change to determine how much Impurity there is inside. As far as I know, only Ascension can remove these changes; no other methods can reverse it. I guess, these two's outward appearances reverted, but there might still be some residual traces inside, which is why the detector picked up a lot of Impurity..."

Wang Tao silently nodded; Qu Shilin's explanation seemed quite reasonable.

Basically, Internal Impurity is like a person's record. When Internal Impurity is high, it's like having a criminal record. This record can only be partially erased through Ascension or a Cleansing Potion, while other methods can't remove it. The detector acts like it's checking through a person's records, and as soon as it finds any criminal records, it directly confirms that the person is tainted.