The next day.


    When they learned that Wang Tao was going back to the school, Fan Peng was somewhat surprised and quickly asked,


    "Can wee with you?"


    Although Wang Tao had dealt with the Level 3 zombie at the school, there were still many Level 2 zombies. For them at Duzhu Town Base, dealing with these zombies was still quite troublesome. If they could follow Wang Tao, they might at least get to share in the rewards.


    "Feel free."


    Wang Tao wasn’t an unkind person. As long as these people didn’t get in the way, it was fine.


    "Alright!"


    Fan Peng immediately ran off excitedly to call people.


    Everyone had originally nned to rest for the day, considering they had fought intensely the day before. But upon hearing Fan Peng’s words, they all ran over excitedly once more.


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    After all, the chances of following a Level 3 ability user like this might note by often in a lifetime, so they had to seize the opportunity!


    Soon, a convoy set off from Duzhu Town Base once again, heading for the school.


    The hole that Xu Xiaojun had smashed open the day before was still there, and everyone entered in session.


    Walking at the front, Wang Tao immediately activated his Perception Ability. All nearby zombies had nowhere to hide.


    "This feeling of having x-ray vision... amazing! Right, I should check those nts..."


    Wang Tao informed the others of the zombies’ positions, letting them go and kill. He himself approached the nts near the school’s gate.


    Whether human or zombie, all were attacked by these nts. But these nts had no levels and probably offered no reward when killed. Besides, the nts were generallyrge, and Wang Tao wasn’t sure how to kill thempletely—perhaps uproot them? So he had left them alone.


    Now, having learned the Perception Ability, Wang Tao used it to see if he could find anything on these nts.


    "Huh?"


    And indeed, he found something!


    Though not monsters, these nts did contain some energy, hidden in a particr part of their trunks. Could this be their consciousness?


    Wang Tao took out his Bone Knife and approached arge tree of an unknown species.


    Instantly, several branches attacked Wang Tao.


    The branches only had a few thousand HP, and their damage was very low. Even without activating Entangling Roots, Wang Tao’s armor, including his Stubborn Armor and Rush Suit, allowed him to ignore these attacks.


    He then stabbed a particr spot at the base of the tree.


    Thrust!


    The Bone Knife easily pierced it.


    Wang Tao then noticed that the tree seemed to have lost its life energy, wilting instantly, and even dropped a Loot Pack. But... the tree hadn’t died!


    "Interesting..."


    The spot Wang Tao had stabbed was where the tree’s energy or consciousness resided. His strike might have directly killed its consciousness.


    But the tree itself hadn’t died; instead, it had be an ordinary tree after losing its consciousness.


    Wang Tao looked at the Loot Pack it dropped.


    [You obtained: Tree Essence Liquid x10]


    Ten servings of Tree Essence Liquid, with one serving increasing HP and Mana by 100 each. However, there was a cooldown period for Tree Essence Liquid, and it couldn’t be increased indefinitely. After using ten servings in a row, a cooldown period would start, the length of which varied from person to person.


    This was rather good stuff, and Wang Tao had been using it steadily, still having plenty on hand.


    After thinking a moment, Wang Tao used the Bone Knife to hollow out a cavity in the trunk.


    "As expected!"


    Inside the trunk, Wang Tao found a pool of Tree Essence Liquid, gathering 14 servings in total.


    Although these nts’ method of attack was strange, their attack power wasn’t high, at least for now.


    Therefore, Wang Tao thought that it shouldn’t be a problem for ability users with average strength to kill these nts.


    Wang Tao wasn’t sure if others had discovered Tree Essence Liquid yet, but sooner orter, someone certainly would. Perhaps in the future, there would even be people who specialized in collecting it...


    Adhering to the principle of not wasting resources, Wang Tao walked around the grove. He killed the consciousness of every nt there and also gathered quite a bit of Tree Essence Liquid.


    After using his Perception Ability again to make sure nothing was missed, he finally left the grove.


    "How did you discover this stuff?"


    Yang Changhong held some Tree Essence Liquid in her hands, looking at Wang Tao with great curiosity.


    "The Perception Ability can detect the consciousness of these nts; killing it allows you to find the Tree Essence Liquid,"


    Wang Tao exined briefly.


    He didn’t hide the fact that he had learned the Perception Ability. Though Yang Changhong was curious about how he could still fuse Crystal Cores, she didn’t ask further.


    "So that’s how it is!"


    Yang Changhong looked at the distant nts, her eyes shining.


    Wang Tao had just given her some Tree Essence Liquid, and though she couldn’t see the HP and Mana bars, after taking it, she truly felt as if she had grown slightly stronger.


    These kinds of things that can enhance one’s strength are hard toe by.


    "Some are ordinary nts, and some have consciousness. It’s not easy to tell just from their appearance."


    Wang Tao led a few people back into the nt grove. He killed the nts’ consciousness while Yang Changhong and the others collected the Tree Essence Liquid.


    After all the nts’ consciousness had been dealt with, Wang Tao finally rxed. Keeping the Perception Ability active was exhausting.


    If he hadn’t discovered the Tree Essence Liquid, it would have been alright to miss out. But now that he knew how to get it, he didn’t want to waste the opportunity, taking everything that he could.