Apocalypse: I Can See the HP Bar, Killing Monsters Drops Loot-Chapter 1501 - 626: Methods to Control Mutated Plants

"Mr. Wang, did Tu Li tell you that we control these mutated plants through some disreputable means?"

Upon seeing Wang Tao, Han Youlin got straight to the point.

Wang Tao was slightly taken aback, but he didn’t sense any hostility from Han Youlin. Thus, he responded directly:

"Yes..." He simply repeated to Han Youlin what Tu Li had told him.

After listening, Han Youlin appeared somewhat embarrassed and also somewhat helpless.

"Don’t listen to her nonsense, the people we chose are all volunteers!"

"Oh? So, what she said is true? These mutated plants are really being controlled by you, and even more, that these mutated plants transformed from your people?"

Wang Tao raised an eyebrow.

"Tu Li doesn’t know the full story; those are her speculations, although she did guess some parts correctly... Anyway, the situation is complicated. If Mr. Wang has time, you could come with me—we’ve decided to offer to exchange the method of controlling the mutated plants with you, but you should see it first..."

Wang Tao had already guessed that Han Youlin talking openly about this was likely an overture to trade, and it indeed turned out to be the case.

"Alright."

Since Wang Tao wasn’t busy, he followed Han Youlin alone. With his abilities, he didn’t need to worry about any traps; no one here could stop him.

Of course, it was still necessary to maintain vigilance. Wang Tao sat in Han Youlin’s special Leaf Car, silently memorizing the route, and after a period, they arrived at the military’s headquarters.

Even though it was night, the military camp was still brightly lit, not with real electric lights, but with numerous Lantern Trees.

After passing through several checkpoints, Han Youlin led Wang Tao into the command center, then opened a hidden door. The Lantern Trees inside gradually emitted light, revealing a spiral staircase.

Han Youlin walked in, and Wang Tao followed closely behind.

Moments later, the two arrived on the first basement level.

Looking at the laboratory-like setting, Wang Tao’s eyebrows twitched.

Wang Tao had seen too many laboratories before, and could tell at a glance that this was once a lab.

But now, the various electronic devices in the laboratory were gone, replaced by humans strapped to specialized chairs with tubes inserted into their heads!

To be exact, these didn’t seem like tubes, but rather some kind of mutated plants?

Next to them were some humans in white lab coats recording data, and some mutated plants Wang Tao had seen before or not, all contained within individual glass vessels...

The dim light from the Lantern Trees cast a weird light on these humans with tubes in their heads and the mutated plants.

"This..."

Even though he was somewhat prepared, seeing this scene was still somewhat shocking for Wang Tao.

"As you might have guessed, yes, those mutated plants at the Red Maple Base are actually controlled by humans with tubes in their heads... but it’s not one person controlling one mutated plant; rather, one person can control many..."

Under Han Youlin’s explanation, Wang Tao finally understood how they controlled all the mutated plants in the base—

These humans with tubes in their brains acted as brain processors, with Awakeners programming a "protocol" inside their minds which automatically operated to control the mutated plants. These plants conducted tasks methodically!

A long time ago, Han Youlin’s military unit hunted mutated plants outside, and upon encountering a group of them,

After paying a price and successfully exterminating the plants in the area, many of them gained a Special Ability!

This Special Ability gave them a mysterious Affinity with plants, as if they could sense plant emotions. But whether it was because plants had no brains or their abilities weren’t strong enough, they could only sense simple feelings like pain, hunger, thirst, etc.

This ability seemed useless, but when these people with the ability Awakened, they all gained the same Awakening Ability!

This Awakening Ability was to control mutated plants, but managing control wasn’t simple. A lot of preparation was needed, and success wasn’t guaranteed. There was a certain likelihood of backlash, the stronger the mutated plant, the greater the probability of backlash.

Obviously, this wasn’t suitable for combat, as by the time they would finish the preparations, the battle would already be over.

Later, Han Youlin started assembling personnel for research. They had a laboratory here, and some scientists were still alive, and there were quite a few soldiers who had Awakened, enough for them to carry out research.

After some time researching, they eventually made discoveries, and then, using a special type of mutated plant, they devised another method to control mutated plants.

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These Awakeners connected the consciousness of the mutated plants and the humans with tubes in their heads; the Awakeners pre-set rules in these people’s minds, and the connected mutated plants would conduct tasks based on these rules. If any unexpected situations occurred, these humans with tubes would automatically take over control of the mutated plants...

If making a comparison to pre-Apocalypse autonomous driving, these humans with tubes were like server terminal monitors, the mutated plants outside were like autonomous vehicles, and those Awakeners with Special Abilities were the programmers. The entire Red Leaf Base was their control range.