Ashen God
Chapter 201 - 200 [Attack Coin]

Chapter 201: Chapter 200 [Attack Coin]

"What exactly does thirty thousand soul points represent? A First Tier Zero Star ordinary zombie’s treasure box only grants ten soul points for one option, and thirty points in total for three options. Thus, any single option in a Lord Monster’s treasure box is roughly equivalent to one thousand ordinary zombies’ treasure boxes."

"Incidentally, to accumulate one thousand ordinary zombies’ treasure boxes, one would need to kill seven to eight thousand zombies. But under normal circumstances, there are only five thousand zombies in Raccoon City. Even if he killed some of them that respawned, he has only managed to kill about six thousand zombies so far. So, it’s impossible to collect a thousand boxes."

"This means that just one option from a Lord Monster’s treasure box exceeds the combined soul point benefits from killing all ordinary zombies plus police zombies, including the soul points from kills."

"And, to upgrade Zhang Yanhang’s Gun Master skill to LV.MAX, he only needed twelve thousand eight hundred soul points. So, these thirty thousand soul points would allow Zhang Yanhang to upgrade Gun Master LV.MAX twice and still have several thousand soul points left over."

"Ordinary monsters’ treasure boxes can bring out three options regarding soul points; wouldn’t a Lord Monster’s treasure box possibly offer three soul-point-related options as well? If that’s really possible, couldn’t I then obtain ninety thousand soul points? That would be terrifying!"

"Upon realizing this, Zhang Yanhang immediately couldn’t wait to open the second item."

"[Item Two]"

"[Option One: Slow Corrosion, Quality E, Talent]"

"[Option Two: T-virus Carrier (Biological Weapon), D-Level Quality, Talent]"

"[Option Three: T-virus Carrier (Biological Weapon), C-level Quality, Talent]"

"Ah, it’s not soul points, disappointing, but Talent has become a standard option..." Since the second item didn’t yield soul points, Zhang Yanhang had already started anticipating the next item.

"Even though Tracker’s Talent has already been upgraded to C-level, it’s still the same name as the D-level Talent of the Prototype Tyrant..."

"When Zhang Yanhang first viewed the Tracker’s attribute list, he thought the Tracker’s Talent name ’T-virus Carrier (Biological Weapon)’ was D-level, but to his surprise, it was C-level."

"But, since the Tracker does carry the Revenge Goddess Parasite, it’s normal for its Talent level to be one level higher than the Prototype Tyrant."

"[Item Three]"

"[Option One: Defense Coin Fragment (three), Purple Quality, Equipment]"

"[Option Two: Defense Coin Fragment (six), Purple Quality, Equipment]"

"[Option Three: Defense Coin, Dark Purple Quality, Equipment]"

"Defense Coin?! Who would have thought that Tracker’s treasure box could directly yield a complete Defense Coin?!"

"Zhang Yanhang did a quick calculation; each Defense Coin could reduce physical damage by twenty-five points. If he could carry two Defense Coins, it would mean he could reduce physical damage by fifty points."

"From now on, I can directly immunize damage less than fifty points, how wonderful. Even if the enemy’s attack power is strong enough to break through my defense, if they can’t cause more than fifty points of damage after breaking through the defense, then they can’t reduce my Shield Value."

"Although this option still did not yield any soul points, because it yielded Dark Purple Quality Equipment, Zhang Yanhang’s mood was quite good."

"[Item Four]"

"[Option One: T-virus Raw Liquid, Purple Quality, Artifact]"

"[Option Two: T-virus Enhancing Potion, Purple Quality, Artifact]"

"[Option Three: T-virus Raw Liquid (Essence Extraction), Dark Purple Quality, Artifact]"

"Who would have thought that even ’T-virus Raw Liquid (Essence Extraction)’ could be yielded? I initially thought this was exclusive to the Lucky Slot Machine..."

"Zhang Yanhang’s only thought now was that Lord Monsters really live up to their name; indeed, they are incredibly powerful, both in strength and in the contents of their treasure boxes."

"Upon seeing the [T-virus Raw Liquid (Essence Extraction)], Zhang Yanhang immediately checked its attribute list."

"And then he discovered that this [T-virus Raw Liquid (Essence Extraction)], though not obtained from the same place as the last one he acquired, had the same usage effect: Strength, Agility, Constitution, and Intelligence attributes +1."

"But, apart from his Agility attribute, Zhang Yanhang’s other main attributes had already reached the First Tier Limit of twenty-five points. So, using it now might cause a waste, since the attribute points added by such artifacts cannot further increase attribute values beyond limits unlike Talents."

"Therefore, Zhang Yanhang planned to save this [T-virus Raw Liquid (Essence Extraction)] for use after his promotion to Second Tier since it only requires attributes below fifty points. Although Zhang Yanhang had accumulated a lot of free attribute points, he was not yet at the level to max out immediately after promoting to the Second Tier."

"Apart from the attribute list of the [T-virus Raw Liquid (Essence Extraction)], Zhang Yanhang also checked the attribute list for the previously unseen [T-virus Raw Liquid]."

"To Zhang Yanhang’s surprise, this thing turned out to be simply the T-virus, which could lead to a massive infection outbreak of zombies once leaked. Unless one has a Constitution attribute higher than ten points, one cannot become immune."

"Zhang Yanhang, not being someone with an antisocial personality, naturally would not opt for such stuff. Compared to this, the [T-virus Raw Liquid (Essence Extraction)], which could be used to increase attribute values, was undoubtedly much more appealing."

"[Item Five]"

"[Option One: Attack Coin Fragment (three), Purple Quality, Equipment]"

"[Option Two: Attack Coin Fragment (six), Purple Quality, Equipment]"

"[Option Three: Attack Coin, Dark Purple Quality, Equipment]"

"Besides the Defense Coin, to think it could even yield an Attack Coin? Lord Monsters are terrifying indeed!"

Zhang Yanhang had originally thought about gathering the last remaining Attack Coin Fragment through the slot machine’s jackpot, but unexpectedly, he acquired a complete Attack Coin directly from the Tracker’s treasure box.

Upon seeing the Attack Coin he had been eagerly longing for appear among the options, Zhang Yanhang immediately checked its attribute list.

[Attack Coin]

[Quality: Dark Purple]

[Type: Equipment]

[Origin: Ashen World, Raccoon City, Umbrella Company Base, Logistics Storage Room.]

[Durability: 100/100]

[Defensive Power: 50]

[Special Attribute: When launching a physical attack, it adds an additional 25 points of physical damage.]

[Usage Requirements: Strength below 75 points.]

[Score: 160 (Scores for dark-purple items range from 151 to 260.)]

[Description: Official cheat, most deadly!—From an unnamed other-dimensional ████]

"Is it my imagination? Why does this Attack Coin seem so weak? It only adds an extra twenty-five points of physical damage? And it isn’t even fixed damage?"

"No, maybe it’s not my imagination, but this Attack Coin indeed is weak. The Defense Coin scored 210, which is upper-middle tier among dark-purple items, whereas the Attack Coin only scored 160, barely passing the threshold for dark-purple items. If it were 10 points lower, it would be downgraded to purple quality."

Even though it was the Attack Coin he had been dreaming of day and night, Zhang Yanhang felt somewhat disappointed upon seeing its attribute list because, compared to the Defense Coin, this Attack Coin was indeed much weaker.

"If the Attack Coin could add twenty-five points of fixed damage, then in the future, even if I encounter enemies whose defenses I cannot break through, I could still rely on the fixed damage to forcibly grind them down. But if it only simply enhances twenty-five points of damage, I would need to break through the enemy’s defenses to enjoy this added damage."

Speaking of grinding down enemies, Zhang Yanhang had initially thought his fight with the Tracker would be a guerrilla war, slowly wearing down the Tracker with ant acid bullets.

But contrary to his expectations, during the direct combat, Zhang Yanhang won quite easily. He hadn’t dodged a single attack and had directly clashed head-on, turning the Tracker into a pulp.

By the way, right above Zhang Yanhang’s head at this moment, there’s a drip of pulp suspended in midair, and if Zhang Yanhang finishes making his choice, following the end of Time Pause and calculating the action trajectory, this drip of pulp would land precisely on Zhang Yanhang’s energy shield.

Fortunately, Zhang Yanhang still has his eggshell-shaped energy shield activated, so this drip of pulp should smoothly slide along the sleek curvature of the shield to the ground and merge with the pulp there.

"Fine, being a bit weaker is okay, it’s still Dark Purple Quality equipment, and besides, if every attack adds an additional 25 points of physical damage, it’s quite useful for an Awakener like me who likes to shoot with firearms. My bullet damage should increase significantly in the future."

Moreover, although a single Attack Coin only adds 25 points of physical damage, Zhang Yanhang now has nine Attack Coin Fragments in his possession. If he keeps playing the slot machine, it shouldn’t take long to complete the second Attack Coin.

By then, Zhang Yanhang, having two Attack Coins, would be able to get an additional 50 points of physical damage bonus.

A Tracker, this kind of Lord Monster, only has six hundred Life Value at Second Tier Two Stars, so if he can break the defense and cause at least one point of damage every time, Zhang Yanhang would only need to attack twelve times to take the opponent down directly with that extra fifty points of physical damage.

So, even though the Attack Coin is indeed much weaker than the Defense Coin, it can still significantly enhance Zhang Yanhang’s efficiency in hunting monsters in the future, such as the Prototype Tyrant. Even without using Spiritual Qi Blessing, Zhang Yanhang can kill it outright with a few ’Continuous Ordinary Punches.’

"So, I choose ’30,000 Soul Points,’ ’Slow Corrosion,’ ’Defense Coin,’ ’T-Virus Original Liquid (Essence Extraction),’ and ’Attack Coin.’"

Although he didn’t get ninety thousand soul points, Zhang Yanhang was generally quite satisfied with this treasure box, as a small Purple Quality Treasure Box unexpectedly revealed two Dark Purple Quality Equipment and one Dark Purple Quality Artifact.

Before opening the treasure box, Zhang Yanhang had hoped to get Dark Purple Quality equipment and artifacts, and now his little wish was smoothly fulfilled.

After opening the treasure box, Zhang Yanhang put all four items he obtained into his waist bag. The Talent Level S "Chunling Endless" was still far from leveling up, it could only accumulate slowly over time, while the ’T-Virus Original Liquid (Essence Extraction)’ would have to wait until Second Tier to use.

Besides these two items, the Attack and Defense Coins, even though they are equipment, are special equipment that can be effective just by being carried in the waist bag, so none of the items he opened needed to be used right away, and therefore, they all went straight into the waist bag.

"So, now comes the question. Since the treasure box is opened and there is nothing that needs to be used right now, what should I do next?"

Zhang Yanhang sat on the ground and thought carefully, feeling he might upgrade some skills, especially since he had just obtained thirty thousand soul points from the Tracker’s treasure box. As for saving those soul points to enhance his Profession Level after advancing to Second Tier?

Zhang Yanhang felt there was no need to worry about that. From his experience with opening treasure boxes, Ashen Treasure Boxes, being one type of box, should also be able to reveal soul points, so he planned to use the soul points from the Ashen Treasure Boxes for upgrading Profession Levels later.

Moreover, Zhang Yanhang remembered upgrading his Profession Level to LV.10 only consumed nine hundred soul points, so even upon advancing to Second Tier, he thought the initial Profession Levels wouldn’t require too many soul points, so upgrading should be fast, probably just by defeating a few monsters.

Zhang Yanhang was thinking about the affairs after advancing to Second Tier while he opened up his soul point balance to take a look.

[Soul Points: 35634 (+33796)]

"The Tracker alone contributed thirty-three thousand soul points. The remaining 796 odd points came from clearing the sewer, Umbrella company’s Raccoon City branch, and the slot machine rewards. Compared to a Lord Monster like the Tracker, the income from ordinary monsters is indeed pitiful."

Zhang Yanhang carefully calculated that besides the Tracker, he had killed approximately three to four hundred Ordinary Zombies, sixteen Gamma Type Hunters, twenty-four Zombie Dogs and Lickers, ten Police Zombies, three Beta-type Hunters, and one Prototype Tyrant in the Ashen World.

The reason Zhang Yanhang remembered it so clearly was that the latter long list of monsters all came from the slot machine’s reward pool, and besides the most basic Ordinary Zombies and Zombie Dogs, all the mentioned monsters had been completely eradicated by him.