Ashen God
Chapter 202 - 201 Heavy Firepower Master

Chapter 202: Chapter 201 Heavy Firepower Master

Ordinary zombies and zombie dogs haven’t gone extinct because they’re low-level and respawn quickly, unlike the first tier two-star Lickers. When Zhang Yanhang scanned Raccoon City, he couldn’t find any trace of them.

Of course, it’s possible that the Lickers that did respawn were hiding in more concealed corners, which is why Zhang Yanhang couldn’t find them. Unlike the Lickers, which might have already started respawning, there were no signs of respawning for the first tier three-star Gamma Type Hunters and Beta-type Hunters.

As for the second order one-star Prototype Tyrant, it goes without saying that they have the highest level, and waiting for them to respawn could take ages.

Zhang Yanhang actually hoped that more monsters would respawn in Raccoon City because his demand for these monsters was truly very high.

First, he needed a large amount of the E-quality Talent "Slow Corrosion" to upgrade the S-quality Talent "Chunling Endless."

His second need was for the yellow medicinal herb from the Lickers and Gamma Type Hunters, since one can never have a high enough life value limit.

Especially for someone like him, an Awakener with the Technique Immunity Skill, because the shield value limit increases alongside the life value limit, each red and yellow pill he consumed brought him several times the benefits.

The third need came from the various coin fragments in the treasure boxes dropped by the Prototype Tyrant. Coins, a special type of equipment that automatically activates just by being kept in a waist bag, were in particularly high demand by him. Moreover, he wanted to improve the quality of the coins through fusion to allow them to function effectively for a longer period.

Unfortunately, as per Zhang Yanhang’s observations, in this visit to Raccoon City, apart from the lowest-level ordinary zombies and zombie dogs showing signs of respawning, there wasn’t much activity from others. It was just a matter of waiting until his next visit to the Ashen World to see if they would respawn again.

Mainly, if no monsters were respawned in Raccoon City, Zhang Yanhang truly had no other recourse, as he couldn’t influence the respawning mechanisms of the Ashen World.

Incidentally, he didn’t know if it was due to some peculiar geographical features, but Zhang Yanhang found absolutely no zombie dogs or Lickers in the Umbrella company’s Raccoon City branch. It was only filled with ordinary zombies wandering around.

This led to Zhang Yanhang only killing a total of over two hundred ordinary zombies after clearing out the entire Umbrella Raccoon City branch, which resulted in relatively low gains.

The situation in the sewers was similar, devoid of any zombie dogs or Lickers, save for the sixteen Gamma Type Hunters of first tier three-star strength available only as a minor relief. The rest were all ordinary zombies and very few in number, thus, his gains from clearing the sewers were also quite low.

This lack of zombie dogs and Lickers in the sewers and Umbrella Raccoon City branch was why Zhang Yanhang, on his trip to Raccoon City this time, ended up killing only twenty-four Lickers and zombie dogs at the slot machine jackpot.

In the past, Zhang Yanhang usually had to kill a three-digit number of Lickers and zombie dogs to feel satisfied, and in comparison, the number he killed this time was regrettably low.

After reviewing the balance of soul points, Zhang Yanhang prepared to start following the planned upgrade schedule to enhance his skill levels, with the Gun Master being the first.

Level 9 Gun Master provided an additional 110% remote attack power bonus. This meant the high-explosive armor-piercing bullets that Zhang Yanhang fired were enhanced by 110% attack power, enabling him to easily blast the Lord Monster Tracker into serious injuries.

It’s worth mentioning that in the game, one could use a rocket launcher, specifically an M202 66mm four-barrel rocket launcher.

This rocket launcher’s caliber was about a quarter less than Zhang Yanhang’s 84mm caliber AT-4, so the damage it could cause was relatively poor, barely inflicting significant injury on the Tracker, a mere scratch in comparison.

Although Zhang Yanhang’s AT-4 was significantly larger in caliber, if it only had its original power, it might only have increased the speed of scraping compared to the M202 66mm four-barrel rocket launcher.

But, a 110% bonus to Attack Power had dramatically increased the potency of the AT-4 rocket launcher, instantly causing severe injuries to the Tracker with one shot and subsequently turning the Tracker into a mash with barrage of fires.

"Choose! Skill Level Enhancement!" Based on Zhang Yanhang’s previous upgrade experience, elevating the Gun Master skill level to LV.MAX would undoubtedly strengthen its additional attributes once again.

[Would you like to enhance your skill level?]

[Option One: ’Gun Master LV.9’ to ’Gun Master LV.MAX’ (Cost: 12,800 Soul points.)]

[Option Two: ’Fighting Master LV.6’ to ’Fighting Master LV.7’ (Cost: 1,600 Soul points.)]

[Option Three: ’Seeking Fortune and Avoiding Evil LV.MAX’ to ’???’ (Unenhanceable)]

[Option Four: ’Technique Immunity LV.MAX’ to ’???’ (Unenhanceable)]

[Option Five: ’Limitless Universe Skill LV.MAX’ to ’???’ (Unenhanceable)]

[Option Six: ’Alchemy [Incomplete]’ to ’???’ (Unenhanceable)]

"I choose Option One, to elevate the Gun Master skill level to LV.MAX." Although upgrading to LV.MAX is already the limit, Zhang Yanhang was about to be promoted to Second Tier, and he had previously asked Multiple Choice, which indicated that these skills’ further enhancements would be unlocked after the promotion to Second Tier.

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[You have acquired ’Gun Master LV.MAX’ skill, currently drawing random additional attributes.]

[Would you like to choose an additional attribute for ’Gun Master LV.MAX’?]

[Additional Attribute One: Magic Gunman (Upon choosing Magic Gunman, ’Gun Master LV.MAX’ will include a suffix ’Magic Gunman’ and will specialize the skill’s augmenting effects to some extent.

Specific specializations include but are not limited to a slight reduction in Remote Attack Power bonus effect, medium increase in ’Magic-breaking,’ ’Penetration,’ ’Burst’ judgment attributes, and adding an extra ’Magic Shooting’ effect...)]

[Additional Attribute Two: Heavy Firepower Master (Choosing Heavy Firepower Master, the ’Gun Master LV.MAX’ skill will completely alter to ’Heavy Firepower Master LV.MAX’.

Specific alterations include but are not limited to a significant reduction in Remote Attack Power bonus effect when using light and ordinary weapons, and a medium increase in Remote Attack Power bonus effect when using heavy and super-heavy weapons, with medium increase in relevant ’Blast,’ ’Splash,’ ’Suppression’ judgment attributes...)]

[Additional Attribute Three: Remote Attack Power +30%]

"Magic Gunman... this name does sound better than Fast Gunman, but still, I don’t really want to opt for this option."

Mainly because Zhang Yanhang felt that his Energy value limit was too low, and this ’Magic Shooting,’ just by the name, seemed like it would require a significant drain on his energy value.