Ashen God
Chapter 77: T-Virus Vector (Biological Weapon)

Chapter 77: Chapter 77: T-Virus Vector (Biological Weapon)

"Although I don’t feel very tired, I should head back to the gun store first," Zhang Yanhang thought. His supplies on hand weren’t particularly plentiful, so this time, he planned to use the hundred slots of the storage box to completely empty the gun store. He had actually wanted to do this before, but the waist bag’s slots were insufficient.

But now, with the storage box, things were different. With plenty of slots to spare, Zhang Yanhang only needed to stash all the firearms and ammo from the gun store into the storage box, and he would no longer need to waste time visiting the gun store in the future.

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Fifteen minutes later, Zhang Yanhang had successfully returned to the gun store and had loaded all of the firearms and ammunition into the storage box.

Speaking of the storage box, Zhang Yanhang remembered that he had seen similar boxes in other places in Raccoon City. However, those boxes were all in the middle layer. He planned to use these boxes as anchor points to gradually clear the middle layer after he had finished clearing the outer zone.

Once he acquired these boxes, he wanted to try using alchemy to see if the storage boxes could be fused and evolved like the waist bag. If possible, he could then obtain a storage box with an incredibly large capacity. Of course, what Zhang Yanhang truly wanted to do was to shrink the storage box and take it out of Ashen World.

"Since I’m here, should I open a treasure box?" Zhang Yanhang pondered for a moment and felt that it would be worth spending some time to open treasure boxes. Using the gains to improve himself should enhance his clearing efficiency further, what is commonly known as "sharpening the axe will not delay the work of cutting wood."

Compared to last time, Zhang Yanhang had cleared an area of eight square kilometers. Furthermore, he had re-cleared parts that he had gone through once and even fought a horde of zombies in the middle layer. Consequently, he had killed a four-digit number of zombies this time.

Including the hundred zombies from the slot machine, Zhang Yanhang killed a total of 1,200 First Tier Zero Star ordinary zombies, along with 200 First Tier Zero Star police zombies and over 200 First Tier One Star zombie dogs. He even killed seventy First Tier Two Stars lickers and, as an unexpected gain, three First Tier Three Stars Beta-type Hunters.

[Soul points: 2640 (+2630)]

"Eight hours ago, I was destitute, with only ten soul points to my name, but now, eight hours later, I’ve gained 2630 soul points just from killing monsters. After I open the treasure boxes, my soul point balance will likely break into five digits."

Zhang Yanhang felt very satisfied with this outcome, his eight hours of hard work had indeed paid off.

"Now comes the most important part, opening treasure boxes," Zhang Yanhang gathered several large wooden boxes and started to pour treasure boxes into them. This time, he had collected over two hundred treasure boxes. As for the exact number, only an inventory count would reveal it.

After tallying and categorizing the treasure boxes, Zhang Yanhang had a total of 228 treasure boxes, a solid 96 more than last time.

Of the 228 treasure boxes Zhang Yanhang harvested this time, ordinary zombie treasure boxes still made up the largest proportion, a staggering 160 boxes. Next were the zombie dog treasure boxes, only about one-fifth of the ordinary zombie ones, with 33 boxes.

Then there were the police zombie treasure boxes. Compared to last time, the drop rate for police zombie treasure boxes wasn’t high. Despite killing 200 police zombies, which is 1.6 times the number from last time, only 25 treasure boxes were dropped. That is, eighty more police zombies resulted in just seven more dropped treasure boxes than the previous 18.

After that were the lickers’ treasure boxes, with only 9 of them, their drop rate was roughly the same overall as before. Finally, there was the Beta-type Hunter treasure box; since Zhang Yanhang had killed only three Beta-type Hunters, he obtained only one treasure box.

"Overall, aside from the drop rate of the police zombie treasure boxes which has decreased, the drop rates of other zombies’ treasure boxes are fairly stable."

However, Zhang Yanhang felt that the drop rate of police zombie treasure boxes had not so much decreased as it had returned to normal. Before, the police zombie treasure box drop rate had always been higher than other zombies’, but now it was roughly on par with the others.

"Now that the treasure box count is done, it’s time to officially start opening them," Zhang Yanhang picked up a green treasure box from a nearby wooden box. This was the only treasure box dropped by the three Beta-type Hunters he had killed; he felt it should contain something good.

[Would you like to open the ’Drop Treasure Box (Beta-type Hunter)’?]

"Yes, open it." As Zhang Yanhang made his choice, the familiar pause in time silently ensued.

[Please select the specific contents of the ’Drop Treasure Box (Beta-type Hunter)’]

[Item One: ?]

[Item Two: ?]

[Item Three: ?]

[Item Four: ?]

[Item Five: ?]

"Based on previous experiences, the Beta-type Hunter’s treasure box should have a high probability of containing blue-quality items. After all, even the lickers’ treasure boxes could contain blue-quality items, so the more formidable Beta-type Hunters should also yield them without question."

Zhang Yanhang eagerly clicked on the first item.

[Item One]

[Option One: 10 soul points]

[Option Two: 50 soul points]

[Option Three: 100 soul points]

"Good, the first item is the familiar soul points. Worth 100 soul points for one option, not bad for a First Tier Three Stars monster. Although it still can’t match the value of 300 soul points per option of a Goblin Merchant, it’s definitely far stronger compared to monsters like zombies and zombie dogs."

Zhang Yanhang still couldn’t understand why a mere Goblin Merchant could be worth so many soul points. He truly regretted not taking a look at the Goblin Merchant’s attribute list before killing it. By doing so, he might have found some related clues or leads.

Well, at that time, he hadn’t yet learned how to view the attribute list, but if he encountered a monster like the Goblin Merchant in the future, he would definitely check its attribute list.

[Item Two]

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

[Option Two: T-Virus Carrier (Evolution Failure), Quality F, Talent]

[Option Three: T-Virus Carrier (Biological Weapon), D-Level Quality, Talent]