Ashen God
Chapter 84 The Prize Pool Refreshes Again

Chapter 84: Chapter 84 The Prize Pool Refreshes Again

Standing next to the slot machine, Zhang Yanhang suddenly remembered something, "The transmission channel doesn’t seem to be closed yet, which means that if I have second thoughts now, I actually still have a chance to return to the Main World."

"But I won’t go back, since there’s nothing for me to do there anyway, so I should continue to focus on hunting monsters in the Ashen World to earn Soul points." Having made his choice, Zhang Yanhang was determined to thoroughly clear the entire surface of Raccoon City.

After positioning the slot machine, Zhang Yanhang skillfully pulled the metal lever. Including earlier attempts, he had already spun for prizes over two hundred times; it was hard not to get adept at it.

Of course, thanks to Multiple Choice, Zhang Yanhang was guaranteed to win with every pull of the lever. If anyone else were to try their luck, they would probably get a ’thank you for participating’ ninety times out of a hundred, and even if they did occasionally win a Third Prize, overall, they were bound to come out at a loss.

[Please choose the specific content of the Lucky Slot Machine’s draw]

[Option One: ☠☠☠ (Third Prize, Police Zombie, First Tier Zero Star, Ordinary Monster.)]

[Option Two: ☠☠☠ (Third Prize, Doberman Zombie, First Tier One Star, Ordinary Monster.)]

...

[Option Forty-Six: ☠☠☠ (Third Prize, Licker, First Tier Two Stars, Ordinary Monster.)]

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[Option Eighty-Three: ☠☠☠ (Third Prize, Beta-type Hunter, First Tier Three Stars, Ordinary Monster.)]

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[Option One Hundred Ninety-Four: ✬✪✮ (Fourth Prize, thank you for participating, no physical reward.)]

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"No Lady Zombie this time?" To be honest, Zhang Yanhang inexplicably missed the Lady Zombie from before. Last time, because he was in a hurry to clear the Outer Zone, he didn’t have the chance to conduct a thorough study on it. Given another chance, he would definitely conduct a deeper academic research on the Lady Zombie, such as dissection.

"But this time, there is no Lady Zombie, but there is a Beta-type Hunter." Zhang Yanhang was really surprised that a First Tier Three Stars Beta-type Hunter could appear in the Third Prize, considering that it hadn’t been more than half an hour since he killed one for the first time, and now the slot machine had already refreshed with a Beta-type Hunter.

"Could it be that the slot machine’s Third Prize refreshes the monster pool according to my progress in the game? That can’t be possible, right?" Although it felt unlikely the slot machine was that intelligent, Zhang Yanhang believed that the presence of zombies other than Ordinary Zombies in the draw was definitely related to him having killed those monsters.

Otherwise, the prize pool of the slot machine could very well include monsters like the Tyrant from the Second tier, but it hadn’t, indicating that the refresh definitely related to Zhang Yanhang’s game progress.

Moreover, the very first time he used the slot machine, it only contained First Tier Zero Star Ordinary Zombies and Police Zombies. However, when Zhang Yanhang entered the Ashen World yesterday, the slot machine had refreshed with First Tier One Star Zombie Dogs and First Tier Two Stars Lickers—monsters he had previously killed.

And this time, it had directly refreshed with a First Tier Three Stars Beta-type Hunter that he had just recently killed. So, if you were to say the contents of the slot machine had nothing to do with Zhang Yanhang, he absolutely wouldn’t believe it.

"If that’s the case, it should be a good thing, right? I just wonder if the slot machine will refresh with the Tyrant once I’ve taken it down. Well, that I’ll have to experiment with later on." Here, Zhang Yanhang was referring to killing a Tyrant and then checking if it would appear in the slot machine’s prize pool next time it refreshed. Of course, killing a Tyrant was something to be done step by step; he would at least need to be in the Middle Layer to possibly encounter a Tyrant.

But Zhang Yanhang’s current primary task was still to continue clearing the Outer Zone of Raccoon City. The total area of Raccoon City’s Outer Zone was 29 square kilometers, and he had only just cleared 14 square kilometers, roughly half the area, with another 15 square kilometers yet to be cleared. Only after clearing the entire Outer Zone would he venture again into the Middle Layer.

"So, I choose Option One, the Third Prize Police Zombie." Zhang Yanhang made his decision swiftly. Time resumed its flow, and the icons on the slot machine began to spin again, quickly locking onto three skull symbols. From the machine’s hatch, a familiar transparent Egg capsule popped out.

A Police Zombie appeared from the floating Egg and directly fell into the pit below, but Zhang Yanhang didn’t pay any attention to it for the time being. He usually grouped together about a dozen Ordinary Zombies before clearing them out.

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A short while later, Zhang Yanhang efficiently cleared all one hundred Zombies. He roughly counted, having cleared a total of 36 First Tier Zero Star Ordinary Zombies, 18 First Tier Zero Star Police Zombies, 30 First Tier One Star Zombie Dogs, 15 First Tier Two Stars Lickers, and 1 First Tier Three Stars Beta-type Hunter.

Although it was a hundred Zombies, the number of Treasure boxes he obtained this time was considerably fewer than last time. Previous time he had gotten 17 Treasure boxes, but this time he only got 13. These included five from Ordinary Zombies, two from Police Zombies, four from Zombie Dogs, and finally two from Lickers.

As for the Beta-type Hunter? Probably due to its small quantity, Zhang Yanhang didn’t manage to obtain any Treasure boxes from it.

By the way, during the time Zhang Yanhang spent drawing prizes, the Main World’s Transmission Channel to the Ashen World had already completely closed, so now he definitely couldn’t return.

"The proportion of High Star Zombies has increased once more..." Zhang Yanhang began to suspect whether, as his number of lottery draws increased, the First Tier Zero Star Ordinary Zombies in the prize pool would all disappear and their places would be filled by Lickers and Zombie Dogs.

But if that were actually possible, it would be a boon for Zhang Yanhang because if he drew an Ordinary Zombie, he would only earn one Treasure box. The reason being that one Slot machine draw cost 1 Soul point, and a First Tier Zero Star Zombie was worth the same 1 Soul point.

Therefore, Zhang Yanhang could only profit from killing a Zombie Dog, which was worth 3 Soul points, or a Licker worth 6 Soul points, or even a Beta-type Hunter worth 10 Soul points.