October 13th, five days after the end of the Mid-Autumn Festival and National Holiday, 7 a.m., Xingfuli District, Residence 505, bedroom.
Zhang Yanhang slowly opened his eyes as he lay in bed, then turned off the alarm on his phone. Perhaps it was the anticipation of the Ashen Treasure Box that had actually made the alarm effective this rare time, managing to wake Zhang Yanhang from a deep sleep.
He glanced at his phone to check the time, "I really only slept for an hour, it seems I do have a bit of self-control."
Zhang Yanhang struggled out of his blankets and pulled a colorful treasure box from his waist bag, "Although I’m a bit hungry, I’ll open the Ashen Treasure Box first, then eat after I’m done."
Zhang Yanhang checked the attribute list of the Ashen Treasure Box, curious about how this Ashen Treasure Box differed from regular ones.
[Ashen Treasure Box (Raccoon City)]
[Quality: None (An exclusive Ashen Treasure Box received after completion of evaluation, without quality.)]
[Related Regional Comprehensive Evaluation Level: EX]
[Origin: Ashen World, Raccoon City.]
[Treasure Box Keywords: Zombie, Death, Virus, Technology, Firearms. (Keywords are special attributes unique to Ashen Treasure Boxes, which determine the items based on the keywords, not limited to the region; any area containing the corresponding keywords may yield items from that region.)]
[Durability: Indestructible (An exclusive Ashen Treasure Box received after completion of evaluation, cannot be destroyed.)]
[Special Attribute: The higher the comprehensive evaluation level and difficulty of the related region, the better the treasure box rewards.]
[Usage Requirements: Zhang Yanhang (An exclusive Ashen Treasure Box received after completion of evaluation, can only be used by the individual.)]
[Description: An exclusive Ashen Treasure Box received after completion of evaluation; non-tradable, indestructible, non-droppable. The regional comprehensive evaluation level can further increase or decrease the reward’s upper and lower limits, the basic reward caps are determined by the regional difficulty.]
"Indeed, the Ashen Treasure Box is completely different from the regular ones; it feels like it should yield a lot of good stuff. And the keywords for this box seem really powerful; it can even contain items from other regions." Having read the attribute list for the Ashen Treasure Box, Zhang Yanhang immediately chose to open it.
[Do you wish to open the ’Ashen Treasure Box (Raccoon City)’?]
"Yes, open it." Having read the description of the items in the Ashen Treasure Box, Zhang Yanhang felt sure that with the highest EX level evaluation, he would definitely receive rewards far exceeding the regional reward base cap.
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"Speaking of which, since firearms are one of the keywords, is it possible for me to get a machine gun straight out of the Ashen Treasure Box?" Zhang Yanhang felt this was quite likely, hoping that the multiple-choice would give him that much face, and not be so heartless.
[Option One: 1 point of Ash Source]
[Option Two: 2 points of Ash Source]
[Option Three: 3 points of Ash Source]
"The first option is Ash Source? But isn’t that too little? I’m at an EX level evaluation, and even with the boost from multiple choice, it’s still only up to three points of Ash Source?"
Zhang Yanhang had thought that with multiple-choice, he could at least get five points of Ash Source, but it seems he had overestimated himself.
"Fine, three points it is. After all, to upgrade to the Second Tier, I only need one Ash Source," Zhang Yanhang said as he clicked on the second item.
Option One: Six Roots Pure Soul Passage Spear, Dark Purple Quality, Weapon
Option Two: Golden Gatling, Purple Quality, Weapon
Option Three: Purgatory Gatling, Purple Quality, Weapon
"Golden Gatling? Purgatory Gatling? Well, aren’t these all from CF? There’s even CF in the Ashen World?"
Zhang Yanhang thought it over carefully and realized that CF indeed fit perfectly with the Treasure Box’s keywords: ’zombie, death, virus, technology, firearms’. Each keyword was related to CF, so it made sense for CF to appear.
"Fortunately, this Dark Purple Quality Six Roots Pure Soul Passage Spear isn’t from CF. I was just talking about wanting a machine gun and here I am immediately presented with three options. Sometimes Multiple Choice can be pretty reliable."
Zhang Yanhang couldn’t wait to open the Attribute list of the Six Roots Pure Soul Gun and took a glance.
Six Roots Pure Soul Gun
Origin: Ashen World, Land of the Buddha Country, Heretic Conversion Agency.
Attack Power: 52 (Varies with bullet updates, currently using 30mm caliber bullets specially made by the Heretic Conversion Agency.)
Magazine Capacity: 500 rounds
Fire Rate: 100 rounds per second
Special Attribute: 1. Six Roots Pure (Buddhist). 2. Five Elements are All Emptiness (Buddhist).
Six Roots Pure (Buddhist): Activates Lock-On mode, significantly increasing bullet concentration and fire rate to 200 rounds per second. Duration: one second. Cooldown: 60 seconds. No Energy consumption.
Five Elements are All Emptiness (Buddhist): Weapon generates its own ammunition, which is automatically sent to the host’s designated location. Magazine generation speed is one every hour, with a capacity of 500 rounds, and a maximium of 10 magazines can exist simultaneously. Magazine can be produced using Energy Value, costing 50 points per magazine. Ammunition made from Energy Value does not require reloading and appears directly on the machine gun.
Usage requirements: Strength 40, Intelligence 35.
Score: 260 (Dark Purple Items score is from 151 to 260.).
Introduction: When Guanyin Bodhisattva was deeply immersed in the practice of the Prajñāpāramitā, she perceived that the Five Elements are All Emptiness, liberating all suffering beings. Whenever I convert heretics, I often find myself involuntarily looking at this Buddhist scripture imprinted on the ’Heretic-Specialized Arhat-Level Buddhist Conversion Heavy Machine Gun.’ Every time I read it, I feel my understanding of Buddhism deepens. — From a Conversion Agency Executioner at Sotapanna Level
"Wow, 30mm caliber heretic conversion bullets? This isn’t just a machine gun, it’s clearly a cannon!"
Zhang Yanhang remembered the aircraft cannon on the F-35 was only around 25mm caliber, but the Six Roots Pure Soul Gun was actually 30mm.
"Generally, with 30mm cannons like these, you’d need to mount them on vehicles to use them properly as vehicle-mounted weapons. But in the Ashen World, it became a hand-held weapon. No wonder it requires forty points of Strength..."
Although a forty points Strength requirement, along with 35 points of Intelligence, was quite high for First Tier Zhang Yanhang, it wasn’t too big of a problem; he would be able to meet the requirements after his promotion to the Second Tier.
"What’s most key is that the Six Roots Pure Soul Gun is a weapon with infinite ammunition, able to generate rounds directly using Energy Value, perfectly solving logistical issues.
Before, I only wanted a machine gun, but now, I’ve got a cannon."
The only thought Zhang Yanhang had about his past self was "Too small! My vision was too narrow!" Infinite ammunition really is amazing, compared to which, those three previous conditions seem far too limited.