"Hmm? The second item is already Talent? Could it be that the options for Soul points have been reduced?" Compared to various artifacts and equipment whose usefulness was uncertain, Zhang Yanhang actually preferred the plain and simple Soul points, because if he used Soul points to upgrade, he truly became stronger quickly.
"That said, the ’T Virus Carrier (Biological Weapon)’ Talent turned out to be a D-level Talent." But even though it was a D-level Talent, Zhang Yanhang absolutely didn’t want it, because he feared that using this Talent would turn him into that ghastly form of the Beta-type Hunter.
The Talents Zhang Yanhang liked were like Slow Corrosion—those that simply added attributes, straightforward yet extremely practical.
Of course, although they were both T Virus Carriers, if he had to choose one, Zhang Yanhang actually preferred the telekinesis Talent enhanced by the T Virus in the main character Alice from the movie version of Resident Evil rather than the T Virus Talents found in these monsters.
Unfortunately, based on Zhang Yanhang’s experience and usual observations, the Raccoon City in Ashen World is likely the game version of Raccoon City and not the one from the movies, because the movie version does not have Beta-type Hunters, Storage Boxes, or various colored Medicinal Herbs; these all exist only in the game version of Resident Evil.
[Option One: 10 Soul points]
[Option Two: 50 Soul points]
[Option Three: 100 Soul points]
"Another hundred Soul points, nice. Later, if I have extra Soul points, I might use them to enhance Gun Master and Fighting Master." Zhang Yanhang felt that he shouldn’t just blindly increase his survival ability but should also appropriately enhance his output ability; the two were complementary states.
[Option One: 10 Soul points]
[Option Two: 50 Soul points]
[Option Three: 100 Soul points]
"It seems the Beta-type Hunter’s Treasure box is pretty standard, with three options about Soul points. With this, one Treasure box can secure me three hundred Soul points," said Zhang Yanhang as he opened the next item. Newest update provided by novèlfire.net
[Option One: Yellow Medicine Grass (two plants), Blue quality, Artifact]
[Option Two: Beta-type Hunter’s left arm, White quality, Material]
[Option Three: Beta-type Hunter’s right arm, Green quality, Material]
"Hmm? Material? This kind of thing can pop out too? It looks kind of useful, but I still choose the Yellow Medicine Grass."
Zhang Yanhang could attempt to use Alchemy to turn the Beta-type Hunter’s arms into weapons, but the problem was he currently wasn’t short on weapons. So, in the end, he chose the Yellow Medicine Grass; after strengthening it with Red Medicine Herb, it could enhance his Life Value by 12 and his corresponding Shield Value.
Zhang Yanhang initially thought the treasure box of the Beta-type Hunter would yield some useful new items, but while new items did indeed appear, they weren’t very useful, which left him rather disappointed. Fortunately, there were still two blue quality Yellow Medicine Grasses to choose from.
"So, I choose ’100 Soul Points,’ ’Slow Corrosion,’ ’100 Soul Points,’ ’100 Soul Points,’ ’Yellow Medicine Grass.’" After making his choices, time resumed its flow, but Zhang Yanhang immediately picked up the next treasure box; this time, he intended to open 228 treasure boxes in a row, truly a massive undertaking.
After opening all 228 treasure boxes, Zhang Yanhang sat on a bar stool contemplating life, "I opened 228 treasure boxes in a row, yet my Spiritual Energy hasn’t decreased at all..."
"Why do passive options not consume Spiritual Energy while active options do?" Zhang Yanhang thought that if he could fix this bug about active options consuming Spiritual Energy, he could easily become the strongest in the world and sweeping through the Ashen World would just be a matter of choosing the right options.
Unfortunately, compared to active options consuming Spiritual Energy, passive options not requiring Spiritual Energy seemed more like a malicious bug in the real world, so Zhang Yanhang was merely fantasizing about eating peaches.
After pondering life for a while, Zhang Yanhang checked his Soul Points balance. His intuition told him that this time his Soul Points balance would definitely break the five-digit barrier.
[Soul Points: 12830 (+10190)]
"12,830 Soul Points... are there really so many?" Zhang Yanhang originally thought that only by adding up the Soul Points earned from the treasure boxes and killing monsters could he surpass the ten-thousand mark, but surprisingly, just the Soul Points from the treasure boxes amounted to 10,190.
"But while there are many Soul Points, at most, they are only enough to upgrade Skills to LV.9; LV.10 requires 12,800 Soul Points." Well, Zhang Yanhang didn’t actually plan to boost Technique Immunity and Seeking Fortune and Avoiding Evil to LV.10 all at once; upgrades had to be done slowly and gradually, especially since the rate at which he acquired Soul Points was limited.
After checking his Soul Points, Zhang Yanhang began to tally the various items he got this time, starting with Talents. This time, he had obtained a total of 203 E-grade Talents "Slow Corrosion," but although it seemed like a lot, it still wasn’t enough to upgrade his A-grade Talent "Longevity" to the next level.
Zhang Yanhang silently glanced at the Talent Effect of A-grade "Longevity."
[Ability One: Unwearied — Constitution +4.]
[Ability Two: Energetic — Physical Strength +130%.]
[Ability Three: Long-life Vision — Life Span +80 years.]
"To continue upgrading Longevity, I need 243 Slow Corrosions, but I only got 203 Slow Corrosions this time. Even adding the 19 Slow Corrosions I had left over from last time, I only have 222, still short by 21 Slow Corrosions to upgrade."
These twenty-one Slow Corrosions, Zhang Yanhang estimated, would likely require him to kill another hundred or two zombies, but he didn’t know if he could still upgrade afterward. If it could be upgraded, he might need as many as 729 Slow Corrosions, and even if he cleared out all the zombies in Raccoon City, he might not be able to gather that many.
Zhang Yanhang roughly estimated that obtaining 729 Slow Corrosions would require him to kill about six thousand zombies, but Raccoon City might not even have that many left, especially since he had already cleared half of its outer zone.
Based on Zhang Yanhang’s actual measurements during the Time Pause state, the entire area of Raccoon City is approximately 43 square kilometers, with the outer zone being the largest part, occupying about 29 square kilometers, nearly two-thirds of Raccoon City’s total area.