Zhang Yanhang had cleared a whopping 14 square kilometers of area, meaning he had cleared one-third of Raccoon City, but he had only managed to gather a bit over two thousand zombies. Therefore, if he were to estimate the remaining two-thirds of Raccoon City’s area, it’s quite uncertain whether he could gather six thousand zombies.
Even including the underground areas wouldn’t make much difference, after all, their scope isn’t that large and can’t accommodate that many zombies.
After tallying his Talent, Zhang Yanhang continued to check his equipment. He had obtained a total of 75 pieces of equipment from the Police Zombie treasure boxes: 25 were Waist Bags and the remaining 50 were standard-issue gear from the Raccoon City Police Department Special Tactical Rescue Team.
This time, Zhang Yanhang specifically chose duplicate gear, practically ensuring that he could put together four pieces of each item on his belt for fusion.
Before experimenting with fusing Set Equipment, Zhang Yanhang spent a little time fusing the 25 Waist Bags. He managed to create one Waist Bag +4, one Waist Bag +3, and ended up with an extra Waist Bag.
If he included the original Waist Bag +4, Waist Bag +2, and Waist Bag +1, then Zhang Yanhang now had a total of two Waist Bag +4s, one Waist Bag +3, one Waist Bag +2, one Waist Bag +1, and one initial Waist Bag. "Sigh, if I could get another Waist Bag, I could fuse another Waist Bag +4 right now."
Zhang Yanhang felt like he was playing auto chess, trying to upgrade to a three-star character but just couldn’t roll that last needed initial one-star, which was quite frustrating.
"It’s a pity that the Waist Bag’s Quality has reached its limit; otherwise, I could use two Waist Bag +4s to fuse a Waist Bag +5 with 64 compartments."
Zhang Yanhang guessed that if he wanted to enhance the Waist Bag to +5, he would need at least four Waist Bag +4s to have a slight chance of success, and if he wanted to play it safe, eight Waist Bag +4s would be needed. Read complete version only at NoveIꜰire.net
"Right now, just the Waist Bags alone have 94 compartments, almost catching up to a Storage Box..."
Playing Resident Evil games in the past, Zhang Yanhang always felt like he was actually dealing with ’backpack crisis,’ often unable to pick up ground items without first returning to the safe room to free up inventory space by depositing items into a Storage Box. Not being able to pick up important mission artifacts right in front of him was a truly frustrating experience.
But now, things were different. Though he experienced an inventory space crisis in the initial stages of the Ashen World, he had almost entirely achieved inventory freedom; he could practically carry anything he desired. Well, he might still need to pack and store large quantities of items, like Treasure Boxes or Medicinal Herbs.
After fusing the Waist Bags, Zhang Yanhang took out the Multifunctional Belt +1 he had previously fused and selected two new Multifunctional Belts from the pile of recently acquired equipment.
Zhang Yanhang skillfully manipulated the Alchemy Array, fusing the two Multifunctional Belts into a Multifunctional Belt +1, and then immediately proceeded to attempt fusing a Multifunctional Belt +2. However, this time, the process was not as smooth as the previous fusion for the Multifunctional Belt +1.
Under the drive of the Alchemy Array, the two Multifunctional Belts +1 gradually turned into puddles of liquid and slowly began to merge with each other.
"Hmm? Has it reached its limit so soon?" Just after the second fusion attempt, Zhang Yanhang noticed a significant decrease in the speed of the Multifunctional Belt fusion; there was a strong sense of repulsion between the two Multifunctional Belts +1.
"Could it be because of the low Quality? That’s right, after all, they are only White quality equipment, and the material quality must indeed be poor; I guess barely making it to Green is already their limit."
Although the fusion speed had decreased, the fusion was eventually successful under Zhang Yanhang’s manipulation: A Multifunctional Belt +2, which despite no external change, had successfully improved in Quality by one level, appeared before him.
"Hope the Multifunctional Belt +2 gets a brand new Set Effect attribute." Zhang Yanhang quietly prayed before he began to check the Attribute list of the Multifunctional Belt +2.
[Raccoon City Police Department Special Weapons Tactical Team Standard Police Multifunctional Belt (Unnamed) +2]
[Origin: Ashen World, Raccoon City, Gun store, Main hall bar, Zhang Yanhang.]
[Defensive Power: 16]
[Usage Requirements: None.]
[Score: 11 (Green items’ scores range from 11 to 30.)]
[Set Effect One: Brutality (Two-piece set unlock Attribute)]
[Set Effect Two: Oppression (Four-piece set unlock Attribute)]
[Set Effect Three: Sin (Six-piece set unlock Attribute)]
[Set Effect Four: Slaughter (Eight-piece set unlock Attribute)]
[Set Effect Five: Faith (Ten-piece set unlock Attribute)]
[Introduction: The Raccoon City Police Department Special Weapons Tactical Team (commonly known as SWAT), originally called ’Special Weapons Attack Team’, is a law enforcement unit equipped with advanced technology and tactical capabilities specialized in anti-violence and counter-terrorism efforts, proficient in Firepower Suppression and neutralizing hostages.]
"It actually worked..." Zhang Yanhang didn’t think such an experiment would ever succeed, expecting it to be nothing more than a whimsical thought. However, to his surprise, it was a complete success without much difficulty.
"Is this the power of Alchemy? Truly the versatile Alchemy." Realizing he had gained access to such useful Alchemy, Zhang Yanhang couldn’t help but have a moment of silent gratitude for the Goblin Merchant, for its selfless dedication, genuine sincerity, and not asking for anything in return, truly a role model among monsters.
"Now that the Multifunctional Belt +2 has a new Set Effect, I’ll start refining the remaining Set parts." While Opening treasure boxes, Zhang Yanhang had paid special attention to the needed Set parts, so this time, he could certainly collect a complete set of ten pieces to see the full Set Effect.
Zhang Yanhang emptied the 19 pieces of equipment from his Waist Bag into a wooden box and took down the nine related Set parts from his belt. Now that he had a successful experiment, what followed naturally was an attempt to acquire the full Set bonus effect with just one belt.
Because he had previously succeeded with White quality, Zhang Yanhang felt this attempt would likely be successful as well. He selected equipment from the large pile that matched the nine Set parts on his belt and began the Refining Fusion for each one.