"But, I’ve already reached the First Tier Attribute limit, so in what form will this 1-point Talent bonus to my Constitution Attribute be reflected?"
Zhang Yanhang feared the worst-case scenario where that 1-point of Constitution Attribute would simply vanish. Aside from that, he felt he could accept any other outcome, so he quickly opened his Attribute list to check the changes brought about by the Talent upgrade.
[Constitution: 25 (+3[-4])]
[Intelligence: 25 (+3[-3])]
"-4, well, that’s alright. Once I get promoted to Second Tier, that 1-point of Constitution Attribute should come back."
Zhang Yanhang thought the result was relatively good. After this test, he knew that even if an Attribute value reached its Tier limit, it was still possible to freely upgrade Talents without worrying about the bonus Attribute values being consumed, which was really important.
After checking his Talents, Zhang Yanhang began to organize his Artifacts. This time, he had opened 450 Green Medicine Grass and 420 Red Medicine Herb from an Ordinary Zombie’s Treasure box, then 49 Emergency Sprays from a Zombie Dog’s Treasure box, and also 18 Yellow Medicine Grass from a Licker and Beta-type Hunter’s Treasure box.
"Red and Green Healing Herbs, as well as Emergency Sprays, seem to be in ample stock. Perhaps later, they could be fused through Alchemy to see if their Quality and effects can be improved.
But for now, let’s craft some Red and yellow pills. With these eighteen Yellow Medicine Grass, I can increase my Life Value Limit by more than a hundred points."
An Alchemy Array automatically illuminated in Zhang Yanhang’s hands, and he grabbed the necessary amount of Red Medicine Herb to start the Fusion with the Yellow Medicine Grass in the Array.
Zhang Yanhang had become increasingly skillful at crafting items like Red and yellow pills, and Red and green pills. He could now manage to craft eighteen Red and yellow pills in one go.
After finishing the crafting process, Zhang Yanhang stuffed all eighteen Red and yellow pills into his mouth. Since they had no side effects or resistance issues, he naturally chose to consume them all; it was unthinkable to save any. The pills served no purpose other than increasing Life Value, so it was best to use them as soon as possible.
If these could be used for a Burst Seed, Zhang Yanhang might have considered saving a few for critical moments, but unfortunately, Red and yellow pills didn’t have that capability.
After consuming the Red and yellow pills, Zhang Yanhang checked his Life Value.
[Shield Value: 573/573 (Life Value Limit × 100%, Recovery Speed: 20% per second.)]
[Life Value: 573/573 (Constitution × 15, body now officially digitized, Life Value Recovery Speed, 5 points per hour.)]
[Energy Value: 250/250 (Intelligence × 10, body now officially digitized, Energy Value Recovery Speed, 15 points per hour.)]
"The eighteen Red and yellow pills increased my Life Value Limit and Shield Value Limit by a total of 108 points, equivalent to the Life Value Limit that raising seven points of Constitution Attribute would grant."
Zhang Yanhang always believed that Yellow Medicine Grass shouldn’t appear in Lickers, since they were too rare. Even if they couldn’t appear in Ordinary Zombie, it would be nice if they could show up in Zombie Dog. Then, he would be getting more than three times the amount of Yellow Medicine Grass.
Unfortunately, as a Blue quality Item, it was nearly impossible for Yellow Medicine Grass to be found in White quality Treasure boxes, and even with Multiple Choice, Zhang Yanhang could hardly fulfill such a feat.
Based on his current experience, the Treasure box could at most contain an Item one Quality higher, but two Qualities higher was definitely out of the question.
For instance, Zhang Yanhang had only ever obtained Green quality Items before, as he had always been opening White quality Treasure boxes. But as soon as he got a Green quality Treasure box, he immediately opened Blue quality Yellow Medicine Grass.
Therefore, to infer from this, Zhang Yanhang would at least need a Blue Treasure Box to possibly open Purple Quality items. ʀᴇᴀᴅ ʟᴀᴛᴇsᴛ ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀs ᴀᴛ Nov3lFɪre.ɴet
After organizing his Artifacts, Zhang Yanhang began to sort his Equipment. He had opened a total of 57 pieces of Equipment from Police Zombie Treasure boxes this time, with 19 being Waist Bags and the remaining 38 pieces being standard issue Equipment from the Raccoon City Police Department Special Tactical Rescue Team.
"I’ve already fused a +2 Green quality set. It seems these redundant duplicate pieces of Equipment aren’t that useful anymore?"
If Zhang Yanhang wanted to fuse a further +3, he definitely couldn’t improve the Quality of the set. At most, it would increase a bit of the Equipment’s defensive power and durability, so whether or not he upgraded it wouldn’t make much of a difference, especially since he valued the Attribute bonus effect of the Equipment.
Besides, even if he wanted to upgrade, his current Equipment wasn’t enough. To raise it to +3, he first needed to fuse a +2, but fusing a +2 required four identical duplicate pieces of Equipment, and this set was a ten-piece set, requiring him to have forty pieces altogether. Opening Treasure boxes didn’t really allow Zhang Yanhang to choose at will, so he definitely didn’t have enough for now.
The main reason being that there were not many Police Zombies left in Raccoon City, which were on the verge of extinction. So, it wasn’t really feasible to gather so much Equipment at such a time.
Although he had some remaining Equipment from last time, most of that was Explosion-proof Helmets and Bulletproof and Stab-resistant Vests, and among those 38 pieces of Equipment he opened this time, a significant portion was unrelated to the multifunctional Waist Belt.
"So, since it’s impossible to achieve the set fusion +3, I might as well fuse the Waist Bags next," Zhang Yanhang’s hands lit up with an Alchemy Array again. This time, he needed to fuse the newly obtained 19 Waist Bags with his old ones.
After wasting some time, Zhang Yanhang successfully fused all the Waist Bags. He had a pile of various Waist Bags before, with different Fusion Levels, but now he only had four +4 Waist Bags and one +1 Waist Bag.
"Sigh, seems like achieving a +5 Waist Bag is really impossible." For Zhang Yanhang to have a high success rate in obtaining a +5 Waist Bag, he would need to fuse eight +4 Waist Bags, which meant he’d have to gather 62 more Waist Bags to have enough. But as the Police Zombies in Raccoon City were nearly eradicated, he wouldn’t be able to collect that many.