It might be hard to comprehend this way, so let me give you the most common life example. The intense smell that has been trapped inside a college male dormitory on a winter night after closing the windows and doors all night is something I believe most people have experienced. Especially the moment when you just breathed fresh air outside and then opened the door to enter the dormitory...
Therefore, if the smell of a living college student can become so intense after being trapped all night, then it is quite normal for the smell of a dead zombie to reach such a level when kept in a sealed room for years.
After strapping the freshly made belt around his waist, Zhang Yanhang hung the waist bag on it, and this time, he was indeed able to use the waist bag properly.
Once the waist bag was successfully engaged, two one-cubic meter grids appeared in front of Zhang Yanhang. He could place or retrieve anything he wanted into or from these grids at any time.
But now he had a question that needed to be verified: Do combined items count as a single item? If they could be combined, then two cubic meters would actually be enough to hold quite a lot. But if not, it would be somewhat of a white elephant.
Zhang Yanhang casually stored the nearby Beretta 92F pistol in the waist bag, which occupied only one grid. Then he took the Beretta 92F out, separated the magazine from the gun, and this time when he stored them in the waist bag, it occupied two grids.
"Surprisingly flexible..." Zhang Yanhang thought about it and used the leftover old clothes from making the belt to create a bundle wrap. He then wrapped up all sorts of alchemy materials, small magic recovery potions, mineral water, and canned food all at once.
Zhang Yanhang tried storing this big bundle in the waist bag and, as he had predicted, it only occupied one grid. "It's a success. I really am quite clever."
"Since that's the case, two cubic meters can indeed hold quite a lot of stuff. After all, the volume of an average adult is only about 0.06 cubic meters."
Although Zhang Yanhang was initially surprised by how small the volume of an adult human was, it was indeed that small. Humans are relatively tall, and if you fold them up, they actually make up a small bundle—you can refer to contortionists stuffed into small boxes for a better idea.
After roughly getting familiar with the waist bag's operation, Zhang Yanhang picked up the manual next to him.
[Would you like to use the Raccoon City Police Department Special Weapons Tactical Team Combat Training Safety Action Manual?]
"Yes," Zhang Yanhang answered simply with one word, which automatically triggered a Time Pause.
[Please choose the specific content of the 'Raccoon City Police Department Special Weapons Tactical Team Combat Training Safety Action Manual.']
[Item One: Gun Proficiency]
[Item Two: Martial Arts Proficiency]
[Item Three: Crisis Warning]
[Item Four: Soul Search and Capture]
[Item Five: Intercept Evacuation]
[Item Six: Rapid Warning]
"Then, here comes the question. There are six skills in total; which one should I choose?" Zhang Yanhang first discarded the last three, as they were police skills that wouldn't be of any use to him, completely inapplicable to his situation, so he was mainly pondering which of the first three skills to choose.
"Since I'll be mainly fighting zombies later, maybe I should pick Gun Proficiency. After all, I've never used guns before, and choosing it could help me conserve bullets."
The reason Zhang Yanhang talked about conserving bullets was that Gun Proficiency could improve his shooting accuracy, allowing him to more often hit the zombies in the head rather than the body. A headshot would naturally save the bullets that would be needed for follow-up shots.
"So, I choose Item One 'Gun Proficiency.'" After making his choice, Zhang Yanhang received a grey small light ball, which he promptly pinched, and then he checked the specific skill effect.
[Gun Proficiency LV.1 (Passive Skill)]
[Skill Effect: Increase in gun Attack Power by 2.5%, improve proficiency with firearm-type weapons.]
"Only a 2.5% increase in Attack Power? It's as good as nothing. Oh well, it's not like I was counting on that anyway." After learning the Gun Proficiency skill, Zhang Yanhang shifted his focus back to the Beretta 92F pistol, inspecting its attribute list.
[Beretta 92F Pistol]
[Quality: Grey (Not allowed to be taken out)]
[Type: Miscellaneous]
[Origin: Ashen World, Raccoon City, Police Department, Special Tactical Rescue Team logistic storage room.]
[Durability: 20/20]
[Attack Power: 10]
[Magazine Capacity: 15 rounds]
[Fire Rate: 3 rounds/per second]
[Usage Requirements: None.]
[Score: None (Note: Grey miscellaneous items are not scored)]
[Description: The Beretta 92F pistol, developed, designed, and manufactured by Beretta, fires 9×19mm Parabellum rounds. In 1985, it was selected by the United States as the standard military sidearm and renamed the M9 pistol. Besides the military, a significant number of police officers also use this model.]
"10 points of Attack Power, is this a squirt gun? Oh well, it's just a grey Quality miscellaneous item after all; can't expect too much. It'll do for the time being. If it were .45 caliber bullets, the damage might be higher, but the damage of 9mm bullets is indeed lower."
In fact, compared to handguns, Zhang Yanhang would rather find a few rifles or submachine guns to use. After all, handguns could only be used to kill ordinary zombies, and they would be ineffective against evolved creatures like Lickers, Hunters, and Lurkers.
"The low damage is due to the small caliber of the bullets, but what's with this 'Not allowed to be taken out' at the end of its name? Does it mean it can't be taken out of the Ashen World?" At this point, Zhang Yanhang suddenly remembered a problem—he still didn't know how to return to the Main World.
But he wasn't very concerned about this problem, as he believed that what carries you over the bridge will also carry you back. Since Multiple Choice had brought him here, it could certainly take him back. Besides, he had just arrived and was not in a hurry to return.
"The treasure box is empty. Next, I'll continue hunting zombies. This time, I must clear out the lower three floors completely. If the lower three floors are cleaned quickly, then I'll also clear out the upper three floors."
With only two grids available in the waist bag, Zhang Yanhang still carried his single-shoulder bag, filled with a bottle of mineral water, an enemy seeking radar, a small magic recovery potion, a room key, and two spare fifteen-round magazines.
There were a total of thirteen zombies on the lower three floors previously. There were six zombies on the third floor, and after killing the neighboring police zombie, five were left, each scattered in different rooms. So Zhang Yanhang planned to methodically clear out each room, one by one.