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[Soul points: 279 (+198)]
Although he had only harvested 198 soul points from killing zombies and zombie dogs, even when adding the original remaining soul points, he only had a total of 279 soul points, which was far from the small goal of 400 soul points set by Zhang Yanhang.
However, it was not a big problem because the soul points earned from killing monsters only accounted for a small part of his actual gains. The main bulk was in the treasure boxes, and according to past experience, one treasure box could yield 30 soul points; Zhang Yanhang now had twenty treasure boxes, which meant he could open at least 600 soul points.
Therefore, if things went well, Zhang Yanhang felt that it was not just LV.5 he could reach; he even considered the possibility of leveling up directly to LV.6.
This time, Zhang Yanhang had harvested a total of twenty treasure boxes, fifteen of which were dropped by ordinary zombies, one was dropped by a police zombie, and the remaining four came from zombie dogs. But these weren't just any teacup dogs; they were all legit First Tier One-Star zombie dogs, albeit of various breeds, all medium to large-sized.
Despite the many breeds, the majority of the twenty-something zombie dogs that Zhang Yanhang had taken down were the classic black, erect-eared Doberman zombies from Resident Evil; there were probably more than ten of them, accounting for over half of the total number of zombie dogs.
Then, there was the issue of police zombies. Mentioning this made Zhang Yanhang very frustrated. The apartment where he started only had seventy or eighty zombies, but one-tenth of them were police zombies. Therefore, he naturally assumed the ratio would be the same in other areas.
But to his greatest surprise, there were only seven or eight police zombies in the apartment, and still only seven or eight police zombies in the land of one square kilometer outside. What's more infuriating was that the police zombies in the apartment had dropped three treasure boxes in total, while an almost equal number of police zombies outside had altogether dropped just one treasure box.
It was supposed to be the United States, claimed as the country of police, in the Ashen World, yet the number of police was this low. Zhang Yanhang was truly disappointed in Raccoon City.
"Next, let's open a treasure box first," Zhang Yanhang rummaged through the basket beside him and picked out a zombie dog treasure box. He wanted to see what differences there might be between a treasure box from a First Tier One-Star zombie dog and one from a First Tier Zero Star zombie dog.
[Please choose the specific contents of 'Drop Treasure Box (Doberman Zombie)']
[Item One: ?]
[Item Two: ?]
[Item Three: ?]
[Item Four: ?]
[Item Five: ?]
Zhang Yanhang's hand rested on the treasure box, and the familiar Time Pause descended once again. But although it was a zombie dog treasure box again, this time Zhang Yanhang didn't need to go out and explore the map, for he had already completely explored the map of Raccoon City. So now, his task was to comfortably open treasure boxes.
[Item One]
[Option One: 3 soul points]
[Option Two: 15 soul points]
[Option Three: 30 soul points]
"The treasure boxes of ordinary zombies have only one option that can yield 10 soul points, yet a zombie dog's treasure box has an option that can yield 30 soul points. It seems that the number of soul points in the options also rises along with the strength of the monster."
What still lingered in Zhang Yanhang's mind was the very first monster he had killed, which was the Goblin Merchant's treasure box, where one option could directly yield 300 soul points, ten times that of the zombie dogs.
Yet, although the number of soul points was ten times that of the zombie dogs, Zhang Yanhang felt that any First Tier One-Star zombie dog could directly torment the weak Goblin Merchant. Therefore, he found this disparity between strength and soul points to be truly strange.
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[Item Two]
[Option One: 3 Soul points]
[Option Two: 15 Soul points]
[Option Three: 30 Soul points]
"Another thirty Soul points, if so, four Zombie Dog treasure boxes can at least yield 240 Soul points. Looks like my upgrade from LV.4 to LV.6 should be smoothly accomplished," Zhang Yanhang mused as he immediately opened the third item after evaluating the second.
[Item Three]
[Option One: 3 Soul points]
[Option Two: 15 Soul points]
[Option Three: 30 Soul points]
"Three Soul point options in a row? I hereby declare, on a personal note, that dogs are man's best friend, even Zombie dogs! After all, what harm could a little dog do? It just wants to bite me to death, right?"
At this moment, Zhang Yanhang's fondness for dogs was beyond words. He remembered there was a dog meat hotpot place near his neighborhood. Once he returned from the Ashen World to the Main World, he vowed to dine out there as a tribute to his love for dogs.
The saying goes, if you love someone, you should merge with them and never part ways.
Well, merging might be simple, but never parting ways is quite difficult, as all humans have to poop, Awakeners included; maybe some exceptionally talented and beautiful female Awakeners can produce pink heart-shaped bubbles, sticky and clingy, but always filled with ardent love for you.
"So, with that said, shouldn't these four Zombie Dog treasure boxes yield 360 Soul points? It's fair to say that Zombie Dogs are a star above Ordinary zombies, the profit from the Soul points alone is vastly superior."
Although he was talking about Zombie Dogs, Zhang Yanhang's thoughts suddenly drifted to Lickers and Tyrants. If a treasure box from a First Tier One Star Zombie Dog can yield 90 Soul points, then the boxes from Lickers and Tyrants must yield several hundred, if not a thousand Soul points each.
Right now, Zhang Yanhang really wanted to fast-forward to the part where 'facing a Tyrant like a raging elephant, slow and mindless, kill one with a casual move, level up with each one killed,' but sadly, there was no fast-forward option.
[Item Four]
[Option One: Slow Corrosion, Quality E, Talent]
[Option Two: T-virus Host (Evolution Failure), Quality F, Talent]
[Option Three: Neurasthenia, Quality F, Talent]
"A First Tier Zero Star Teacup Zombie Dog and a First Tier One Star Ordinary Zombie Dog present a clear one-star power gap, yet the Talent drops are exactly the same."
Zhang Yanhang felt this situation was actually quite normal, because whether it be the Teacup Zombie Dog, the Ordinary Zombie Dog, or the Ordinary Zombie, even though their strengths vary, their Talent lists were indeed identical, so it was to be expected that the treasure boxes would naturally yield the exact same Talents.
"I remember it only takes about nine instances of Slow Corrosion to upgrade the Life Extension Talent to the next level, and this time I should certainly be able to gather enough," Zhang Yanhang eagerly anticipated the effects of the upgraded Life Extension Talent.
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