Ashen God

After checking the Life Value Limit, Zhang Yanhang quickly clicked to view the Shield Value Limit.

[Shield Value: 148174/148174 (Life Value Limit × 470%, Recovery speed: 20% per second.)]

"My previous Shield Value limit was 144954 points, and now it has grown to 148174 points, equivalent to an increase of 3220 points in the Shield Value limit."

Zhang Yanhang felt the best thing about the Shield Value Limit was that it could multiply the Life Value Limit, causing the Life Value Limit to increase a few hundred points, resulting in the Shield Value Limit immediately boosting by thousands.

"I previously set a small goal of 145,000 points for the Shield Value limit, and now this small goal has been easily achieved. The next small goal is set to 150,000 points for the Shield Value limit, and currently, I am 1826 points away from achieving this small goal, which isn't too far off."

Zhang Yanhang estimated that he should be able to directly achieve this small goal just with the subsequent improvements from the Life Ring.

"Previously, when my Shield Value limit was 144954 points, it was equivalent to 32.2 times the Life Value Limit of a Fourth Tier Awakened. Now, as the Shield Value limit grows to 148174 points, it is equivalent to 32.9 times the Life Value Limit of a Fourth Tier Awakened, an increase of 0.7 times compared to before."

Previously, Zhang Yanhang set a small goal of reaching 35 times, and currently, he is short of 2.1 times. He actually isn't too far off, so Zhang Yanhang remains confident in achieving this small goal, but only limited to thirty-five times. If it were forty times, he would not be as confident.

And after dealing with the Life Ring, it was time for the second equipment gains, specifically the related gains from the Neck Potential Activation Device. After counting, Zhang Yanhang found that he had obtained 251 Neck Potential Activation Devices this time.

Previously, Zhang Yanhang had one Orange Quality Neck Potential Activation Device +5, four Dark Gold Quality Neck Potential Activation Device +4, and one Dark Gold Quality Neck Potential Activation Device +2, totaling 196 ordinary Neck Potential Activation Devices.

But since the Neck Potential Activation Device +5 is equipment that has broken through the limit, it can no longer be enhanced, so it is not included, subtracting 128 items. In this way, he now owns the equivalent of a total of 319 Neck Potential Activation Devices.

Because taking out the Neck Potential Activation Device is rather troublesome, Zhang Yanhang did not remove the three Neck Potential Activation Device +4 on his neck. Instead, he simply took out an extra Neck Potential Activation Device +4 and a Neck Potential Activation Device +2 from the Waist Bag and placed them into the Alchemy Array along with the newly obtained Neck Potential Activation Devices.

Due to the relatively small number, compared to the previous eighteen batches, this time, Zhang Yanhang spent only 7 batches for the first round of fusion, eventually fusing 125 Neck Potential Activation Device +1, with one Neck Potential Activation Device left alone.

Then, Zhang Yanhang quickly began the second round of fusion, using four batches to fuse 62 Neck Potential Activation Devices +2, though one Neck Potential Activation Device +1 was left alone.

Before the fusion started, Zhang Yanhang realized that the previously remaining Neck Potential Activation Device +2 might not be used, so he only fused the 62 Neck Potential Activation Devices +2 into 31 Neck Potential Activation Devices +3 using two batches.

Lastly, Zhang Yanhang used one batch to fully fuse this part of the Neck Potential Activation Devices +3 into 15 Neck Potential Activation Devices +4, leaving one Neck Potential Activation Device +3 alone.

"Alas, if only another Neck Potential Activation Device could come, then I could fuse an extra Neck Potential Activation Device +4, but unfortunately, it was just short of this one, causing each level to have one Neck Potential Activation Device left alone.

According to eight Dark Gold Quality Neck Potential Activation Devices +4 breaking through the limit to fuse into one Orange Quality Neck Potential Activation Device +5, currently, my 15 Neck Potential Activation Devices +4 can only be fused into one Neck Potential Activation Device +5. But fortunately, I had one remaining Neck Potential Activation Device +4 previously.

Adding the previously remaining Neck Potential Activation Device +4, I now have exactly 16 Neck Potential Activation Devices +4, allowing fusion into two Neck Potential Activation Devices +5."

So, Zhang Yanhang had no hesitation and immediately started the next round of fusion.

Although it's breaking through the limit, for him who has become proficient, the difficulty is actually no different from ordinary fusion; it's just that it takes longer, as he hasn't experienced failure in breaking through the limit yet. Of course, this isn't tempting fate, but indeed the truth.

Therefore, after spending fifteen minutes, Zhang Yanhang indeed fused two Neck Potential Activation Devices +5 that were glowing with the orange light.

"I have a total of four necks, and now I have three Orange Quality Neck Potential Activation Devices +5, only one more to complete."

Zhang Yanhang surmised that next time he cleans up the area around Terra City and Gelijia City, he should definitely be able to easily complete it, perhaps even fuse more Orange Quality Neck Potential Activation Devices +5, but unfortunately, he only has four necks, so the extra ones cannot be used.

Of course, that being said, even if there is overflow, it certainly wouldn't be wasted, as Zhang Yanhang's Orange Quality Four Great Emptiness Purifying World Fist is still yet to gather the upgrade materials, so it can definitely be used as waste material, not a chance of wastage.

After fusing the Neck Potential Activation Devices +5, Zhang Yanhang quickly took out two Neck Potential Activation Devices +4 from his neck and replaced them with the newly fused Neck Potential Activation Devices +5.

Zhang Yanhang shook his neck, feeling that even without switching to hidden status, there was seemingly no abnormal feeling. Yet considering the Energy Shield breaking afterwards would make the tangible equipment susceptible to damage, he still switched to hidden status and re-closed the flesh groove on his neck.

"One Dark Gold Quality Neck Potential Activation Device +4 can provide a 44% Strength Effect Bonus, while one Orange Quality Neck Potential Activation Device +5 can provide a 53% Strength Effect Bonus, equivalent to an increase of 9% in Strength Effect Bonus, together making 18%, which is decent."

After equipping the Neck Potential Activation Devices +5, Zhang Yanhang quickly spat out a large number of Steel Cubes from his Stomach Space and began testing his current Strength.

Due to the relatively small amount of Strength gained this time, Zhang Yanhang dared not add too much at once but instead added several dozen tons of Steel Cubes each time. Yet even so, after a few cycles, he already felt he had reached his current Strength limit.

Finally, according to the test results, Zhang Yanhang's Strength has grown from the previous 14651 tons to 14877 tons, increasing by 226 tons. Although the increment is not very significant, it is decent enough.

Of course, this is just the basic single-handed Strength. Calculating double-handed strength, it reaches 37193 tons, and further enhancing it with Spiritual Energy, it can reach 74386 tons.

It's safe to say that every punch Zhang Yanhang throws is akin to compressing the force of a ten-thousand-ton ship into a little fist.

According to the most basic middle school physics formula, when the applied force is the same, the smaller the force area, the greater the pressure. Therefore, compressing the power of an entire ten-thousand-ton ship onto Zhang Yanhang's small fist the size of a round table can naturally cause a geometric multiplication of the explosive power.

Then, combined with his punches at speeds dozens of times the speed of sound, even just calculating the basic kinetic acceleration is equivalent to nuclear explosion with each punch, not to mention he also has a whole host of related damage bonuses. So, unlike a nuclear explosion that can only scratch the Earth's surface, he can usually punch directly through the crust.

In contrast, while the explosion range of a nuclear bomb is large, its explosion depth is small, merely scraping a layer of ash from the Earth's skin.

His attack, while having a much larger attack range than a nuclear explosion, also considers attack speed, directly piercing the skin and hitting the veins (mantle layer).

Or, it is equivalent to directly peeling off the entire skin surface, exposing a large number of blood vessels underneath, so the gap between the two can be described as a great disparity.

Because of this, Zhang Yanhang, who can now easily penetrate the crust, has little regard for nuclear attacks that can be easily avoided by digging an air-raid shelter one or two hundred meters deep.

Zhang Yanhang even thinks that perhaps when he advances to the Fifth Tier, nuclear bombs might really become insignificant to him.

After all, nuclear bombs are merely technological products of a primary cosmic civilization like Earth that still relies on the planetary surface to live and has not formally colonized the universe (other planets). It would be a strange occurrence if they could match the high-level life forms at the 'True Immortal' and 'Demigod' stages like the Fifth Tier.

Of course, Zhang Yanhang is mainly talking about himself; other Fifth Tiers shouldn't be as tough as him and are likely more fragile, so nuclear bombs should still be effective against them.

After testing his Strength, Zhang Yanhang immediately began to inventory the last and most crucial equipment gain, which is the electromagnetic energy pump of golden quality contributed by the T-011 type Talos Tyrant.

This time, he acquired a total of 124 electromagnetic energy pumps from the dropped treasure box, and this was also his first time obtaining electromagnetic energy pumps. So, Zhang Yanhang first observed the electromagnetic energy pump briefly, and soon he discovered that it was another magnetic energy mechanical device whose operating principle he did not understand.

Fortunately, the problem is not significant; at least on a more fundamental level, such as its appearance, he could still understand. From the exterior, this electromagnetic energy pump somewhat resembles a white disc with an elliptical metal protrusion at the bottom.

Because he had no idea how to use this thing, Zhang Yanhang again asked for Multiple Choice, and Multiple Choice quickly told him that this item is equipped on the forearm, similar to the neck potential activation device previously, where it needs to be slotted directly.

"Although I don't quite understand the operating principle of this thing, I suppose it is similar to the neck potential activation device previously. Originally designed for the Tyrant, this electromagnetic energy pump might be intended to alleviate the tremendous pressure and extra energy consumption caused by the Tyrant's overly deformed arms."

No matter what, being able to equip it is good, so Zhang Yanhang quickly placed all these electromagnetic energy pumps into the Alchemy Array.

After activating Alchemy, Zhang Yanhang completed the first round of fusion in four batches, resulting in 62 electromagnetic energy pumps+1, although electromagnetic energy pump+1 still maintained the original golden quality without any change.

Therefore, Zhang Yanhang soon began the second fusion round; after this round of fusion, electromagnetic energy pumps+2 finally started to emit dark golden light. In this round, he used two batches and fused 31 electromagnetic energy pumps+2.

Then, in the third round, Zhang Yanhang fused fifteen electromagnetic energy pumps+3 in one batch, with one electromagnetic energy pump+2 left over.

Finally, in the fourth round, Zhang Yanhang fused seven electromagnetic energy pumps+4 in one batch, with one electromagnetic energy pump+3 left over.

Upon successfully fusing the electromagnetic energy pump to +4, Zhang Yanhang also discovered that +4 is the fusion limit of the electromagnetic energy pump. At this point, the electromagnetic energy pump+4 was still flashing a dark golden light and hadn't been upgraded to orange quality.

"Oh, if only I could have four more electromagnetic energy pumps, that would be so good. Then, I could fuse eight electromagnetic energy pumps+4, although even with eight electromagnetic energy pumps+4, it wouldn't mean instant fusion."

Upon successfully fusing the dark gold quality electromagnetic energy pump+4, Zhang Yanhang did not hesitate and immediately began checking the attribute list of electromagnetic energy pump+4.

[Electromagnetic Energy Pump (Magnetic Energy Embedding) +4]

[Quality: Dark Gold]

[Type: Equipment]

[Origin: Ashen World, Umbrella Biochemical Test Field, Gelijia City, Zhang Yanhang.]

[Durability: 75/75]

[Defensive power: 59]

[Additional Attributes: Physical Recovery Speed +90% (+20%).]

[Usage requirements: Constitution 100 points.]

[Score: 530 (Dark Gold Item score ranges from 441 to 530.)]

[Introduction: After successfully manufacturing the T-0400TP type Death God Tyrant, perhaps due to the higher-ups' appreciation of my talent and my recent string of achievements, they directly promoted me to a Second-level Researcher. Although a Second-level Researcher does not come with additional privileges compared to a Third Tier researcher...]