Ashen God

After thinking briefly, Zhang Yanhang immediately opened his soul points and took a look.

[Soul points: 17976257 (+11764700)]

"Originally, my soul points balance was only 6.21 million, but now it has increased by another 11.76 million soul points, raising it to 17.97 million soul points. How should I put it, it feels like it's a bit less than I imagined."

Zhang Yanhang felt that if it's only at this level, then gathering enough soul points to upgrade two skills might be a bit challenging, especially since the number of soul points gained this time is indeed significantly less than last time.

Last time, Zhang Yanhang remembered there were close to 15 million in soul points just from slaying alone, but this time, there was less than 12 million, so it's really uncertain whether he can upgrade both skills completely.

However, Zhang Yanhang also knew why this time's soul points balance was somewhat less than expected. The main reason was that the area cleared in this third stage was relatively small, only 3,300 square kilometers, which naturally led to fewer monsters being killed.

"Well, less is less. The exact final count of soul points will only be known after opening treasure chests, but there's still some hope of gathering enough."

As Zhang Yanhang spoke, he retrieved the dropped treasure chests he collected earlier from his stomach space.

After a simple count, Zhang Yanhang found that indeed, compared to the four-digit number of dropped treasure chests last time, this time there were less, only 854 dropped treasure chests.

And among these 854 dropped treasure chests, naturally the most contributed came from the T-103 Super Tyrant, which provided a total of 556 dark purple quality dropped treasure chests.

Next came the T-0400TP Death God Tyrant, which contributed 185 light gold quality dropped treasure chests, and the T-011 Talos Tyrant, contributing 93 light gold quality dropped treasure chests.

Finally, the least yet also the most important was the Kulunzo Magnetic Heavy Tank. Although Zhang Yanhang only killed 154, with the First Kill included, they contributed a total of 20 golden quality dropped treasure chests.

"I have to say, as a fourth-tier monster, the Kulunzo Magnetic Heavy Tank indeed has a much better drop rate without rank penalties."

Although he has only killed 154 Kulunzo Magnetic Heavy Tanks so far, Zhang Yanhang has already figured out the general drop rate, approximately one treasure chest for every eight kills.

Of course, this rate of one treasure chest for every eight kills is a result of the luck value bonus. From Zhang Yanhang's previous experience, each point of luck value provided by the dark purple quality Tarot Card set adds 0.5 to the drop rate when killing same-tier monsters without rank penalties and high-level monsters.

And currently, the dark purple quality Tarot Card set provides two points of luck value bonus, so the conversion leads to an increase of one treasure chest drop rate. Thus, under normal circumstances, the Kulunzo Magnetic Heavy Tank should require killing nine to drop one treasure chest.

"The luck value bonus is indeed a bit low. When will I be able to enjoy a situation where just killing six or even five monsters can drop a treasure chest, that'll be when my chest yields absolutely undergo a massive increase."

Unfortunately, currently, Zhang Yanhang's only source of luck value remains the Tarot card set. And upgrading the Tarot card set currently relies solely on the Ashen treasure box, so it will only improve after he clears the entire Umbrella Biochemical Test Field. At that point, the improved luck value bonus will only be enjoyed at the fifth tier.

After counting the number of dropped treasure chests, Zhang Yanhang quickly picked up a golden quality dropped treasure chest from the Kulunzo Magnetic Heavy Tank.

[Would you like to open 'Dropped Treasure Box (Z-39 Kulunzo Magnetic Heavy Tank [Airland Dual-Purpose])'?]

"Yes, open it."

Zhang Yanhang had previously said that he wasn't much in need of new equipment that could enhance the speed of physical recovery this time. So, he still hopes to find something related to life value limit improvement in this golden quality dropped treasure chest from the Kulunzo Magnetic Heavy Tank.

Anything that increases life value limit would suffice for Zhang Yanhang. He has no major preferences for the type, whether it's an artifact that increases life value limit, new equipment that improves life value limit, or any other item that enhances life value limit, Zhang Yanhang would accept it.

Of course, a direct improvement to the life value limit or enhancements to things like maximum life value conversion coefficient also works for him. No matter how it's achieved or through which channel, if it enhances, it's fine by him – it's the notion of "whether it's a black cat or a white cat, as long as it catches mice, it's a good cat."

[Please choose specific items from 'Dropped Treasure Box (Z-39 Kulunzo Magnetic Heavy Tank [Airland Dual-Purpose])']

[Item One: ?]

[Item Two: ?]

[Item Three: ?]

[Item Four: ?]

[Item Five: ?]

"But besides things that can improve the life value limit, I'm still entertaining fantasies about coins. It'd be wonderful to unveil a coin that adds to the life value limit – it might leap up by 10 or 20 thousand..."

Though Zhang Yanhang acknowledges that the probability of discovering either of those items is quite low, let alone finding both simultaneously. So, entertaining these fantasies remains a mere simple thought, for if he didn't even dare to dream, then the multiple choice would make it even less likely for him to find coin type equipment.

The main idea is that considering the situation over in Raccoon City, and since the Umbrella Biochemical Test Field does inherit some traditions from there, he believes that even if new coin equipment isn't revealed, at least finding a few pieces of new amulet type equipment should be possible.

Hmm, this isn't just a silly thought but one founded on a certain theoretical basis.

[Item One]

[Option One: Kulunzo Magnetic Laser Cannon, Quality Golden, Weapon]

[Option Two: 14000 Soul points]

[Option Three: 28000 Soul points]

"Kulunzo magnetic energy laser cannon? There's another Kulunzo added in front? What exactly is this Kulunzo? Is it a model name? Or is it because it's a specialized model of a magnetic energy laser cannon installed on the Kulunzo magnetic energy heavy tank that it's called the Kulunzo magnetic energy laser cannon?

Or is it that everything developed based on a principle named Kulunzo is called the Kulunzo magnetic energy laser cannon?"

Regarding the T-103 Super Tyrant, the Death God Tyrant, and even the Talos Tyrant, these things, because they appeared in Resident Evil, Zhang Yanhang had some understanding after checking the materials.

But as for things like the Kulunzo magnetic energy laser cannon, since they don't appear in the materials, Zhang Yanhang finds it difficult to understand what they represent.

Of course, even though the Kulunzo magnetic energy heavy tank hasn't shown up, electromagnetic laser cannons have indeed appeared in Resident Evil, Zhang Yanhang recalls encountering them in Resident Evil 3 and using them to defeat the final boss.

So, Zhang Yanhang believes this magnetic energy laser cannon installed on the Kulunzo magnetic energy heavy tank might have been upgraded and modified from that experimental product, but as for the specifics of its manufacturing, he's unsure.

Although he tried to check the attribute list of the Kulunzo magnetic energy laser cannon, unsurprisingly, it was fruitless, because as everyone knows, the introduction in the item attribute list generally does not include content related to the item itself.

[Item Two]

[Option One: T-virus vector (Biological Weapon), Quality B-level, Talent]

[Option Two: T-virus vector (Biological Weapon), Quality A-level, Talent]

[Option Three: Muscle Regeneration, Quality B-level, Talent]

"Here it is, here it is, finally got the A-level [T-virus vector (Biological Weapon)], but isn't this too ridiculous? Even the Kulunzo magnetic energy heavy tank has been modified like that, can that still be called a biological weapon? Logically, by classification, it should be assigned to normal thermal weapons."

Zhang Yanhang feels completely unable to understand Umbrella company's research approach, after all, stuffing a tank full of biological tissues inside, and then automatically operating the tank, it's absurd just thinking about it.

Zhang Yanhang thinks if Umbrella company's research approach were even slightly normal, they should develop towards unmanned tanks, AI tanks, smart tanks, and similar directions, but inexplicably they insist on using biological tissues to operate the Kulunzo magnetic energy heavy tank, who could understand that?

"Could it be that Umbrella company's level in artificial intelligence is not enough, so they forcibly use viruses as substitutes? That shouldn't be the case."

Zhang Yanhang has naturally watched Resident Evil movies, the first Resident Evil movie already featured advanced artificial intelligence, Zhang Yanhang thinks that merely modifying that, equipped in the Kulunzo magnetic energy heavy tank would be absolutely sufficient.

Of course, it could also be because there are too many versions of Resident Evil, including movies, TV series, games, comics, animations, novels; basically, any imaginable channel, Resident Evil generally exists within, hence, the potential version differences could be significant.

So, Zhang Yanhang thinks the Umbrella company here might not have inherited the movie-level artificial intelligence like 'Red Queen', as this side indeed leans more towards the game worldview rather than the movie worldview.

Moreover, even the movies also have version differences, after all, the old version of the Resident Evil movie and the new Resident Evil reboot movie are completely worlds apart, even unrelated, so it is quite normal for this Umbrella to not fully inherit all versions.

[Item Three]

[Option One: G-059 type Highly Enriched Uranium Fuel Rod (for Miniature Nuclear Reactor), Golden quality, Material]

[Option Two: 14,000 Soul Points]

[Option Three: 28,000 Soul Points]

"Goodness, it's a fuel rod made of highly enriched uranium? This is on par with nuclear-powered aircraft carriers..."

Zhang Yanhang remembers seeing a miniature nuclear reactor using low-enriched uranium on the Talos Tyrant, but the Fourth Tier Kulunzo magnetic energy heavy tank directly uses highly enriched uranium fuel rods. It shows the caliber of the Fourth Tier.

And if you ask what the difference is between low-enriched uranium fuel rods and highly enriched uranium fuel rods, it's approximately dozens of times. The reason being low-enriched uranium fuel rods have an enrichment of only 3%-5%, but generally above 4% is rare, it's more concentrated between 3%-4% enrichment.

As for what enrichment means, simply understand it as uranium content.

Compared to the 3%-5% enriched uranium fuel rods, the highly enriched uranium fuel rods are astonishingly over 80% enriched, with at least a sixteen-fold difference compared to low-enriched uranium fuel rods, which indeed aligns with the difference between Third Tier monsters and Fourth Tier monsters.

If the enrichment level is further increased by 10% to reach 90%, it attains weapon-grade enriched uranium levels, essentially usable for nuclear bombs.

Generally, nuclear power plants use low-enriched uranium fuel rods because most are civilian, thus using low-enriched uranium is safer and less costly.

Highly enriched uranium rods are typically not used for reactor electricity generation; the high concentration poses severe leakage risks, thus reducing safety. Furthermore, it is economically inefficient.

Yet, despite wastage, compared to low-enriched uranium rods, highly enriched ones have longer endurance, potentially even outlasting the aging reactors they power.

Therefore, modern nuclear-powered carriers and submarines are often equipped with highly enriched uranium rods as reactor fuel, permanently sealed off, serving until the vessel exceeds its service tenure without replacement.

On the other hand, low-enriched uranium requires regular replacement, posing possible nuclear leak risks during such periods. Thus, despite high enriched uranium's expense, the lack of replacement needs renders it safer overall.

Additionally, another realistic excuse is that low-enriched uranium replacements cannot be conducted by naval personnel, necessitating specialized dock facilities, which incurs substantial costs, while high enriched uranium saves such expenses.

Furthermore, it allows nuclear-powered ships to remain stationed indefinitely, without needing subsequent local replacements.

Yes, this is the primary reason for employing highly enriched uranium fuel rods; far surpassing cost and safety concerns in importance; understanding why reveals its indispensable value.