"Although it's said that dragon slayers will eventually become new evil dragons, this has happened a bit too quickly, hasn't it? Has this person become so arrogant just a few months after becoming a second-level researcher? It feels like another pure evil-doer."

Of course, considering the national circumstances and cultural differences, it is possible that behavior like that of the researcher is actually the most normal. However, Zhang Yanhang still found it somewhat incomprehensible.

"Even though the introduction only mentioned that this unnamed researcher designed the T-011 Tyrant as a transformation body, it's highly likely that the T-011 Talos Tyrant I encountered this time was also created by him."

Initially, Zhang Yanhang thought this researcher was just an utter failure, getting lucky to be promoted. But now it seems, just from the fact that he can independently design a T-011 Tyrant, he does possess a certain level of skill.

"Moreover, the introduction said this guy is more proficient in energy technology compared to biotechnology... Could this be the reason why the T-011 Talos Tyrant suddenly got equipped with a miniature nuclear reactor and learned to emit lasers?"

Zhang Yanhang felt this speculation was probably quite accurate.

"Of course, what's more important than the introduction is the additional attribute of this electromagnetic energy pump. After waiting for such a long time, the new equipment that enhances the physical recovery speed has finally arrived. It's truly not easy.

Furthermore, the electromagnetic energy pump increases the physical recovery speed quite significantly. Even in the initial state, it already provides a 70% physical recovery speed bonus. Presumably, after fusion, the physical recovery speed bonus can be further enhanced.

But I wonder how many of these electromagnetic energy pumps can be equipped..."

Naturally, Zhang Yanhang hoped that this electromagnetic energy pump could be equipped in four slots, just like the neck potential activation device, but ultimately, how many could be equipped depends on the specific equipment slots.

"So, I choose '15000 soul points', '15000 soul points', '15000 soul points', 'muscle regeneration', 'electromagnetic energy pump (magnetic energy embedding)'."

After examining all five item slots, Zhang Yanhang quickly made his choice. The time pause ended but was triggered again when he picked up another drop treasure box.

...

November 1st, Sunday, Halloween, which was also Zhang Yanhang's first day entering the Ashen World, at 9:07 PM, Umbrella Biochemical Test Field, Gelijia City.

After spending a total of fifty-five minutes, Zhang Yanhang finally finished opening all of the over a thousand drop treasure boxes he had just acquired. After opening so many boxes, he felt somewhat numb, considering it took only half an hour to hunt monsters, yet an entire hour to open the treasure boxes; it's frustrating for anyone to experience.

But since there was no other choice, he could only endure it temporarily. So, after finishing with the treasure boxes, Zhang Yanhang quickly started sorting out the related gains from them.

And speaking of treasure box gains, the most important aspect is naturally related to talents. This time, Zhang Yanhang obtained a total of 1098 B-level Talent Muscle Regeneration from the drop treasure boxes, and after upgrading to X-level Talent Heavenly Protection Nine Lives earlier, he still had 644 Muscle Regenerations left.

Therefore, including the remaining talents from before, Zhang Yanhang now had a total of 1742 Muscle Regenerations in hand.

"To continue upgrading my X-level Talent Heavenly Protection Nine Lives, I need a total of 19,683 E-level Slow Corrosion, but when converted to B-level Muscle Regeneration, it only requires 729 Muscle Regenerations for the upgrade."

This means Zhang Yanhang can upgrade the X-level Talent Heavenly Protection Nine Lives to XX-level by only using a fraction of the talents in hand.

After counting the number of talents, Zhang Yanhang quickly picked out 729 Muscle Regenerations from this time's haul and crushed them all at once.

It's worth mentioning that, given his now over a meter long hands (almost equal to the length of two desks put together), he could crush the 729 Muscle Regenerations in one breath without even needing to consider the 'one breath' concept formed from not needing to breathe.

Moreover, the most crucial part is that besides having large hands, he also has eight hands in total, so even if the number were multiplied several times, he could still easily crush them in one breath.

[Detected subordinate talent of X-level talent 'Heavenly Protection Nine Lives' in your talent list. Do you want to merge the talents?]

"Yes, merge."

In previous times, Zhang Yanhang naturally wouldn't have cared much about something like life span, but circumstances have changed. Now his life span can be converted into attack power bonus and defense bonus, hence he wanted to maximize his life span this time.

Besides the increase in attack power and defense bonus, Zhang Yanhang believed the fundamental purpose of life span, which is to continue living, was also quite important.

Though he might not need such a long life span now, once retired, he'll greatly need it. The length of time he can enjoy after retirement depends entirely on the life span he's accumulated before retirement. So indeed, life span is very useful.

Furthermore, considering his imminent promotion to the fifth tier that is likely to happen tomorrow, he thought retirement might not be that far away for him.

He even felt he might be able to retire before his next birthday, given his incredibly fast tier-promotion speed. Hence, life span, essentially determining the quality of post-retirement life, is indeed better the longer it is.

Aside from life span, Zhang Yanhang was hoping to increase his physical recovery speed. Although he had just acquired new equipment to enhance this, it was evident that the recovery speed provided by equipment alone wouldn't be enough. He needed more to be efficient.

But from past experience, the probability of acquiring new abilities after reaching XX-tier is not very high, so perhaps he ought to look forward to XXX-tier instead.

[Merge complete.]

[You have acquired the XX-level Talent 'Sea House Addition'.]

"Sea House Addition? This term sounds somewhat familiar."

Compared to Heavenly Protection Nine Lives, Zhang Yanhang was fairly knowledgeable about Sea House Addition. The meaning of this term can be understood directly from its literal translation — it means adding a token to the house.

Although chips nowadays mostly refer to the colorful plastic discs used for gambling, in essence, chips are actually tools for counting. For example, a five-yuan chip represents a count of five. In ancient times, chips were more aligned with this essence, being specialized counting tools.

Thus, adding a chip to this house doesn't involve gambling. It's simply using the house as a warehouse for storing counting tools.

Just the literal meaning of the last three words.

But when combined with the first word, "Sea House Addition" becomes an allusion, a saying related to longevity.

Specifically, each time the sea turns into farmland or farmland turns back into sea, a chip for counting is placed in the house (which is named Sea House).

So far, just chips alone have filled house after house. The chips themselves can no longer be counted, yet the person placing them seems unaware, showing no reaction.

In other words, while the world goes through endless cycles of change, for you, it's just another chip added to the Sea House, yet you remain eternally unchanged, untouched by life and death.

"In terms of meaning, Sea House Addition is indeed far more formidable than the so-called Immortality from before.

Every time the sea transforms into farmland or farmland reclaims the sea, when each era shifts, a chip is added to the Sea House. And now the chips have accumulated to fill countless houses, seemingly breaking free from the concept of death."

Zhang Yanhang feels that this level of lifespan is far greater than the usual few thousand years of immortality. As for how much it can increase specifically, it depends on the actual talent effect.

Thus, Zhang Yanhang quickly clicked to view the talent effect of the XX-level Talent [Sea House Addition].

[Sea House Addition]

[Quality: XX (0/59049)]

[Ability One: Unwearied — Constitution +15 (+3).]

[Ability Two: Energetic — Physical Strength +520% (+120%).]

[Ability Three: Longevity — Lifespan +340 years (+80 years) +12 years (+4 years) x 100[Constitution]=1540 years (+480 years).]

[Ability Four: Longevity — When the remaining lifespan is greater than 1000 years [currently 2520 years (+480 years)], increase 2520 years (lifespan) x 0.1% (+0.05%)=252% (+150%) Attack Power, increase 2520 years (lifespan) x 0.1% (+0.05%)=252% (+150%) defensive power.]

"As expected, after upgrading from X-level Talent Heavenly Protection Nine Lives to XX-level Talent Sea House Addition, the upgrade demand indeed tripled, becoming even more terrifying.

The previous requirement of 19683 Slow Corrosion for an upgrade was already daunting, but now it has increased to an insane 59049 Slow Corrosion."

Although Zhang Yanhang's XX-level Longbo's power has the same upgrade requirements, Zhang Yanhang still finds this number overwhelming at the second sight. Such a massive upgrade demand indeed feels impossible to achieve even in thought.

After all, even in the area with the most monsters Zhang Yanhang currently encounters, the Umbrella Biochemical Test Field, there are less than a hundred thousand monsters.

Yet here, the talent's quantity requirement alone reaches 60% to 70% of the Umbrella Biochemical Test Field's designated monster quantity. Even if every two monsters drop a treasure box, it's still impossible to gather it all.

In terms of reality, if Zhang Yanhang were to rely solely on killing ordinary zombies to obtain these 59049 Slow Corrosion, based on his current drop rate of one treasure box per thirty-eight First Tier Monsters, he would need to kill nearly 2.25 million ordinary zombies.

In other words, relying solely on ordinary zombies, Zhang Yanhang would need to clear Raccoon City approximately 400 times, which is extraordinarily exaggerated.

"Moreover, although the current upgrade requirement is just 59049 Slow Corrosion, by experience, the next upgrade to XXX-level will surely require at least six-digit talent demand…

In other words, the talent requirement might exceed even the number of monsters in the Umbrella Biochemical Test Field, and might even be nearly double."

Of course, these calculations are based on E-level [Slow Corrosion]. If calculated with B-level [Muscle Regeneration], it would be much better, as there is a significant 27 times difference between the two.

Converted to Muscle Regeneration, Zhang Yanhang would only need 2187 Muscle Regenerations to elevate the XX-level Sea House Addition to the unprecedented XXX-level.

"I had a total of 1742 Muscle Regenerations, but just upgraded to XX-level Sea House Addition consumed 729 Muscle Regenerations. So now, I have 1013 Muscle Regenerations remaining, just 1174 Muscles Regenerations short of upgrading the XX-level Sea House Addition to XXX-level, which shouldn't be difficult to gather."

Zhang Yanhang has already gathered half of the XXX-level upgrade requirements just after reaching the second stage, and he even feels he might directly gather the remaining half by continuing with the third-stage cleanup plan.

"However, XXX-level should be the limit of talent and it's unlikely to upgrade any further after that."

Because if Zhang Yanhang fulfills the third-stage cleanup plan, it would mean clearing three-fifths of the Umbrella Biochemical Test Field's monsters. Naturally, it wouldn't be feasible to meet quadrupled upgrade requirements with just the remaining two-fifths of monsters.

Fortunately, upgrading to XXX-level is satisfying enough for Zhang Yanhang since it's also a level he has not reached before. Based on previous experience, there might be new transformations at XXX-level, so Zhang Yanhang is quite anticipating it.

After focusing on the talent's upgrade requirements, Zhang Yanhang quickly turned his attention back to more critical growth of talent effects.

Beginning, of course, with Ability One Unwearied, as expected, this time increased the Constitution Attribute by three points again, raising the total Constitution Attribute bonus from twelve points to fifteen points.

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