"Just, when the Spiritual Qi Recovery had just begun, suppressing these rebellions was relatively simple. But now, half a year into the Spiritual Qi Recovery, Awakeners have generally made significant progress in their strength. At the same time, as their strength grows, their ambitions inevitably begin to burgeon as well. Only a sufficiently powerful government, such as the Empire, a superpower, could maintain peace and stability.
Yet, the small countries in Africa certainly lack such power, so they are pretty much embroiled in civil wars every other day.
Moreover, it’s not just the small African nations lately; even some of the weaker countries in Southeast Asia and Central Asia have started showing signs of chaos.
After finishing breakfast, Zhang Yanhang belched contentedly and then lay straight down on the bed. Yes, he was going to sleep next. Why? Because there’s real happiness in sleeping after eating, plus it’s holiday time, and even an eight-day long holiday at that, so he had plenty of time to waste.
October 1st, 2020, the first day of the Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day holidays, noon, 12:49 PM.
After waking up, Zhang Yanhang yawned and picked up his phone to check the time. "Did I really sleep for six hours? That’s quite a while, but it’s just noon now. Should I seize the moment and go for another round of naps? A perfect time for a little postprandial sleep."
However, after a bit of thought, Zhang Yanhang ultimately decided against this idea as it seemed a bit too decadent.
"Right, I seem to have over a hundred treasure boxes unopened." Yes, after continuously killing thousands of zombies, Zhang Yanhang had now amassed over a hundred treasure boxes. If he were to open them all, he felt he could easily level up to LV.10 all at once. ɴᴇᴡ ɴᴏᴠᴇʟ ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀs ᴀʀᴇ ᴘᴜʙʟɪsʜᴇᴅ ᴏɴ NoveI[F]ire.net
Zhang Yanhang grabbed his waist bag from the bedside table and started pouring out treasure boxes onto the bed, piling up over a hundred boxes that amounted to a small mountain on the bed.
But before opening the treasure boxes, Zhang Yanhang took a glance at his balance of Soul points.
[Soul points: 1620 (+1411)]
This time, Zhang Yanhang had cleared out an area of roughly five square kilometers, killing approximately a thousand zombies, though he was too lazy to count the exact number. Estimating it was already quite an achievement.
The majority were Ordinary zombies, roughly seven to eight hundred, then about a hundred and twenty to thirty Police Zombies and a hundred and fifty to sixty Zombie Dogs, and finally, twenty to thirty Lickers.
At first, the number of Police Zombies that Zhang Yanhang had killed wasn’t so large, barely over a hundred just barely. But then, he also killed a hundred zombies through the slot machine, of which about one fifth were Police Zombies, thus the number increased.
"Just from killing the zombies, I’ve already got 1620 Soul points. Surely the treasure boxes should yield several thousand more, right?" Zhang Yanhang then carefully counted the exact number of treasure boxes he had accumulated.
First were the Ordinary zombie treasure boxes, with a total of 90 dropped, then the Zombie Dog treasure boxes, with 20 dropped, followed by the Police Zombie treasure boxes, with 18 dropped, and finally, the Lickers’ treasure boxes, the least in number, with only 4 total. So, adding up all these treasure boxes, there were a total of 132.
"132 treasure boxes, that’s really a lot. Then let me first open a Licker’s treasure box." Zhang Yanhang was quite curious about what he could get out of a Licker’s treasure box since he had never opened one before.
[Would you like to open the ’Drop treasure box (Licker)’?]
"Yes, open." After confirming the opening of the treasure box, Zhang Yanhang immediately triggered a Time Pause.
[Please select the specific contents of ’Drop treasure box (Licker)’.]
"Lickers, after all, are First Tier Two Stars monsters, and this is a Green quality treasure box. I hope it has some good items inside." Zhang Yanhang was very excited about the previously unseen Green quality treasure box, believing it would be far superior to anything you might get from an Ordinary zombie or Zombie Dog treasure box.
[Option One: 6 Soul points]
[Option Two: 30 Soul points]
[Option Three: 60 Soul points]
"60 Soul points, not bad." Although the first item was Soul points, Zhang Yanhang felt it was great because compared to a First Tier One Star Zombie Dog, the value of one option for a First Tier Two Stars Licker had doubled.
[Option One: 6 Soul points]
[Option Two: 30 Soul points]
[Option Three: 60 Soul points]
"Another 60 Soul points, this steady feeling is really nice." Since Soul points can be used for leveling up, Zhang Yanhang always had the attitude of the more, the merrier.
[Option One: Slow Corrosion, Quality E, Talent]
[Option Two: T-virus Carrier (Evolution Failure), Quality F, Talent]
[Option Three: T-virus Carrier (Deterioration Mutation), Quality E, Talent]
"Hm? I didn’t expect that a Licker’s treasure box could also contain the ’T-virus Carrier (Evolution Failure)’ Talent..."
Zhang Yanhang was not too surprised to find the other two E-quality Talents ’Slow Corrosion’ and ’T-virus Carrier (Deterioration Mutation)’ in the Licker’s treasure box because both were Talents inherent to Lickers themselves.
But ’T-virus Carrier (Evolution Failure)’ was a Low-level Talent found on Ordinary zombies and Zombie Dogs, hence Zhang Yanhang’s surprise.
"But getting Slow Corrosion is also good news; it’s exactly what I need to upgrade my C-quality Talent ’Longevity.’"
Zhang Yanhang thought that after opening this batch of treasure boxes, his Talent might even jump directly from C-quality to A-quality, given that he had no less than 132 treasure boxes. Excluding the 18 from Police Zombies, all other boxes could yield the Slow Corrosion Talent. Plus, he already had 13 Slow Corrosion Talents left in hand.
After inspecting the third item, Zhang Yanhang immediately proceeded to the fourth.
[Option One: 6 Soul points]
[Option Two: 30 Soul points]
[Option Three: 60 Soul points]
"More Soul points. That way, a single Licker’s treasure box could consistently yield 180 Soul points." With four Licker treasure boxes on hand, Zhang Yanhang could extract 720 Soul points from just these four, while he only needed 600 points to level up to LV.7.