November 1st, Sunday, Halloween, also the first day Zhang Yanhang enters the Ashen World. 7:33 PM, Umbrella Biochemical Test Field, Terra City, Lucky Slot Machine.

After making up his mind, Zhang Yanhang quickly teleported to the location of the Lucky Slot Machine. Although he had passed by while clearing monsters before, he didn't extract immediately. Now, he finally had the time to see what was in the Lucky Slot Machine's prize pool.

But before drawing the Lucky Slot Machine reward, Zhang Yanhang first checked the drawing price of this Lucky Slot Machine located at the Umbrella Biochemical Test Field.

The result was about the same as he expected. Sure enough, it had the same soul points value as the weakest monster in the Umbrella Biological Experiment Zone, the T-103 Super Tyrant, at 550 soul points per draw.

"With the increase in monster level, the drawing price of the Lucky Slot Machine also rises exponentially. At 550 soul points per draw, if I continue to draw 100 times like before, just the soul points consumed in extraction will be as high as 55,000 soul points..."

The 55,000 soul points, if placed in the First Tier, would be enough for Zhang Yanhang to upgrade several skills, but in the Fourth Tier, it was merely enough for Zhang Yanhang to draw from the prize pool.

But fortunately, the weakest monster in the prize pool is also a T-103 Super Tyrant, which can be killed to break even. So, loss is certainly out of the question, after all, you can get a free drop treasure box.

After briefly checking the price, Zhang Yanhang quickly began skillfully pulling the metal lever on the side of the Lucky Slot Machine. It must be said that whether in high-level or low-level areas, the Lucky Slot Machine not only looks identical but also gives the same feel when pulling the lever.

As the lever turned, the familiar Time Pause immediately descended upon the Umbrella Biochemical Test Field once again. Simultaneously, a text option box with a familiar format but not so familiar content appeared in front of Zhang Yanhang.

[Please choose the specific content of this Lucky Slot Machine draw]

[Option One: 777 (First Prize, 'Ancestor Virus Liquid (Essence Extraction)', Orange quality, artifact.)]

[Option Two: ✮✮✮ (Second Prize, 'Ancestor Virus Enhancement Potion', Dark Gold quality, artifact.)]

[Option Three: ✮✮✮ (Second Prize, 'Ancestor Virus Enhancement Potion', Dark Gold quality, artifact.)]

...

[Option Forty-eight: ❂❂❂ (Third Prize, T-0400TP Death God Tyrant · Frenzy Form, Third Tier Three-star, ordinary monster.)]

...

[Option Ninety-five: ❂❂❂ (Third Prize, T-0400TP Type Death God Tyrant · Frenzy Form, Third Tier Three-star, ordinary monster.)]

...

[Option One Hundred Sixty-two: ✭✬✭ (Fourth Prize, Thanks for participating, no physical prize.)]

......

"As expected from a high-level area where the initial monsters are Third Tier Two-star, the First Prize directly yields an orange artifact, while the Second Prize is a Dark Gold quality artifact. Just this name, should I say it's indeed a legacy? It's exactly the same as the T-virus enhancement potion from Raccoon City before."

Zhang Yanhang thinks that the Umbrella company might be trending towards this rather simple naming style. Of course, it could also be that the researchers are lazy about naming, which is also very likely.

"It's just that, why do the Super Tyrant and the Death God Tyrant here, clearly both T-virus modified products, inexplicably have this Ancestor Virus Enhancement Potion appear? Could it be because the Umbrella Biochemical Test Field area includes Ancestor Virus apart from T-virus?"

Zhang Yanhang considers it a possibility. After all, when he observed the monster designs earlier, he indeed felt that monsters above the Fourth Tier and below the Fourth Tier are like two completely different types of monsters. If those Fourth Tier monsters are modified with the Ancestor Virus, it would make sense.

Zhang Yanhang doesn't know much about the Ancestor Virus. In his limited understanding, the Ancestor Virus, as its name suggests, is the ancestor of all viruses.

Later, most of the viruses manufactured by the Umbrella company were modified based on the Ancestor Virus, such as the famous T-virus, G-virus, and C-virus, among others.

But compared to the Ancestor Virus, the T-virus, modified through fusion with the Leeche Virus, is more like a degenerative virus, greatly reducing stability while also significantly decreasing enhancement effects.

The result is that the vast majority of infected individuals only mutate into zombies, a small portion mutates into a licker, and very few can be immune to the T-virus and enjoy enhancement from it.

But the Ancestor Virus is different. Its original purpose is to enhance human capabilities, even granting superpowers. And most infected individuals who fail to enhance die immediately rather than turning into zombies, which is indeed better compared to T-virus.

The downside is that infected individuals who fail enhancement but don't instantly die will become biochemical monsters even stronger than Tyrants.

So, theoretically, the Ancestor Virus's destruction ability is indeed very strong.

If the T-virus leaks worldwide, it would only cause a typical zombie apocalypse, but if the Ancestor Virus leaks worldwide, it would trigger a sci-fi apocalypse, a more classic type of apocalypse of superpowers battling mutated monsters.

In certain respects, the latter might be friendlier than the former, after all, the latter is akin to starting humanity's evolution process anew, turning into a survival of the fittest scenario, whereas a zombie apocalypse is truly an apocalypse, with no hope at all.

After checking the First Prize and Second Prize, Zhang Yanhang continued to check other rewards on the prize pool list, or rather, the content of the Third Prize pool. Then, he quickly discovered a strange thing, "How come this prize pool only has T-0400TP Type Death God Tyrant but no T-103 Super Tyrant?"

But then he felt, in some sense, this might be a good thing.

After all, T-103 Super Tyrant, as the weakest monster in the Umbrella Biochemical Test Field area, is really abundant, with tens of thousands of them. The prize pool indeed doesn't lack these dozens, so making room in the prize pool for other stronger monsters can also increase his gains a bit.

"But, even though this is my first time clearing the Umbrella Biochemical Test Field's Lucky Slot Machine, so it should be in its initial state, I didn't expect there wouldn't be any space for the T-103 Super Tyrant in the initial state either. This situation is indeed a first for me."

It's like squeezing out low-level monsters; Zhang Yanhang has seen this happen on the slot machines by the Demonized Swamp, which isn't particularly novel. But encountering a situation where the space is directly squeezed out in the initial state is indeed somewhat surprising.

"I just wonder if the positions of the T-0400TP Death God Tyrants in these prize pools will be squeezed out by higher-level monsters later on..."

According to Zhang Yanhang's observations, there are still a hundred monsters in this third prize pool. If they could all be replaced with the strongest monsters in the Umbrella Biochemical Test Field Zone later on, it would certainly bring him considerable benefits.

Unfortunately, the probability of this happening isn't very high, and it might just be wishful thinking, given that most of the prize pools he's encountered in various zones are more evenly distributed by monster type.

Therefore, he thinks that even though this third prize pool does look like this now, in the end, it's more likely to evolve into such a situation of evenly distributing by monster type.

"Never mind, it's better not to dwell on these things for now. Let's take a look at what use this Ancestor Virus has in this prize pool."

Zhang Yanhang spoke while opening the attribute list of the second prize Dark Gold Quality Artifact [Ancestor Virus Enhancement Potion] to review.

[Ancestor Virus Enhancement Potion]

[Quality: Dark Gold]

[Type: Artifact]

[Origin: Ashen World, Umbrella Biochemical Test Field, Terra City, Lucky Slot Machine.]

[Usage Effect: Increases Life Value Limit by 450 points, Maximum Life Value Conversion Coefficient +4.]

[Usage Requirements: Constitution 100 points.]

[Score: 530 (Dark Gold Quality Item scores range from 441 to 530.)]

[Description: Today, the Director asked me to design a new type of Tyrant, with the deadline set three days from now. As for why he suddenly asked me to design a new Tyrant in such a short time, I heard that his finished design proposal was immediately rejected upon submission.

On the surface, he claimed to be giving me an opportunity as an exercise for newcomers, but in reality, it was to exploit the extra labor of interns by assigning this task to me. For me, completing this task is naturally impossible, and I've already prepared for the outcome of being fired for failing to complete the design proposal.

But even though it's a dire situation, I still want to struggle a bit more. So, I randomly gathered some materials from past Tyrants and pieced them together.

Then, I randomly drew out a fierce-looking Tyrant picture from the pile of squeezed design drafts on the table, enlarged it, and arbitrarily annotated some data on it. I then added effects from my frequently played mobile games onto this picture, making the Tyrant look more imposing.

After haphazardly designing it using old templates, I submitted this design proposal, leaving it to fate.

I thought the day of the seminar three days later would be the day I get fired, for which I'd already packed my bags ahead of time and, according to the confidentiality agreement, filed all Umbrella-related documents handled during my employment as these were Umbrella's assets, with no authority for me to duplicate or take away, nor continue researching.

However, what I didn't expect was that at the seminar, my haphazardly cobbled together Tyrant design draft was surprisingly approved on the spot. An upper management member named Kristen expressed great admiration for my design and decisively approved it. At that moment, seeing the Director's wide-eyed, stunned expression, I knew my internship might be able to continue.

I have a deep impression of Kristen, who only in her early twenties had already graduated with a doctorate early and directly parachuted into the upper management of the A-3 comprehensive research base. It's said her mother is a member of Umbrella's board, but compared to that, her fiery red hair and alluring figure, barely concealed by her perennial lab coat, were the main reasons for the impression.

But prior to this, I had no interaction with Kristen. The closest I got was sitting at the adjacent table to her while having lunch, uh, if the barrier between the high-level personnel exclusive A zone and the B zone used by low-level personnel like me, along with two pots of greenery for isolation, counts as an adjacent table, then yes, it was adjacent.

The next day, the Director informed me to join the research team led by Kristen responsible for manufacturing the newly approved Tyrant design. Unfortunately, Kristen seemed uninterested in communicating with me or explaining why my design was approved, simply instructing me to work hard.

Then, within just a week, the overly capable manufacturing department already created the basic framework of the Tyrant.

Only a month later, looking at the successfully finalized and named 'T-103 Super Tyrant: Awakening Form' giant monster in front of me, I began to doubt if even with more outrageous effects than the Red Eye and Crystallization effects, the manufacturing department could still successfully create it...

"Goodness, the T-103 Super Tyrant was actually created by this intern as mentioned in the description, unbelievable.

Moreover, the black crystalline layer on the T-103 Super Tyrant and the Red Eyes was actually effects ripped from a mobile game? That's why it looked so familiar, like some crystallization disease...

Clearly the Talent Effect of the T-103 Super Tyrant was introduced so seriously, I really thought the T-103 Super Tyrant was a product researched at great expense by Umbrella Company, but it turns out it was created under such circumstances."

Nevertheless, Zhang Yanhang still cannot comprehend how Umbrella Company managed to attach that black crystalline layer onto the T-103 Super Tyrant, and can only agree with the description stating that perhaps Umbrella's manufacturing department is overly capable.

"But how does this description not even provide a name? The entire narrative only uses the term 'intern' as a designation."

This is the first time Zhang Yanhang sees a description lacking any mention of relevant character names.

"Moreover, not only do the relevant character names not appear, even the name of the Ancestor Virus Enhancement Potion is completely absent, indicating another classic case of items and their descriptions being completely unrelated."

Regarding such matters, Zhang Yanhang has grown quite accustomed, previously thinking the description of the Life Ring changed these equipment modifications, but now it appears nothing has changed, it was merely an illusion on his part.

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