Chapter 107: Annihilation Effect

Tsk!

An arrow imbued with Straight Death Power instantly penetrated the marrow-sucking spider's body, tearing a tiny wound.

However, the demon spider's movement was unhindered, and it continued to crawl forward swiftly.

"Why!? It had no effect."

Unbelievable.

Gao Tian, after firing this arrow, felt as if his vital energy had been drained, his body swayed, and his face turned pale as if he had suffered a huge blow.

Under the continuous consumption of mental energy for 9 seconds, his already meager mental energy was nearly exhausted.

An arrow shot with all his belief did not have the imagined effect.

Not only him, but even the students behind him from the physical institute were somewhat surprised.

"This arrow clearly looked powerful! How could it have no effect at all?"

An anomaly suddenly occurred.

Two seconds later, the spider that had been crawling swiftly stiffened strangely in place.

"Crack!"

A sound of shattering glass rang out, and the huge, hard exoskeleton flashing with metallic luster suddenly cracked open in several places.

Silently.

As a gust of wind blew by, the marrow-sucking spider turned into dust like it had been pulverized, scattering in the wind.

"Ding, killed a First Level Mutant Marrow-sucking Spider."

"Ding, co-killer: Lin An (provided weakness information)."

The system's notification arrived; the originally somewhat disheartened Gao Tian gasped in shock, opening his mouth, and the people behind him also looked toward where the demon spider had been, as if in a dream.

"No... no... no...!?"

"No, it's Annihilation!"

Lin An's eyes flickered as he slowly spoke.

"The marrow-sucking spider just now was judged by the system as certain to die, directly triggering the Annihilation Effect."

"Annihilation!?"

"Lin Ge, I-I... did I really do it!? I actually killed it!?"

Gao Tian looked back and forth between Lin An and the spot where the demon spider had been, overjoyed as if dreaming.

Lin An looked amused at him, who was excited like a child, and couldn't help but feel somewhat shocked.

He truly achieved an instant kill with a single strike!

You have to know Gao Tian is currently 0 Fourth Rank 0 level!

Back when Lin An killed the Licker, he at least had the 'Power Burst' attribute bonus and the help of potions, barely managing to kill it.

Gao Tian's performance really brought him a great surprise.

"I never expected that triggering the Lethal Point would actually result in the Annihilation Effect."

Seeing the doubtful looks of the crowd, Lin An simply explained clearly.

"Annihilation means that when damage far exceeds the target's limit, the system directly erases it. Upon death, no trace remains! It ignores flesh regeneration, ignores multi-head effects!"

"Simply put, no matter what life-saving means you have, regardless of whether you can revive from a drop of blood."

"As long as it is judged as Annihilation, it will be instantly erased from this world, leaving no trace."

"Of course, this includes the corpse."

Unlike the crowd still digesting this information, Lin An let out a light sigh.

The Annihilation Effect is powerful, powerful...

But, it leaves no corpse!

What a huge spider...

No matter what, the marrow-sucking spider is still a mutant, its whole body is treasure.

Just looking at its appearance, you know its shell can be used to make armor, and the sharp angles on its limbs can be used to make weapons.

The corpse can also be thrown into the Spirit Energy Tower to be converted into spirit energy.

However, the Annihilation Effect is cool, but it's too wasteful.

No wonder the Demon Hunters of my past life rarely acted lightly; when they did, it was at crucial moments—because they kill monsters without leaving corpses!

"Did anything drop in terms of equipment or extra props?"

Lin An can only hope now that the Annihilation Effect won't swallow the dropped items; otherwise he truly wouldn't know whether, aside from crucial moments, he should still let Gao Tian act.

Killing it would be pointless, but that's acceptable.

Gao Tian, hearing this, embarrassedly scratched his head, feeling his skill had caused Lin Ge considerable trouble.

He hurriedly looked at his own system notification.

"Yes!"

"Lin Ge! Equipment dropped!"

A few seconds later, his face was full of surprise.

"It's two items! And a bunch of crafting materials!"

(The corpse can be processed, but without the attributes from dropped crafting materials, such as +1 strength, it can only exert its original effect, with no additional bonuses.)

?

What damn luck, Lin An just asked casually; basically, First Level Mutants rarely drop equipment, mostly they drop props or crafting materials.

One drop yields two items?

He now has only three pieces of equipment, while Zhang Tie, after being with him for so long, hasn't even managed to get one.

However, looking at it this way, the annihilation effect will not also erase these things together.

If the corpse is gone, it's gone; I can barely accept it.

Without reservation.

Gao Tian excitedly handed Lin An two pieces of equipment and a pile of strange materials.

「Ding, obtained common equipment (white): crab shell」

「Equipment type: shield」

「Equipment attributes: Constitution+1, Strength+1」

「Equipment effect: Defense+3 after raising shield (resists physical and elemental damage.), crouching while shield raised grants an additional +2 defense」

「Equipment evaluation: Hard crab shell, can block regular assault rifle and rifle damage」

「Equipment description: This is indeed the shell of the marrow-sucking spider; originally a crab from seafood that fused with a zombie and was stitched together with a spider to create this monstrosity」

Lin An was stunned; the bronze-colored shell in his hand shone like a round shield.

This was the first time he had seen such bizarre equipment.

What the heck?

Crab fused with a zombie, then stitched with a spider?

He could hardly imagine how the marrow-sucking spider's predecessor mutated.

Could it be that a virus-infected human ate the crab while also being eaten by a spider? Or maybe the order is reversed?

However, the equipment effect is not bad; suitable for tank-type Awakened Ones.

At full defense, it reaches +5 defense, meaning a reduction of 5 points of attribute damage.

For most Awakened at this stage, their highest attribute is probably less than 15 points. Once equipped with the shield and at full defense, the damage enemies inflict will be reduced to that of an ordinary person.

Adding the two attribute bonuses, it can be considered a fine piece for a tank.

Looking at the second item, Lin An stored the shield in his ring, planning to return to base and distribute it later.

「Ding, obtained common equipment (white): spider silk belt」

「Equipment type: waist, storage space」

「Equipment effect: Adds 2*8 grid storage space for the player (each grid limited to: potions, bullets, grenades, scrolls)」

「Equipment evaluation: Items placed in the belt can be used without taking them out」

「Equipment description: A belt woven from the core spider silk of the marrow-sucking spider, possessing rare slight spatial power」

Lin An looked at the silver-white belt in his hand, which resembled a belt, and a flash of astonishment crossed his eyes.

It is actually a spatial equipment, albeit a low-grade one. There are strict limits on storage size.

Although it provides no attribute bonuses, just the spatial property alone is enough to amaze.

A First Level Mutant can drop this equipment; the luck is about the same as buying a lottery ticket.

This is very practical equipment; the 16-grid storage space means that in future battles he no longer needs to pre-hold potions in his mouth, swallowing them together with the glass.

Changing magazines or activating scrolls also saves a lot of time.

In battle, situations change instantly; a 0.1-second time difference could mean life or death!

In good spirits, Lin An equipped the belt, then handed two potions to Gao Tian, and stored the remaining twelve potions in the belt.

「Lin Bro, what is this? 」

Gao Tian curiously examined the potion in his hand; the system's description made him somewhat surprised.

All-attribute bonus, increasing burst power, attack speed...

Anyone who isn't an idiot can imagine the value of these two potions.

「It's fine, take it first. Use it as a trump card to save your life」

Gao Tian's base attributes are not high; even after joining the rescue team and gaining a 10% attribute bonus, they are still somewhat lacking.

Using these two potions to protect him is most suitable.

Just that.

Lin An glanced at the remaining twelve potions and let out a light sigh.

Since the apocalypse outbreak, almost every danger has been survived by relying on potions.

Perhaps once the base stabilizes, we can find time to visit the former pharmaceutical company?

In his past life, even survival was a problem, so he never went back to the company he once worked at to look around.

If we could move the production line back and restart potion manufacturing...

Then in the future, whether for the base's own use or for external trade, these would be quite formidable props, highly sought after by Awakened Ones.

Even after establishing a potion lab, perhaps we could improve these two potions.

There are too many things to do...

Lin An suppressed his thoughts and turned to look at the remaining three crafting materials.

First Level sharp spur leg, a compound-eye-like sphere, a small lump of white viscous paste.