Chapter 164

Level skill book?

Speaking purely of value, it's comparable to decent blue equipment, after all most skill books in the Doomsday Game are D-C level.

As the only way for non-Awakened Ones to improve their strength, the value of skill books has always been sought after.

After all, many organizers of forces before the Apocalypse outbreak were not necessarily Awakened Ones.

Everyone craves power.

Without the courage to awaken, skill books become their only means to grasp supernatural power.

Before power reaches the third level, authority is also a kind of balancing power.

Many Awakened Ones will also work for these people.

Therefore, skill books of C level and above often sell for a decent price.

"Steel Skin (B level)"

"Skill effect: continuously consumes mental power (10 points per second); during the skill duration, gain damage reduction of less than 10 points. Also increase strength by 1 point, constitution by 1 point, and gain Steel Hardening."

"Steel Hardening: generates spirit-energy metal on the skin surface to resist damage, reducing piercing, penetrating, slashing, and stabbing damage values, but cannot reduce shock damage; after activation, movement speed is reduced."

"Skill evaluation: although it cannot reach the defense of composite armor, it is enough to let you ignore gunfire on the battlefield."

Defensive-type skill, quite good.

Compared to offense, most players obviously prefer to pursue defense.

In the Doomsday Game, you only have one life; if you die, you lose everything.

Should we keep throwing this skill book to Zhang Tie?

He pondered for a moment.

However, Zhang Tie can't learn it now either; his skill slot is already full.

Unless the level rises again.

Just thinking of the original berserker black bear, it was forcibly turned into a meat shield...

Lin An thought of Xiong Hanzi having to take a beating every day from now on, and he couldn't help but want to laugh.

Forget it, let it be a meat shield...

With the crab-shell shield, flesh-and-blood healing, plus the black bear's high physique combined with the Steel Body, this guy's defense can be called an enhanced version 【tank】.

As for Lin An himself, he now can't really take a liking to these skills.

Not to mention that the defense provided by the Steel Body is still inferior to his own physique bonus; the negative state that reduces movement speed affects him too much.

High speed means greater impact.

His current talent combat instinct can only exert its maximum utility in high-speed combat.

If it were as slow as Zhang Tie's speed, no matter how superb the combat skills, they would be meaningless.

Dual cultivation of magic and martial arts, high attack, high speed, high burst — this is what Lin An pursues.

After making up his mind, he no longer thinks further.

Anyway, player level is much easier to raise than Awakened Ones rank; next, heading to the military base, one will inevitably encounter mutants along the way.

If it weren't for the pressing time, actually training inside the base would be enough to level up.

Throwing the skill book into the ring, Lin An looks toward the energy core.

「Energy Core (White Prop)」

「Prop effect: After use, replenish mental power (200 points), and within 30 seconds gain an extra attribute of +1 to strength, agility, and physique」

「Prop description: Energy core from a Second Level Mutant, containing powerful energy. (Uses 1/1) can be charged」

「Prop note: This prop can be inlaid into a spirit-energy defense tower or a spirit-energy weapon, providing continuous energy」

Eh, not bad.

A flash of joy passed through Lin An's eyes.

Isn't this just a combination of a blue potion and an elixir?

Three major attributes +1, plus recovery of the most important mental power.

The key is that it can be used continuously; just this alone makes its value quite high.

Potions are used up one by one; he hasn't really used them much lately.

Xiong Hanzi is even more reluctant to use them.

Just now, when the monster pressed him to the ground and hammered him, he still couldn't bear to take a tube.

It seemed as if he suddenly thought of something.

He roughly calculated whether 200 points of mental power could meet the charging requirement of Soul Shriek.

After Lin An carefully calculated, he found that after equipping the spirit-energy core, he only needed to replenish another 100 points to finish charging!

Of course, this still requires Wen Ya's cooperation to achieve.

If Wen Ya is not present, he can only use the soul points inside the Death God Crystal to charge.

Now the gem contains 5 soul points (Second Level*2 + 1 Fourth Rank*1), 101 points (hundred-person list + 1 Awakened One) of negative emotion.

These are his trump cards for resisting the zombie siege one month later.

Forcibly suppressing the urge to test it, Lin An placed the energy core on his waist; in the system's judgment, this item belongs to the same attribute as potions.

As for placing it inside the spirit-energy defense tower, he hasn't considered it yet.

At the current stage, it is definitely a priority to raise his own strength.

Later, if a more suitable similar prop is found, replacing it then would not be too late.

After glancing at the 【tank】 spine, Lin An also threw the other crafting materials into the ring.

At this stage, without an Equipment workshop, players lacking the relevant talent can only stare at this thing uselessly.

At most it can be used as a stick to hit people.

The tank's spine is sufficiently hard, but its body is too big to be sealed into the sword sheath for nurturing.

He looked at the last two items in the bottom box, his eyes full of anticipation.

This is also Lin An's habit.

Good things are placed at the end for inspection; if the front are all trash, it can ease the mood.

"Gnaw (Blue Prop)"

"Prop effect: After designating a target, summon all nearby zombies to gnaw the target unit. When the unit dies, it turns into a flesh puppet to fight for you."

"Summon range: 60-meter diameter, maximum number of units: 1000."

"Prop description: From the Rat King's ability, the flesh puppet's power is based on the target's former strength, with a maximum limit of 3/3 for flesh puppets."

"】 Flesh puppets can only die from zombie attacks or mutant attacks."

"Note: After a flesh puppet exists, it requires continuous consumption of spiritual energy to control; once the spiritual energy is exhausted, the unit will go out of control."

"Prop note: A target can be designated once per day; after consuming 100 points of mental power, it can be used again."

Lin An slightly startled, subconsciously turned his gaze toward Mo Ling.

The bus boarding area.

The little loli lay in front of the windshield, head covered, snoring loudly, looking utterly exhausted.

He chuckled helplessly.

These past two days, Mo Ling has indeed been made to work a lot.

The effect of the Gnaw prop is not bad, but perhaps only Mo Ling in the whole base is suited for it.

Commanding up to 1000 zombies to attack the target looks powerful, but it has a fatal flaw.

The 60-meter command range...

Under normal circumstances, zombie density is hard to reach that number.

If the zombie numbers are few, they may not be able to kill a strong individual; as long as the target is somewhat stronger mutant or awakened one, they can escape the zombie encirclement.

But if Mo Ling uses the Dead Summon then the Gnaw prop, she can maximize the prop's power.

Summon flesh puppets based on the deceased's former strength?

If it weren't for the restriction that only zombie kills can be relied upon.

Lin An had even considered personally striking some mutants or awakened ones to serious injury, artificially creating high-level flesh puppets.

With flesh puppets, Mo Ling's safety is also assured.

As one of his biggest trump cards against the zombie tide, Lin An still places great importance on Mo Ling's safety.

The symbiote is too weak in the early stage; any awakened one's surprise attack can easily kill her.

Lin An curled the corner of his mouth in a smile, preparing to hand the Gnaw prop to her.

Suddenly, a commotion came from outside the window.

Team internal voice:

"Captain Lin! Come quickly behind the granary!"

In front of the food storage tank.

Zhang Tie looked grimly at the pile of corpses before him.

The people in charge of transporting food had eyes full of reluctance.

Thousands of corpses piled up into a mountain.

Their camouflage uniforms revealed their identities.