"Initially, I had seventeen fingers wearing blue quality Crimson Iron Rings, but I removed two due to overflow, then another three as my attribute value increased, and this time, due to the Green Ten-piece Set, I removed two more. Now, only ten fingers are still wearing Crimson Iron Rings."
For some unknown reason, Zhang Yan suddenly recalled a phrase, 'back to the original state.' It could be said that in just a few minutes, he quickly reverted the enhancements gained from the Three-Headed Six-Armed technique to the initial state without it, leaving only the ten fingers as at the start still wearing the Crimson Iron Rings.
However, as the charm attribute value continued to increase, Zhang Yan estimated that he would definitely continue to remove more Crimson Iron Rings to make space for the Life Ring.
"After removing seven Crimson Iron Rings, I now have thirty available fingers without rings, meaning I need to equip thirty Life Rings simultaneously. Currently, I have one hundred and eighty-nine Life Rings. How they will be allocated will be determined after the fusion; we'll see how many can be fused."
As he spoke, Zhang Yan selected one ring from the nearby small pile of Life Rings, and then placed all remaining Life Rings into the Alchemy Array to begin the fusion.
Although the Life Ring is a Light Golden Equipment, it was evident that for the current Zhang Yan, fusion was still quite simple. In addition, since it was his first fusion, it could be considered as simple among the simplest. Zhang Yan smoothly completed the first round of fusion in five batches, resulting in ninety-four Life Rings+1.
Soon, he started the second round of fusion again. This time, he completed it in just three batches, resulting in forty-seven Life Rings+2.
Due to the fusion only being +2, it remained quite smooth. Judging by the current level, Zhang Yan estimated that this Life Ring could be fused at least to +4 or even +5 before reaching its limit.
Finally, Zhang Yan began the third and last round of fusion. He completed this round in two batches, resulting in twenty-three Life Rings+3, with one Life Ring+2 remaining single. The source of this content ɪs novelFirｅ.net
"Twenty-three? Huh? Twenty-three? Why does it feel something is not right? Didn't I have exactly twenty-three empty fingers? Oh dear, did I just unnecessarily remove that many Crimson Iron Rings?
No, it wouldn't be wasteful, as even if they aren't needed now, it doesn't mean they won't be needed in the future. When I next acquire more Life Rings, I will surely fill those gaps.
Moreover, it wasn't a complete waste of seven fingers since there is still one ordinary Life Ring and one Life Ring+2 left, so at most, only five fingers remain unoccupied."
As for the question of why Zhang Yan continued to carry out the third round of fusion, knowing he might not have enough in the final count, it was due to the golden glow flashing on the Life Rings that suggested they might be upgraded to Golden Quality. At that moment, he decided to proceed with the fusion without hesitation.
Looking at the freshly forged Life Rings that were flashing with golden light, Zhang Yan first observed the appearance of this new equipment.
How should it be put? Perhaps due to its technological theme or simply because its name is relatively plain, to Zhang Yan, the appearance of the Life Ring resembled an ordinary platinum ring set with a ruby.
To describe it specifically, it appears to be a platinum-like metal band set with a jewel the size of a thumbnail, which looks like a ruby formed from some unknown special substance following a multi-faceted cut.
One can't blame Zhang Yan for his lack of descriptive terms; the Life Ring indeed has such a plain appearance that even if placed directly in a jewelry store for sale, it wouldn't look out of place, being just an ordinary ruby platinum ring among many styles.
Zhang Yan even suspected that when they were developing it, they might have cut corners by using a template from an engagement ring.
After a brief examination of the unremarkable Life Ring+3, Zhang Yan quickly inspected the attribute list of this Life Ring+3.
[Life Ring+3]
[Quality: Golden]
[Type: Equipment]
[Origin: Ashen World, Umbrella Biochemical Test Field, Terra City, Zhang Yan.]
[Durability: 65/65]
[Defensive power: 50]
[Additional Attributes: Life Value Limit +1.14% (+0.24%).]
[Additional Attributes: Life Value Recovery Speed +42% (+12%)]
[Usage requirements: Constitution 5 points.]
[Score: 365 (Golden Items score range from 351 to 440.)]
[Description: Developed and designed by Dr. Krees, Chief Scientist at the A-3 Comprehensive Research Base, and intended to safeguard his increasingly weakened body due to sleepless nights spent gaming, as well as prevent other scientists who continue to work night shifts during his gaming sessions from sudden death caused by overworking.]
"How should I say this? Although it indeed upgraded to Golden Quality, this additional attribute—though enhanced, feels as if it hasn't. Despite three fusions, the Life Value Limit bonus only increased by 0.24%?
Initially, the Life Value Limit bonus stood at 0.9%, and now it has increased to 1.14%. While it's satisfied at reaching over 1%, this 1.14% does seem a bit subtle...
Moreover, how is the Life Value Limit bonus enhancement distributed in this Life Ring? Across three fusions, it increased by 0.24%, so does each fusion enhance the Life Value Limit bonus by 0.08%?"
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One must admit, this might be the smallest increase Zhang Yanhang has encountered since entering the Ashen World.
"No, no, that's not right, maybe it's not 0.08%, after all, logically, after promoting to golden quality, the increase in related attribute value bonuses should also see an enhancement..."
Thinking of this, Zhang Yanhang quickly checked the attribute list of the Life Ring +2 that still remained at Light Golden Quality. He quickly discovered that the Life Ring +2 saw an increase of 0.12% after completing two fusions, so when distributed across the two fusions, it meant that each fusion actually increased the Life Value Limit by 0.06%.
"With this calculation, the lowest record that just appeared was instantly broken again, but I really don't want to create these low records at all..."
If any other equipment offered such a low growth rate, Zhang Yanhang would have long been too lazy to fuse them, but this is a Life Ring that can boost the Life Value Limit, so no matter how low it is, it still has to be fused.
"The Life Ring +3 enhanced the Life Value Limit by 0.24%, while the Life Ring +2 enhanced it by 0.12%. There is a difference of 0.12% in the Life Value Limit enhancement between them. This 0.12% difference is the increase obtained from the third fusion at golden quality.
After witnessing the notably low 0.06% improvement before, I actually feel this 0.12% increase is pretty considerable."
Zhang Yanhang felt there must be something wrong with himself to come up with such a thought.
"But thankfully, although the bonus effect of a single Life Ring is very low, adding twenty-three Life Rings +3 together can provide me with a 26.22% increase in the Life Value Limit, which is quite substantial. After all, the Life Ring mainly enhances Life Value Recovery Speed, so indeed, we can't expect too much."
Speaking of this Life Value Recovery Speed bonus, Zhang Yanhang found that this increase in Life Value Recovery Speed is quite substantial. After only three fusions, it has already increased the Life Value Recovery Speed bonus by 12%, boosting the total bonus from a single Life Ring from the original 30% to 42%.
"It's still the same twenty-three Life Rings combined, but this Life Value Recovery Speed is much more powerful, accumulating to a terrifying 966%, almost equivalent to a tenfold increase, which is truly impressive."
But again, unfortunately, the Life Value Recovery Speed bonus is currently of no use to Zhang Yanhang. Regarding this, he decided to continuously suggest multiple choices from now on, striving to get some professional skills related to utilizing this Life Value Recovery Speed when promoting to the fifth tier.
Zhang Yanhang still has some confidence in this matter, at least over thirty percent, because from the actual situation, multiple choices do seem to care more about his needs in such matters.
"This time the 12% increase in Life Value Recovery Speed bonus from the Life Ring +3, distributed across three fusions, is similar to that in the Life Value Limit aspect, at 3%, 3%, and 6%, with a surge after entering the golden quality."
Every time he sees this rapidly growing Life Value Recovery Speed bonus, Zhang Yanhang wishes he could convert all this recovery speed into Life Value Limit, but unfortunately, it's not possible.
Aside from the increase in additional attributes, Zhang Yanhang also paid attention to the usage requirements. He remembered the usage requirement for the Life Ring when it was of Light Golden Quality was one point of Constitution, and now after promoting to golden quality, it has increased to five points of Constitution, equivalent to an increase of four points in Constitution attribute requirement.
Even though it has increased by four points, it is still at a level where normal adults can use it freely. For golden quality, which belongs to the Fourth Tier Immortal Land realm, the absurd extent might be even higher than before when it was Light Golden.
As for the change in the last item of the Life Ring +3 attribute list, which is the change in equipment score, Zhang Yanhang naturally noticed this too. After comparing with the equipment score of the Life Ring +2, Zhang Yanhang could basically determine that although additional attributes were not evenly improved during the fusion process, the equipment score was fairly evenly improved.
"The score of the Life Ring at Light Golden Quality was two hundred and ninety points, and now after three fusions, it has increased to within the range of golden quality, namely three hundred and sixty-five points, equivalent to an increase of seventy-five points in total, averaging to an increase of 25 points per fusion, just okay."
After witnessing the situation at the Crimson Iron Ant Nest Talano, where a single fusion could easily boost the score by thirty or even forty points, Zhang Yanhang naturally felt this originally okay twenty-five-point score increase was slightly low, but indeed it was still acceptable.
After checking the attribute list of the Life Ring +3, Zhang Yanhang quickly put on all twenty-three Life Rings +3 on his fingers and also put on the ordinary Life Ring and Life Ring +2, filling seven of his palms to the brim. A casual shake of his hand made them glow red profusely.
So, Zhang Yanhang quickly switched these conspicuous Life Rings to hidden mode.
After putting on these twenty-five Life Rings, Zhang Yanhang quickly opened his Life Value Limit to check how much these twenty-five Life Rings could help enhance his Life Value Limit.
[Life Value: 19305/19305 (Constitution ×58, current body has been formally datafied, Life Value Recovery Speed, 71 points per hour.)]
"This time, the twenty-five Life Rings I'm wearing have helped me increase the Life Value Limit by 28.14%. Taking into account the 100% Life Value Limit provided by my Indestructible Golden Body·Original LV.MAX skill, it totals to 128.14% Life Value Limit.
Sigh, the decimal point looks really annoying, and not only one decimal place, but even two decimal places..."
But no matter how you say it, this 28.14% increase in Life Value Limit did indeed enhance Zhang Yanhang's Life Value Limit by quite a bit. Previously, Zhang Yanhang's Life Value Limit was 16924 points, and now it has risen to 19305 points, which amounts to an increase of 2381 points in Life Value Limit, which is quite a lot.
When Zhang Yanhang promoted to the third tier, he only gained an increase of a little over two thousand points in Life Value Limit, so this increase in Life Value Limit is already comparable to the increase gained when promoting to the third tier.
But it's only the third tier; if compared to promoting to the fourth tier, there is still a big gap because the increase during fourth-tier promotion was nearly seven thousand points in Life Value Limit, so this increase is roughly only about one-third of the fourth-tier promotion increase.
But this comparison is inherently unequal because basically each time he promotes a tier, the Life Value Limit increase is the maximum the tier can generally achieve, and it is very difficult to surpass this limit subsequently.
"After gaining this 28.14% Life Value Limit bonus, my Life Value Limit has successfully achieved the small goal of seventeen thousand points, and along the way, the small goals of eighteen thousand and nineteen thousand points have also been achieved."
Zhang Yanhang plans to set the next small goal as two thousand points as usual, currently leaving him with 695 points of Life Value Limit to reach the next small goal.