Chapter 259: The World Will Be His!
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When tens of thousands of people, all identical to Chen Miao, were untied, they almost immediately charged crazily towards one side of the vast underground chamber. Even as those at the forefront crashed into the walls, the people behind them continued to sprint relentlessly.
These people had no consciousness of their own, their minds seemingly only aware of the need to rush towards Fengtian City.
"How wonderful,"
Zhang Wanlin, with one hand in his pocket, watched the scene unfold before him with a satisfied expression. He even held a cane in his hand, one that he had snatched from one of the 'Chen Miao' clones.
He could use this prop normally.
And he could also see the panel.
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「Prop Name」: First Show of Sharpness. Find adventures on empire
「Prop Level」: B-grade (Upgraded three times).
「Prop Effect」: ...
「Prop Restriction」: None.
「Prop Origin」: ...
「Prop Description」: "This prop is the glory bestowed upon a prodigious youth who dazzled upon first entering the secret realm! Are you a fleeting genius or an unstoppable one? The choice is yours to make."
「ps: The third stage task has been completed. The fourth stage task—if the player holding this prop ranks first on any three city leaderboards within three months, the prop will be retained and upgraded; otherwise, it will be reclaimed.」
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To be honest, although this prop was a B-grade, it wasn't actually that useful. Zhang Wanlin was aware of this. First Show of Sharpness was a prop well-known to almost everyone in the Federation, at least among those in the Supernatural group.
Yet, even so, he was extremely envious.
Not of the prop itself.
But rather, the prop represented a tremendous honor to a certain extent.
His own first entrance into the secret realm had been a perfect score completion, and he had also obtained the First Show of Sharpness prop by chance. However, he didn't have the ability to upgrade it to B-grade.
He had only made it to the D-grade upgrade when he failed the task, and the prop was reclaimed.
The conditions for each upgrade were no easy feat. What's more, being born in Jingjiu City made it virtually impossible to complete the tasks; he hadn't managed to complete even one upgrade.
Yet this lucky fellow Chen Miao had somehow managed to upgrade it all the way to B-grade. It had to be said, his luck was really something. But it probably ended there, as the conditions to upgrade to A-grade were even harder.
First place in three rankings.
Even though Fengtian City's ranking wasn't high in the Federation, it was still one of the major cities, not a small city like Gaobei City where one could bluff their way through. Securing first place in three rankings in such a big city was by no means a simple matter.
But now—
The prop was in his hands.
Zhang Wanlin's lips curled into a smile. Standing on the dais of this huge underground chamber, leaning on the cane, he looked down at the people scurrying around like headless flies, feeling a surge of satisfaction within. Not only was the cane his now, but slowly, all these people would be converted into Chen Miao, and when that happened, a large number of canes would drop, all of which would belong to him as well.
Yes.
Originally, there were many who hadn't been assimilated or, to put it another way, infected. But in the cargo container, these people were gradually getting infected, turning into the likeness of Chen Miao, with their bodily features and clothing slowly transforming.
As time passed, thousands of Chen Miaos already had Gatlings floating beside them in mid-air.
Having witnessed the scene, Zhang Wanlin could hardly resist the urge to gesture to his subordinates to pull over a nearly fully assimilated Chen Miao. A cruel smile appeared on his face, and without any hesitation, he grabbed a machete and swung it down.
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With Chen Miao's head soaring into the sky, he suddenly felt a sense of great vengeance fulfilled, and his heart was immensely gratified.
Then a flash of white light, and numerous items scattered sparsely to the ground.
"Huh?"
Zhang Wanlin's brow furrowed with dissatisfaction; the items that had dropped were merely life props of worthless effects, which left him somewhat displeased. Someone like Chen Miao surely had more than just 10 slots in his inventory. Even expanding it to 100 slots would have been completely affordable for Chen Miao.
Not all 100 slots would necessarily be filled, but they should at least be mostly full. How could he only drop such trash?
However, there was still something that excited him.
It was the success of the Gatling prop's drop...
「Prop Name」: Yayu Hell Gatling.
「Prop Level」: ...
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Gazing at the panel of this Gatling prop, Zhang Wanlin couldn't help but slowly open his mouth wide in shock - he hadn't been unfamiliar with the Gunman Profession, but this weapon's panel was the most preposterous one he had ever seen!
Not only was it the unique Firearm Skin, but all the prop effects were also excellent!
It even had a new effect refreshed by the just-released "Unlimited Effect Refresh Voucher," which fit perfectly and was also the main factor for the Gatling's ability to hover in mid-air!
Then there was the power of this Gatling.
No fluff, no exaggeration.
Just this weapon alone could fetch at least 10 million Star Coins at auction!
This was the absolute lowest price. Gunman-related props rarely fetch high prices, but this didn't include high-level props. Regardless of the profession, as long as it was a high-level prop, it could be sold for a high price. This Gatling could definitely be counted as a divine-level prop for a gunman.
Not only were its effects outrageously strong, but more importantly, it cost almost nothing to use.
Unlike some props with very strong effects but high usage costs, ninety-nine percent of people couldn't use them. Even if a prop had strong effects, it could hardly sell for a relatively high price. This Gatling was different; it had almost no drawbacks.
If one had to pinpoint a drawback, it would be...
The cost of changing classes and heavy reconstruction was too great.
Yes.
Zhang Wanlin's eyes reddened as he looked at the panel of this Gatling prop. In his view, the only drawback of this prop was that the cost of changing classes and heavy reconstruction was way too high; otherwise he would've switched classes to Gunman right away.
Damn it!
With this prop, even a pig becoming a gunman could instantly become a top-level Gunman!
No wonder Chen Miao acted so arrogantly; it turned out his confidence lay here.
But...
With greed shining in his eyes, Zhang Wanlin looked at the several thousand Gatlings hovering in mid-air below. Chen Miao had only one of these marvels, but he would use tens of thousands!
What he had in mind next was to train tens of thousands of gunmen who were utterly loyal to him and then forge an extremely terrifying army of gunmen!
Originally, his plan was to improve his status within the Zhang Family, thereby gaining more say, but now it seemed his vision might have been too small. Perhaps he could become the Zhang Family Head directly and then lead the Zhang Family in Jingjiu City, and even in the whole Federation, to seize higher authority.
The world would be his!