Chapter 117: Choice
[A new derivative world will open in 1 hour. Please prepare, Hunter.]
Su Xiao was in his exclusive room, organizing the recovery items that Bubu Wang had purchased. The recovery items cost a total of 90,000 Paradise Coins, all of which were the same type of recovery potion.
[Ancient Active Secret Medicine]
Origin: Reincarnation Paradise
Quality: Dark Purple
Type: Recovery Item
Effect: After drinking, quickly restores 85% of health points and recovers most external injuries, with significant effects on burns and blunt trauma.
Rating: 170 points
Introduction: A widely applicable potion with stable effects and no side effects after consumption.
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90,000 Paradise Coins bought 8 bottles of [Ancient Active Secret Medicine]. The price was decent; this was the result of Bubu Wang spending three days scouring the Trade Market.
Although [Ancient Active Secret Medicine] couldn't match the effect of No. 1 Potion, its selling price would definitely be higher than No. 1 Potion. After all, No. 1 Potion contained Hashirama Cells. While its production cost was low, others risked turning into wood after drinking it. Su Xiao had only resolved the woodification issue, which was why he frequently used No. 1 Potion.
After ensuring he had enough recovery items, Su Xiao used his remaining 12,680 Paradise Coins to exchange for ammunition.
The standard ammunition for [Duke of Annihilation] cost 1,000 Paradise Coins per round, while special elemental ammunition cost 1,500 Paradise Coins per round.
Su Xiao first spent 5,000 Paradise Coins to exchange for 5 standard bullets, then spent 6,000 Paradise Coins to exchange for 4 elemental bullets.
There were four types of elemental bullets: Fire, Lightning, Earth, and Dark. These four elemental attributes corresponded to four physical attributes.
The higher the Strength attribute, the greater the power of Fire attribute bullets. Agility corresponded to Lightning elemental bullets, Stamina to Earth elemental bullets, and Intelligence to Dark elemental bullets.
In truth, there was a fifth type of elemental bullet: Mind attribute. However, Mind attribute corresponded to the Charm attribute, which Su Xiao directly ignored.
Su Xiao exchanged for one of each of the four elemental bullets, intending to experiment with their capabilities.
Elemental bullets should be very strong, but that didn't mean standard bullets were weak. Due to the inherent ability of [Duke of Annihilation], it treated standard ammunition as armor-piercing rounds.
In different battles, armor-piercing rounds and elemental bullets each had their uses. Elemental bullets had strong lateral destructive power, while armor-piercing rounds had terrifying linear penetration.
By the time Su Xiao finished organizing all his resources, over fifty minutes had passed.
[Tip: The Hunter will enter the derivative world in 3 minutes.]
[Tip: The Hunter has achieved a total of 7 S-Rank evaluations and completed one War World.]
[Checking...]
[The Hunter has received the reward for 'Achieving 3 S-Rank Evaluations'.]
[War World is automatically counted as one S-Rank evaluation. The Hunter has achieved S-Rank evaluations: 8 times.]
[The Hunter has received the reward for '8 S-Rank Evaluations'. The reward will activate in 3 minutes.]
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A series of prompts appeared. Only after reviewing them did Su Xiao realize he had already achieved 7 S-Rank evaluations. Previously, after achieving 3 S-Rank evaluations, his storage space volume had increased. As for this reward, Su Xiao had a vague guess.
Three minutes passed quickly.
[S-Rank Evaluation Reward has been activated. The next stage S-Rank reward requires: achieving a total of 15 S-Rank evaluations, including (S- or S+ evaluations).]
[Tip: The Hunter may choose any one of the following derivative worlds to enter.]
[One Piece: Dressrosa Naval Battle (Open World).]
[One Punch Man (Third to Fifth Rank Region).]
[Darker than Black: Center of Hell's Gate.]
[Hunter x Hunter: Chimera Ant Arc.]
[Highschool of the Dead (Semi-Collapsed World, Corpse Virus High Concentration Activation, Third to Fourth Rank).]
[Food Wars (Peaceful World, 98% of Regions Prohibit Use of Force).]
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This time, Su Xiao had six choices for the derivative world he would enter. It looked great on the surface, but in reality, three of them were extremely problematic.
Su Xiao temporarily set aside the One Punch Man world. That world was notoriously dangerous. Although the rewards were extremely generous, what kind of enemies he would encounter was entirely up to fate. It was a world that relied on luck, and in such a critical choice, Su Xiao had a very clear understanding of his own luck.
On the surface, Darker than Black was a low-martial world, but contractors who had entered this world knew that the world inside Hell's Gate and the world outside were completely two different derivative worlds. The center of Hell's Gate was even more unreasonable; it wasn't uncommon to encounter instant death judgments while walking.
In Darker than Black, one wouldn't encounter overly strong plot characters. Most dangers came from the environment, making it the least popular type of derivative world.
Highschool of the Dead was also a low-martial world, but the 'Semi-Collapsed World' label made Su Xiao wary. Judging from the prompt's description, the Corpse Virus seemed to have been enhanced.
Highschool of the Dead was barely a decent choice, but it was a survival-type world. Su Xiao didn't care how dangerous the monsters inside were; what he cared about was the rewards this world produced.
Undoubtedly, this world wasn't very suitable for Su Xiao. Most of the items produced were biochemical or biological, which didn't align with Su Xiao's development path.
Food Wars was quite interesting. There were plenty of opportunities to obtain recovery-type food items, but most regions prohibited the use of force. That meant he couldn't put a knife to the necks of plot characters and would have to find ways to build good relationships with them.
Building good relationships with plot characters...
Imagine if Su Xiao stood in front of the male and female protagonists of Food Wars. What would their reaction be?
No need to think; they would definitely secretly call the police and try to calm Su Xiao down, waiting for the police uncle to come and take Su Xiao away.
Food Wars = Lots of delicious food = Lots of soft girls = Not very suitable for Su Xiao, who was covered in bloodlust.
Of the six choices, only two remained: One Piece's Dressrosa Naval Battle and Hunter x Hunter's Chimera Ant Arc.
Su Xiao had an advantage in the Hunter world: he had a decent level of favorability with the Zoldyck Family. If he went to the Zoldyck Family, he could definitely gain considerable benefits.
Su Xiao temporarily set aside the Hunter world and tried to inquire about the details of 'Dressrosa Naval Battle'.
[Dressrosa Naval Battle]
Participating Parties: Don Quixote Family, Beasts Pirates, BIG MOM Pirates.
Main Plot Characters: Donquixote Doflamingo, Jack, Charlotte Katakuri.
Main Event: BIG MOM Pirates' captain, Charlotte Linlin, covets the waters surrounding 'Dressrosa'. Due to the Beasts Pirates having been locked in a two-month standoff with the Red Hair Pirates, their support for the Don Quixote Family is delayed. Charlotte Linlin directly sends forces to attack Dressrosa.
Time: One month before the Summit War.
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Seeing this introduction, Su Xiao basically understood the situation. He had to admit that both the One Piece world and the Hunter world this time were suitable for him.
As for the Hunter world, although Su Xiao was not yet a match for the Chimera Ant King, the three Royal Guards under the Ant King were not his match either. Moreover, he could go to the Zoldyck Family to reap some benefits.
As for the One Piece world, it looked very dangerous. Doflamingo, Jack, and Charlotte Katakuri were all participating in the battle. But in reality, as long as he was cautious, he wouldn't directly confront these three.