Potions and Level Three

[Rapid Healing Potion (B-rank item): Single-use consumable. After injection, all your injuries will heal completely within five seconds, and all your stamina and mental energy will be restored.]

An incredibly powerful recovery potion.

And the mission had given him ten at once!

[Angel of Death Potion (A-rank item): Single-use consumable. After injection, all your attributes will double for the next half hour! After half an hour, all your attributes will be halved for six hours. You will also receive three high-risk debuffs that last for the entirety of an Ash Zone.]

[Note: The attribute-doubling effect cannot stack, but the high-risk debuffs can. Use with caution.]

A potion for when he was fighting for his life.

But that wasn't what Xia Lin was focused on.

It was the three high-risk debuffs...

Three Angel of Death Potions meant nine high-risk debuffs.

"Heh heh~~"

Xia Lin chuckled twice for no apparent reason and continued reading.

[Divine Might Potion (S-rank item): Single-use consumable. After injection, you will gain 30 points in every attribute over the course of three days! The attribute bonuses provided by this potion can break the limit! Each person can only be injected with one Divine Might Potion in their lifetime!]

An extremely rare limit-breaking potion!

Of course, calling it extremely rare was a bit of an exaggeration.

In terms of rarity, limit-breaking potions couldn't compare to limit-breaking techniques.

Besides, a person could only be injected with one in their lifetime.

Still, 30 points in every attribute... that was a significant boost for Xia Lin as he was now.

[Ascension Potion (SS-rank item): Single-use consumable. After injection, you will skip your promotion mission and immediately advance one level (this effect only works on Ash Zone Walkers below level six). Each person can only be injected with one Ascension Potion in their lifetime.]

It skipped the mission and forcibly raised an Ash Zone Walker's level...

Xia Lin hadn't expected Aoluosi Pharmaceuticals to be able to produce something of this caliber.

It also gave Xia Lin something to think about.

What was the relationship between native class holders and the Ash Zone?

Aoluosi was undoubtedly a native class holder.

Even Luo Qi was most likely a native class holder.

How had they become native class holders?

Other than not needing to enter and leave Ash Zones repeatedly like Ash Zone Walkers, how were these native class holders any different from Ash Zone Walkers?

There was no answer.

Xia Lin couldn't guess the answer...

Remembering that Bai Guang had once said those in high-ranking Sequences were bound to know more, Xia Lin couldn't help licking his slightly chapped lips.

The Ash Zone System and this world he had transmigrated into had piqued his interest.

Even putting that aside, the benefits of a Sequence were enough to make Xia Lin covet one.

Thinking of how Li Peipei and Bai Guang were both preparing for the next Sequence Hegemony Battle, Xia Lin narrowed his eyes, his smile widening.

"Everyone's preparing, huh? I'm preparing too. Who isn't?"

That was the logic behind his decision to forgo returning and continue in the Ash Zone.

This Ash Zone suited Xia Lin very well.

And Xia Lin's pursuit of power would never end.

He was greedy, insane, and never satisfied.

The car entered the underground parking garage of Aoluosi Pharmaceuticals' headquarters, but it didn't stop.

It drove straight into an enormous elevator. As the elevator descended, Xia Lin, sitting in the back seat, clearly saw the number -33.

A hundred meters underground, on basement level thirty-three.

As the alloy doors opened, a brightly lit scene came into Xia Lin's view.

It was a vast, spacious area, with an equally enormous arena at its center.

All around it stood various pieces of equipment and apparatus, some Xia Lin recognized and others he didn't. Roughly speaking, he guessed they were all training equipment.

There were also passages on either side of the walls, leading who knew where.

At that moment, seven or eight people were already standing in the area. They had different builds, but all of them gave off a dangerous aura.

"We're here. This is where you'll be staying for the next week."

Luo Qi spoke in a low voice as he opened the car door and got out.

Only after Xia Lin had gotten out as well and stood beside him did Luo Qi speak again.

"This is a hidden base of ours at Aoluosi Pharmaceuticals. The people in front of you are all taking part in the plan. Every one of them is a top-tier Fierce Martial Arts fighter."

Those eight weren't everyone taking part in the plan, either.

At the very least, Xia Lin hadn't seen the latest, fifth-generation Fierce Martial King: Iron Dragon, Augustine.

After briefly showing Xia Lin where the dorms, cafeteria, and other places were, Luo Qi turned to leave, only for Xia Lin to call him back.

"I'd like to get the potions Aoluosi promised me first."

Luo Qi nodded readily. "All right."

He had the same straightforward decisiveness as the fighters of this Ash Zone, and he also seemed to hold a very high position at Aoluosi Pharmaceuticals.

At the very least, he could decide on Aoluosi's behalf whether to advance Xia Lin his reward.

As he watched Luo Qi walk away, Xia Lin thought back to the fight between Luo Qi and Steel Gale.

Luo Qi, a native class holder of this Ash Zone, level unknown.

His strength, agility, and constitution were all above 200.

His fighting skills were superb, and Xia Lin had also vaguely seen Luo Qi use two active skills.

As for whether his over-limit attributes came from limit-breaking techniques or the effects of Aoluosi Pharmaceuticals' limit-breaking potions, Xia Lin couldn't guess...

All in all, the man was terrifyingly strong.

And how could such a formidable figure, someone who could casually thrash the SSS-rank Steel Gale, not be valued or hold a high position, even under one of the three major conglomerates?

His quarters were a single room, but quite luxurious, rather like a hotel's presidential suite.

After resting briefly on the bed, Xia Lin pressed the service bell and had a service robot on basement level thirty-three bring him a meal.

He was starving...

He hadn't felt it during the fierce battle earlier, but now that he had time to rest, Xia Lin felt dizzy and weak.

About half an hour later, there was a knock at the door, and a service robot wheeled a food cart into the room.

On the cart were not only ample, appetizing dishes, but also the potions Aoluosi had promised.

Ten Rapid Healing Potions. They were pale yellow and viscous, and looked a little revolting.

But Xia Lin only had to touch them briefly to obtain their attributes. They were undoubtedly genuine.

Aoluosi had no need to sour his cooperative relationship with Xia Lin over such small details.

Three Angel of Death Potions. They were pale blue, brilliant and fluorescent, and looked quite appealing.

But this stuff could kill.

Beside the two sets of potions was an exquisite potion pouch.

Xia Lin didn't inject a Rapid Healing Potion. Though his injuries looked gruesome, they were actually only superficial.

He put all thirteen vials into the potion pouch and tied it to his waist where he could reach it easily.

He wondered whether this pouch, made of a special material, could withstand the aftershocks of the East Wind Divine Fist...

Xia Lin envied Li Peipei and the others for having Portable Space.

Then he looked at the other two potions.

The Divine Might Potion was golden yellow, dazzling and extraordinarily eye-catching.

He picked it up, and the Ash Zone displayed its effects. After confirming they were genuine, Xia Lin injected it immediately.

The cool liquid flowed into his body through his veins.

Yet Xia Lin felt warmth spreading inside him.

He felt as though he were soaking in warm water, wonderfully warm and comfortable. Even the wounds on his body began to heal faster.

And the strengthening of his attributes had already begun.

Good stuff!

After muttering to himself, Xia Lin picked up the last black syringe.

Ascension Potion!

He injected it.

A notification immediately burst into his ears.

[Congratulations on becoming a level 3 Ash Zone Walker.]

[Third skill slot unlocked. Attribute cap unlocked.]