Doomsday Life Simulator System In A Zombie Apocalypse World Update Era-Chapter 98: Departing From The Spirit Avatar Battle Station
[The spirit artifact you obtained from Noel’s death was based on his first spirit avatar ability. In other words, the one that allowed his Death Knife to cause a 5% chance of instant death to anything he cuts.]
[However, there were cases where a spirit artifact would only be based on the deceased spirit avatar master’s spirit avatar, but not specifically the same spirit avatar ability. Just that, such cases of it happening were quite low.]
[The spirit artifact you obtained was called Death Ring. Rather than a death knife, what you got was a death ring with the ability of granting the wearer of it a 0.1% chance of causing instant death on the targets attacked by the wearer.]
[The ability of Death Ring could also be toggled on and off, so even if it was worn, as long as the user didn’t plan to use its ability, then it wouldn’t cause each attack to have that chance of instant death.]
[Moreover, it was a spirit artifact that had an ability that wasn’t dependent on its spirit artifact grade. In other words, while it was at Mid Silver grade, it was still usable against those at Platinum rank or higher, assuming one could trigger the very small chance of instant death.]
[Just that, the chances of instant death would lower when against stronger opponents and would increase when the enemies were weaker. The 0.1% instant death chance was mostly against opponents of the same rank.]
[You figured that if you managed to upgrade this spirit artifact, the base chance of instant death would undoubtedly increase from its 0.1% chance, so obtaining items that could upgrade item grades was a must.]
[You didn’t give this spirit artifact to your train crewmates as well as Jade, since Jade already got her Endless Growth spirit artifact. Moreover, the only reason you share your loot was that you didn’t need it.] 𝚏𝕣𝐞𝗲𝐰𝕖𝐛𝐧𝕠𝕧𝚎𝚕.𝐜𝚘𝗺
[Since you need the Death Ring and you were the one who obtained it, you didn’t bother to ask them for their opinion and took it for yourself.]
[After returning to Zenith, you introduced Old MacDonald to the Ranch carriage, "Old man, Zenith is still starting out, so the conditions of the ranch aren’t as good as what you had before. However, we had already planned to upgrade the train carriages after the first Extreme Event."]
[Old MacDonald crouched down and took a pinch of soil, rubbing it between his fingers to feel its texture. "Worry not, lad. Given me a wasteland, I’d still make it flourish."]
["At least the conditions here aren’t bad. The space here is bigger than I expected. You already got me some livestock, a barn, and a ranch."]
["I’ll take the rest from here. This will be my home now."]
[Hearing Old MacDonald’s intention to settle down in the Ranch carriage, you asked with curiosity, "We have a vacant room in the apartment unit carriage. You sure you don’t want to stay there?"]
[Old MacDonald summoned his hoe and shook his head, "Spare me the advance thingamajigs. I’m used to living in the countryside, tending the crops and watching over the ranch."]
[With Old MacDonald’s refusal, you didn’t insist. Watching him raise the hoe and then till the soil, you let him do his thing as you, Jade, and Scarlet left the Ranch carriage.]
[If Old MacDonald had any questions and requests, communicating wasn’t a problem, even if separated by carriages due to the Zenith Chat Group that all train crewmates of the Zenith Train Crew have access to.]
[You let Old MacDonald familiarize himself with the life of a train crewmate, not in a hurry to overwhelm him with those body tempering potions, spirit crystals, and spirit manifestation core matter.]
[Moreover, you didn’t have a suitable fairy fruit for him, as the fairy fruit you had was too redundant with his current skill set. Those that weren’t were too weak. It was better not to give him any than waste a fairy fruit slot.]
[As a non-combatant, although Old MacDonald could fight really well, as from what you knew using the Hint Prompt, he wasn’t really keen on fighting.]
[One of the few reasons he fought was mostly to protect his lands from being plundered by bandits and the corrupt lords. Aside from that, he also had to fight powerful wild beasts who’d trespass on his ranch to eat his livestock.]
[’Well, it seems I can let Old MacDonald defend the train while Jade, Scarlet, and I are exploring station worlds. My previous plan was to have Scarlet do that. However, Scarlet was too much of a combatant, and it would be a waste to let her stay cooped up inside the train.’]
[’Because of that, I had let Scarlet join Jade and me in exploring the station worlds, but that returned the problem of no one guarding the train. Having a multiplication avatar guard the train will inconvenience me, especially if I ever encounter a powerful opponent that needs my all-out effort to defeat.’]
[’Having avatars at that time will divide my focus, which will undoubtedly be fatal, as my enemies could take advantage of it. Fortunately, Old MacDonald can now fill that role as he’d be focused on managing the ranch, causing him to stay inside the train most of the time.’]
[Knowing Old MacDonald’s combat power, you trusted his strength. If he were ever required to fight and defend the train, he would definitely defeat them as long as the opponents weren’t too high a power rank than his.]
[After finishing those arrangements, you checked with Hint Prompt again and used Absolute Compass to determine if there were any valuable resources left in the Spirit Avatar Battle Station.]
[After confirming there were none, you used your Train Conductor Authority to let the train depart early.]
[The surroundings that could be seen from the train window began to darken as it turned pitch black.]
[It looked like it had entered a spatial tunnel before the surroundings brightened again, and the train was running on an endless, barren wasteland again.]
