Apocalypse Gachapon

“It just feels like a bit of a waste.”

Red Hair suddenly made this remark, leaving many momentarily confused about what she meant. After a long pause, someone burst into laughter.

Though Red Hair now appeared almost entirely human and could chat casually with anyone, she rarely spoke up voluntarily, often just wearing a smile.

In contrast, even when Xia Bai wasn’t keeping a cold expression, she remained somewhat taciturn.

But there weren’t many things that could prompt Red Hair to speak up unprompted—and when she did, no one would disregard it.

Her words were steeped in bandit logic.

No matter how human-like she appeared on the surface, at her core, she was still an evolved lifeform. She lacked certain emotions and habits unique to humans.

In her view, looting both the Women Guard and the Mechanical Genius wouldn’t be a bad idea.

“These things are really useful,” Red Hair pointed at the war puppets left by the Mechanical Genius. After testing them earlier, their power was indeed formidable.

Right now, his mood was excellent—no, exceptionally excellent.

At his current level as the King of Cloud Peak, there were very few things that could truly excite or delight him. But this time’s rewards had undoubtedly achieved just that.

Even the Women Guard—the worst-performing among the surviving factions—had obtained two gold-grade pieces of equipment. As for Cloud Peak, ranked first, aside from the Mountain King Crown, Ye Zhongming had acquired five exceptional items.

Two pieces of equipment, one scroll, one crystal, and one certificate.

The two pieces of equipment were both purple-grade.

The first was a stunning pair of short daggers.

Among equipment, weapons held the highest value, and among weapons, matched sets were naturally the best. Without even looking at their attributes, this pair of purple-tier daggers was already top-tier.

“Twin Assault Blades.”

Ability 1: Phantom Body. (Active) Upon activation, the user generates 15 shadow clones to attack up to 10 targets simultaneously. Shadow attacks can be dodged, but deal double the base damage. The main body’s attack cannot be dodged (only blocked), dealing 50% of base damage, and must target the torso.

Ability 2: Agile Resonance. The user’s Speed and Agility increase by 50%. If using skills reliant on these stats, the bonus rises by an additional 30%.

Ability 3: Remote Strike. Each successful hit marks the target. After 10 marks, the user can trigger Remote Strike within 5 meters, attacking without closing the distance.

Ability 4: Phantom Charge. The daggers can summon a dark-energy beast to aid in combat. Its strength scales with charge time (1 second = Level 1, max Level 8). The user must remain stationary while charging (can be interrupted or canceled).

Ability 5: Stormflight. The user can hurl the daggers to create a whirlwind of slashes in a designated area, dealing rapid, consecutive cutting damage.

Ability 6: Fierce Onslaught. During a combo, every 12th consecutive hit or after 7 seconds of sustained attacks, one strike will deal triple damage.

This was an assassin’s dream weapon.

All six abilities were offense-oriented.

Holding the daggers, Ye Zhongming knew exactly who in Chameleon would be upgrading their gear soon.

The second piece of equipment was a long staff.

Truthfully, the apocalypse had birthed all manner of bizarre weapons—anything that existed in ancient times could now be found, alongside designs that would baffle even historical warriors.

But simple staff-type weapons were rare. Or more accurately, high-grade staffs were rare. After all, in the early days (and even now), many without proper weapons resorted to wielding plain sticks.

Ability 2: Agile Resonance. The user’s Speed and Agility increase by 50%. If using skills reliant on these stats, the bonus rises by an additional 30%.

Ability 3: Remote Strike. Each successful hit marks the target. After 10 marks, the user can trigger Remote Strike within 5 meters, attacking without closing the distance.

Ability 4: Phantom Charge. The daggers can summon a dark-energy beast to aid in combat. Its strength scales with charge time (1 second = Level 1, max Level 8). The user must remain stationary while charging (can be interrupted or canceled).

Ability 5: Stormflight. The user can hurl the daggers to create a whirlwind of slashes in a designated area, dealing rapid, consecutive cutting damage.

Ability 6: Fierce Onslaught. During a combo, every 12th consecutive hit or after 7 seconds of sustained attacks, one strike will deal triple damage.

This was an assassin’s dream weapon.

All six abilities were offense-oriented.

Holding the daggers, Ye Zhongming knew exactly who in the Evasion Squad would be upgrading their gear soon.

The second piece of equipment was a long staff.

Truthfully, the apocalypse had birthed all manner of bizarre weapons—anything that existed in ancient times could now be found, alongside designs that would baffle even historical warriors.

But simple staff-type weapons were rare. Or more accurately, high-tier staffs were rare. After all, in the early days (and even now), many without proper weapons resorted to wielding plain sticks.

“Ocean-Shattering Quake.”

The name alone gave Ye Zhongming pause—this was likely extraordinary.

Ability 1: Mountain’s Return. The wielder gains a 20% boost to Strength and “Mountain God’s Blessing”—complete immunity to all mental effects.

Ability 2: Howling Wind. By roaring during attacks, the user gains a 10% all-attributes boost and “Microstate”—hyper-awareness of battlefield details.

Ability 3: Unyielding Resolve. Planting the staff into the ground creates a defensive barrier that reduces incoming damage by 15% and grants “Evasion” status.

Ability 4: Spiral Force. Spinning the staff increases defense by 20% and grants “Martial Might”—a 10% attack power boost.

Ability 5: Piercing Surge. For 10 seconds, the staff’s length extends by 1 meter, and strikes inflict three consecutive shockwaves.

Ability 6: Primal Strike. When wielded with both hands for an overhead smash, attack power becomes twice the sum of Strength + Constitution. If the swing arc exceeds 2 meters, attack power becomes twice the sum of ALL physical attributes.

Alright, Ye Zhongming had to admit—this weapon’s attributes were beyond his crafting capabilities.

Every ability was top-tier, especially the last one—it was downright broken.

In simple terms: a two-handed overhead smash with a 2-meter windup would deal damage equal to twice the sum of all physical stats, before skill multipliers.

Who the hell could survive that?! Even a peer opponent would be flattened in one hit.

This weapon was insanely good.

Though abilities like Primal Strike had strict conditions (angle, motion, grip), excluding most skills, there were still plenty of compatible techniques. And if the user lacked one, they could always train to match the weapon’s requirements.

Ye Zhongming was tempted. With his top-tier physical stats, the damage potential was ludicrous.

But he already had the Undead Sand Moon Blade, Wind and Thunder, and that unnamed warhammer from the dimensional realm. Hogging this staff too, would be wasteful.

Undecided on who to give it to, he stored it away for now and turned to the scroll.