Black Iron Treasure Chest!
In the records of his previous life, the best rewards after the Great Disaster almost always came from Black Iron Treasure Chests.
Whether it was skills, potions, or equipment…
Anything that could be opened from them would help one survive better in the early stages.
Chen Bugu's thoughts seemed to be pulled back to the Yu Tan Tunnel in his previous life.
At that time, after the entire Yu Tan Tunnel underwent a drastic change, only one Scarlet Hound appeared.
When the people in the tunnel realized they couldn't escape, led by a particularly outstanding Elemental Awakened, they paid a huge price to finally kill the Scarlet Hound.
In his previous life, Chen Bugu did not die in the Yu Tan Tunnel; it was precisely thanks to others that he managed to survive.
He seemed to remember that after the Scarlet Hound died, a Black Iron Key emerged from its body!
However, at that time, no treasure chests were found anywhere nearby.
People were anxious to escape, and the powerful Elemental Awakened could only hastily put away the key and leave the Yu Tan Tunnel with everyone else.
So the Black Iron Treasure Chest was in the storage room of the Horizontal Cave!
Chen Bugu found it preposterous.
Although as a reborn individual, he already knew that the Great Disaster, being a secret realm, would definitely not be without rewards after completion.
But, setting the reward here, did they really intend for Awakeneds to get it?
No!
The Great Disaster was essentially just a secret realm.
For a secret realm, exploration was the normal procedure.
It's just that the Great Disaster was special; as an Awakening Secret Realm, its environment was basically consistent with the environment before an Awakened's awakening.
Therefore, people would have no desire to explore at all.
In other words, even if this was no longer the real Yu Tan Tunnel, for Driver Lao Liu and Lin Ye at this moment, they simply wouldn't realize it.
Even after escaping danger, no one would want to explore the tunnel.
Thinking this, Chen Bugu became somewhat puzzled about how the Awakeneds who obtained rewards in the Great Disaster in his previous life managed to get the treasure chest.
Of course, what Chen Bugu didn't know was that not all Great Disasters hid their reward chests…
"So, can it be opened?"
Driver Lao Liu looked at Chen Bugu's surprised expression as he stared at the treasure chest, and suddenly felt a bit of anticipation.
"Yes."
Of course Chen Bugu could; the moment he saw the Black Iron Treasure Chest, he understood that his "sudden impulse" was not aimed at the door lock at all.
Instead, it had been aimed at this Black Iron Treasure Chest from the very beginning.
It was just that the Black Iron Treasure Chest had been buried among the debris used to block the door earlier, causing him not to discover it, which led to the misunderstanding.
"Your spiritual power has recovered, right?"
Lin Ye had noticed since earlier that his spiritual power was recovering at a rate of one point per minute.
He knew Chen Bugu's spiritual power had been depleted, but about ten minutes had passed since the awakening.
If everyone's situation was the same, then Chen Bugu's spiritual power should have almost recovered as well.
"It has recovered, but I don't know how much spiritual power this Black Iron Treasure Chest requires, or if it will drain me dry again."
Chen Bugu smiled wryly, but he was indeed worried.
The first time he tried to use Decipher, 230 points of spiritual power were instantly sucked dry, not a single drop left, and he couldn't even interrupt it in time.
Although he had recovered 12 points of spiritual power now, who knew if it would be enough.
Never mind, he couldn't just stay here and wait to die.
The contents of the Black Iron Treasure Chest might well be the key to their escape.
"I'll try."
With that, Chen Bugu extended his right hand towards the Black Iron Treasure Chest.
A purple light flashed in his eyes.
Decipher activated!
"Squeak~"
A layer of purple light suddenly enveloped the area around the treasure chest.
Immediately after, it was as if some mechanism had been triggered.
The Black Iron Treasure Chest indeed opened.
Chen Bugu lowered his right hand and quickly checked his own status.
Spiritual Power: 2 / 230
Hmm?
Consumed 10 points of spiritual power?
That's good.
The moment Decipher was activated, Chen Bugu could clearly feel his spiritual power slowly decreasing.
That time in the consciousness space was indeed quite absurd.
230 points of spiritual power vanished instantly like a flood, leaving him no chance to interrupt the casting.
But if he didn't try this time, he didn't know how long he would have to wait to enter the consciousness space again.
Although it ultimately failed, it wasn't without Gains.
At least he knew that the consciousness space could be "Deciphered"; it was just that his spiritual power was still insufficient, which led to the failure.
At this moment, Driver Lao Liu and Lin Ye had no mind to care about Chen Bugu's reaction.
The moment the Black Iron Treasure Chest opened, a puff of smoke drifted out, and their attention was completely drawn to the box.
Only after the smoke dispersed did they see three items quietly lying at the bottom of the box.
Three items!
Two white, one green!
Chen Bugu's eyes widened.
Green equipment?
One must know that three years after the apocalypse arrived, the mainstream equipment for ordinary Awakeneds was only green!
"Hmm?"
"What are these things?"
Driver Lao Liu said, subconsciously picking up an item that looked like a crossbow.
This crossbow was made of wood, with smooth lines, a red border embroidered on the body, and it emitted a faint green light.
Lianxin Crossbow: Green grade weapon, Strength +10, Speed +5, comes with exclusive skill "Lianxin."
"Lianxin: Shoot two arrows successively within one second. The first arrow receives a force boost of 1.5 times one's own strength, and the second arrow receives a force boost of 2 times one's own strength. Spiritual power required: 5; Skill cooldown: 3 minutes."
Information about this weapon automatically appeared before Driver Lao Liu's eyes.
"Driver, can I take a look too?"
Chen Bugu quickly took the Lianxin Crossbow from Driver Lao Liu's hand.
If they were lucky, this green equipment would be the key to their survival.
After Chen Bugu carefully read the description of the Lianxin Crossbow, he revealed a complex expression.
This crossbow was very peculiar.
In terms of basic attribute growth, the main attribute only increased by 10 points, which barely met the basic value for a green-grade weapon.
Green weapons cannot have a main attribute boost lower than 10 points, otherwise they are not worthy of being called green weapons.
Solely based on attribute growth, this Lianxin Crossbow was not outstanding.
However!
The skill "Lianxin" was simply a divine skill!
This skill shouldn't even appear on a green-grade weapon.
The first arrow receives a force boost of 1.5 times one's own strength, and the second arrow receives a force boost of 2 times one's own strength.
This was an absolute amplification attribute!
Absolute amplification attribute refers to not having a fixed growth value, but rather an absolute amplification based on one's own certain attribute!
Absolute amplification, what concept is that?
In other words, this skill was simply a divine skill for challenging higher levels, feigning weakness to ambush enemies, and essential for home use!
Even now, this weapon was the key to their survival!