Ashen God
Chapter 634 - 633 Flawless Transition

Chapter 634: Chapter 633 Flawless Transition

Because the Ocean Rhythm Talent had added quite a bit to Movement Speed, hunting efficiency would definitely increase. Moreover, the Western Forest and lake region were not very large in area. Therefore, Zhang Yanhang still had a little bit of confidence; yes, this time it really wasn’t much.

"Now that all five Attributes have reached fifty points, they seem quite pleasing to the eye. However, if they could all reach seventy-five points, that would be even more pleasing, or even ’50 (+5[-25])’ would be fine."

Although he had saved up a pile of Free attribute points, Zhang Yanhang had no confidence whatsoever in raising his Attribute values to seventy-five points immediately after his Promotion. Based on his experience, he felt that upgrading all to seventy-five points would definitely require a lot of effort even in the Third Tier. After all, didn’t he save up thirty-six Free attribute points in the Second Tier, and only now managed to upgrade all his five Attributes to fifty points?

"After this upgrade, the Rhythm Series Talents finally became an SS-ranked Ocean Rhythm, making my list of Talents look much more pleasing. However, even though Ocean Rhythm looks pleasing, the S-ranked Bear Power has become somewhat of an eyesore, the only Talent lagging behind.

Luckily, if nothing unexpected happens, I will leave the Ashen World at six in the morning on the 29th, and the Transmission Channel to the small Crimson Iron Ant Nest Dalagu will open at four in the afternoon on the 29th. Therefore, the timings should align nearly seamlessly."

Aside from heading to the small Crimson Iron Ant Nest Dalagu, Zhang Yanhang was also planning to search for a Permanent Teleportation Channel to strike. Thus, he would have to wait and ask Zhou Muxi if there were any Permanent Teleportation Channels opening during this time.

If there weren’t any, he would have to wait until after clearing the new area within the Crimson Iron Ore Vein before finding a way to get a Permanent Teleportation Channel.

Of course, there’s another possibility, such as Zhang Yanhang temporarily giving up on clearing the new area within the Crimson Iron Ore Vein and continuing to wait for any upcoming Permanent Teleportation Channels.

But compared to Permanent Teleportation Channels, he undoubtedly was more interested in the regular Transmission Channels, so this scenario was not very likely to occur.

"As for Skills, the upgrade plan I had formulated beforehand was executed very smoothly. Whether it’s the Limitless Universe Skill, Gun Mastery, Fighting Master, Technique Immunity, or Seeking Fortune and Avoiding Evil, all have been upgraded to LV.6.

Only the Indestructible Golden Body and the Death Wave Skill remain to be upgraded to the original LV.6, and then my Second Tier skill upgrade plan would be completed. After that, all I need is to wait for the Third Tier and plan a new skill upgrade agenda according to the professional skills I acquire."

Although he could actually begin to roughly plan the future skill upgrades right now, the thought of the hundreds of thousands of Soul points required for upgrades later made Zhang Yanhang feel a bit of a headache.

So, he felt it was better to wait until after the actual Promotion to plan according to the specific situation. Otherwise, the new upgrade plan would lack significant reference value, rendering the upgrade plan meaningless.

After checking his data panel, Zhang Yanhang did not rush to sleep. Instead, he took out a bunch of Thermo-baric Bomb warheads from his Waist Bag to start the Fusion process. In fact, he had always been taking time to perform fusions these past few days, as there was a limit to how many ordinary Thermo-baric Bombs could exist simultaneously. Only Fusion could ensure that the production capacity of the Rebirth in Pure Bliss Realm Prison Suppression Cannon was not wasted.

So, besides the previously created Thermo-baric Bomb +7, Zhang Yanhang had gradually accumulated a fair number of Thermo-baric Bombs +3. However, because fusing Thermo-baric Bombs +3 further was a time-consuming process, he had kept them all at Thermo-baric Bomb +3 for the time being.

Due to the nature of only fusing to +3, Zhang Yanhang quickly completed the fusion, and this time he managed to fuse two more Thermo-baric Bombs +3. With these two new bombs, he now had thirteen Thermo-baric Bombs +3, just three short of the number needed to fuse another Thermo-baric Bomb +7.

By the way, regarding the use of Thermo-baric Bombs, Zhang Yanhang had initially considered testing a Thermo-baric Bomb +7 in the Demonized Swamp, but he later realized that the swamp was not well-suited for such weapons. The monster density was too sparse, and they couldn’t be gathered like in other areas.

Previously, in the small Crimson Iron Ant Nest Dalaguli, the Crimson Iron Ant Queen helped gather the Crimson Iron Ants, whereas on the Goblin Plain, the Goblin Chief assisted in assembling the monsters.

In the Demonized Swamp, despite all the creatures being demonized, they weren’t from the same race. Each type of demonized creature preferred to stay in its own territory and lacked a leader to summon them together.

Under these circumstances, if Zhang Yanhang tried to herd the monsters himself, it would certainly be a losing deal, and if he could see them, it was better to eliminate them directly. After all, the movement speed of these demonized creatures was much slower compared to his own.

Furthermore, with the low density of monsters, herding them together for a mass kill was highly inefficient. So, to date, Zhang Yanhang had not used a Thermo-baric Bomb but instead dutifully cleared the monsters—after all, with the sparse density, firing a Thermo-baric Bomb wouldn’t hit many monsters.

It took Zhang Yanhang twelve hours to fuse a Thermo-baric Bomb +7. Unless it could save him more than twelve hours of hunting time, it didn’t seem worth the cost. In a place as vast and thinly populated with monsters as the Demonized Swamp, a Thermo-baric Bomb +7 might save him only a few hours at best.

If that were the case, it made more sense for him to keep it, as fusing a Thermo-baric Bomb +7 indeed took too much time. If he could fuse it as quickly as the lower-level bombs, within a few minutes, he would have no qualms and might fire indiscriminately. Sadly, that wasn’t possible.

It was for this reason that Zhang Yanhang had not used the Thermo-baric Bomb, although, initially, he had thought about it—not for bombing the forest areas but for targeting the lake regions.

Since he initially lacked the ability to move freely in liquid environments, clearing the lakes seemed daunting, and he considered leveling them with a Thermo-baric Bomb.

However, during a subsequent scan, Zhang Yanhang quickly abandoned this plan upon discovering the lake was quite deep, around one or two thousand meters, which could have easily set a world record in the Main World.

Flame damage like that from a Thermo-baric Bomb might be effective in shallower water, but at such depths, there was a bit of an attribute mismatch.

After re-packing the two newly fused Thermo-baric Bombs +3 into his waist bag, Zhang Yanhang still didn’t go straight to sleep but began to tattoo magic spells on his thigh. He had been consistently working on the magical tattoos for the past few days, having already filled both arms, and so he started on his thighs.

Although inscribing spells with the Magical Tattoo Skill consumed some Energy Value, Zhang Yanhang didn’t really have a use for his Energy Value. Moreover, before the weakening of his energy recovery rate, he was able to regain a full bar of Energy Value and more each day, which was perfect to invest in this area.

After spending a few minutes inscribing some of the more useful magical tattoos, Zhang Yanhang finally laid back down on the bed, content. However, there were still some items left on the bed that needed to be packed away. Once he had stowed all these items into his waist bag, Zhang Yanhang glanced at his watch, only to discover that it was already two thirty in the morning, even later than when he went to bed the day before.

"Forget it, let’s not fuss over a regular sleep pattern, just go to sleep." Zhang Yanhang immediately closed his eyes and began trying to fall asleep. Perhaps because he was indeed very tired, it took only a minute or two for him to fall into a deep sleep.

By the way, back when he was at the first tier, Zhang Yanhang used to worry about being attacked by a Lord Monster Tracker while sleeping here, but now, with a Tracker’s base strength being only second tier two stars, he could sleep soundly without any worries.

After all, with his current defensive power, he reckoned that even a Tracker attacking him for three days and nights wouldn’t break through his defense—unless the Tracker decided to switch stages through self-harm and punch itself in the head to reach the fourth stage. If that were a third tier one-star of the fourth stage, Zhang Yanhang would indeed need to be a bit cautious.

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October 27th, Tuesday, the day after Double Ninth Festival and also Zhang Yanhang’s third day in the Ashen World, 12:30 PM, Raccoon City, Dulda Apartment, unit 301.

Lying motionless in bed, with hardly any rise and fall of his chest, which in Raccoon City might easily be mistaken for a soon-to-transform zombie, Zhang Yanhang suddenly opened his eyes and immediately looked at his wristwatch.

"I never expected to sleep straight through to twelve thirty at noon. Does that mean I slept for ten hours? I remember just before sleeping, I had just given the example of working for thirteen hours and resting for ten, and as a result, because I worked continuously for thirteen hours yesterday, I actually slept for ten hours.

But this means I rose even later than yesterday, right? Yesterday, I got up before eleven, at ten fifty-five, but today it’s twelve thirty, which is an hour and a half later."

Although Zhang Yanhang felt absolutely no pressure about waking up late, or one could say that irregular sleep in the Ashen World was the biggest regularity.

But the thing is, he had been planning to determine the refresh time of the Goblin Plain and the Lucky Slot Machine in the Demonized Swamp if he woke up earlier today. Unfortunately, due to waking up too late, the plan failed, and he would have to try again tomorrow.

Today, Zhang Yanhang’s cleaning task was to complete the third and fourth stages of the Demonized Swamp cleaning plan. The third stage, the Western Forest, covered an area of seventy-five square kilometers and contained an Evaluation Settlement Treasure Box, while the fourth stage, the Lake District, spanned an area of sixty square kilometers.

So, at a conservative estimate, Zhang Yanhang had to clear at least a hundred thirty-five square kilometers today. Considering he had cleaned a hundred and thirty kilometers at once yesterday, an additional five kilometers today shouldn’t be difficult.

However, he had thirteen hours yesterday, and today, only eleven and a half hours were left, which was an hour and a half less. Whether he could complete the third and fourth stages in one go was an uncertainty.

After briefly planning for today’s cleanup, Zhang Yanhang immediately got up from the bed, leapt out the window, and headed downstairs. He was going to clean up Raccoon City’s Lucky Slot Machine first. Soon, he skillfully pulled the metal lever on the side of the machine, and with that, Time Pause ensued.

[Please choose the specific content of the Lucky Slot Machine draw]

[Option One: ❂❂❂ (Third Prize, Beta-type Hunter, first tier three stars, ordinary monster.)]

[Option Two: ❂❂❂ (Third Prize, Hippo zombie, first tier zero stars, ordinary monster.)]

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[Option Seventy-six: ❂❂❂ (Third Prize, Gordon Setter Zombie, first tier one star, ordinary monster.)]

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[Option Ninety-nine: ❂❂❂ (Third Prize, Licker, first tier two stars, ordinary monster.)]

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[Option One Hundred Thirty-two: ✫✫✫ (Fourth Prize, Thank you for your patronage, no physical prize.)]

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When he checked the Raccoon City slot machine prize list as usual, Zhang Yanhang noticed something strange had slipped in, "What the flutter? A Hippo zombie? What the heck is a Hippo zombie? Are there such zombies in Raccoon City?

And why is a Hippo zombie only first tier zero stars? Even Zombie Dogs are at least first tier one star. Shouldn’t a large animal like a hippo at least start at first tier two stars, or even first tier three stars isn’t out of the question?"

With curiosity, Zhang Yanhang took a closer look at what exactly this so-called Hippo zombie was. It turned out to be just a regular zombie wearing a hippo costume, hence it was called a Hippo zombie and had only the rank of first tier zero star.

He had seen zombies wearing such costumes before in the orphanage in Raccoon City, but those times he only saw ones dressed as elephants and giraffes. He never expected that a child would like a hippo—the kind of obscure animal that lets out earth-shattering farts, which remain vivid in Zhang Yanhang’s memory every time he thinks of them.

Well, who could resist a dopey hippo that can yellow an entire pond with a fart and whose tail spins like a helicopter?