Ashen God
Chapter 140 - 139: A Drop in the Bucket

Chapter 140: Chapter 139: A Drop in the Bucket

If Zhang Yanhang could reduce the continuous working days to three or two, he would drastically reduce his workload and also decrease the extent to which he pressured himself.

"Since I’m free anyway, I might as well go and take a look. So, I choose Option Three, just wait a moment."

Despite jumping off the bus being the quickest option in Option One, Zhang Yanhang would definitely not choose that option. After all, he didn’t want to be caught by the police and handed over to the authorities; that would be too foolish, and he was not really in a hurry, not to the extent of needing to jump off the bus. At the moment, he had plenty of free time.

Before entering the Ashen World, Zhang Yanhang used to spend most of his time on cultivation, but now his Limitless Universe Skill had been upgraded to the Peak First Tier using Soul points, and further cultivation held no meaning.

Furthermore, the key issue was that his cultivation speed, compared to direct upgrades using Soul points, was considerably slower. Even the initial advancement from First Tier Second Layer to First Tier Third Layer took dozens of days, let alone subsequent ones. However, upon entering the Ashen World, simply hunting a few monsters equaled several days of arduous cultivation.

With such a stark difference in efficiency, Zhang Yanhang naturally had no interest in cultivating himself, for even if he cultivated 24 hours a day, compared to the progress of the entire cultivation technique, it was drops in a bucket.

Given this situation, Zhang Yanhang preferred to use his cultivation time for relaxation and entertainment, striving to adjust his condition to the better, so that he could hunt monsters in the Ashen World more efficiently.

Thus, in the past, when Zhang Yanhang rested at home, he basically did only four things: eat, sleep, play, and cultivate—these four things endlessly cycled and dominated most of his rest time.

Now, the things Zhang Yanhang needed to do at home when resting had decreased by one, leaving only three things: eating, sleeping, and playing; every day he woke up and played, ate when hungry, slept when tired, and then resumed playing upon waking. This cycle continued indefinitely until the holiday ended.

Although this kind of retirement life seemed monotonous, it was exceedingly fulfilling and a life many people dreamed of. One could say that Zhang Yanhang had almost stepped one foot into retirement earlier, but as a "lonely old person" living alone, he still lacked a pet and a partner.

Of course, since Zhang Yanhang preferred being alone, he probably didn’t need a partner, but a pet might still be something he would need. Although many old people liked to own a dog, if possible, he would rather have a cat.

Why a cat and not a dog?

Because the Zombie Dogs in Raccoon City were really annoying. Thus, whenever Zhang Yanhang saw a dog now, he couldn’t help but recall memories associated with Zombie Dogs, such as his experiences in Raccoon City where he fought the Zombie Dogs.

Speaking of dogs, he suddenly remembered that he seemed to have forgotten to have a dog meat hotpot meal. After returning from the Ashen World this time, he definitely needed to make up for that meal. That is, provided he didn’t forget about it after returning from the Ashen World.

Overall, Zhang Yanhang lived a life that was perhaps monotonous but exceedingly fulfilling during his rest days. Thus, he could say he had an abundance of free time to casually spend, as shifting some of his ’playing’ time was all that was needed.

For this reason, although the Transmission Channel to the Ashen World had already opened, Zhang Yanhang felt it would be nearly the same to enter a few minutes earlier or later since he wasn’t in a rush.

After all, this time, he was only going to briefly explore the environment on the other side of the Transmission Channel. If he were to actually carry out a clearance operation, he would at least have to wait until he defeated the Tracker and was promoted to Second Tier before he could start to formally create a clearance plan and strictly carry it out.

Zhang Yanhang couldn’t possibly leave Raccoon City, which was about to be cleared, to unpredictably commit fully to clearing another area. That would clearly be what a fool would do.

After all, if he was able to successfully clear the whole Raccoon City and achieve promotion to Second Tier, then the efficiency of clearing that unknown region would surely improve as well. Thus, only by first eliminating the Tracker in Raccoon City, could Zhang Yanhang reach the maximum clearance efficiency.

Besides, the Transmission Channel to the Ashen World typically only stayed open for a few hours. If he couldn’t leave before the Transmission Channel closed, who knew how many days the opening cycle of the Transmission Channel was?

What if it only opened once every ten or fifteen days? If he was absent from class for a long period, the school would definitely report his disappearance, and then he would be passed on to the relevant departments due to his Awakener status. By then, things would naturally become very complicated.

It was precisely for this reason that this time, Zhang Yanhang was destined to only briefly explore before he must return to the Main World before the Transmission Channel closed, and then he needed to observe how many days the opening cycle of the Transmission Channel lasted.

Only by accurately mastering the opening cycle of the Transmission Channel could he confidently and boldly use this Transmission Channel to enter the Ashen World.

Like the Transmission Channel at his home, since he knew it opened every four days, he dared to stay in the Ashen World to wait for the next opening cycle before leaving. Therefore, this time, he remained as cautious as ever.

With Zhang Yanhang making his choice, the time began to flow again, and the previously frozen bus continued moving towards its specified direction.

Because of boredom, Zhang Yanhang casually scanned the passengers on the bus. Most of them were over thirty years old, and they were all ordinary cultivators, with no Awakeners present.

Except for a seventeen-year-old high school student who couldn’t cultivate due to his age, everyone on the bus practiced the Heaven and Earth Creation Technique and the Eternal Youth Skill, even including a blind man wearing sunglasses. Even this group of disabled individuals was fully taken care of by the Empire.

Moreover, at this moment, a considerable number of people were in the state of cultivation, utilizing the fragmented time while riding the bus to practice their Cultivation Techniques.

After all, the Heaven and Earth Creation Technique only needed two hours of cultivation per day. For many people, the time spent commuting each day was enough to fill a significant part of their cultivation progress. Therefore, adhering to the idea of not wanting to use additional rest time, a considerable number of people chose to cultivate on the bus.

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