Ashen God
Chapter 143 - 142: Killing the Crimson Iron Worker Ant

Chapter 143: Chapter 142: Killing the Crimson Iron Worker Ant

"Man, so the relationship between Crimson Iron ore and Crimson Iron itself isn’t like that between ore and iron at all, but more like food and poop..." Zhang Yanhang hadn’t expected his initially certain reasoning to bizarrely falter here.

As for why Zhang Yanhang suddenly looked up the attribute list of the Crimson Iron Worker Ant? It was because he was really close to it, so close that the ant was now on his head, continuously spitting acid.

Although the body of the Crimson Iron Worker Ant was red, the ant acid it spat out was quite normal, transparent and colorless, just a bit sticky, so relatively disgusting, but fortunately, Zhang Yanhang was protected by an energy shield and didn’t actually come into contact with the acid.

Currently, the Crimson Iron Worker Ant on Zhang Yanhang’s head was about the size of an ordinary Zombie Dog, but whether in terms of strength, constitution, intelligence, or charm attributes, it was much higher than the ordinary Zombie Dog. Only its agility attribute was somewhat inferior, but it could still be called an overall crushing of the ordinary Zombie Dog.

After looking at the attribute list of the Crimson Iron Worker Ant on his head, Zhang Yanhang couldn’t wait to grab the ant’s neck and directly snap it, and a crimson liquid, whether bodily fluid or blood, slowly flowed from the broken neck of the Crimson Iron Worker Ant.

Probably because it had eaten too much Crimson Iron ore, its blood, unlike the semi-transparent blood of ordinary ants, flowed crimson, several times brighter than human blood, and even emitted a faint glow, like a natural fluorescent agent, very conspicuous.

[Successfully killed a First Tier One Star Monster ’Crimson Iron Worker Ant (ordinary)’ ×1, Soul points +3.]

"Even though this Crimson Iron Worker Ant feels stronger than an ordinary Zombie Dog, the soul points earned are exactly the same. How is the value of soul points even calculated? It can’t be just because they are of the same rank, right? That would be totally unreasonable."

About the soul points earned from killing, Zhang Yanhang felt that maybe he needed to kill more monsters to identify a pattern.

As for why he hadn’t just asked the group leader directly before, that was naturally because Zhang Yanhang was too tired earlier and only asked a few important questions before he could no longer hold up and went straight to sleep. Moreover, a critical point was that he hadn’t thought about this issue at that point.

But fortunately, this wasn’t a very big problem; by killing more monsters and observing the soul points they yield, Zhang Yanhang could easily identify patterns in this aspect through meticulous observation. He had already summarized quite a few rules about the Ashen World.

Standing still for a few more seconds, Zhang Yanhang picked up a white drop treasure box from the body of the Crimson Iron Worker Ant.

Speaking of this Crimson Iron Worker Ant, it was quite outrageous when it was alive. Initially, it was transporting Crimson Iron ore with a large group, but then unexpectedly broke away from the group and turned into the C-shaped fork in the road where Zhang Yanhang was.

Upon seeing Zhang Yanhang, it immediately sprayed his face with sticky ant acid and then leapt straight at Zhang Yanhang’s face, continuously clipping at his head with its claw-shaped mouthparts while also spraying out sticky transparent ant acid.

If Zhang Yanhang hadn’t killed it earlier, he would probably still be getting his head clipped at this moment. Truthfully, that feeling of being in a staring contest with the compound eyes of an insect was not pleasant. If it hadn’t been for the need to check the attribute list, Zhang Yanhang definitely couldn’t have endured that feeling.

After tucking the White Treasure Box into his Waist Bag, Zhang Yanhang decided to officially begin his exploration of the Crimson Iron Ant Nest. As for the specific approach, "Choose! What’s for dinner tonight?"

Indeed, when exploring unknown territories, Zhang Yanhang didn’t hesitate to use Time Pause. His experience with using Time Pause had grown much richer now.

Previously, during his first exploration of Raccoon City, he used the endlessly refreshing Enemy Seeking Radar. However, after assuming the role of Heavenly Destiny Master and acquiring the Seeking Fortune and Avoiding Evil Skill, Zhang Yanhang found the latter to be more useful.

Even while time was paused, he could still use the Seeking Fortune and Avoiding Evil Skill to sense and scan his surroundings and the monsters.

Normally, using Seeking Fortune and Avoiding Evil continuously would greatly deplete Zhang Yanhang’s Physical Strength; however, during Time Pause, his body was in a peculiarly fixed state where neither his Energy Value nor his Physical Strength would be diminished, no matter what he did.

Thus, without the need to worry about physical exhaustion, Zhang Yanhang could keep his Perception Range of the Seeking Fortune and Avoiding Evil Skill at its maximum limit.

Unfortunately, even though he could maintain the maximum range of the Seeking Fortune and Avoiding Evil Skill, he was in a solid mass of Crimson Iron Ore Vein, and could only explore a range of about two hundred meters at best.

Compared to the open spaces of Raccoon City and the even more spacious Goblin Plain, the efficiency of his perception here was many times worse.

Moreover, from Zhang Yanhang’s earlier scans, the area nearby was filled with all sorts of strange bifurcations and passages, just like a labyrinthine maze—understandable, since it was an Ant Nest after all.

But this characteristic would significantly lower Zhang Yanhang’s exploration efficiency. With a Perception Range of just over two hundred meters, Zhang Yanhang would inevitably end up following many bifurcations and dead ends.

"Sigh, just thinking about navigating a maze suddenly makes me feel less motivated to explore."

Although Zhang Yanhang had only spent four hours in the cramped, dark sewers of Raccoon City, the complex intersections had left a significant psychological imprint on him. And now, he was voluntarily going to explore an Ant Nest even more complex than the sewers.

"I just hope that the monster density in the Crimson Iron Ant Nest is high. If it’s as sparse as the sewers, and I have to walk a few hundred meters and take several branches just to occasionally encounter a monster, that would be too frustrating."

Regarding the issue of monster density, Zhang Yanhang wasn’t too greedy. He felt that as long as it was somewhat similar to the surface level of Raccoon City, it would be worthwhile to hunt.

If the situation was like the sewers, where he had to run several hundreds or thousands of meters and take several branches just to find one monster, he might as well give up on the Crimson Iron Ant Nest and go clear the Goblin Plain instead.

According to Zhang Yanhang’s estimate, there were at least tens of thousands of monsters in Goblin Plain. If he could handle them, he would definitely reap a large amount of Soul points.

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