Ashen God
Chapter 147 - 146 Crimson Iron Ant

Chapter 147: Chapter 146 Crimson Iron Ant

"I can only say, it’s a good thing Zhang Yanhang didn’t choose Neurasthenia or any other Talent when he was in Raccoon City before," otherwise, it would have been a complete waste of the limited Talent slots.

The group leader had mentioned before that each Rank could only use a digit number of Talents, ranging from 1-9, and at either extreme, the probability was too small.

Normally, a middle value is more probable, around three to six Talents. Therefore, if he wanted to use Talent Slots, he must be cautious about the number because it would be quite awkward if he encountered a good Talent but had already used up all his Talent slots.

As for this "Ant Power" Talent of the Crimson Iron Worker Ant, Zhang Yanhang was quite interested in its two effects: the small probability of a double attack and the strength-enhancing effect, both very useful for him and expected to improve further upon upgrading.

While pondering about the Talents, Zhang Yanhang took out a white Drop Treasure Box from his Waist Bag.

"Do you want to open the ’Drop Treasure Box (Crimson Iron Worker Ant)?’"

"Yes, open it." The familiar Time Pause descended again, causing Zhang Yanhang to once more recall the fear governed by the Ant Nest’s pathways.

"Please choose the specific contents of the ’Drop Treasure Box (Crimson Iron Worker Ant)’:"

"Item One: ?"

"Item Two: ?"

"Item Three: ?"

"Item Four: ?"

"Item Five: ?"

Zhang Yanhang didn’t look at the contents of the Drop Treasure Box right away; he needed to rush to the last vacant area he hadn’t visited before.

...

Over an hour later, Zhang Yanhang finally managed to explore the entire outer zone of the Crimson Iron Ant Nest.

Next, he began to draft a clearing plan for the outer zone of the Crimson Iron Ant Nest. Compared to the clearing plan in Raccoon City, this time Zhang Yanhang set three anchor points for the outer zone as well and divided it into three phases.

After completing these three phases of the clearing plan for the outer zone, the entire outer zone would be cleared.

The first two anchor points were naturally the Slot Machine and the Evaluation Settlement Treasure Box, and the third anchor point Zhang Yanhang set at the entrance of the inner zone. Only after completely clearing the outer region of the Ant Nest would Zhang Yanhang move to the inner region.

Then, the most important issue was the number of monsters in the Ant Nest. According to Zhang Yanhang’s preliminary observations, the outer zone alone contained at least a few thousand Crimson Iron Worker Ants.

Including the inner zone, the number of monsters in the Crimson Iron Ant Nest was undoubtedly more, not less, than Raccoon City, possibly even reaching a five-digit total.

Well, perhaps a five-digit number of Crimson Iron Ants can’t compare to normal Ant Nests that easily number in the hundreds of thousands, but even tens of thousands of regular ants combined aren’t as large as one Crimson Iron Ant. So, it’s quite normal for the number of Crimson Iron Ants to be reduced given their substantial size.

After exploring the Crimson Iron Ant Nest and drafting a corresponding clearing plan, Zhang Yanhang looked back at the initial treasure box options and directly opened the first Item.

"Item One"

"Option One: Ant Power, Quality E, Talent"

"Option Two: Low Light Vision, Quality F, Talent"

"Option Three: Crimson Iron Ant (Worker Ant), Quality E, Talent"

"Hmm? The first item is a Talent? And this Crimson Iron Ant’s Racial Talent is actually an E Quality Talent?"

Zhang Yanhang recalled that the ordinary zombie’s Racial Talent ’T-Virus Carrier (Failure Evolution)’ was only a F Quality Talent, and only the two-star First Tier Licker had an E Quality Racial Talent ’T-Virus Carrier (Deterioration Mutation)’.

But this Crimson Iron Worker Ant was merely a one-star First Tier, yet it already possessed a Racial Talent of the same grade as the Licker, which can only mean that the Zero Star ordinary zombie really pales in comparison to the Crimson Iron Worker Ant.

Zhang Yanhang felt that with the strength of the Crimson Iron Worker Ant, it could probably handle three to five ordinary zombies at once, since the weak Attack Power of ordinary zombies likely couldn’t breach the powerful defensive power of the Crimson Iron Worker Ant’s external skeleton.

Although the Crimson Iron Worker Ant’s red exoskeleton was as fragile as paper to Zhang Yanhang who had 25 Points of Strength at the Peak First Tier and also enjoyed attack boosts from the Fighting Master at all times, it was still very useful against same-level monsters or those of a lower level.

"This Low Light Vision Talent, was it just thrown in to make up the numbers? It’s so weak." As a man of meticulousness, Zhang Yanhang looked at the effects of the Low Light Vision Talent after examining the Crimson Iron Ant’s Racial Talent and found it exactly as the name suggested, offering the user vision in low-light conditions.

But what use did Zhang Yanhang have for it? His Seeking Fortune and Avoiding Evil Skill provided more perception than his eyes could see.

Even in pure Darkness, although he indeed couldn’t see with his eyes, his Perception was unaffected. Thus, for low-light conditions, it was naturally even less of an issue.

Moreover, once his Energy Shield was switched to external display mode, it emitted a pale blue light. With this, he would never need Low Light Vision since the brightness of the Energy Shield, though not very high, would definitely not be considered low-light.

"It seems I should choose the more useful E Quality Talent, Ant Power." After checking the first item, Zhang Yanhang promptly opened the second item.

"Item Two"

"Option One: 6 Soul Points"

"Option Two: Crimson Iron Antling, White Quality, Pet"

"Option Three: 60 Soul Points"

"True enough, Soul Points might be delayed, but they surely won’t be absent... But what is this pet about? What’s a pet doing popping up in the middle of soul point options?"

Zhang Yanhang had never seen other things in the Soul Point options before, and this new item was something he had never previously encountered.

"Crimson Iron Antling? Where did this thing come from? Weren’t the Crimson Iron Worker Ants the weakest in the Crimson Iron Ant Nest?"

Despite deducing that this so-called Crimson Iron Antling probably referred to a juvenile Crimson Iron Ant, Zhang Yanhang had run through both the outer and inner regions previously but had never encountered such a monster.

Zhang Yanhang checked the Attribute List of the Crimson Iron Antling; it was exceedingly weak, possibly even weaker than an ordinary zombie at Zero Star First Tier. What use did he have for such a thing?

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