Ashen God
Chapter 155 - 154: Killing the Crimson Iron Flying Ant

Chapter 155: Chapter 154: Killing the Crimson Iron Flying Ant

Zhang Yanhang thought carefully and felt that it might be because his Peak First Tier strength allowed him to completely overwhelm a First Tier Three Stars Beta-type Hunter, which meant that he couldn’t accurately perceive the strength of a First Tier Two Stars Monster, which was even weaker than the Beta-type Hunter.

After all, for him at the moment, whether it was a monster with the strength of First Tier Two Stars or First Tier Three Stars, he could knock it out with just one punch.

To give an example, it was like a normal person swatting mosquitoes—you didn’t need more force whether you were hitting a regular mosquito or a bigger, black-spotted mosquito. One slap was enough, and you would use the same amount of force.

A normal person certainly wouldn’t increase their strength just because the black-spotted mosquito was bigger, as the original strength was already in a state of great excess, enough to easily kill most types of mosquitoes.

For Zhang Yanhang, this was his current state. Whether it was the Ordinary Monster Crimson Iron Worker Ant or the Elite Monster Crimson Iron Flying Ant at One-star Rank, he could kill each with just one bullet. Therefore, in this situation, they were essentially the same strength to Zhang Yanhang.

The Lickers in Raccoon City could withstand a few more bullets from Zhang Yanhang not because they had stronger defensive power, but merely because they had experience dealing with firearms, and used their large, blade-like claws, which were bigger than a desktop computer, to protect their brains.

Even more critical was that the claws of the Lickers were not only large but also very thick, making them particularly strong at absorbing damage.

What about the Crimson Iron Flying Ant, which also had a First Tier Two Stars strength? It didn’t have the large, advantageous claws of the Lickers. Its short, frail appendages hanging from its body looked like dry twigs—how could that possibly stop bullets?

Moreover, the movement of the Crimson Iron Worker Ant generally maintained a straightforward style, which made it easier for Zhang Yanhang to predict their movements.

Therefore, their fate when facing Zhang Yanhang would probably be much the same as that of the Crimson Iron Worker Ant, meaning Zhang Yanhang could easily take them out with a One-shot Soul.

The weakest Crimson Iron Worker Ants in the Ant Nest were similar in size to ordinary, medium-sized Zombie Dogs, while the Crimson Iron Flying Ants were a bit bigger, about the size of a mid-to-large breed like the Samoyed Zombie Dogs. Well, maybe not too much bigger, just by two or three sizes.

After seeing the attribute list of the Crimson Iron Flying Ant, Zhang Yanhang immediately pulled the trigger of his M4A1 rifle, and swept through the swarm of Crimson Iron Flying Ants before him.

Dadada—

A continual burst of gunfire echoed, and wherever the bullets reached, all the Crimson Iron Flying Ants crashed down to the ground like small bugs drenched by raindrops, creating thuds.

[Successfully killed a First Tier One-Star Monster ’Crimson Iron Flying Ant (Elite)’×1, Soul points+7.]

[Successfully killed a First Tier One-Star Monster ’Crimson Iron Flying Ant (Elite)’×1, Soul points+7.]

[Successfully killed a First Tier One-Star Monster ’Crimson Iron Flying Ant (Elite)’×1, Soul points+7.]

...

Although there were Crimson Iron Flying Ants that tried to fly close to Zhang Yanhang, they were immediately targeted and shot down.

After exterminating this small group of Crimson Iron Flying Ants, Zhang Yanhang stood still for a few seconds, then picked up two Green-quality Treasure Boxes, "Besides having strength similar to a First Tier Two Stars Monster, even the dropped treasure boxes are of Green quality which only appears from First Tier Two Stars Monsters. Elite monsters are indeed impressive."

Zhang Yanhang stored the Green Treasure Boxes into his Waist Bag, then picked up several corpses of the Crimson Iron Flying Ants and put them into his Waist Bag too.

It had been over an hour now, but whether it was the Worker Ant appendages in his miscellaneous bag or the Worker Ant corpses in his Waist Bag, neither showed any signs of refreshing.

"If after another half hour, the Worker Ant corpses still show no signs of refreshing, then this experiment can be considered largely successful." Even though more than an hour had passed, Zhang Yanhang felt it was better to wait another half hour to avoid unnecessary disappointment.

"Guess I’ll continue hunting monsters," Zhang Yanhang perceived the position of the nearest Crimson Iron Ant and immediately headed in that direction at full speed.

...

Forty minutes later, Zhang Yanhang stood in a cave where the Crimson Iron Ants stored excrement and had to admit that his physical strength was completely drained.

Although he was now quite familiar with the outer area of the Crimson Iron Ant Nest, familiar enough that he wouldn’t get lost even without using Seeking Fortune and Avoiding Evil to sense his surroundings, Zhang Yanhang still had to use Seeking Fortune and Avoiding Evil to track down enemies, which hugely consumed his physical strength.

Earlier, Zhang Yanhang had said that after upgrading, Seeking Fortune and Avoiding Evil would drain his physical strength in just over an hour, and it seemed his estimate was correct. Even though he was using it more conservatively, it still took just over an hour to deplete his physical strength.

"Now that my endurance has significantly decreased, I can’t work continuously for eight hours like before, but as long as I get promoted and my Constitution Attribute increases, I’m sure I can recover my stamina."

Apart from the increased consumption caused by upgrading Seeking Fortune and Avoiding Evil, Zhang Yanhang thought another reason for his decreased endurance was that the fatigue from cleaning up Zombies in Raccoon City hadn’t entirely recovered.

Otherwise, Zhang Yanhang felt he should have been able to endure at least two hours of battle, rather than just over an hour like now.

"Forget it, since my physical strength is gone, I might as well head back the way I came. But before I go back, I should collect some Crimson Iron for research." Zhang Yanhang took the Storage Box out of his Waist Bag, then pulled out a pile of old clothes from Raccoon City, which had been converted into bundle wrappers.

Constrained by the rule that only one item could be placed in a grid, Zhang Yanhang had to first wrap up the bunch of scattered Crimson Iron with the bundle wrappers before he could pack them into the Storage Box entirely.

As for why he used bundle wrappers? Naturally, it was because Zhang Yanhang found it too troublesome to process the iron and wood.

If he were to process iron and wood materials, he would have had to accord it to a capacity of one cubic meter per large box, making it less flexible to use and with greater consumption in processing, hence a lower cost-effectiveness.

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