Ashen God
Chapter 159 - 158 Acid Resistance

Chapter 159: Chapter 158 Acid Resistance

"What on earth was I thinking with the second option, claiming that the more circumstances like this, the more I should push myself? That must be because the work pressure is too high, driving me crazy, right?"

Apart from that second option, Zhang Yanhang was equally pessimistic about the first one—just skipping a few classes, right? Losing grades was one thing, but to directly notify the relevant authorities was a bit too much for him to accept.

Although Zhang Yanhang had initially planned to return directly to the Main World, he could not help but criticize the first two options; neither the results nor the process were friendly to him.

"So, I choose Option Three, going home."

Zhang Yanhang had two reasons for choosing to go home directly; one reason was that he indeed felt very tired, and the second reason?

He had said before that this trip to the Crimson Iron Ant Nest was just a brief exploration to also observe the opening times of the Transmission Channel; clearing the Crimson Iron Ant Nest properly had to wait until the next time the Transmission Channel was opened.

Moreover, Zhang Yanhang had also gathered information from the first option indicating that the period for opening the Transmission Channel was definitely not as short as he had hoped for a day or two.

Because the option stated that he would skip classes for several days, this "several days" clearly did not refer to a day or two; under normal circumstances, it usually means a period of at least three days or more.

"As expected, there’s no such thing as being able to enter the Ashen World anytime and anywhere." Although Zhang Yanhang’s hopes were dashed, he wasn’t too disappointed; after all, he never had high expectations for this.

After making his choice, Time Pause disappeared, and Zhang Yanhang began to continue dissecting the Monster Corpse of the Crimson Iron Flying Ant.

Though it was called dissection, Zhang Yanhang was actually manually dismantling the corpse; given his current Strength, having a knife or not made little difference, and manual dismantling was quicker as well.

Zhang Yanhang sequentially dismantled the appendages, head, wings, exoskeleton, digestive system...

After quickly turning the corpse of the Crimson Iron Flying Ant into a pile of parts, Zhang Yanhang found that there were indeed no valuable parts, except that the ant meat was edible; the exoskeleton and things like the claw-shaped mouthparts were of no use.

Normally, the relatively hard parts such as the exoskeleton and the claw-shaped mouthparts would be made into Equipment and Weapons, but Zhang Yanhang had stronger materials like Crimson Iron and Refined Crimson Iron at his disposal, so why would he bother using these inferior products formed with impurities absorbed from the Crimson Iron?

Moreover, although the exoskeleton of these Crimson Iron Flying Ants was indeed tougher compared to that of the Crimson Iron Worker Ant, it was still quite brittle for Zhang Yanhang, amounting to something that would break upon touch.

Thus, even if truly forged into Equipment and Weapons, this level of exoskeleton would be of no use to Zhang Yanhang; it was just a pile of rubbish.

"Speaking of which, since the meat of the Crimson Iron Worker Ants mentioned in the previous options could enhance Flame Resistance and Acid Resistance, shouldn’t the meat of the stronger Crimson Iron Flying Ants also have similar effects? It wouldn’t make sense for the strength of the meat to deteriorate just because their strength increased."

Although he wasn’t sure how tasty the meat of the Crimson Iron Flying Ants was, Zhang Yanhang still planned to try it; however, considering he wasn’t very hungry at the moment, he decided to take this meat back to the Main World.

Mainly, the options had mentioned that he needed to consume a large amount of Crimson Iron Ant Meat to slightly increase Flame Resistance and Acid Resistance, but ’a large amount’ was quite vague, and even a conservative estimate would probably involve at least a few tens of kilograms of Crimson Iron Ant Meat, possibly even hundreds of kilograms.

With only half an hour left in the Ashen World, even if he were to grind all the Crimson Iron Ant Meat into a mash and funnel it down his throat, as an Awakener, it didn’t mean his stomach could expand to such a terrifying extent.

After all, an average adult only weighs about sixty kilograms; if he were to ingest dozens of kilograms of Crimson Iron Ant Meat in one go, it wouldn’t be like swallowing an adult whole, but it would be akin to swallowing several children whole—if he truly had such an ability, Zhang Yanhang could even consider performing stunts like eating a whole pig in three bites.

Zhang Yanhang was only 1.9 meters tall; if he were to allocate every other internal organ space for his stomach to expand, it definitely could not hold that much meat.

So, he definitely couldn’t finish eating these dozens of kilograms of meat in the Ashen World; he had to bring it back to the Main World and eat it slowly.

Zhang Yanhang planned to eat a little more at each meal—a few kilograms of meat per meal—and then increase the number of meals per day, such as adding an afternoon tea and a late-night snack to the usual breakfast, lunch, and dinner. In a few days, he would be able to finish eating those tens of kilograms of Crimson Iron Ant Meat.

After eating a certain amount of Crimson Iron Ant Meat, he would naturally be able to verify whether Crimson Iron Ant Meat indeed had effects on increasing Flame Resistance and Acid Resistance.

Therefore, Zhang Yanhang had to start figuring out how to bring Monster Corpses back to the Main World; if he could bring Monster Corpses back to the Main World, then he’d have more time to research these corpses.

Studying these corpses in the Ashen World wasn’t enough time, but while resting in the Main World, he usually had nothing else to do. So, if he could make use of the time in the Main World, his research efficiency would definitely increase significantly.

Since Zhang Yanhang had nothing else to do but play games, why not shift the time spent on gaming to something more meaningful?

But all of this depended on whether Zhang Yanhang could figure out how to bring Monster Corpses back from the Ashen World. If he could bring them back, he would definitely spend a lot of time researching during his resting periods, but if not...

Of course, if he couldn’t bring them back, Zhang Yanhang could still use his free time to research Crimson Iron and Refined Crimson Iron, as these materials could still be brought back from the Ashen World. He might use these materials to forge some Equipment and Weapons and try to develop some other uses for them.

There was less than half an hour left before the Transmission Channel closed, so to resolve this matter before the Transmission Channel closed, Zhang Yanhang immediately began to research how to bring Monster Corpses out of the Ashen World.

Since he had just recently figured out how to bring Items out of the Ashen World, Zhang Yanhang decided to try this method again, though the chances of success were low, but what if it succeeded?