Ashen God
Chapter 227 - 226: Takut Buck

Chapter 227: Chapter 226: Takut Buck

As previously mentioned, Zhang Yanhang spent most of his time traveling to the monsters’ locations and waiting for the treasure box to refresh while hunting monsters. But now, since Zhang Yanhang’s movement speed has increased so much, his hunting efficiency was bound to see a substantial improvement.

Furthermore, with the addition of the Death Wave Skill, which could also enhance hunting efficiency, Zhang Yanhang even felt that he might now be able to kill a thousand monsters in an hour.

Zhang Yanhang felt that if he had encountered Raccoon City after his promotion to the Second Tier, he might have even been able to clear it out entirely within eight hours.

But this was only in the most ideal scenario, where killing a thousand monsters in an hour was possible; because he hadn’t actually tested it, the number estimated by Zhang Yanhang would certainly fluctuate to some extent depending on different hunting targets and environments.

Especially when dealing with enclosed environments like the Crimson Iron Ant Nest, where he would have to detour frequently, causing a definite decrease in his hunting efficiency. But after all, he was already a Second Tier Awakened, so even with a decrease, his speed would undoubtedly be many times faster than before.

If it weren’t for the fact that the interior of the Crimson Iron Ant Nest was not only vast but also full of winding passages, Zhang Yanhang even felt he could clear it out entirely within twelve hours.

After careful consideration, Zhang Yanhang suddenly lost interest in the Crimson Iron Ant Meat because, logically, the meat of such First Tier monsters was unlikely to be of any use to a Second Tier Awakened like himself.

Moreover, the Crimson Iron Ant Meat required consumption in large quantities to offer a minuscule increase in flame and acid resistance, indicating that its effects were quite low. Given how difficult it was for it to affect First Tier Awakened, the likelihood of it affecting a Second Tier Awakened was very slim indeed.

"Since I don’t need to eat or consume the Crimson Iron Ant Meat, what should I do next?" Zhang Yanhang scanned his surroundings listlessly with Seeking Fortune and Avoiding Evil, trying to find inspiration.

When he scanned a nearby girls’ dormitory building, Zhang Yanhang unexpectedly discovered that Zhao Yalan was once again absent. "Could something have happened to Zhao Yalan? She’s constantly not in her dorm?"

Zhang Yanhang checked Zhao Yalan’s TikTok account on his phone and found that there hadn’t been any updates for several days. "There really must be some problem..."

"In that case, why not use Zhao Yalan for an experiment to see the limit of the Multiple Choice..." When Zhang Yanhang was at First Tier, he had already known one thing: apart from making choices for himself, he could actually make choices for others.

That was the real reason Zhang Yanhang always referred to his ’Multiple Choice’ as a Destiny System Talent, because he indeed could manipulate others’ fates.

However, choices that had nothing to do with him consumed much more energy than normal ones. He had quickly run out of Energy Value when he tried it at First Tier. But now things were different, Zhang Yanhang was Second Tier, and maybe he could try this ability again—if it proved effective, it might bring him not insignificant help.

"Choose! What is Zhao Yalan doing?"

After making the choice, Zhang Yanhang suddenly remembered a significant issue—if he could manipulate other people’s fates, maybe he wouldn’t need to deal with the more difficult task of ’Big Transformation,’ meaning he could simply create a girlfriend out of thin air with Multiple Choice.

Those high-difficulty choices Zhang Yanhang estimated would probably only be possible after the Fourth Tier, but now, he could simply make choices that would cause the person he fancied to take the initiative to confess to him, saying things like promising to support him for a lifetime.

This way, as long as he found such a girlfriend, Zhang Yanhang could rest easy and retire.

Of course, the premise was that the girlfriend’s life span was long enough. Given his current life span, if he found an ordinary person as a girlfriend, he could outlive three of them. Therefore, it would be more sustainable to find an Awakened girlfriend with a longer life span.

But the problem was that Zhang Yanhang didn’t have anyone he liked. From the start, this option was not viable. Zhang Yanhang felt it would be more reliable to randomly generate a girlfriend after he continued to grow stronger.

Compared to three-dimensional women, Zhang Yanhang actually preferred two-dimensional characters. As long as his Rank was high enough, he could surely pull a two-dimensional character into the real world—it was just a matter of time. With his current rate of growth, he might even complete this before his birthday.

After all, it was only October now, and Zhang Yanhang’s birthday was in February. With four months to go until his birthday and considering he only needed half a month to reach the Second Tier, at this rate, he might have advanced to the Fourth or even Fifth Tier by his birthday.

By then, if he wanted to accomplish this task, it presumably wouldn’t be too difficult, considering the vast difference in strength between a Fourth Tier Awakened and a Second Tier Awakened like himself.

"What will Zhao Yalan do next?"

"Option One: Tame a Monster (After spending some time in the Ashen World, Zhao Yalan accidentally encountered a Second Order One Star Elite Monster, the Takut Buck. She thought the only thing she could do when facing this Second Tier Monster was to escape, but unexpectedly, she managed to tame the Elite Monster with her Talent.)"

"Option Two: Ashen Treasure Box (After hunting a certain number of Monsters, Zhao Yalan found an Evaluation Settlement Treasure Box. Anxious to strengthen herself, she immediately chose to evaluate and open the Ashen Treasure Box, obtaining some useful items that increased her hunting speed.)"

"Option Three: Hunt Monsters (Entering the Ashen World suddenly and unexpectedly, Zhao Yalan wasn’t too nervous at first knowing about its existence. After calming herself down, she immediately used her Talent to hunt Monsters and gather Soul Points to enhance herself until she left the Ashen World.)"