Ashen God
Chapter 345 - 344: The Vacuum Period

Chapter 345: Chapter 344: The Vacuum Period

So, speaking of efficiency in terms of gains, with these ten hours of free time, Zhang Yanhang would be better off looking for a new area to hunt new monsters. Normally, if the area where the monsters were located wasn’t too large, ten hours might just be enough for him to find another Ashen Treasure Box.

This was exactly why Zhang Yanhang wanted to control the population of monsters in the small Crimson Iron Ant Nest Dalagu. He even felt that if the next time he came here, the number of Crimson Iron Ants was still not very high, he could completely put off clearing them for a while.

Just wait about ten days to half a month, and after enough monsters had respawned here, then clear them out.

After all, Zhang Yanhang’s main need from the Crimson Iron Ants was the Ant Power Talent, but according to the information provided by Multiple Choice, the monsters in the newly connected area of the tunnel he had dug also possessed the Ant Power Talent.

Therefore, with this main need diminished, the Crimson Iron Ants suddenly became much less appealing to Zhang Yanhang, especially since the projects like advancing the Crimson Iron Ring and the Crimson Iron Heart were indeed quite immense.

If he couldn’t find a new Crimson Iron Ant Nest, then relying just on the Crimson Iron Ants respawning in the small nest Dalagu to advance the quality of the Crimson Iron Ring and the Crimson Iron Heart would be like trying to put out a fire with a cup of water.

Moreover, and more crucially, even if he really could complete these two projects, they might not bring Zhang Yanhang significant benefits; they would at most increase a few points in his Charm attribute value.

Thus, rather than carrying out a thankless quality advancement plan here with half the results for twice the effort, he might as well think of ways to obtain some more useful new equipment, since Zhang Yanhang’s equipment slots that were empty or needed replacements were actually quite numerous.

Take, for example, the White Quality Ten-piece Set; as soon as he encountered any suitable equipment, he was perfectly able to replace its components any time, such as swapping for higher quality boots or even clothes and pants.

These were all quite good positions, and it would be a waste to let the White Quality Ten-piece Set continue to occupy them.

Although the White Quality Ten-piece Set had accompanied him for over half a month now, once Zhang Yanhang advanced to the Third Tier, both the White Quality Ten-piece Set and the Green Quality Ten-piece Set would lose their bonus effects.

Therefore, to avoid an equipment vacuum after advancing to the Third Tier, Zhang Yanhang felt he needed to plan ahead, such as starting to gradually replace the White Ten-piece Set.

As for the Green Ten-piece Set, it wasn’t really obstructive, as it only took up one belt equipment slot but provided a bonus of two points to All Attributes. Even if Zhang Yanhang wanted to replace it, he absolutely couldn’t find a stronger belt item.

Based on Zhang Yanhang’s current experience, a Dark Purple Quality item could only enhance three attribute points at most, but the Green Ten-piece Set was equivalent to enhancing ten attribute points, a point that absolutely no single piece of equipment could match.

Zhang Yanhang even felt that neither Golden Quality Equipment nor Dark Gold Quality Equipment could achieve a ten-point attribute enhancement.

So, just from the standpoint of attribute value enhancement, replacing the Green Ten-piece Set with a single belt was indeed almost an impossible task.

For this reason, Zhang Yanhang only wanted to start gradually replacing the White Ten-piece Set. After all, unlike the Green Ten-piece Set, the White Ten-piece Set genuinely occupied ten relevant equipment slots on Zhang Yanhang’s body but only provided a bonus of All Attributes +1.

This effectively only amounted to an enhancement of five attribute points, and theoretically, just any Dark Purple Quality item paired with a Purple Quality item should be able to match this enhancement.

Although it was difficult for the Tier One Zhang Yanhang to obtain Purple Quality Equipment and Dark Purple Quality Equipment, it was much easier for him now that he had advanced to Second Tier; he just needed to kill a bit more of Second Tier monsters.

Therefore, Zhang Yanhang felt that this White Ten-piece Set replacement plan could be easily completed if only he could find the right monsters.

Well, Zhang Yanhang had to admit, for him, how to kill monsters was never a problem; the only thing that troubled him was how to find the right monsters.

"Later, perhaps I can first go check out the Goblin Plain on the east side of Raccoon City. If the Goblin Plain doesn’t work, then I can go to the forest in the north.

If the northern forest also isn’t quite right, I still can head to the mountains to the south, or even if that path still doesn’t work, I could try to use scaling to enter the inner part of the eastern city wall and see what’s inside..."

Around Raccoon City, there are four new areas in different directions, each containing different monsters, effectively giving Zhang Yanhang four backup options. He felt his luck should not be so bad that he’d fail to find suitable monsters dropping suitable equipment in all four areas.

Of course, if that really happened, Zhang Yanhang could still go and explore areas further away, as the surroundings of Raccoon City were different from the Crimson Iron Ore Vein.

The areas here were all blocked by the Crimson Iron Ore Vein, but there were no such impediments there, so Zhang Yanhang could go anytime he wanted, although the only concern was whether the monsters further away would be of higher rank.

If he just casually walked in, he might immediately encounter a swarm of Fourth Tier monsters with Movement Speed reaching Sound Speed, and then he might be unable to fight or flee and probably die instantly on the spot.

Thus, even if all four areas around Raccoon City didn’t work out, Zhang Yanhang would need to first make a good plan, such as using Time Pause to explore first, to avoid being instantly killed on the spot by a surprise attack from high-level monsters.

"Even though I haven’t left the small Crimson Iron Ant Nest Dalagu yet, I’ve already started thinking about subsequent monster hunting plans. I’m probably being a bit too diligent. It’s better to wait until next time I go to Raccoon City and plan according to the actual situation."

Speaking of Raccoon City, Zhang Yanhang suddenly remembered that there was an abandoned Transmission Channel in the sewers of Raccoon City. If he could figure out how to activate it, then he would have another backup option, though it would likely be quite difficult for him, who had never touched on spatial knowledge, to accomplish this.