Ashen God
Chapter 408 - 407 Nu Mountain Tribe

Chapter 408: Chapter 407 Nu Mountain Tribe

Within this 110 square kilometer area, the Outer Zone spans roughly 80 square kilometers, the Middle Layer encompasses about 20 square kilometers, and finally, the smallest is the Core Area, which accounts for only about 10 square kilometers.

At the same time, in Goblin Plain, Zhang Yanhang also discovered the presence of Lucky Slot Machines, Evaluation Settlement Treasure Boxes, and Achievement Vending Machines.

"It seems these three things are standard equipment. Every region I’ve explored so far has these three items, which is good for me, as I can obtain extra benefits from the Lucky Slot Machines and Achievement Vending Machines.

Especially the Lucky Slot Machines—I love these kinds of mechanics where items can be obtained through a lottery system."

When Talent first awakened, Zhang Yanhang had been addicted to gacha mobile games for a while. The feeling of pulling an SSR every time was irresistible, turning a game meant for ’pay-to-win’ into one that felt hacked. But what followed was an endless void because he easily ’broke’ the gacha pool.

However, the Lucky Slot Machines in Ashen World were different. Although the prize pool could also be easily cleared, every region had its new Lucky Slot Machines, which brought Zhang Yanhang higher satisfaction and made him eagerly anticipate the prize pools in each area.

"But now the key issue is that the Lucky Slot Machines, Evaluation Settlement Treasure Boxes, and Achievement Vending Machines are a bit too far apart from each other, making it difficult to arrange a cleaning plan."

According to previous explorations by Zhang Yanhang, the closest to him was the Lucky Slot Machine to the southwest of Goblin Plain, while the Evaluation Settlement Treasure Box was located to the northeast of Goblin Plain.

It’s almost as if the distance between these two points forms a perfect diagonal, roughly equivalent to the hypotenuse of Goblin Plain.

The Achievement Vending Machine’s location is in the Core Area, exactly at the midpoint of the diagonal line formed by the Lucky Slot Machine and the Evaluation Settlement Treasure Box, "Speaking of which, why is the Achievement Vending Machine always so close to the Lord Monster? Is there some special rule?"

Although the Achievement Vending Machine was very close to the Lord Monster, Zhang Yanhang found it acceptable, since the achievements there generally required clearing the entire area before they could be redeemed. So its placement made sense; there was no use going too early.

"Wait, I suddenly feel like I’ve forgotten something very important... What exactly have I forgotten?"

As soon as he started thinking about the Achievement Vending Machine, Zhang Yanhang had this inexplicable feeling that he had forgotten to do something in this regard.

"What could it be?"

Since he was under the effect of Time Pause and didn’t need to worry about the time, after pondering for a while, Zhang Yanhang finally remembered what he had forgotten, "Didn’t I forget to redeem two achievements at the Achievement Vending Machine in Raccoon City?

How could I forget something so important? It seems I was too focused on clearing Raccoon City earlier and didn’t consider anything else, plus I was preoccupied with wanting to finish clearing the Zombies quickly and return to Dulda Apartment to open treasure boxes and craft Attack Coins."

For Zhang Yanhang, forgetting to redeem achievements seemed forgivable.

Although Zhang Yanhang had now recalled this important matter, due to the issue of Time Pause, he still couldn’t go and finish it right away.

He would have to wait until this quest cycle was over to head to the underground base of the Umbrella branch in Raccoon City to find that Achievement Vending Machine and redeem the remaining achievement.

"As for now, while the Time Pause is still ongoing, I should continue planning this Goblin Plain hunting operation."

Because there’s an issue with the locations of the Lucky Slot Machine and the Evaluation Settlement Treasure Box, even though Zhang Yanhang still plans to use them as anchors for his plan, he intends to divide the Goblin Plain cleaning operation into five stages.

The first stage is to head to the Lucky Slot Machine, the second to the Evaluation Settlement Treasure Box, the third involves clearing the entire Outer Zone, the fourth is to clear the Middle Layer area where the small and medium-sized Goblin tribes are, and the fifth stage is to clear the entire Nu Mountain Tribe while reaching the Achievement Vending Machine.

Of course, dividing it into five stages is not only because of the awkward positioning of the two anchor points but primarily because Goblin Plain is quite large, a full 110 square kilometers, which is thirty square kilometers more than Raccoon City and the small Crimson Iron Ant Nest Dala Gu combined.

Such a large area means that the previous four-stage cleaning plan might not be adequate.

For the first stage, by the time Zhang Yanhang reaches the Lucky Slot Machine, he should have cleared an area of about ten square kilometers.

In the second stage, on his way to the Evaluation Settlement Treasure Box, Zhang Yanhang needs to make a large detour, clearing about fifty square kilometers.

Then comes the third stage, clearing the southeast corner of Goblin Plain, which is about twenty square kilometers. Once that part is done, Zhang Yanhang will have cleared the entire Outer Zone of Goblin Plain and can begin to clear the Middle Layer of Goblin Plain.

"Since the Goblin Plain cleaning plan is already roughly outlined, let’s proceed according to this plan."

If any unexpected situations arise during the execution of the plan, Zhang Yanhang is also prepared to modify the entire cleaning plan at any time.

Especially events like the one that occurred in the small Crimson Iron Ant Nest Dala Gu, Zhang Yanhang would welcome as many of those incidents as possible, as they could significantly boost his hunting efficiency.

Unfortunately, replicating accidents of that magnitude isn’t very realistic, as not every Lord Monster has a terrifying ruling power like the Ant Queen, whose dominion is clearly a racial advantage etched in their genetics since all ants are born to serve the Ant Queen.

However, it’s quite clear that the Goblin Chief could not achieve this, so while it might be able to summon some Goblins, it definitely cannot gather all of them to attack Zhang Yanhang.

After all, besides the difference in ruling power, there’s also an issue with communication channels; the Crimson Iron Ant Queen merely needs to move her legs and use simple vibrations to convey her commands throughout the entire Crimson Iron Ant Nest.