Ashen God
Chapter 410 - 409: Spacetime Snip

Chapter 410: Chapter 409: Spacetime Snip

After a quick review of the attribute lists of the two achievements he had not yet exchanged, Zhang Yanhang immediately pressed the corresponding buttons on the Achievement Vending Machine to make the exchange.

After pressing the buttons twice in succession, a blue light and a purple light promptly shot out from the dispensing slot of the Achievement Vending Machine and directly entered Zhang Yanhang’s body.

[You have obtained the Blue Achievement ’Zombie Slayer’.]

[You have obtained the Purple Achievement ’Zombie Killer’.]

"Two more new achievements acquired, not bad at all. With the three achievements I got earlier in the small Crimson Iron Ant Nest Dalaguli, I now have a total of six achievements that provide an ongoing boost. If I can clear the Goblin Plain as well, I’ll probably earn a few more new achievements."

Zhang Yanhang speculated that as he continued to clear the Ashen World, he could one day have dozens of achievements that provide real-time boosts hanging over him.

Fortunately, the Ashen World was not some pay-to-win online game; there were no achievement galleries or the like. Zhang Yanhang didn’t have to grind desperately for some cool-looking achievements. For him, earning achievements was simply a special bonus he got incidentally after clearing entire areas.

After successfully exchanging for Zombie Slayer and Zombie Killer, Zhang Yanhang immediately opened his attribute list to see if the additional bonuses from the achievements had been successfully credited.

[Strength: 50 (+5[-4])]

[Agility: 50 (+5[-1])]

[Constitution: 50 (+5[-2])]

[Intelligence: 50 (+5)]

[Charm: 39 (+19)]

"Currently, my Strength Attribute is just one point shy of the Second Tier Limit. If I upgrade the Level of Limitless Universe Skill a bit more, that should just about do it. As for the Agility Attribute, it is still four points away from the Second Tier Limit. I still need to work hard on that."

Because his First Tier was stuck on the Agility attribute, Zhang Yanhang, now at Second Tier, was already prepared to be held back by the Agility attribute again. Therefore, he felt hardly any fluctuation in his heart regarding the current situation. Of course, while that was the case, it wasn’t to the extent of being laughable.

"Now that the achievements have been exchanged, there really doesn’t seem to be anything left for me to do in Raccoon City, so I should hurry back to the Goblin Plain and start on the detailed clearing plan. After all, my time in the Ashen World is quite precious."

After one last glance at the Achievement Vending Machine, which had become valueless to him, Zhang Yanhang’s leg muscles tensed. He leaped upwards, shooting directly from the bottom of the vertical shaft that was dozens of meters deep.

Zhang Yanhang remembered that when he was at the First Tier, he had considered attempting such a feat, but couldn’t complete it due to physical limitations. Now, however, he could easily do it.

He recalled that back then he had estimated that he would need to reach the Second Tier to achieve this, and now it seemed that the earlier Zhang Yanhang’s prediction about his current situation was quite accurate.

After leaping out of the shaft, Zhang Yanhang quickly ran out of the underground tunnel, found his way back to the surface of Raccoon City, and took just several tens of seconds to reach the Goblin Plain he had long set his heart on clearing.

Minutes later, when he once again stood on the vast plains that stretched as far as the eye could see, Zhang Yanhang felt an inexplicable sense of calm in his heart. But promptly, he began to scan the surroundings for the location of Goblins using the Seeking Fortune and Avoiding Evil Skill.

Overall, even though he had been delayed a few minutes to exchange for achievements, the locations of the nearby Goblins hadn’t changed much from when he initially made his choice.

Moreover, he successfully found the Big Saber Goblin referred to in the options, which was currently lying on the grass, basking in the sun and sleeping.

Speaking of the sun, it bears mentioning a very important point. Maybe it was a bit of a delayed realization, but Zhang Yanhang suddenly noticed that the sky above Raccoon City was very close to that of the Goblin Plain, yet they seemed to be completely different spaces.

The sky above Raccoon City was cloudy throughout Zhang Yanhang’s zombie-clearing process, without any sunlight, making it feel like it was always in the late afternoon.

However, the Goblin Plain was different. Not only did it have a normal blue sky with white clouds, but there was also a vibrant sun that was most likely in a morning state. Moreover, perhaps because there was no industrial pollution, the sky here seemed even clearer than that of Qin Island City in the Main World; it was quite absurd.

What’s more frightening was that according to Zhang Yanhang’s past experience, the environment and time on the Goblin Plain seemed to be fixed in this state permanently.

He remembered that when he was hunting Zombies in Raccoon City, no matter when he returned to Dulda Apartment, he could always see the Goblin Plain’s blue sky and clouds, along with the warm sunshine reminiscent of early summer, in the distance.

This indeed subverted Zhang Yanhang’s understanding, and he gained a new perspective on the abnormality of the Ashen World.

"Based on the current state of Raccoon City and the Goblin Plain, perhaps most areas are in an environment similar to a spatial-temporal cut, perpetually stuck in the same time frame and the same environment.

Moreover, as monsters are killed, they would gradually respawn over time, returning to their original state."

After suddenly realizing this problem, Zhang Yanhang felt even more confused about the essence of the Ashen World.

However, confusion didn’t really matter. After all, he was just a Second Tier Awakened and delving into the nature of the Ashen World—a high-end problem—was not only fruitless but would only add to his troubles.

Judging from the current situation, Zhang Yanhang felt that even if he advanced to the Fourth Tier, he might not get a real answer to this problem, perhaps just some superficial shallow understanding.

"This issue is better left for me to ponder when I advance further in rank. For now, the most important thing for me is to hurry up and start the hunting plan to clear the entire Goblin Plain.

Or, if I still remember this question after returning to the Main World, maybe I can ask the group owner and see if she knows any important related secrets."

Feeling that he couldn’t get the answer with his current ability, Zhang Yanhang immediately gave up thinking about it. After all, unanswerable speculation was just a meaningless waste of time.

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