Ashen God
Chapter 423 - 422 Goblin Plain Cleanup Plan

Chapter 423: Chapter 422 Goblin Plain Cleanup Plan

Zhang Yanhang had originally prepared for a drawn-out battle, but unexpectedly, the estimated eighteen hours had shrunk to just nine. He could potentially clear the entire Goblin Plain without any rest at all.

The original eighteen hours would have required a break halfway through to continue clearing the monsters, taking more than a day in total. It could be said that the time needed for Zhang Yanhang to clear the Goblin Plain was reduced to a third of the original estimate because he didn’t need to rest.

"Even to say, if I could find equipment or items that enhance Movement Speed in other goblins’ treasure boxes later on, I could further increase my efficiency when clearing the Goblin Plain. By then, I might be able to clear the entire Goblin Plain in just eight hours.

Eight hours? Eight hours?! Is this the true essence of the eight-hour workday? Compressing all work within eight hours and then taking a long rest all at once."

Despite feeling that this approach was the more straightforward path, Zhang Yanhang, who had long been misguided, felt he definitely couldn’t achieve this in environments outside the Goblin Plain. Therefore, he would most likely stick to his own invented eight-hour work regimen in future work processes.

After all, plains like these are rare in an environment surrounded mostly by forests, mountains, and high walls.

"I really wish other areas were also plains. Unfortunately, from what I see now, plains are quite rare, or maybe, there are just too many types of environments, leading to a reduced probability for plains to occur."

Regarding the types of environments, Zhang Yanhang could easily list dozens, such as underground, caves, cities, islands, deserts, swamps, rainforests...

Such a variety dilutes the emergence of plains significantly, so Zhang Yanhang figured he might not encounter an environment where he could maximize his speed advantage and other abilities for a long time after clearing the Goblin Plain.

"Assuming it currently takes an average of five minutes to clear each square kilometer, the first phase plan of clearing ten square kilometers in the Goblin Plain requires less than an hour, precisely fifty minutes to complete.

Now that I’ve already cleared three square kilometers, the remaining seven should take about thirty-five minutes to clear. I didn’t expect to progress this fast.

In that case, after half an hour, I should be able to reach the slot machine’s location and start clearing the prize pool."

The thought of being able to start drawing rewards from the slot machine in just half an hour significantly boosted Zhang Yanhang’s motivation to work, although it was already quite strong.

"Is it just my imagination? Why does it feel like the treasure box drop rate in the Goblin Plain is slightly higher than in Raccoon City and the small Crimson Iron Ant Nest Dalagu?"

After clearing six to seven hundred Big Saber Goblins within three square kilometers of the Goblin Plain, Zhang Yanhang felt he had gained the ability to calculate the treasure box drop rate.

However, he found a peculiar issue after his calculations; the First Tier Zombies in Raccoon City and the First Tier Crimson Iron Ants in small nests each dropped a treasure box every twenty or so.

But it was roughly every nineteen Big Saber Goblins that a treasure box would drop in the Goblin Plain, slightly increasing his Soul points income by about four or five percent.

Unable to pinpoint the reason for this occurrence, Zhang Yanhang eventually concluded that maybe the Goblin Plain inherently had a higher treasure box drop rate, though he didn’t know the normal rate since he had not slain any First Tier Goblins before.

"Maybe I could also test the drop rates when hunting Second Tier Goblins later.

But with only a minor difference of nineteen to twenty, it seems that the treasure box drop rate here might indeed be slightly higher than in small Crimson Iron Ant Nest Dalagu and Raccoon City, but it shouldn’t be much higher, perhaps just around seven or eight goblins for one treasure box drop."

As for the specific treasure box drop rate in the Goblin Plain, Zhang Yanhang, currently clearing the outer zone, couldn’t verify it until he started clearing the middle layer where Second Tier Goblins were found.

But given his current clearing efficiency, it would just be a matter of hours, so there was no rush to enter the middle layer to kill a bunch of Second Tier Goblins to test the drop rate.

Besides, the drop rate is fixed; even if tested, it can’t change because of him, so testing the drop rate was just a simple exploration of why First Tier Goblins in the Goblin Plain could drop a treasure box every nineteen kills.

"Now that I think about it, since the treasure box drop rate involves both the monster and Luck Value, could I possibly increase the base multiplication rate of monster treasure box drops by enhancing Luck Value in the future? This seems like an interesting endeavor."

However, Luck Value being a hidden Attribute, Zhang Yanhang couldn’t even see what his Luck Value was, let alone enhance it. He felt it was certainly a challenging task.

"Moreover, for an Awakener like me, who thanks to the Multiple Choice talent had his Luck Value maxed out, it’s uncertain whether increasing Luck Value would be useful at all. It’s entirely possible that after all the effort to increase it a little, I might find it completely useless."

Zhang Yanhang planned to find some time later to ask about Luck Value in Multiple Choice, to see if there was any way to enhance it.

Of course, Zhang Yanhang wasn’t holding much hope, considering that it was highly unlikely that his barely over one thousand Energy value limit could convince Multiple Choice to enhance such an important thing as Luck Value, let alone that it was almost a slim chance.