Ashen God
Chapter 534 - 533 EX level [Ashen Treasure Box (Goblin Plain)]

Chapter 534: Chapter 533 EX level [Ashen Treasure Box (Goblin Plain)]

"I remember Spider-man’s strength is only about ten tons, and that’s his full body strength combined, just ten tons. Now, at Second Tier, my single-handed strength is already on par with a whole Spider-man. When I reach Third Tier, I might even be able to arm-wrestle Hulk..."

Zhang Yanhang added another half-ton piece of reinforced concrete to his hand while speaking, and this time, he was almost at his limit.

"Looking at it this way, my current strength limit should be fifteen and a half tons, which is another one and a half tons more than the previous fourteen tons. The 20% strength enhancement effect is indeed quite noticeable.

Just one hand can lift fifteen and a half tons; it feels like I could easily lift a lighter heavy tank with both hands, like Russia’s T-80 main battle tank, which weighs just over forty tons, right?"

It must be mentioned that while it seems that the strength of one hand is fifteen and a half tons and the combined strength of both hands should be thirty-one tons, it doesn’t actually work that way.

After all, according to human body structure, when both hands exert force at the same time, muscles like those in the chest and abdomen also provide strong support. So, it looks like it’s just two hands, but in fact, it’s all the muscles in the body working together.

This means that although Zhang Yanhang’s single-handed strength is indeed only fifteen and a half tons, lifting something weighing forty to fifty tons with both hands would definitely not be a problem.

In other words, if Zhang Yanhang now added Frenzy Skill and Giant Transformation to himself, then he could easily achieve what is normally defined as a hundred-ton strength. Of course, his single-handed strength would still be at most thirty tons.

"A hundred tons of strength, ah! I’m at Second Tier and already looking at a hundred tons. The strength of the Awakener System is indeed quite absurd."

Of course, this so-called hundred tons of strength is quite inflated for Zhang Yanhang himself. He only recognizes single-handed strength. The strength of both hands is meaningless to him; after all, when he throws a punch, can he really use two fists as one? That’s definitely impossible.

So, to reach a true hundred tons of strength, Zhang Yanhang probably still has a long way to go. This inflated hundred tons is just more pleasant to talk about.

"Now that all the achievements have been redeemed, it’s time to claim the Ashen Treasure Box. I’ve really been looking forward to the Ashen Treasure Box in the Goblin Plain for a long time, at least for nearly ten and a half hours."

Since he had been to the Evaluation Settlement Treasure Box before, Zhang Yanhang directly teleported in front of it with a Teleportation Technique.

Looking at the Evaluation Settlement Treasure Box in front of him that was flashing with dazzling golden light, Zhang Yanhang immediately started to check its attribute list.

[Evaluation Settlement Treasure Box (Goblin Plain)]

[Quality: None (generated by the Ashen World, no quality.)]

[Type: Treasure box]

[Origin: Ashen World, Goblin Plain.]

[Current Area Comprehensive Evaluation Detail List]

[Big Saber Goblin (First Tier One-star Elite Monster): 20097/20000]

[Goblin Spear Thrower (First Tier Two-star Elite Monster): 2800/2800]

[Goblin Wolf Cavalry (First Tier Three Star ordinary monster): 2400/2400]

[Big Goblin (Second Tier One-star Ordinary Monster): 140/140]

[Goblin Shaman (Second Tier One-star Elite Monster): 50/50]

[Chief Shaman Goblin Maka Baga (Second Tier Second Star Elite Monster): 1/1]

[Goblin Chief·Nu Mountain (Third Tier One-star Lord Monster): 1/1]

[Current Area Comprehensive Completion Rate: 101.5%]

[Current Area Comprehensive Evaluation Level: EX (F-EX)]

[Special Attribute: Ashen Treasure Box - The user can obtain an Ashen Treasure Box related to the evaluation level after completing the evaluation settlement.]

[Usage Requirements: Current Area Comprehensive Evaluation Level F or above.]

[Summary: An Evaluation Settlement Treasure Box automatically generated by the Ashen World, capable of real-time calculation of the current area’s comprehensive evaluation level and generation of an Ashen Treasure Box of the corresponding level.]

"101.5%? It seems my completion rate is getting lower and lower. Although it’s still EX, in Raccoon City, my completion rate was 122.3%. I thought the 104.9% at the small Crimson Iron Ant Nest Dalagu was already low enough, but I didn’t expect it to be even lower here.

If it wasn’t for the fact that I cleared the third prize pool of the Lucky Slot Machine and killed an extra hundred Big Saber Goblins, I fear the completion rate would be even lower."

Speaking of the Big Saber Goblin, Zhang Yanhang suddenly noticed something - that the total number of Big Saber Goblins he had killed was not 20100, but only 20097.

"The quota for Big Saber Goblins is twenty thousand, and then I killed another hundred at the slot machine, so since there are three missing now, it means I may have inadvertently overlooked three Big Saber Goblins when I was clearing the outer zone of the Goblin Plain.

But missing them is perhaps inevitable, and besides, there’s always the slot machine to fill the gap, so missing a few Big Saber Goblins doesn’t matter much."

Zhang Yanhang’s inability to kill the full quota of monsters this time, as he had in Raccoon City and the small Crimson Iron Ant Nest Dalagu, can be said to be quite normal.

After all, the situations in the previous two areas were actually not very normal, and in Raccoon City, Zhang Yanhang had visited several times. During the time when the Transmission Channel was closed, some monsters were restored through automatic refresh, allowing Zhang Yanhang to kill a number exceeding the quota.

The situation at the small-scale Crimson Iron Ant Nest Dalagu was also quite similar. Zhang Yanhang had been there twice, so the monsters that emerged from the gaps in the middle, along with the replenishments from the Lucky Slot Machine, enabled him to kill a number exceeding the set number of monsters.

Moreover, there was a very important reason why he was able to wipe them all out. The Crimson Iron Ant Queen had summoned all the Crimson Iron Ants together. Otherwise, considering the maze-like interior of the small-scale Crimson Iron Ant Nest Dalagu, it would have been very easy to miss some.

The situation in Goblin Plain was entirely different. It was Zhang Yanhang’s first visit, so he did not give the Dragon Vein Goblins any time to respawn, and the summoning methods of Goblin Chief Nu Shan were not very effective.

Just from the fact that it took over two hours just to summon the Dragon Vein Goblins in the middle layer and core area, it was evident how useless its abilities were in this regard.

Additionally, the Big Saber Goblins in the outer zone of the Goblin Plain were particularly special in their fondness for slacking off, which might be the real reason why Zhang Yanhang didn’t manage to kill the full quota of monsters. After all, slacking off usually occurs in secluded places.

The Goblin Plain covered an area of one hundred and ten square kilometers, and with roughly twenty-five thousand Dragon Vein Goblins scattered over such a vast area, one could imagine how dispersed they were.

Therefore, it was nothing short of a miracle that Zhang Yanhang only missed three; he initially thought he might miss a few dozen Big Saber Goblins.

By the way, although according to the current trend, if the completion rate kept steadily decreasing he might not achieve 100% completion in the next area, that scenario was still quite unlikely to happen.

After all, even if Zhang Yanhang did not provide enough respawning time, the set number of monsters would definitely still be waiting inside the area. As long as he killed all these set monsters, he would surely achieve a 100% completion rate.

Therefore, Zhang Yanhang felt that his EX-level evaluation was quite stable and unlikely to drop to an S+ or S level.

After looking through the attribute list of the Evaluation Settlement Treasure Box from the Goblin Plain, Zhang Yanhang immediately began to settle the evaluation level.

[Would you like to open the ’Evaluation Settlement Treasure Box (Goblin Plain)’?]

"Yes, open the treasure box." Following the familiar process, no time pause or related options were triggered after Zhang Yanhang chose to open the box. Instead, he had a metal treasure box that flashed with colorful light in his hand.

[You have obtained an EX-level ’Ashen Treasure Box (Goblin Plain)’.]

Zhang Yanhang briefly examined the metal treasure box that suddenly appeared in his hand, flickering with a dazzling array of colors. Its overall shape was similar to the previous two boxes, still giving off an impression of elegance at first glance, except that the text on the front of the box had changed, engraved with the words ’Goblin Plain’ in special script.

After obtaining the Ashen Treasure Box, Zhang Yanhang did not rush to open it but instead put it straight into his waist bag, intending to open it once he was back in the Main World.

"The achievements have been exchanged, and the Ashen Treasure Box has been collected; so what should I do next? Head back to Dulda Apartment 301 in Raccoon City and wait for the teleportation gate to close automatically?"

Zhang Yanhang glanced at the time and saw that there were still a little over eight minutes left until the transmission channel would automatically close. He thought he might use this time to do something else.

For example, he could make a trip to the sewers of Raccoon City to see if, with the space knowledge incidentally infused into him when the Scroll Dragon Bloodline bestowed upon him the space magic, he would be able to restart the abandoned transmission channel there.

Thinking of this, Zhang Yanhang immediately used a teleportation technique to transport himself to the sewer. As soon as he entered, and before he could steady himself, a dark shadow suddenly pounced on him, clutching at his chest and gnawing wildly.

Looking at the zombie old lady in front of him, who was at least in her sixties or seventies and had a small, withered body, Zhang Yanhang couldn’t help but sigh. After all, even if it wasn’t him but some ordinary person, the zombie would still be chomping at thin air.

The reason was that the old lady zombie was probably missing her dentures. There wasn’t a single tooth in her mouth as she furiously gummed at him, an attack method that could hardly be called biting; even biting into tofu would seem challenging for her.

"Looking so young, how come she hasn’t got any teeth left? Could it be that she took up a side job in a boneless chicken feet processing factory after retirement? Oh, wait, American old ladies probably don’t even have the opportunity for that kind of work."

Watching the several dark red bloodstains on the energy shield of his chest caused by the old lady zombie’s vigorous gumming, which looked a bit disgusting, Zhang Yanhang couldn’t be bothered to entangle with her anymore and simply exploded her head with a swift blow.

[Successfully killed a First Tier Zero Star Monster ’Worker Zombie (Ordinary)’ ×1, gained +1 Soul points.]

"Hmm? She’s this old and still classified as a Worker Zombie? Could it really be that she worked illegally in a boneless chicken feet factory? Of course, other than boneless chicken feet factories, it could also be the even more popular boneless chicken wings and neck meat processing plant."

As the headless body of the old lady zombie fell, Zhang Yanhang only briefly complained before kicking it aside and carefully inspecting the abandoned transmission channel in front of him.

Unfortunately, although he had some understanding of spatial technology, he was still far from being able to restart the abandoned transmission channel.

"It seems this matter can really only be resolved by asking the group owner for help. With my current half-baked knowledge of space technology, trying to solve such a complex problem is really asking too much of myself."

Zhang Yanhang took another look at the time on his watch. Killing the zombie and inspecting the abandoned transmission channel took a little more than a minute, so he still had seven minutes left to use.

"Seven minutes, huh? It feels like I really don’t have anything else to deal with at the moment, just waiting to go back to the Main World and open the Ashen Treasure Box. Of course, in addition to that, I must get a good sleep."

After hunting monsters for ten and a half hours straight, even if he spent two hours sitting still, Zhang Yanhang’s physical strength was essentially depleted, and he urgently needed to recover quickly by sleeping.

After careful consideration and finding no other outstanding matters to deal with, Zhang Yanhang directly teleported back to the big bed in Dulda Apartment, unit 301.

Lying on this familiar, dilapidated wooden bed, Zhang Yanhang was thinking of just falling asleep right there, sleep for seven minutes, and then let the Multiple Choice wake him up automatically. But then he thought, it seems that he actually does have something to do.

"If I just directly leave Ashen World through the transmission channel like this, I won’t be able to bring back the bodies of Maka Bagga and Goblin Chief Nu Mountain to the Main World for research.

So, I should now process and segment them, embedding the valuable parts into the equipment so that I can study them during my spare time in the Main World."

Though he didn’t know if seven minutes would be enough, starting to work hard immediately is never wrong, and he decided to take back as much as possible.

With that in mind, Zhang Yanhang immediately took out the familiar metal workbench from his waist bag—the same one he used last time while separating the Crimson Iron Ant bodies in the small Crimson Iron Ant Nest Dalagu.