Ashen God
Chapter 558 - 557: Super Typhoon ’Bai Lian

Chapter 558: Chapter 557: Super Typhoon ’Bai Lian

Moreover, from what Zhou Muxi had mentioned before about a transmission channel taking at least three days to open, the transmission channel at Zhang Yanhang’s home leading to Raccoon City would actually be considered quite fast. It was only one day slower than the quickest record held by the Crimson Iron Ore Vein.

Thus, rather than complaining about the long cooldown period of the transmission channels, it would be more meaningful to use the time in the Main World to strengthen oneself as much as possible.

"Besides obtaining Main Attribute rewards, since my Agility Attribute has now reached 50 points in a non-equipped state, the gap between it and the Intelligence Attribute has finally lessened somewhat, going back down from the previous 7 points to 5 points.

Though the largest gap still exists, fortunately, it’s now within a normal range. There should be no lingering issues when advancing to the Third Tier. Although I had Multiple Choice to fall back on, there was still some concern about potential problems."

Zhang Yanhang figured he probably wouldn’t be increasing his Intelligence Attribute anymore, mainly because it was no longer possible to uplift it. After all, the Scroll Dragon Bloodline had already been raised to SS grade, and for a long time to come, it probably won’t go any higher. Next was the Limitless Universe Skill, which had also been upgraded to LV.MAX.

Therefore, in terms of these two aspects, Zhang Yanhang indeed could no longer enhance his Intelligence Attribute. Or rather, it wasn’t just the Intelligence Attribute but the other three Main Attributes as well; he couldn’t enhance any of them anymore. He would have to wait until he unlocked the Third Tier to overcome these attribute restrictions and advance further.

As for attribute enhancements via Artifacts or achievements, even if Zhang Yanhang obtained them, they would be unusable, using them now would simply be a waste.

It seems that only Talent and Skill additions could avoid such wastage, but that was only to avoid wastage, nothing more. To actually utilize those overflow attributes, he would have to wait until the Third Tier advancement.

"Oh, wait, I just remembered something. My main attributes seem to still have a way to be increased after all, since the Talent from the forest likely, like other Talents, is one that enhances attribute values.

If that’s the case, it indeed could raise some attribute values, but which one would only be known a few days later."

If possible, Zhang Yanhang hoped the new Talent would increase his Agility Attribute, considering he had been stuck on it during his last two advancements. It was indeed somewhat annoying; if there was a Talent related to Agility, that might resolve the issue.

"I already have Talents for Constitution, Strength, and Intelligence; I hope the next new Talent won’t let me down." Zhang Yanhang was still quite confident in his luck, or perhaps more precisely, in Multiple Choice and Heavenly Destiny Master.

Besides, besides moving from 48 to 50 points in the non-equipped state for Agility Attribute, the Fierce Tyrannosaurus Gene Potion had also increased Zhang Yanhang’s Energy Value Recovery Speed, from forty-five points per hour to forty-eight, an increase of three points, which is one-fifteenth.

"Although it’s just a three-point increase, it should be somewhat useful." Compared to natural recovery speed, Zhang Yanhang was more interested in the recovery efficiency of the Limitless Universe Skill. Thus, he immediately started practicing it to restore his Energy Value.

After practicing Limitless Universe Skill for a good while, Zhang Yanhang discovered that the Energy Value recovery efficiency had indeed increased, although not by much, roughly 6%, which was about the same as the one-fifteenth increase indicated by the panel data.

"In that case, this increased Energy Value Recovery Speed is actually quite useful for me, enhancing the recovery efficiency of the Limitless Universe Skill."

Even though a 6% enhancement isn’t much, Zhang Yanhang quickly calculated that it should reduce the time needed to fully restore his Energy Value in the Main World by about half an hour, though even after the reduction, it would still take a little over five hours.

"So, the question now is, now that I’ve filled the gap in the Agility Attribute, what should I do next?"

Zhang Yanhang glanced at the time on his phone. It was only three o’clock now, and the next class started at three-thirty, so he still had half an hour before class.

Zhang Yanhang used Seeking Fortune and Avoiding Evil to scan the classroom he’d need later for class. Finding that it seemed unoccupied, he decided to go there early mainly because he wanted to continue fusing the Thermo-baric Bombs+6 without having to suddenly change locations in the middle of it, so heading there earlier would be better.

Since it was close by, Zhang Yanhang chose not to use any type of teleportation but ran there instead, feeling that he shouldn’t be lazy for just a short distance. Walking on his own might even trigger some unexpected encounters.

In this respect, he believed that compared to teleportation, normal modes of movement might have a higher chance of encountering unexpected events.

Moreover, Zhang Yanhang felt that just because he had teleportation didn’t mean he should rely solely on that method. That could make him too lazy, which would be problematic if that habit were carried into the Ashen World. So, it was still good to exercise more as it only took roughly a dozen seconds to run there.

Unexpectedly, during this brief run, Zhang Yanhang received a new message halfway through the run. However, he ignored the notification sound until he entered the classroom, found his seat, and finally checked the message on his phone.

Initially, Zhang Yanhang thought it was a message from the group leader, possibly some tips or warnings, but upon opening it, he was surprised to find it was from Zhou Muxi, who had sent a short video of about ten seconds.

Upon viewing it, Zhang Yanhang found the footage not only severely shaky but also blurry, reminiscent of a 10-year-old video quality. Forget about 720P HD, it wasn’t even clear if it was 480P standard definition.

In the blurry footage, Zhang Yanhang could barely make out a woman in the center lifting her right hand towards something that looked like a column in the distance, pointing at it, and then the column became even blurrier and oddly started moving backward.

Confused, Zhang Yanhang sent Zhou Muxi a question mark.

Heavenly Destiny Master: "?"

Chaotic Eye: "Too strong, the Fourth Tier Awakened sent by the related department in Beijing was too strong. My backup plan was completely unnecessary, and she not only managed to send the Category 17 super typhoon Bai Lian back but even had enough power left to strengthen it into a Category 18 typhoon."

Heavenly Destiny Master: "?"

Chaotic Eye: "No time to talk, I have other things to do, just go check the news."

Heavenly Destiny Master: "..."

After being forced to end the conversation with just three symbols, Zhang Yanhang, still somewhat puzzled, used his mobile browser to search for related news and found higher quality videos.

However, these videos did not show the Fourth Tier Awakened or any other members from the related departments like Zhou Muxi, they only captured footage of the typhoon.

In this high-definition version, Zhang Yanhang felt the oppressive force of the super typhoon Bai Lian, which seemed to connect the heavens and the earth. The thick clouds swept up by the typhoon covered the sky, plunging the area near Bai Lian into darkness, illuminated by roaring thunderstorms passing by sporadically to reveal Bai Lian’s body.

Faced with the super typhoon Bai Lian, which carried the full end-of-the-world vibe, for the first time, Zhang Yanhang truly understood what it looked like when a Fourth Tier Awakened went all out, true to the Immortal Land Realm.

Previously, Zhang Yanhang had no real concept of typhoons and felt somewhat that this thing moved slowly while watching the thick wind column in the video gradually recede. However, after closely examining the information, he realized that its speed was not slow at all.

During the Category 17 typhoon, Bai Lian’s movement speed was about sixty meters per second, which equates to a speed of 216 kilometers per hour, roughly the same as the actual speed of high-speed trains.

After strengthening to a Category 18 typhoon, Bai Lian’s movement speed increased to seventy meters per second, equating to a speed of 252 kilometers per hour, matching that of ordinary civilian helicopters.

The straight-line distance from Qin Island City to the capital of South Korea is about six hundred kilometers, which means it would only take a little over two hours for the Category 18 typhoon Bai Lian to make landfall in Han City.

The distance from the capital of Japan to Qin Island City is approximately 1,800 kilometers, meaning that after wreaking havoc in Han City, it would take about five hours for the Category 18 typhoon Bai Lian to reach the capital of Japan, Tokyo.

After emerging from Tokyo Bay, it would return to its birthplace, the embrace of the Pacific Ocean, taking about seven and a half hours in total.

As for the specific number of disaster-affected people, Zhang Yanhang estimated it would start in the millions, potentially even reaching tens of millions considering the densely populated areas of Han City and Tokyo City.

"A Fourth Tier Awakened, if their ability is suitable, indeed possesses astonishing destructive power. It’s just a pity that compared to the number of people affected, the number of casualties might be negligible, perhaps a ratio of 0.5 per thousand would be considered good."

Zhang Yanhang felt he didn’t need such a large-scale attack that spanned thousands of kilometers. Although the range was indeed large, the power was diluted, making an attack that couldn’t kill monsters utterly meaningless.

Thus, compared to this type of attack, Zhang Yanhang preferred the attack mode of thermo-baric bombs. Although the cover range wasn’t large — at +5, the direct coverage was only about a dozen square kilometers — once it burst, there wouldn’t be any living thing left in the entire coverage area.

This was truly the kind of ability suitable for hunting monsters. As for typhoons, while their oppressive force was indeed substantial, the lack of lethal power was a significant flaw. If it couldn’t even kill ordinary humans sheltered in their homes, how could it hope to kill the monsters of the Ashen World?

If someone used this kind of typhoon to attack him, his only thought might be, ’Mr. Wind, stop blowing.’ Okay, maybe it couldn’t even move a scraping plate, and not just for him, probably even ordinary monsters couldn’t be moved either.

After all, a wind speed of seventy meters per second might seem very fast, matching that of civilian helicopters, but the problem is, even a Second Tier Awakened, just based on their basic physical quality, can achieve this kind of movement speed if Agility is their main attribute.

Even if Agility isn’t their main attribute, with the support of spiritual energy, they can also achieve this kind of movement speed, so the typhoon might kill some First Tier monsters, but for Second Tier monsters with movement speeds of dozens of meters per second, it seems quite inadequate.

Unless there’s a lot of debris around that could be pulled in, like trees or stones to increase its attack power, but it’s similarly meaningless, because even if it can kill Second Tier monsters, it would be completely useless against Third Tier monsters.

A full-force attack by a Fourth Tier Awakened that can’t even kill Third Tier monsters is indeed a wasteful attack method unsuitable for hunting monsters. However, if the terrain is right, say a canyon or depression, maybe it could drown some monsters in torrential rain.

And the truly threatening attack for monsters would still be the typhoon’s accompanying thunderstorms, which could kill a large group in one strike, probably the most efficient attack mode for the Fourth Tier Awakened.

By the way, Zhang Yanhang’s current movement speed is ninety-seven meters per second, much faster than the typhoon. Converted to hourly speed, it equates to 350 kilometers per hour, maintaining the same speed as military helicopters, though still having a significant gap from civilian airliners.

The flying speed of a civilian airliner is nine hundred kilometers per hour, and even using spiritual energy, Zhang Yanhang could only roughly reach seven hundred kilometers per hour, still two hundred kilometers per hour shy. But Zhang Yanhang estimated that once he advanced to the Third Tier, he could easily surpass civilian airliners, and competing with fighter jets might not be out of the question either.

"Plus, although the typhoon indeed made it there, the problem is that there are high-level Awakened in South Korea too, who should help take action to reduce or neutralize the power of this typhoon. So, the specific number of affected people should significantly decrease."

Since typhoon Bai Lian has already moved away from Qin Island City, Zhang Yanhang couldn’t be bothered to pay attention to it anymore. It wasn’t really relevant to him anyway. If Zhou Muxi hadn’t happened to mention it earlier, Zhang Yanhang might not even have cared about such news that had no impact on Awakeners.

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