Ashen God
Chapter 572 - 571: Deformed Beast-eared Girl

Chapter 572: Chapter 571: Deformed Beast-eared Girl

October 24, Frost Descent, also the fourth day since Zhang Yanhang left the Ashen World, at 11:30 AM, Xingfuli District, Apartment 505, bedroom.

After spending 39 hours learning magic knowledge, the spell progress bar, which greatly resembled a download progress bar, laboriously climbed to 99.99% and then... stopped moving.

It wasn’t because the spell progress bar also inherited the essence of a download progress bar, but simply because Zhang Yanhang was a bit thirsty and couldn’t help but pause his study to have a sip of water.

Once he finished drinking, Zhang Yanhang immediately refocused on learning magic knowledge, and a few seconds later, with the completion of that last bit of knowledge, the spell progress bar slightly advanced and finally filled the entire progress frame to reach 100%. At the same time, it also allowed Zhang Yanhang to finally learn the Fifth Tier Spell High-level Silence Field.

Compared to the previous Zero Ring Illusion Sound Barrier and Three Tier Spell Silent Field, the Fifth Tier High-level Silence Field undoubtedly completely outclassed them in both effectiveness and coverage area.

The coverage of the Zero Ring Soundproof Barrier and the Three Ring Silent Field spanned only several meters or tens of meters, but the coverage of the Fifth Tier High-level Silence Field expanded suddenly to several hundred meters. Moreover, this specific coverage could be scaled at will, a point of superiority that was immediately apparent.

Of course, compared to this coverage, what Zhang Yanhang valued even more was the mobility of the Fifth Tier High-level Silence Field.

After being cast, the prerequisites of the Zero Ring Illusion Sound Barrier and the Three Tier Silent Field could only remain fixed in place, whereas the Fifth Tier High-level Silence Field could move freely by anchoring on the recipient or an object.

Only with this level of mobility could Zhang Yanhang truly achieve his small goal of invisible, silent, and ultra-high-speed flying.

Moreover, although Zhang Yanhang rarely needed it, as a Fifth Tier spell, the High-level Silence Field offered far greater defensive power against sonic attacks than the Three Ring Silent Field, easily defending against Third Tier Level sonic attacks.

After all, the High-level Silence Field was a specialized defense, particularly against the niche sonic type. If it didn’t have this effect, there might be no need to develop such a spell at all since ordinary shield spells could also protect against sonic damage.

However, ordinary shields couldn’t achieve the high interception efficiency of the specialized High-level Silence Field.

Additionally, a friendly aspect of the High-level Silence Field for Zhang Yanhang was that, unlike the Three Tier Silent Field, after its deployment, he wouldn’t become deaf; instead, he could still receive outside sounds to some extent.

Or rather, he could receive harmless parts of sound waves, while those exceeding a certain threshold would be intercepted. Of course, these aspects could be manipulated by Zhang Yanhang himself, which was very user-friendly.

"Now that I have this High-level Silence Field, I can fly at ultra-high speeds in the Main World without any restraint. It’s just a pity that I currently don’t have the spare time to do so; I’ll wait until after I return from the Ashen World to go flying in the sky," he mused.

Zhang Yanhang truly didn’t have much spare time at the moment; he glanced at the time on his phone, now it was already 11:30 AM, with only five hours left until the opening of the teleportation channel to the small-scale Crimson Iron Ant Nest Dala Gu.

In these five hours, Zhang Yanhang not only needed to spend some time resting but also to research Alchemy Potions.

"So the question becomes, if I only have five hours, and I need to research Alchemy Potions and rest, obviously there isn’t enough time. Should I give up researching Alchemy Potions and just go to sleep, or should I cut into my sleeping time to focus on researching Alchemy Potions?"

After careful consideration, Zhang Yanhang felt it might be better to leave the research on Alchemy Potions for next time and prioritize getting some good rest now.

After all, he had already been continuously learning magic knowledge for 39 hours. Although he had been lying in bed the whole time without needing to move his body, mental labor was still laborious, and learning magic knowledge was definitely more exhausting than mere physical labor.

His brain’s prolonged and high-speed operation made Zhang Yanhang feel somewhat tired, as if he were back in a calculus class, wanting nothing more than to sleep soundly. There really wasn’t any extra energy left to tinker with Alchemy Potions.

Having made up his mind, Zhang Yanhang immediately re-packed the Dark Purple Quality Item [Maka Bagga’s Alchemy Set], originally set beside him and about to be opened, back into his Waist Bag.

Although he had initially planned to see what was inside after learning the Fifth Tier High-level Silence Field, unfortunately, plans couldn’t keep up with changes, and with only five hours left, Zhang Yanhang really didn’t have the spare time to engage in such an activity.

Moreover, the main reason was Zhang Yanhang’s lack of confidence in his own Alchemy skills, feeling that he probably wouldn’t be able to produce any Alchemy Potions that would be particularly useful to him, which is why he placed the priority of producing Alchemy Potions last.

Although he couldn’t research Alchemy Potions this time, it turned out to be somewhat of a blessing. After all, Zhang Yanhang was about to advance to the Third Tier soon, and by then, his Alchemy skills would likely also unlock the subsequent upgrade conditions along with the Rank upgrade.

Once he continued to advance his Alchemy skills, his level would undoubtedly utterly surpass the current Second Tier, enabling him to maximize the effects of the materials at hand.

At the very least, it should ensure that situations where he uses Dark Purple Quality materials to produce Purple Quality or even Blue Quality Alchemy Potions wouldn’t occur.

If Zhang Yanhang were to produce them now, although the likelihood of creating Blue Quality might be quite low, manufacturing Purple Quality was almost certainly a high-probability event.

So, from the perspective of saving materials, it would indeed be better to save the materials for the Third Tier Level. Although Zhang Yanhang never really expected anything useful to come from the leftovers stripped from monsters.

But if he could produce an Alchemy Potion of the same Quality, it would naturally be much better than those of lower quality, even two grades lower.

After mulling it over quickly, Zhang Yanhang, who had just opened his eyes not long ago, immediately set an alarm on his phone and then closed his eyes again. Only this time, he wasn’t learning a new spell but simply sleeping.

...

October 24th, Frost Descent, and also the fourth day since Zhang Yanhang left the Ashen World, 4:25 PM, Xingfuli District, Apartment 505, Bedroom.

The serene bedroom was abruptly filled with the urgent ringing of the alarm. Lying cozily in bed, Zhang Yanhang instantly opened his eyes, turned off the alarm, and checked the time, "I still have five minutes before the Transmission Channel opens. I woke up right on time this time, alarms are indeed useful."

Although Zhang Yanhang usually can’t hear the alarm, that’s only under normal circumstances. Once there’s something important, he can hear it. If you’re wondering how this selective hearing happens, the blame definitely goes to the Energy Shield. After all, when there’s nothing going on, he subconsciously blocks out external sounds, so really, the Energy Shield is to blame.

Just woken up, Zhang Yanhang felt a bit sluggish and didn’t really want to move. So, he directly teleported himself from the large bed in Apartment 505 of Xingfuli District to the sofa in the living room of East River District Building 6, Unit 702.

Lying on the sofa, still under the blanket, Zhang Yanhang’s eyes gradually became misty again, possibly from not having enough sleep. Within seconds, he drifted back to sleep, not worried about oversleeping, as he was confident Multiple Choice would surely wake him up when the time came.

As Zhang Yanhang had anticipated, it felt like he had only closed his eyes for a few seconds when the air around him suddenly thickened. Time Pause descended once again on East River District, and Zhang Yanhang immediately opened his eyes. Mainly because under Time Pause, he couldn’t manage to stay asleep.

Having become very familiar with the process, the just-awakened Zhang Yanhang immediately started reviewing the options before him.

"Would you like to enter the Ashen World?"

"Option One: Yes (Immediately pass through the Transmission Channel in front of you into the Ashen World. In your last clean-up process, you completely cleared out the entire small Crimson Iron Ant Nest Dala Gu, from the Crimson Iron Worker Ants at the bottom layer to the Crimson Iron Ant Queen who ruled over the whole small Crimson Iron Ant Nest Dala Gu, all were personally hunted down by you.

But although the entire small Crimson Iron Ant Nest Dala Gu had been cleared, you were not satisfied. You still wanted to hunt more monsters, so you directed your attention to other monster nests within the Crimson Iron Ore Vein. After finding another interesting monster nest, you chose to cut through the ore vein to reach the locations of other monsters)."

"Option Two: No (Although the Transmission Channel is right before your eyes, you suddenly lost interest in it, because you discovered something else nearby that piqued your interest more. In the midst of scanning out of boredom, you inadvertently detected a strange creature nearby, resembling the urban legend Cat-faced old lady, looking like a life form but possessing some traits of a fierce ghost.

You took the opportunity to give it a detailed scan and found that this Cat-faced old lady was essentially just an ordinary black cat fierce ghost dwelling within the body of an ordinary old lady. This mundane discovery left you somewhat disappointed, but despite the disappointment, in the spirit of humanity, you still performed a ritual to put its soul to rest)."

"Option Three: Prepare a little (The Transmission Channel is still open for seven hours and twenty-nine minutes. Realizing that there’s still plenty of time, you think you could perhaps prepare a little, but even though you said prepare a little, you couldn’t think of anything worthwhile to prepare for.

Thus, not knowing what else to do, you figured you could use this time to catch a bit more sleep before heading to the Ashen World to start hunting monsters. Half an hour later, after a nap and swiftly organizing all the Equipment and Artifacts on you, you entered the small Crimson Iron Ant Nest Dala Gu)."

"The first option, well, is a standard option, and this time, Multiple Choice obviously understands me well, not giving any options to hunt monsters in the Crimson Iron Ore Vein, because this time I’m here just to simply carve through the tunnel.

The specific task of clearing out monster nests and the like must wait until I’m promoted to Third Tier Level. That would be the next time the Transmission Channel to the small Crimson Iron Ant Nest Dala Gu opens, and this time I’m set to clean up the forest on the north side of Raccoon City."

Compared to the first option, Zhang Yanhang felt the second option was a bit more interesting.

"The second option even brought up the urban legend of the Cat-faced old lady, and come on, a black cat fierce ghost dwelling on an old lady’s corpse isn’t ordinary at all, it’s quite chilling."

After reading this option, Zhang Yanhang couldn’t help but use Seeking Fortune and Avoiding Evil to scan his surroundings. To his surprise, he actually found a Cat-faced old lady who was unexpectedly close, just under five hundred meters away. At the moment, the Cat-faced old lady was lying on the ground with four limbs among a group of stray cats, seemingly doing something.

"I initially thought that such a chilling option might only appear after I chose it, but didn’t expect it to be present from the start. But I definitely don’t have time to deal with such things, I’ll just report it to Zhou Muxi later."

To Zhang Yanhang, ordinary fierce ghosts were actually quite acceptable. After all, if it’s just some spilling intestines and missing a few brain pieces, not only does he not find it scary, but it even feels rather familiar.

And why familiar? Mainly because he can’t help but think of zombies. His love for zombies is deep, wishing he could encounter a horde of them attacking him every day, but unfortunately, that’s just a dream.

However, the Cat-faced old lady, this deformed beast-eared version, is different. Its appearance is far too ugly, and looking at it too much could cause a drop in SAN value.

Compared to urban legends like the Cat-faced old lady, Zhang Yanhang actually prefers those like the Split-mouthed woman and the Eight-foot Lady. Especially the Eight-foot Lady, ever since he saw the animation, he truly got a very deep impression etched in his mind.

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