Ashen God
Chapter 89: Sir, The Times Have Changed!

Chapter 89: Chapter 89: Sir, The Times Have Changed!

"Hmm? Triggered a critical hit, huh? Not bad luck." Since his Critical Strike Rate had increased from 2.5% to 6%, Zhang Yanhang was indeed experiencing a significant increase in the number of critical hits during combat. Of course, most critical hits were mainly triggered while firing bullets.

With regards to critical strike damage, Zhang Yanhang didn’t want to test such things on himself, so he couldn’t determine exactly how powerful it was. However, just looking at the effect, he felt that the power of a critical hit was at least more than double that of a normal attack.

Although he had already killed one Beta-type Hunter, there was still one left in the storage room. This Beta-type Hunter, just like the previous one, raised its right arm and pounced towards Zhang Yanhang, incidentally knocking into the lower half of the body of the previous Beta-type Hunter that had been standing rather stably.

"Mister, times have changed!" Zhang Yanhang pulled out his M4A1 rifle from his waist bag and fired half a magazine straight at the Beta-type Hunter’s head. Since he had already tested the specific Attack Power of the Beta-type Hunter, there was no need to stick to close combat.

Although the Beta-type Hunter’s body was covered in hard scales, they were still no match for bullets. Moreover, Zhang Yanhang’s Gun Master LV.5 provided a 50% Attack Power Bonus, increasing his damage output even further.

Dadadada—

With the continuous sound of gunfire, a pour of bullets turned the Beta-type Hunter’s head into a mess of gore. Its body fell stiffly to the ground, landing on the corpse of the Beta-type Hunter it had previously knocked down.

[Successfully killed a First Tier Three Star Monster ’Beta-type Hunter (ordinary)’×1, Soul points +10.]

After taking down two Beta-type Hunters, Zhang Yanhang aimed his gun behind him, where a Licker seemed to be lying in wait for a surprise attack. Unfortunately for it, Zhang Yanhang’s Perception was always on, so an attack of this level was definitely not going to succeed.

Dadadada—

Another burst of gunfire rang out, and tainted blood splattered all around. The Licker that had attempted a sneak attack on Zhang Yanhang was riddled with bullets.

[Successfully killed a First Tier Two-star Monster ’Licker (ordinary)’×1, Soul points +6.]

"Hmm? A treasure box?" After dealing with the Licker, Zhang Yanhang suddenly noticed that the Beta-type Hunter he had just killed had dropped a Green treasure box.

Just as Zhang Yanhang reached to pick up the treasure box, the Licker, which was supposed to still be lying on the ground, suddenly sprang in front of him. Zhang Yanhang grabbed the Licker by the neck and squeezed hard.

Crack!

The sounds of breaking bones and tearing muscles rang out simultaneously. The Licker’s head drooped weakly to one side, while Zhang Yanhang continued to calmly pick up the treasure box.

[Successfully killed a First Tier Two-star Monster ’Licker (ordinary)’×1, Soul points +6.]

Apart from the Green treasure box dropped by this Beta-type Hunter, Zhang Yanhang found that the Licker that had attempted to sneak up on him had also dropped a Green treasure box. "Not bad luck; five monsters actually dropped two treasure boxes. But random good fortune doesn’t really mean much; after all, the overall drop rate is definitely fixed."

Based on Zhang Yanhang’s experience of slaughtering thousands of monsters, sometimes killing just two could yield two treasure boxes, but there could also be instances where dozens were killed without a single drop. These were all normal. As long as the base number was large enough, such low-probability events couldn’t affect the overall drop rates of the treasure boxes.

After increasing this base number to the thousands, the statistical data obtained was quite reliable. So far, Zhang Yanhang had hunted thousands of zombies, and the result of the drop rate statistic was that on average, every seven to eight zombies would drop a treasure box.

As for the minor fluctuations that appeared on the average drop rate, they may be useful to those who hunted fewer monsters, as it could allow them to obtain more treasure boxes, but for someone like Zhang Yanhang, destined to clear the entire Raccoon City, they weren’t significant.

Therefore, although he was saying luck was on his side, in reality, there were no fluctuations in Zhang Yanhang’s heart, and he didn’t really feel like laughing.

After picking up the treasure box, Zhang Yanhang walked deeper into the storage room where there was a storage box, the real reason for his visit, so he definitely wouldn’t forget to take it.

Zhang Yanhang silently put the storage box into his waist bag. Including this, he now had a total of 294 slots. As for the fusion of storage boxes, there was no rush; he could do it after completing the Fourth Stage of the clearing plan. For now, he was very close to completely finishing the clearing plan for the outer zone of Raccoon City.

"Just the final two square kilometers left to completely clear the outer zone of Raccoon City. This time, it should definitely be a success in one go."

Zhang Yanhang knew when he first made the plan that it was very likely not to be completed in one attempt, and things turned out as expected. Now, embarking on the plan for the third time, he was finally going to succeed.

"Once the outer zone of Raccoon City is thoroughly cleared, that would mean two-thirds of Raccoon City will have been cleared. But the thought of the remaining one-third still gives me a headache."

Starting from the middle layer, First Tier Three Star Beta-type Hunters and Second Order One Star Prototype Tyrants would appear, and these stronger monsters would surely reduce Zhang Yanhang’s clearing efficiency. So, he wouldn’t be able to clean up the middle layer as efficiently as the outer zone.

"So, let’s just continue to work hard on the plan." Zhang Yanhang turned and left the storage room, stepping back onto the inexorable path of hunting zombies.

...

An hour and a half later, in the outer zone of Raccoon City, a toy store with pink door curtains.

Upon entering, Zhang Yanhang purposefully made a bit of noise. A blonde loli zombie, barely reaching a height of 1.2 meters, hiding behind a large toy bear, immediately lunged at Zhang Yanhang’s lower body upon hearing the sound. "A rare elementary school student zombie, you’re quite enthusiastic, but unfortunately, I’m not into grade schoolers."

Zhang Yanhang raised his hand and fired a shot, blasting the decaying head of the blonde loli zombie in front of him to smithereens.

[Successfully killed First Tier Zero Star Monster ’Student Zombie (ordinary)’ ×1, Soul points +1.]

"So this is the last zombie in the outer zone... I declare, the outer zone clearing plan is officially complete!"

Now that he had completed the outer zone clearing plan, Zhang Yanhang planned to return to Dulda Apartment for some rest and recuperation. After all, he was only a couple of hundred meters away from the entrance of Dulda Apartment. If he didn’t go back to rest, it would seem somewhat unreasonable.