October 28, Wednesday, the third day after the Double Ninth Festival, and also the fourth day since Zhang Yanhang entered Ashen World, 4:01 AM, Raccoon City, Dulda Apartment, downstairs.

Having just gotten out of bed, Zhang Yanhang was now considering scanning the current situation of the monsters in Raccoon City, or perhaps just gauging the number of zombies that had newly respawned.

Previously, if Zhang Yanhang wanted to scan Raccoon City, he would probably have triggered a Time Pause first, but now it was different; he couldn't be bothered to trigger a Time Pause anymore.

After all, times had changed. He used to rely on Time Pause primarily because he was worried about not having enough time.

But now it was different. Time was in abundance; with twenty-six hours until the next opening and closing of the Transmission Channel, Zhang Yanhang's current speed meant he definitely had enough time to clear both Raccoon City and Goblin Plain.

Moreover, apart from time, the main reason was that Zhang Yanhang's abilities had significantly improved. His Seeking Fortune and Avoiding Evil scanning range had reached twenty-four square kilometers, whereas Raccoon City's total area was only forty-two square kilometers. He could finish scanning with just a couple of cycles.

Additionally, Zhang Yanhang's Movement Speed had experienced fierce growth, having reached the subsonic state of two hundred meters per second. Therefore, even a normal scan would take just over a dozen seconds at most to completely scan Raccoon City.

Thus, if it was merely about saving a trivial dozen seconds of time by triggering a Time Pause, Zhang Yanhang really felt it unnecessary and an overkill, like using a sledgehammer to crack a nut.

Holding that thought, Zhang Yanhang did a little stretch on the spot, then immediately started heading rapidly towards Raccoon City Police Department.

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October 28, Wednesday, the third day after the Double Ninth Festival, and also the fourth day since Zhang Yanhang entered Ashen World, 4:01 AM, Raccoon City, Police Department, front gate.

After spending about a dozen seconds quickly scanning the situation in Raccoon City, Zhang Yanhang found that the monster refresh count was much better than he had anticipated. Nearly three thousand monsters had respawned, almost matching the numbers at Crimson Iron Ant Nest.

"Raccoon City's designated count is supposed to be much less than that at the smaller Crimson Iron Ant Nest Dalagu, but the refresh numbers are almost the same..."

Based on the specific monster count from the scan, Zhang Yanhang thought it might be because the numbers of Ordinary Zombies and Police Zombies had spawned slightly more than before, creating this effect, though he didn't know why.

But to say it was more, it actually wasn't too much, so Zhang Yanhang felt that this could actually be within the normal range. After all, based on his previous experience clearing Raccoon City, normally not clearing it for eight or nine days would indeed result in more than two thousand monsters respawning.

Thus, having just a few hundred more wasn't considered an anomaly, and besides, Zhang Yanhang felt that the Police Zombies had made a significant contribution.

Regarding Police Zombies, Zhang Yanhang always found them unusual because he couldn't pinpoint any regular respawning pattern. This time, according to his scan, three hundred Police Zombies had spawned, which still seemed rather usual, yet paradoxically made it seem normal.

Apart from the three hundred Police Zombies, the majority were naturally the over two thousand Ordinary Zombies, followed by three hundred Zombie Dogs, and then over two hundred Lickers, with several dozen Beta-type Hunters and twenty or thirty Gamma Type Hunters rounding them out.

"Although about three thousand monsters had spawned, and Death Wave could no longer be used as freely as before, given my current movement speed, I am definitely still able to clear Raccoon City in less than an hour."

Zhang Yanhang took a breath of the foul, rotten air in Raccoon City and then immediately began his official monster hunt.

October 28, Wednesday, the third day after the Double Ninth Festival, and also Zhang Yanhang's fourth day in Ashen World, at 4:40 a.m., Raccoon City, on a street that was once normal but had now become a wreckage-filled deserted street.

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

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

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

After wiping out the last few Lickers in Raccoon City with the Six Roots Pure Soul Passage Spear, Zhang Yanhang waited expressionlessly for the drop treasure box to refresh amidst the surrounding ruins.

Raccoon City had already been littered with ruins before Zhang Yanhang's cleaning, and after his cleanup this time, the city was essentially left without many buildings still standing properly. Structures over three stories could be counted on one hand, leaving only one or two-story bungalows.

Due to the ruins everywhere, Zhang Yanhang's cleanup was actually very helpful. Originally, some zombies were spawned inside houses, but now without the houses, they surely couldn't be expected to spawn in the ruins right? If they did, they would be immediately crushed by the debris of the floors.

Therefore, these monsters were now spawning outside the ruins or standing on top of them. This way, most of the zombies were exposed outside, and Zhang Yanhang could simply sweep them with the Six Roots Pure Soul Passage Spear. Only a few required burrowing into houses, and in the process of burrowing into houses, or rather crashing into them, more ruins were made.

Zhang Yanhang could now very proudly say that the defensive power of modern concrete buildings was almost as thin as a layer of paper in front of him, perhaps even less durable than paper, truly quite fragile. After all, he was about to advance to the Third Tier, and if he couldn't even achieve this level, that would indeed be too disappointing.

After spending forty minutes, Zhang Yanhang had now successfully cleared almost all the zombies in Raccoon City, well, mainly those on the ground because he couldn't be bothered to dig into the sewers just for those dozen or so ordinary zombies underground. Zhang Yanhang couldn't say he had completely cleared all the zombies in Raccoon City.

But fortunately, it was not a big issue. Even if those dozen zombies in the sewer were cleared, they might not even drop a single treasure box, and even if they could drop, it would only be an additional thirty soul points at most. For merely forty or fifty soul points, Zhang Yanhang really couldn't be bothered to go into the sewers. It wasn't worth the trouble.

Of course, although Zhang Yanhang couldn't be bothered with those dozen or so scattered ordinary zombies, he still took care of the Gamma Type Hunters in the sewer.

Mainly because Zhang Yanhang had wiped out a large portion of the Gamma Type Hunters in the underground sewer when he was using Death Wave on the ground to clear other monsters. The few remaining isolated Gamma Type Hunters were then dealt with by Zhang Yanhang using several Arbitrary Gates for direct strikes; after all, it's a waste not to use the free Arbitrary Gates.

After quietly waiting for a few seconds, Zhang Yanhang found that the Lickers he had just killed hadn't dropped any treasure boxes, so he began to move towards Goblin Plain. It was still only 4:40 in the morning, and the third prize pool of the Raccoon City Lucky Slot Machine had not yet refreshed; naturally, he went straight to clear Goblin Plain.

"Speaking of which, although the number of times I can use Death Wave has decreased, because my movement speed has increased, it still didn't take an hour to clear Raccoon City this time, but only about forty minutes, even five minutes faster than last time, not bad."

Based on the situation in Raccoon City, Zhang Yanhang estimated that he should only need at most eight hours to clear the entire Goblin Plains.

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October 28th, Wednesday, three days after the Double Ninth Festival and also the fourth day since Zhang Yanhang entered the Ashen World, 4:45 AM, Goblin Plains, Nu Mountain Tribe.

After successfully entering the Goblin Plains, Zhang Yanhang did not rush to hunt monsters immediately but spent five minutes scanning the entirety of the Goblin Plains. He then realized that there were about five thousand monsters freshly spawned on the plains.

"Though it's the same eight-day interval, the number of monsters designated in the Goblin Plains is much higher than in Raccoon City, naturally leading to a larger number of monster spawns."

According to Zhang Yanhang's scanning results, the situation on the Goblin Plains was similar to that of Raccoon City. There were no Second-tier Monsters spawned, only First Tier Goblin types with Dragon Vein.

Among them, the most common were the First Tier Two Stars Big Saber Goblins, about four thousand in total. The rest were around five hundred Goblin Spear Throwers and four hundred Goblin Wolf Cavalry, adding up to a total of over five thousand.

"One hundred and ten square kilometers, I don't know how much time it will finally take to clear it all, but it certainly won't be just eight hours."

Zhang Yanhang guessed that if things went well, he might be able to clear the newly spawned part of the Goblin Plains in four to five hours.

"Forget it, stop thinking about these things now, and start hunting the monsters." Zhang Yanhang immediately began firing his Six Roots Pure Soul Passage Spear at the dozens of Goblin Wolf Cavalry that have been restless since a while ago, granting them an equal death.

Dada da—

[Successfully killed First Tier Three Stars monster 'Goblin Wolf Cavalry (Ordinary)' ×1, Soul points +10.]

[Successfully killed First Tier Three Stars monster 'Goblin Wolf Cavalry (Ordinary)' ×1, Soul points +10.]

[Successfully killed First Tier Three Stars monster 'Goblin Wolf Cavalry (Ordinary)' ×1, Soul points +10.]

...

Along with the loud sound of machine gun fire, killing notifications immediately began sounding in Zhang Yanhang's ears.

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October 28th, Wednesday, three days after the Double Ninth Festival and also the fourth day since Zhang Yanhang entered the Ashen World, 5:25 AM, Raccoon City, Dulda Apartment, Lucky Slot Machine.

After clearing the Goblin Plains for nearly forty minutes, Zhang Yanhang took a break and returned to Raccoon City. He planned to first clear out the slot machines in Raccoon City and then check whether the slot machines in the Demonized Swamp had respawned.

Zhang Yanhang had always suspected whether the Third Prize pool of the lucky slot machines in the Demonized Swamp follows the same refresh timing as those in Raccoon City, which is at 5 AM.

If true, Zhang Yanhang could snag the Third Prize pool from the lucky slot machines in the Demonized Swamp area before leaving the Ashen World.

However, he did not know how many monsters had specifically spawned in the Third Prize pool of the lucky slot machines in the Demonized Swamp; he would check this carefully later.

Of course, he had some prior estimates of the situation; he thought that, optimally, the number of monsters in various pools would be evenly distributed, as he still needed more equipment.

After some thought, Zhang Yanhang immediately pulled the metal lever on the side of the Lucky Slot Machine in Raccoon City. Practicing the principle that proficiency comes with practice, after pulling the metal lever thousands of times, Zhang Yanhang had almost developed an instinctive response.

As the metal lever was pulled, the familiar Time Pause instantly descended again on Raccoon City, and at the same time, a wide array of familiar text option boxes also appeared in front of Zhang Yanhang.

If it had been before clearing Raccoon City, Zhang Yanhang might have used the time pause to scan the number of monsters, but now that he had cleared Raccoon City, he immediately started checking the long list of text option boxes.

[Please choose the specific content of the Lucky Slot Machine draw]

[Option One: ❂❂❂ (Third Prize, Gamma Type Hunter, First Tier Three Stars, Ordinary Monster.)]

[Option Two: ❂❂❂ (Third Prize, Worker Zombie, First Tier Zero Stars, Ordinary Monster.)]

...

[Option Sixty-three: ❂❂❂ (Third Prize, Golden Retriever Zombie, First Tier One Star, Ordinary Monster.)]

...

[Option Eighty-five: ❂❂❂ (Third Prize, T-001 Prototype Tyrant, Second Tier One Star, Ordinary Monster.)]

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[Option One Hundred and Ninety-seven: ✫✫✫ (Fourth Prize, Thank you for your patronage, No physical prize.)]

...

After thoroughly checking the prize pool list refreshed by the Lucky Slot Machine in Raccoon City, Zhang Yanhang could only continue feeling a profound sense of disappointment.

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