November 2nd, Monday, the first day after Halloween, and also the second day Zhang Yanhang entered the Ashen World, at 5:49 a.m., Umbrella Biochemical Test Field, Evaluation Settlement Treasure Box.

"Finally, I've waited for this moment. Once I handle the Ashen Treasure Box, I can immediately return to the Main World and begin my Rank Ascension."

Looking at the Evaluation Settlement Treasure Box in front of him, which once appeared enormous but now seemed quite mini to him, resembling an ordinary small box, Zhang Yanhang felt a bit nostalgic.

This once massive golden box, which might have fit several good housewives inside, now seemed trivial to Zhang Yanhang, who stood thirteen meters tall. Though not quite like a briefcase, it wasn't far off.

As his body continued to grow, Zhang Yanhang felt it might not be long before he could easily hold the Evaluation Settlement Treasure Box with one hand. After all, he was growing at a rate of 10.8 meters per day, akin to gaining the length of a whale shark each day.

After a brief moment of reflection, Zhang Yanhang reminded himself of his original task and promptly began to check his Evaluation Level.

[Evaluation Settlement Treasure Box (Umbrella Biochemical Test Field)]

[Quality: None (An Evaluation Settlement Treasure Box automatically generated by the Ashen World, with no quality.)]

[Type: Treasure Box]

[Origin: Ashen World, Umbrella Biochemical Test Field]

[Current Area Comprehensive Evaluation Detail List]

[T-103 Super Tyrant·Awakening Form (Third Tier two-star Ordinary Monster): 60000/60000]

[T-0400TP Death God Tyrant·Frenzy Form (Third Tier three-star Ordinary Monster): 20000/20000]

[T-011 Talos Tyrant·War Form (Third Tier three-star Elite Monster): 10000/10000]

[Z-39 Kulunzo Magnetic Energy Heavy Tank [Amphibious] (Fourth Tier one-star Ordinary Monster): 1040/1000]

[D-52 Omida Electromagnetic Railgun [Space Specialization] (Fourth Tier two-star Ordinary Monster): 140/100]

[Ancestor Virus Infected [Divine Power Mutation] (Fourth Tier three-star Elite Monster): 70/50]

[Ancestor Virus Aggregation [Divinity Pollution] (Fifth Tier Four-star Lord Monster): 1/1]

[Current Area Comprehensive Completion Rate: 102.5%]

[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 and above.]

[Introduction: An Evaluation Settlement Treasure Box automatically generated by the Ashen World, capable of calculating the Current Area Comprehensive Evaluation Level in real-time and generating a corresponding level Ashen Treasure Box.]

"With the help of Seeking Fortune and Avoiding Evil, once again, no monster was overlooked, and the total amount of monsters was cleared out entirely.

As for this Area Comprehensive Completion Rate… how should I put it… I remember after I finished clearing the Large Crimson Iron Ant Nest Talano last time, it was also a completion rate of 102.5%, the same as this time, which is indeed somewhat ridiculous."

For Zhang Yanhang, it's quite puzzling that the completion rate this time was once again 102.5%. After all, he felt that with the aid of the Lucky Slot Machine prize pool, he cleared an extra hundred Fourth Tier monsters, which should have resulted in a higher completion rate than last time. Yet unexpectedly, it remained the same.

In his analysis, Zhang Yanhang believed the most plausible reason was that the monster proportion was severely imbalanced this time, with an overwhelming number of Third Tier monsters amounting to ninety thousand, while Fourth Tier monsters totaled merely 1150, leading to this outcome.

In comparison, last time at the Large Crimson Iron Ant Nest Talano, the balance was slightly better, with sixty thousand Second Tier monsters and over two thousand Third Tier monsters, an overall ratio roughly one to thirty.

Whereas, at the Umbrella Biochemical Test Field, it was nearing one to ninety, making it unsurprising that even after clearing an extra hundred Fourth Tier monsters through the third-place prize pool, the completion rate was still only 102.5%.

Of course, compared to completion rate, Evaluation Level is fundamentally more crucial, and unsurprisingly, the Evaluation Level this time stayed at EX level, which was undoubtedly due to his hard work.

After all, previously, the completion rate was only 50%, and the Evaluation Level merely B. With such completion for claiming an Ashen Treasure Box, it would be impossible to secure anything useful.

"This Umbrella Biochemical Test Field, under normal circumstances, should be classified as a Fifth Tier Area, given the Ancestor Virus Aggregation usually only reaches Fifth Tier Four Stars, yet there are already over ninety thousand monsters present.

If someday a Permanent Teleportation Channel opens in the Main World, refreshing tenfold, wouldn't that mean nine hundred thousand monsters spawned? And they would be explosive… how could any Ordinary Awakened handle that?"

The more Zhang Yanhang delved into the Ashen World, the more he felt the hope for humanity's survival was slim, given that refreshing tenfold was immensely overpowered, making each area engage in monster warfare, but Awakeners weren't equipped for large-scale attacks.

Although the adage says tall individuals shoulder the burden when the sky falls, soon after Zhang Yanhang ascends to Fifth Tier, he will become one of the tall individuals. He will have no choice but to bear the burden when the sky falls.

Even if he didn't want to shoulder the burden, he would have to shoulder it for his friends and family; humans are social creatures, and no one can truly stand alone.

Although Zhang Yanhang indeed has very few friends, even less than a handful, it is precisely because of this that when they seek his help, he can't refuse. After all, the fewer friends there are, the more they must be cherished.

Therefore, Zhang Yanhang feels that he must continuously strive to enhance his strength; only by growing faster and working harder can he avoid the concern of whether he can bear the burden when the time comes.

Of course, if he couldn't hold out, it would simply result in death, which actually wasn't a big problem since resurrection was an option. But even though that's the case, one shouldn't adopt a lackadaisical attitude just because resurrection items exist. It's still better to be more proactive because lying flat is never the best choice at any time.

Moreover, while he could resurrect himself, others likely wouldn't have that privilege. Other people's lives were still precious, especially since he hadn't yet mastered the ability to resurrect actively.

Speaking of resurrection, Zhang Yan always wanted to acquire a resurrection ability. Unfortunately, he hadn't found a way yet. However, if he continued to upgrade the Scroll Dragon Bloodline, there might be a chance to acquire resurrection abilities through the ever-expanding spell list.

After all, one of the most common uses of the Nine Rings Prayer Technique, which Zhang Yan never thought highly of, was to resurrect a recently deceased teammate when there was no priest to perform divine arts nearby.

The specific operational principle was to use the Nine Rings Prayer Technique to simulate the divine spell energy of a high-level Resurrection Technique and thereby perform a resurrection.

Of course, one could also simulate the highest level of Complete Resurrection Technique, but the cost would be greater, although the resurrection conditions would be more lenient—unless the body was completely pulverized, a resurrection would generally be possible. The normal Resurrection Technique could only resurrect those whose bodies were only slightly incomplete.

However, because the Complete Resurrection Technique is a Nine Rings divine spell, like the Prayer Technique, the cost of casting it is exceptionally high. A typical mage would be rendered almost useless after just one cast, considering the Prayer Technique doesn't consume mana value but instead consumes mana value limit.

Thus, most mages proficient in the Prayer Technique haven't actually used it, and those who have used it are no longer proficient in it due to its dichotomous and asymmetric nature.

That's why Zhang Yan disliked the Prayer Technique. After all, he has the Multiple Choice talent, which allows him to alter reality with just simple energy value consumption. The Prayer Technique seemed redundant, consuming the energy value limit and being not very effective.

Yet, given that Multiple Choice hasn't evolved to enable a resurrection ability yet, having the Prayer Technique as a lower-tier substitute might actually be a good choice. It could serve as a makeshift solution, better than doing nothing if he encounters trouble.

Of course, all of this hinges on whether he can obtain the Prayer Technique. If he can't get it, then he won't even have the chance to exhaust energy value limits for resurrection.

After checking the evaluation list for the Evaluation Settlement Treasure Box, Zhang Yan immediately chose to settle the evaluation.

[Do you want to open the 'Evaluation Settlement Treasure Box (Umbrella Biochemical Test Field)'?]

"Yes, open the Evaluation Settlement Treasure Box." After Zhang Yan confirmed the opening of the treasure box, a small metallic treasure box flashing with colorful lights immediately appeared in his hand.

[You've obtained the EX-level 'Ashen Treasure Box (Umbrella Biochemical Test Field)'.]

"So, here's the question: now that I've collected the Ashen Treasure Box, what should I do next?"

Zhang Yan found that he seemed to have nothing else to do.

"Since there's nothing else to do, I might as well head back to Raccoon City. After all, it's certainly not possible to stay at the Umbrella Biochemical Test Field any longer, especially since the teleportation channel to the main world is closing in ten minutes."

To not miss the return teleportation channel to the main world, Zhang Yan thought it best to go standby at Dulda Apartment immediately.

Therefore, after putting the Ashen Treasure Box into his waist bag, Zhang Yan teleported directly to the teleportation channel of the Umbrella Biochemical Test Field.

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On November 2nd, Monday, the day after Halloween, and also the second day since Zhang Yan entered the Ashen World, at 5:50 AM, Raccoon City, Dulda Apartment, Unit 301.

After a series of three consecutive teleports, Zhang Yan finally returned to Unit 301 of the Dulda Apartment.

Of course, he had already performed the Transformation Technique in advance to revert to his normal form, about two meters tall. Otherwise, teleportation here would likely cause him to collapse the house instantly.

After all, Dulda Apartment has only six floors, and his current height alone is up to four floors; this small apartment definitely wouldn't accommodate him otherwise.

"Speaking of which, since there are still ten minutes until the teleportation channel closes, should I take the opportunity to open the treasure boxes? After all, I'm here and don't need to worry about missing my return."

Zhang Yan thought it was worth a shot because he had nothing else to do with the remaining ten minutes, and once the time's up, Multiple Choice would automatically activate and send him back to the main world, ensuring he wouldn't miss it.

Therefore, thinking of this, Zhang Yan took the treasure boxes he had just obtained from his waist bag and poured them out, only to realize there might be a small problem.

This small problem was that even though he could roughly estimate that the treasure boxes he currently had in hand were about four hundred, it would take at least twenty minutes to open them all, but he only had ten minutes before he had to leave the Ashen World.

So, Zhang Yan now pondered whether to open only the Ashen Treasure Box first and save the other four hundred or so treasure boxes gathered from places like the Umbrella Biochemical Test Field, Demonized Swamp, Goblin Plain, and Raccoon City for when he returned to the main world.

But then Zhang Yan quickly thought it would be better to wait until returning to the main world to open both the drop treasure boxes and the Ashen Treasure Box together since he wasn't in a rush.

"It's fair to say that clearing the Umbrella Biochemical Test Field this time was indeed too rushed, with only twelve hours. Given just one more hour, I wouldn't have needed to save time, and I could've opened the drop treasure boxes right in the Ashen World."

Zhang Yan had always opened the Ashen Treasure Box immediately after collecting it from the Evaluation Settlement Treasure Box, but this time he was forced to abandon this tradition due to the insufficient duration of the teleportation channel.

"But fortunately, more time will be available in the future. After all, now the duration of the Raccoon City teleportation channel has reached twelve hours. According to the information from the group leader, when the duration of a teleportation channel exceeds twelve hours, it will start to accelerate its growth."

Originally, Zhang Yan's teleportation channel to Raccoon City would open half an hour earlier each time, effectively increasing its duration by half an hour. However, once the duration exceeds twelve hours, it will increase by an hour for each subsequent activation.

So when the teleportation channel opens next time, its duration will jump from twelve and a half hours to thirteen hours directly.

Thus, when the time comes, there will naturally be much more time available than now.

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