According to Zhang Yanhang's observations, this new area was primarily divided into four zones: a medium-sized outer zone, the largest middle layer, the rear inner side zone, and the core area.

Compared to previous times when the outer zone was always the largest, this time the middle layer was the largest. Zhang Yanhang thought this might be because the outer zone was still in the early stages of being newly developed, while the middle layer had been developed for a longer time, making it the largest.

Moreover, what Zhang Yanhang found particularly noteworthy was that he had actually found a cave where these ant monsters hoarded dung, or rather, high-quality Crimson Iron. This cave was located on the largest sugar ball, which was in the middle layer area, and there were several caves densely filled with high-quality Crimson Iron.

This discovery gave Zhang Yanhang hope for upgrading his Four Great Emptiness Purifying World Fist. He guessed that, even if he couldn't gather all four pieces of golden quality weapons, gathering one or two shouldn't pose too much of a problem. He couldn't believe that in such a large new area, with all the monsters' efforts, not a single golden quality weapon could be forged!

Due to the irregular internal area division of this new zone, Zhang Yanhang decided to slightly modify the region anchoring method he had used before in the Demonized Swamp, using some items as auxiliary anchoring points for the new area cleansing plan.

"Suddenly, I remembered, I still don't know the name of this new area?"

Zhang Yanhang had intended to start formulating a new plan after scouting the situation but got stuck right at this first step of naming, which was slightly embarrassing.

Fortunately, Zhang Yanhang had already mastered the ability to quickly learn the names of his current locations.

Of course, it wasn't a Multiple Choice, although Multiple Choice would indeed let him know quickly—but using Multiple Choice would consume Energy Value.

He still had a free little trick he could use. As for what this trick was, it was simply to check the origin of the new equipment he had just fused. The origin of his new equipment always changed according to the location, so by looking at the attribute list, he immediately knew what the area was called.

Thinking of this, Zhang Yanhang immediately remanifested his extra limbs and checked the attribute list of the blue quality Crimson Iron Ring +4 he had on his hand.

[Crimson Iron Ring +4]

[Quality: Blue]

[Type: Equipment]

[Origin: Ashen World, Crimson Iron Ore Vein, Large Crimson Iron Ant Nest Talano, Zhang Yanhang.]

[Durability: 50/50]

[Defensive Power: 32]

[Additional Attributes: Flame Resistance +4.2%.]

[Additional Attributes: Acid Resistance +4.2%.]

[Additional Attributes: Charm +1.]

[Usage Requirements: Charm 10 points.]

[Score: 45 (Blue item score ranges from 31 to 70.)]

[Introduction: For those joyously wearing the excrement of Crimson Iron Ants on their bodies and yet also hug and kiss their purchases, I have never disclosed the origin of the Crimson Iron—coming from a Nameless Blacksmith who simply wants to make money quietly.]

"Eh? Eh?? Eh??! This place is still the Crimson Iron Ant Nest?! So, the ant monsters outside are also Crimson Iron Ants?"

Looking at the gigantic ants outside, each at least the size of a rhinoceros, Zhang Yanhang really didn't want to admit that they and the small Crimson Iron Ants from the small-scale Crimson Iron Ant Nest Dalagu, which were as small as puppies, were the same species.

"Is the nutritional effect of this high-quality Crimson Iron that good? But even if it's good, it surely wouldn't make the weakest Crimson Iron Ants grow as big as the Crimson Iron Ant King, right? No, no, wait, I feel like something isn't quite right..."

A sudden insight flashed through Zhang Yanhang's mind, sparking a possibly reasonable explanation. He inexplicably began to think that perhaps there wasn't a problem with these Crimson Iron Ants; instead, the way he interpreted their classification might be incorrect?

"I had always thought that 'Crimson Iron Ant Nest' should be read together, believing the 'small-scale' merely described the scale of the nest. Could it be possible that what actually needed to be read together was 'small-scale Crimson Iron Ant', followed by a separate word 'nest,' like 'Small-scale Crimson Iron Ant Nest' and 'Large-scale Crimson Iron Ant Nest'?"

With this thought, Zhang Yanhang suddenly felt it made sense since 'small-scale' and 'large-scale' seemed not to relate to the size but simply to describe the volume of Crimson Iron Ants, and they might indeed be different species.

Although both were named 'Crimson Iron Ants,' Zhang Yanhang thought they might just be called so because they were ant-like monsters found within the Crimson Iron Ore veins.

It was like how pandas are categorized into Giant Panda and Red Panda—though the latter part of their names is the same, they are not the same species, and the difference is vast, with one primarily considered a bear and the other a cat.

"But what exactly is the relationship between these particular Crimson Iron Ants and those above, only the attribute list of these monsters will tell."

After learning the accurate name of this new zone, Zhang Yanhang quickly closed the attribute list of the Blue Quality Crimson Iron Ring +4 and began earnestly planning the cleansing of the Large Crimson Iron Ant Nest Talano.

Since the area of this Large Crimson Iron Ant Nest Talano was also quite large, he still planned to complete this cleansing in five stages.

The first stage of the clearing plan involved Zhang Yanhang starting with the outer zone of the large Crimson Iron Ant Nest Talano. This outer zone covered an area of about one hundred square kilometers, and there was a Lucky Slot Machine in the latter half of the outer zone. After clearing the outer zone, he planned to go there to draw a prize and empty the prize pool.

Next was the second stage of the cleaning plan. Having completed the outer zone, Zhang Yanhang would continue to push inward into the middle layer.

Due to the middle layer being a vast 450 square kilometers, Zhang Yanhang planned to complete it in two stages. In the second stage, he only planned to reach the cave where the high-quality Crimson Iron was stored, about 150 square kilometers away from the outer zone that needed clearing.

For the third stage of the cleaning plan, Zhang Yanhang planned to clear the remaining 300 square kilometers of the middle layer in one go, and there was an Evaluation Settlement Treasure Box in the passage connecting the middle and inner layers. After clearing the middle layer, he could go and take a look.

As for where the Achievement Vending Machine was located? This time, it was very close to the Evaluation Settlement Treasure Box, located in the first half of the inner zone, just a few kilometers away from the treasure box.

Thus, Zhang Yanhang's fourth-stage clearing plan was to clear all the monsters in the inner zone to ensure he met the redemption conditions for the Achievement Vending Machine.

Since the entire large Crimson Iron Ant Nest Talano had only 650 square kilometers, and the earlier outer and middle layers had already taken up the vast majority of 550 square kilometers, it left only 100 square kilometers for the last inner zone and the core area.

Therefore, although the inner zone had received three-quarters of the area, it still had only seventy-five square kilometers.

At last, in the fifth stage of the clearing plan, Zhang Yanhang would clear the core area, which occupied twenty-five square kilometers and was the dwelling place of the Lord Monster—similarly a massive Ant Queen due to all of them being Crimson Iron Ants.

As for its specific name, Zhang Yanhang didn't know, but it definitely couldn't be the same name as the Lord Monster from the smaller Crimson Iron Ant Nest Dalagu, given the huge difference in strength.

According to Zhang Yanhang's perception, the Ant Queen from the large Crimson Iron Ant Nest Talano was definitely a standard Fourth Tier Lord Monster, likely even in the late stage of the Fourth Tier. Its strength, compared to the previous Crimson Iron Ant Queen, was like heaven and earth.

As for why Zhang Yanhang was so focused on the strength of this new regional Lord Monster this time, it was naturally because his promotion required Legendary Essence, which could only be obtained from Drop Treasure Boxes of Fourth Tier Lord Monsters—it was truly hard not to focus on it.

"Before, I was worried that it might be difficult to obtain the Legendary Essence, but now it seems, it's totally a breeze. After clearing this large Crimson Iron Ant Nest Talano, I should definitely be able to easily gather the bit of Legendary Essence needed for the promotion to the Fourth Tier."

But the Legendary Essence itself, actually, wasn't too big of a deal; what Zhang Yanhang really lacked was the Ash Source. So, he hoped that this Fourth Tier region would really improve in terms of the Ash Source.

Or rather, significantly increase the amount of Ash Source obtained, otherwise, if it still only managed to obtain three points of Ash Source from one Ashen Treasure Box, it would honestly be too tormenting.

Having broadly planned out the clearing strategy for the large Crimson Iron Ant Nest Talano, Zhang Yanhang felt it was urgent and needed to start the clearing plan immediately.

"I remember, when I was hunting the Demonized Saber-toothed Tiger in the previous region, the Demonized Swamp, it was like clearing one square kilometer every five minutes."

Based on my past experience in hunting monsters in the small Crimson Iron Ant Nest Dalagu, the underground environment with many bifurcations required frequent detours, making the cleaning speed at least three times slower than other normal areas per square kilometer.

Previously, it might have taken me only five minutes to clear one square kilometer while hunting the demonized saber-toothed tiger, but it could take up to fifteen minutes to clear the same area here.

But that was the data for the second tier, and now I have been promoted to the third tier, so theoretically, it should take, at most, only one or two minutes to clear one square kilometer."

As for cleaning the large Crimson Iron Ant Nest Talron with the efficiency previously used for the smaller Crimson Iron Ant Nest Dalagu? It is basically not feasible.

After all, the reason it was cleaned so quickly there was mainly that I continuously used the Death Wave, and the large Crimson Iron Ant Nest Talron, with its 650 square kilometers, couldn't be completely covered by the remaining uses of Death Wave, which are just over four hundred left.

Therefore, it could be said that using Death Wave as the main method and combining it with a certain degree of active hunting might make it possible to clear the large Crimson Iron Ant nest Talron all at once using the remaining physical strength.

"But even if it takes one minute to clear one square kilometer, it will still take eleven hours to completely clear the entire area of the large Crimson Iron Ant Nest Talron, and I only have seven and a half hours left now."

Zhang Yanhang began to think about whether or not to adopt any methods to increase hunting efficiency.

"Forget it, let's talk about this kind of thing later; after all, the actual hunting speed can only be known by combining it with the actual situation."

Zhang Yanhang felt that he really couldn't afford to waste any more time now; he needed to immediately start the plan to clear the large Crimson Iron Ant Nest Talron and carry out a comprehensive cleanup of the large Crimson Iron ants here.

...

October 29, Thursday, four days after the Double Ninth Festival, and also the first day Zhang Yanhang entered the Ashen World, at 4:22 PM, Ashen World, Crimson Iron Ore Vein, large Crimson Iron Ant Nest Talron, Outer Zone.

At this moment, Zhang Yanhang had already made his way out of that Y-shaped passage, but he didn't rush to kill the giant Crimson Iron Ant in front of him; he planned to observe it a bit first.

After all, as the saying goes, know your enemy and know yourself, and you will never be defeated. He still needed to check the attribute list of these giant Crimson Iron Ants, even if he didn't care about anything else; the talents were something Zhang Yanhang was quite concerned about, especially since that was his main reason for coming here to clear this large Crimson Iron Ant Nest Talron.

However, before checking their attribute list, Zhang Yanhang simply observed their appearance and found that these large Crimson Iron Ants were actually quite similar to the previous small Crimson Iron Ants, after all, they are ants, and they also grew up eating Crimson Iron; it would be unusual if they didn't look alike.

However, unlike those smaller Crimson Iron Ants, the weakest Crimson Iron Worker Ants didn't have wings; wings started from Crimson Iron Flying Ants, but it was completely different here; even the weakest large Crimson Iron Ants also had wings, possessing some flying ability.

Although Zhang Yanhang felt their carrying capacity during flight was probably nowhere near as strong as their load-bearing capacity on the ground, simply transporting Crimson Iron during flight was still easily feasible.

Moreover, a completely different aspect here was the claw-shaped mouthparts, or the huge pincers that grew on the heads, which were disproportionately large compared to the entire head.

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