November 2nd, Monday, the first day after Halloween, and also the second day of Zhang Yanhang's entry into the Ashen World, at 5:03 AM, Umbrella Biochemical Test Field, suburb of Umbrella City, Nuclear Explosion Plain (formerly Umbrella Mountains).

After checking the data panel, Zhang Yanhang glanced at his watch and discovered that less than three minutes had passed, "I clearly felt like I've done a ton of things, yet only consumed such a small amount of time..."

Regarding this, Zhang Yanhang could only say that with the improvement of his tier and personal strength, his sensitivity to time was indeed gradually increasing. After all, Zhang Yanhang's various reaction capabilities now far surpassed Bullet Time by countless times, which led to him being able to finish a lot of tasks within a very short time that would normally take a few hours to complete.

In the end, Bullet Time is just observing the world at bullet speed, which is generally around Mach 3, but if Zhang Yanhang enhances himself with Spiritual Energy, his own Movement Speed alone has reached nearly Mach 50, seventeen times that of a bullet.

Therefore, in his eyes, the trajectory of a normal bullet is almost indistinguishable from being stationary.

And his punching speed after enhancing himself with Spiritual Energy reaches over a hundred Mach, more than thirty times the speed of a bullet.

From this aspect, if an ordinary person were standing next to Zhang Yanhang watching him do various tasks, they would likely only observe flashes of afterimages, as if Zhang Yanhang's figure filled the entire space, appearing on the left in one moment and possibly on the right in the blink of an eye.

Even more so, if Zhang Yanhang wasn't moving in a straightforward, rule-abiding manner but rather in irregular movements, an ordinary person's visual nerves couldn't possibly respond, likely finding even capturing afterimages challenging, unable to see what he was doing at all.

Furthermore, even for directed, rule-abiding motion, the distance must be adequate and his body large enough for any chance of observation.

In other words, only by treating Zhang Yanhang as an exotic meteor or comet of equal size would there be a possibility of observation.

Other scenarios could be compared to missiles and fighter jets that disappear from human sight within a second or two, while Zhang Yanhang's flying speed is dozens of times that of a missile.

After all, the flying speeds of most missiles don't even match bullets, unless they are various anti-ship missiles and intercontinental missiles, but anti-tank missiles are genuinely only about Mach 1 or 2 at most, as attacking a tank doesn't require speeding against an aircraft; being too fast is pure waste.

There are even subsonic missiles, but they can still be used. After all, unless a tank has an anti-missile system, once locked on at tank speed, there's no escaping—only waiting for destruction.

"So, I have roughly fifty-seven minutes left to deal with Raccoon City, Goblin Plains, Demonized Swamp, and the corresponding Lucky Slot Machine."

But before that, Zhang Yanhang intends to first clear a wave of the Third Prize pool at the Lucky Slot Machine in the Umbrella Biochemical Test Field.

Zhang Yanhang anticipates that after clearing all these areas and the Lucky Slot Machine, he'll collect the final gains, namely the achievements and Ashen Treasure Box from the Evaluation Settlement Treasure Box at the Achievement Vending Machine, and afterward leave the Ashen World to return to the Main World.

Thinking of this, Zhang Yanhang immediately teleported to the Lucky Slot Machine at the Umbrella Biochemical Test Field.

Gazing at this familiar slot machine in front of him, Zhang Yanhang quickly checked and found that indeed, as he expected, the Third Prize pool refreshed after 5 AM. It seems that although this place has its own Transmission Channel, the pool refresh time for the Lucky Slot Machine is still bound with the one in Raccoon City.

In response, Zhang Yanhang was quite pleased, as this allows him to freeload the Third Prize pool at the Lucky Slot Machine once more before leaving. He has always been very eager about such activities.

So, the enthusiastic Zhang Yanhang immediately pulled the metal lever on the side of the Lucky Slot Machine. As the lever rotated, time pause descended abruptly, while a large array of familiar-formatted but unfamiliar content option boxes floated before Zhang Yanhang.

[Please choose the specific content for this Lucky Slot Machine draw]

[Option One: ❂❂❂ (Third Prize, Z-39 Kulunzo Magnetic Energy Heavy Tank [amphibious use], Fourth Tier One-star, Ordinary Monster.)]

[Option Two: ❂❂❂ (Third Prize, Ancestor Virus Infected [Divine Power Mutation], Fourth Tier Three-star, Elite Monster.)]

...

[Option Fifty-three: ❂❂❂ (Third Prize, D-52 Omida Electromagnetic Railgun Train [Space Specialization], Fourth Tier Second Star, Ordinary Monster.)]

...

[Option Ninety-eight: ❂❂❂ (Third Prize, Z-39 Kulunzo Magnetic Energy Heavy Tank [amphibious use], Fourth Tier One-star, Ordinary Monster.)]

...

[Option One Hundred Forty-seven: ✭✬✭ (Fourth Prize, thank you for participating, no physical prize.)]

......

After carefully examining the options this time, Zhang Yanhang was surprised to find that although the Third Prize pool at the Umbrella Biochemical Test Field's Lucky Slot Machine indeed refreshed, it was completely different from what he previously thought.

Zhang Yanhang initially thought it would refresh evenly like before, with about twenty of each monster, but based on the current situation, all the Third Tier monsters he expected are completely gone, leaving only the Fourth Tier monsters in the Third Prize pool.

More specifically, none of the positions among the hundred in this pool are occupied by the three types of tyrant-type Third Tier monsters, including Third Tier two-star ordinary monster [T-103 Super Tyrant · Awakening Form], Third Tier three-star ordinary monster [T-0400TP Death God Tyrant · Frenzy Form], and Third Tier Three-star Elite Monster [T-011 Talos Tyrant · War Form]; they are completely absent.

Right now, among the hundred positions in the pool, Fourth Tier One-star Ordinary Monster [Z-39 Kulunzo Magnetic Energy Heavy Tank [amphibious use]] and Fourth Tier Two-star Ordinary Monster [D-52 Omida Electromagnetic Railgun Train [Space Specialization]] each occupy forty positions.

The remaining twenty positions are entirely occupied by the Fourth Tier Three-star Elite Monster [Ancestor Virus Infected [Divine Power Mutation]].

As for why the Kulunzo Magnetic Energy Heavy Tank and the Omida Electromagnetic Railgun can take up forty spots, Zhang Yanhang somewhat understands, since their power is weaker.

But Zhang Yanhang is a bit puzzled as to why the three types of Tyrants among Third Tier monsters didn't get any spots at all. After all, usually the weaker ones have more spots, especially Third Tier monsters, which should outnumber Fourth Tier monsters. However, they didn't just fail to surpass them; instead, their count dropped to zero.

Though, to some extent, this is a good thing for Zhang Yanhang; he certainly won't oppose it.

Honestly, Zhang Yanhang currently doesn't have much need for the Life Ring dropped by the T-103 Super Tyrant, the Neck Potential Activation Device dropped by the T-0400TP Death God Tyrant, or the Electromagnetic Energy Pump dropped by the T-011 Talos Tyrant.

Alright, there is a slight need for the Life Ring because it still has potential for further enhancement. But as for the Neck Potential Activation Device and the Electromagnetic Energy Pump, they're truly irrelevant as he's already gathered over four pieces of equipment that break through limits.

So, compared to the Life Ring, Neck Potential Activation Device, and Electromagnetic Energy Pump, Fourth Tier monsters naturally hold more utility for Zhang Yanhang. After all, Fourth Tier monsters are scarce, and the region's quota can only partially fulfill his needs. Now, he can just supplement part of those needs with the Third Prize prize pool.

"Previously, I was just one fragment short of fusing a new Movement Speed Coin. At that time, I said I would rely on the Third Prize prize pool from the slot machine to complete it. Now, although it's somewhat different from what I expected, it can better satisfy my needs instead."

As for the [T/G Synthetic Virus Transformation Medicine] dropped by the Omida Electromagnetic Railgun, it's needless to say, Zhang Yanhang would take as much as he can, no matter how much there is.

Earlier, Zhang Yanhang thought that the newly added Luck Value might not be used, but now it seems completely promising.

"So, I choose Option One, Third Prize, Fourth Tier One Star Ordinary Monster, Z-39 Kulunzo Magnetic Energy Heavy Tank [dual-use for air and land]."

After reviewing the specific prize pool list, Zhang Yanhang immediately made his choice. At the same time, the Time Pause instantly disappeared, and Zhang Yanhang smoothly pulled the metal lever all the way down to the end.

......

November 2nd, Monday, the first day after Halloween, and also the second day Zhang Yanhang entered the Ashen World, at five minutes past midnight, Umbrella Biochemical Test Field, Terra City, Lucky Slot Machine.

[Successfully killed Fourth Tier Two-star Monster 'D-52 Omida Electromagnetic Railgun [Space Specialization] (ordinary)' ×1, Soul points +7000.]

[Successfully killed Fourth Tier Two-star Monster 'D-52 Omida Electromagnetic Railgun [Space Specialization] (ordinary)' ×1, Soul points +7000.]

[Successfully killed Fourth Tier Two-star Monster 'D-52 Omida Electromagnetic Railgun [Space Specialization] (ordinary)' ×1, Soul points +7000.]

...

After using the Death Wave to kill all the monsters that just came out, Zhang Yanhang finally released his hand that had been gripping the metal lever.

You have to admit, the more sensitive he is about time, the more torturous he finds these five-minute standing draws. Therefore, he feels that by the Fifth Tier, this issue must be resolved, as it seriously affects his hunting efficiency.

Around him, a wave of Kulunzo Magnetic Energy Heavy Tanks and Omida Electromagnetic Railguns, which had been preparing for self-destruction, all instantly stalled after this Death Wave. Zhang Yanhang also quietly stood still, waiting for the refresh of the Drop treasure boxes.

A few seconds later, the Drop treasure boxes began to steadily refresh on the ground. Zhang Yanhang took a quick count: a total of fourteen Drop treasure boxes, specifically, about eleven Golden quality Drop treasure boxes and three Dark Gold quality Drop treasure boxes.

The three Dark Gold quality Drop treasure boxes naturally came from Ancestor Virus Infected entities. Considering his current killing average at the Umbrella Biochemical Test Field suggests he can get a Drop treasure box about every seven monster kills, getting three drop boxes out of twenty is basically a normal probability.

As for those eleven Golden quality Drop treasure boxes, six came from Kulunzo Magnetic Energy Heavy Tanks, and the other five came from Omida Electromagnetic Railguns.

Also, just needing to kill seven to get one Drop treasure box, Zhang Yanhang feels that with a count of forty, acquiring either six or five is relatively normal.

Okay, maybe six is slightly luckier, as typically it would require killing forty-two to get six Drop treasure boxes, but again, this is merely an average number, not fixed, so fluctuation is the norm.

"Moreover, more importantly, besides this, considering the Omida Electromagnetic Railgun's quota only totals a hundred in the Umbrella Biochemical Test Field, yet the prize pool can refresh forty directly.

This means that just refreshing the prize pool thrice will result in more being killed than the area's designated quantity for the Omida Electromagnetic Railguns.

Besides the Omida Electromagnetic Railgun, the Ancestor Virus Infected are about the same ratio, given the Umbrella Biochemical Test Field region only designates fifty of them in total, yet the prize pool alone can refresh twenty. So, they make up two-fifths of the quota."

Regarding this noticeable increase in high-level monsters, Zhang Yanhang is simply delighted and wishes for even more.

Especially given the Demonized Swamp has only a quota of seven Demonized Four-eyed Wild Boar, yet the prize pool refreshes twenty of them, this is definitely within normal range.

Even beyond increasing high-level monster numbers, Zhang Yanhang hopes future Lucky Slot Machines can offer ultra-large prize pools as in Raccoon City, where each monster generously gives a hundred directly.

But unfortunately, for now, this remains challenging, as Raccoon City's update is based on a one-month-long reset, during which not only the monsters but also the first and second prizes in the prize pool, themselves got refreshed.

So in this regard, expecting the spread of ultra-large prize pools in other areas' slot machines seems somewhat unrealistic.

After all, it wouldn't make sense for Zhang Yanhang to take a month's break, then return just to clear a prize pool; that would be a bit backwards. After all, he's clearing prize pools to expedite his power growth, not let them slow it down.

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