"Although I did indeed surpass some, the excess is not much; currently, the completion progress of my new minor goal is only 10%, and there's still a gap of 2.7 Mach to fill,"

Although Zhang Yanhang hasn't found any new equipment that could increase Attack Speed in the Crimson Iron Ant Nest Talano temporarily, he is still quite confident about achieving this minor goal.

Perhaps Zhang Yanhang's words seem contradictory, but humans themselves are complex, multifaceted, and contradictory.

Just like before the Spiritual Qi Recovery, he liked to lament the beautiful scenery when shootings occurred in the United States, but it didn't stop him from chuckling about good times ahead during a mass diarrhea outbreak from eating expired food in Edinburgh, just as he would say "Listen to me, thank you, because of you, warmth filled the seasons..."

In any case, there are various paths to a goal, and Zhang Yanhang feels he should be able to fill up the 2.7 Mach gap through other methods.

After sorting out the matter with the Dragon Power Bracelet, Zhang Yanhang took out a Purple Quality Barbaric Stone Bandage from his Waist Bag, which was the only Barbaric Stone Bandage left in it, as he had already fused and equipped any spare bandages he had previously onto his fists.

Before equipping this last Barbaric Stone Bandage onto his newly grown arm, Zhang Yanhang first opened the Attribute list of the bandage to take a glance.

[Barbaric Stone Bandage]

[Quality: Purple]

[Type: Equipment]

[Origin: Ashen World, Ferren Continent, Rodric Volcano, Red Dragon's Nest.]

[Durability: 60/60]

[Defensive Power: 40]

[Additional Attributes: Strength Effect bonus +11%.]

[Usage Requirements: Strength 35 points.]

[Score: 148 (Purple Items Score ranges from 71 to 150.）]

[Introduction: Following the launch of the highly popular Dragon Power Bracelet and Swift Leggings, the Red Dragon Salcano, driven by the goal of continuous supply-side reform, was not content to rest on its laurels. Instead, it planned to capitalize on its success by developing new products to throw into the market and continue capturing market share...]

"What can I say, the initial Strength Effect bonus provided by an ordinary Barbaric Stone Bandage is indeed subpar, only a mere 11% boost to Strength Effect."

If Zhang Yanhang had only a few Strength bonuses on him, this part of the boost might have been very useful, but unfortunately, his Strength bonus had already exceeded 200% and was even approaching 300%.

Therefore, the 11% Strength Effect bonus provided by the ordinary Barbaric Stone Bandage does seem somewhat insufficient against such a high bonus rate.

But even so, it is still an 11% Strength Effect bonus, and it should still help Zhang Yanhang increase a fair amount of Strength. So, he swiftly equipped this last Barbaric Stone Bandage onto his newly grown pair of fists.

After equipping the Barbaric Stone Bandage, Zhang Yanhang immediately took out Crimson Iron Ore from his Waist Bag to conduct a Strength test.

Due to it being just an 11% Strength bonus, the testing went quite easily, and he quickly hit a limit; the result showed that his single-arm Strength had increased from 403 tons to 416 tons, gaining roughly another 13 tons of Strength.

"Although an 11% Strength Effect bonus is not much, it is almost equivalent to giving me a Second-Tier level of increased Strength. My Strength at Tier Two was less than sixteen tons at its peak, and now I've effortlessly gained an increase of 13 tons, just a little more than two tons shy of the Second Tier's total Strength."

Zhang Yanhang couldn't help but remark again that it truly is convenient to increase Strength after advancing in ranks; a casual increment of thirteen tons, which at Tier Two would have taken him half a month of effort, was achieved in Third Tier just because he leveled up his Three-Headed Six-Armed Skill and happened to equip one extra piece of Equipment.

After successively equipping the Dragon Power Bracelet and Barbaric Stone Bandage, Zhang Yanhang took out the Gray Maned Arm Guard from his Waist Bag. Compared to the scarce single remaining Barbaric Stone Bandage, he had many more Gray Maned Arm Guards in reserve— one Purple Quality Gray Mane Armor +4 and thirty ordinary Gray Maned Arm Guards.

After counting the numbers, Zhang Yanhang picked up that Gray Mane Armor +4 along with sixteen ordinary Gray Maned Arm Guards and put them into the Alchemy Array, planning to fuse another Gray Mane Armor +5 to equip on his arms.

With Alchemy starting up, Zhang Yanhang used five batches one after another to complete all the fusions, transforming one Gray Maned Arm Guard +4 and sixteen ordinary Gray Maned Arm Guards into one Gray Mane Armor +5, and began reviewing the Attribute list of the Gray Mane Armor +5.

[Gray Mane Armor +5]

[Quality: Purple]

[Type: Equipment]

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

[Durability: 56/56]

[Defensive Power: 38]

[Additional Attributes:Physical Recovery Speed bonus +22.5%.]

[Usage Requirements: Constitution 38 points.]

[Score: 150 (Purple Items Score ranges from 71 to 150.）]

[Introduction: My name is Azikasa Baofeng Saint Silvado, a most ordinary War Hero. Since achieving great deeds in the war against the dwarves a thousand years ago, I've been receiving my pension without any psychological burden. Perhaps because I retired soon after coming of age, my life is somewhat dull and boring...]

"This Gray Mane Armor +5 will once again boost my Physical Recovery Speed by 22.5%, although I currently have no idea what level my Physical Recovery Speed actually is."

Zhang Yanhang had used a lot of Physical Strength while clearing the Permanent Teleportation Channel previously due to extensive use of Death Wave, but later, with the increase in his Constitution Attribute, he had fully recovered without having a chance to feel his Physical Recovery Speed.

And since he had been hunting monsters in the Crimson Iron Ore Vein without rest, he also had no opportunity to experience his Physical Recovery Speed, leading to the situation where he was at the peak of Tier Three but still completely unaware of his current Physical Recovery Speed level.

Of course, while this is indeed a major reason, another contributing factor is that his Physical Recovery Speed has been continuously increasing; it is indeed hard for him to accurately feel the specific level of such a constantly changing status.

Zhang Yanhang felt that he might only truly realize his Physical Recovery Speed after he had finished clearing the Large Crimson Iron Ant Nest Talano and entered a state of rest due to exhaustion.

But alas, that was still a long way off. He had only just completed the First Tier stage of his cleanup plan, with the Second, Third, Fourth, and Fifth Tiers left to accomplish.

Therefore, Zhang Yanhang could only continue to use the Second Tier standards for his calculations. If before he could work continuously for twenty-nine hours and fifty-one minutes before resting for ten hours, now he found himself able to work for thirty-two hours and six minutes before taking the same ten-hour rest.

If he continued to use the Second Tier evaluation standards, then Zhang Yanhang had now reached a work-rest ratio that was 3.21 times that of any other worker, which meant working continuously for eighteen and a half hours and only resting for five and a half hours every day.

Moreover, these five and a half hours also included time for elimination and eating, meaning the time left for workers to sleep wouldn't exceed four hours. This was a frightening figure that not even the bloody early stages of the industrial revolution aimed at the primitive accumulation of capital could achieve, ensuring that workers would surely collapse on the assembly line within a week at most.

Even slaves with guns pointed at their heads couldn't accomplish this—compared to them, they would only feel it was better to die early and be liberated; dying suddenly on the assembly line would be more comfortable than being directly shot dead.

"I recall I just set a modest goal of a three-fold work-rest ratio this morning, but to think that by this afternoon I had already reached it. In that case, let's set the next work-rest ratio goal at 3.5 times."

Although Zhang Yanhang should normally aim for 3.25 times, achieving that would be too easy—just a mere 0.04 times increase would suffice, so he thought that 3.5 times would be more appropriate.

"Four multiplied by eight equals thirty-two, my current continuous working period already equals to a four times eight-hour workday. Indeed, the true essence of the eight-hour workday is to keep adding on top of it."

When it came to self-exploiting, Zhang Yanhang always went all out. Only by doing so could he outdo other Awakeners. In short, outworking is the way to go.

"Now the question is, do I have any other Equipment I could wear on the new arms and heads that have grown?"

Zhang Yanhang thought about it and felt that Raccoon City, the small Crimson Iron Ant Nest Dalagu, Goblin Plain, and Demonized Swamp probably didn't have any more equipment for use. However, he was now in the large Crimson Iron Ant Nest Talano, which did indeed still have new Equipment available for his use—moreover, he could use both pieces of this new Equipment.

Zhang Yanhang first checked the inventory of Crimson Marrow Ghost Masks he had. Because he was already wearing three Light Golden Quality Crimson Marrow Ghost Masks +6 on his face, he only had five Light Golden Quality Crimson Marrow Ghost Masks +6, one Light Golden Quality Crimson Marrow Ghost Mask +5, one Dark Purple Quality Crimson Marrow Ghost Mask +2, and one ordinary Crimson Marrow Ghost Mask left for use.

Well, that's still quite a lot, particularly in comparison to equipment from other regions—it seemed like an abundant stock. So, he quickly picked out a Crimson Marrow Ghost Mask +6 and checked its Attribute list.

[Crimson Marrow Ghost Mask +6]

[Quality: Light Golden]

[Type: Equipment]

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

[Durability: 62/62]

[defensive power: 46]

[Additional Attributes: Critical Strike Rate +24.0%.]

[Usage requirements: Agility 45 points.]

[Score: 350 (Light Golden Items score between 261 to 350).]

[Description: After retreating into the mountains, I suddenly feel that it's indeed freer here. I can easily gather forging materials, and nobody comes to bother me. The situation outside is quite tense, so I think it's better to stay inside the Crimson Iron Ore Vein and peacefully hone my forging skills...]

"Indeed, the familiar Critical Strike Rate of +24%, after all, they were fused from the same batch, so there couldn't possibly be any errors."

The reason why Zhang Yanhang had merged them in advance was because he considered the need to wear new Equipment due to the upgrade of the Three-Headed Six-Armed Skill, which he had already prepared for.

After checking the Attribute list of the Light Golden Quality Crimson Marrow Ghost Mask, Zhang Yanhang quickly donned it on the newly grown head.

"I remember that my Critical Strike Rate was already at 96.5% before. Now with the addition of the 24% Critical Strike Rate bonus from the Crimson Marrow Ghost Mask +6, my Critical Strike Rate will indeed exceed one hundred percent, soaring to 120.5%.

From now on, whenever I attack any enemy, I can be sure to land a critical hit. It's like turning critical hits into my Normal attack."

Regarding this, Zhang Yanhang's evaluation was, if your Normal attack is a critical hit, and that too with triple Critical Strike Damage, isn't that the dream of every melee brute?

And speaking of Critical Strike Damage, Zhang Yanhang couldn't help but pick up another piece of Equipment that also came from the large Crimson Iron Ant Nest Talano, namely the Crimson Marrow Ghost Claw. Due to his lower count of hunted Crimson Iron Flame Ants, he had only one ordinary, unfused Crimson Marrow Ghost Claw.

Though it was an ordinary, unfused Crimson Marrow Ghost Claw, Zhang Yanhang still casually checked its Attribute list before equipping it, out of habit.

[Crimson Marrow Ghost Claw]

[Quality: Dark Purple]

[Type: Equipment]

[Origin: Ashen World, Crimson Iron Ore Vein, large Crimson Iron Ant Nest Talano, Nameless Blacksmith.]

[Durability: 55/55]

[defensive power: 40]

[Additional Attributes: Critical Strike Damage +25%.]

[Usage requirements: Agility 35 points.]

[Score: 190 (Dark Purple Items score between 151 to 260).]

[Description: After retreating into the mountains and honing my crafting skills for a while, the anonymous blacksmith gradually began to feel a bit bored. The routine of gathering materials in the morning, forging items in the afternoon, and summarizing experiences at night was indeed fulfilling, and his crafting skills improved rapidly, but it was terribly monotonous...]

"The Fusion Times of the Crimson Marrow Ghost Claw definitely need to be increased. Although it's impossible to increase it now due to the limited number, but it should be upgraded to at least Light Golden Quality later."

Raising the Critical Strike Rate above one hundred percent, Zhang Yanhang was now effectively enhancing his Attack Power by increasing Critical Strike Damage. It was hard not to be proactive about this, and given that Critical Strike Damage has a higher priority than Attack Power Bonus, he even felt that increasing Critical Strike Damage was more useful than just increasing the Attack Power Bonus alone.

Of course, the Attack Power Bonus also needed to be increased because once the Attack Power Bonus was raised, the Critical Strike Damage bonus would be able to be utilized even better.

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