Ashen God

Chapter 815: Phoenix Ridge and the Mysterious Ancient Tomb


"This time's adventure, how should I put it, really has that flavor. It finally feels like an 'adventure'. Option One is the regular adventure, Option Two is exploring the ancient tomb, and Option Three is the authentic outdoor adventure."

After briefly checking the options, Zhang Yanhang began to ponder whether he should choose Option One's Heavenly Fragrant Fruit, which can increase Energy Value Recovery Speed, or Option Two's Earth Evil Corpse Spirit Mushroom, which can increase Stamina limit? Or perhaps the Thousand-year-old stalactite solution in Option Three?

"Hmph, only kids make choices. As a mature adult, I choose to have them all! I haven't even tried the newly unlocked Multiple Choice ability yet, so this is the perfect time to test how effective it really is.

So, I choose Option One, Option Two, and Option Three!"

Zhang Yanhang made his choice without hesitation, and then he quickly found that although he did make the choice, the Multiple Choice ability didn't respond at all. There was no sign of the Time Pause ending, and the large number of text option boxes continued to float in front of him.

"What's going on? Could it be that I used it incorrectly? This is why self-exploration is such a headache. Why can't it just be written clearly from the start?"

Zhang Yanhang suspected he might not have mastered the right way to use the Multiple Choice ability, preventing him from making related choices.

"Could it be my phrasing that caused Multiple Choice to misunderstand my intent? It's possible." Zhang Yanhang decided to modify the relevant phrases.

"Activate the Multiple Choice ability! I need to choose Option One, Option Two, and Option Three simultaneously."

After making modifications, Zhang Yanhang found that the Time Pause still hadn't ended, indicating he might have still used the ability incorrectly.

"Logically, it shouldn't be like this! It's officially unlocked, so how could it be unusable? Could it be that these passively triggered adventure options cannot be interfered with by Multiple Choice?"

Zhang Yanhang felt that the chances of them being unaffected were relatively small. At least, it shouldn't be that only his independent choice can use Multiple Choice.

After thinking for a while, Zhang Yanhang came up with a new hypothesis. Could it be that the inability to use Multiple Choice wasn't the issue but simply because his Energy Value wasn't sufficient? Meaning, the energy value limit required to choose three options simultaneously exceeded a hundred points, preventing it from being triggered?

Upon this realization, Zhang Yanhang thought he might have been a bit too greedy earlier. If he had only chosen two, it might have triggered successfully by now.

"So, the question is, which two options should I choose? First, the Heavenly Fragrant Fruit in Option One that enhances Energy Value Recovery Speed is a must. Currently, Energy Value Recovery Speed is extremely important to me.

So, between the Earth Evil Corpse Spirit Mushroom in Option Two, which increases the Stamina limit, and the Thousand-year-old stalactite solution in Option Three, which improves Life Value Recovery Speed, which should be left out?"

After some hesitation, the slightly indecisive Zhang Yanhang finally decided to forgo the Thousand-year-old stalactite solution. After all, Life Value Recovery Speed isn't something he needs much of usually.

But the Earth Evil Corpse Spirit Mushroom is different. Increasing Stamina limit can boost his use of the Death Wave Skill and also extend the duration of Fatian Xiangdi. Of course, many other skills are related to stamina, so increasing stamina endurance is always a good move.

"Therefore, I choose Option One to go to Qingfeng City to get the Heavenly Fragrant Fruit and Option Two to go to Gulan Village to get the Earth Evil Corpse Spirit Mushroom."

This time, after Zhang Yanhang made his choice, the Multiple Choice finally responded, and the Time Pause and corresponding text option boxes instantly disappeared without a trace.

"So it seems you can only choose two options simultaneously for now, but I'm not sure how much Energy Value limit these two options consumed."

With a bit of concern, Zhang Yanhang silently opened his Energy Value limit to check.

[Energy Value: 13919/13919 (Intelligence × 58, current body has officially datafied, Energy Value Recovery Speed, 168 points per hour.)]

"I remember my previous Energy Value limit should have been 13920 points, but now it has dropped to 13919 points, which doesn't seem like much? Only a one-point drop in Energy Value limit? Is Multiple Choice for adventures really this cheap?"

Zhang Yanhang originally thought that the adventure options this time might consume more than ten points of Energy Value limit, but it turned out to only consume one point?

Zhang Yanhang felt that the symbolic meaning of this one-point Energy Value limit consumed far exceeded its actual value.

"Looking at it this way, perhaps it's not that the energy consumption of choosing three options exceeds a hundred-point Energy Value limit, but more likely due to my current power level being insufficient, temporarily unable to choose three options at once."

Zhang Yanhang thought he needed to test this matter seriously in the future. If his guess was right, then the Multiple Choice he acquired this time couldn't be called Multiple Choice at all but rather an enhanced version of Single Choice, that is, Dual-Choice.

But even if it's just Dual-Choice, it's not a big deal. After all, with rank growth in the future, it can keep getting strengthened, ultimately allowing him to achieve a true full-body Multiple Choice ability.

"But the Dual-Choice matter can be addressed later. The most important thing now is to get the two Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures triggered by the recent adventure."

As Zhang Yanhang said this, he opened his phone to search for the location of Gulan Village in Option Two, finding that there was indeed a Gulan Village in Jiaozhou City, and it's less than fifty kilometers from Xingfuli District, roughly 47 kilometers.

Although Zhang Yanhang somewhat wanted to open the Arbitrary gate directly into the tomb, it was a bit regrettable that he didn't know the exact location of the tomb, needing to scan it first to find out. Therefore, he ultimately opened the Arbitrary gate on a small mountain next to Gulan Village.

After all, ancient tombs are unlikely to be buried in the village since tombs in the village are generally dug up during construction. Therefore, the surrounding natural environment is more likely to hold that ancient tomb.

Perhaps it's because the Seeking Fortune and Avoiding Evil, which currently covers an area up to 165 square kilometers and includes a range of 14,500 meters, is really quite impressive, or maybe it's due to the predestined opportunities provided by Multiple Choice. As soon as Zhang Yanhang passed through the transmission channel, he immediately scanned the ancient tomb with Seeking Fortune and Avoiding Evil.

The ancient tomb was located just behind the third peak of this small hill where he currently stood. The locals generally referred to it as Phoenix Ridge. Don't ask why such a small hilltop has such a fancy name; the reason is simply that the person who registered the map back then was a bit more cultured and didn't choose names like Three Barriers or Erdaogou.

Of course, considering that there's an ancient tomb here, Zhang Yanhang thinks it might also be because the feng shui in this area is pretty good, hence the flashy name Phoenix Ridge.

It's all possible, after all. Naming a hilltop, aside from the subjective intentions of the registrant, primarily relies on local folklore and related customs under normal circumstances.

Considering that digging in directly would be quite troublesome, Zhang Yanhang once again activated an Arbitrary gate, directly teleporting into the sub-tomb mentioned in the options.

Gotta say, as an ancient tomb, the surrounding environment was indeed quite eerie and terrifying. Well, it was actually just like that due to the lack of a light source.

It wasn't until Zhang Yanhang manifested the Energy Shield, illuminating the sub-tomb in an eerie blue glow, that it finally gained a hint of a sinister and terrifying aura, hmm, very much like a ghost movie vibe, oh wait, a strange movie.

Looking at the mushroom in front of him, at least the size of a human head, firmly rooted on the sub-tomb's coffin board, likely condensed from absorbing nutrients from the corpse inside the coffin, Zhang Yanhang wasn't too bothered. Instead, he reached out...no, he opened his mouth and swallowed it together with the coffin board.

Regarding the behavior of the Earth Evil Corpse Spirit Mushroom, Zhang Yanhang had already foreseen it when he saw its name. After all, just the words 'Corpse Spirit' indicated that this mushroom undoubtedly related to corpses, likely sprouting from absorbing essence of the dead.

If it was before, Zhang Yanhang might have felt a bit disgusted, worrying if eating such peculiar things might be somewhat inappropriate, but now it was different. He possessed the Swallowing Heaven and Earth Skill, allowing him to directly gulp it into his Stomach Space.

Don't even mention this Earth Evil Corpse Spirit Mushroom, which grew by absorbing essence from the dead; he dared to eat even excrement. Or in other words, he very likely had already consumed quite a bit. After all, fish in the ocean do drop their excrement, which isn't cleaned up like fish kept in tanks.

Although a small portion may be eaten by certain plankton and fish species that enjoy excrement, the majority will still deposit on the sea floor, becoming part of the seabed. Of course, some of it would still float about in the sea.

So, in some sense, Zhang Yanhang likely absorbed quite a bit of fish excrement along with seawater before, but fortunately, it didn't matter much. After all, it wasn't directly consumed by mouth but swallowed into the Stomach Space, which could absorb all things indiscriminately, without concerns in this aspect.

"Hey, hey, hey, whether fragrant or foul, in my mouth, it's all energy."

Of course, although there's a tendency towards evolution akin to Eighth Elder Chao, that's indeed from carelessly sucking it in. In the future, Zhang Yanhang plans to absorb sand in the desert, as the desert has no organisms. At most, he might only absorb some bleached bones, definitely way cleaner than seawater.

Right after swallowing the coffin board along with the Earth Evil Corpse Spirit Mushroom, it merely took one or two seconds for the Stomach Space to absorb them completely.

At the same time, a warm current appeared in Zhang Yanhang's body, a feeling he was very familiar with. The Earth Evil Corpse Spirit Mushroom's effect increased the stamina limit. Facing such effects from Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures, it indeed was hard not to be familiar with.

Based on Zhang Yanhang's previous experiences, he should have increased approximately 24% of his stamina limit just now. Taking into account the Swallowing Heaven and Earth Skill's relevant bonuses, it's also a factor.

So, he estimated that the original Earth Evil Corpse Spirit Mushroom should only boost the stamina limit by 16%; the additional 8% came from a 50% related bonus provided by Swallowing Heaven and Earth.

"Speaking of the stamina limit issue, after promoting to the Fourth Tier, I haven't had the chance to test related skill consumption yet."

Thinking of this, Zhang Yanhang immediately launched a full-power version of Death Wave to test the waters. Of course, he had already pre-set the surrounding relevant creatures, such as humans, as friendly units; otherwise, this Death Wave would result in an immediate massacre.

Although this Death Wave did not manage to kill any animals, only some insects, at least it allowed Zhang Yanhang to feel the current consumption of the Death Wave skill.

Unsurprisingly, the Death Wave currently hadn't undergone an upgrade, so the stamina consumption remained the same as during the Third Tier Period.

However, while the stamina consumption remained the same, Zhang Yanhang's stamina limit was vastly different.

Based on testing results, Zhang Yanhang's stamina limit, due to the Constitution Attribute raising to the Peak Fourth Tier level of 100 points, was at least tenfold compared to the previous Third Tier Period.

Of course, this included improvements from just eating the Earth Evil Corpse Spirit Mushroom. If not considered, it would only be around tenfold.

Before Zhang Yanhang's promotion to Fourth Tier, the stamina limit was enough to continuously release the maximum coverage range of the Death Wave skill five hundred times, so after the stamina limit increased tenfold, even without eating the Earth Evil Corpse Spirit Mushroom, Zhang Yanhang could continuously release five thousand Death Waves.

And after consuming the Earth Evil Corpse Spirit Mushroom, he could now continuously release six thousand two hundred Death Wave skills, even in the maximum coverage version.

"Six thousand two hundred Death Waves; if I don't pursue range, I could even reduce the scope to continuously release twelve thousand four hundred Death Waves. At one time, my Death Wave usage was limited to only several dozen uses, but now, this is over a hundredfold increase, exceeding ten thousand uses, which is truly absurd.

The coverage area of my Death Wave·Original LV.MAX is currently 2.38 square kilometers, so theoretically, 6,200 Death Waves would be enough to cover an area of 14,756 square kilometers, even though Qin Island City only has twelve thousand square kilometers.

Therefore, if I wanted, I could completely kill all life forms below Fourth Tier within Qin Island City by continuously releasing Death Wave through instantaneous movement."

Judging by Zhang Yanhang's current efficiency, he estimated he might only need a few minutes to resolve this matter.

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