But soon, Zhou Muxi thought of a possibility. Although that person is just an outsourced member, as a Fifth Tier Awakened, she still has very high permissions within the relevant departments. If it's her, then it's possible.

The moment she thought it might be Gu Mingyue, Zhou Muxi immediately had some understanding. After all, if it's her, it would be quite easy to plant a person in the relevant departments.

But at the same time, Zhou Muxi couldn't help but reassess the woman in front of her, who had just joined the relevant department and claimed to have some connection with Zhang Yanhang. As expected of a university student, she indeed looked very young and also very pretty.

With a simple ponytail, she gave off a youthful vibe, and with the advantage of age, her face was full of collagen, her skin looked very tender and shiny, giving a bouncy and supple feeling that made one want to pinch it.

But even though this person looked young and beautiful, Zhou Muxi had her own advantages. She was stronger!

Just by relying on the reproductive isolation between a Second Tier Awakened and a Fourth Tier Awakened, Zhou Muxi felt that this person would not be a threat for a long time in the future.

After mentally running through a lot of scenarios, Zhou Muxi confidently gave Zhao Yalan a contemptuous smile.

Ha, woman, what do you have to compete with me? With your current strength, you're completely unqualified!

"Oh, so Zhang Yanhang recommended you. He and I are old acquaintances, our relationship is quite close. Just yesterday, he sent me a Heart Nourishing Stone as big as a bed board, which significantly advanced my cultivation."

Even though she didn't know what the situation was with the person opposite her, even the socially inept Zhou Muxi knew that she had to assert her dominance fiercely at this time. Facing the Fifth Tier Gu Mingyue, she might have lacked competitiveness, but facing the Second Tier Zhao Yalan, it was effortless for her to have the upper hand.

"..."

Ah, this damn gentleness, he really, I cried to death, just thinking about how Zhang Yanhang did such an incredible favor by giving Zhou Muxi that Heavenly Material and Earthly Treasure for her sake, Zhao Yalan was incredibly touched.

No wonder everything went so smoothly today; it turns out he paid such a big price for her.

Even knowing that this matter wasn't easy to accomplish, he casually agreed to it just yesterday.

Clearly doing so much for her in secret, but afraid she would have a psychological burden, so he didn't tell her.

Ah, this man is so damn outstanding; no, she must repay him well and return this favor thoroughly!

Originally, she thought today she would just snap a few photos, add a beauty filter, and send them over. But now, she must create a nine-grid photo collage and refine it before sending it!

"?"

Watching the woman opposite her switch through three different expressions like a Sichuan opera face-off while saying nothing the entire time left Zhou Muxi a bit bewildered. Could it be that this woman had some serious ailment?

But then, Zhou Muxi thought of another possibility; surely this woman named Zhao Yalan felt her unbeatable aura and now had the intention to retreat but was conflicted about whether to do so, thus causing her to change expressions but remain silent.

"Is there something you came to find me for?"

Although she didn't understand the situation of the woman opposite her, Zhou Muxi no longer felt like dealing with this 'loser in war.'

"Actually… because my abilities are quite special, I want to gain some support in media resources to enhance my strength."

Although a bit surprised that Zhou Muxi got straight to the point, Zhao Yalan thought it must be due to Zhang Yanhang's Heavenly Material and Earthly Treasure having its effect, leading Chief Zhou to be so straightforward, especially since she just mentioned how that Heart Nourishing Stone advanced her cultivation significantly.

And since Chief Zhou, who was helping her, was so efficient, naturally, it was better for her to quickly state what needed to be resolved.

"Oh, just that? Go find Xiao Wang downstairs; he's in charge of that area, just say I sent you and let him allocate more to you."

Even though it's been seven months since the Spiritual Qi Recovery, the fact that Zhao Yalan's strength was only at the Second Tier indicated that she probably didn't hold any particularly powerful skills. Therefore, Zhou Muxi didn't bother asking. As for some media resources, what are they worth?

With her current Fourth Tier strength, she ranked among the top within the branches of the relevant departments in Qin Island City, making it a non-issue to decide on such trivial matters.

"Thank you very much, Chief Zhou."

Zhao Yalan once more marveled at how remarkable Zhang Yanhang's Heavenly Material and Earthly Treasure were. She had just mentioned it, and the response came even faster than they might have understood her request; it was refreshingly straightforward.

"Alright, if there's nothing else, you can leave now."

Zhou Muxi waved her hand at Zhao Yalan then continued engrossed in watching dramas.

"Okay, Chief Zhou."

Zhao Yalan immediately exited and couldn't wait to head downstairs to find Xiao Wang.

...

November 1st, Sunday, Halloween, as well as the third day since Zhang Yanhang left the Ashen World. At five forty-five in the afternoon, in the Main World, Qin Island City, Xingfuli District, unit 505, bedroom.

Zhang Yanhang originally thought staying at home might trigger today's adventure. But as it turned out, there wasn't any trigger for an adventure. This was somewhat normal though, as at five in the afternoon, there was still a quarter of the day left. Under normal circumstances, there would be plenty of time to trigger an adventure.

But today is not quite feasible; in fifteen minutes, he has to depart for the Ashen World, and there's a good chance he won't return today. So if he doesn't trigger any fortuitous encounters in the next fifteen minutes, it probably won't happen today.

"There's only fifteen minutes left. It's definitely impossible for me to go out, so I'll just leave it to fate."

Zhang Yanhang is not too fixated on fortuitous encounters. Having them is naturally better, but if not, he can accept it. After all, compared to encounters, his main method of gaining strength is to hunt monsters in the Ashen World, and encounters are just the icing on the cake.

While waiting, Zhang Yanhang casually opened up and glanced at the skill effect of his Heavenly Earth Skill.

[Heavenly Earth Form · Original Scripture LV.6 (Active Skill)]

[Active Effect: After skill activation, the Heavenly Destiny Master can freely transform (enlarge) the body, with the maximum transformation limit at 2400%+2700%=5100% [currently 541 meters (+209 meters)], strength effect +600%. No cooldown, consumes a small amount of physical strength.]

[Additional Attributes: Maximum transformation limit +2700%.]

"Due to almost another twenty-one hours passing, roughly a day, my size has once again become enormous with the automatic growth of the Swallowing Heaven and Earth Skill. Originally, my height was only 651 centimeters, and now it's skyrocketed by 410 centimeters, reaching a height of 1061 centimeters."

Yesterday, Zhang Yanhang had a premonition that his height would likely grow over ten meters today. Now it seems to come true, becoming 10.61 meters, which, rounding up, is eleven meters.

"At my current height, if I want to lie on a bed without using the Transformation Technique, it's already equivalent to the length of a bus. It's truly becoming increasingly absurd. In terms of floors, it's roughly the height of a four-story building."

Zhang Yanhang feels that just with his current height, if he traveled to "Attack on Titan," he'd at least rank among the Pure Giants.

After all, in normal circumstances, the Armored Giant in Special Giants is only around fifteen meters tall. He estimates that by continuing at the current growth rate, he could reach the level of the Armored Giant by tomorrow.

"And with the growth of my basic size, the maximum transformation limit enhanced by my Heavenly Earth Skill has jumped from the original 332 meters to a terrifying 541 meters, equivalent to an increase of 209 meters in the maximum transformation limit in one go."

Zhang Yanhang vaguely remembers that when he had just ascended in rank, the maximum transformation limit under the Heavenly Earth state was only 70 meters. And now, without doing anything, just eating a little seawater and corpses has raised his maximum transformation limit to about eight times its original extent, which is truly baffling.

"If it were just the Swallowing Heaven and Earth Skill alone or just the Heavenly Earth Skill alone, they actually wouldn't be absurd.

But the key is that I now have both skills, and they can complement each other. Even a one-centimeter body growth from the Swallowing Heaven and Earth will add half a meter to my height after the amplification of the 51-fold magnification by the Heavenly Earth Skill. It's really hard not to grow bigger."

At the current growth rate, Zhang Yanhang estimates that it might not take four or five days or even a week for his height to grow to a thousand meters — maybe just two or three days will suffice.

"I remember the World Trade Center being exactly 541 meters high. So now, in the Heavenly Earth state, my height is already the same as the World Trade Center. Even in Ultraman, it would be considered an absolute giant size, as ordinary Ultraman is less than a hundred meters high."

Of course, the World Trade Center referred to here by Zhang Yanhang is not the old Twin Towers destroyed in 911 but the new Twin Towers built after the impact. Therefore, the height is somewhat higher than before. If another plane were to hit, it would surely become more conspicuous to aimed targets in the sky.

This newly-built Twin Towers ranks among the top ten tallest buildings globally, holding the eighth position.

"The world's tallest Burj Khalifa seems to be only about eight hundred meters tall. In comparison, the Earth-rumbling Giant is indeed more baffling."

Once Zhang Yanhang reaches a height of a thousand meters, exceeding the Earth-rumbling Giant, he would naturally surpass the Burj Khalifa as well.

"Speaking of which, those corpses I swallowed earlier are really enduring; there were clearly only tens of thousands in total, yet after almost a whole day of absorption, more than half remain unabsorbed."

Based on the current absorption rate, Zhang Yanhang estimates that the remaining corpses should be enough to last another two to three days.

"Considering that two or three days isn't all that long, and the effect of absorbing monster corpses is quite good, I should try to swallow as many monster corpses in the Ashen World later as possible."

Speaking of this, Zhang Yanhang thinks it might be better to use the Death Wave Skill more often later, especially when encountering clustered monsters, so the monster corpses remain relatively intact.

Otherwise, if he punches with full strength at any monster he encounters, the vast majority, especially those below the fifth tier, would undoubtedly shatter into pieces on the spot, making corpse collection considerably laborious.

"Luckily, with my current movement speed, even if I temper my strength to keep the monster corpses more intact at death, it shouldn't significantly impact hunting efficiency."

Speaking of hunting efficiency, Zhang Yanhang also remembered another point.

Previously, when clearing monsters in the large Crimson Iron Ant Nest Tarano within the Crimson Iron Ore Vein, he initially worked to eliminate the monsters and then made a separate trip back to pick up treasure boxes to save the waiting time for treasure box refreshes.

But he quickly realized that with his movement speed at the time, it was actually faster to wait for the treasure box to refresh in place than to run back and forth, saving on energy consumption in the process.

"But this time the situation is undoubtedly different. With my current movement speed boosted by Spiritual Qi to a height of twenty-eight Mach, I can easily run a second trip to pick up treasure boxes faster than waiting for them to refresh in place.

Moreover, when picking up treasure boxes, I can conveniently devour some corpses and contribute to environmental hygiene."

Although he had hunted monsters near the Christmas Transmission Channel before, the circumstances of monsters spawning from the Permanent Teleportation Channel are undoubtedly different from monsters in legitimate areas. Thus, the specific hunting efficiency still has to be determined once Zhang Yanhang enters a new region.

Moreover, hunting efficiency is significantly related to site conditions, and can't be generalized across different scenarios. For instance, the Goblin Plain being a vast plain and the large Crimson Iron Ant Nest Tarano being a pure mine tunnel, the situations between the two are definitely not interchangeable.

At the same speed, the Goblin Plain would undoubtedly be much faster, as there are no obstacles, allowing free choice of direction and monster hunting.

Nonetheless, his current movement speed of twenty-eight Mach alone is surely enough to let his hunting efficiency far surpass the past, without doubt.

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