Six hours later, in the outer zone of Raccoon City, near a garden fountain,
After six hours of hard work, Zhang Yanhang had finally completed the third stage of the monster clearance plan for the outer zone of Raccoon City, the segment from the slot machine to the treasure box. In the past six hours, he had cleared an area of eight square kilometers.
Currently, Zhang Yanhang stood before the Ashen Treasure Box, silently reviewing the attribute list of the big treasure box in front of him.
[Evaluation Settlement Treasure Box (Raccoon City)]
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[Origin: Ashen World, Raccoon City.]
[Current Area Comprehensive Evaluation Details List]
[Zombie (First Tier One-Star Ordinary Monster): 3383/5000]
[Police Zombie (First Tier Zero-Star Ordinary Monster): 423/500]
[Zombie Dog (First Tier One-Star Ordinary Monster): 653/1000]
[Licker (First Tier Two-Star Ordinary Monster): 166/300]
[Beta-type Hunter (First Tier Three-Star Ordinary Monster): 4/70]
[Gamma Type Hunter (First Tier Three-Star Ordinary Monster): 0/30]
[T-001 Prototype Tyrant (Second Tier One Star Ordinary Monster): 0/50]
[T-103 Type Tyrant - Tracker (Second Tier Two-Star Lord Monster): 0/1]
[Current Area Comprehensive Completion Rate: 43.0%]
[Current Area Comprehensive Evaluation Level: B- (F-EX)]
[Special Attribute: Ashen Treasure Box — Users can obtain an Ashen Treasure Box related to the evaluation level after the evaluation settlement is complete.]
[Usage Requirements: Current Area Comprehensive Evaluation Level F and above.]
[Introduction: A Evaluation Settlement Treasure Box automatically generated by the Ashen World, capable of real-time calculation of the current area’s comprehensive evaluation level and generating the corresponding Ashen Treasure Box.]
"So I’ve actually killed so many monsters already? Adding them all up, there are over four thousand..." During the remaining eight square kilometers of the third stage, Zhang Yanhang had cleared about twelve hundred ordinary zombies, over eighty police zombies, two hundred zombie dogs, and more than seventy Lickers.
"Even though I’ve cleared over four thousand monsters, the comprehensive completion rate is still only 43%. I feel completion rate is a bit low."
Zhang Yanhang had cleared an area of 22 square kilometers by now, and the entire Raccoon City was only 43 square kilometers, so he had cleared more than half of the entire Raccoon City, yet the comprehensive completion rate was only 43%.
Although Zhang Yanhang didn’t require over 50%, he felt that a completion rate of at least 45% or even 48% would be more reasonable.
"Could it be that the proportion of stronger monsters affects the completion rate more significantly? If that’s the case, it does make sense; after all, one can’t expect a high rating just by killing low-level monsters, it’s not like I’m the Ten-mile Slope Sword God."
If the low completion rate were due to this reason, Zhang Yanhang could accept it.
"Speaking of which, have I already killed off over half of the ordinary zombies in Raccoon City?"
Zhang Yanhang hadn’t expected there to be only five thousand zombies in Raccoon City, and yet he had already eliminated 3383 of them. That converted to a percentage meant he had already eradicated 67.7% of the ordinary zombies, leaving less than a third still obliviously struggling to survive.
But given Zhang Yanhang’s current rate of clearing, those remaining ordinary zombies were definitely on their last legs.
Zhang Yanhang had actually always thought that there would be about seven thousand ordinary zombies in Raccoon City alone, and with additional zombies, the total number of monsters would be over ten thousand. But the reality was, even if all the monsters in Raccoon City were added together, they would not make up seven thousand, which was somewhat disappointing to him.
"Moreover, there were only five hundred police zombies in Raccoon City in total, and I’ve already eliminated 423 of them? Does that mean I’ll soon have wiped out all the police zombies in Raccoon City?"
Zhang Yanhang silently calculated that, given the drop rate of one treasure box per seven or eight zombies, his hope of collecting eight +4 waist bags seemed 80% dashed, especially now that there weren’t many police zombies left in Raccoon City.
"Besides the critically endangered police zombies, I’ve also wiped out more than half of the Zombie Dogs and Lickers." Perhaps due to the significant reduction in zombie numbers, Zhang Yanhang strangely began to feel the illusion of killing them while cherishing them.
"But what does this Evaluation Level B- mean? If the evaluation is higher, would the rewards also get better?" Zhang Yanhang reckoned, according to common sense, this should indeed be the case; it seemed unlikely that a higher evaluation level would bring poorer rewards.
"If that’s the case, if I cleared out the entirety of Raccoon City, making the comprehensive completion rate reach 100%, could I then get an EX rating?"
Zhang Yanhang recalled an option mentioned earlier, about recklessly settling the evaluation and opening the Ashen Treasure Box before clearing Raccoon City completely, but he hadn’t triggered that option, so he certainly wouldn’t be doing that this time.
"If I actually received an EX rating, could it be possible to get more Ash Sources from the Treasure Box? Or perhaps, if the evaluation is below a certain level, it might be impossible to obtain Ash Sources from the treasure box."
For safety’s sake, Zhang Yanhang decided not to open this treasure box for now, especially since his current evaluation level was just B-, which was still quite low. He thought it would be more prudent to wait until the evaluation level reached either A or S, or until he had cleared the entire Raccoon City before opening the treasure box.
"So, next, I should continue clearing the outer zones of Raccoon City until the entire outer zone is completely cleared, then start gradually clearing the middle layer and core areas."
The outer zone of Raccoon City had a total area of 29 square kilometers, and Zhang Yanhang had already cleared 22 square kilometers of it. Now, only the last 7 square kilometers remained, which was the fourth stage of the outer zone clearing plan.
During this fourth stage of the plan, Zhang Yanhang would clear from the Big Treasure Box all the way back to Dulda Apartment. By then, the entire outer zone of Raccoon City would be thoroughly cleared, leaving no zombie untouched.
Furthermore, after completing the outer zone clearing plan, Zhang Yanhang would also start formulating the plan to clear the middle layer areas.
"Still 7 square kilometers left, needing at least another five hours to possibly complete it. By then, my continuous work hours will definitely exceed eight hours, and there’s a good chance they might reach twelve, another step closer to the 007 work regime."
Zhang Yanhang felt that, being a newbie Awakener who awakened five months late, he had to work even harder to catch up with the veteran Awakeners who had awakened six months earlier.
He had only entered Ashen World less than a week ago and had already made himself so much stronger—only the ghosts know how strong those who entered the Ashen World six months ago must be now.
"I hope I can thoroughly clear out the entire Raccoon City this time."
Before entering Ashen World, Zhang Yanhang’s wish was to clear out the surface part of Raccoon City, but now, his goal had grown bigger; he aimed to clear out the underground part of Raccoon City as well.
By doing so, he would be able to open the Ashen Treasure Box and obtain the Ash Sources within. After advancing to the Second Tier, his attribute restrictions would definitely open up significantly, and with the 36 attribute points he had previously accumulated, his power was bound to surge.