"It seems there was nothing wrong with the wording this time." As soon as he triggered the Multiple Choice, Zhang Yanhang immediately noticed that a large chunk of his Energy Value had decreased, but thankfully, it had fully recovered after a night’s rest.
After briefly focusing on the issue of his Energy Value, Zhang Yanhang immediately checked the options formed by the choice itself; this was his real point of interest.
Having glanced over the options, the first one that Zhang Yanhang naturally needed to eliminate was the third choice, which absurdly suggested that he give up acquiring Agility attribute value—naturally, this was not an option, so Zhang Yanhang would definitely not pick the third one.
Then, the second option, which Zhang Yanhang felt was unreliable—how should it be put—although it might indeed boost his Agility attribute value through the obtained Spirit Fruit, the location to get it was a bit inconvenient.
If it were some deserted wilderness, Zhang Yanhang might have considered trying it out, but, as it stood, the second option was clearly asking Zhang Yanhang to steal from government departments, which was simply a suicidal move, and one that could potentially result in being killed on the spot.
Zhang Yanhang didn’t possess any abilities like invisibility or stealth. If he wanted to enter a government department, besides brazenly walking through the front door, there were virtually no other options. Climbing over the fence was not feasible, as government territories were protected by Barriers, with only an exit at the main entrance. Chapters first released on novel·fiɾe·net
If Zhang Yanhang thought about climbing in through the back door, he would first have to break through the Barrier, but a Barrier of that strength was certainly not something a First Tier Awakened like him could break.
Therefore, since climbing over the fence was not an option, Zhang Yanhang’s only choice would be to brazenly walk through the main entrance to steal. Should he do so, there would only be one outcome: he would be attacked by the internal security staff, and there was a high probability of being killed on the spot.
The nature of this act was like, before the Spiritual Qi Recovery, choosing to rob a police station for the meager salary of the cops instead of targeting a bank with lax security—you’re done if the cops decide to shoot, being turned into a sieve would even count as a good outcome.
Hence, the second option was also off the table. The risk of sudden death was simply too great. It was not worth risking his life for a bit of Agility attribute value, and even if Zhang Yanhang didn’t get killed on the spot, he would likely end up in prison for life, possibly even facing some special punishment exclusive to Awakeners.
All things considered, Zhang Yanhang felt that the only viable choice was the first option: to have a chat with the group owner and get a Purple Quality Dilophosaurus Potion from her. Based on what Zhang Yanhang knew about the group owner, she was quite friendly to newcomers like him and would likely genuinely help him.
If the group owner had not been approachable to newcomers, she wouldn’t have proactively talked to Zhang Yanhang, let alone named the group chat ’Qin Island City Awakened Mutual Assistance Association.’ With ’mutual assistance’ in its name, it naturally indicated a spirit of helping each other.
Now that the group owner was helping him, when he became stronger, he would naturally help her in return. This basic social interaction was something Zhang Yanhang was well aware of.
"So, I choose Option One, Gu Mingyue." After making his choice, Zhang Yanhang immediately noticed his Energy Value had dropped again, nearly depleting it completely.
"Even after using such a tactful method to obtain Agility attribute, my Energy Value is nearly all consumed," thought Zhang Yanhang.
He felt that the Talent of Multiple Choice was great in all aspects except that it lacked a user-friendly touch. Since triggering a choice passively didn’t require any consumption, why couldn’t the energy cost be eliminated for active choices as well?
If the energy consumption for this aspect could also be eliminated, how could Zhang Yanhang still be worried about how to enhance his Agility attribute value? By then, he would probably have already successfully courted the Empress and be living off the luxuries of the Imperial Royal Family.
As for why not directly become the Emperor? That was naturally because he found it too troublesome. Being Emperor wasn’t as comfortable as being the Husband; as a Husband, all he had to do was indulge in eating, drinking, and merry-making every day.
One could say that once he became the Husband, Zhang Yanhang would have officially entered the retirement life. As long as the Empire didn’t fall, he would forever be able to enjoy his retirement without worry about anything else.
But being the Emperor? One would have to be busy solving national issues every day, exhausting work with no holidays, and no retirement—having to be Emperor until death, he certainly didn’t want to end up on such a path of unrelenting burden leading to death.
"But the option says I can only talk to her about it at noon. It’s still several hours away from midday; let’s set it aside and continue organizing the items from the Treasure box."
Since he had to wait till noon to chat with the group owner, Zhang Yanhang began to continue his inventory of the spoils. Apart from fifty-one E-tier Talents of "Ant Power," he had also uncovered several Materials from the Treasure boxes.
Specifically, he had obtained half a kilogram of Refined Crimson Iron from the Crimson Iron Flying Ant Treasure Box and two kilograms of ordinary Crimson Iron from the Crimson Iron Worker Ant Treasure Box.
Although Zhang Yanhang had acquired a considerable amount of ordinary Crimson Iron and Refined Crimson Iron in the Crimson Iron Ant Nest, those Materials couldn’t be taken out of there. Though he managed to bring some back to the Main World through special means, he still felt the need for some normal Crimson Iron and Refined Crimson Iron to be brought back to the Main World.
He didn’t need much of these Materials, so Zhang Yanhang only chose half a kilogram of Refined Crimson Iron and two kilograms of plain Crimson Iron since each option only offered half a kilogram. Zhang Yanhang used a total of five choices for these Materials, hence, ’wasting’ five Soul points, but it wasn’t a big concern.
Though he ’wasted’ five choice’s Soul points, that only amounted to 190 Soul points. If it were early on in the Ashen World, he might have cared about these 190 Soul points, but for the current him, 190 Soul points couldn’t accomplish much.
After all, even upgrading his lowest-level Fighting Master to LV.7 would cost 1600 Soul points, nearly eight to nine times as much as 190 Soul points. That’s why Zhang Yanhang so easily dismissed these five options.
After tallying up the Talents and Materials, Zhang Yanhang began to sort through the Equipment he had uncovered from the Treasure boxes. This time around, he had obtained forty-nine Green Quality Crimson Iron Rings and two Blue Quality ’Crimson Iron Hearts.’