"Looks like the next time I visit the Crimson Iron Ant Nest, in addition to hunting monsters, playing slot machines, and exchanging achievements, there’s another task to add."
Zhang Yanhang’s Power of Swallowing Sheep was only a B-level Talent, but he felt that with the number of monsters in the Crimson Iron Ant Nest, if he could clear them all out, he could at least upgrade to an S-level Talent, or even higher. By that time, his strength should improve considerably.
Especially the effect of Double Strike, even the current 75% was very useful, and with subsequent upgrades, Double Strike would definitely become more useful, even stronger than his standard attacks.
"Although there’s been no change in the alchemy Skill Effect, it has indeed been enhanced," Zhang Yanhang reflected on his recent experiment during the creation of Refined Crimson Iron+5.
Overall, the alchemy he upgraded with a bit of Ash Source lived up to his expectations, significantly reducing the consumption.
This reduction was even more exaggerated than the Multiple Choice, if Multiple Choice reduced the consumption by five times, then the upgraded alchemy reduced it by ten times, which was quite terrifying.
Before, if Zhang Yanhang wanted to fuse three hundred twenty kilograms of Refined Crimson Iron, it would at least require dozens of Energy Values, but now it only required a single-digit Energy Value.
Regarding the specific improvements in alchemy, Zhang Yanhang conducted a detailed experiment and soon discovered that in addition to the enhanced consumption, even the creation speed had improved.
Previously, the creation speed of alchemy was very slow; just digging a hole normally took several minutes, basically making it impossible to use in combat.
But now, the creation speed of alchemy had improved significantly. Although it might still not be applicable in actual combat, the speed had indeed increased manifold.
Especially when creating simpler constructions, the simpler the item, the faster Zhang Yanhang worked, like creating ground spikes, now he could generate a spike or a row of them at a designated location in just a few seconds.
After a simple experiment with alchemy, Zhang Yanhang suddenly remembered an important issue, "It seems I have not yet gone to the relevant department to collect the second-tier part of Limitless Universe Skill, but, the previous options list indicated that I just needed 2100 Soul points to promote my Limitless Universe Skill to the second tier."
"Could it be that the enhanced Multiple Choice is actually helping me promote my skills to a whole new level without actually achieving them?" Zhang Yanhang thought he might need to ask the group leader later on to see how normal Awakeners usually upgrade their skills.
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"But this is not urgent at the moment, I’ll ask when I have time at noon..." Zhang Yanhang felt he might need to test whether using a first-tier cultivation technique to restore second-tier Energy Values would result in reduced efficiency.
Zhang Yanhang had actually been wanting to test this earlier, but the problem was that his Energy Value was always full. But now, it was different; he had expended quite a bit of Energy Value while fusing materials and experimenting with alchemy, and making choices had also consumed a considerable amount of Energy Value.
If it was under these circumstances, then testing a specific restoration efficiency would be more rigorous.
Just as Zhang Yanhang was about to start testing the restoration efficiency, he glanced at his phone and realized there might not be enough time, "I have class at eight this morning, but now it’s already past seven, I feel like I might be late..."
"As the owner of Multiple Choice, being late is impossible, I can easily solve this issue just by activating my ability. Choose! I will not be late this morning!"
In the past, Zhang Yanhang might not have used Multiple Choice for such matters, but now things were different. Multiple Choice’s consumption had been reduced, and with his second-tier Energy Value limit, dealing with such a small matter was really easy.
[Will I be late this morning?]
[Option One: No (As you’re debating whether to start operating Limitless Universe Skill now which might cause you to be late, a sudden notification appears in the class group announcing a temporary cancellation of the first and second lessons of the morning due to electrical issues in the teaching building.)]
[Option Two: The teacher is late (While you’re debating whether to go to school right now, you finally decide not to and focus on operating Limitless Universe Skill for a while before heading to school, only to be surprised that the teacher is not calling attendance due to being late.)]
[Option Three: Yes (After running Limitless Universe Skill for a while before heading to school, you undoubtably arrive late. However, after a brief explanation, the teacher understands the challenges of being an Awakener and cancels your absent record.)]
"Is it me who will be late, or the teacher, or even the whole teaching building losing power? One of these must happen today."
Zhang Yanhang thought for a bit; although a normal college student’s only reaction to morning classes being canceled would likely be to cheer and go back to sleep, he still felt he shouldn’t delay these kids’ education, so, having the whole building lose power wasn’t an option.
"So, is it the teacher being late or me?" Zhang Yanhang thought, and since his initial goal was to not be late, once he excluded the third option, the only answer was emerging.
"So, I choose Option Two, the teacher is late. After all, it’s impossible for me to be late, only making the teacher be a bit late can barely manage life this way."
After making his choice, time resumed flowing for Zhang Yanhang, and he immediately started operating Limitless Universe Skill to restore Energy Value.
To obtain the specific recovery rate, Zhang Yanhang initially stored the Gathering Spirit Jade and the Ice Silk Cool Mattress in his Waist Bag, and soon discovered that the overall restoration efficiency of his Energy Value had increased significantly since advancing to the second tier.
However, although the recovery efficiency of Energy Value had indeed improved, the multiplier between active recovery and panel recovery speed had significantly reduced.