"These options are so straightforward this time, especially the third option, which clearly tells me that it's impossible to find related Divination Tarot Cards in the Main World, even if I search for several days."
It can only be said that Zhang Yanhang originally had no hope of finding Divination Tarot Cards in the Main World, and now he completely lost hope.
"Compared to the third option, the second option is also quite direct, directly telling me not to waste time on finding Divination Tarot Cards, because it's impossible to find them in the Main World. And it also suggests I use the extra time for Alchemy."
Zhang Yanhang thinks the second option is actually quite reliable, especially as it encourages him to study Alchemy, since he planned to research Alchemy to see if he could better enhance his strength with it. After all, idle time is idle time, and researching Alchemy gives him something to do.
If he keeps the mundane habits of playing games and watching movies like a normal person, it's indeed very pointless. In comparison, studying Alchemy definitely aligns more with the lifestyle of an Awakener...
Though he has no idea what normal Awakeners usually do.
"Among these three options, two tell me not to waste time finding Divination Tarot Cards, only Option One genuinely allows me to acquire them."
Of course, acquiring Divination Tarot Cards still depends on having an Ashen Treasure Box. Without the Ashen Treasure Box, none of Zhang Yanhang's three options would be useful.
If you ask how Zhang Yanhang knows this, it's naturally because he tried before and indeed, couldn't trigger any useful options. Only when encountering Lord's Treasure Chests and Ashen Treasure Boxes can the Multiple Choice exert power.
"So, I choose Option One, yes."
Since there was only one useful option, Zhang Yanhang immediately chose the sole useful option, and the Time Pause ended instantly.
However, Zhang Yanhang quickly triggered a new Time Pause again, because right after making the choice, he picked up the EX-grade Ashen Treasure Box from the Umbrella Biological Experiment Zone.
[Would you like to open the 'Ashen Treasure Box (Umbrella Biochemical Test Field)'?]
"Yes, open." He had been opening drop treasure boxes for more than twenty minutes just to open the Ashen Treasure Box now, so Zhang Yanhang unhesitatingly chose to open it.
[Please choose the specific contents of the 'Ashen Treasure Box (Umbrella Biochemical Test Field)']
"Although the most important things in the box are the Ash Source and Divination Tarot Cards, there's another aspect that holds equal importance to me: equipping items of Legendary grade or higher."
Based on Zhang Yanhang's past experience, it was unexpected that this Ashen Treasure Box might contain equipment of even higher Quality than Legendary, such as Epic-grade Equipment. This time is a great opportunity to verify that, and unsurprisingly, there should be many Epic-grade items.
"Considering a bottle of Legendary Mutated Ancestor Virus Liquid previously increased my Life Value Limit by over two thousand points without any bonus, if I open an Epic-grade Artifact from the Ashen Treasure Box this time, wouldn't it increase my Energy Value Limit by several thousand points?"
If the base increase of several thousand points in Energy Value Limit happened, Zhang Yanhang, with his current Energy Value Limit bonus and Swallowing Heaven and Earth Skill Effect bonus, might potentially raise his Energy Value Limit by tens of thousands of points, closing the gap between Energy Value Limit and Life Value Limit.
Thinking of this, Zhang Yanhang immediately checked the first item slot.
[Option One: 3 points Ash Source]
[Option Two: 6 points Ash Source]
[Option Three: 9 points Ash Source]
"The first item slot indeed offers Ash Source options, and it indeed provides 9 points of Ash Source. Henceforth, 9 points of Ash Source seem to be the standard, and the previous low-level scenario of opening an Ashen Treasure Box only to receive 3 points Ash Source won't occur again."
Of course, Zhang Yanhang feels that 9 points of Ash Source now is definitely not the limit. It will likely continue to grow with Rank promotion. As for whether its change will occur in Sixth Tier Ashen Treasure Box or Seventh Tier Ashen Treasure Box, Zhang Yanhang doesn't know and can only learn through future practice.
"Besides the third option with 9 points of Ash Source, the second option can also provide 6 points of it, enabling a total gain of fifteen points of Ash Source from this Ashen Treasure Box."
With this gain, Zhang Yanhang can truly achieve freedom with Ash Source at Fifth Tier, given he already accumulated thirteen points before and now gains fifteen more, totaling at twenty-eight points of Ash Source.
Even if Zhang Yanhang will consume ten points of Ash Source due to Rank promotion later, he would still have eighteen points remaining, which is enough to upgrade eighteen Skills since each Skill upgrade requires only one point Ash Source.
He currently has only nine Skills eligible for Rank promotion requiring Ash Source, so claiming Ash Source freedom is not an exaggeration, although it's limited to Fifth Tier. This is a significant progress for Zhang Yanhang, who has persistently faced Ash Source shortage.
Even in this aspect alone, the Dual-choice is a crucial skill for Zhang Yanhang now.
[Option One: Buddha Relics (Vajra), Quality Legendary, Material]
[Option Two: Buddha Relics (Vajra), Quality Legendary, Material]
[Option Three: Buddha Relics (Treasure Wheel), Quality Epic-grade, Material]
"Buddha Relics? Hmm? Hmm?! Buddha Relics?! Is Buddha Relics something you can open? Why did it suddenly appear in the Ashen Treasure Box?"
At first glance, Zhang Yanhang thought he was mistaken, but after repeatedly confirming, he realized he wasn't—it really did open the Buddha Relics he had dreamed of. He initially considered visiting the Land of the Buddha Country, yet now, inexplicably, it appears in the Ashen Treasure Box.
"Moreover, it opened three Buddha Relics right away, two of Legendary and one of Epic-grade quality."
Zhang Yanhang originally expected to verify Epic-grade existence through equipment or artifacts. Yet, now, just at the second item slot, he found his anticipated Epic-grade in the material category.
"If the Four Great Emptiness Purifying World Fist needs an upgrade, it only requires one Buddha relic, and I can now use the dual-choice to acquire two Buddha relics.
Doesn't that mean I can directly upgrade the Four Great Emptiness Purifying World Fist twice?
Which means upgrading the Four Great Emptiness Purifying World Fist from its current red quality to legendary level, and then further directly upgrading it to epic level?
But speaking of which, is Buddha relic actually a material with quality? I always thought it was some kind of special item...
And now that Buddha relic has quality...
Would it require the corresponding quality to upgrade?"
Zhang Yanhang thought this was very likely to happen, as it seemed improbable that one could upgrade a red-quality Four Great Emptiness Purifying World Fist using a gold-quality Buddha relic and perform such a rank leap.
"Although I don't know exactly how this Buddha relic is used, choosing a higher quality is definitely not wrong."
Zhang Yanhang planned to choose an epic-quality Treasure Wheel relic and then choose a legendary-quality Vajra relic. Anyway, it certainly couldn't be right to choose two Vajra relics; that would be too much of a loss.
[Option One: Desecration Curse Blade, Quality: Orange, Weapon]
[Option Two: Virus Injection Gun, Quality: Orange, Weapon]
[Option Three: Divination Tarot Card·Death [Missing] (Gate of Truth), Quality: Light Gold, Equipment]
"Although I couldn't see which treasure box keyword the Buddha relic option was related to, this case is different. The virus injector is blatantly placed here, making it clear this is the slot related to virus keyword."
However, Zhang Yanhang was more concerned about how the item slot this time only had one Divination Tarot Card left?
"Previously, when opening the Lord's Treasure Chest, there were clearly two Divination Tarot Cards. But the higher-grade Ashen Treasure Box only has one Divination Tarot Card left. Could it be because the quality of the Divination Tarot Card is too low to occupy more slots?"
But compared with the fact that the quality of Divination Tarot Card is too low, Zhang Yanhang still felt it might be due to his Multiple Choice not being strong enough. If his Multiple Choice were strong enough, maybe he could have made two Divination Tarot Cards in one item slot just like the Lord's Treasure Chest.
Obviously, besides that, the possibilities are diverse, such as a special restriction of the Ashen Treasure Box that he's not aware of, resulting in only one Divination Tarot Card being obtained.
"However, looking at both the Desecration Curse Blade and the Virus Injection Gun, it can still be seen that this time, the Divination Tarot Card should have intercepted the option originally belonging to the weapon."
The Virus Injection Gun seems lousy just by its name, so Zhang Yanhang wasn't interested in checking it out, but he did take a peek at the Desecration Curse Blade's attribute list, finding it to be a 'Poison Blade,' capable of releasing a large amount of toxins upon hitting the enemy's body, destroying their internal organs and muscle tissues.
Overall, although the name appears more formidable than the Virus Injection Gun, it still isn't useful for Zhang Yanhang, as he currently requires upgrade materials that are at least red quality.
Of course, Zhang Yanhang felt that the original Option Three must have been at least a red-quality weapon, possibly even a legendary-level weapon, but regrettably, it was occupied by the Divination Tarot Card·Death.
If it were possible to get a legendary-level weapon for just spending a few dozen energy value points, Zhang Yanhang might still be tempted.
After checking the Desecration Curse Blade's attribute list, Zhang Yanhang immediately continued to check the attribute list of this light gold-quality Divination Tarot Card·Death, which was opened this time; this is the most important thing.
[Divination Tarot Card·Death [Missing] (Gate of Truth)]
[Quality: Light Gold]
[Origin: Ashen World, Heavenly God Continent, Sizitak Empire, Akbar Village underground black workshop.]
[Defensive Power: 35] Check latest chapters at 𝗻𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗹~𝓯𝓲𝓻𝓮~𝚗𝚎𝚝
[Additional Attributes: Life Value Recovery Speed +40%.]
[Upgradable, Upgrade Condition 1: Possess 'Divination Tarot Card·Fool [Missing] (Gate of Truth)' (0/1), Possess 'Divination Tarot Card·Chariot [Missing] (Gate of Truth)' (0/1), Possess 'Divination Tarot Card·Emperor [Missing] (Gate of Truth)' (0/1).
Upgrade Condition 2: Possess 'Divination Tarot Card·Lovers [Missing] (Gate of Truth)' (0/1), Possess 'Divination Tarot Card·Temperance [Missing] (Gate of Truth)' (0/1), Possess 'Divination Tarot Card·Tower [Missing] (Gate of Truth)' (0/1).]
[Usage Requirements: Hold Alchemy skills or other relevant alchemy skills.]
[Score: 350 (Light Gold Item score is between 261 and 350.)]
[Set Effect One: Blind Foolishness (Attribute unlocked with two-piece set)]
[Set Effect Two: Soul Tower (Attribute unlocked with three-piece set)]
[Description: Death is one of the 78 Tarot cards, ranked 13th among the 22 Major Arcana cards; it is a card symbolizing death among the 78 Tarot cards. But the essence of life is a constant cycle of death and rebirth; sometimes, only the destruction of old things can lead to the advent of a new era.
This card represents clearing away the old stuff to create more space for new things—new beliefs, new stages, new opportunities, and new understandings.
Death wears a red feathered helmet, holds a plague banner, and rides atop a white steed, towering above, gazing down upon the living, where desolation and lifelessness spread wherever it goes.
No matter wealth or poverty, young or old, death is an irresistible natural phenomenon, unavoidable and unescapable.
Though death brings destruction, it also provides hope for rebuilding, for destruction allows space for construction. After the old world has been demolished, new life is born, vibrant and embracing the dawn.
But all the above contents are irrelevant to this substandard counterfeit product produced in a small workshop with printing errors.]