Ashen God
Chapter 182 - 181: Make Money

Chapter 182: Chapter 181: Make Money

Although Zhang Yanhang himself had not done so, the first batch of Awakeners after the Spiritual Qi Recovery half a year ago did exactly that, relying on the abilities they had awakened to successfully disrupt the entire market.

In the diamond market, where the largest diamonds used to barely reach one kilogram, a large influx of diamonds suddenly appeared, some weighing dozens to even hundreds of kilograms, and they could even be custom-shaped. Since the value of diamonds tends to increase with size, the entire market collapsed overnight.

Because refining precious metals required finding suitable buyers, which was too troublesome, Zhang Yanhang just wanted to make some quick money. Therefore, Multiple Choice would definitely be more suitable than Alchemy for this purpose.

"Choices, how can I quickly get the money to rent an apartment!" Unlike the choice for boosting the Agility attribute which was hard even to trigger, the option for making money was easily triggered by Zhang Yanhang with just a casual mention.

[Do you wish to obtain a sum of cash quickly?]

[Option One: Scavenge through trash (Walk one hundred and seventy meters to the left from Hedong District along the sidewalk until you reach a traffic light, then turn right and proceed three hundred and twenty meters until you see a bookstore, turn left and walk one thousand four hundred and twenty-eight meters, and you will encounter a garbage bin, with a broken old sofa next to it containing thirty thousand yuan in cash).]

[Option Two: Rob a bank (Exit Hedong District, go straight across the road, walk twenty meters, and arrive at Qin Island Bank’s Hedong Branch, pull out an M9 handgun, fire at the ceiling, and announce a robbery. Relying on your Perception ability for Seeking Fortune and Avoiding Evil, you’ll ransack the Hedong Branch, obtaining a total of one million three hundred eighty-seven thousand six hundred yuan in cash).]

[Option Three: Pick up a wallet (Walk two hundred and fifty-seven meters to the right from Hedong District along the sidewalk to the bus stop, wait there for one minute, get on the 305 bus, go straight to the last row of seats, and find a lady’s purse containing a red envelope with eighteen thousand eight hundred and eighty-eight yuan in cash).]

"Although I had anticipated that using Multiple Choice to make money would be easy, I never expected it to be this easy. Just making a random choice can yield tens of thousands of yuan."

Zhang Yanhang was, on the whole, quite satisfied with this set of choices.

The only thing he was not satisfied with was the option involving robbing a bank; the other two options seemed normal, but this one seemed to be tempting him to court death. Although the Spiritual Qi had recovered, robbing a bank was still a serious crime, and he, a law-abiding citizen, would definitely not consider it.

"This time, let’s go with the more prudent option of scavenging through the trash. After all, picking up the wallet not only has the risk of being reported to the police by the owner, but also the money obtained is less. So, I choose Option One, scavenging through trash. Sigh, it’s all out of necessity, now I have to barely get by picking through trash."

After making his choice, the Time Pause instantly disappeared, and Zhang Yanhang quickly dashed towards the sidewalk outside the Hedong District.

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October 10th, the second day after the end of the Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day holidays, 6 p.m., East River District, Building 6, Unit 3, Room 702.

After successfully scavenging through the trash, Zhang Yanhang immediately took the cash he found and signed a rental agreement with the landlord. He paid half a year’s rent with the thirty thousand yuan, plus a deposit for three months, leaving himself with only a few hundred yuan.

Truth be told, he had actually expected Multiple Choice to trigger options similar to going to a lottery store to buy scratch cards, because with his Perception ability for Seeking Fortune and Avoiding Evil, he could easily see the patterns inside the scratch-off paint.

Or perhaps Multiple Choice would directly give him a number, which he could then use to buy a lottery ticket, opting for a small amount lottery with quick results.

But to his surprise, Multiple Choice did not require these indirect methods; it simply directed him to pick up money from a certain location, even saving the cost of buying a lottery ticket, making it completely free of charge.

He quite liked this straightforward and brutal approach, and the most crucial part was that the Energy Value consumed by this type of option seemed not to be too much—he only lost a small fraction of his Energy after making the choice to scavenge through trash.

It meant that if needed, he could possibly use this method to acquire a significant amount of cash at any time.

"Multiple Choice really is impressive; if I have enough Energy, I can do whatever I wish. Unfortunately, I only have a total of two hundred and fifty points of Energy," Zhang Yanhang lamented.

He became increasingly eager to obtain an Artifact that could increase his Energy Value, but regrettably, he had not yet encountered any Monster capable of dropping such an Artifact.

"Well, since the apartment’s rented now, I might as well go straight home," Zhang Yanhang decided. He remembered that the option mentioned the new Transmission Channel wouldn’t open for several more days, so it definitely wouldn’t activate today, and he saw no point in waiting there.

But from now on, he planned to check every evening to see if the Transmission Channel would open and to calculate the precise times of its activation and duration.

Having made up his mind, Zhang Yanhang silently exited Room 702 and locked the door using the key—a change from his previous practice of locking doors with Alchemy—but after just renting the place, the landlord had given him a key, and he could finally lock the door normally.

Zhang Yanhang had a deep obsession with locking doors; whether it was a dormitory at school, a room in the Ashen World’s Dulda Apartment, or even a gun store, he always preferred to lock the door with a key when leaving.

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October 11th, the third day after the end of the Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day holidays, 12 p.m., Xingfuli District, Room 505, the study.

Although he usually spent most of his time in the bedroom and hardly went to the living room, Zhang Yanhang did have a study room in his house, where he sometimes studied or played games. But now, he was in there researching the corpse of a Crimson Iron Ant.

After returning home yesterday, Zhang Yanhang continued the cycle of replenishing Energy Value and making choices throughout the night, but he was unable to trigger the options he desired.

After waking up this morning, he tried once more and still failed, finally admitting that he was probably engaging in a futile effort. Thus, Zhang Yanhang gave up the idea of using Multiple Choice to enhance his Agility attribute.

Since today was Sunday and he didn’t have school, after giving up on triggering his own choices, he went to the study to do research. Without a thorough investigation, he might not even find an angle to exploit the remaining value of a Monster Corpse.