Interactive Fiction: The Right Choice After Unemployment

Chapter 20
7.7% for option one, 38.5% for option two, 3.85% for option three, 3.85% for option four, 3.85% for option five, 3.85% for option six, 3.85% for option seven, and 34.6% for option eight.

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【Option [-]】

【wise man】

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Zheng Zhuo glanced at the voting interface.His hand reaches for one of the eleven cards.

The card showed an old man wearing a scholar's hat and a monocle over his left eye.He sat among a pile of equipment and volumes, flipping through thick books.

When Zheng Zhuo's hand touched the surface of the card, the scene changed.

The scene when he confirmed the situation appeared in front of him.

A thin young man wearing glasses boarded a ship, looked at the map and many ancient materials, and looked at the dark sea.

The golden light overflowed from the card, covering the pure white around Zheng Zhuo.

Suddenly, he felt that his feet were empty and he was falling.

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Zheng Zhuo fell down in the pure golden space.He saw the card that dropped with him, and the card with the picture of the wise man.

The cards fell faster than Zheng Zhuo.It flew lightly into the distance.Zheng Zhuo saw that where it flew over, the golden space was rippling, showing a pattern.

The card broke through the golden space and flew towards a building that looked like a university.It passes through the corridor, through the window, through the students and professors who are discussing enthusiastically, and flies to the distant sea.It is like a golden seagull gliding through the seaside port, gliding past the neatly arranged ferries, freighters and fishing boats, and flying to the other side of the sea level.It keeps flying, keeps flying.On the way, it passed some small islands.The distance between the small islands and the small islands is extremely long, and there are thousands of sea miles in the ocean.

The first island that the card passes through has a steep mountain wall.The card passes under its mountain wall, and not far away, a severely weathered ancestral hall can be vaguely seen.

The second small island that the card passes by is long and narrow, and half of it is a beach.The card goes deep into the jungle behind the beach and skims past the wreckage of a crashed propeller plane.

And the card finally arrived at the third island.This ring-shaped island is formed by a low volcanic crater.The card circled around the island, and then plunged into the crater.

The golden card was quickly submerged by the deep blue water.It kept falling, and gradually, the dark blue turned into black that could not be seen.

It fell for a long time, until the outline of the ruins of the city could be vaguely seen in the depths.

The card landed slowly, sliding over those ancient streets with strange shapes.

Finally, it landed at the foot of a shockingly tall, copper-green statue.

The fine sand on the bottom of the sea brushed gently, burying it.

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The next second the card disappeared into the sand.The scene that Zheng Zhuo saw suddenly began to reverse at an extremely fast speed.

He was surrounded by strange light and wind, and those scenes swept across the pure golden space like afterimages.

In the disgusting sense of acceleration, Zheng Zhuo returned to the first university.

Zheng Zhuo followed the camera through the laboratory, through the teaching building, through the library, and finally came to a corridor outside the office.

Floating in the air, he looked down and saw a man who looked like a professor talking with a thin young man with a bookish temperament wearing glasses.

"... Huairen, you are the best student in marine archaeology... I hope you can participate in this expedition... This will broaden your knowledge, and in the future, your resume will also..."

"...Okay, teacher. To tell you the truth, I have been looking forward to leaving Hong Kong for a long time. I heard that this time you hope to find clues to the lost civilization..."

Immediately afterwards, all that went away in front of Zheng Zhuo.

He went up, off the surface, and saw the mountains and the sea.He flew towards the east, his back turned from blue to bright white and then to black sky, crossed the continent and ocean, and finally landed towards the west coast of Africa.

Gold once again filled all vision.

When patterns and sounds appeared in front of him again, Zheng Zhuo realized that he was floating above a port.

Negroes hurried across the harbor with baskets and crates.Among these Africans, a few yellow-skinned foreigners stood out.

Zheng Zhuo saw the professor and the thin young man who were talking at the university earlier at a glance.They were standing on the shore next to a diesel engine boat, talking in low voices.

"Professor, how many people are there?"

"Several students who came to see the school like you haven't arrived yet. Wait a little longer, Huairen. The time for assembly is already set loosely."

"I know, sir. But..."

The thin young man looked up at the cumulonimbus clouds in the distance.

"But it looks like it's going to rain soon."

"Next is the rainy season."

said the professor.

"I think you can take this opportunity to get used to the rain on the sea in advance."

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Zheng Zhuo watched all this.

Suddenly, a huge force dragged him and pressed him to the port.

Zheng Zhuo's body is no longer under his control!Suddenly, he heard a female voice.

It was the voice of the young woman in the pure white space.

"...found control of this part."

That voice came directly into Zheng Zhuo's mind.

"[When entering the world, the power to choose abilities]... This part has not disappeared with the shutdown of the entrance function."

"Send it to you now."

Accompanied by these words, the green screen covered Zheng Zhuo's entire field of vision.

Zheng Zhuo looked at the green, transparent screen.

In the middle is a huge lettering.

【ability】.

There are three items.From left to right are [Identification], [Change] and [Copy].

Under each skill, there are small words carefully arranged to explain the effect of the skill.

At the same time, Zheng Zhuo felt his feet hit the ground.

The surrounding gold starts to fade.The sky brightens, the colors of the scene become vivid, you feel the heat of the sun, you smell the sea breeze, you feel the sea salt on your skin, your feet begin to bear weight...

"what!"

A professor in the distance and a thin young man named Huairen saw Zheng Zhuo.The professor nodded at him, and the thin young man waved to him.

"This way—"

At the same time, the green screen in front of him that only Zheng Zhuo could see also began to flicker.

Under [Authentication], [Change] and [Copy], a box popped up.

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【Choose your ability】

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Along with this box, there is also [Subconscious Voting] on the left.

It also followed.

The inexplicable sense of security made Zheng Zhuo smile.

With the slight movement of his mind, the words of the subconscious vote quickly appeared.

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【problem】

[I am about to participate in ocean voyages.What ability do you want to possess? 】

[Option [-]: Identification]

Explanation: A simple situation that can confirm the identification object.

Such as the species, age, health, injury, and aggressiveness of organisms, the name, age, and damage of inorganic substances, etc.

[Option [-]: Change]

Description: You can choose one of the three skills at 12:[-] am every day.Skills are valid only for one day.

The skill library includes practical skills such as [swimming], [ship driving], and [meteorology].

Learning this skill is equivalent to becoming a skilled worker in this professional direction.

【Option [-]: Copy】

Description: You can see what kind of skills others have, and choose to learn a skill that others have.Limit one use per day.

The skills learned can be used for 1 hour.When the time is up, the skill will disappear.

　After [Option 1], [Option 1] and [Option [-]], you can leave a message in the form of [this chapter says]. A message under [-] id counts as [-] vote.

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