Financial freedom starts from graduation

Chapter 408: Challenge the highest difficulty

Listening to the system's prompts, Zhou Wang, with his eyes slightly narrowed, couldn't help but marvel at it.

This was the first time he heard that the system needed to [load resources] before starting a round.

For a moment, Zhou Wang became even more curious about this so-called [draft round].

The system did not tell him how long he would have to wait, but Zhou Wang was not in a hurry at this moment. After all, he had no other arrangements today. And since the system had indicated that it was a "welfare round", the whole process should be very easy, right?

Listening to the laughter of Xu Wenxi and Lin Ran and feeling the slightly salty breeze from the river blowing on his face, Zhou Wang fell asleep in a daze under the parasol.

……

Ding!
【Resource loading completed】

[Hidden round is opening]

……

In a trance, Zhou Wang heard the system's prompt and he subconsciously opened his eyes.

But the sunlight disappeared, and the gurgling sound of the river also disappeared. Zhou Wang found himself in darkness, with no one else in sight.

"What the hell?"

Zhou Wang didn’t feel that he was dreaming… The reason was simple, when you are dreaming you may not be able to tell that you are dreaming, but when you are awake you know that you are definitely awake.

When Zhou Wang looked confused, a beam of light lit up from under his feet and spread to the surroundings in the blink of an eye. When Zhou Wang came to his senses, he was already on a circular platform.

There are floating clouds all around and the sky is ten thousand meters below.

This scene inexplicably made Zhou Wang feel familiar, and soon he remembered, isn’t this the scene from “Genting Game”?

It is the platform where you select the "city-state" at the beginning and conduct the "draft" in subsequent rounds.

The same.

Ding!
【The selection characters have been loaded】

At this moment, along with the prompts from the system in his mind, more light emerged from the middle of the platform. Then, as Zhou Wang stared in amazement, figures emerged from the center of the platform.

They have something in common: they all have graceful figures, beautiful features, and an illusory glow on their bodies.

But the difference is that every woman who appears on the platform has her own strong personal style. Even if their eyes are dull and they look more like a projection simulated by the system, they still can't conceal their lively temperament.

The key point is... Zhou Wang knows these women, or at least has dealt with them.

His secretary Jiang Qingkui.

Driver Miao Ying.

The internet celebrity Hua Suisui resigned for him.

Flight attendant Cheng Yiyi.

His former white moonlight Ding Yi.

Sun Xiningning, in whom he invested.

Big star Xia Xiwei.

Miss Gu who is also a star.

Kimchi girl Choi Min-ah.

And...Chen Shu, the proprietress of the Yunshangju Restaurant in Mingcheng.

No more, no less, exactly ten women.

Zhou Wang was confused for a moment. He didn't know whether the system generated the characters randomly, but he vaguely felt that for him, these ten women in front of him should have some other common points.

Because girls like Su Yajing, Jiang Mo, and Endme are not among them.

But Zhou Wang didn’t figure out the difference at once.

Ding!
[The corresponding event has been loaded]

When all ten women appeared on the platform, accompanied by another prompt from the system, floating frames similar to screens appeared in front of these women, with flowing images in them.

Ding!
[Preset rewards have been loaded]

After another prompt sounded, icons of different appearances appeared above their heads.

Zhou Wang took a look and immediately understood what the "pre-set reward" the system meant.

Gray orbs, golden orbs, colored orbs, various store items, and even chessboard maps...

Ever since he obtained the system, starting from the lowest level gray magic ball, all the forms of rewards he had experienced now appeared above their heads, emitting brilliant light of different colors.

Then, the system prompt sounded again in Zhou Wang’s mind.

[Please select the corresponding character within the set time, and you will get the corresponding reward after completing the corresponding event]

[Special Tip 1: Different events have different initial difficulties. If you cannot complete them, you will not be able to obtain rewards. Please choose carefully]

[Special Tip 2: You can judge the difficulty level by yourself through the event overview and reward level]

[Special Tip 2: This round will only appear once and cannot be completed repeatedly]

[Countdown: 5 minutes]

……

Zhou Wang was stunned for a moment, then quickly digested the information provided by the system.

In other words, he can only choose one of the women in front of him, and the events temporarily generated by the system are like copies in the game, but they can only be completed once.

This means that among the rewards in front of him, Zhou Wang can only choose one, but if he fails to complete the corresponding task, everything will be in vain.

After figuring out the general idea, Zhou Wang took a step forward and walked closer to take a closer look.

I have to say, even though it was a projection, the ten women in front of me were lifelike. Except for their out-of-focus eyes, they didn't look much different from reality.

Out of curiosity, Zhou Wang reached out and touched Jiang Qingkui, who was closest to him.

It feels warm to the touch...not much different from a real person.

Ahem, it’s a pity that there is not enough time, otherwise it would easily make people have other bad thoughts.

Seeing that there were only four and a half minutes left, Zhou Wang cleared his mind and glanced over their heads again.

Everyone’s reward level is different. For example, Jiang Qingkui had a “colorful magic ball” floating above her head that Zhou Wang had never obtained before. If Zhou Wang hadn’t seen it above Jiang Qingkui’s head at this moment, he wouldn’t even have known that there was a magic ball of this level.

The rewards of the "Golden Orb" are already very generous in Zhou Wang's opinion, including the Halo of Divine Luck, Boss Transformation Card, Intelligence Blind Box, Pretend Guide... Every reward that explodes from the golden orb is very practical.

What about the "colorful orbs"?

Zhou Wang, feeling somewhat excited, shifted his gaze to the [Event Frame] floating in front of Jiang Qingkui. When he saw the clips repeating in it like a movie trailer, Zhou Wang couldn't help but be stunned.

This should be what the system calls "Event Overview". What made Zhou Wang stunned was that the Jiang Qingkui in the picture did not quite match the Jiang Qingkui he currently knew.

She looks more mature and has a more stern temperament. The first scene shows her sitting in a luxury sedan, and then she is surrounded by reporters when she gets out of the car, with bodyguards clearing the way for her...

Behind, Xu Lingyue and two girls Zhou Wang didn't know followed closely.

Which period is Jiang Qingkui from?

When Zhou Wang was full of doubts, the camera jumped, and then there was a scene of Jiang Qingkui answering and making a phone call in annoyance.

As he watched, Zhou Wang gradually came to his senses. Could this be Jiang Qingkui from a certain period in the future?
The dog system has changed the timeline again?

Zhou Wang was very pleased at first glance. Jiang Qingkui was so cool, which meant that some of his ideas had all been realized. After all, Jiang Qingkui was trained by him to become the domineering female president in his dreams, realizing her original ambition.

However, she has already been so successful. What problems can she help Jiang Qingkui solve if she travels to the future?

While Zhou Wang was thinking about this, the image in the floating frame seemed to give further revelations.

The scene flashed again, and an elderly couple with graying hair appeared at the luxuriously decorated company reception desk. Then, Jiang Qingkui hurriedly walked out of the elevator and greeted the elderly couple. Then a huge argument seemed to break out between the two sides...

Zhou Wang was a little confused because he also knew the old couple, they were Jiang Qingkui's parents.

Then the scene jumped again. Jiang Qingkui's mother, Ms. Li Xiaolei, was admitted to the ICU due to anger. Outside the ward, Jiang Qingkui's father, Jiang Jiaxing, was sitting dejectedly. In a corner not far away, Jiang Qingkui was curled up in pain.

At this time, another middle-aged couple rushed over from the end of the corridor. They were Zhou Wang’s parents, Zhou Dajun and Ms. Zhao Guihua.

They looked anxious and guilty, and when Jiang Jiaxing saw them, he couldn't suppress his anger and jumped up and yelled at them.

Because the screen was silent and there were no subtitles, Zhou Wang really had no idea what they were arguing about. At this time, Jiang Qingkui, who came to persuade them to stop fighting, was accidentally pushed down, and a test report fell out of her custom-made Hermès bag.

Zhou Wang took a closer look and saw that it was a pregnancy test report...

At this point, the picture froze, then jumped again and turned into the initial scene of Jiang Qingkui sitting in the luxury car, and played again in a loop.

I guess? !
Zhou Wang, who had understood something through what these images revealed, could not help but shudder, and his face turned pale, which was unusual for him.

In other words, not only did he make Jiang Qingkui pregnant in the future, but he also caused a huge conflict between the two families because he could not give her a correct status. He even caused Jiang Qingkui's mother to have a heart attack and was admitted to the ICU...

Although the system did not explicitly state it, considering all the images seen, this can only be the only explanation.

That means that if Zhou Wang wants to get the corresponding reward from Jiang Qingkui, he must resolve this incident correctly.

Hmm... the difficulty is just average, no wonder it’s the reward of a “colored magic orb”?
Zhou Wang laughed, turned around and left without hesitation, jumping right past Jiang Qingkui.

...If he had that ability now, why would he be hesitant to really take down Jiang Qingkui?

Stop it.

Next to Jiang Qingkui was Sun Xiningning. Zhou Wang glanced at her and saw that the trailer was about a rebellious girl who looked like a high school student. She was born in a family where her parents were not on good terms and she lacked love since she was a child. As a result, she gradually grew up to be a traitor...

The trailer is not as long as Jiang Qingkui's, but it is also clear and concise. Zhou Wang can guess the goal of this event copy, which is probably for him to save the "fallen girl" and bring Sun Xiningning back on track.

This is quite simple.

With Zhou Wang's current mental state, it should be easy for him to coax Sun Xiningning who is still ignorant, right?
Zhou Wang still has this confidence.

But Zhou Wang certainly couldn't choose Sun Xiningning.

It's not just that he doesn't think the current Sun Xiningning is anything special. At least she dares to love and hate, and she still has that last bit of perseverance... The main reason is that the reward for the Sun Xiningning incident is too low.

It's just an ordinary "gray magic ball".

At this stage, purely material rewards, such as a "grey orb" that might be a car or a house, are no longer useful to Zhou Wang, and he can't get much money, so he naturally won't be interested in this kind of easy-to-scoring question.

Similarly, Miss Gu's event can also be skipped. Her reward is the second to last and is a temporary item that is practical but has a very short validity period.

This kind of brainless vase is destined to have a somewhat bumpy life experience, but she has never experienced any major storms, so the events that happen to her are relatively simple.

Cheng Yiyi, Miao Ying, Cui Miner, Hua Suisui...

Zhou Wang kept walking, trying to save time as much as possible. He quickly took a quick look at all the characters and events in all the draft rounds.

Then Zhou Wang returned to the starting point and began to ponder.

After reading them all, Zhou Wang actually only had four choices left.

These four are the most difficult in this draft round.

They are Jiang Qingkui who has the "color ball" reward, Ding Yi who has the "myth chessboard" reward, and Xia Xiwei and Chen Shu who have their own permanent prop rewards.

The rewards for these four characters are all in the first tier. Similarly, the difficulty of the events corresponding to them is also the highest... Every event makes Zhou Wang feel a little timid.

But at this moment, Zhou Wang also thought it through. After all, it was a free welfare round. There would be no substantial loss even if it could not be completed. Of course, he had to give it a try.

Among them, Chen Shu’s existence surprised Zhou Wang.

Although he hadn't seen her for a long time, he was still impressed by the mature and charming older sister. He also knew that her life experience was so rich that it probably surpassed that of the other nine women.

Perhaps because of this consideration, although she and Zhou Wang have the least intimacy, her reward is ranked first.

But just because they were not familiar enough, Zhou Wang did not dare to choose her rashly.

After eliminating these three options, there are actually three options.

Among the remaining three women, excluding the "pregnancy incident" that Zhou Wang had no idea how to solve, Zhou Wang actually only had two choices left.

Choose Ding Yi or Xia Xiwei?

Zhou Wang was conflicted for a moment.

The "permanent item" that Xia Xiwei has is exactly the [Teemo's Information Blind Box] that Zhou Wang has experienced before, except that it was a temporary version that time, and this time the reward given by the system is a permanent version.

If Zhou Wang remembered correctly, the price of this item in the reputation store was as high as 888 million reputation points. However, Zhou Wang's normal reputation value was currently hovering around six digits, which was far from the standard for redemption. It might take him several months of accumulation before it would be barely enough.

But Ding Yi's reward also made Zhou Wang envious.

Although the "chessboard map" is now available for sale in the reputation store, the price of ordinary chessboard maps is also seven figures. As for the mythical chessboard maps...

You can’t buy it in stores.

Yes, the mythical chessboard cannot be obtained through normal means. Only when the system explodes random rewards, there is a small chance that a mythical chessboard will appear.

Just because Zhou Wang had experienced the awesomeness of the mythical chessboard once in Hangzhou, he actually wanted to replicate the same chessboard in Shanghai.

This will undoubtedly allow him to have smooth sailing in the Magic City.

After all, Zhou Wang intended to build a second home in Shanghai.

This is the final destination of China Asset Management.

After taking a look at the countdown of only ten seconds, Zhou Wang no longer hesitated, made a decision in an instant, and reached out to touch the [floating frame] in front of him.

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(End of this chapter)