Choosing the Future

More than ten days passed.

In the end, Akeman fell too. He pressed that red "Upgrade" button and became an Ultimate Member of the Xiao Zhi System.

He joined the so-called Azure Light Guild.

Akeman did not know which person he was to fall—perhaps the eightieth or ninetieth. In any case, he had squeezed into the top hundred and secured double Points rewards along with other benefits.

Afterward, he went to a place over two thousand li west of his territory and joined a waterworks construction project. Starting with simple tasks such as making bricks and cement, he embarked on his journey of earning Points.

But in truth, like everyone else who had upgraded to Ultimate Member status, the moment Akeman stepped onto the Construction Site, faced a dirt wall, and used the Brick-Making Technique to create his first stone brick, he cursed internally.

"I'm a dignified viscount, yet I've come here to do such lowly work, dealing with stone bricks all day?"

A thousand alpacas stampeded through Akeman's mind. The gap was simply too great, and he regretted his choice a little.

However, after he completed the task of making fifty thousand bricks and saw his account balance rise to one hundred thousand Points, Akeman's complaints immediately weakened considerably. After all, those hundred thousand Points were real, and he could purchase a great many paid services with them.

The next day, he was even more motivated. To earn more Points, his work efficiency rose dramatically.

Stories like this did not happen to Akeman alone. Many Mana Web Walkers of equally noble status, after upgrading to Ultimate Members, continuously joined the various construction projects of the Orunian Empire. Most started by making bricks, casting aside their former dignity and nobility and leaving behind sweat-soaked silhouettes at Construction Sites across the