A Quick Choice

"Hahaha... Wei, seeing your result suddenly makes me think my luck wasn't so bad after all."

As Chu Wei's hair was dirtied by the rock fragments that had fallen onto her head, and she began brushing them out with her hands, A Liao, who had just been complaining about his bad luck, smugly mocked her from beside her.

However, Chu Wei knew A Liao was not truly ridiculing her, merely teasing a teammate, so she did not take it to heart. As she continued clearing the remaining rock debris from her hair, she looked at Wang Zhifan beside her.

"Fan, are you going to give it a try? If you don't, we'll have to go back and continue clearing the way. We don't have much time left."

After spending this time together, Chu Wei had learned that Wang Zhifan was rather cautious, so she assumed he probably did not intend to touch the statue.

But reality differed from Chu Wei's guess. When Wang Zhifan heard her ask whether he wanted to try, he showed neither indifference nor reluctance. Instead, he walked straight up to the statue embedded in the rock wall.

"It's not often we run into something like this. Of course I have to try it."

Before Wang Zhifan had even finished speaking, he decisively pressed his palm against the statue before him, his resolve evident.

Then, as Chu Wei and A Liao watched from the side, they discovered that this time, the statue in the rock wall did not immediately emit a faint glow after Wang Zhifan touched it. For a moment, it seemed to show no reaction at all.

Meanwhile, unknown to Chu Wei and A Liao, an enormous screen of light that only Wang Zhifan could see had appeared before him:

Please make your choice (you may choose only 1 option)

You are struck by a minor lightning bolt (1% chance to trigger)

You are struck by a normal lightning bolt (0.1% chance to trigger)

You are burned by a minor tongue of flame (1% chance to trigger)

You are burned by a normal tongue of flame (0.1% chance to trigger)

You are attacked by a minor ice arrow (1% chance to trigger)

You are attacked by a normal ice arrow (0.1% chance to trigger)

You are struck on the head by a minor rock (1% chance to trigger)

You are struck on the head by a normal rock (0.1% chance to trigger)

You are shot by a minor arrow (1% chance to trigger)

You are shot by a normal arrow (0.1% chance to trigger)

You fall into a one-meter-deep pit (1% chance to trigger)

You fall into a two-meter-deep pit (0.1% chance to trigger)

...

All your injuries are healed (1% chance to trigger)

You recover all your stamina (1% chance to trigger)

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You gain doubled Strength (lasts 1 day) (1% chance to trigger)

You gain doubled Agility (lasts 1 day) (1% chance to trigger)

You gain doubled Spirit (lasts 1 day) (1% chance to trigger)

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You obtain a random ordinary-grade piece of equipment (1% chance to trigger)

You obtain a random fine-grade piece of equipment (0.1% chance to trigger)

You obtain a random rare-grade piece of equipment (0.01% chance to trigger)

...

You obtain Dark Vision (Lv1) (1% chance to trigger)

You obtain Fireball (Lv1) (1% chance to trigger)

You obtain Lightning Spell (Lv1) (1% chance to trigger)

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Your Constitution permanently increases by 3 points (1% chance to trigger)

Your Constitution permanently increases by 7 points (0.1% chance to trigger)

Your Constitution permanently increases by 16 points (0.01% chance to trigger)

Your Strength permanently increases by 3 points (1% chance to trigger)

Your Strength permanently increases by 7 points (0.1% chance to trigger)

Your Strength permanently increases by 16 points (0.01% chance to trigger)

Your Agility permanently increases by 3 points (1% chance to trigger)

...

All your attributes permanently increase by 2 points (0.1% chance to trigger)

All your attributes permanently increase by 5 points (0.01% chance to trigger)

All your attributes permanently increase by 11 points (0.001% chance to trigger)

...

This time, the screen before Wang Zhifan was unprecedentedly long, containing nearly a hundred options. Almost half were negative options that would harm him, while the other half were beneficial options offering various rewards, such as equipment, skills, and attribute increases.

The positive options covered such a broad range and contained so much variety that they were worth carefully considering. However, Chu Wei and A Liao were still watching him. They could not see the information before his eyes, but if he stood there spacing out for too long, they would inevitably grow suspicious.

So Wang Zhifan immediately abandoned the strategy of carefully picking through them. With a thought, he scanned all nearly one hundred options at the fastest speed of his life, then decisively selected the positive option with the lowest displayed trigger probability.

From Chu Wei and A Liao's perspective, the statue before them reacted about two seconds after Wang Zhifan touched it. The apple on the tray held in one of its hands flashed with faint light, and then a gentle radiance suddenly descended upon Wang Zhifan's head and instantly entered his body, as though a bolt of white lightning had struck him.

"Fan, what did you trigger? Why does yours feel a little different from ours?"

Seeing this, A Liao immediately questioned Wang Zhifan, who had completed the entire process of touching the statue. He was extremely curious about what positive effect Wang Zhifan had gained, since based on their earlier experiences, the apple part of the statue glowing meant that a positive effect had been triggered.

"I'm not sure either... I just feel like my body is a little different now. I probably gained some kind of buff."

Naturally, Wang Zhifan could not tell A Liao that he had personally chosen an extremely powerful positive option, so he gave him a vague answer. Besides, he had read the information about this Goddess of Fortune Statue event earlier and knew that the official records on this special event were not particularly detailed. Encountering something slightly unusual was not strange.

"Damn... so Fan, you're actually the luckiest of the three of us. Comparing people really is enough to make you furious..."

Seeing that Wang Zhifan was unwilling to say more, A Liao knew he must have received some fairly good benefit, likely far better than the ordinary cloth shoes he himself had obtained earlier. His tone immediately turned sour.

After listening to their conversation, Chu Wei also sighed softly. She privately lamented that, despite being the one who had discovered the statue, she was the unluckiest of the three. Feeling somewhat depressed, she then teased Wang Zhifan, "Fan, you're so lucky, you can't keep all the good stuff to yourself. How about you treat the two of us to a meal after we get out?"

"Sure. I haven't eaten anything good lately anyway. Once we finish clearing this place and get paid, recommend a place."

Wang Zhifan did not refuse. After all, both getting this job and encountering the Goddess of Fortune Statue were largely thanks to Chu Wei. Treating the two of them to a meal was more than fair.