"Boss! Boss, it's time to go!"
Mia's voice snapped Jia Xiu out of his paralysis over the choices.
"Huh? Oh, it's over already."
Jia Xiu still had not decided which final upgrade option to choose.
It felt like picking a college major.
Should he gain control over magical power, the ability to amplify through fine-tuning, or microscopic perception?
That was the question.
Obviously, it would affect the direction of his future research.
Choosing a college major had not been this agonizing. Back then, he had decided he wanted to make games, so he studied computer science.
Later, he discovered it was not quite the same as the "making" games he had imagined. Code writers were mainly responsible for implementing functions, and had little to do with how the game itself was designed.
Only then did he learn there was a specialized major for game design called digital media arts.
In a small place, information did not travel well. There had been no channels to learn about such things at all.
So, to avoid that kind of blunder happening again, Jia Xiu ultimately made a decision.
He would wait and see what ability his future research life needed most.
For the time being, his current abilities were enough for the work at hand.
He would save a "skill point" and spend it when he needed it most.
Jia Xiu looked over the scene. People had already begun withdrawing in batches, so he turned to Mia.
"What's going on? Did they say what the arrangements are next? I wasn't paying attention just now."
"There's nothing for us to do yet. The Association needs to meet with the representatives of those organizations first. They'll probably have to contact the kings across the continent too, to discuss cooperation. Then they'll notify us of the