The rewards from the "Golden Magic Ball" seemed quite generous to Zhou Wang, with the Divine Fortune Halo, Boss Transformation Card, Intelligence Blind Box, Bullshit Guide... every reward that exploded out of the Golden Magic Ball was very practical.
So what about the "Colorful Magic Ball"?
Feeling somewhat tempted, Zhou Wang shifted his gaze to the [Event Box] floating in front of Jiang Qingkui. When he saw the repeating scenes inside, similar to a movie trailer, Zhou Wang couldn’t help but be startled.
This should be the "event overview" that the system mentioned.
What made Zhou Wang dumbfounded was that the Jiang Qingkui in the image didn’t quite match the Jiang Qingkui he currently knew.
She appeared much more mature, her aura colder and more severe. The scene began with her sitting inside a stretched luxury car, then flashed to her being surrounded by reporters as she got out, with bodyguards clearing the way beside her...
Behind, Xu Lingyue and two other girls Zhou Wang didn’t know followed closely.
What period of Jiang Qingkui’s life was this?
Just as Zhou Wang was filled with doubts, the scene shifted to show Jiang Qingkui taking a call, looking irritated.
As he watched, Zhou Wang gradually came back to his senses. Could this be Jiang Qingkui at some point in the future?
Did the dog-like system change the timeline again?
At first glance, Zhou Wang was quite pleased. Jiang Qingkui looked so impressive, indicating that some of his visions had been realized. Jiang Qingkui eventually became the strong female CEO he dreamed of, fulfilling her initial ambitions.
However, now that she was so successful, if he traveled to the future, what problem could he possibly help solve for Jiang Qingkui?
As Zhou Wang pondered this, the images in the Floating Box seemed to further reveal things.
Another flash, and an elderly couple with graying hair appeared in front of a lavishly decorated company reception. Then, Jiang Qingkui hurried out of the elevator to greet the elderly couple, and they seemed to erupt into a huge argument...
Zhou Wang was a bit dumbfounded, as he recognized the elderly couple; they were Jiang Qingkui’s parents.
Then the scene jumped again, showing Mrs. Li Xiaolei, Jiang Qingkui’s mother, hospitalized in the ICU due to stress-induced heart issues. Outside the ward, Jiang Jiaxing, Jiang Qingkui’s father, was seen sitting dejectedly, while Jiang Qingkui curled up in a corner, her face filled with pain.
At this point, another middle-aged couple rushed over from the hallway’s end. They were Zhou Wang’s parents, Zhou Dajun and Mrs. Zhao Guihua.
They looked anxious, with a hint of guilty expressions, and when Jiang Jiaxing saw them, he couldn’t hold back his anger, shouting at them.
As there was no sound and no subtitles, Zhou Wang really didn’t know what they were arguing about. Then, as Jiang Qingkui was accidentally pushed down while trying to mediate, a test document fell out of her custom Hermes bag.
Zhou Wang squinted, and lo and behold, it was a pregnancy test report...
At this point, the image froze, then jumped back again to start once more with Jiang Qingkui in the luxury car, looping back to the beginning.
Damn?!
Through these image revelations, Zhou Wang couldn’t help but shiver, his face turning an unusually pale shade.
That is to say, in the future, not only did he get Jiang Qingkui pregnant, but also caused huge conflicts between the two families because he couldn’t provide a rightful status for her, which even led to Jiang Qingkui’s mother having a heart attack and ending up in the ICU...
Though the system didn’t explicitly state this, connecting all the scenes he saw, this seemed to be the only explanation.
That also meant, if Zhou Wang wanted to get the rewards corresponding to Jiang Qingkui, he must correctly resolve this event.
Hmm... this difficulty seems quite average, no wonder it’s a "Colorful Magic Ball" reward?
Zhou Wang chuckled and turned away without hesitation, completely skipping Jiang Qingkui.
... If he had that kind of ability now, would he still be hesitant to truly win over Jiang Qingkui?
Don’t be ridiculous.
Beside Jiang Qingkui was Sun Xining. Zhou Wang glanced over. The general content of the "trailer" was about a rebellious teenage girl who, born into a family with discordant parents, gradually strayed off the path due to a lack of love during her upbringing...
The trailer wasn’t as long as Jiang Qingkui’s, but it was clear enough. Zhou Wang could guess that the goal of this event instance was probably to save the "fallen girl" and get Sun Xining back on track or something like that.
This actually seemed quite simple.
Given Zhou Wang’s current state of mind, coaxing the naive stage Sun Xining should be a piece of cake, right?
Zhou Wang had that bit of confidence.
But of course, Zhou Wang couldn’t choose Sun Xining.
It’s not just that he didn’t think Sun Xining was that bad now. At least she dared to love and hate, with a final streak of resistance... The main reason was the rewards for Sun Xining’s event were just too low.
It’s just a plain old "Grey Magic Ball."
At this stage, pure material rewards, such as a car or an apartment from the "Grey Magic Ball," were of no use to Zhou Wang, and it couldn’t fetch much money, so naturally, he wasn’t interested in this kind of easy event.
Similarly, Miss Gu’s event could also be skipped. Her reward was second to last, a practical but short-lived temporary item.
This kind of brainless trophy girl, destined to have a life maybe with some bumps, but never experiencing significant tribulations, means her events were relatively simple too.
Cheng Yiyi, Miao Ying, Cui Min’er, Hua Suisui...
Zhou Wang’s steps continued, aiming to save time, quickly glancing through all the character events in the selection round.
Then Zhou Wang returned to the starting point, pondering quietly.
After reviewing everything, for Zhou Wang, there were actually only four choices left.
These four belonged to the highest difficulty in this selection round.
They were Jiang Qingkui with the "Colorful Ball" reward, Ding Yi with the "Mythical Chessboard" reward, and Xia Xiwei and Chen Shu with their respective different permanent item rewards.
The rewards corresponding to these four characters were in the top tier. Similarly, the difficulty of their events was also the highest... Each event made Zhou Wang a bit apprehensive.
But in this brief moment, Zhou Wang thought it clear. Since this was a free welfare round, even if he didn’t complete it, there wasn’t any substantial loss, so why not take a chance?
Among them, the presence of Chen Shu surprised Zhou Wang.
Though it had been a long time since he’d seen that mature, alluring older woman, she left a deep impression on him, and he knew her life experiences were likely much richer, probably outshining the other nine women.
Perhaps due to this consideration, even though her intimacy level with Zhou Wang was the least, her reward was still in the top tier.
But just because they weren’t familiar enough, Zhou Wang didn’t dare to choose her rashly.
Eliminating in this way, that left essentially three choices.
And among the remaining three women, eliminating the "pregnancy event" which Zhou Wang had no clue how to solve, Zhou Wang’s choice essentially came down to two.
Choose Ding Yi or Xia Xiwei?
Zhou Wang found himself in a moment of indecision.
The "Permanent Item" corresponding to Xia Xiwei was precisely the [Timmo’s Intelligence Blind Box] Zhou Wang had once experienced, but that time it was a temporary version, whereas this time the system’s reward was a permanent version.
If Zhou Wang remembered correctly, the item was priced at 8.88 million Reputation Value in the Reputation Store, and currently, Zhou Wang’s daily Reputation Value was hovering in the six-digit range, far from meeting the exchange standard, probably needing a few months to barely accumulate enough.
However, Ding Yi’s reward also tempted Zhou Wang.
Though the Reputation Store had begun selling "Chessboard Maps" too, ordinary-level Chessboard Maps similarly cost in the seven-digits. As for Mythical-level Chessboard Maps...
They weren’t available in the store.
Yes, Mythical Chessboards couldn’t be obtained through normal means, only available by random system rewards with the slightest chance of appearing in Mythical-level.
As Zhou Wang had experienced the Mythical Chessboard’s awesomeness in Hang City, he actually wanted to replicate the same chessboard in Magic City.
This would undoubtedly allow him to navigate Magic City smoothly.
After all, Zhou Wang intended to settle a second home in Magic City.
This was to be the ultimate destination for Huaxia Capital.
Seeing only ten seconds left on the countdown, Zhou Wang no longer hesitated, quickly making a decision, reaching out to touch the [Floating Box] in front of him.
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