Translator: AnubisTL
In this situation, it was essentially a dark forest scenario.
Nearly all alien race players were cautiously hiding while exploring their surroundings, ambushing weaker enemies to steal their items.
Activating the war fog item meant that all race players would know the movements of other alien race players within a hundred-kilometer radius.
Undoubtedly, this would drastically accelerate the death rate for many players, especially lone wolves and small, weak groups.
However, this item would undoubtedly benefit him.
Given his current strength, knowing the exact locations of nearby alien race players would allow him to accelerate his development significantly. But for the human players as a whole, it would be a fatal blow.
Currently, most human players were scattered across the continent, operating as lone wolves or small groups. They lacked any established base of operations where they could gather and regroup.
In this situation...
Activating the war fog would instantly reveal all scattered human guerilla groups across the map, making them easy targets for slaughter.
Chen Jiang frowned slightly, pondering for a moment before ultimately deciding against using the item.
While it would greatly benefit him personally, it would be a devastating blow to the human race as a whole.
Moreover, with Li Hao and Scar Dog by his side, he could still map the surrounding area, albeit more slowly. The effect would be only slightly less comprehensive than activating the item.
If the human race were wiped out, he alone couldn't withstand the combined onslaught of 96 alien race players in the inevitable future race wars.
Therefore, the overall strength of human players needed to be improved.
While he couldn't directly assist much in this regard, he couldn't deliver a fatal blow to those human players still wandering the wilderness, nervously trying to develop their resources.
Furthermore, the human race urgently needed to establish a defensible base.
Given the brutal nature of the Ten Thousand Races Arena, women—being both physically and mentally weaker than men—would face far higher mortality rates without such a sanctuary.
If these women weren't given a safe haven soon, their death rate would undoubtedly skyrocket.
A race without women, even if it became the victorious race in the Ten Thousand Races Arena, would be unable to propagate.
Of course, that was none of his concern. He couldn't think that far ahead.
Forget about the human race's propagation—he hadn't even figured out his own yet.
Chen Jiang shook his head and turned his attention to the third item.
[Item Name]: Innate Ability Enhancement Token
[Item Star]: Three-Star Item
[Item Details]: An extremely rare item. There are only 1,024 of these tokens in the Ten Thousand Races Arena.
[Item Effect]: Upon use, enhances the player's personal innate ability.
[Item Restriction]: Can only be used once. Players without a personal innate ability can use it to enhance their racial innate ability.
[Item Description]: "I've always believed that innate ability is more important than effort. That's why I've dedicated myself to researching how to enhance it." — From a scientist obsessed with this pursuit.
"Innate Ability Enhancement Token?"
Chen Jiang raised an eyebrow. This item seemed like the most suitable of the three three-star items for him.
The item description also mentioned its extreme rarity, with only 1,024 tokens available. Given the 96 races, whose combined population likely numbered in the trillions, 1,024 tokens were indeed exceedingly rare.
However, the item's restriction—"Players without personal innate abilities can use this to enhance their racial innate abilities"—finally resolved a long-standing question for him.
It confirmed that not all race players, unlike human players, received a random personal innate ability upon descending into this world.
He had a theory:
For races with weaker physical constitutions, like humans, a random personal innate ability might be granted as compensation, to level the playing field in this inherently unfair war.
Conversely, races with naturally superior physical prowess, such as the titans or the hundred-meter-tall alien race player they'd seen flying above the sky pit, likely lacked such random personal innate abilities.
This explanation seemed highly plausible.
Chen Jiang nodded thoughtfully, then, without hesitation, selected the item.
Immediately upon confirming his choice, a notification rang in his ear.
[Ding! Congratulations, Player Chen Jiang, for selecting a three-star item: Innate Ability Enhancement Token.]
[This token can enhance your racial innate ability, "Phoenix Nirvana," and your personal innate ability, "Unrestrained Modification."]
[Please review the available enhancements and make your final selection within ten minutes.]
Chen Jiang first examined the enhancement options for his racial innate ability, "Phoenix Nirvana."
[Racial Innate Ability: Phoenix Nirvana]
[Racial Effect: Human players gain two lives.]
[Enhancement Options:]
[First:]
[Enhancement Keyword: I've got lives to spare.]
[Enhancement Effect: Gain an additional two lives, granting you a total of four lives.]
[Second:]
[Enhancement Keyword: Possession Rebirth]
[Enhancement Effect: Upon death, in addition to the options to revive on the spot or return to your location 24 hours prior, you gain the ability to possess the body of the player or mutated beast that killed you.]
[Third:]
[Enhancement Keyword: Sage's Legacy]
[Enhancement Effect: When both of your lives are exhausted and you truly die, all human players will randomly receive three one-star items due to your sacrifice.]
Chen Jiang stared at the three enhancement options with a slightly peculiar expression.
To put it bluntly, none of them were particularly useful.
As for the first enhancement, granting an extra life, it was both useful and useless. For players who died even with two lives, an additional life would only delay their inevitable demise.
The second enhancement, however, offered considerable strategic potential.
For instance, one could engineer their death at the hands of a high-ranking mechanical race player, then infiltrate their ranks as a mole. In critical situations, this could prove decisive.
Of course, this held little appeal for him personally.
The third enhancement was even more absurd: after his death, all human players would randomly receive three one-star items?
It was truly laughable.
Even a saint would have to admit, "You're too noble for this world."
In short, none of the three enhancements for the racial innate ability Phoenix Nirvana were particularly compelling.
Chen Jiang turned his attention to the three enhancements for his personal innate ability.
To be honest, he was quite eager to see how the innate ability enhancement token would further enhance his personal innate ability, Unrestrained Modification.
Though his innate ability was already formidable, he wouldn't mind making it even stronger.
(End of the Chapter)
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