"Wow, there really is a voice assistant?" Zhang Lin raised an eyebrow in surprise.

"We can't enter the warehouse, we can't even touch it, so there's only one way to get what's inside..." the city lord explained, then said to the voice inside the warehouse, "Waiter, project mode!"

"Received, waiter!" the mechanical voice inside replied. Then, a "clanging" sound rang out in the warehouse, as if the waiter had thrown something against the window.

"Xiao Er is an intelligent toy catapult. After giving a voice command, it will select stones of appropriate size to launch. The size of the advanced gems and awakening gems is just right. As long as I don't give the command to stop, it will keep launching gems. After launching many, a gem will eventually happen to pass through the crack in the window..."

The city lord explained something to the three stunned people.

Xia Xiaonuan and Jin Sina both scratched their heads.

After arriving at this place, everything exceeded their expectations.

No one expected that the city lord's method of obtaining the treasure would be so unusual...

Even Zhang Lin was speechless.

Before coming, he had many fantasies about this place, but he never expected it to turn out like this...

Give commands to the robot toys in the warehouse using voice commands, then wait and rely on luck. If you wait long enough and are lucky, you'll eventually get a few gems...

"Hey waiter, hey waiter, project in the direction of my voice." After listening to the voice inside, the city lord noticed that the catapult driver was slightly off course and immediately instructed him to adjust its direction.

“…” Zhang Lin.

The sound of pebbles hitting glass kept ringing out.

Time passed second by second.

Luck was not on their side; half a day had passed and not a single gem had appeared.

The city lord looked at the three somewhat impatient people and said calmly, "Don't rush, we still have two and a half days. As long as our luck isn't extremely bad, we'll definitely have something to gain."

"Okay..."

What could the three of them say? They could only wait and see.

"Let me make this clear first," the city lord said again. "If we're lucky enough to get three gems, each of you three will get one. If we only get one, it will go to Zhang Lin."

She has a clear sense of who has the greatest potential and who is the strongest. She knows this, and naturally, she will favor certain groups when it comes to distributing the benefits.

Furthermore, this trip was originally intended as a perk for Zhang Lin, with Xia Xiaonuan being just an afterthought, not to mention the unexpected appearance of Jin Sina.

"No problem." Xia Xiaonuan naturally agreed. Zhang Lin was her man, so giving it to Zhang Lin or giving it to him made no difference.

"What if we get two?" Jin Sina asked.

She was somewhat resentful, but dared not say anything, so she could only seek the possibility of a second gem.

"Give it to Xia." The city lord glanced at Jin Sina and said indifferently, "She has served me for longer."

"Okay." Jin Sina nodded. Since the city lord had made the allocation in this way, even if she was a little dissatisfied, she wouldn't say anything.

During their conversation, a crisp sound suddenly rang out.

A glittering golden gem grazed the edge of the window crack and flew out. Zhang Lin, with his high level of perception and agility, reacted quickly, leaping forward and catching the gem.

"Good luck, we've made a profit in just half a day..." The city lord said with some excitement, then added, "Zhang Lin, use it directly."

Zhang Lin didn't stand on ceremony. He pinched the gemstone and slapped it on his forehead. Instantly, the gemstone turned into golden mist and rushed into his body.

At the same time, he felt a force drawing something from his body.

In a moment, he understood.

It means that my extraordinary template was taken away.

But he didn't panic, because two options appeared before him.

Without a doubt, these two options are second-order templates.

Are there only two choices?

Zhang Lin frowned slightly.

He thought there would be many; if there were only two, the choice wouldn't be very wide.

But since only two options appeared, he decided to choose from those two.

Two floating clumps were in front of him, one on the left and one on the right.

On the left is an image of a Western dragon, resembling a large black lizard with wings and ferocious horns, surrounded by flames.

On the right is a dragon in the shape of a traditional Chinese dragon, surrounded by clouds and rising mist. Golden rays pierce through the clouds, revealing the dragon's body, which exudes a sacred aura. It is golden all over, with five claws, a pair of horns, long whiskers, and a winding, coiled body...

"Two paths to advancement?"

Zhang Lin silently recited the name and, without the slightest hesitation, directly chose the pattern resembling the Chinese dragon.

When I first awakened, I had no choice.

Now that we have a choice, if we're talking about strength, then the Chinese Divine Dragon is definitely the best; it's definitely stronger than the Western Giant Lizard.

Moreover, as a Chinese, Zhang Lin didn't need to think at all when faced with this choice; he could simply choose the Divine Dragon without hesitation.

However, what happened next was somewhat unexpected for Zhang Lin.

He thought his extraordinary template would directly transform him into one of the many dragon species in China, such as the Jiaolong, Xinglong, or Yuhualong.

He didn't even think of names like Azure Dragon, Green Dragon, Yinglong, and Zhulong, which sound incredibly powerful.

But after clicking on the dragon pattern, his extraordinary template did not change; instead, several more options appeared before him.

The first option was still a dragon pattern, which was undoubtedly a template related to dragons. However, to Zhang Lin's surprise, none of the subsequent options were related to dragons.

The first pattern is a dragon; the second is a human figure sitting cross-legged, surrounded by tri-colored rays of light, which looks somewhat like a cultivation practice; the third is a ball of golden light, the nature of which is unclear; the fourth is a gear pattern; the fifth is the sun in the sky; and the sixth is a black background with a huge crack.

There are six patterns in total.

Zhang Lin speculated that each pattern represents a direction.

He started scratching his head.

You can't tell anything just by looking at the pattern.

What did you see?

Seeing Zhang Lin's stunned expression, the city lord immediately asked a question.

"Six symbols: dragon, human, golden light, gear, sun, and black crack."

Zhang Lin naturally told her what he had seen. The city lord had lived for so long and knew too much. It was certainly not wrong for him to seek her experience when in doubt.

"The dragon is the king of all beasts, representing extraordinary beings. Humans represent humanity. Golden light represents energy, gears represent technology, the sun represents gods, and black cracks represent the underground."

The city lord, as expected of an old monster who has lived for many years, is very familiar with these patterns. "The six patterns represent six directions. You must follow your heart in your choice!"

Upon hearing this, Zhang Lin looked at the six patterns.

Without a doubt, the city lord chose the gear pattern at the time.

"If I choose the gear, can I be reborn indefinitely like the city lord?" This thought popped into Zhang Lin's mind.

Do you want to choose gears?