Chapter 1992 - 1985: What I Picked Up
"Right!" Zhang Menglong gave his head a firm slap. How could he forget this Divine Technique?
Management Studies: A mysterious power from the East of Earth, created by a Huaxia individual named Guan Zeyuan, causing anything to develop in the opposite direction of his predictions. This is an ultimate power that surpasses the Laws of fate and can be effective under any Laws in any world. This skill is a Passive Skill, requires no consumption once activated, and its effect depends on the user. Please explore it yourself!
As Zhang Menglong’s Life Levels increased, the description of Management Studies changed somewhat. This world’s peculiarity is that there is a unique rule restricting everything here, but Management Studies could work under any rules in any world; doesn’t that mean it can be used here as well?
If this world is a real-life game, then Management Studies is an incredibly powerful cheat!
"Brother Ying Zheng, I’ll look around first; you guys go ahead and get busy!" Zhang Menglong greeted.
"Alright," Ying Zheng pointed to a distant grass house, "that was originally built by another brother, but he was killed by a Warcraft not long ago outside the survival base, so this place is now empty. You currently have nothing, so temporarily stay there!"
Ying Zheng added, "Every night here, a kind of poisonous rain falls. Only building materials purchased with Supreme Coins can barely shield against it, even I can’t resist this poisonous rain."
"I understand, thanks, Brother Ying Zheng!" Zhang Menglong couldn’t imagine this world being so cruel, seemingly squeezing every Supreme Coin from one’s possession!
"I will definitely not find a Supreme Coin the next second!"
As Zhang Menglong wandered around the survival base, he activated the Divine Technique "Management Studies."
Say and It Will Be Done. Just as Zhang Menglong finished this sentence, a reflective point on the ground caught his attention. He approached, and indeed there was a Supreme Coin on the ground!
"Probably not a coincidence, right?" Zhang Menglong pondered for a moment; given all the people in this survival base, occasionally finding a Supreme Coin on the ground isn’t irrational — not necessarily the effect of "Management Studies."
Zhang Menglong recalled clearly that when Professor Guan predicted competitions, the outcomes always went in the opposite direction, and reversing the competition results was just his basic operation.
Once during a global League of Legends competition, Qingqiu Country’s team SKT won. Guan just congratulated them and welcomed them to Huaxia for a match; after this sentence, the organizers directly changed the venue, leaving everyone dumbfounded. This was the first time such a thing happened in the history of hosting League of Legends competitions.
Therefore, the more absurd the result, the more it highlights the power of Management Studies!
"There is absolutely no way a Supreme Crystal will fall from the sky!" Zhang Menglong tried another sentence.
Moments later, a Warcraft’s howl unexpectedly resonated from the sky, even though Ying Zheng had just mentioned that under normal conditions, Warcraft would not attack survival bases; if something unusual occurs, there are usually omens.
Indeed, the Warcraft merely passed by. Zhang Menglong noticed from a distance it was carrying a corpse in its mouth; as it flew overhead, the corpse’s hand suddenly loosened, and something crystalline fell from the sky.
This Martial Artist was indeed unlucky; just recently hunting Warcraft, he had extraordinary luck to drop a Supreme Crystal. As he was excitedly preparing his survival base, he was attacked by a powerful Warcraft.
Having just been injured and not yet recovered, despite resisting for a while, he still fell, but this Supreme Crystal remained clenched in his hand, falling from his grip as the Warcraft passed.
Zhang Menglong reached out and caught the Supreme Crystal, "This really works!"
Zhang Menglong tried multiple times afterward, but not every attempt succeeded. Firstly, pies falling from the sky aren’t impossible, provided there are pies up there!
Like that Martial Artist earlier, normally the Supreme Crystal in his hand would hardly fall, but Management Studies greatly increased the probability!
In other words, Management Studies enhances the likelihood of things initially improbable, while events genuinely impossible will not happen no matter how much Zhang Menglong begs.
Probability itself exists in every corner of this world, and in this game-like world, the drop rate from killing Warcrafts is a probability! It means Zhang Menglong can make anything dropped from Warcrafts appear with certainty using Management Studies!
"Hahaha!" Thinking of this, Zhang Menglong burst out laughing.
A single Supreme Crystal—Zhang Menglong sees as trivial. With his will, he could possess countless Supreme Crystals!
It’s better to use them to exchange for some survival resources now!
"Brother Menglong, back already?" Ying Zheng seemed to be purchasing something from the rule character as well.
"Yes, I wandered around; I’ve almost explored the survival base internally." Zhang Menglong approached the rule character, "I want to sell a Supreme Crystal!"
"Where did you get that from?" Ying Zheng nearly started bulging his eyes seeing the Supreme Crystal in Zhang Menglong’s palm.
There are about 2,000 to 3,000 people in the survival base, but the total number of Supreme Crystals they collectively own is less than 10. Did Zhang Menglong steal someone else’s Supreme Crystal?
Thinking of this, Ying Zheng quickly checked his possessions, but found his Supreme Crystal count unchanged.
"I found it," Zhang Menglong explained. "As I was wandering around, a Warcraft just passed by overhead, carrying a corpse. As it flew over us, a Supreme Crystal fell from the corpse’s hand, which I picked up."
"This..." Ying Zheng’s face almost twitched, surprised such a thing could happen. Technically, this event has a probability of occurring, but it’s extraordinarily low.
"Still, even if so, it’s too wasteful!" Ying Zheng advised, "Even though we currently don’t understand its use, the Supreme Crystal is undeniably precious, exchanging for Supreme Coins..."
"It’s okay, I know what I’m doing!" Unfettered by Ying Zheng’s advice, Zhang Menglong converted the Supreme Crystal into Supreme Coins, at which even the rule character showed a bewildered expression.
With 10 million Supreme Coins at hand, this newcomer instantly became one of the wealthy individuals within the survival base.
With ample resources, Zhang Menglong began buying various items—red and blue potion bottles, Alchemical Herbs, Medicine Cauldron, etc.
"Hmm? What’s this? Warcraft Drop Encyclopedia!" Zhang Menglong looked over; this item recorded all the Warcraft species in this world and their potential drops, even including drop rates!
"Great stuff!" Zhang Menglong’s grin widened; while not of much use to others, this was a Divine Artifact to him! Knowing what Warcrafts dropped meant, for Zhang Menglong, the drop rate is one hundred percent!
Now Zhang Menglong fully understood why his parents could directly ascend to the Supreme World within a month. With Management Studies, this world is essentially a massive treasure trove!