Fate's Choice: Livestream at the Start Summoning Billions of Ravens

The atmosphere at the dinner table was somewhat silent.

Jiang Lijun is a very good cook; he can cook several home-style dishes that are delicious and visually appealing.

The sweet and sour pork tenderloin is crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, with a perfect balance of sweet and sour flavors; the stir-fried local bok choy is fresh, tender, and bright green, with a hint of wok hei (the smoky aroma imparted by a hot wok).

Zhang Huilan placed the last set of bowls and chopsticks in front of Jiang Ming, her movements somewhat stiff.

The family of three sat together, but no one touched their chopsticks first.

Silence spread through the small living room.

Finally, Zhang Huilan spoke first. She picked up a piece of green vegetable with her chopsticks and put it in Jiang Ming's bowl, but didn't look at him.

"Xiaoming, your aunt called me three times today."

"She said... your cousin is getting married, and the bride's family wants to buy a house in the city for the wedding, in full. Your aunt wants to borrow 500,000 yuan from you to tide her over."

Jiang Ming remained silent, simply listening quietly.

Jiang Lijun kept his head down, poured himself a glass of baijiu, and drank half of it in one gulp.

The spicy liquid burned his throat, turning his originally dark face red.

"Not just your aunt." Jiang Lijun put down his wine glass with a muffled thud.

"My distant cousin, whom I haven't contacted for years, somehow got my phone number and said his son couldn't find a job after graduating from university. He asked if you could... use your 'connections' to arrange a job for him in Jiangcheng, something easy and with a high salary."

The air at the dinner table grew even more stagnant.

Zhang Huilan's narration became heavy; she dared not look at her son's face.

"There's another distant relative from a village whose grandson was born with congenital heart disease and has been waiting in line for a heart transplant. They heard that you're a 'living deity' who can make withered trees bloom, so they came to beg you to use your 'magic power' to cure their child's illness."

In the end, the parents looked at each other, their faces showing undisguised exhaustion.

Ever since Jiang Ming became famous, the phone at home has been ringing off the hook.

Relatives who were completely unrelated to him, and even old neighbors he hadn't contacted for years, all came to his door for all sorts of bizarre reasons.

They asked for money, jobs, or even miracle cures and magical powers.

These things annoyed them greatly and made them feel unprecedented pressure and fear.

Jiang Ming listened to everything.

He slowly put down his chopsticks.

The crisp sound made both parents look up.

Looking at his parents' tired faces, Jiang Ming calmly offered a suggestion.

"Let's move."

"I'll find you another place to stay."

Jiang Lijun and Zhang Huilan exchanged a glance.

They did not refuse.

They were exhausted from dealing with all sorts of interpersonal relationships during this period; they were indeed afraid and tired.

Jiang Lijun nodded, which was considered as agreeing to the proposal.

"it is good."

We've finally finished the meal.

After dinner, Jiang Ming returned to his room, which had remained unchanged for many years.

His high school study materials were still on his desk, and a faded basketball star poster was on the wall.

Everything was exactly the same as when he left home to go to college.

But the person sitting here is no longer the same person he used to be.

Jiang Ming sat on the edge of the bed, his consciousness sinking into the depths of his mind.

A golden panel unfolded in the dark space of consciousness.

[Current total sentiment score balance: 9,147,545 points]

It's time for the next transformation.

Jiang Ming decides to initiate the fifth "Choose One of Three Fates".

[Would you like to consume 1,000,000 emotion points to 'enhance' your fifth choice?]

"Yes."

[Emotional value -1,000,000 points.]

[The "Selection Enhancement" feature has been activated, significantly improving the quality of available options.]

Immediately afterwards, Jiang Ming issued another order.

[Would you like to consume 5,000,000 Emotion Points to activate the fifth "Choose One of Three Destinies"?]

"Activate".

[Emotional value -5,000,000 points.]

The numbers on the system panel fluctuated wildly before finally stopping.

[Current total sentiment score balance: 3,147,545 points]

Six million emotional points evaporated instantly.

The next second, three options, all pure gold and exuding a heavy texture, slowly appeared in Jiang Ming's consciousness.

This was the first time he had seen a gold-quality option.

Option A: World Line Jump (One-time Consumable)

[Ability Effect: Can randomly transport the host to a parallel world where other extraordinary systems exist.]

[Note: This is a one-way ticket. The journey is unpredictable; please choose carefully.]

Option B: Absolutely Friendly Zone (Beginner)

[Ability Effect: Passive ability. Creates a 10-meter radius area centered on the host. Any intelligent creature that enters this area and harbors clear hostility towards the host will have its hostility forcibly converted to a neutral or friendly state.]

[Note: This ability cannot affect units whose willpower exceeds that of the host.]

Option C: Weathering With You (Beginner)

[Effect: Active ability. The host gains the ability to interfere with and manipulate local weather. Within a specified range, the host can actively change basic meteorological parameters such as temperature, humidity, wind force, and air pressure, thereby creating or dispersing common weather phenomena such as clouds, rain, snow, and hail.]

[Note: When you say there will be wind and rain, it's best if there really is.]

Jiang Ming's brain was working at lightning speed, quickly analyzing the pros and cons of the three options.

Option A: World line jump.

This option is extremely tempting, representing a completely new world and a completely new power system.

However, the notes "one-way ticket" and "unknown consequences" make it extremely risky.

Jiang Ming wasn't arrogant enough to think he could thrive in any world. Besides, his roots and his family were in this world.

This option will not be considered for now.

Option B, absolutely friendly territory.

An extremely powerful passive defensive ability, making it a "talking nemesis" and an "assassin's nightmare".

Within its domain, it is virtually immune to all attacks stemming from malicious intent.

However, its nature is too passive, leaning more towards self-preservation.

What Jiang Ming needs now is a more disruptive, more performative ability to create larger scenes.

Option C, Weathering With You.

To command the wind and rain.

For a magician, is there a grander, more spectacular, or more divine stage?

It can make a concert take place in a downpour, or make a city snow in the middle of summer.

Its strategic potential far exceeds any of the previous capabilities.

This is the perfect piece of the puzzle for the next mega-scale "performance".

Jiang Ming made his choice without further hesitation.

"I choose C."

The moment the words left his mouth, options A and B turned into golden specks of light and vanished completely.

Option C, "Weathering With You," transformed into a powerful golden torrent that surged into Jiang Ming's core consciousness.

At that moment, the vast amount of knowledge and data about atmospheric physics, fluid mechanics, thermodynamics, and energy cycles was no longer dry formulas and theories, but transformed into an instinct, deeply imprinted into his soul.

Jiang Ming closed his eyes.

He "saw" the air movement in the room, sensed the presence of every water vapor molecule, and could even clearly distinguish the air pressure difference between different areas.

In his perception, the world had gained a completely new dimension.

Jiang Ming did not immerse himself in this new perception.

He immediately opened his personal panel to check the upgrade costs of the new ability.

[Weathering With You (Beginner) → (Intermediate), Required Emotion Points: 300,000.]

[Weathering With You (Intermediate) → (Advanced), Required Emotion Points: 800,000.]

"Upgrade everything."

[Consuming 1,100,000 Mood Points, the ability [Weathering With You] has been upgraded to Advanced.]

[Current total sentiment score balance: 2,147,545 points.]

Having done all this, Jiang Ming invested all his remaining resources into the most fundamental attribute.

"System, strengthen your soul."

[Consuming 500,000 Emotion Points, Soul Level increased to 11.]

[Consuming 550,000 Emotion Points, Soul Level increased to 12.]

[Consuming 600,000 Emotion Points, Soul Level increased to 13.]

With three consecutive upgrades, a cool torrent of energy continuously washed over the core of his consciousness.

Finally, Jiang Ming's personal panel displayed the following:

[Physical fitness: 20 (5 for average adult male)]

[Souls: 13 (1 for a normal adult human)]

[Abilities: Raven Summoning (Advanced), Telepathy (Advanced), Plant Control (Advanced), Weather Child (Advanced), Reality Marble]

[Emotional Value Balance: 497,545 points.]

Its strength has once again experienced a comprehensive surge.

Jiang Ming slowly exhaled a breath of stale air, stood up from the bed, and walked to the window.

Outside the window is the night view of the old town of Yuzhang City, with thousands of lights shining, warm and ordinary.

Jiang Ming stretched out a finger and gently tapped it on the cold glass window.

He summoned a sliver of his newly acquired power and pointed it towards the clear night sky outside the window.

next second.

On this warm early autumn night, a crystal-clear, perfectly structured hexagonal snowflake suddenly condensed in front of his fingertips.

It passed through the glass and floated down lightly.