Once Yi Qiang finished reading the screen, it dissolved and was replaced by a long list of available races. Glancing through it, there seemed to be several hundred, all drastically different to each other. From High Elf to Elder Beastkin, and even stranger names, Yi Qiang was lost for a second before grinning and beginning to think.
If he wanted to choose the best race to fit him, he would have to think about just how he would want to play. That question was deceivingly simple: if he wanted to excel, there was only one choice - marksmanship. Yi Qiang had no interest in constant melee combat, nor did he particularly want to pursue the intrigue of magic or the intricacies of crafting. There was one thing Yi Qiang would never lose in, and that was ranged weapons.
From the descriptions of all the stats, that meant that he wouldn't want any bonuses to magical stats, as they would be wasted on him. So, the first order of business was...
"Remove all races with only bonuses to Intelligence, Wisdom, or Spirit."
That narrowed down the list significantly, but there was still far too large a number to look through. So Yi Qiang had to do some more thinking.
He looked through the first entries, quickly noticing that some of the bonuses seemed useless. A +10 bonus to Dexterity, after all, would be noticeable in the earlier levels, but Yi Qiang was sure that as stats improved into the triple digits, the bonus would be near-insignificant. Not wanting to waste something as integral as racial bonuses, Yi Qiang narrowed down the list once again.
"Remove all races with constant stat bonuses."
A massive chunk of races was removed, but there were still around 30. Thankfully, Yi Qiang already had one final requirement that would surely cut down the number of races to a manageable level.
"Remove all races without some kind of bonus to the use of ranged weapons."
Seeing the result, he smiled. There were only three races left. He selected all of them and read their detailed information.
Instantly, Yi Qiang was drawn to the Dragonblood Elf. Their bonuses fit his ideal playstyle perfectly, and across the board, the percentages were leagues ahead of the other two races. The difficulty was unmistakable, but Yi Qiang, as someone who had pride ingrained into him since extremely young, refused to buckle under such unfair pressure. If he was going to live in this new game, Yi Qiang did not doubt that he would do anything it took to finish it. He wanted to be at the peak, just as he was on Earth.
"I select Dragonblood Elf."
"Yes."
Yi Qiang's background didn't change, but a new screen appeared in front of him.
"No," he responded. Yi Qiang was fine with how he looked, and he wasn't really scared of being recognized.
Deciding just to focus on his main stats, the ones most relevant to his playstyle, Yi Qiang added 3 to Strength, 3 to Dexterity, 3 to Agility, and 1 to Constitution. He was sure Stamina regeneration would be an issue he would have to worry about, so he did decide to work on that too.
When the system detected he had assigned all the points, he got another confirmation screen and was finally able to move on to the next step of character creation, and apparently, the final.
Once Yi Qiang looked at the empty space, a keyboard popped up below the original screen, for him to write his name in the empty slot.
Not caring much about what he was called(Yi Qiang was a bit of a loner after all) he input this actual name, Yi Qiang. He considered calling himself One, but he had grown tired of the joke that he only needed one shot to kill. When Yi Qiang got more experienced, it was even joked that he only needed one minute, too.
To Yi Qiang, that question was easy - he was completely inexperienced with games, all but lost in his new world, and burdened with his own grand ambitions.
"Yes."
