He considers the goal of simply achieving the third mortal coil being short-sighted. After all, the final goal is not to reach the third mortal coil. He still wants to go beyond that.
Even if he is to stop at the third mortal coil, he aims to be the best in that rank and achieve the highest quality possible for a foundation. So he gave up on this option.
The first option is undoubtedly the easy option. In fact, if he decides to pick it, he doesn't need to continue researching because the Agriculture Hall has already achieved a silver-aluminum and wood fusion that can reach rank 3.
All he needs to do is pay contribution points to get their research results and use them to begin experimentation on both living and dead test subjects. If things go well, he should reach the third mortal coil in another five years.
In the worst case, he will spend ten years on it. It won't be like now when he doesn't have an inkling as to when he will achieve his goal.
