11: fee, donation

“Answering Host, the cultural relics will take about three days to be transported back to the country.”

“Three days? I thought you could transport them directly using System capabilities,” Lin Yang muttered.

“Answering Host, activating a spatial wormhole for jump transmission requires a large amount of national treasure value. The Host’s current national treasure value does not meet the conditions for activating a wormhole jump.”

“Ah? It can really perform spatial jumps??” Lin Yang was a little lost in thought.

He had just said it casually, not expecting the System to actually have such great capabilities.

“Yes, Host, as long as the Host’s national treasure value is sufficient, this System can satisfy almost ninety-nine percent of the Host’s needs.”

“Ninety-nine percent? And ‘almost’? Not one hundred percent? You’re not omnipotent?” Lin Yang’s eyes widened, a little surprised.

“Answering Host, this question cannot be answered at this time.”

“...Alright, then how much national treasure value does it take for one wormhole jump?” Lin Yang asked curiously.

“Answering Host, wormhole jumps vary in price depending on the distance and the Host’s achievements. The detailed price for each jump cannot be provided at this time. If the Host requires a specific price, please state the origin and destination of the jump.”

Lin Yang’s eyes flashed: “I can understand that the fee varies with distance, but what do you mean by ‘based on achievements’?”

“Answering Host, the more achievement points the Host has, the less the service fee will be when using System services.”

“Oh... so you mean if I have more achievement points, you’ll give me a discount on prices when I ask for your services?” Lin Yang said directly.

“Yes, Host, you can understand it that way.”

“Then I have to ask, is this achievement point calculated based on current achievement points or historical achievement points? For example, if my achievement points increase later but I spend them, how will the fee be calculated?” Lin Yang asked.

“Answering Host, the discount for System services is calculated based on the Host’s total historical achievement points, so the Host can spend achievement points with confidence.”

Lin Yang breathed a sigh of relief. That would be fine. He then couldn't help but ask curiously, “Then, how much national treasure value is currently required to activate a wormhole jump from Little Eagle Sauce back to shang xia wen (chinese)?”

“Answering Host, based on the jump origin you provided and your current achievements, completing this jump will cost one thousand national treasure value.”

“How much? One thousand? Why so much?” Lin Yang couldn’t help but widen his eyes.

Such a short distance, and it costs one thousand national treasure value?!

Are you kidding me?

“Answering Host, wormhole jump is a relatively advanced technical method. The cost of activating a wormhole is almost constant, so even a jump between two cities only a thousand miles apart will be relatively expensive. Therefore, this System does not recommend the Host to use this service frequently.”

Lin Yang immediately felt helpless to complain. The System even advised him not to use this service frequently, as if he had so much national treasure value to squander.

However, the System’s answer did give him a little more understanding of the wormhole jump’s cost.

“So System, your fee is like a starting price, right? Even if the distance is short, as long as it’s activated, the minimum fee is still very high.”

“Host can understand it that way. In addition, it is also related to the technological civilization level of the Host’s country. If shang xia wen (chinese)’s technological civilization can be improved, the service fee for this item will also decrease.”

“What… what does that mean?” Lin Yang’s pupils contracted.

“Answering Host, as long as the technological civilization level of the Host’s country improves, the service fees for some advanced technological methods provided by this System will decrease accordingly, so please Host, strive to help your country improve its technological civilization.”

“Country? Not planet?” Lin Yang keenly observed.

“Yes, Host, you currently only need to help your own country improve its technological civilization.”

“Oh…” Lin Yang nodded slightly.

It would be fine if he only needed to help shang xia wen (chinese) improve. If he had to help other countries improve now, it would indeed be a bit difficult for him.

Among other things, he certainly couldn't help Sakura!

Thinking of Sakura, Lin Yang’s eyes suddenly lit up: “System, are there any tasks related to Sakura?”

If he could use the System to cause some trouble in Sakura, it would be incredibly satisfying.

“Please Host wait for the cultural relics to return to the country and for shang xia wen (chinese) to successfully manufacture the photolithography machine.”

However, the System still said what it had said before, that he had to wait for these two things to be completed before the next stage of task guidance would begin.

Lin Yang was not disappointed, because the System did not say there were no tasks related to Sakura.

Besides, even if there weren’t any in the System, once he accumulated more national treasure value, he could still go to Sakura to cause some trouble.

With that thought, Lin Yang suddenly felt a little anticipation.

Three days, in three days the cultural relics would be transported back to the country.

Within these three days, Lin Yang planned to visit other areas of Little Eagle Sauce to see if he could complete a few more cultural relic repatriation tasks along the way, to earn some achievement points and national treasure value.

...

Time flows like water, rushing past without looking back.

Three days passed almost in a flash.

During these three days, the domestic discussion about the theft at the Little Eagle Sauce Museum had gone wild.

If you met an acquaintance and didn't chat about it, you wouldn't even dare to greet them.

After all, for three whole days, Little Eagle Sauce had no clue about the theft at its museum, and it was quickly becoming an international joke.

Three days ago, the Little Eagle Sauce official had vowed to recover the stolen cultural relics and bring the perpetrators to justice within two days.

But now, three days had passed, and the Little Eagle Sauce official still had no progress, which couldn't help but make the worldwide question Little Eagle Sauce’s investigative capabilities.

And considering the time, three days was enough to get those cultural relics through some irregular channels and transported overseas.

It could be said that having missed the best 72-hour golden period, Little Eagle Sauce now had almost no ability to recover the cultural relics.

It had directly become an international laughingstock.

However, compared to simply watching a joke, most people domestically were more concerned about the whereabouts of these cultural relics.

These were treasures left behind by their ancestors; losing even one would be heartbreaking, let alone tens of thousands of pieces simultaneously missing.

Every day, a large number of Netizens would run to the official accounts to ask if the official would assist in recovering this batch of cultural relics.

After all, these were ultimately their own possessions. Although they were lost in Little Eagle Sauce, they could not afford to lose them.

However, the official had not made any clear statement, which made many Netizens feel sad.

Although they could all understand that it was not appropriate for the official to respond directly to this matter, they still couldn't help but feel somewhat depressed.

However, just when everyone thought that with the passing of the golden period, this matter was about to be left unresolved and become a cold case of the new century, a sudden piece of news instantly ignited the entire internet!

“shang xia wen (chinese) National Cultural Heritage Administration announced that it has received a donation of cultural relics from an anonymous overseas individual, totaling twelve thousand and sixty-eight ancient shang xia wen (chinese) cultural relics!”

Everyone, in an instant, was stunned!