31: The bond of hatred (seeking for further reading)

Yes, that’s right, Ye Guhong was currently both excited and had a headache.

It was certainly satisfying to see news of Sakura’s Technology Summit computers being hacked, shrines being bombed, and cultural relics stolen.

However, these three incidents strung together were highly targeted and all pointed to Shangxia. It was clear that Sakura would absolutely not let the matter rest.

Dealing with those guys from Sakura who merely talked big was not an easy task.

Tang Wensheng, on the other hand, was quite open-minded and laughed directly, “Elder Ye, what’s there to have a headache about? Anyway, it wasn’t us who had someone do it. It’s still the same old saying: if they have the ability, let them find concrete evidence. Otherwise, we’ll have to say they’re taking advantage of their technological breakthrough to stage a self-directed show and frame us, deliberately looking for trouble!”

As soon as these words were uttered, Ye Guhong and Han Zhaoyu’s eyes immediately lit up.

“You sly old Tang, you’re really something! You’re so good at this trick of turning the tables.” Ye Guhong immediately burst into laughter.

“Hehe, Elder Ye, look at what you’re saying. How can this be called turning the tables? This is called a strategic policy!” Tang Wensheng grumbled discontentedly, “You have to use special means when dealing with shameless people!”

“Alright, if they come asking for an explanation later, we’ll respond as you said. If they’re not convinced, let them find the evidence themselves.” Ye Guhong made the final decision.

As for whether Sakura could find concrete evidence related to the person who took action, Ye Guhong was not worried at all.

Are you kidding me?

The official top-tier elite team had tried countless methods during this period but couldn't find any trace related to that person.

Given the limited capabilities of those guys from Sakura, it would be a miracle if they could find anything.

After discussing how to deal with Sakura, Tang Wensheng suddenly rubbed his hands together and said with a hint of anticipation:

“Now we are over eighty percent sure that person did these things. Since that person could hack the Technology Summit’s network, they should also be able to obtain all the data on Sakura’s technological breakthroughs. Can we start looking forward to it?”

These words immediately brought silence to the room.

Ye Guhong and Han Zhaoyu exchanged glances and couldn’t help but say, “Old Tang, didn’t we say last time that person has already done enough for us? This time, if that person gives us the data, it’s naturally better, but if not, we can’t demand it.”

“Cough, cough, of course I understand that. I just feel that, given that person’s attitude, if they really got it, they definitely wouldn’t not give it to us, so I just thought of looking forward to it.” Tang Wensheng explained.

Ye Guhong nodded slightly and said nothing more.

Tang Wensheng’s anticipation was only natural, but what he cared about more now was Lin Yang’s personal safety.

Hacking the Technology Summit’s network, bombing shrines, and taking away so many cultural relics, doing so many things in one day, it was hard to guarantee no traces would be left behind. Plus, with the identity of being a Shangxia person, if he were caught by Sakura’s people, the consequences would be unimaginable.

However, no matter how worried Ye Guhong was, he couldn't help at all.

They couldn't even find a single piece of Lin Yang's identity information now; they were powerless to help even if they wanted to.

They could only pray that Lin Yang would be safe, and at the same time, ask the Sakura branch personnel to do their best to cover up any traces that might expose his identity.

At the same time.

While Ye Guhong and the others were extremely worried, Lin Yang was in a great mood in Dong Du City, Sakura.

Watching the guys from Sakura stomping with rage, the feeling was indescribably satisfying.

“It’s a pity, I don’t have enough national treasure value, otherwise, I could have caused destruction in other areas.”

Although Lin Yang was very satisfied, he still had a little regret.

Because destroying shrines was a system task, he could pay a very small amount of national treasure value to get help from the system service to directly carry out the destruction.

In fact, he did just that, otherwise, he alone certainly couldn't have bombed several shrines throughout Dong Du City at the same time.

He wasn't a god; he didn't have the ability to create clones.

But if he wanted to cause destruction outside of system tasks, the system service charges were very expensive, and he couldn't afford them now.

To be precise, it wasn’t that he couldn’t afford it; the few hundred national treasure value he had was enough for one act of destruction.

However, at this stage, national treasure value was clearly more important for exchanging high-tech items to improve Shangxia’s technological capabilities, and could not be easily wasted.

As for causing destruction in Sakura, there would be plenty of opportunities in the future.

Just as Lin Yang felt regret, the system’s notification sound rang out again.

“Congratulations, Host, for completing the task of destroying shrines. You have received a reward of one hundred national treasure value.”

“Congratulations, Host, for completing the task of acquiring scientific research technology. You have received a reward of one hundred national treasure value.”

“Congratulations, Host, due to the series of destructive impacts caused by the Host within Sakura, the people of the Host’s country have developed a certain degree of admiration for the Host, who is hailed as an unnamed hero. The Host has gained one point of prestige value.”

“Due to the special historical animosity between the Host’s country and Sakura, the prestige value gained by the Host this time has been amplified, increasing to ten points.”

“Congratulations, Host, as your prestige value has reached ten points, you have obtained the exclusive advanced title: ‘Fame Begins to Manifest’.”

“Congratulations, Host, for completing the Dong Du City cultural relics repatriation series of tasks. You have received a reward of one hundred ten national treasure value, and a third-tier reward.”

“Congratulations, Host, for completing a relevant task for the first time in a country with special ties. You have gained one achievement point.”

“…”

The system notifications rang for a full minute.

Lin Yang blinked.

Goodness, the rewards this time are truly abundant!

A total of three hundred ten national treasure value!

The national treasure value earned on this trip alone was more than the total he earned from traveling back and forth to Netherlands and Little Eagle Sauce in the past few days.

And, most importantly, he gained a full ten points of prestige value!

Although the system said this thing was basically useless in the early stages, similarly, this prestige value could only be obtained one point at most at a time.

This time, it was good; he directly got ten points.

He even got an advanced title, although titles were pretty useless…

“As expected of Sakura, it actually amplified the prestige value tenfold directly due to the special historical ties. It seems there’s a lot that can be done here!”

Lin Yang’s eyes grew even brighter.

Prestige value might not be useful now, but that doesn't mean it won't be useful in the future. And the harder something is to obtain, the more valuable it is. It seems I can cause more destruction in Sakura in the future to get some prestige value, just in case.

Then Lin Yang looked at his current national treasure value.

He had five hundred points in total.

After he last exchanged for the 0.1 nanometer lithography machine manufacturing book, he originally had three hundred points left, but he used one hundred points for the system service to hack Sakura’s network, and another ten points for bombing shrines and collecting cultural relics.

This current amount is correct; it’s just enough to exchange for the Controllable Nuclear Fusion Technology!

Lin Yang’s eyes burned with fervor.

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