337: The Touch of Ecological Institute (two in one)

Looking at the determined gazes of Ye Guhong, Zhao Zizhen, and the others, Lin Yang exhaled and slowly said, "Everyone, there's no need for this. Things haven't reached that point yet. I will do my best to fulfill the senior's request and enter the top ten of that competition. By then, that senior will provide long-term protection for our Blue Star."

Zhao Zizhen immediately said, "But, Lin, that competition certainly won't be easy. We feel very guilty to let you bear such great pressure alone."

"Dean Zhao, please don't say that. Although I currently know nothing about the competition, I still have some confidence. You can build a wall of flesh and blood to protect Blue Star; what is a little pressure for me?" Lin Yang said softly.

"Is there anything we can do? Even if it's just a trivial matter to help you," Zhao Zizhen asked again.

Lin Yang was about to say no, but after thinking for a moment, he said, "Before I go to the competition, I still need to undergo some training. Although the training plan hasn't been given to me yet, since it's a competition, there will inevitably be conflicts. I think I might need to learn some combat skills and such. So, please help me find a few good teachers. I'll study systematically for a while."

Combat skills could actually be learned from the System, but as Zhao Zizhen and the others just said, Blue Star belongs to everyone.

They were so eager to do something for him, also wanting to contribute their part to protect their common home, Blue Star.

So Lin Yang changed his wording.

Of course, there was also the most important point: the martial arts culture in the country, spanning thousands of years of history.

Especially Daoist culture, as a native sect of martial arts, he had always been very interested in it, but never had the chance to access truly advanced Daoist studies.

Now that he had the opportunity and time, he naturally wanted to experience it.

After all, through this brief contact with the universe, the abilities of the Silver-haired woman and the White Fatty Old Man, and the existence of extraordinary substances, Lin Yang felt that the saying 'the end of science is metaphysics' might not just be a jest.

There are countless legends of metaphysics in the country, and he could take this opportunity to truly understand them.

Furthermore, if he asked Ye Guhong and others to help find teachers, they would surely invite martial arts seniors with true talent and practical knowledge.

Even if those metaphysical legends were ethereal, he could still learn some genuine martial arts techniques, which could be used for self-defense and combat.

Hearing Lin Yang's words, Ye Guhong immediately said, "Good, don't worry about this. I will definitely find you the most top-notch martial arts masters!"

...Ye Guhong's efficiency was very high. Not long after the meeting ended, he had already invited several grandmaster-level martial arts masters from the country.

The speed was astonishing.

Lin Yang hadn't even left the Great Science Academy when he received a notification from Ye Guhong, telling him to stay at the Great Science Academy, and the martial arts masters would come to teach him in person.

Half a day later, Lin Yang met several martial arts grandmasters.

Upon meeting them, Lin Yang felt that these individuals indeed had a vibrant and powerful aura.

Unlike the so-called masters often seen on TV, although they weren't exactly immortal-like and were a bit different from what he imagined, they had abundant vitality and astonishing strength.

Each of them introduced themselves. Perhaps knowing that Lin Yang didn't have much time, the grandmasters didn't waste words. After introductions, they went straight to the point and began teaching Lin Yang what they were good at.

Lin Yang noted everything down. Sometimes, if he couldn't remember or understand something, he would have the System record it to review later.

Perhaps because he had previously taken a special Gene Potion, in just five or six days, he had learned most of what the grandmasters taught.

This greatly shocked the masters.

Lin Yang, however, felt a bit unfulfilled.

Because what the masters taught were all martial arts techniques, not involving deeper or more profound levels.

They themselves also only remained at the level of martial arts techniques.

In other words, Lin Yang had only learned how to fight better these past few days!

Although the masters indeed had genuine talent and practical knowledge, and some fighting techniques and power generation techniques were even more exquisite than the combat skills given by the System, there was still a big difference from what he had hoped to learn.

This made him a little disappointed.

However, this feeling didn't last too long. The country's brilliant culture, spanning thousands of years, had experienced some discontinuities in the long river of history, so it was normal for there to be gaps now.

Afterward, Lin Yang piloted the Apocalypse to other planets in the Galaxy.

He wanted to accumulate as much national treasure value as possible before the competition.

Bringing back special animals from alien planets for the Ecology Institute was not difficult to accomplish.

While highly developed alien civilizations might not have animals on their planets, there were plenty on some remote or uninhabited planets.

Lin Yang activated the scanner, broadly scanning nearby planets he passed. When he encountered a planet with animals, he would go down and capture them.

As long as they were unique animals, he would take them without question, then inject them with pre-prepared sedatives and place them in the spaceship's cargo hold.

For half a month, Lin Yang traveled through most of the Galaxy, and the number of alien animals in the cargo hold reached several hundred.

There were all sorts of strange and peculiar creatures.

This was even after Lin Yang discarded some that were not suitable for Blue Star.

Although Blue Star's previous monitoring capabilities had not detected any traces of animal life on alien planets.

In reality, many planets unsuitable for human habitation had strange indigenous creatures.

Some creatures even resembled those in sci-fi movies, with astonishing attack power and terrifying appearances.

They were the kind that, if brought back to Blue Star, could be used to film horror blockbusters.

There was even a possibility that, under poor supervision, they could cause widespread casualties.

For planets where such creatures appeared, Lin Yang left monitoring signals.

These creatures were terrifyingly lethal to ordinary people, not only physically but also causing immense psychological pressure.

Influenced by certain sci-fi movies, he left some measures to prevent these creatures from truly leaving their home planets one day and bringing disaster to human-inhabited planets.

Then, he returned with hundreds of these relatively harmless alien animals.

Of course, it wasn't that he didn't want to continue collecting, but the White Fatty Old Man had informed him that he was about to arrive at Blue Star.

Upon returning to Blue Star, Lin Yang headed straight to the Ecology Institute.

Under the shocked gaze of Yuan Zhihe and the Academicians of the Ecology Institute, he began to unload!

Unique alien creatures, never seen before, were transferred out.

The impact stunned the entire Ecology Institute!

"Are these... all alien creatures?" Yuan Zhihe asked, looking at Lin Yang in disbelief after regaining his composure.

"That's right, these are all unique alien creatures I specifically collected from alien planets. Perhaps they can help with some of our Ecology Institute's research," Lin Yang nodded.

Yuan Zhihe was stunned, his whole body trembling. He said with immense emotion, "Lin, you actually went specifically to collect alien animals for us? This, this..."

Yuan Zhihe was at a loss for words.

At this critical juncture, Lin Yang actually went out of his way to collect alien creatures for their research before leaving, which moved Yuan Zhihe deeply.

The other Old Academicians of the Ecology Institute were also moved to tears.

To research creatures from alien planets in their lifetime, after a lifetime of studying biology, was a tremendous honor for everyone in the Ecology Institute!

They were, of course, both moved and excited!

Seeing this, Lin Yang quickly said, "Yuan President, Academicians, you don't have to be like this. I heard that some plants obtained from the Tiangong Base, after you cultivated them, were deemed capable of bringing great positive changes to the entire ecosystem if introduced into the current ecological environment. So I thought that adding animals to the ecosystem might also have some benefits, which is why I took this time to get some for you."

His explanation only moved Yuan Zhihe and the others even more.

"Lin, for you to think of these small matters in your busy schedule, it truly makes this old man speechless!" Yuan Zhihe was almost in tears.

The status of the Ecology Institute had always been somewhat awkward compared to other institutes.

Although everyone knew that the quality of the ecological environment concerned everyone.

But since the major countries were balanced in strength before, and military power needed to be prioritized, the Ecology Institute rarely received full resource support.

Furthermore, the extinction of some species was beyond human control, and there wasn't much the Ecology Institute could do.

Therefore, its sense of presence had always been relatively low compared to other major institutes.

But Yuan Zhihe never expected that Lin Yang would always keep them in mind, even going to alien planets to collect so many types of alien creatures for them!

And during such a special period!

At this moment, Yuan Zhihe and the other Old Academicians of the Ecology Institute wished they could each kiss Lin Yang to express their emotions.

Even their gazes towards Lin Yang became somewhat affectionate.

"Ahem, Yuan President, you're wrong to say that. What do you mean 'small matters'? Ecology is a big matter!"

Lin Yang smiled slightly, then continued:

"Alright, I've left the alien creatures with you. What you want to research next is your own business. I'll be leaving now."

With that, he boarded the Apocalypse and left.

He couldn't quite handle the way those Old Academicians looked at him.

Too fervent!!

...As soon as Lin Yang left, Yuan Zhihe immediately posted numerous comprehensive images of the alien creatures on the Ecology Institute's official website, announcing that they were donated by Lin Yang to their Ecology Institute!

This instantly drew envy from Netizens and relevant individuals Overseas!

Other countries currently still lacked the ability to travel to nearby planets independently, but the country here had already begun researching genuine alien creatures. How could people not be envious and jealous?

As the Ecology Institute released more and more items, some foreign biology Experts finally couldn't sit still and expressed their desire to visit.

Although the high-level officials of the countries to which these foreign biology Experts belonged were displeased, they no longer dared to prevent people from coming to the country as they had before.

After all, times had changed.

Now, the country's military power was truly the worldwide number one, and it was a leading position with a clear gap.

When the country had not yet forcibly established the Blue Star Shangxia Federal Empire with armed forces, the Western Countries had already vaguely understood what the country's intentions were.

It was to use this gentle method to attract people from various countries to voluntarily join the country.

Now, the country continuously brought forth various advanced alien technologies and alien objects, which not only had immense appeal to ordinary people but also held a fatal allure for researchers in relevant fields!

Using this method to gradually attract high-end talents from various countries was hundreds of times more effective than achieving the goal with armed forces!

Lin Yang also discerned the government's intentions from this series of actions.

He had no intention of interfering with this.

Achieving goals by force might be fast, but it was hard to win people's hearts!

What the government wanted now was clearly not just territory, but more importantly, people's hearts.

Although this method was slower, it was better than the constant outbreaks of incidents worldwide after resorting to force.

Of course, no matter which method, Blue Star's eventual unification was certain.

And necessary!

First, gentle attraction.

If that failed, Lin Yang believed the government would certainly not be soft-handed, and would act when necessary... "Congratulations, Host, you have provided a large number of alien creatures to the Ecology Institute and received a total of 361 million national treasure value as a reward!"

"Congratulations, Host, your accumulated national treasure value has exceeded 100 million. You have received one achievement points reward."

"Congratulations, Host, as your accumulated national treasure value has exceeded 100 million, you have received the humorous title: 'Just a Hundred Million!'"

"Note: When possessing this humorous title, each time your acquired national treasure value reaches a unit of 100 million, you will receive an additional one point of national treasure value as a reward."

"Congratulations, Host, as you possess a special humorous title, you have additionally received three points of national treasure value as a reward this time."

"..."

The long-awaited System reward prompt sounded in Lin Yang's mind once again, making him feel somewhat emotional, but when he heard the end, Lin Yang's expression became strange.

An extra point??

He even suspected he had misheard!

"System, are you serious?"

"Answering Host, the focus of a humorous title is on humor!"

"...Crazy!"

Lin Yang pouted. This was indeed quite humorous, almost turning into bad taste!

Too lazy to argue with the System further, looking at the more than 300 million national treasure value, Lin Yang's sense of security finally increased by another point.

Suddenly, a voice sounded in his ear.

"Kid, it's time for you to come with me for pre-competition training."

Along with the voice, the White Fatty Old Man's figure appeared directly in front of Lin Yang.

"Uh... Senior, why didn't you give me a heads-up when you came?"

Lin Yang was startled.

This was too elusive.

"What? Scared?" The White Fatty Old Man showed a strange smile, "With such small guts, what can you accomplish?"

"..." Lin Yang couldn't respond, so he simply changed the subject: "Senior, you can tell me about the competition information now, right?"

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PS: Regarding the unification of Blue Star, some things cannot be said too directly, otherwise the book will be gone! Please understand!

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