455: Blind box fusion, so right (35k words)

"Respected Host, after evaluation, your destruction of the Mingye Clan's Human Genetic Recombination and Modification Super Base within the ruins reached one hundred percent, therefore the mission completion rate is one hundred percent."

"Congratulations, Host, for perfectly completing the mission, you may decide what reward you receive."

"The reward options are as follows."

"Option One: You receive a reward of ten billion national treasure value and ten thousand achievement points."

"Option Two: You receive a reward of one billion national treasure value and one hundred thousand achievement points."

"Please choose a reward option, Host; other rewards will be distributed after your selection."

The underlying mission System immediately began distributing rewards, but this was the first time Lin Yang had encountered such a method of reward distribution.

Instead of directly issuing the corresponding rewards as in the past, it presented two options for him to choose from.

This was a bit new.

As for these two options... "This is a choice between national treasure value and achievement points."

Lin Yang muttered to himself.

Option Two simply reduced the national treasure value by nine billion while gaining an additional ninety thousand achievement points.

It was equivalent to exchanging national treasure value for achievement points.

This choice was not difficult for him.

"I choose Option Two!"

Lin Yang made his choice after only 2.5 seconds of consideration.

Ten billion national treasure value was indeed a lot.

But achievement points were even rarer!

In previous missions, achievement points were usually given one at a time.

Although sometimes it could be ten points, the most it ever gave was only one hundred points.

And that was only once!

Normally, it was one to ten points!

From the beginning until now, all of his accumulated achievement points still hadn't reached ten thousand!

They weren't even a few thousand... which showed how precious achievement points were.

Moreover, he couldn't usually exchange national treasure value for achievement points.

This time, being able to exchange nine billion national treasure value for an additional ninety thousand achievement points felt very suitable to Lin Yang.

Although he also lacked national treasure value, there were many missions that could yield a large amount of national treasure value; he just hadn't had the time to complete them.

Earning national treasure value was much faster and simpler than acquiring achievement points.

Therefore, Lin Yang chose Option Two almost without hesitation.

Compared to national treasure value, achievement points were far more precious and difficult to obtain.

There was nothing to be conflicted about.

"Okay, Host, you have chosen Option Two. You receive a reward of one billion national treasure value and one hundred thousand achievement points."

As the System spoke again, Lin Yang instantly received the corresponding rewards.

One billion national treasure value.

One hundred thousand achievement points.

"This dog System is finally being generous for once."

Lin Yang was very satisfied.

When it issued the mission earlier, it said it would reward a massive amount of national treasure value and a large amount of achievement points, and it certainly didn't deceive him!

This truly deserved to be called massive and large!

The underlying mission System continued to distribute other rewards.

"Respected Host, as your accumulated achievement points have reached one hundred thousand, you have gained permission to unlock the Advanced Achievement Mall."

"Congratulations, Host, for your achievement points exceeding one hundred thousand for the first time, you receive an additional ten achievement points as a reward, and you also receive the achievement point exclusive permanent title: Junior Achiever."

"Junior Achiever (This title is upgradeable): You receive an additional one percent bonus for every achievement point gained (less than one point is calculated as one point; this mission is not included).".

"Respected Host, as you have completely destroyed the Mingye Clan's human genetic modification and recombination super base located within the ruins, greatly hindering the Foreign race's harm to fellow humans, your prestige has spread throughout the Ten Thousand Universes, and you have therefore gained three million fame points."

"As you possess the title 'Revered by Ten Thousand People', the fame points you receive this time are additionally increased by ten percent. Your current accumulated fame points are: four million nine hundred ninety-six thousand two hundred fifty points."

"Respected Host, as this Nether Night Dirge mission is an epic special mission, this System has detected that you still have a large number of unopened blind boxes. You therefore gain one opportunity to merge all unopened blind boxes."

"This opportunity is a special reward for this mission, in addition to national treasure value and achievement points."

"You can merge all blind boxes of any level that you have obtained through missions but have not yet opened."

"After merging, the level of the blind boxes will also be additionally increased by one level. Would you like to proceed with blind box merging immediately?"

"..."

"Uh... merge blind boxes?"

Lin Yang was slightly stunned, then remembered that he indeed had many unopened blind boxes.

In the early stages, some missions, including title upgrades for fame points, rewarded various levels of blind boxes.

However, due to the rapid speed of entering the universe later, and the fact that those initial blind boxes could at most only yield items from third to fifth-level civilizations, he gradually stopped paying attention to them.

Now, hearing the System mention it, he remembered this matter.

After a pause, Lin Yang couldn't help but ask: "What level of items can be opened from the merged blind boxes?"

"To Host, the level of the merged blind boxes will increase with your understanding of the Ten Thousand Universes. Currently, they can yield technological products of up to ninth-level civilization."

"Ah? What about the extra level? After adding it, can it open things beyond ninth-level civilization?" Lin's eyes flickered, "Could it even open items from the High-Dimensional Universe?"

"To Host, the maximum level of blind boxes can be increased, but what exactly can be opened depends on your luck."

"...Alright then." Lin Yang immediately stopped asking further.

After all, it was a "blind box"!

Blind!

It was all about randomness!

"So, is this opportunity to merge blind boxes something that must be done now, or can I save it for later?" Lin Yang then asked.

"To Host, this opportunity to merge blind boxes is not time-limited."

"Then I'll save this opportunity for now."

Lin Yang immediately had an idea.

Since the level of the blind boxes after merging increased with his understanding of the Ten Thousand Universes, the later he used it, the higher the cost-effectiveness would be.

Immediately after, Lin Yang added: "What's going on with the fame points? Last time I wiped out the invading fleet on Blue Star, I was rewarded one million, but this time, for such a big event as destroying the Mingye Clan base, I only got three million?"

"To Host, the destruction of the Mingye Clan base this time was not reliant on your own strength. The evaluation and distribution of fame points are also closely related to your own strength and actions."

"...Alright, that's not important. What's important is why can't you give a few more points? What does it mean to always keep the tail number at two hundred fifty points?"

Lin Yang was a bit annoyed.

The amount of fame points rewarded this time was indeed not important, because he truly didn't destroy the base himself; he completely relied on the power of the Stone Statue.

When he heard three million just now, he actually already had this guess.

After all, last time he only wiped out a few alien fleets and got one million, but this time, doing such a big thing only rewarded three million, which must be because he didn't do it himself.

The key was, the tail number of two hundred fifty points had been persistent for a long time!!

Even if it gave one more point, it would be better!

He didn't even know if this dog System was doing it on purpose!

Every time, it could precisely land on the number two hundred fifty as the tail number.

"Apologies, Host, for such a result, this System also expresses deep regret. Please continue to work hard to acquire more fame point rewards to break the number two hundred fifty."

"...You meow..." Lin Yang laughed in exasperation.

The underlying mission System then continued to broadcast:

"Respected Host, please note, due to your destruction of the Mingye Clan's super large base, the Mingye Clan has developed extreme hatred towards you, and you have been listed by the Mingye Clan as the primary target for elimination."

"At the same time, you have automatically triggered Phase Two and the Finale of the Nether Night Dirge mission."

"Nether Night Dirge (Epic, Phase Two): Please Host, continue to destroy more of the Mingye Clan's Human Genetic Recombination and Modification Bases. For each base destroyed, you will receive corresponding rewards."

"Nether Night Dirge (Finale): Deliver the final dirge to the Mingye Clan, annihilate the Mingye Clan!"

"Note: The Finale mission is a non-time-limited mission. The Mingye Clan has harmed fellow humans with cruel methods, and everyone has the right to punish them. This mission will be settled in stages for rewards until the Mingye Clan is completely annihilated."

"...Holy smokes, extermination?" Lin Yang looked at the newly triggered mission, his heart skipped a beat, somewhat shocked.

However, very quickly, Lin Yang regained his calm.

The Mingye Clan had already been reclassified as a hostile race by the Human Alliance.

The situation was already one of endless conflict.

Racial war would fully erupt before long.

This System mission was also very reasonable.

The actions of the Mingye Clan already invited their demise.

Indeed, one should cut the grass and pull the roots when dealing with enemies.

"What about the Lingyou Clan?" Lin Yang asked.

The Lingyou Clan, like the Mingye Clan, participated in human genetic recombination and modification.

However, so far the System had only given missions related to the Mingye Clan, but not the Lingyou Clan.

"To Host, missions for the Lingyou Clan will also be triggered at any time. Please continue to pay attention."

"Oh..."

"Respected Host, due to your destruction of the Mingye Clan base, you have attracted the attention of a Lord-level Life from the High-Dimensional Universe. This System urgently needs to upgrade to unlock more information modules and functions, in order to provide the Host with more and better services and assistance. Therefore, this System requires your authorization to proceed with the upgrade."

"Upgrade?" Lin Yang did not answer immediately.

The System.

As Lin Yang understood it now, there should be two parts.

One part was the one that usually communicated with him in a very lively manner.

Sometimes it even had a tone and emotions similar to humans.

Therefore, Lin Yang called this part the System's Human-like Intelligent Module System.

It was also the "dog System" he often cursed at.

The one communicating with him now was the underlying mission System module.

This underlying mission System module was another part, independent of the Human-like Intelligent Module.

It would only be triggered when special events or special missions occurred.

This part, unlike the Human-like Intelligent Module, would not try to help him circumvent some of the System's operational rules to achieve things that could not normally be achieved.

This underlying mission module should only operate according to the System's underlying logic, being relatively rigid.

As for the upgrade.

The Human-like Intelligent Module System part had said before that it might take a very long time.

Although he had left the Unknown Space now, Lin Yang was not sure what would happen next.

Upgrading and going into hibernation now might not be a good time.

"The upgrade can wait. Let me first return to the Alien Management Bureau and report the situation before we discuss it."

After pondering for a moment, Lin Yang said.

If Song Qingfeng didn't need him to continue earning merits, he would directly take a long leave, allowing the System to upgrade while he himself merged more extraordinary characteristic material.

If Song Qingfeng indeed intended to cultivate him to take over, as Que Tian had guessed, then he would need to seize the opportunity of the Human Alliance and the Mingye Clan going to war to earn more merits.

It wasn't that he cared much about the position of the Alien Management Bureau Director.

Rather, at the very least, he couldn't let this position fall into the hands of someone from the Old Monster faction!

"Okay, Host."

The underlying mission module System responded, and then the Human-like Intelligent Module System took over.

And the first thing this dog System said after taking over was... "Host, actually, if you are willing to pay some national treasure value for the upgrade and hibernation, this System has a way to greatly shorten the time required for this upgrade."

"..."

Lin Yang's mouth twitched instantly.

That's it!

That's the taste!

This greedy taste for money, it was perfectly right!

He had just received one billion national treasure value, and this dog System immediately came sniffing!

"When will you stop eyeing my national treasure value?"

Lin Yang was truly exasperated.