75: Famous for opening the blind box (first update)

“Congratulations, Host, under your leadership, your country has acquired Superstar Fighters, greatly suppressing the arrogance of other nations. You have received one thousand national treasure value and ten renown points. Your current renown value is seventy-one.”

“Congratulations, Host, due to the appearance of the Superstar Fighter, your country reversed the situation in this fighter competition, bringing glory to the nation and pride to its people. You have earned the admiration and worship of your country’s citizens, and you are hailed as a genius hero. You have received ten renown points.”

“Due to the opposing country in this fighter competition being the First Great Power on the current planet, the renown points you received for being hailed as a genius hero have been tenfold amplified. This time, the renown points obtained have increased to one hundred, and your current renown value is one hundred seventy-one.”

“Congratulations, Host, as your renown value has reached one hundred points, your renown title has changed to: Renown Spreading Ten Thousand Miles!”

“Congratulations, Host, as your renown value has accumulated to one hundred points, you have received one achievement point.”

“Congratulations, Host, you have received the exclusive reward for the Renown Spreading Ten Thousand Miles renown title: one primary civilization full-category blind box.”

“Note: The blind box can open any item not exceeding two levels above your current country’s technological civilization level, including technology, finished products, and special items.”

“…”

The System’s prompts were very long. Besides these, there was also a series of prompts for completing the artifact repatriation series of tasks.

He received a total of over two thousand national treasure value, the aforementioned renown points, and several achievement points.

Due to time constraints, he only managed to retrieve artifacts from one state, so the rewards were not particularly abundant.

However, the United States was defined by the System as the First Great Power in the world, and any task completed within the United States would receive an additional bonus, which was quite satisfying.

Otherwise, the reward for repatriating artifacts from just one state would not have reached over a thousand points.

As for the United States being defined as the First Great Power, Lin Yang still had some questions.

Now, the country has a Super photolithography machine, and Controllable Nuclear Fusion Technology, plus the soon-to-be-manufactured Superstar Fighter—are these still not enough to surpass the Unpretty?

“Answering Host, measuring a country’s strength is a comprehensive assessment from multiple dimensions. Although your country currently possesses several leading technological products and technologies, its overall strength is still slightly behind.”

“Please, Host, keep up the good work and continue to enhance your country’s technological capabilities!”

“...Is the Unpretty that strong?” Lin Yang pouted.

“Answering Host, a country’s overall strength rating does not solely depend on a few leading technological advancements.”

“Your country’s Controllable Nuclear Fusion Technology has not yet begun formal application, and the United States also has many unknown secret trump cards. In terms of armed forces and overall strength, it is currently still the First Great Power on your current planet!”

“Oh? System, do you mean the United States has other advanced technologies that haven’t been announced?” Lin Yang’s eyes glinted.

The System’s words were interesting.

“Yes, Host, every great power in the world has its own unknown secret trump cards. This is the foundation and heritage for being able to become a great power.”

The System’s answer immediately piqued Lin Yang’s interest, and he asked, “What are the United States’ trump cards?”

“Answering Host, I cannot directly provide you with relevant information at this time. You can pay national treasure value to conduct a relevant inquiry. Do you wish to inquire?”

“Requires national treasure value? How much?”

“Answering Host, based on your current country’s technological level and your achievements, a detailed inquiry into the United States’ intelligence requires one hundred thousand national treasure value, and a simplified version requires ten thousand national treasure value. Would you like to inquire?”

“How, how much? One hundred thousand? Are you kidding me?”

Upon hearing the System’s quote, Lin Yang was immediately startled.

One hundred thousand?

From the time he bound the System until now, the accumulated national treasure value he had received hadn’t even reached ten thousand.

Let alone inquiring about the detailed version, he didn’t even have enough for the simplified version!

Is this price really not a rip-off?

“Answering Host, detailed intelligence of a superpower involves comprehensive information on people’s livelihoods, military, agriculture, and more, so the price is relatively high. If you need it, this System suggests you conduct a separate targeted inquiry. Each targeted inquiry costs one thousand national treasure value!”

“Oh…”

Lin Yang blinked. The price for detailed intelligence was set so high, it was probably a kind of restriction mechanism of the System.

But targeted inquiry…

This provided Lin Yang with another idea.

“System, how much national treasure value do I need to hack into the United States’ core network?”

Since inquiring was so expensive, why not hack into the network instead!

Last time, hacking into Sakura’s network only cost fifty national treasure value.

“Answering Host, hacking into the United States’ internet costs one hundred national treasure value per instance, but I need to remind you that it is unrealistic to obtain the opponent’s top-secret technological trump cards by hacking into their network!”

“Such trump card technologies are usually not connected to the internet, only on internal networks or even separate System networks. Hacking into the internal network costs five hundred national treasure value, but it is not guaranteed to obtain the information you desire!”

Lin Yang: “…”

Alright then.

Indeed, the System was still the System.

It wouldn’t easily have loopholes to exploit.

Hacking into the internal network for five hundred national treasure value was definitely not as cost-effective as adding another five hundred national treasure value for a direct targeted inquiry.

He glanced at his current national treasure value, which still had several thousand points, and decisively chose a targeted inquiry.

“Inquire about the United States’ most advanced technological achievements!”

“Host, please wait. After scanning and inquiring, the United States’ most advanced technological achievement is a space technology still under research. This technology is nearing success, leading your current country’s equivalent technology by approximately thirty years!”

“That’s it? Nothing else?”

Lin Yang waited for a long time and saw the System didn’t continue, so his eyes immediately widened!

One thousand national treasure value for just this much information?

“Answering Host, targeted inquiries are fuzzy inquiries, only providing you with relevant directional information. Specific progress and more detailed information require you to conduct a targeted detailed inquiry. The service fee for a targeted detailed inquiry is three thousand national treasure value per instance.”

“I’ll go to your XXX, you scammer System…” Lin Yang was furious!

This dog System is really a rip-off!

“Apologies, Host, for providing you with a poor user experience. You can continue to improve your country’s technological level and achievements to reduce the national treasure value required for information inquiries.”

“…”

Lin Yang finally understood. This System definitely had a special restriction mechanism to urge him to complete more tasks or diligently improve the country’s technological level to earn national treasure value.

Immediately, he was too lazy to waste more words with this broken System and directly chose to open the renown value blind box he had just received.

The blind box could yield items no more than two levels above the current country’s technological level, meaning it could open items from a maximum of level three civilization.

This was something worth looking forward to!

“Alright, Host, the blind box is opening. Please wait.”

“Congratulations, Host, your blind box has been opened.”

“You have obtained…”

Thank you to Readers loopy for the three 788-coin rewards and Readers Boyi for the 588-coin reward. Wishing both Readers prosperity every year and sudden wealth every day. I bow to Readers!

Thank you to Readers Aierdao’s Feng I for the hundred-coin reward and Readers 2021030110657813252 for the hundred-coin reward yesterday (I was late in posting yesterday and didn’t get to thank him).

Thank you to both Readers. Wishing both Readers prosperity and sudden wealth. I bow to Readers!

And thanks to all the Readers who are reading. Wishing everyone sudden wealth, sudden wealth, sudden wealth!!!