83: A stick for scamming!
After sympathizing with the Da He Settlement, Lin Ye prepared to turn off all communication devices.
Because they were utterly useless and provided no help whatsoever.
His design philosophy and military technological accumulation were too far ahead of this world, so watching these boring news felt completely uninformative, and it was difficult to acquire useful knowledge online.
But just as Lin Ye was about to turn off the television, a few news stories suddenly caught his attention.
It was a channel called Voice of South Goryeo.
The first news item on it was:
"According to scholars from the South Goryeo Settlement, many technologies in Lin Ye's instance, such as Aircraft Carriers, missiles, and atomic bombs, are highly likely to have plagiarized research results from the South Goryeo Research Institute..."
This made Lin Ye feel a bit nauseous, and he couldn't help but frown.
The South Goryeo Settlement was located between the Great Xia Tenglong Settlement and the Da He Settlement, and in terms of strength, it was inferior to both.
Previously, it had always lived under the suppression of the Da He Settlement, and it was only when a LV4 Park Chengwan finally emerged from their Settlement that they barely managed to gain a foothold.
Now that Da He was crippled, South Korea's confidence grew, and they even publicly started to act out, daring to so clumsily try to provoke him.
He then looked at the second news item.
"According to genetics experts from South Korea, Lin Ye is highly likely to be a descendant of a Korean professor who taught in Great Xia. Lin Ye should be of Korean descent! Technologies like Aircraft Carriers and missiles should all be the common property of South Korea..."
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Seeing this, Lin Ye's nausea intensified greatly, and he almost vomited.
In his previous life on Blue Star, the Koreans were always acting out, constantly plagiarizing Dragon Country's achievements, shamelessly registering various intangible cultural heritages, and feeling smug about it.
Little did they know that the Dragon Country simply didn't take them seriously, because from ancient times to the present, the Koreans were merely a vassal state of the Dragon Country.
When all nations came to pay tribute, because they were close, they were just the little brother who could kneel at the very front.
The Dragon Country would pay attention to Eagle-land, to the Polar Bear, to Little Japan, and even slightly to White Elephant A San, but it would never pay attention to the Koreans.
Those Koreans, each and every one of them, were extremely self-abased, and they loved to use such disgusting methods to attract the Dragon Country's attention.
Now... he had transmigrated to a new world, but history was always surprisingly similar.
The Koreans in this world were still annoying, still self-abased yet arrogant.
Especially the phrase "Lin Ye should be of Korean descent" directly made Lin Ye a bit choked up.
I'm a transmigrator, with no father or mother, how did you know my bloodline?!
Lin Ye continued to look down, and there was even a third news item, the video title was "The Decisive Battle of Young Genius Designers"...
This news segment, to be precise, should have been a live-action video.
In the video, a young man with dyed yellow hair, a parted hairstyle, and light makeup was showing his fist to the screen.
Putting aside everything else, this man's physique was indeed robust, and his bare upper body looked a bit like a male escort from a duck shop.
His eyes looked extremely arrogant, with a sense of superiority, and between his brows, there was a kind of 'kill-me-style' freshness.
But his face, which looked more delicately made up than a woman's, made people feel very out of place.
The young man raised his head and took two steps forward.
Behind him, a group of people in suits began to nod and bow, shouting in unison, "Good day, Young Master!"
"Lin Ye! I am the eldest young master of the South Goryeo Kim family consortium, my name is Kim Geun-seok!"
"I question your performance in the Raging Sea instance! All your technological achievements are stolen from my South Korea!"
"Now you have two choices!"
In the video, Kim Geun-seok's face showed a murderous expression.
"First! Hand over all technological achievements to South Korea for review to determine if you have committed theft... At the same time, you must relocate to the South Goryeo Settlement to cooperate with the investigation!"
"Second! That is to accept Kim Geun-seok's personal challenge! This is also a duel between two top Designers!"
"Our duel is simple. We will each launch an instance, and in this instance, no weapons that appeared in our previous instances can be used! It can be an instance I design for you to challenge! Or it can be an instance you design for me to challenge!"
"If you can beat me, it means you have extremely high design talent, and South Korea can acknowledge you! Your plagiarism will also be forgiven."
"If I beat you. Then you must submit all technologies to South Korea, and forever remain in South Korea!"
At the end of his speech, Kim Geun-seok waved his fist again, hitting the screen twice.
"Lin Ye, I await your reply!"
Then the video screen abruptly stopped, turning into a series of white mosaics.
This video truly dumbfounded Lin Ye.
He thought back carefully and finally realized, wasn't this Kim Geun-seok the guy who was ranked ahead of him before, and then was directly squeezed out of the TOP50 after the last Raging Sea?
As expected of Korean blood, to so exaggeratedly try to provoke him. It seems he was very displeased after being pushed out.
He wanted to put on a fierce and intimidating act, but Lin Ye only found it ludicrous and laughable.
Who the hell do you think you are?
Why should others accept your challenge just because you say so?!
Thinking about it for a moment, Lin Ye couldn't possibly bother with Kim Geun-seok's challenge. Because that would purely be a waste of time, and for what in the end? Was it just to prove those groundless accusations?
First of all, this is a world controlled by the Sky Curtain, so there can be no violent behavior whatsoever. If he simply ignores this guy, he can't do anything.
At most, he would pull himself into his instance.
But Lin Ye now has immunity, so he's not afraid of this at all, and even if he were really pulled in, with the weapons Lin Ye can use in the instance, he could completely crush this Kim Geun-seok.
If he really wanted to challenge him, he should just go to Raging Sea, why bother chattering here?!
Also... Kim Geun-seok's challenge was clearly self-serving.
Not being able to use weapons from his previous instances was clearly a gamble that Lin Ye had no other technologies, hoping to provoke Lin Ye in this way, just to make Lin Ye accept the challenge in a fit of anger.
These provocateurs are not afraid of you arguing with them; in fact, they are only afraid of you just walking away.
"What a clown..." Lin Ye shook his head helplessly and directly turned off the television.
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(PS: After thinking about it, I still want to torment the Koreans. I feel it's more appropriate. What do you all think? I can tell you about my story with the Koreans when I have time.)
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