89: Hidden Easter Eggs

The proprietress did not rush to operate the machine to redeem the prize. Leaning slightly toward Ye Su, she lowered her voice and said, "Handsome guy, don't redeem these lottery tickets. I'll transfer the money to you directly."

After experiencing something similar at the Pingle Road lottery station last time, Ye Su understood what the proprietress was planning: "No need. Just help me redeem the prize."

After two months of hard work, aside from the 150,000 transferred to his family and the 200,000 spent on upgrading intelligence, Ye Su's total net worth was now over 500,000.

Feeling flush with cash, Ye Su couldn't be bothered to engage in any petty dealings.

The proprietress had originally intended to trick Ye Su into handing over his scratch-off lottery tickets at face value, but she hadn't expected to be flatly refused.

The proprietress, wanting to make a profit herself, naturally refused to give up and had to raise the price: "How about 9,000? These scratch-off lottery tickets of yours only won 8,200 in total. I can offer 9,000 and buy them all."

Ye Su's tone began to grow impatient: "No need. Just redeem them."

"Alright then..."

Seeing Ye Su insist on redeeming the prize, a flash of displeasure crossed the proprietress's eyes, but she could only pick up the scanner and help Ye Su redeem all the scratch-off lottery tickets.

With 8,200 in hand, Ye Su did not linger and walked out of the lottery station under the gaze of the crowd.

Having earned 8,000 yuan in the time it took to go out, Ye Su felt no ripples of excitement upon returning to his dorm. He opened the system and looked at the remaining two days, [Wednesday] and [Friday], following the [Level 1 Intelligence].

"Let's upgrade one more day."

On one hand, he wanted to upgrade all his intelligence to Level 2 as soon as possible.

On the other hand, as a pessimist, Ye Su was always worried that the system might suddenly disappear.

Driven by this anxiety, Ye Su naturally wanted to earn as much money as possible through the system in the shortest amount of time.

"Spend 100,000 yuan to upgrade the Wednesday Level 1 Intelligence to Level 2 Intelligence."

[Deducting payment, please wait, Host...]

[XX Bank: Your card ending in 9539 spent 100,000 yuan on April 29 at 10:04.]

[Ding!] [Upgrade successful!]

"This money comes fast and goes just as fast!"

The 239,000 that had arrived yesterday hadn't even warmed up in his pocket before 100,000 was gone in the blink of an eye. Ye Su could only sigh that this intelligence upgrade was a bottomless pit.

But if he had to wait for the monthly free upgrade opportunities to slowly upgrade the intelligence, Ye Su didn't have the patience for that.

"If you don't spend small money, big money won't come."

What Ye Su was best at was comforting himself psychologically.

But just as he was about to close the system, a message suddenly popped up on the screen.

[Detected that the Host only has [Friday] left to be upgraded to Level 2 Intelligence, issuing a special warm reminder to the Host.]

[warm reminder: After upgrading all intelligence to Level 2, the system will automatically upgrade to a Level 2 System and unlock hidden functions.]

"A Level 2 System, and it has hidden functions!"

Ye Su was instantly captivated by the content in the [warm reminder].

"I only have 139,000 left. If I spend another 100,000 to upgrade the last day's Level 1 Intelligence, and then encounter something like yesterday's intelligence that costs tens of thousands to buy back, wouldn't I be screwed?"

Originally, with over 200,000 in his pocket, Ye Su walked with a spring in his step, feeling like he had finally become rich.

But after the system's little stunt, Ye Su realized that he was still living a tight life.

"Upgrade it. If tomorrow's intelligence really needs 100,000 or 80,000 to acquire, I'll just squeeze Chen Xinyi again."

It was just like getting a treasure chest in a game; even though he knew that saving up more before opening it would yield a higher drop rate, he just couldn't resist opening it early.

Knowing that upgrading to a Level 2 System would unlock hidden functions was like a kitten constantly scratching at his heart, making him impatient to finish upgrading the Level 2 Intelligence.

"Spend 100,000 yuan to upgrade the thursday Level 1 Intelligence to Level 2 Intelligence."

[Deducting payment, please wait, Host...]

[Upgrade successful!]

The 100,000 yuan he had just withdrawn to his bank card was swiped away by the system in some unknown way as his phone received the deduction text message.

"So this is what it feels like to spend 200,000 in a minute!"

Having experienced the thrill of throwing money around, Ye Su felt his feet starting to float.

[Detected that the Host has completed all Level 2 Intelligence upgrades, successfully activating the upgrade to the Level 2 System.]

[Upgrading, please wait...] [Upgrade successful!]

[Congratulations to the Host for activating the system function: Sleep Aid Service.]

[Sleep Aid Service Introduction: Allows people within a certain range (including the Host) to enter deep sleep (the Host needs to know the person's appearance and visualize it in their mind). This service will not cause any damage to the human body and, just like normal deep sleep, can help the body repair physical functions, consolidate memory, and regulate hormone secretion.]

[Fee standard: 99 yuan per person per time.]

"Damn! It can make people enter a deep sleep state, and it only costs 99 at a time. Good stuff!"

Ye Su's first reaction was to think about whether he could earn money with this skill.

In modern society, just look at the sales of melatonin on e-commerce platforms to see how many people are plagued by insomnia.

99 yuan to make someone fall into a deep sleep—for insomnia patients, it couldn't be more tempting.

But Ye Su immediately dismissed the somewhat unrealistic fantasy.

The cost alone is 99 yuan. To provide the service to others, he would have to charge something like 199 or 299.

Not to mention such a price, the vast majority of ordinary people simply couldn't afford it just to get some sleep.

Even if he could find those who could afford it, Ye Su would have to run around late at night, working himself to death to serve a hundred people, only to earn 10,000 or 20,000—it wouldn't be as valuable as a single piece of intelligence.

"It's fine. Even if I can't earn money, it's great for myself. It can repair physical functions, consolidate memory, and regulate hormone secretion with no side effects. Isn't this better than taking supplements?"

No matter how much money you earn, you need a healthy body to enjoy it properly.

Just this [Sleep Aid Service] made Ye Su feel that the 200,000 he just spent was worth it.

Ye Su also thought about how when he stayed overnight at Chen Xinyi's place, he would always be worried about intelligence that refreshed in the early morning that he had to pick up immediately; it was hard to explain if he had to leave right away.

Now that he had the [Sleep Aid Service], if he really encountered an emergency, a 99-yuan charge would solve all his problems.

Ye Su was already impatient to go to Chen Xinyi's place immediately to try out the newly acquired [Sleep Aid Service] and see what it was like when used on someone else.

[Congratulations to the Host for activating the system function: hidden easter egg.]

[hidden easter egg Introduction: When intelligence refreshes, there is a probability of refreshing a [hidden easter egg] surprise. The surprise is not limited in form; the Host is requested to look forward to it.]

"[hidden easter egg] surprise?"

"What kind of surprise, hey?"

"You'd better translate for me—what is a surprise!"

The system only told him to look forward to it without saying what the surprise was, which made him itch with anticipation.

After waiting a few minutes without the system prompting him to activate the next hidden function, Ye Su finally closed the system.

For the rest of the day, his mind was filled with the [hidden easter egg] that the system said might refresh.