2: Chapter 2 New Player Gift Pack

God Slayer SSS-100 Spaceship, SSS-rank! Price: 10,000,000,000 influence points!

God Hunter SSS-280 Spaceship, SSS-rank! Price: 28,000,000,000 influence points!

Heaven Breaker SSS-360 Spaceship, SSS-rank! Price: 36,000,000,000 influence points!

Universe Suppressor SSS...

Various models of spaceships were displayed on the screen. Su Fan wiped the drool from the corner of his mouth with his sleeve while scrolling down.

This is too damn tempting!

Unfortunately, the prices were too expensive. Ones, tens, hundreds, thousands, ten thousands, hundred thousands... hundred trillions!

One hundred trillion influence points for a single spaceship; he didn't know if he could ever save up enough in this lifetime.

Su Fan sighed inwardly.

The mall page currently showed the Level 9 Civilization tier. It was too expensive to afford, and every product image had a large lock on it; clicking them prompted 'Insufficient Permissions.'

Out of sight, out of mind. Su Fan used his mind to click on the Level 8 Civilization area, but the products there still showed locks.

Level 7, Level 6, Level 5, Level 4, Level 3, and Level 2 civilizations were all locked.

It wasn't until he clicked on the Level 1 Civilization area that the black technology products displayed were finally unlocked.

He casually clicked on Level 0 Civilization, and it was also unlocked.

At the top of the Level 1 Civilization list was Large-scale Controlled Nuclear Fusion (Deuterium-Tritium) technology, priced at 20,000 influence points.

10nm Carbon-based chip technology, 12,000 influence points.

Primary Artificial Intelligence Technology, 36,000 influence points.

Countless black technologies that various countries on Blue Star were currently trying to break through—but couldn't in the short term—were displayed before Su Fan's eyes.

Unfortunately, tens of thousands of influence points were still too much for the current Su Fan.

Thus, he turned his gaze toward the Level 0 Civilization area.

Atomic bomb technology: 1,000 influence points.

Controlled Nuclear Fission technology: 3,000 influence points.

1nm silicon-based chip: 9,900 influence points.

Mach 8 supersonic fighter jet technology: 9,000 influence points.

Ultra-thin, liquid-repellent, anti-snag stockings technology: 100 influence points.

...

It was hard to imagine that many technologies that sounded impressive nowadays actually belonged to Level 0 Civilization.

Su Fan scratched his head. His current influence points were 0; he couldn't afford any black technology at all, not even the cheapest ultra-thin stockings technology!

Without black technology, he couldn't gain influence points, and without influence points, he couldn't buy black technology.

Great!

A dead loop!

How frustrating!

"Detected that the host has bound the system. Rewarding one Newbie Gift Pack. Please check!"

Just as Su Fan was in despair, the System Father sent some benefits.

"Would the host like to open it now?"

"I definitely have to open it!" Su Fan thought excitedly.

A large red gift pack instantly appeared before his eyes, then with a bang, it exploded into countless fragments.

"Congratulations to the host for obtaining Primary Artificial Intelligence Technology (Collector's Edition Set)."

"It has been stored in the host's Black Technology Warehouse. Please view and extract it promptly."

The system's pleasant voice reached Su Fan's ears; it sounded so sweet.

He hurriedly clicked (actually "mentally clicked"; from now on, for the sake of brevity, it will just be written as "clicked") the Black Technology Warehouse page.

He saw the only black technology item listed on the interface: Primary Artificial Intelligence Technology (Collector's Edition Set)!

With an excited heart and trembling hands...

Receive! He definitely had to receive it!

When Su Fan chose to receive it, he felt a flood of knowledge frantically drilling into his brain.

"Haa—haa... haa..."

He unconsciously made panting sounds. His head grew increasingly painful, swollen, and hot!

His whole body trembled, and sweat poured down in buckets.

In the end, Su Fan couldn't withstand the pain and torture. His eyes rolled back, his head slumped, and he fainted.

...

The morning sunlight shone on the curtains, filtering through the gaps between the curtains and the window onto the white floor tiles.

The reflected sunlight happened to hit Su Fan's face.

His eyes weren't open yet, but his eyeballs moved under his eyelids.

Frowning, he reached out to rub his eyes, which were crusted with yellow 'glue.'

Su Fan squinted as he slowly opened his eyes, using his hand to block the sunlight hitting his face.

A feeling as if a lifetime had passed emerged in his heart.

Who am I?

Where did I come from?

Where am I going?

The three ultimate philosophical questions!

He carefully recalled and slowly remembered: last night, his Golden Finger arrived when the super god black technology system crashed into him via a meteor.

Had he become a protagonist?

He hurriedly summoned the system interface in his mind.

A pale blue interface appeared before him once again!

It wasn't a dream!

How exciting!

When he first started recalling, he hadn't dared to believe it, thinking he was just too tired from gaming yesterday and had an unrealistic dream.

Since that was the case, then yesterday's Primary Artificial Intelligence...

Su Fan began to search his mind for knowledge related to Primary Artificial Intelligence Technology.

Soon, an immense amount of knowledge regarding Primary Artificial Intelligence appeared in his mind in an orderly fashion.

His major was computer science, and he had worked as a programmer after graduation.

Therefore, he could feel the depth and vastness of this knowledge; it completely crushed any artificial intelligence or computer technology on Blue Star!

The Collector's Edition Set of black technology not only included the technology itself but also a case study of Primary Artificial Intelligence.

This would save him a lot of time.

Additionally, this technology belonged to Level 1 Civilization. It could only reach partial performance when deployed on a Carbon-based chip platform, and full performance when deployed in a quantum computer.

Unfortunately, Su Fan currently lacked the ability to manually produce Carbon-based chips, let alone a quantum computer. He could only settle for the next best thing: deploying it on the high-end computer he had bought for 30,000 RMB.

The programming language used by the Primary Artificial Intelligence in his mind was different from all programming languages currently in use.

Fortunately, the knowledge ingrained in his brain included a solution: he just needed to write a micro-compiler using machine language.

Su Fan really wanted to start working right now and immediately develop a Primary Artificial Intelligence that would shock the world.

However, his stomach wouldn't allow it. He was so hungry that his stomach was sticking to his back, and he was seeing stars—he felt like he could eat a whole pig in the next second!

Moreover, he was covered in smelly sweat and needed a shower.

He struggled to get up, his neck tilted to one side.

It was incredibly painful.

Having slept in a gaming chair all night with his head slumped, it would be strange if he didn't have a stiff neck.

With his neck tilted, he walked to the refrigerator. After opening the door, he found only two cups of instant noodles inside.

Normally, two cups of instant noodles would be barely enough, but in his current state, they would probably only serve as a snack.

Soon, the two cups of instant noodles were finished.

As expected, he wasn't full at all; it was like they barely touched the sides of his stomach.

Furthermore, because he had eaten a little, Su Fan felt even hungrier now.

There was no choice but to go downstairs to find food.

It was eight o'clock in the morning; the bun shop at the entrance of the residential area shouldn't be closed yet.

He briefly washed his face, put on his down jacket, and headed out to find food.

The biting cold wind howled, as if trying to blow the skin off Su Fan's face.

In this hellish weather, one really shouldn't go out unless absolutely necessary.

After complaining for a bit, Su Fan wrapped his down jacket tighter; his nose had already started running.

The five-minute walk from his home to the entrance of the residential area felt as if he had lived through all four seasons.

Finally, he reached the bun shop at the entrance.

As soon as Su Fan entered, he said impatiently:

"Boss!"

"Give me 20 pan-fried buns!"

"I want them all with meat!"

"And get me a bowl of spicy soup!"

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