127: Chapter 127 Reconstructs the [Community of Shared Future] with a New Logic

Adar had long since hinted that if Chen Aoyun could win, he would be willing to pay the price of a T1-tier Foundation Item in exchange for a good ranking.

After all, what did it matter who got second place?

A T1-tier Foundation Item, plus a certain amount of national destiny—the deal went through very smoothly.

It was the same for the other countries. Chen Aoyun eliminated them one by one based on what they offered, and this Game of National Destiny finally came to a close.

The normal reward for first place in the Game of National Destiny was 10 hu of national destiny and a golden treasure chest.

However, in this Game of National Destiny, Chen Aoyun had used the Foundation Item [I Want to Win Hard] won from the previous Game of National Destiny in advance. Not only were the national destiny and experience points multiplied by twelve, but the rewarded Foundation Items were also increased by three.

10 hu multiplied by 12 was 120 hu.

The Dragon Kingdom was now completely free from the threat of insufficient national destiny.

As for the extra Foundation Items, it was a bit of a pity. Although there were three more items in the golden treasure chest, their tiers were not high, all being T3-tier items.

Fortunately, the item from the normal reward was a T0-tier item:

Foundation Item:

[Optimal Choice], Item Effect:

[In a Game of National Destiny, this item can make the optimal decision for you when choosing Heroic Spirits!]

As expected of a T0-tier item, it was practically a divine tool. In the Game of National Destiny, choosing Heroic Spirits was the most important part, and having it automatically make the Optimal Choice was basically a blatant cheat code.

Putting away [Optimal Choice], Chen Aoyun picked up the item Adar had given him and began to examine it.

Item [Substitute Life], its effect was to take the punishment on behalf of a doomed [Strategist] or [Roleplayer] at the end of a Game of National Destiny.

Although its tier could not compare to [Optimal Choice], it was incredibly practical. After carefully storing them in the showroom, Chen Aoyun began to check his gains outside of the Game of National Destiny.

The 'emblem stele' obtained from the Shadow Person and the Norn Person. After the otherworldly power inside the stele spilled over onto Blue Star, it interfered with the Game of National Destiny and turned into two scenario points. The Sakura Country and the USA respectively obtained the power within these scenario points.

With the 'emblem stele' in hand, Chen Aoyun could sense what power the two countries had obtained.

The Sakura Country had obtained the Shadow Person's 'Shadow Power'. At this stage, this power could only be learned by one of the Sakura Country's [Heroic Spirits]. Once learned, they would gain the 'Stealth' ability, while [Heroic Spirits] who already possessed Stealth abilities would gain the 'Shadow Assassination' ability.

Do not underestimate these bestowed abilities. This was only their first contact with otherworldly power, yet it already gave the [Heroic Spirits] an extra skill. If this contact continued, there was no telling what kind of unpredictable, bizarre state the Sakura [Heroic Spirits]—which Chen Aoyun could originally understand—would turn into.

While the Sakura Country obtained the Shadow Person's 'Shadow Power', the USA obtained the Norn Person's 'Holy Light Power'.

The situation was similar. At this stage, this power could only be learned by one of the USA's [Heroic Spirits]. Once learned, it could 'revive' a used skill!

It was a simple and useful ability. To be honest, even Chen Aoyun was somewhat envious. If this 'revival' ability were placed on certain Huaxia Heroic Spirits, it would have miraculous effects.

After confirming the gains of the Sakura Country and the USA, it was Chen Aoyun's turn to check his own harvest.

The Sakura Country and the USA had cleared the scenario points and offered a massive amount of national destiny within them to exchange for abilities. The power of this national destiny was sent to the other world through the 'emblem stele'.

As a reward, the other world had provided quite decent prizes.

Of course, these rewards were originally meant for the two foreign race members who had come to Blue Star with Chen Aoyun.

Unfortunately, those two had been screwed over by the Sakura Country's [kaitian torpedo]. The other world probably never imagined when sending down the rewards that everything they sent to Blue Star would end up in Chen Aoyun's hands.

Among the rewards was a scroll that could unlock the second set of abilities for a [Strategist] and [Roleplayer].

Such an item was sent to Blue Star because the other world did not know that Blue Star had a closed beta, mistakenly believing that the people here were still novices who had just come into contact with Star Chess.

Chen Aoyun did not need this scroll, but he could give it to Zhao Hongxiu or Fan Ling to use, unlocking their second set of skills.

Aside from the scroll, Chen Aoyun was more interested in two 'embossed name' cards.

Without Tang Junlin's empowerment, Chen Aoyun could not read the text on the embossed name cards. However, the cards were printed with characters in a distinct otherworldly style, making Chen Aoyun suspect that they might depict otherworldly [Heroic Spirits]!

And the powers obtained by the Sakura Country and the USA might also be related to the otherworldly [Heroic Spirits] on these cards.

In addition to these things, Chen Aoyun also gained experience and changes in his character attributes.

Especially the [Luck Value] among his character attributes!

Winning a Game of National Destiny would increase one's personal luck by however many hu of national destiny were won.

This was only related to the national destiny from the basic ranking rewards; any gained from [Divine Judgment], increased by items, or gifted by others was not counted.

Previously, Chen Aoyun's personal [Luck Value] was 10, and now it had reached 20.

Without Tang Junlin's empowerment, the second set of skills for both [Strategist] and [Roleplayer] required [Luck Value] to be constructed.

Chen Aoyun used his 20-point [Luck Value] limit to add a skill to his [Strategist] second set of abilities: [Community of Shared Destiny]!

These were all skills constructed based on the achievements of the Old Era's Huaxia Civilization.

However, during construction, Chen Aoyun deliberately avoided Tang Junlin's approach, changing the skill from 'sharing Heroic Spirits among various civilizations' to 'contributing a share of effort to other civilizations'.

It sounded nice and righteous, very much in the style of the Beacon Country.

But to be frank, this skill was rather... shameless.

This was a skill that allowed Chen Aoyun to add 'affixes' to the opponent's Heroic Spirits or wonders!

Only someone like Chen Aoyun, who was familiar with the history of the Old Era and shameless enough, could think of tripping up other countries' Heroic Spirits in the name of the 'Community of Shared Destiny'.

Just imagine: when a Heroic Spirit from the Sakura Country was charging aggressively at a Huaxia Heroic Spirit in a certain battle, and Chen Aoyun suddenly used the [Community of Shared Destiny] to add an affix of 'height under 1.5 meters' to the opponent's Heroic Spirit, what would that scene look like?

Just thinking about it was amusing.

While Chen Aoyun was imagining this scene, a knock sounded on the door of the showroom.

The showroom belonged to the Dragon Kingdom's Support Group, but since Chen Aoyun was using it, he still maintained basic courtesy.

After storing the items spat out from the emblem stele into his inventory, Chen Aoyun said toward the door, 'Come in.'

The one who entered was Support Group Leader Chen Feng.

Seeing Group Leader Chen Feng's peculiar expression, Chen Aoyun asked curiously,

'What's wrong?'

Group Leader Chen Feng said, 'The light of Star Chess has reappeared. A new Game of National Destiny is about to begin!'

Chen Aoyun thought he had misheard. After confirming, he asked in confusion, 'Didn't it just end? It's only been a day, how can there be a new Game of National Destiny?'

Group Leader Chen Feng said, 'It is indeed a bit abnormal. Generally speaking, the Game of National Destiny occurs once a month. A situation like this, where another Game of National Destiny starts right after one has just ended, is a first in the entire New Era.'

'Moreover, this new Game of National Destiny is also extremely special.'

'There are no mandatory participation slots. On the contrary, only countries that have ranked in the top ten in the last ten Games of National Destiny are eligible to participate.'

'Furthermore, this Game of National Destiny won't actually result in deaths, nor will it deduct national destiny, even if a country ends up at the bottom.'

After a brief moment of contemplation, Chen Aoyun asked,

'When does it start? Are there any rules announced in advance?'

Group Leader Chen Feng replied,

'It will open tomorrow.'

'There are no rules announced in advance.'

'However, news from the Intelligence Department says that several powerful nations are taking this Game of National Destiny extremely seriously, though the specific reason for their concern is unknown.'

Among the Foundation Items, there were those that could peek into parts of the content or even the rewards of the Game of National Destiny.

Some powerful nations in the New Era had even developed AI intelligence that used national destiny to predict the Game of National Destiny.

'Is it a change in the Game of National Destiny caused by otherworldly power flowing into Blue Star?' Chen Aoyun speculated.

Regardless of whether it was or not, Chen Aoyun was bound to participate in a Game of National Destiny where there was no penalty for losing.