273: Chapter 273, "The Game's Official Account," has answered?

[Upon completing an achievement, achievement rewards can be obtained.]

An Ke looked at the announcement from the [National Fortune Game], feeling somewhat surprised.

"Achievements can be seen now?"

Previously, achievements were hidden; one could only trigger a hidden achievement through sheer luck.

Now, the conditions for Thousand Times Materialization and achievements are both visible.

"The content of this 'update' is quite significant."

"It's much simpler than before."

An Ke made a silent evaluation.

After thinking for a moment, he inexplicably felt a surge of interest and spoke tentatively again.

"By the way, now that achievements are visible, will the rewards be downgraded?"

[No!]

An Ke had been sitting relaxedly on Aman's head, a playful smile still on his face.

However, upon hearing this response that seemed to come from nowhere, sounding like a behemoth from the abyss, his pupils suddenly constricted.

At the same time, in the outside world!

A global sensation!

"Holy crap?! What was that sound just now?!"

"The sound made during the [National Fortune Game] announcement!"

"This... did the 'Game Official' just respond?"

"This is the first time ever!"

"Oh my god, my heart is starting to tremble."

“I feel a strange sense of fear!”

“...”

Dragon Country, inside the highest-level conference room.

"Elder Li, Elder Li, the 'Game Official' responded!!"

"Does this mean that this game isn't a law of the universe, but comes from a higher civilization?"

"To be able to create such a game, just how high is their civilization level?"

"Once they get tired of playing, what will happen to our human civilization?"

“...”

Living beings are born with a fear of unknown, powerful existences.

Humans are also biological beings, so they felt a massive fear toward the behind-the-scenes controllers of the [National Fortune Game].

Since the other party could easily achieve Thousand Times Materialization, did that mean they could take it back whenever they wanted?

For a moment, the conference room fell into a dead silence.

Fear caused cold sweat to break out on everyone's forehead and their hearts to tremble.

Including Elder Li at the head of the table.

Faced with an unknown high-dimensional civilization, it was impossible not to be afraid.

It was just that everyone's approach to this unknown was different.

At the head, although Elder Li was afraid, he did not show it.

Looking at some of the leaders whose expressions kept changing, frightened by their own imaginations.

He let out a soft breath and spoke:

"Everyone, why think so much?"

"We live in the present, not in the future."

"You, I, and he—all we need to know is that right now, the [National Fortune Game] is beneficial to us, and that is enough."

To the side, the Dragon Country Commander listened silently, then scanned everyone in the conference room.

He gave a low chuckle and said, "Elder Li is right."

"You all sit in these positions; do you still not understand the principle that everything has two sides?"

"Since we have gained benefits, they naturally come with risks."

"As long as we can nip the risks in the bud, we can gain benefits beyond imagination."

"We materialized so much oil before; has your distribution work been completed?"

"Not... not yet..."

"The quantity is truly too vast. Just the statistics alone are estimated to take several months."

"Since the workload is so massive, do you still have time to worry here about a potential world-ending crisis in the future?"

"Your primary task now is to properly manage and distribute the precious resources An Ke has brought to our Dragon Country!"

"Let the lives of the common people improve as quickly as possible!"

“...”

High-level conference rooms in countries all over the world held meetings.

They discussed the issue of the [National Fortune Game] official response.

Some high-level officials in the Lighthouse Country even planned to try and converse directly with the [National Fortune Game] officials.

However, this proposal was opposed by some.

Currently, the [National Fortune Game] held immense benefits for humanity.

It could be said to concern the fate of humanity, and it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say it concerned the fate of human civilization itself.

If they rashly made contact and annoyed the "Game Official" behind it, what then?

What unexpected things would happen then?

No one could predict it.

Therefore, maintaining the current status quo was the safest course of action.

Meanwhile, the citizens of those countries that had suffered punishments but had not yet perished seemed to have grasped onto hope.

They frantically sought help from the "National Fortune Game Official."

Hoping the "Official" could give them another chance.

This included the Dwarf Country, the Ah San, the Board Duck, the Windmill Country... and others.

As for the Indigenous Country, the savages wielding submachine guns with infinite ammo had nearly wiped them out.

In the entire country, only a few tens of thousands of people remained.

...

Inside the live stream.

An Ke restrained the rising and falling of his chest.

He had originally just asked casually and hadn't expected the behind-the-scenes operator of the [National Fortune Game] to answer.

After all, he hadn't seen them answer before.

However, he didn't expect that this time he would stumble upon it, and the other party actually responded.

After An Ke calmed his emotions, he felt strangely elated.

He gave a laugh and then spoke again: "Hello!"

"May I be so bold as to ask, who are you?"

"Or rather, who are all of you?"

Two simple sentences, yet they made the global audience watching the live stream in the real world hold their breath.

At this moment, almost all viewers flooded into the Dragon Country Live Stream Room, including high-level leaders from various countries.

Despite this, the Dragon Country Live Stream Room did not crash, and there wasn't even a hint of lag.

But no one cared about this issue now; everyone was waiting for the "Game Official" to respond once more.

One second passed.

Two seconds passed.

...

Ten minutes passed.

The "Game Official" did not answer again.

It was as if everything that just happened had never occurred.

An Ke's expression didn't change much; he had expected this would happen.

"Playing mysterious," he criticized silently.

However, since there was a first time, there would surely be a second.

An Ke wasn't in a hurry.

Resolve the immediate matters first.

"Obtain the highest specification of hospitality from the Hippopotamus herd..."

"What does a Hippopotamus's highest specification of hospitality even involve?"

An Ke was somewhat bewildered.

And just then, Tiger Mom and Leopard Mom furrowed their brows.

They said to An Ke in a heavy voice:

"Master, do you smell an extremely unpleasant odor?"

"Benefactor, this smell is making me feel a bit nauseous..."

As Leopard Mom spoke, she couldn't help but gag.

"Little Mouse is going to throw up too~~~"

Three Hairs pinched his nose tightly.

Not just the animals, but the savages also had their features scrunched up, smelling the foul odor.

"Patriarch, what is going on?"

"There was no such smell just now."

"I almost don't want this nose anymore!"

“...”

The stench caused the animals and savages to react quite violently.

For a moment, Tiger Mom, Leopard Mom, Little Scar, and other animals who had followed An Ke for a long time all looked toward Old Crocodile.

Standing on Old Crocodile's back, King Kong, who was preening his wet feathers, was exasperated.

"Old-timer, what did you eat this time?"

Old Crocodile: "???"

"Huh?"