Guo Yun: Plays Ye Shunguang, teammate Ye Shiyuan

The notification sound from the national fortune system continued incessantly.

It was an emotionless, mechanical, electronically synthesized voice, but at this moment, in the live broadcast room and studio of China, this cold voice sounded like the most beautiful music.

[...Calculation in progress...]

[Detected Dragon Kingdom players Ye Shunguang and Ye Shiyuan, who have collectively killed 68 Demonic Energy-Charging Type Durahans (A+), 89 Demonic Particle Fabutis (A+), 123 Demonic Infamous Armored Hati (A+), 56 Demonic Goblin Energy-Charging Types (A+), 16 Demonic Hati Headhound Energy-Charging Types (S), 12 Demonic Infamous Durahans (S), 31 Particle Pugnus (S-), and 21 Demonic Infamous Thanatos (S).]

[Converted to 377891 points, current points: 438633, total points: 567890! Currently ranked number one globally.]

"Five hundred and seventy thousand." Bingbing emphasized the words "five hundred and seventy thousand," as if to confirm she hadn't misread. "Five hundred and seventy thousand points. Currently number one in the world."

The live chat exploded instantly. In a flash, the entire screen was covered in a dense mass of text, the words overlapping, crowding together, even blurring into indistinct blocks of color due to their sheer volume, but everyone could understand the emotion conveyed—

"China is awesome!"

"How many?"

"Holy crap, is Void Zero this overpowered???"

"Holy crap! All other countries combined don't even amount to half of what we have, that's outrageous!"

"What do you mean 'a little bit'? This is fucking outrageous!"

"Illusory Hunter level is like this. Do any players from other countries have this level of Void Hunter?"

"Hey upstairs, tone it down! We're in the same restaurant, and you're spitting all over me... Fine, I won't hold back anymore. China is awesome!!!"

"So the combat power of the Void Hunter level is truly terrifying! This score is like they're using a cheat engine."

"Did you notice? Ye Shunguang kept using that sword, the sword that consumes memories... Is she alright?"

"Is everything alright?"

[Detection indicates that a Dragon Kingdom player has made initial exploration of Void Zero. Reward: Blueprints for a low-end quantum computer compatible with Dragon Kingdom's current industrial system, and one normal quantum computer.]

The studio was silent for a full three seconds.

Then, Professor Li Jianming, who was present, transformed into the Flash and jumped up at a speed that was invisible to the naked eye.

"What?"

His voice was almost a shout.

"A quantum computer? Or just low-end blueprints adapted to China's current industrial system and a standard quantum computer?"

Bingbing was stunned. Holy crap, a quantum computer… something straight out of a science fiction movie! And—it's compatible with China's current industrial system?!

What does this mean?

This means that the existing factories, production lines, and skilled workers in China can manufacture the product as long as they follow the blueprints.

Of course, the word "low-end" means that its performance may not be as good as the "normal" quantum computer that the system rewarded, but so what?

Even a low-end version is a quantum computer.

It is a quantum computer, which is theoretically billions of times faster than a traditional computer.

It is the kind of quantum computer that only two or three countries had mastered the core technology of before, and all of them were still in the laboratory stage.

Now, China has not only obtained a working quantum computer, but also a set of blueprints that can enable the entire industrial system to catch up.

The live chat froze for a moment.

It's not that no one is sending comments, but that too many people are sending comments at the same time, which crashes the server.

After three seconds, the server automatically recovered, and the barrage of comments on the screen became so dense that it was impossible to see any of the content. All that could be seen was a cascade of colored text like a waterfall.

"??????"

"Quantum computer??? Am I seeing things???"

"The Dragon Kingdom is about to take off!!!"

"It's not just about to take off, it's already taking off!!!"

"Wait, wait, let me calm down... Blueprints adapted to China's current industrial system? Doesn't that mean our existing factories can build it??"

"My mom asked me why I was kneeling while watching the live stream."

Bingbing finally came to her senses. Her voice trembled, but her professionalism allowed her to maintain basic coherence: "Ladies and gentlemen, we... we have just received information that the National Fortune System has rewarded the Dragon Kingdom with a normal quantum computer, as well as a set of blueprints for a low-end quantum computer adapted to the Dragon Kingdom's current industrial system. This means—"

She paused for a moment and took a deep breath.

"This means that China's technological level will achieve a leapfrog improvement in the near future."

The word "promotion" was too conservative, but she couldn't find a more suitable word.

Because there aren't enough words.

Meanwhile, the system continued to broadcast the scores of other countries, but the viewers in China were no longer paying much attention.

[A player from the UK has been detected to have killed 5 Thunder Orbs (B), which has been converted into 1500 points. Current points: 1500; Total points: 3891; Current ranking: 6th globally.]

[A player from the Russian Bear country was detected to have killed 2 Frostspider (C+) spiders, which has been converted into 600 points. The player currently has 2310 points and a total of 9178 points, placing them second globally.]

[A player from the Gao-Yue-Han Three Kingdoms Alliance has been detected...]

The audience in China no longer cared much about the subsequent announcements.

Because the gap is just too big.

The real rivals that I once desperately wanted to catch up with are now, in this battle for national destiny, I have 570,000 points to 3,800.

A huge win!

The feeling is like a student who has been studying hard for years, always thinking that the top student in the next class is unattainable, only to find out when the final exam results come out that they got a perfect score, while the top student in the next class only got one multiple-choice question right.

It wasn't that I improved—although I did improve—but rather that the other person's progress bar barely moved.

A peculiar sense of humor, somewhat reminiscent of "Versailles," began to emerge in the comments section:

"Oh dear, only 570,000, still 430,000 short of a million, what's there to be happy about? (manual doge face)"

"What's so great about being number one in the world? We only have a little over 500,000 more points than the second place. It's nothing to brag about."

"I suggest that players from other countries not be discouraged. After all—we didn't expect to win by this much; it was the system's calculation."

"You guys couldn't hold it in! How did you manage to stop laughing?"

"From the perspective of universal reason,"

Eagle Country Live Stream.

The points panel on the screen hung coldly in the upper right corner, and the number "Total Points 3891" stood out starkly against the black background.

There were actually quite a few viewers in the live stream—after all, the population of the United States is huge—but the density of comments was like a drizzle compared to that of China.

silence.

A long silence followed.

Then someone started commenting, "At least we still have points."

As soon as this comment appeared, it was immediately pushed to the top, followed by a string of similar comments—

"Yeah, at least it's not zero."

"Look at Japan, they even hacked their live stream, but at least we're still here."

"Exactly, 3891 points, that's quite a lot."

They started competing to see who was worse.

"Being stronger than Japan means winning."

"Being stronger than Japan means winning."

"Being stronger than Japan means winning."

After all, the live stream from Japan had already gone black – all the players were wiped out, not a single one was left, so the live stream naturally shut down.

As a former lackey, it's still acceptable to bring him up and lash out at his corpse.

Someone posted a screenshot of a Japanese live stream in the UK's live stream room. The screen only showed a big "404 Not Found" message, with the caption "Hilarious, even the server can't stand it anymore."

The comment was followed by a long string of "hahaha", but after the laughter subsided, a deeper silence ensued.

Because everyone knows that if the situation continues to worsen, will the Eagle Kingdom's live stream also become a 404 error? Will it become a 404 error first? Will it collapse first due to the punishment of national destiny and then become a 404 error? Nobody can say for sure.

The situation in Africa is even worse.

Already suffering from resource depletion—having destroyed several countries before the national fortune system even arrived—the situation has now become even worse. When they first arrived, most of them couldn't withstand the trials of the wild; they either became lone wolves or were left with only two or three people.

And now? Now they're robbing each other's points, but they're quite virtuous; they take the points and run, never killing anyone.

This wasn't because they were merciful; it was because killing the other party would actually shut down that country's livestreaming channel, depriving them of a target for repeated exploitation.

So they formed a bizarre ecosystem that no one could have imagined before the national destiny system was activated: today I rob you, tomorrow you rob me, and they all seem to be having a great time...

But don't let their penchant for robbing fool you. Within the forbidden area, in some named settlements, they are subservient and oppressed—the native inhabitants of those settlements, while not actively attacking the contestants, certainly won't treat them kindly. They live in the worst rooms, eat the worst food, take on the worst tasks, and receive the least pay.

After all this time, my points are only in the three digits.

Some scored over 100 points, some over 200 points, and the highest score was only slightly over 300.

This score wouldn't even be a fraction of what it is in China.

While other European countries united, they also destroyed many smaller countries. Although the larger countries also banded together for mutual support, their points were generally only slightly higher than those of the Eagle Nation because they could only obtain points from scattered low-level monsters in the wild.

What's truly surprising is the Russian bear country.

Those guys were completely different from the others – they were always outdoors and had never been to the city.

It's not that I can't get in, it's that I don't want to get in.

At first, viewers in the Russian livestream chat were spamming "Why don't you guys go into the city? It's safe there," but they later realized that these guys didn't need anything like "safety" at all.

They live a more comfortable life in the wild than anyone else.

Kill one if you encounter one, kill two if you encounter two. Anyway, the highest level monster I've ever encountered in the wild is F+ level—which is probably scary enough for ordinary people. A monster that is over two meters tall, covered in bone spikes, and spewing corrosive liquid from its mouth, just standing there is enough to make most people's legs go weak.

But in the eyes of those guys from Russia, it's probably just a matter of "stretching your muscles".

One of the guys even said in a live stream: "F+ level? Isn't that just a bigger wild boar? Back in my hometown, I beat up a bear with my bare hands."

The live chat exploded immediately—

"Beat up a bear with your bare hands???"

"A Russian's Daily Life (1/1)"

"You call this 'stretching your muscles'???"

"This is what people from Siberia are like."

After consistently accumulating points, I also consistently acquired weapons and equipment—materials looted from the monsters I killed, supplies rummaged through abandoned outposts I stumbled upon in the wild, and basic equipment redeemed with points from the system shop—making me invincible in the wild.

The city's sheriff even tacitly allowed them to kill monsters in the wild, because this would reduce their numbers and prevent the city from being harassed by monsters every day.

The two sides formed a tacit cooperative relationship: the Russian team was responsible for clearing the wilderness, the sheriff turned a blind eye, and occasionally gave them some intelligence in exchange.

The Russian nation's total points have reached 9178, and it currently has nearly 2000 points, ranking second in the world.

Although compared to China's 570,000, this "second in the world" seems a bit... pathetic.

But audiences in Russia don't think so.

For them, being "second in the world" is enough to make them pop the champagne.

"Second place! We're second!"

"Although we're more than 500,000 points behind first place, second place is still second place!"

"At least we're stronger than the United States, hahahaha."

"The United States has fallen."

"The Russian bear country is awesome!"

The live stream room was filled with a cheerful atmosphere.

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