Chapter 57: Fleecing the Little Cherry Blossom Bare, and the System Switches to Commercial Xia Script?

He was truly tempted. Developing that independent operating system cost fifty National Treasure Points, but the reward was a full five hundred—that was a tenfold return! If he were to first acquire all the technologies in which other countries led Shangxia, and then upgrade them through the system, wouldn't he make a absolute fortune? "Replying to the host, you may choose freely. Currently, the system has no random quests available." "Oh..." The system's response filled Lin Yang with a tinge of regret. After all, if there were still quests, he could earn the price difference on top of the additional rewards provided for completing system tasks. Since there were no quests for now, Lin Yang began pondering what kind of technology would be best to target first. That little nation of Sakura seemed to have quite a few leading technologies... "I might as well strip Sakura bare of all their technology first," Lin Yang muttered to himself. Although that country of Sakura was quite detestable, one had to admit that some of their technologies were still leading the global pack. For instance, optical technology, high-precision machine tool technology, precision instrument technology, and semiconductor technology, among others. Particularly high-precision machine tool technology; their 5-axis gantry boring and milling machines had once been used to manufacture aircraft for the Eagle Nation. All of these technologies could be acquired to harvest a wave of National Treasure Points. Just as Lin Yang was considering which area to start with to fleece Sakura of its technologies, he received an email from the Grand Academy of Sciences. "Huh? Establish a company in my own name?" Upon reading the contents of the email, Lin Yang was slightly taken aback, and then he chuckled. The Grand Academy of Sciences certainly knew how to handle things with proper etiquette. To be honest, he was largely indifferent to this matter. After all, providing technology to his homeland was never about making money. However, since Zhao Zizhen had inquired through a formal email, it must have gone through discussions—this was likely a decision from the higher-ups. Therefore, after a brief consideration, Lin Yang decided not to decline this gesture of goodwill. He replied to Zhao Zizhen's email, indicating his approval. As for the name of the company, he offered a suggestion: to name it "Lake Moon". Lake Moon Group sounded prestigious. After all, this was ultimately destined to be a formal global enterprise. Naming it after a classmate felt a bit inappropriate; it needed a relatively formal title and shouldn't be chosen too casually. This was precisely why Zhao Zizhen had consulted him, otherwise they probably would have named it directly after the classmate. After replying to Zhao Zizhen's email, Lin Yang sprang into action. Before taking action, Lin Yang had compiled a long list of targets. Once he handed those technologies over to the Grand Academy of Sciences, and after the academy manufactured the related products based on those blueprints—earning him his National Treasure Points—he would directly make all of Sakura's technologies globally public! This time, he was determined to completely shatter Sakura's psychological defenses! ... Inside the Grand Academy of Sciences. As soon as Zhao Zizhen received Lin Yang's reply, he notified Ye Guohong. Ye Guohong immediately arranged personnel to start setting up the company. In less than half a day, Lake Moon Group was successfully registered! Subsequently, the official account announced that all cooperation regarding the Pangu operating system would be exclusively and solely handled by Lake Moon Group. At the same time, all domestic mobile phone operating systems would be uniformly upgraded to the Pangu system. "With a system this awesome, it feels like it should be paired with better and more advanced smartphones." "Indeed. I always feel like the current mobile hardware specs aren't enough to unleash all the functions of the Pangu system." "Should we go ask the Grand Academy of Sciences again to see if the Classmate Big Boss can just upgrade mobile phones as a whole?" "Since we've already solved the chip issue, creating even more advanced smartphones doesn't feel entirely impossible." "Heh, instead of upgrading phones, I think it would be better to ask the Classmate Big Boss if he can make a computer operating system first!" "Huh?" "What do you mean 'huh'? If the Classmate Big Boss can create a mobile system, is there any problem with him making an independent computer system?!" "Exactly! Those Westerners still have computer systems even if they lose their mobile systems. If we turn the computer system into our own as well, those tech giant companies will never have a chance to turn things around!" Once the news was made public, netizens immediately erupted into discussion. The functions and interactivity of the Pangu system were simply too incredible, making current phones feel somewhat unworthy of it. However, as the discussion progressed, the topic suddenly shifted to computers. This subject quickly sparked heated debates among netizens. After all, the computer operating system was indeed a problem that needed solving. Compared to mobile operating systems, computer operating systems were even more of a monopoly! "Actually, I think whether we have a new system is one thing, but the most important thing is if we could change the system language to our Shangxia script! Those damn foreign languages give me a headache!" "What the f*ck?! OP, you're a genius! I'm giving your suggestion a full ten out of thousands!" "Brilliant! They say you can actually learn useful stuff online! I vote in favor of this suggestion with both hands. Why must system coding be in foreign languages? Our Shangxia script, with its logic, evolution, and flexibility in word formation, is vastly superior to those foreign tongues!" "That's right, that's right! With our ancestors' thousands of years of linguistic evolution, the cultural foundation is so much richer. If we could change it to Shangxia script, those foreigners wouldn't have a single advantage left to lean on!" Among the heated discussion threads by netizens, a proposal suddenly popped up, and it was instantly pinned to the top of the trending searches. The idea of directly changing the operating system to run on Shangxia script instantly won the support of a massive number of netizens. It could be said that many had suffered under foreign languages for far too long! Especially programmer netizens, who were so stimulated by this proposal that they were beside themselves with excitement. In truth, this hypothesis had been brought up by people before, but the difficulty was simply too immense to ever be realized. Because the complexity of the national script far exceeded foreign languages, the difficulty of using it to replace foreign languages in building an operating system was unimaginably high. But things were different now. The emergence of the mysterious Classmate Big Boss had given them a glimpse of hope. "Well, although I think this proposal is fantastic, the difficulty is just too astronomical, isn't it? Replacing foreign languages with our national script to build an operating system is countless times harder than creating an entirely new system from scratch!" "Even though the Classmate Big Boss is amazing, I don't think he can necessarily pull this off. After all, the current Pangu operating system was also developed based on foreign languages; the two difficulties are simply not on the same level." Still, some netizens felt that the difficulty was too high, with almost no possibility of realization. "Who cares if it's possible or not? Let's just submit the suggestion to the Grand Academy of Sciences first. What if it actually works out?" "Exactly! If the Classmate Big Boss pulls this off, I'm never studying a foreign language again in my life!" "Damn foreign languages, go die!" "..." Soon, a vast number of netizens reached a consensus and rushed over to leave comments under the official account of the Grand Academy of Sciences! The sudden explosion of message threads caught Wang Guang, who was on duty running the official account today, completely off guard. Then, as he looked at the netizens' suggestions, his eyes suddenly lit up. If even the operating system could be changed to use the national script...