Poisonous Strategist

Yan Anqing opened his computer and logged into the Bilibili video website, searching for several film and television works at the top of the rankings.

The appearance of the two new functions, "Copy" and "Paste," meant that Yan Anqing no longer had to worry about money.

If he wanted to, he could completely copy cash in large quantities, causing the US dollar to depreciate wildly.

Even, if Yan Anqing willed it, he could use this function to instantly collapse the financial system and currency credit of a certain country.

Doing something that harmed others but not himself would also earn him an achievement.

Although Yan Anqing didn't consider himself a good person, he was still, to some extent, on the side of order. After a brief thought, he put this idea aside for the time being.

Deeply exploring the new functions became one of the top three most important tasks on his action list.

Ensuring his location was precisely in a blind spot of surveillance, Yan Anqing stared intently at the display screen.

First, he would take screenshots and photos from movies, anime, and TV shows, storing them in his own consciousness database.

Then, he would use the Copy-Paste function to extract those items with magical powers.

For example, the "Tesseract," "Dragon Balls," "Thor's Hammer," "Super Soldier Gene Serum"...

Various similar items appeared in Yan Anqing's hands, only to be deleted and annihilated into the void one by one.

"As expected, it's the Demon-Sealing Plane. It's completely useless..."

Yan Anqing sighed.

The items extracted from the screenshots of these film and television works were merely props from the filming set; they possessed no supernatural powers, nor did they involve any black technology.

It was worth noting that when items from the 2D world were extracted, they were imbued with a real-world, 3D texture.

This made Yan Anqing unable to help but ponder...

What if he copied and pasted people from movie and TV worlds into the real world...

Anime was fine, as it was purely fictional.

But what about movies?

Would the characters who appeared consider themselves actors, or would they consider themselves specific characters from the movie?

For instance, if he were to copy and paste Captain America from "The Avengers" into reality, would that character consider himself "Chris Evans" or "Steve Rogers"?

Yan Anqing recorded all these thoughts one by one, and when the time was right, he would immediately begin related experiments.

Korea.

In the past few days, a short video had spread like a virus across K-pop, wav, newspapers, major forums, and news websites.

The video featured many attractive entertainment industry trainees, but the focus was on only two of them.

Choi Sang-hwan and Kim Soo-chan.

The video mainly consisted of a debate between the two.

Keywords such as national destiny, history, the sole golden-eyed individual, pro-China, and darling of the Earth were on everyone's lips.

People were discussing this matter everywhere, from streets to alleys.

Choi Sang-hwan was a character who generated immense discussion.

He was an internet troll, a veteran keyboard warrior, who infuriated countless patriots, making them want to find him online and engage in a real-life PK.

He was a brainless China enthusiast, a staunch supporter of Yanhuang, and a traitor at heart.

Yet, he was Korea's only golden-eyed individual.

One positive trait overshadowed all his "flaws."

Upon learning that he had become a golden-eyed individual, DSP Company immediately began promoting him, attempting to shape him into an unprecedented superstar with flawless character!

After all, the Crimson Moon Incident, which had not occurred for tens of thousands of years, had just passed, and the extraordinary abilities of golden-eyed individuals were gradually manifesting. Everyone knew that the world was slowly entering a new era.

America's 12 Saints served as an excellent precedent.

Except for the unlucky Jack Grimm, who was shot by his own fans, the others had gained a large following of loyal fans, possessing immense commercial value and raking in substantial advertising endorsement fees.

Objectively speaking, in terms of appearance, only the officially promoted Christian and "Gabriel" Aisteron among America's 12 Saints could rival Choi Sang-hwan.

DSP Company placed great hopes on Choi Sang-hwan, mobilizing all its human and material resources and using its water army to help erase Choi Sang-hwan's negative history.

Unfortunately, one of Choi Sang-hwan's fellow trainees, suffering from envy, couldn't resist posting a video they had filmed online.

Regardless of what fate awaited this envious individual or what price they would pay, At least the label of "pro-China" on Choi Sang-hwan could not be removed.

However, everything has two sides.

The process by which Choi Sang-hwan became a golden-eyed individual was incredibly dramatic!

Kim Soo-chan's conversation with him was precisely at the point where he said, "The reason Korea doesn't have golden-eyed individuals is that all the national destiny has converged onto one person. That yet-to-be-revealed golden-eyed individual is the darling of the Earth, the true child of destiny..." when Choi Sang-hwan became a golden-eyed individual.

This coincidence was too remarkable!

In Korea, some even suspected that the "Crimson Moon" and "Golden Pupil Syndrome" incidents were caused by Choi Sang-hwan, the mastermind behind the scenes.

That guy turned into a golden-eyed individual at the end just to distract everyone.

All the golden-eyed individuals in the world appeared during the Crimson Moon; any mutants who appeared afterward were silver-eyed!

Why was Choi Sang-hwan the exception!

Many people were willing to believe this theory, but it couldn't logically hold up. At least, the official channels had debunked this claim.

With the tacit approval of South Korea's high command, DSP Company's online trolls went into overdrive.

South Korea's public opinion began to shift gradually, with the focus moving from Choi Sang-hwan to China.

Is the talk of luck real?

Perhaps Choi Sang-hwan's transformation was simply because he genuinely respected China and wanted to get closer to it?

For a time, the number of pro-China individuals in South Korea surged rapidly.

Regardless of what these people truly thought deep down, they at least showed friendliness towards China and were willing to promote China in various public forums.

Deep within a secret base in Zhaofu Well, China.

The Panda squeezed from the edge of the vision and moved to the center, slowly spitting out a string of text bubbles.

"Congratulations, player, on obtaining the achievement - [Poisonous Strategist]."

"You manipulated a nation's public opinion and ideological trends with insignificant sweet bait. In ancient times, you would have been someone like Jia Xu."

"Main Quest 3 current completion progress: 11/30."

The acquisition of a new achievement didn't surprise Yan Anqing.

He had transformed Choi Sang-hwan into a golden-eyed individual with the intention of obtaining a new achievement.

However, the dialogue video between Choi Sang-hwan and Kim Soo-chan happening was too coincidental. He could only say that his luck was truly good; recently, things had been going his way as if by wishful thinking.

"A [Poisonous Strategist], huh?"

Yan Anqing raised an eyebrow. He had thought the Panda would give a more pleasant-sounding achievement name.

"Speaking of which, I prefer Guo Jia more."

"Since there's a Poisonous Strategist achievement, there should be a corresponding positive title, right?"

"If, with my help, China conquered other nations..."

With that thought, Yan Anqing added the relevant matters to his memo's plan list.

He wrote the words "National Scholar" on paper, circled them, and added a question mark.

At the same time, in the Tangting Section conference room, a group of white-haired elders were enthusiastically discussing a certain topic...

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