Unlocking New Tasks

"Claim the points!"

In his office, Zhou Feiyu locked the door to keep anyone from entering, then eagerly claimed the reward points for completing his first mission.

Current Points: 25600!

Just as Zhou Feiyu had expected, if he acquired points through conventional means, accumulating them through years of study and learning, he would have little hope of unlocking all the knowledge and technologies within the Galaxy Technology Library in his lifetime. Only by completing missions for points would he have a chance.

It was like playing a game. Mission rewards were always generous, and there were all kinds of other rewards as well.

For now, the first mission only gave points and no other rewards, but Zhou Feiyu still looked forward to what came next.

Twenty-five thousand six hundred points was a substantial sum.

The "Basic Optical Film" technology could crush comparable domestic products and surpass King Material, which had led the world by half a century, yet it had only cost him 5,000 points.

Zhou Feiyu wanted to spend all those points at once and see whether he could unlock even more advanced technologies.

But he did not act impulsively. Instead, he turned his attention elsewhere and, with a thought, confirmed that he wanted to begin the next stage of knowledge missions.

**Ding!** Congratulations, you have made the correct and courageous choice. You may now choose from three options:

1) Scholarship begins with papers, while masters establish themselves through theory. Please independently publish an SCI paper. Do you wish to accept?

2) Life is finite, but knowledge is infinite. Please obtain a Postgraduate Degree and raise all subject levels to LV2. Do you wish to accept?

3) The field of materials is vast and full of potential. Please choose a niche market, develop a one-of-a-kind technology, and gain dominance over that market (excluding Basic Optical Film technology). Do you wish to accept?

After successfully accepting them, three new options appeared on the light screen alongside his knowledge stats.

Emmm...

Excluding Basic Optical Film technology... the Galaxy Technology Library really was constantly urging him onward. Still, that matched Zhou Feiyu's expectations of it.

Developing a unique technology and gaining dominance over its market—if he could choose Basic Optical Film, the time required would undoubtedly be greatly reduced. After all, Fei Yang New Material Technology Company had already begun to set sail. If he developed another technology instead, the development phase alone would take a long time.

Even with the Galaxy Technology Library as his cheat, Zhou Feiyu estimated it would take him one or two months.

A paper?

Just thinking about it made Zhou Feiyu rather tempted. It seemed quite feasible. At the very least, if he worked out the theoretical design behind Basic Optical Film, it would surely make for an astonishing paper.

But he soon gave up on the idea. For now, it was better to keep a low profile.

If he had painstakingly developed it through his own abilities, he would definitely publish more papers and make a name for himself, lest anyone fail to notice. Only then could he obtain investment and gain recognition from the country and society as a whole, which would be highly beneficial for future development.

But right now, he was not suited to being exposed beneath the spotlight. That could wait until the future.

The second mission, however, seemed very necessary after Zhou Feiyu gave it some thought.

Improving his knowledge and academic credentials was not only necessary in reality, but also for the future. At the very least, when people saw him constantly inventing things, they would think that he was highly educated and capable rather than immediately suspecting that something was wrong with him. Well, at least he needed to look convincing on the surface.

In the end, Zhou Feiyu chose the second and third missions.

The Knowledge Panel immediately changed, and new descriptions appeared.

Mission One: Obtain a Postgraduate Degree and raise all subject levels to LV2. Accepted. Current mission time limit: three years.

Mission Two: Develop a unique material and gain dominance over its market. Accepted. Current mission time limit: one year!

Most postgraduate programs lasted three years, so that was perfectly normal.

But being required to gain dominance over the market for a technology he developed within a year made Zhou Feiyu's eyes widen. Damn, he had been too hasty.

"Well, looks like I'll have to spend another huge pile of points."

Zhou Feiyu thought helplessly. The quickest path to completing the mission was to find a technology within the Galaxy Technology Library.

His consciousness soon sank into the Galaxy Technology Library.

The incomparably magnificent Galaxy Technology Library resembled an entire galaxy. The moment his consciousness entered it, he felt as though he had been placed amid the stars, leaving him so dazzled that he grew slightly dizzy.

Most areas were dim and without light. All he could see were one grid after another, each containing books upon books. Zhou Feiyu knew that every book represented a portion of knowledge. For example, the illuminated grids contained glowing books. He had investigated most of them already, and they all held knowledge from Earth, including everything from elementary education to university-level knowledge, humanities and technology, astronomy and geography, unofficial histories and secret tales, strange anecdotes and supernatural accounts, and more.

Among them, the books in one particular grid were especially eye-catching. Their light far surpassed that emitted by the sphere storing Earth's knowledge. It was none other than the technology of Basic Optical Film.

It seemed that the higher the level of knowledge, the brighter the light emitted by the books used to store it.

Zhou Feiyu looked ahead. On the surfaces of those densely packed, dim grids were either the words, "Your current knowledge level is insufficient. You cannot access this," or, "Unlocking this technology requires xxx points." From this, he could tell that applied technologies required points to unlock, while theoretical knowledge required knowledge levels. Once his knowledge level was high enough, he could freely view that theoretical knowledge.

Just like the knowledge from Earth, which Zhou Feiyu could access without restriction.

As he continued onward, the technologies in those grids required increasingly more points. Five thousand was merely the starting point, and ten thousand was only the beginning. After that came 20,000, even 100,000, 1,000,000, and more, leaving Zhou Feiyu utterly dumbfounded.

Yet the names of those technologies also made Zhou Feiyu's heart surge with excitement.

Lithium-Air Battery Technology, Intermediate Thin Film Technology, Basic Photovoltaic Technology, Intermediate Gene Editing Technology, High-Strength Steel Technology... Chaos Programming Language, Strong Artificial Intelligence Technology, Artificial Intelligence Technology, High-Power Turbine Engine Technology... Nuclear Fusion Technology, Nano-Bot Technology, Plasma Engine Technology, Small Nuclear Fusion Engine Technology, Advanced Gene Editing Technology...

Any one of those technologies would be enough to shock the entire world and wield the immense power to reshape the global order.

Knock knock!

A few knocks came from the door.

"Feiyu, are you in there?"

It was Xiao Jianguo. After asking, he added, "My wife is back. She's here to report to the company now."

Zhou Feiyu snapped awake and opened his eyes.

"Alright, let her come in. I was just thinking of having a chat with her."

Zhou Feiyu got up and went to open the door.