Looking at Lucy's suspicious yet curious expression, Lu Ze could tell she seemed to think he was lying when he said he did not know Great Xia martial arts.
This was not a matter of not knowing martial arts. It was clearly what movies called "passed down to sons, not daughters; passed down within the family, not outside it."
"Has it only been twenty minutes? Have you already finished delivering the documents?"
Lu Ze decisively changed the subject. "Let's head back. It's already past seven."
He could hardly say that he had just been engaging in mystical nonsense, praying to the god of luck.
He was a staunch materialist and a loyal follower of Uncle Marx. How could he believe in such crooked superstitions?
Besides, after being interrupted by Lucy, he no longer planned to draw. Every Great Xia citizen deeply understood that this was an inauspicious time for it.
I have to go back and take a shower before drawing, Lu Ze thought.
For things like this, it was better to believe than not believe. He had not even put on his red underwear yet.
"Alright, let's go have dinner," Lucy said with a nod.
At this point, they might as well order first.
She had been busy all afternoon and was indeed a little hungry.
"Uh..." Lu Ze hesitated. Wasn't the laboratory cafeteria already closed?
"My turn to treat this time." Lucy saw his hesitation and directly grabbed Lu Ze's hand, pulling him out at a run.
She did not care about the cost of a meal, but if they did not hurry, all the restaurants in town would be closing.
After all, the only twenty-four-hour restaurants here were fast-food places like KFC and McDonald's, serving burgers and fried chicken. Most other restaurants basically stopped operating at eight in the evening.
Lucy had only one rule in life: she could spend more money, but she absolutely could not let herself go any hungrier.
Nine o'clock that night.
After dinner, a full and satisfied Lu Ze returned to his single dorm room.
This time, they had not gone to the Italian restaurant from before. They had simply eaten some Mexican wraps, commonly known as tacos. Though the flavor leaned salty and spicy, Lu Ze was fairly satisfied overall.
At least it was far better than Great Britain's food. Those people only had two kinds of food: fish and chips, which accompanied Great Britons throughout their entire lives.
After washing up, he deliberately changed into a bright red pair of underwear.
[Achievement Points: 16,000.] [White Draw: 1,000 Achievement Points per draw!] [Blue Draw: 10,000 points per draw.]
"System, conduct a Blue Draw," Lu Ze silently said in his heart.
If he was drawing, then naturally he had to go big.
Although he was in Eagle Sauce, even if he did ten White Draws in a row, the local farmers would not throw in a few extra draws for free.
As the saying went, going all in was a kind of wisdom.
[Ding, 10,000 Achievement Points consumed!]
It was exactly the same as his previous draw.
A roulette wheel appeared on the light screen before him once more, divided into blue and purple sections, along with nearly invisible golden threads.
The pointer spun rapidly before slowly landing on a blue section.
"Sure enough, mysticism can't save the unlucky," Lu Ze sighed.
[Ding, congratulations to the host for obtaining an item!] [Blue Skill Talent: Physique Enhancement!] [Description: Slightly enhances your physical fitness and athletic ability in all aspects.] [Current physical fitness evaluation: A very weak human organism with a smart brain. You cannot even withstand a punch from Tyson.]
"What do you mean, a weak human organism?"
Lu Ze twitched his mouth, his face darkening. "Not being able to take a punch from Tyson makes someone weak?"
By that standard, how many people on the entire planet could be considered not weak?
Before he could finish complaining, warmth suddenly rose from his chest, and it felt as though a powerful force was expanding every blood vessel in his body.
Yet Lu Ze felt no pain. He merely sensed that he had grown stronger, his abs had become more defined, and even his posture had straightened considerably.
He picked up a grip strength tester from the table and squeezed it with all his might.
"Being about ten percent stronger physically than before feels pretty good." Lu Ze stroked his chin.
He was already very satisfied with this level of improvement from a blue item.
After all, the body was the capital of revolution. That saying had remained true throughout the ages.
He glanced at his remaining 6,000 Achievement Points.
"Conduct two White Draws." An idea came to Lu Ze.
[Ding, congratulations to the host for obtaining a white item: 1,000 US Dollars. (Stored in the inventory and can be withdrawn at any time.)] [Ding, congratulations to the host for obtaining a blue item: Complete technology for miniature drone remote-sensing flight-control rotor chips.]
Lu Ze ignored the thousand US Dollars without a glance and focused on the blue item.
Frowning, he said, "Why this technology? What use is it to me?"
It could be called advanced, in a sense.
The problem was that Great Xia would be able to independently develop miniature drone flight-control and rotor technology within a year or two anyway.
"This technology isn't entirely without use. I can hand it over to them ahead of time and have them develop it."
Lu Ze's mind suddenly turned.
This technology was not particularly complicated, and with the Great Xia Academy of Sciences' research capabilities, it would not take long to complete.
Once it was produced, they could also cause Eagle Sauce another tiny hundred-million-point headache.
Just as Lu Ze had said from the start, this was his rule in life.
So long as something could harm Eagle Sauce's interests, he was more than happy to lend a hand.
Elsewhere, noon.
The person in charge from Northwest Province's education department walked out of the dean's office in a daze.
Why did the Great Xia Academy of Sciences want to build a thousand schools across all of Northwest Province? His mind was buzzing.
He racked his brains but could not make sense of it.
What did matters in the education sector have to do with the Great Xia Academy of Sciences? They were not even part of the same administrative system.
Investing seven billion yuan at once to build a thousand schools? Such a massive undertaking was extremely rare, not just in Northwest Province but across the entire country.
Even subsidies and benefits for education staff throughout Northwest Province have increased so much. Is there really a need to pour in this much money? The more he thought about it, the more confused he became.
Was Great Xia preparing to focus on developing all of Northwest Province? Or did it have some other plan?
"Why am I bothering with this headache?" He vigorously shook his head and muttered, "Anyway, I no longer need to worry about Northwest Province's education budget."
"I should hurry up and carry out what Dean Zhang instructed."
Who did not know that education must never be impoverished?
Yet Northwest Province lacked nothing more than impoverished mountain regions and underdeveloped rural areas. It had only achieved electricity access for every village in the region two years ago.
For children in some mountain villages, education was still a distant dream.
But now, with a thousand schools and tens of thousands of teaching staff, this enormous problem could be solved.
It was not necessary for every person in Northwest Province to receive excellent educational resources. As long as everyone had the opportunity to study, that was enough.
If he could accomplish that, he would have a clear conscience.
Inside the meeting room.
"Several bureaus of Great Xia Construction have also been notified. They will soon head to Northwest Province to begin construction, and recruitment for teaching staff is underway as well."
Zhang Yuli let out a long breath. "At last, we've preliminarily settled this matter."
He had truly put a great deal of effort into securing the compensation needed to accomplish this.
"This kind of thing can't be rushed." Zheng Lixing put down the cigarette in his hand and asked in a deep voice, "Should we take the initiative to contact that Mysterious Organization next?"
If they wanted to determine whether this mysterious person truly belonged to an organization, they could only take the initiative to ask.
The sooner, the better.
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