After Going Abroad, Can I Get a First-Class Merit for Bringing Back an EUV Lithography Machine?
Chapter 36

Actively Contacting! Lu Ze is Serious About Draws!

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Looking at Lucy, who was full of suspicion and curiosity, he felt she thought he was lying about not knowing Great Xia martial arts.

This wasn't about not knowing martial arts; it was clearly the 'passed down from men, not women; passed down within the family, not outside' situation from the movies.

"Isn't it only twenty minutes? Have you finished sending your data already?"

Lu Ze decisively chose to change the subject. "Then let's go back directly. It's already past seven."

He couldn't possibly say he was just praying to the 'god of good luck' with some sort of metaphysics.

He was a firm materialist, and more importantly, a loyal follower of Uncle Marx. How could he believe in such unorthodox methods?

Moreover, after being interrupted by Lucy, he no longer planned to draw. Every person from Great Xia understood that this time was inauspicious.

Must go back, take a shower, and then draw, Lu Ze thought to himself.

It was better to believe it existed than not, and he hadn't even put on his lucky red underwear.

"Okay, let's go have dinner," Lucy nodded.

Given the circumstances, it was best to order food first.

She had been busy all afternoon and was indeed a bit hungry.

"Uh..." Lu Ze hesitated. The laboratory's cafeteria must be closed by now.

"It's my treat this time," Lucy saw his hesitation and quickly pulled Lu Ze out.

She didn't care about the cost of a meal, but if they didn't hurry, the restaurants in town would be closed.

After all, the only 24-hour restaurants were KFC and McDonald's, fast-food joints selling burgers and fried chicken. Other restaurants basically stopped operating at 8 PM.

Lucy's life principle was simple: money could be spent, but her stomach absolutely could not be kept hungry.

9 PM.

After finishing dinner, Lu Ze, full and satisfied, returned to his single dormitory room.

This time, they didn't eat at the Italian restaurant from last time. They simply had some Mexican burritos, commonly known as 'Tacos.' Although the taste leaned towards salty and spicy, Lu Ze was generally satisfied.

At least it was much better than food from Great Britain. Their food had only two options: fish and chips, which defined the lives of the British.

After washing up, he specifically changed into bright red underwear.

[Achievement Points: 16000 points.] [White Draw: 1000 Achievement Points/time!] [Blue Draw: 10000 points/time.]

"System, perform a Blue Draw," Lu Ze silently recited.

If he was going to draw, he naturally had to go big.

Even though they were in Eagle Country, even if he did ten White Draws, the local farmers wouldn't give him any extra draws.

As the saying goes, going all-in is a form of wisdom.

[Ding, 10,000 Achievement Points have been consumed!]

It was exactly the same as the last draw.

The light screen in front of him reappeared with a spinning wheel, divided into blue and purple colors with barely visible gold threads.

The pointer spun rapidly and slowly landed on a blue area.

"As expected, luck can't save the unlucky," Lu Ze sighed.

[Ding, congratulations to the host for obtaining an item!] [Blue Skill Talent: Physique Enhancement!] [Description: Comprehensively and slightly enhances your physical fitness and athletic ability.] [Current Physical Fitness Evaluation: A very weak human organism with a smart brain. You can't even withstand one punch from Tyson.]

"What do you mean, a weak human organism?"

Lu Ze twitched the corner of his mouth, his face covered in dark lines. "Not being able to withstand one punch from Tyson makes me weak?"

According to this evaluation standard, how many people on Earth could be considered not weak?

Before he could finish complaining, a warm current surged from his chest, and his entire bloodline seemed to expand with a powerful force.

However, Lu Ze didn't feel any pain. He just felt like his strength had increased, his abs were more defined by a third, and his entire posture had become straighter.

He picked up a hand dynamometer placed on the table and squeezed it hard.

"Feeling about 10% stronger physically than before is quite good," Lu Ze mused, stroking his chin.

With this level of enhancement from a blue item, he was quite satisfied.

After all, health is the foundation of revolution; this saying has always been true.

He glanced at the remaining 6,000 Achievement Points.

"Perform two White Draws," Lu Ze's heart stirred.

[Ding, congratulations to the host for obtaining a white item: 1000 US Dollars. (Stored in inventory, can be retrieved at any time.)]

[System Notification: Congratulations to the host for obtaining the Blue item: Small Drone Remote Sensing Flight Control Rotor Chip Full Set Technology.]

Lu Ze completely ignored the one thousand US Dollars, his gaze fixed on this blue item.

He frowned, "Why is it this technology? What use is it to me?"

While this thing could be considered advanced, it was still just that.

The problem was that in a year or two, Great Xia would be able to develop the flight control and rotor technology for small drones on its own.

"This technology isn't without its uses; it can be handed over to them to research and develop ahead of time."

Lu Ze's mind suddenly turned.

Since this piece of technology wasn't particularly complex, the research and development capabilities of the Great Xia Academy of Sciences meant they wouldn't need much time to complete it.

Once it was built, they could cause another hundred million points of trouble for Eagle Country.

Just as Lu Ze had said his life's principle from the beginning.

Anything that could harm Eagle Country's interests, he was more than happy to lend a hand.

Meanwhile, at noon.

The person in charge of the education department from Northwest Province walked out of the dean's office in a daze.

'Why is the Great Xia Academy of Sciences building a thousand schools across the entire Northwest Province?' The person in charge's head was buzzing.

He had racked his brain but couldn't come up with any reason.

What business did the Great Xia Academy of Sciences have with education? They weren't even in the same administrative system!

Investing seven billion RMB at once to build a thousand schools? Such a massive undertaking was not only rare in Northwest Province but also extremely rare nationwide.

'Even the subsidies and benefits for all teaching staff in Northwest Province have increased so much; is it really necessary to throw so much money at this?' The more he thought about it, the more confused he became.

Was Great Xia planning to focus on developing the entire Northwest Province? Or did they have some other plans?

"Why should I bother with these annoying matters?" He shook his head vigorously and muttered, "Anyway, I don't have to worry about the education funding for Northwest Province anymore."

"I should hurry up and implement what Dean Zhang assigned."

One shouldn't be poor in anything but education; who didn't know that?

However, Northwest Province's biggest problem was its poverty-stricken mountainous areas and backward rural regions. It was only two years ago that they had achieved the goal of bringing electricity to all villages in the province.

Education was still a distant goal for children in some mountain villages.

Now, with a thousand schools and tens of thousands of teaching staff, this huge problem could be solved.

Even if it wasn't possible to provide excellent educational resources to every person in Northwest Province, ensuring everyone had the opportunity to study was enough.

Being able to achieve this would be enough for him to have a clear conscience.

In the conference room.

"The construction bureaus of Great Xia have also been notified and will be heading to Northwest Province immediately to begin construction work. The recruitment of teaching staff is also underway."

Zhang Yuli let out a long sigh, "Finally, this matter is preliminarily resolved."

To complete the required compensation, he had truly put in a lot of effort and thought.

"These things can't be rushed," Zheng Lixing put down the cigarette in his hand and asked in a deep voice, "Should we proactively contact that mysterious organization next?"

To figure out whether this mysterious person belonged to an organization, they could only try to inquire actively now.

It would be best to do it right now.

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