Lin Feng pulled out the USB drive and promptly submitted the task.
He could submit it at 50% progress. With 80% of the technologies in current use, he was sure to earn plenty of points.
The remaining 20% was probably a scattering of technologies held by the various settlements.
Lin Feng couldn't be bothered to hunt them down. Eighty percent was good enough. Once he destroyed the Meteorite Core and completed the main mission, he could choose to leave.
The instant he submitted the task, the points arrived.
At the same time, a notification appeared on every Black Robes terminal belonging to a selection participant.
Codename Shanhai has completed the side task: Obtain Technologies in Current Use.
Lin Feng shot back to first place on the leaderboard with a full eight thousand points.
Good grief. That one side task had earned him nearly twice his total from the first round.
And the person in second place? Zero points.
Pitiful. There was no comparison.
After submitting the task, Lin Feng started toward the stairs, then frowned. Something felt off.
A moment later, he returned to the lounge, fetched Walter, and took the elevator down with him...
By then, Aaron had also emerged from the first Life Gene Association Research Institute.
He looked at his side task progress—5%—then at Shanhai on the leaderboard. His face fell, and he nearly wanted to cry.
Damn it, was this kid cheating? Eighty percent?
Did he go straight to headquarters?
His underling looked just as miserable.
They wouldn't receive any points until they submitted the task.
They had thought they weren't far behind Shanhai, but the truth was, they hadn't understood him at all.
"Even the Auxiliary Group couldn't finish the task this quickly..."
"Do you think he found some way to cheat?" his underling suggested.