Farming is something etched into the very bones of the Hua Xia nation. Looking at the small vegetable patch Jing Mingqiu had just created, the Highest Leader felt a similar urge.
After a moment's hesitation, the Highest Leader nodded gently, "I can help test it. But, Mingqiu, my time is limited, and I have many matters to attend to. I may not be able to stay for long."
"It's alright, Boss. You have extensive experience, and even with a short time, you'll surely be able to provide a wealth of data."
With that, Jing Mingqiu waved his hand and took out a drone carrying a sub-program of Cang Yue from his system space, handing it over.
The Highest Leader took the drone and, following Jing Mingqiu's guidance, lightly tapped it.
The drone slowly lifted off, hovering in front of the Highest Leader. A small, winged fairy, in the form of a holographic projection, jumped out from it.
"Beep, fingerprint recorded. Welcome to the Desert Reclamation System (Beta). I am your guide fairy, Xiao Yue 0014. For ease of address, you can tell me your real name or give yourself a new one."
The Highest Leader originally intended to use his real name. Just as he was about to say it, he accidentally saw the flamboyant names floating above Jing Mingqiu and the others, which sparked his childlike curiosity.
"Xiao Yue, I'll use a different name. From now on, I'll be called 'Stealing Half a Day of Leisure from a Busy Life'."
"Okay."
As Xiao Yue 0014 waved her hand, a beam of light projected from the sky, landing on the Highest Leader's head and forming a line of small text.
[Stealing Half a Day of Leisure from a Busy Life, Lv1.]
Xiao Yue 0014 circled the Highest Leader, a stream of fine data flashing in her eyes, before slowly saying, "Environment scan complete. Task requirements met. Mr. Stealing Half a Day of Leisure from a Busy Life, would you like to start the beginner tutorial?"
The Highest Leader felt extremely embarrassed when Xiao Yue 0014 announced his newly chosen nickname in front of everyone. He quickly reminded her, "Xiao Yue, the full name is too long. Just call me 'Fusheng'."
Xiao Yue 0014, a sub-program of Cang Yue, readily agreed, "Okay, Mr. Fusheng, would you like to start the beginner tutorial now?"
"Let's begin." Seeing that his title had been changed, the Highest Leader let out a long sigh of relief. Although he had experienced many grand occasions and was well-traveled, being called by his online handle offline, in front of so many people, was truly a first for him.
Upon receiving the Highest Leader's consent, Xiao Yue 0014 began the practical demonstration. Her size rapidly increased, and she soon became life-sized.
Next, she produced a shovel and desert reclamation fluid, personally demonstrating how to bind loose sand together to temporarily give it some soil-like properties.
While the Highest Leader was diligently learning, Jing Mingqiu quietly nudged the drone on his shoulder and whispered,
"Cang Yue, calling people by their online handles directly can be too awkward for some. Next time you split off a sub-program, please adjust it. Just call those users 'players'."
"Brother," Cang Yue's projected form sat on Jing Mingqiu's shoulder, shaking her head vigorously and rejecting his suggestion, "the term 'player' will make them treat all this as a game, which is not conducive to future development."
"Moreover, according to statistics, many of these disabled individuals are over thirty years old and do not fully understand the true meaning of 'player', which could easily lead to many unnecessary misunderstandings."
"Then what should they be called? Warriors? Saviors? Travelers? Doctors? Or Summoners?" Jing Mingqiu quickly listed all the player titles he could recall from games.
Cang Yue rejected them one by one, "None of them are quite suitable. Brother, I think it's best to let them adjust based on the user's age. The young ones can call you 'Brother,' older ones can call you 'Uncle,' and if they are already old, like Zong Chengping, they can call you 'Grandpa'."
"That works too," Jing Mingqiu nodded gently. "Other users start their beginner tutorials alone. If the Highest Leader hadn't personally tested it, we wouldn't have discovered this loophole."
While Jing Mingqiu and Cang Yue were communicating, Xiao Yue 0014 had already completed the demonstration, and the Highest Leader was holding a shovel and starting to dig sand.
As the sand pit grew larger, words like "+1 Experience" continuously popped up above the Highest Leader's head.
And a few minutes later, with Xiao Yue 0014's help, the Highest Leader successfully transformed sand into soil, completing the first stage of the beginner task. His accumulated experience was just enough.
Accompanied by melodious music, the Lv1 above his head lightly jumped, changing to Lv2.
"Congratulations, Mr. Fusheng, on successfully reaching level two. The system mall is now open. You can choose the plants you wish to grow and purchase the corresponding seeds."
Following Xiao Yue 0014's guidance, the Highest Leader opened the store and first clicked on the seeds page.
Then, to his surprise, he discovered a dazzling array of over a thousand different types of plants listed there.
There were common agricultural products like wheat, corn, apples, and peaches, as well as immortal fruits and spiritual herbs like ginseng fruit, cloud-patterned peaches, and dragon-beard roots, which only existed in myths and legends.
The Highest Leader subconsciously clicked on the cloud-patterned peach, wanting to see what the seed of the peach that granted eternal life and lived as long as the sun and moon in the Journey to the West would look like.
"Sorry, Mr. Fusheng, your level is insufficient to purchase the cloud-patterned peach. Please work hard to improve your level before attempting to buy it."
The Highest Leader then noticed that all the plants had a number in their top right corner. Common wheat required level five, fruit trees generally ranged from level ten to twenty, and the peach he had just selected required level nine thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine to buy! httpδ:/m.kuAisugg.nět
"Such a high level, this must be a beautiful wish left by Mingqiu. If only one day, everyone could eat a cloud-patterned peach and achieve immortality."
"There are too many elderly people in Long Country now. If the birth rate doesn't increase, in a few years, Long Country will enter a state of deep aging. The cart will find its way when it reaches the mountain; children and grandchildren will have their own fortunes. Don't overthink it now..."
The Highest Leader forcefully shook his head, pushing aside national affairs, and bought some seeds for umbrella clover. Following Xiao Yue 0014's instructions, he first dug furrows in the ground, then evenly scattered the seeds, and finally covered them with a thin layer of soil.
The Highest Leader of Long Country was farming in the desert, with his back to the earth and his face to the sky. On the other side, at the White House in the United States, executives from the four major American automobile groups were holding a celebration banquet.
U.S. President Joseph Biden raised his wine glass and approached with a smile, "Mr. Andrew, may I be so bold as to ask, how many of the new electric vehicles jointly released by the four major automobile groups have been sold?"
"I don't know the exact figures, but the net profit is probably hundreds of billions," Andrew Fort replied indifferently, shrugging his shoulders.
"How much we earn is not important. Even if we lose money this time, it's fine. As long as we can take this opportunity to swallow up all other car companies and completely monopolize the automotive industry, then we can sell them for whatever price we want. Money is just a number."
"However," Joseph Biden's expression turned serious, "if I remember correctly, you stole this technology from Long Country. What if they also launch new electric vehicles?"