Chapter 93: Chapter 93: The First System Task

Pressing the shutter button on the screen, there was a click, and a half-body projection of himself appeared in mid-air.

Then, no matter how he rotated the phone, his half-body projection continued to follow it in mid-air.

Looking at the miniaturized version of himself in front, Lin Yi couldn’t help reaching out to touch it, and his entire palm passed through that illusory body.

“Damn, this technology is freaking awesome! If this gets out, it’d definitely take the world by storm!”

Just as Lin Yi was thinking this, a voice from the system suddenly echoed in his mind:

[Now issuing the first system task: Relying on the system is less than relying on yourself, start a company with a market value of 10 billion within a year. Task penalty: If the task is completed within a year, the system will automatically downgrade to level one.]

Uh, damn! Is this even a thing? Not only is there no reward for the task, but there’s also a system penalty??

“System, isn’t this a bit of a rip-off? Logically, there should be some reward if there’s a penalty, even just a token one!”

As Lin Yi called out in his heart, the system’s voice sounded again:

[Answering the owner’s question, the system task’s reward is a system upgrade, complete ten tasks to upgrade the system to Lv3, failure to complete tasks will downgrade the system to LV1.]

Uh, darn it, when you put it like that, it kind of makes sense.

Completing tasks upgrades oneself, failing leads to a downgrade, this really does seem reasonable~

He shook his head helplessly, though he felt a bit duped, but what could he do, the system calls the shots.

After a bit of complaining, Lin Yi started to worry, what the heck kind of tasks are these, in novels aren’t system tasks about showing off in front of beauty or face-slapping someone?

Why does my system directly have me start a business, and not just any business, one that makes 10 billion in a year! Isn’t that pushing it?

Should I try dealing in antiques? Or jade?

Even if those are valuable, 10 billion worth of jade or antiques, that’s a lot!

Don’t say something like a national treasure is priceless, that can’t fulfill the requirement.

If he really did that, Lin Yi would have two paths to choose from, either trade a national treasure for a banner and a 500 yuan prize.

Or, he’d have all meals and accommodations covered by the state.

Scratching his head hard, Lin Yi just couldn’t figure out what would make a company worth 10 billion in a year.

With no clues, he decided to ignore it for now, believing that the system wouldn’t issue a task that couldn’t be completed.

Holding his phone, he went back to bed and started studying this super-era phone.

He researched until past 4 a.m., finally falling asleep groggily.

In his dream, not only did Lin Yi complete the task of creating a 10 billion valued company, he also became the richest person in the world.

While holding Xiao Zihan in his left arm and a pile of money in his right hand, laughing heartily, he suddenly felt the urge to pee.

At the same moment, his brain jolted him awake from sleep, disregarding the high-risen sun, he kicked off the covers and rushed to the bathroom.

Time passed day by day in research on future phones and sleep, during which Lin Yi didn’t dismantle or rebuild even once.

It should be noted that rebuilding can accumulate over time, no need to rush and waste it.

…

On the morning of the sixth day, while Lin Yi was holding the future phone and sleeping soundly, he was suddenly awakened by the excited and fiery entrance of Empress Dowager Ye:

“Son! Son! Hurry up and get up! Quickly! Someone claiming to be from Fudan University’s admission office just called you!”

In the dream, Lin Yi, doing things with Xiao Zihan, drowsily opened his eyes and seeing his mom not going to work, curiously mumbled:

“Mom, you got a day off today? Why aren’t you going to work~ I’m still tired, let me sleep a bit more!”

But Empress Dowager Ye didn’t listen and directly grabbed Lin Yi’s ear:

“What work, forget work! Son, get up quickly! Fudan University called! They say you might have reached Fudan University’s admission scoreline!”

At this moment, Dad also walked in with a phone, his face couldn’t hide the excitement either.

“You brat, get up and stop sleeping, it’s Fudan University’s admissions team calling, pick up the phone.”

As he spoke, Dad handed over the phone, and Lin Yi, seeing this, could only sit up groggily and take the phone.

However, Lin Yi directly pressed the speakerphone button, lazily saying:

“Hello, this is Lin Yi.”

Upon hearing Lin Yi’s voice, a steady male voice calmly sounded from the other side:

“Hello Lin Yi, I am Director Yu from Fudan University’s admissions team. I wanted to tell you that you might have reached our admission scoreline. However, it is not yet confirmed. To confirm, it’d be best if Lin Yi signs a contract with us for early admission.”

Upon hearing this again, Empress Dowager Ye, standing nearby, could barely contain her excitement and almost hugged the husband beside her.

Unexpectedly, the son who initially struggled even for third-tier university admission is now being accepted by Fudan University in advance!

This is like a pie falling from the sky!

Looking at her son, Empress Dowager Ye wished she could agree on Lin Yi’s behalf.

But the equally excited Father Lin, though thrilled, frowned slightly because he felt something was off. He just couldn’t pinpoint what it was.

However, upon hearing the content of the call, Lin Yi couldn’t help but smile and then said to the man on the phone:

“Haha, apologies Director Yu, let me think about it, I’ll get back to you later.”

After saying this, without waiting for further comments, he hung up the call.

Seeing her son hang up, Empress Dowager Ye was first stunned, but then she looked at him incredulously:

“You hung up just like that?? That was Fudan University! They were ready to admit you early without even knowing your exact scores. Where can you find such good fortune!”

But Father Lin, after his son hung up the phone, suddenly had a moment of realization and gestured to Empress Dowager Ye to hold back her words, saying:

“Don’t worry, our son must have his reasons for doing that. As parents, let’s respect his decision. Besides, what he did wasn’t wrong…”

[To be continued…]