Chapter 59 – 61: Upgrading Skills
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This is a name he had seen more than once on the local TV station, a veritable local celebrity official.

“Please come in, Uncle Chang,” Qin Hao said, unsure of how to address him, so he simply used the term “uncle.”

Mr. Chang from Chang An Country smiled and nodded, then stepped inside.

When Mr. Qin and Mrs. Qin saw a group of people entering, they turned their heads to look. The moment they saw Mr. Chang and the people behind him, they were momentarily stunned.

Mr. Qin was the first to recover. “Mr. Chang, what brings you here? Please, have a seat, have a seat,” he said.

Mr. Chang’s demeanor was calm, his face wearing a warm and friendly smile. “Our province has produced the top student in the national unified exam. This is a tremendous honor. As a fatherly figure in the region, I naturally had to come,” he said.

The middle-aged man standing behind him also spoke up with a smile, “Mr. Chang has also brought a gift for student Qin Hao this time. He hopes that he will continue to work hard and become a pillar of the country.”

The speaker was Mr. Li Feiyue, a fatherly figure in Jiangshan City, known to Mr. Qin, Mrs. Qin, and Qin Hao.

Following Mr. Li’s words, someone placed a box containing a laptop on the coffee table.

Mr. Qin felt a surge of excitement, but he said, “How can we accept this? It’s too valuable.”

Mr. Chang smiled and said, “This is a token of appreciation from the provincial departments and the provincial government for student Qin Hao. We hope that he will strengthen his cultivation in ideology and morality, learning, and physical health at this new starting point, to serve the country.”

Mr. Qin hastily said, “Mr. Chang, rest assured. With my guidance, this child will definitely repay society and serve the country.”

Mr. Chang nodded slightly and stood up. “May I have a few words with the young man alone? You don’t mind, do you?” he said.

“Not at all, Mr. Chang, please,” Mr. Qin promptly replied.

At this moment, Mrs. Qin had poured a glass of water for each person. Almost everyone who entered the room was an important political figure in Jiangshan City, none of whom they could afford to offend.

Qin Hao and Mr. Chang went into Qin Hao’s room.

Seeing that his bed was a bit messy, Qin Hao said somewhat embarrassedly, “Uncle Chang, sorry for the mess in the room.”

Mr. Chang looked around and said with a smile, “It’s normal for young people to be a bit disorganized. I understand, I’ve been there myself.”

Qin Hao knew that Mr. Chang wanted to speak with him alone for a reason, but after they entered the room and Mr. Chang didn’t get to the point, it made him somewhat speechless.

The two chatted casually for a while.

Suddenly, Mr. Chang asked, “You’ve scored full marks on the unified exam and become the national top student. What are your thoughts?”

Qin Hao was taken aback and said, “I don’t have any particular thoughts, as long as my parents are happy, that’s enough.”

His answer was simple, but sincere.

Mr. Chang inwardly nodded his approval, thinking that filial piety is the most important virtue, and those who are filial tend to have good character.

He continued, “Have you decided which university you want to attend? Tsinghua, Yan University, or perhaps an esteemed school abroad?”

Qin Hao replied, “I’ve made up my mind to go to Jiang University, Jianghai University.”

A flicker of surprise crossed Mr. Chang’s eyes. “Why Jianghai University? In terms of faculty strength and teaching facilities, Yan University and Tsinghua are only stronger, not weaker, compared to Jianghai.”

Qin Hao couldn’t possibly tell him it was for love, worried that it might drive Mr. Chang away.

He laughed and said, “I’ve heard the air isn’t so good in Jinchen, and besides, the Computer College at Jianghai University isn’t bad either. I think it’s all the same wherever I go.”

Mr. Chang: “Have you already decided on the Computer College?”

Qin Hao: “We are in the age of mobile internet now. In the future, people’s lives will be inseparable from the internet, and the progress of society is equally reliant on it.”

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Mr. Chang nodded slightly, as long as Qin Hao didn’t go to a foreign elite university, that would be fine.

Because the national exam top scorer going to study abroad would negatively impact Xuan Country’s reputation.

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Mr. Chang said some words of encouragement to him, urging him to study hard, not to waste his talent, and to serve the motherland after his graduation.

Then he left the room, exchanged a few pleasantries with Mr. Qin and Mrs. Qin, and took his leave with his entourage.

The Qin family escorted them downstairs and watched the motorcade drive away before they finally let out a long sigh of relief.

It was too stressful to sit with those people.

At this point, Mr. Qin suddenly said to Mrs. Qin, “Why did you bring up my issue just now? It’s so embarrassing.”

Mrs. Qin: “Embarrassing? The automobile factory is a government enterprise, so what right does He An have to fire me just because he says so? It’s precisely the right opportunity to mention it, maybe Mr. Li can give us a hand.”

“Let’s go back now; we have yet to inform our friends and relatives,” said Mr. Qin as both he and Mrs. Qin went upstairs.

When Qin Hao returned, he opened the new laptop and checked its model and specifications – its value was roughly around seven to eight thousand yuan, quite a decent laptop indeed.

With nothing better to do, he browsed online for information about the game PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds.

He didn’t realize until he checked – it was the hottest strategic shooting game of the moment, generating profits of over tens of billions a year for Green Hole Company.

Especially since the Xuan Country servers were launched, the profits from PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds had been steadily increasing.

However, it’s inevitable for games to deal with the scourge of cheats; the popular PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds was plagued by various hacks.

These hacks were like bacteria, slowly corroding the game, and the day it fell terminally ill would be the day PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds started its decline.

Which hugely popular game in the past hadn’t been ruined by cheats?

Qin Hao logged onto the official forum of PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds to see what was happening, and many people were reporting cheats.

He briefly looked through them – there were all kinds of hacks available: x-ray vision, wall hacks, auto-targeting headshots, no recoil, Wave-Riding Micro Steps, Ghost Boxing, and so on.

For instance, the Wave-Riding Micro Steps cheat: running faster than cars, can you believe it?

The Ghost Boxing cheat: standing there while someone punches you and you lose health, but you can’t see anyone, can you believe it?

And even the terrifying Rulai Divine Palm hack: directly blowing up the plane with a slap, can you believe it?

Of course, those horrifying hacks would definitely get one banned after a single use, but those common hacks were hard to completely eradicate.

Qin Hao’s eyes lit up with an idea – he could sell his anti-cheat program for PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds to Green Hole Company and make a good sum of money.

But it wasn’t as simple as he initially thought. He looked at his hacker skills, then spent 3600 achievement points to upgrade his hacker skill to Level 3.

First, he closed some ports on his computer, then downloaded a sophisticated programming software.

Qin Hao didn’t download any of the hacker software available online; instead, he started coding himself, now at a hacker level three.

In the entire Earth’s hacking community, he was definitely at the apex of existence.

The skill levels in the God Creation System were not ranked according to the standards of Earth.

They were ranked according to the standards of another parallel universe; hence, despite the levels not being high, their caliber was indeed strong.