Chapter 4: Ten Million Hero Points

Qin Hao crouched down, gently stroked the kitten’s head, then cupped it in his palm and went to a roadside shop to buy some sausages to feed it. One hundred hero points were awarded to Qin Hao—there wasn’t even a single hero point for gratitude. Cats truly were creatures of deception, always scheming for food. Yet, to the eyes of the aliens, whether it was saving a damsel in distress, preventing a car accident, or rescuing a small animal, each act earned one hundred hero points. Deeds of heroism were not judged by their scale; as long as one performed ten good deeds, they could infuse star energy and temper their bodies.

To maximize benefits, it was necessary to create a sensation, to let everyone witness shocking events, thereby gaining more hero points. Qin Hao opened the hero system again and looked at the numbers displayed.

25,219 hero points.

In just five short minutes, events had already spread like wildfire. Countless reporters swarmed the scene, and even the police began reviewing surveillance footage. Some resourceful journalists obtained first-hand video footage, and after watching it, were deeply shocked and unhesitatingly posted the video across major media platforms.

Among them, the platform with the widest reach and most users was Weibo. The video was uploaded and instantly soared to the top of the hot search list.

This was merely the beginning.

Hero points in Qin Hao’s system began to skyrocket. He had already disabled the notification sounds, but countless data continued to refresh. In less than half an hour, Qin Hao’s hero points had reached one million.

Unbelievable.

How many alien creatures had he hunted to amass such a vast number of hero points?

Before reversing time, Qin Hao had spent an entire year to earn his first one million hero points.

“Unfortunately, this method can only last for ten days.”

Alien intelligent civilizations constantly monitored them. When these civilizations discovered the unique internet environment of Blue Star, and how convenient it was to collect hero points, they would erase it all.

That was humanity’s first disaster.

Qin Hao collected his thoughts, but was still somewhat excited as he tapped into the hero system’s marketplace.

The first item in the marketplace was still the Star Energy Body Tempering Technique.

But this ability was not for Qin Hao himself—it was meant for others.

Humans with the hero system were destined to become the strong and the leaders in the future, for they possessed what everyone else longed for.

Star Energy Body Tempering Technique.

Other items were no longer blacked out, but had become various purchasable goods.

Basic Strength Potion [Permanent]: Requires hero points: 3,000 (90% discount).
Note: This potion originates from the Hela civilization of the Universal Peace Alliance, effective below Level One gene lock.

Basic Agility Potion [Permanent]: Requires hero points: 3,000 (90% discount).
Note: This potion originates from the Wind God civilization of the Universal Peace Alliance, effective below Level One gene lock.

Basic Stamina Potion...
Basic Cognition Potion...

Qin Hao quickly scrolled down.

All manner of unique weapons, all sorts of strange abilities, and even powers that could turn stones into gold.

The beta version of the hero system integrated many abilities provided by the Peace Alliance. Some were terrifyingly powerful, some utterly trivial, and humanity found it difficult to distinguish between them.

Moreover, with the first crisis, the beta hero system had been upgraded, and some items had disappeared.

Qin Hao was now searching for loopholes that could be exploited.

Because there were so many items, he simply scrolled to the bottom of the page, starting with the highest value items.

In that instant, Qin Hao held his breath, hardly able to believe what he saw.

Divine-level items!

There were divine-level items here, and their effects were extraordinary.

Resurrection Card [Divine]: Requires hero points: 10 million (90% discount).
Note: This card originates from the Wind God civilization of the Universal Peace Alliance, effective below divine-level.

Resurrection Card!

It was actually a divine-level card.

Divine power could use star energy to resurrect a designated target, or even oneself.

Qin Hao’s breathing grew heavier, wishing he could immediately purchase it.

The Resurrection Card, like the Time Card used by Qin Xiao to reverse time, was also a divine-level card. That original divine card was a product of the Silver Light civilization of the Universal Peace Alliance, a reward for Qin Hao’s overcompletion of a mission after hunting down a child of the gods. If one were to judge its worth, it might be valued at a billion Star Energy Gems.

And now, a divine-level Resurrection Card required only ten million hero points.

But ten million hero points was no small sum. Qin Hao was uncertain whether this sensational event would be enough to accumulate that amount.

Moreover...

“In my previous life, I never died. This time, who can stand against me?”

Qin Hao looked at the other items.

The second divine-level item made Qin Hao take a deep breath.

Mission Predictor [Divine]: Requires hero points: 10 million (90% discount).
Note: This device is a product of the Silver Light civilization of the Universal Alliance, containing miraculous power of the future, capable of predicting any mission three hours in advance.

Any mission, including main storyline missions.

And main storyline missions were often disasters.

Qin Hao knew that although the Time Card had reversed time, every action would trigger the butterfly effect, and everything now would differ from the past.

A Mission Predictor was absolutely essential.

“What else might appear?” Qin Hao muttered to himself, turning to the third item.

Ability: Gold [Divine]: Requires hero points: 10 million (90% discount).
Note: This ability originates from the Glorious Gold civilization of the Universal Peace Alliance, containing the power of gold. Can be triggered with star energy to produce wondrous effects.

Qin Hao’s heart began to pound wildly.

Gold-type ability.

It should be known that humanity had only just begun to infuse star energy into their bodies. The brain’s utilization of cognition was still too random, further limited by the gene lock.

Mastering the gold-type ability required the strength of a Level Three evolver.

This was equivalent to instantly unlocking Qin Hao’s cognitive genes to Level Three.

Worth it—immensely worth it.

It was a windfall.

Of course, as the alien Peace Alliance learned more about humanity, such loopholes would become fewer and fewer, probably only present in the beta version of the hero system.

Qin Hao checked his remaining hero points again.

2,397,901.

The gap to ten million seemed not so insurmountable.

Online, Qin Hao’s video was causing a tremendous sensation. Every person who saw it was shocked—each shock worth ten hero points, and sometimes even a hundred.

The video had reached seven million views, with a hundred thousand comments. Two million four hundred thousand hero points was not an exaggeration.

At this rate, a single night would be enough for Qin Hao to reach ten million credit points.

Of course, Qin Hao understood, the original price of divine-level items was one hundred million. Now, with the beta version’s ninety percent discount, no matter how valuable, they were all ten million.

Ten days—without the opportunity to start over, Qin Hao would never have achieved such heights.

And the chance would only come once.