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Chapter 405 - 400. The final interpretation right belongs to the Divine Punishment System (First Update)_1

Chapter 405: 400. The final interpretation right belongs to the Divine Punishment System (First Update)_1

The Qinghe Faction’s annual meeting had finally concluded, yet contrary to everyone’s expectations of Qinghe disintegrating, the Qinghe Faction had actually begun to branch out and spread its influence.

Falling apart and branching out—these are two completely different concepts.

The former was a speculation based on the signs previously shown within Qinghe, suggesting a potential split was very likely.

But the latter was proven by one fact after another that there were no issues within Qinghe; instead, it was gradually extending its tentacles into every corner of the internet.

The breadth of its reach was astonishing.

One could even say that most of these new ventures by Qinghe had never been seen before—no one knew their prospects, nor what Qinghe was actually planning to do.

Some astute observers noticed that the structure of these ventures was quite peculiar, and as Qinghe Faction’s official websites went live one by one, everyone could clearly sense a core value of the Qinghe Faction through the lines: to make life convenient for everyone, to change the world.

Compared to other internet companies, this goal was indeed very novel, but how exactly it would make life convenient for everyone remained to be seen. After all, these projects of the Qinghe Faction were just getting off the ground and had not started formal operations.

But many clever people in the industry had discovered Qinghe’s biggest advantage: its comprehensive coverage of the network industry, along with shared userbases and user accounts.

No one dared say with absolute certainty whether Qinghe had played a good hand or made a bad move since their vision wasn’t far-reaching enough to be clear on it.

If there was someone from the previous life who had studied the internet, they would understand that within the whole internet sector, Qinghe Faction covered 6 of the so-called 8 major trends in internet development.

Pan-entertainment, connected car networks, online education, big data, online video, smart hardware, enterprise internet, and internet finance.

Apart from online education and smart hardware, Qinghe was involved in everything, and the other two were not something they could tamper with at present.

Qinghe had once again caused a sensational effect; by now, no one could ignore the status of the Qinghe Faction on the internet.

Su Ruqin sat in her office and was silent for a long time after seeing this news. She was one of the individuals most interested in the development of the Qinghe Faction. Initially, she did not believe that the Qinghe Faction would disintegrate so easily, and now she was even more amazed by the hand that Ren He had suddenly played, as elusive as an antelope hanging its horns.

Many big names in the internet industry were also waiting to see what moves Qinghe would make, feeling that Qinghe would not simply fall apart. But as it turned out, Qinghe had made its move, and they were clueless about how to respond.

They could only wait and see.

However, what they didn’t realize was that the best time to compete with the Qinghe Faction had just slipped by while they were waiting. Once all of Qinghe Faction’s businesses started to gain momentum, that behemoth would be difficult for anyone to handle.

As Ren He left the building, he even took the time to pull aside the Chief Financial Officer and the Human Resources Director. The financial and personnel management of the Qinghe Faction’s subsidiary companies must be vertically managed by the headquarters—to strengthen control over the subsidiaries, and so the headquarters could provide support to the 18 subsidiaries at any time.

After delegating all these responsibilities, he could finally leave with peace of mind—time to head home at last.

He slipped away quietly through the back door and, as he left, he was also filled with trepidation. That night, during his speech, he had been worried about one thing: the Divine Punishment System.

Frankly, the cheat he had used this time was a bit too overpowering. Logically, 18 projects should have equated to 18 missions, since when he had established Qinghe Games, he had made an agreement with the Divine Punishment System: income from one field would be counted as a one-time task upon official operation.

But now he had unearthed a problem—it seemed that the Divine Punishment System considered the entire internet as one field?

Because when the Qinghe communication product TQ officially went online, no mission was issued!

Ren He felt he might have stumbled upon the right path; as long as it was within the internet domain under the umbrella of Qinghe Group, it was deemed innovation in the overall internet field, not an additional Divine Punishment Mission.

Maybe, the Divine Punishment System itself preferred Ren He to focus more on the cultural and entertainment domains of this world, seemingly accepting Ren He’s argument: if all his energy was spent on missions, then he wouldn’t have the time to bring the cultural achievements of the previous world to this one.

Ren He was rather pleased—turns out the Divine Punishment System wasn’t too difficult to deal with after all!

However, just as he was elated and about to head home...

"Mission: Reveal to the host’s mother the fact that he teaches at the Juilliard School of Music within one month. If not completed, as punishment, the host will endure a month of encounters with bratty children and may not retaliate."

Ren He was bewildered at that moment—the timing of this task was impeccable, but shouldn’t there be some reasoning behind issuing a mission? Although there had been times when the Divine Punishment System had issued missions with no reason, it had been over a year since such situations occurred, and Ren He had assumed he had a good relationship with the Divine Punishment System!

He was just rejoicing, and then this?!

With a sullen face, Ren He asked, "What is the reason for issuing this task?"

"No reason. The final interpretation right belongs to the Will of Heaven," the Divine Punishment System replied calmly.

Ren He felt like he was going to explode. You issue a task just to issue it, but being so brazen about it—what’s the deal with that arrogance?

He also realized that although the Divine Punishment System had indeed, as he thought, lumped the entire internet domain together for task calculation...

Seeing Ren He so happy, it seemed to feel a bit imbalanced inside, so it simply issued such a distressing mission!

Ren He understood that the Divine Punishment System had a clearly defined independent consciousness and was so petty it was friendless. He wondered why the Will of Heaven would always pick on him, a mere ant?!

But then again... it didn’t seem so far-fetched. No one had ever actually seen the fabled Will of Heaven, and it could manifest in any way it might choose!

As for the task, it was incredibly harsh. Ren He’s greatest worry now was that his mother would go berserk if she found out about his situation. To annoy him, the Divine Punishment System had straight-up handed him a mission that was tantamount to walking into a trap!

The Divine Punishment System was demonstrating to Ren He what they call ’sorrow comes after great happiness’...

But Ren He wasn’t about to give in without a fight. He figured his bratty cousin should be quite well-behaved by now, especially given his apology last year. So thinking along these lines, he cheered up a bit—after all, even if he didn’t complete the mission, the punishment was just to endure the bratty kid for a while, right? Maybe it wouldn’t be too bad, even if the mission failed?!

Unless... he couldn’t endure it at all...