Chapter 31

The chapters of "Starry Sea" were not long, only six or seven issues in total.

However, the first three or four issues alone brought Lin Mu nearly a hundred thousand points of prestige.

This kind of historical story was unprecedented, so despite "The City Education News" not being widely circulated, it still brought Lin Mu a sudden surge in prestige.

However, the principle behind gaining prestige was still unclear to Lin Mu. The more it progressed, the slower the growth rate of prestige became, decreasing from a hundred thousand to less than fifty thousand.

The quality wasn't the issue; Lin Mu guessed that people who read the newspaper had become accustomed to the writing style, losing the initial shock, and thus the explosive growth in prestige naturally slowed down.

But it was still worth it. Exchanging for the entire "Starry Sea" only cost twenty thousand points of prestige, and now he had earned over three hundred thousand points. It was truly a highly profitable business.

However, Lin Mu originally thought that once "Starry Sea" was published, political newspapers would vie to reprint it, but he was wrong.

"It seems that newspapers are still newspapers; no one is willing to make a 'political awareness' mistake for a somewhat effective novel... Forget it, let's just publish 'The Linked Cities' first!"

...

That night, after returning home, Lin Mu practiced boxing on the rooftop for a while, then lay back in bed, unable to sleep.

Inside the Memory Palace, Lin Mu entered again.

"The Linked Cities" had already been exchanged, and with a bit of leisure time, Lin Mu didn't need to be so tense.

Therefore, he decided to check out the items in the Entertainment Hall.

Movie posters were pasted on the doors, quite different from the Martial Arts Hall. As Lin Mu walked step by step, he found quite a few good things.

"American English listening and reading ability, exchange requires fifty thousand points of prestige!"

Lin Mu's eyes lit up. This was useful. He immediately exchanged it, leaving him with over eighty thousand points of prestige.

When he first arrived in this world, he discovered that even with the Memory Palace, it was difficult to complete high school studies in a short time.

After all, the current exchanges were limited to the Martial Arts and Entertainment Halls. Other halls, such as the Science and Technology Hall, required a hundred million points of prestige to unlock, allowing the exchange of physics, chemistry, biology, and mathematics knowledge.

"It seems that in the entertainment industry, foreign languages are also an extremely useful skill!"

Lin Mu walked to a place and found that the doors on both sides were filled with various language exchanges, sighing.

However, he also discovered that after the exchange, the "American English listening and reading ability" was limited to listening and reading skills, offering no help with written grammar.

It made sense; in TV and movies, being able to fluently speak a foreign language was enough. There was no need to delve into grammar like in exams!

Other exchanges were either TV and movie-related or skills related to filming, such as "Box Meal Flavoring Techniques," "Wire Work Mastery," "D-Level Extra Acting," "C-Level Supporting Actor Acting," "B-Level Lead Actor Acting," "A-Level Leading Actor Acting," "S-Level Master Acting," and so on.

Lin Mu wandered for a while but didn't exchange anything else. The entertainment industry was still far from him.

Walking to the main hall, just as he was about to leave, Lin Mu's eyes suddenly caught the lottery wheel, and he became curious.

This lottery wheel consumed ten thousand points of prestige each time it was spun. Lin Mu had been tight on prestige and hadn't dared to try it.

Now, although he still had eighty thousand points of prestige, he had already established himself in this world. "Starry Sea" and "The Linked Cities" would both become new sources of prestige, so Lin Mu decided to give it a try.

There was a button at the base of the pointer. Lin Mu pressed it, and the pointer immediately began to spin rapidly, making it impossible to tell which area it would land on.

"First-time experience, additional exchange options for other halls!"

The pointer slowly stopped, about to land on the smallest area.

Lin Mu knew the rules of this wheel. The largest area was usually "blank," while the smaller areas often represented the most valuable prizes.

"Here! Here! Ah... no... no... no more, uh uh, ya mei dai! Ya mei dai! Can't... can't do it..."

Lin Mu's expression changed dramatically as the pointer, which had almost reached its destination, continued its momentum and overshot...

"You brat, if you want to watch a movie, put on headphones!! Shouting so loudly, do you want to let people sleep or not!!"

The door was suddenly kicked open, and Su Taohua roared.

Lin Mu: "..."

Seeing the blanket in the middle of the bed, which was raised high without a computer, Su Taohua spat and made a cutting gesture at Lin Mu before running back to sleep.

Lin Mu: "..."

...

"Obtained the 'Computer Programming Skill' exchange permission in the Science and Technology Hall!"

Feeling dejected, Lin Mu heard the prompt.

Lin Mu hadn't opened the Science and Technology Hall yet. To enter, he would first need to spend a hundred million points of prestige. He didn't expect the wheel to land on one of the exchange options.

Lin Mu took a closer look and realized that the science and technology options were different from the martial arts and entertainment options.

Most martial arts and entertainment options were one-time exchanges. Once the prestige was spent, the entire novel or movie could be exchanged.

However, technology options were mostly repeatable exchanges. For example, the "Computer Programming Skill" required ten thousand points of prestige to exchange for a "Computer Programming Skill Book." After "eating" the book, one could gain a certain level of proficiency in the skill.

The more skill books one ate, the deeper the mastery of the skill.

In fact, there were also repeatable exchanges in the entertainment and martial arts categories. For example, after Lin Mu exchanged the D-Level Jeet Kune Do skill, if he found it difficult to master, he could exchange for a "Jeet Kune Do Skill Book" to increase his proficiency and better understand its secrets.

"Why does the wheel and the skill book both cost ten thousand points of prestige each? Damn, I still have over seventy thousand points of prestige. Should I exchange for a skill book or try the wheel again?"

After thinking for a while, Lin Mu decided to try his luck and spent another twenty thousand points of prestige on the wheel, hoping to get something good.

He still had fifty thousand points of prestige left, which would serve as a buffer in case of any unexpected events.

He pressed the button again.

This time, Lin Mu wasn't so lucky. The pointer landed directly on the largest area, which was blank!

Ten thousand points of prestige were wasted. Lin Mu had already made up his mind and decided to spin the wheel again.

However, this also confirmed that the largest white area represented a blank.

This time, his luck wasn't as bad, and the pointer landed on a pink area.

"Obtained the 'Entertainment' Hall's 'D-Level Ponytail Skill for Girls with Medium-Length Hair.'"

A pink glow emerged from the wheel, and Lin Mu absorbed it into his body.

In his mind, some simple but elegant hairstyles for girls appeared.

"What do I need this for? Speechless. Right, let's check how many points of prestige this skill exchange requires!"

Lin Mu's mind stirred, and he checked the light screen.

"D-Level Ponytail Skill for Girls with Medium-Length Hair, Entertainment Hall skill, exchange requires five thousand points of prestige!"