In the Huaxia high-level conference room, a meeting was currently in progress.

"General, the difficulty increase for the dungeons this time is too high."

"dungeons that originally required a combat-capable One-Star Level 10 now require Two-Star Level 15 or higher to clear."

"According to reports from the Ministry of Education."

"Even the difficulty of the Newbie Trial Dungeon instance has increased significantly, becoming at least twice as hard."

"Many of this year's New Students have been demoralized."

The man sitting at the head of the table frowned slightly.

This was not a good sign.

At this rate, the difficulty of obtaining basic treasures would increase significantly.

This would lead to a reduction in resources, and New Students wouldn't receive proper training.

If that happened, in the International Championship six months from now,

their results might end up at the very bottom.

The International Championship was a global event.

Every country was required to send participants,

and based on the final rankings,

the resources they obtained would vary.

These resources would greatly bolster a nation's strength.

"Indeed, in the past few times, America and Japan have basically locked in first and second place."

"And those two countries have never given up on their desire to destroy our nation."

"If we fail again this time,"

"those two sides will likely be unable to resist making a move."

The room fell silent instantly.

Someone couldn't help but slam the table.

"Why? Why haven't we had a super-strong system emerge!"

"Japan's 'Aquaman' system, 'Ninja' system, and 'Bead' system."

"Their combat power is quite formidable, and they are constantly improving."

"America's 'Marvel' system and 'DC' system are also quite powerful."

"While our country..."

Everyone sighed.

Decades ago, Huaxia had finally become a major power,

with its technological strength catching up to America and far surpassing Japan.

But with the arrival of the Myriad Worlds Universe,

the situation had changed completely.

For some reason, out of Huaxia's billions of people, they just couldn't create a particularly powerful system.

Although there was currently an Eight-Star system in the country,

compared to international systems,

it was simply trash.

Therefore, in every annual Global Championship,

they were no match for certain international countries.

If they didn't still have some foundation left,

the tragedies of invasion from hundreds of years ago

might have happened again!

But now, that foundation was almost exhausted,

and their deterrent power was far from what it used to be.

At this rate,

they wouldn't be able to hold out for much longer.

"Currently, there's no other good way."

"We can only provide better conditions for Divine Creators."

"Hopefully, there will be some results."

"Alright, meeting adjourned."

Just as the man at the head stood up,

a man sitting on his right—Zhang Wen—

saw a message and was momentarily stunned.

"Wait a moment."

"What is it?"

Everyone in the conference room looked at Zhang Wen.

"Do any of you know about a novel called 'Sentimental Swordsman, Ruthless Sword'!"

Everyone present nodded.

They were also quite concerned about the works on Starry Sky Net.

So, they had a slight understanding

of this work that had appeared out of nowhere.

However, because it was the work of a One-Star Divine Creator,

it hadn't received that much attention.

Of course, a few individuals had read it

and knew relatively more.

"What's wrong with this novel?"

Someone asked in confusion.

"The novel is finished."

"Eh?"

"So fast?"

"Wasn't this novel just uploaded two days ago?"

Someone exclaimed.

Now, everyone was surprised.

A novel finished in just a few days—

this was too exaggerated, wasn't it?

Moreover, they knew

that something brought up in this high-level meeting

was definitely not as simple as just telling everyone it was finished.

Sure enough, Zhang Wen spoke again.

"The novel is finished, and it didn't have a bad ending."

"And its popularity is very high!"

"So that means..."

"A good system should have emerged, right?"

"Exactly, that's the case."

"So, how's the effect?"

This was what everyone present wanted to know.

They had a faint feeling in their hearts

that the effect shouldn't be bad!

Indeed, Zhang Wen nodded excitedly.

"This news was sent to me by the Ministry of Education."

"In a certain school, a student inadvertently chose the Cold Weapon system corresponding to this novel."

"In the Newbie Trial Dungeon instance, they slaughtered in all directions!"

"They cleared it directly!"

Everyone gasped.

Clearing the Newbie Trial Dungeon instance—

this had never happened before!

In the past, only America and Japan would clear it.

That was because their systems were powerful!

They didn't expect that they now had their own system that could clear the Trial dungeon!

"And that's not all!"

"Because of this latest Cold Weapon system,"

"the student managed to clear it solo!"

"And it was the Trial dungeon with increased difficulty!"

These words made the room fall silent.

Then, on everyone's faces,

an expression of disbelief appeared.

Soloing an increased-difficulty Newbie Trial Dungeon instance—

these two phrases kept pounding against their heads.

Although America and Japan could also clear the Trial dungeon,

it was only through cooperation

that they could clear it!

As for whether they could still clear it

after the difficulty was increased,

that was still an unknown!

Because no news regarding that had come through yet.

But they themselves were already able

to solo the difficulty-enhanced Newbie Trial Dungeon instance?

If it were true,

then how strong

would this new system be?

It would definitely be the outrageously strong kind!

"Is this news reliable?"

Even as they asked, they knew in their hearts

that it was absolutely reliable.

Otherwise, it wouldn't have been brought up here.

Zhang Wen nodded.

"Absolutely reliable!"

"According to what the school principal said."

"At that time, most of the New Students in the school gave up their original systems and re-selected the Cold Weapon system."

"Then they started running the dungeon."

"While not everyone was able to solo it,"

"the number of people who successfully soloed it was not small!"

Now, the people present no longer doubted.

The New Students of an entire school went to test this brand-new system;

was there any need to doubt the results?

"Reward them. We must reward the school that dared to try."

The man at the head was very excited.

Even though this was a One-Star system,

it was simply too strong,

so this definitely counted as good news.

Everyone's expressions relaxed quite a bit.

"By the way, what is the combat power of this book's system?"

Someone present opened the Myriad Worlds panel

and searched for Cold Weapon.

System: Cold Weapon.

System Combat Power: 28%.

Price: 400 Omniverse Coin.

Time on shelf: 3 days.

Number of buyers: 4631.

These statistics also left everyone stunned.