Chapter 51: The Game Creator

**Chapter 51: The Game Creator

The next steps were straightforward.

Knowing that the system was surely helping him covertly, Lin Qingshan began drawing aggressively.

In his second draw, the system, perhaps to avoid seeming too excessive, gave him a bronze ability, **[King of Skipping Stones]**. The name sounded impressive, and it granted the ability to skip stones at least twenty times. While it sounded significant, it was practically useless.

On the third draw, Lin Qingshan struck gold again.

**[King of Journalism]**! A diamond-level ability!

The name indicated it was related to journalism, but having the title of king made it odd that it was only a diamond-level ability. Typically, such abilities were master-level, but perhaps journalism was less critical in the system's classification.

Master-level abilities varied significantly in their point cost. For example, **Mathematics Crown** required 990,000 points, while **Painting Kaleidoscope** only needed 100,000 points.

Lin Qingshan continued drawing. The fourth draw yielded a golden-level ability, **[Pig Farming Professor]**.

The fifth, sixth, and seventh draws were equally mundane: silver-level **[King of British Cuisine]**, golden-level **[Electrician Immortal by Hand]**, and silver-level **[Photographic Memory]**.

Despite these setbacks, Lin Qingshan remained confident.

Drawing a diamond-level ability on the first attempt was proof enough that the system was favoring him.

"System! Keep the draws coming!" he shouted.

The lottery wheel spun again and the dazzling diamond light appeared.

"Congratulations, host, you have drawn the diamond-level ability **[Civil Engineering Saint Body]**."

"System Lao Deng, you really do love me!" Lin Qingshan was overjoyed. "Now quickly fuse these three new diamond-level abilities to give me the master-level programming ability!"

At that moment, the system said, "To create a master-level programming ability, you need at least one related programming ability."

Lin Qingshan was puzzled, "**[Mathematical Gem]** doesn't count?"

"**[Mathematical Gem]** is related to mathematics. Fusing it will not yield a programming ability. It is recommended that the host upgrade **[Game Overlord]** to diamond-level first."

"You're really scheming against me, aren't you?" Lin Qingshan was furious. "Now I have to spend an extra 2,000 points for the draws!"

Including the previous unsuccessful draws, he had spent 2,000 points. The lottery cost him 4,000 points, plus 1,000 points to upgrade **[Game Overlord]** to diamond-level. Another 3,000 points would be needed to fuse and enhance the master-level programming ability.

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That amounted to 8,000 points in total, and he only had 9,000 points. It was clear the system was deliberately making him spend.

The system asked, "Are you sure you want to spend 1,000 points to upgrade **[Game Overlord (Platinum)]** to diamond-level?"

"Of course, I'm sure," Lin Qingshan said, feeling the pinch.

Even though this enhancement function, like the toxic milk powder enhancement system of his past life, had a chance of failure, he trusted that the system was helping him. If it failed, he wouldn't have enough points to enhance further. At most, he would have two chances.

But the system didn't fail him. It succeeded in upgrading **[Game Overlord (Platinum)]** to **[Game Overlord (Diamond)]**.

"Now, fuse **[King of Journalism]**, **[Civil Engineering Saint Body]**, and **[Game Overlord]** for me!" Lin Qingshan urged.

**[Mathematical Gem]** was kept aside for now. Compared to **[King of Journalism]** and **[Civil Engineering Saint Body]**, **[Mathematical Gem]** was more useful to him. He had no need for a journalism ability or a civil engineering ability.

Soon, the fusion enhancement module displayed three fusion slots. After placing **[King of Journalism]**, **[Civil Engineering Saint Body]**, and **[Game Overlord]** into the slots, the machine began to spin rapidly, merging the three abilities.

"Congratulations, host! You have successfully fused into the master-level ability **[Game Creator]**!"

With the new master-level ability **[Game Creator]**, Lin Qingshan felt an unprecedented level of power in game development. He was unmatched not only in programming but also in art design, animation rendering, game physics, and game engines.

He was now the creator of the game world!

This was far more than just a master-level programming ability.

Lin Qingshan was thrilled. The system indeed loved him, delivering such a powerful ability!

...

Meanwhile, in a high-end apartment in Magic City, a middle-aged man with thinning hair was fervently drawing comics, with papers and drawing tools scattered everywhere.

A younger man was coloring the black-and-white comics with various paints.

"Zhenlin, I've finished the draft. Take it and color it," the middle-aged man said, his expression tense. His popularity had been unusually low in recent weeks, and he needed to put in more effort. He couldn't let his work be canceled due to poor popularity!

"Got it, teacher!" the young assistant quickly took the draft.

The middle-aged man sighed with relief and felt unusually thirsty. He decided to get some water.

But as he moved his bulky body due to high blood pressure, he suddenly felt dizzy and fainted before he could react.

"Bang—!"

"Crash—!"

The sound of the glass breaking and the man collapsing to the floor startled the young assistant, who looked at the fallen man in terror.

"Teacher—Teacher Lin!"

"Hello—Is this 120? My teacher has fainted and remains unconscious. Please send an ambulance quickly! Help!"

"My address is…"

The next day.

Yang Dahai, the chief editor of Mangaverse Culture, received an unexpected call early in the morning.

"What? Teacher Lin Guangjun had a stroke and was hospitalized?"

"His work will be suspended and take a break from publication?!"

The result was that *Edge Runners* would take over the weekly slot previously held by the unfortunate teacher.

*(End of Chapter)*