Hyperdimensional Warlock

Chapter 4325 Mission Rewards
Principal room.

Angell sat at his desk, his eyes fixed on the crystal instrument's screen.

At this moment, the screen displays a very classic dialog box.

If Jon were here, he would probably recognize this chat box immediately—it's the original skin of a well-known chat software on Earth.

"Drip-drip-"

The crystal instrument emitted a pleasant sound.

On the other end of the chat window, a person with a mechanical gentleman's avatar sent a message: "Headmaster, voice recognition is now available."

Angel opened the dialog box and selected "Speech Recognition".

"Hello."

"Hello there."

As he spoke, text appeared in the dialog box simultaneously.

"Yes, that's it."

"That's right, that's exactly it."

A moment later, the mechanical gentleman sent a new message: "Headmaster, I don't really understand why we have to do recognition. Can't we just have a voice conversation?"

This time, Angel didn't speak in the chat box, but spoke directly to the air: "Because text information can be read at a glance, while voice messages require you to listen for several seconds before you know what the other person is saying."

"Of course, if you prefer listening to audio, you can listen to it at your own pace."

"Functions can be used, but they cannot be absent."

The mechanical gentleman… or rather, the spirit of the city, pondered for a moment and felt that it seemed to make sense.

No wonder the headmaster, after having it create a conversational software, discovered it lacked voice recognition and immediately ordered it to redo it. — "Software" was a concept proposed by the headmaster; while the spirit of the academy initially found it strange, it accepted it nonetheless.

The Spirit of the City: "Headmaster, is it necessary to design any other software?"

After several design iterations, everything from touch controls, maps, forums, and chat functions was developed by it using the Academy system.

The spirit of the city quite enjoys the process of developing new software, especially when it sees the crystal screen getting fuller and fuller of software icons, which gives rise to a strange "collecting desire".

Therefore, after developing the speech recognition function, they started asking if there were any new software ideas.

Angell: "Although I do have some ideas, they are not of any use at the moment, so I will put them aside for now and talk about them later."

He paused, then continued, "You can also think about what functions you could use on the crystal device. Maybe your ideas will be more useful than mine."

The spirit of the city was silent for a moment before saying, "Your words remind me of the former headmaster... Although the memory is not very clear, I still remember that he always made me think more..."

After he finished speaking, the spirit of the city fell silent.

Angell guessed that it was either lost in thought or engrossed in something else, so he ignored it.

He looked at the crystal in his hand, a hint of emotion flashing in his eyes.

The Academy City system is truly extraordinary.

It's worth noting that Jon had personally tinkered with various programs for the Earth's internet in the Dream Wilderness, hoping to usher in the information age for the wizarding world as well. He and the Trees team spent countless hours studying the Mother Tree Network, devoting countless efforts and several months to finally create a rough prototype of the program.

As a result, the Spirit of the City, a novice who had only just begun to learn about the City system, managed to create a whole bunch of programs in less than two hours.

Although most of the programs are incomplete and immature.

Just like the conversation just now, if you have video chat, you don't want to have voice chat, and if you have voice chat, you don't want to have text chat... But with Angor's guidance, the Spirit of the City eventually managed to patch up and create a chat software that was extremely similar to popular chat applications on Earth.

This demonstrates just how powerful the Academy system is.

It can generate various physical entities and adapt to various software.

If this were in the Dream Wilderness, Jon would probably be able to realize his online dream in no time.

Unfortunately, this is the Crystal Plains of Dreams.

On the other hand, after witnessing the crystal device being created out of thin air and the software being developed at lightning speed, Angell also wondered if the Academy system was a bit too omnipotent.

Creating things out of thin air, charging energy out of thin air, and having a self-consistent system, its various powers are practically perfect.

However, after careful consideration, he realized that it wasn't that the City system was omnipotent, but rather that the effect of the "Gulliver's Tunnel" was a bit too overpowered.

Yes, that's Gulliver's Tunnel.

He would marvel at the vastness of the city, be awestruck by the immense energy created by the system, and feel that all of this required a massive amount of energy to support it. But if he stepped out of the chessboard and looked down from God's perspective, the truth would be clear at a glance.

This place is essentially a miniature sand table.

If you asked Angel to use illusion magic to create a city that could support tens of millions of people, he certainly couldn't do it in a short time; but if you asked him to use illusion magic to simulate a miniature city on a sand table in a small open space, he could do it.

He could instantly create a city where hundreds of millions of people could live!
—Of course, this is on the premise of miniaturizing human life.

So it's not that the City system is too powerful, but rather that the "Gulliver's Tunnel" that can shrink people is too powerful.

Using the rules of the macroscopic world to navigate the microscopic world led him to develop a certain unrealistic illusion.

……

Angell operated the crystal instrument and opened the "Forum".

Start posting tasks in the existing sub-forum "Task Hall".

He quickly compiled ten tasks and released them.

Now, three of the four objectives of the exclusive mission have been achieved. Next, all that's left is for the Spirit of the Citadel to contact Mona and have her accept and complete the mission of designing the school emblem, and then everything will be finished.

Angell thought to himself with satisfaction, then opened the text box.

But when he saw the task completion status in the text column, his expression suddenly froze.

The task completion rate did not improve.

It should be noted that after he discussed "hardware and software" with the Spirit of the City, the mission completion rate reached 25%, which meant that the authority of the Fairy Realm had approved the "improvement plan for the City system".

Now, he has not only rebuilt the task system, but also issued the ten tasks in the requirements. Logically, the completion rate should be 75% by now.

Why is it still maintained at 25%?

Angor thought about it for a while but couldn't figure out what went wrong, so he simply asked the spirit of the city.

The spirit of the city glanced at it and said, "Headmaster, the reconstruction of the mission system requires someone to accept it in order to be considered a successful reconstruction."

"So I should contact Mona now and have her accept the mission?"

“We should indeed contact Mentor Mona, but that only concerns the reconstruction of the quest system.” The Spirit of the Citadel: “The most important thing is that the quests themselves are incomplete.”

"The mission itself is missing?" Angell looked at the mission he had issued, somewhat puzzled.

Task 1: Basic Livelihood Planning for the University City

"Overview: Establish a framework for ensuring people's livelihood in the university town, covering housing facilities, public services, urban construction, etc., and clarify the rules for the allocation and maintenance of livelihood resources to meet the future growth needs of residents."

Access Restriction: Only users with Level 6 or higher access privileges are allowed.

"Countdown: 7 days."

……

Task 8: Detailed Rules for the Division of Functions and Management of Branch Institutes

"Overview: The core objective is to clarify the core functions and disciplinary positioning of the nine colleges, formulate management rules for the colleges, promote and build a hierarchical management system for the colleges, and fill the gap in the management of colleges and departments in the university city."

Access Restriction: Only users with Level 7 or higher access privileges are allowed.

"Countdown: 7 days."

……

Task 10: Design Logic and Finalization of School and College Badges

Overview: Omitted

Access Restriction: Only users with Level 6 or higher access privileges are allowed.

"Countdown: 7 days."

……

"Is there a problem with the tasks I posted?" Angell asked, puzzled. These ten tasks were clearly recorded in his personal task log, and he had checked them carefully; nothing was missing.

The spirit of the city was silent for a moment, then said softly, "The task itself is not the problem, but the headmaster seems to have overlooked the fact that... the circulation of tasks requires a point of interest. Without a corresponding reward to drive it, even if a task is issued, it does not meet the Fairy Realm's judgment on a 'complete task system'."

The spirit of the city put it very euphemistically, but in plain terms it meant that you can't expect people to accept a task and do it for nothing, can you?

“I understand that, but what can I offer as a reward?” Angel isn’t a fool; he must have considered the reward when issuing the mission.

But he didn't know what the reward would be.

He wondered then, since the task was issued by the authority of the fairy realm, the fairy realm authority might be responsible for the task reward.
The more he thought about it, the more reasonable it seemed, so he didn't write down the reward categories.

But now, judging from what the Spirit of the City is saying, it seems that the reward for this mission is not issued by the Fairy Realm's authority, but by him?
The Spirit of the Academy: "The Academy system has a reward pool. For example, the six extraordinary items that you inquired about earlier are also part of the reward pool."

"Of course, the ten missions at the moment obviously cannot reward extraordinary items."

"However, other rewards can be given."

Angell: "What's in the reward pool?"

Spirit of the City: "Currently, all items within the City can be placed in the reward pool. For example, physical rewards can include resources, housing, or creation opportunities."

"In addition to these, you can also reward Academy Points, or reward status qualifications, or even reward opportunities for advancement in privileges..."

In short, any resource that can be observed within the city limits can be used as a reward.

Provided that……

"Task rewards also need to be appropriate and must match the difficulty of the task itself."

"This is also part of rebuilding the mission system."

Angell roughly understood.

Now all he needs to do is match these ten tasks with corresponding rewards. However, to build a stable and sustainable task system, he cannot over-reward.

Angell pondered for a moment, then said softly, "Can the Academy Crystal also be used as a reward?"

The Spirit of the City immediately said, "Of course, this is a creation of the City System and can certainly be used as a reward. Moreover, this reward also contains the Headmaster's ingenuity, which adds a lot of value. As long as the Headmaster agrees, even tasks of varying difficulty can be rewarded with crystals, so there is no need to worry about the reward not matching the difficulty."

Seeing Angel frown slightly, seemingly not understanding the meaning of these words, the Spirit of the City further explained: "Because the appearance, interface, and core functions of the Crystal Instrument were all designed by you, Master. This 'designer's ingenuity' is its added value. This value is not fixed, but is defined by you, Master."

For example, if there is a low-difficulty task and a high-difficulty task, the reward must match the difficulty of the task according to the rules.

Low difficulty levels only yield meager rewards.

Only high-difficulty challenges yield generous rewards.

However, the "crystal instrument" can break this rule because there is an added value given by Angell within the "crystal instrument," and he can define the value of the "crystal instrument" according to different contexts.

In other words, both low-difficulty and high-difficulty tasks can reward crystals, as long as Angor himself approves.

The Spirit of the City explained it in a complicated way, but Angor basically understood: "So, the difficulty of these ten tasks is actually different, but it's okay for me to reward each task with a Crystal?"

The Spirit of the City: "Yes, as long as the Headmaster approves, there's no problem."

That being said, Angor did not really intend to reward only Crystal.

In his view, crystal devices will eventually become widespread in the university city, so there's no need to make them too expensive.

The crystal should only be used as a basic reward for all tasks.

Then, he will add different rewards based on the difficulty of the task.

The difficulty levels of these ten tasks are different, and the three most difficult tasks are undoubtedly: "Management Strategies for Large-Scale Enrollment and Recruitment", "Division of Functions and Management Rules of Branch Colleges", and "Optimization of Authority Hierarchy and Approval Process of the Academic City".

Angor added a "Creation Opportunity" reward to all three tasks.

Creation is naturally handled by the Academy system, but energy consumption is limited to avoid excessive one-time consumption.

As for the remaining seven tasks, although they also have clear differences in difficulty, Angor no longer provides "creation opportunities" but instead uses City Points as an extra reward.

For slightly more difficult tasks, you'll get more Academy Points.

Simpler tasks will require fewer points.

After completing the task reward distribution, Angor checked the text bar again and found that the task progress bar had finally moved, from 25% to 50%.

This means that the powers of the Fairy Realm have finally recognized the ten tasks he issued.

"Spirit of the City, the remaining two goals are entrusted to you."

The Spirit of the City: "Please rest assured, Headmaster, leave the rest to me."

The Spirit of the Citadel first contacted the speeding school bus, and a moment later, the enormous mechanical bird landed on the balcony of the Principal's office. After Angel handed another crystal device to the mechanical bird, it flapped its wings and flew away towards Mona's location.

Once the crystal was delivered to Mona, the Spirit of the Citadel informed her of the situation on Angor's side.

At this moment, Mona is advancing her exclusive mission as the "Dean of the Branch".

Upon hearing the Spirit of the City's explanation, he immediately picked up the crystal device and began operating it.

The Spirit of the City was worried that Mona might refuse, and it even came up with a lot of persuasive arguments. Unexpectedly, Mona did not refuse at all. As soon as she heard that it was a task given to her by "Angol", she did not hesitate to start manipulating and accepting the task.

After accepting the task, Mona temporarily suspended her duties as the dean of the department and returned to her office to start designing the school emblem and the department emblem.

Meanwhile, after Mona accepted the quest, Angor's quest progress bar jumped from 50% to 75%.

(End of this chapter)