Chapter 191 - 175: Diploma
The "Mechanic Master’s Certificate" originates from the Dragon and Dungeon worldview, where the threshold for using Power Seeds is quite low, and it doesn’t strictly require that the user’s life essence be that of a flesh-and-blood creature.
Jiang Zhihui herself didn’t use the Power Seed of the Mechanical Master, probably because she’s already a Shikigami Summoner, which conflicts with being a Mechanical Master.
At the same time, she’s stuck in an environment of "self-centered magic," unable to sell it to other players for resources—in selling to the killing field system, she’d only get the recycling price, which is too much of a loss.
After some thought, Li Cheng decides to use it himself. He adds a Free Attribute point to Intelligence, then opens his laptop to search for universities in the United States related to Mechanical Engineering.
Gray Rain asks curiously, "What are you doing?"
Li Cheng, without looking up, replies, "Buying a university diploma."
Gray Rain expresses surprise, "You can buy diplomas?"
"That’s what they’re for. They have a price tag, don’t they?" Li Cheng smirks, "Let’s not even talk about domestically. Internationally, you donate tens of millions, and you can go to any university you want.
Don’t have tens of millions? No problem, you can find middlemen.
1.2 million US Dollars guarantees a spot at Yale or Harvard. 200,000 US Dollars for the University of Southern California. 75,000 US Dollars to ensure American college entrance exam scores meet the mark. 15,000 US Dollars for a 400-point increase on the SAT."
Li Cheng’s tone is somewhat nonchalant as those elite universities don’t hide their donation culture but take pride in it as a strategy to maintain their status and wealth, accepted by society,
