Chapter 8: The Beautiful Nation Discovers Iron Ore

United States:
"Oh my god! How is that little brat so lucky?"
"A cowardly leopard, actually being ridden by a little rugrat!"
"This kid must have mastered the ability to tame monsters."
"He might be an evil wizard."
"The East doesn't seem to have magic."
"But they have those legendary spells."

Japan:
"Baka! Can't even handle a little brat, what useless trash."
"It's just a sick cat; look, it's even missing a tooth."
"I heard it was knocked out by the kid."
"You'd believe anything. Can't you see it's a severely wounded leopard? The kid must have saved its life, which is why the leopard chose him."
Qin Chuan: You really are a genius, you SOB.

Great Bear Country:
"Well done, little one. You've got the spirit of our Great Bear Country."
"As expected of our mysterious old neighbor, even a little kid is this impressive."

Britain:
"That brat will definitely be eaten by the leopard. Just wait and see."
"Our British lucky contestant will surely find a much stronger partner. It's just a leopard, what's the big deal?"
"I believe Jesus will watch over us."

Korea:
"This unruly child might be a lost kid from our Great Han. Look how much he looks like us."
"Drop the 'might,' he definitely is."
"When he returns to reality, we'll bring him back to our homeland."

...

At this moment, Qin Chuan was sitting on the back of the "big cat" he had conquered, feeling quite happy. His progress in role-playing Nezha had finally increased by 21%, and he felt the surge of powerful strength once again.
"As expected, this kind of environment is the only way to accelerate my role-playing progress."

This place is far more powerful than the planet of Yanhuang, and it is a great help in boosting his role-playing level.
"Big cat, where are you going?"
Qin Chuan noticed that the Shadow Leopard seemed to be running with a purpose.
Shadow Leopard: "Roar, roar, roar~~~"
Qin Chuan, annoyed, slapped the leopard on the back and said, "Speak human!"
Shadow Leopard: "(ಥ_ಥ)"
The netizens watching this scene burst into laughter; the expression on the Shadow Leopard was truly too aggrieved and hilarious.
Qin Chuan leaped down from the leopard's back and looked directly at it, asking, "Are you trying to take me somewhere?"
The Shadow Leopard nodded, pointing its head in a certain direction.
"I see."
He had nothing better to do anyway, so he said, "Proceed, let's go see this place you're talking about."
"Roar~~" ｂ（￣▽￣）ｄ
The Shadow Leopard cleverly crouched down, acting as if it were welcoming an emperor, and only began to accelerate once Qin Chuan was seated firmly.
Bingbing was stunned again, but she was happy in her heart, saying, "This is truly surprising. I never expected a monster in the Forbidden Land to possess such high intelligence. I'm sure everyone, like me, is very curious about where that Shadow Leopard is taking our little Qin Chuan."
"Yes, indeed, very curious."
"At first, I was most worried about Qin Chuan, but now, why do I feel like he's the safest one?"
"A four-year-old child arrives in a strange world, and instead of crying, he's optimistic, confident, and upbeat. His performance time and again has truly opened our eyes."
"Heaven bless Yanhuang for choosing him as our lucky contestant."

The netizens discussed for a while, but an announcement echoed throughout the entire Forbidden Land broadcast room.
[Forbidden Land Announcement: United States lucky contestant, John Jelly, has discovered a one-star iron resource. This resource will appear in the United States region with a tenfold reward.]
[The Forbidden Land will reward John Jelly with a one-star level lottery draw; this reward cannot be known by outsiders.]

The national luck broadcasts around the world were momentarily stunned.
Then, they erupted.
Countless people switched to the live feed of John Jelly from the United States, finding the broadcast room there very lively.
"Well done, Jelly! As expected of the captain of the Devil Special Forces, you've secured the first honor for our country."
"Buddy, hurry up and draw your prize; we can't wait!"
"Hey, look at this! This is our Great United States, the first country in the world to receive a reward."
"Other countries are weak. I even heard Yanhuang has a little brat participating in the national luck; he must be a corpse by now."
"God favors our Great United States; you can tell just by our two lucky contestants."

...

The U.S. government released news about their lucky contestant immediately, and upon discovering the newly appeared iron mine, they boasted excessively about their nation's strength, acting incredibly arrogant.
Western European countries like Great Britain immediately offered their fawning smiles, flattering the "big brother" United States.
The small nation of Japan was even more servile, bowing and scraping, praising the United States to the heavens.
They even aimed their fire at Yanhuang, claiming Yanhuang had no one left—with one woman and one child as their lucky contestants—and that they would surely be surpassed by them sooner or later.

The Yanhuang government issued no statements. To Yanhuang, if a dog is barking outside, do you really need to bark back?
However, the netizens of Yanhuang could not stand the United States' showing off and flocked to John Jelly's feed to respond.
"It's just a one-star resource reward, and you're already this arrogant? You really haven't seen the world."
"After all, they've been suppressed by our country for so many years; let them have their moment. Our lucky contestant will surely be more impressive than this 'John Jelly' character."
"That's right, our country's 'unruly child' managed to make a Shadow Leopard submit as a mount right at the start. If you're so capable, have John Jelly get one too."
"Yellow-skinned monkeys, just you wait. Our Great United States will soon become the world's number one power again."
"Exactly, the two lucky contestants from your country are useless. They've only survived this long by sheer dumb luck."
"Just wait. This is only the beginning. Our John Jelly is an elite special forces soldier, the world's number one soldier king. He will continuously find countless resources for our country. Once our resources are sufficient, just wait to be conquered by us!"

...

The two sides engaged in a keyboard war.
The people of the United States were not entirely wrong: if a country cannot find resources, and other nations grow rich and powerful, they will be able to manufacture more high-tech weapons.
By then, countries without resources would be in a very passive position.
They would either have to spend a fortune to buy from other countries or directly start a war to seize them.
Either way, the cost would be enormous.
Furthermore, Yanhuang has always been a peace-loving nation and would never provoke a war.
Therefore, the only option left would be to pay high prices for imports.
But that was only a worst-case scenario, after all, both of their lucky contestants were still doing just fine.