kvmb Chapter 568 The Value of Credits
Chapter 568 The Value of Credits
"So, Butterfly... if there's anything you can't figure out, just leave it for tomorrow."
There has never been a difference between "demigods" and "humans." The troubles each person faces can only be solved by their future self.
"Thinking through the long night, waiting for dawn in our thoughts, and then taking our first steps when dawn breaks... Those of us who stop will be left behind in the darkness, but those of us who move forward will not feel fear."
"Because Tirispeius has traveled this path, spreading prophecies..."
"Calling for the rising sun...and the tomorrow it will eventually bring."
"Now, we will continue our journey and face our destiny."
“We will cross the ruins of the gods and wander among mortals. In this way, we will dispel the dark fog of Onphalus.”
"And finally, everyone will reach that silvery-white shallows, the end of the journey, a brand new world and tomorrow."
"There is no wind, snow, bitter cold, or sudden rain there, and no one will be affected by sadness."
"We made a promise to meet again at the end of the west wind, where the flowers are in full bloom."
See you tomorrow, Tian.
"Okay, see you tomorrow!"
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Terrace.
At that moment, Xia gazed at the statue of Kefale, her eyes fixed on the Dawn Machine behind it, and let out a soft "heh".
At this moment, the phantom of Serhis appeared.
"Son of man, are you waiting for the night to come?"
“Night cannot fall on Ohma,” Naksha said firmly.
"That is why your standing here so foolishly is in vain."
"To be honest, I never expected the renowned 'Rationality' Titan to be like this."
"Oh dear... this is all thanks to you. If your soul hadn't been so prickly, like a hedgehog, how could I have ended up like this?"
"If you could be more tactful, I wouldn't have to constantly be met with your sharp retorts, and I could be more willing to offer you advice."
"It's all because you insisted on implanting the fire seed into my body... Forget it, just say what you want to say, stop being sarcastic."
"Alright, alright. I just wanted to offer a reminder..."
"Your soul is almost gone. If you do nothing more, I will have to take control of this body."
"I'm not in a hurry, so why are you? Don't think I don't know, you just want me to help you answer that question..."
"What exactly are 'we'? Are we right?"
Sersis smiled slightly. "It's good that you remember; it's all about 'equivalent exchange,' after all."
"Okay, don't worry. The answer is obvious, and you'll have to give my body back to me soon."
"Heh...really?"
"It's true. I thought that my current state of constantly dying and coming back to life would prevent me from regaining my body..."
"I didn't expect the answer to be right there. Hmph, it saved me a lot of effort; I don't even need that black-robed swordsman's ritual sword anymore."
"That's truly a joyous occasion."
"It's just a pity... that I can't be the one to conduct this next experiment."
"Has that girl, who seems to be constantly facing death, made all the necessary preparations?"
"Don't be impatient, Titan..."
"If we are always on high alert... how dare death easily come knocking on our door?"
Their secret plot was suddenly interrupted by a shout.
"Unfortunately, on behalf of Ohma, I must ask you to slow down."
Xia knew who it was the moment she heard the voice.
The woman he loathed, Aglaia.
"Oh... I forgot about you, sorry."
"Children speak without thinking, so I'll just take it as a child's unintentional remark."
"Come, arrogant 'Great Performer,' it's time to talk about your serendipitous encounter with that Titan of Reason, Sersis."
“What if I say ‘no’?” Xia didn’t back down at all.
“Provocation will only increase your chances of death on the scales of the Titans of Tarranton’s Laws. Things don’t have to come to that.” Aglaia was not provoked.
"A monster that is neither human nor god, don't forget, you dare not kill me. If you extinguish the flame of 'reason,' what will you use to contend with the Senate?"
Aglaia's face darkened, and the atmosphere became tense.
At this moment, Cecily said weakly, "Um... gentlemen, would you mind if I interrupted for a moment?"
"I told you, don't interrupt me..." Xia almost shouted at that moment.
"Oh dear, I've been wanting to ask you this since just now: does death really mean anything to you?"
Xia frowned at that moment, "What do you mean?"
“What I mean is that you were already a corpse before I injected the fire into your heart.”
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Gates of Ohma.
"I'm back, I'm back."
Little Eve stretched.
"I'm going to take a quick, efficient nap, followed by a long, satisfying back-to-bed nap, then a spontaneous afternoon nap, and finally..."
"Stop, stop, stop! Why is everyone sleeping?"
Dan Heng, standing to the side, had a helpless expression on his face.
"Because... I'm sleepy!"
Little Eve said righteously.
“Uh…” Dan Heng was speechless.
Such a simple reason, and there's really nothing wrong with it.
"Me too, I need to get a good night's sleep," Bai E added.
"However, before that, I'd like to see more of what Teacher Tibo brought."
"I do have many shortcomings."
“No need to rush, there’s plenty of time,” Tining said to Bai’er. “As long as this can help you.”
“I know, Teacher Tinning.” Bai Er nodded.
“You two.” Tinning turned to face Eve and Danheng.
"There shouldn't be anything else for you two to do, so please get some rest."
"Thank you," Dan Heng said politely.
"Well then, goodbye, both of you!"
The four entered the city gates of Ohma. Bai'er waved goodbye and left with Tinin.
"Should we go straight back to sleep? Or should we wander around the city a bit?"
After they left, Danheng asked.
Would you like to take a look around?
"Mm." Dan Heng nodded gently.
"Okay, but I can't stay with you because I... yawn~ really need some sleep."
As Eve spoke, she yawned, her eyes glistening with tears in the light of the dawn machine.
After all, Little Eve is currently in energy-saving mode.
"Bye-Bye!"
After saying that, Little Eve walked towards the Marble Palace.
Danheng also walked in another direction.
He had ulterior motives for wanting to come out alone.
He had been concerned about this for a while.
In Tinin's memory, who exactly was the person who helped Tirispius back then?
Not only Eve found it strange, but he did too.
Although he and Bai Er helped Tirispyos clear the obstacles, he could clearly sense that without his and the Golden Blood's power, Tirispyos would not have been able to escape at all at that time.
Therefore, he wanted to look for clues so that he could learn more about Onpharos.
He had already set his goal.
Hattonus, as an ancient craftsman, might offer some clues.
In addition, the Lion's Mouth is also one of his targets; perhaps he can get some information from it.
However, before that...
Danheng's gaze drifted to the market vendors on the side.
"Perhaps I should bring some gifts when I visit."
Danheng made up his mind and went to the vendor's stall.
"We have some newly arrived apples; please have a taste. They're very sweet!"
Seeing Danheng approach, the merchant began to enthusiastically hawk his wares.
"Apples... seem like a good gift choice."
"Okay, then let's have some apples."
"As for payment, is this acceptable?"
Danheng took out a stack of credits.
These credits are about 5000 credits, which seems like a small amount, but it's more than enough to buy some Apple products.
After all, the train's budget was good, and with people spending public funds on meals and drinks during each expedition, everyone's pocket money was insufficient.
These 5000 credits are his allowance for a month.
"What is this?" The merchant looked at the credits in Dan Heng's hand with a puzzled expression, and even slowed down his movements as he packed the apples.
"Credits are the currency of trade in the Starry Sky, a peaceful place."
Dan Heng was about to say it was the Interstellar Peace Company, but he immediately realized that his identity could not be exposed, so he immediately made up a fake place.
"A peaceful place under the stars? Never heard of it. It must be some remote place, right?" the merchant wondered.
"Doesn't the scales of the Titans of Law weigh the value of all things? These currencies should be usable."
"Oh, looks like he's not a country bumpkin after all." The businessman's opinion of Dan Heng changed somewhat.
The Titan's Scales of Law isn't something everyone knows, since it's illegal on the surface. Looks like this kid's got some skills.
"Okay, then I'll accept this currency."
The merchant took Danheng's credits and, looking around furtively, secretly pulled out a small scale from his pocket.
He placed the credits on it, and one corner of the scale immediately slid down.
The businessman's face showed surprise.
He immediately removed half of the stack of credits, but the balance remained tilted.
"This, this....."
The merchant wiped his sweat, took away half again, but the result was still the same.
The merchant, refusing to believe it, tried again, and in the end only one card remained, at which point the scales began to shift slightly.
"Sir, your currency is extremely valuable."
The merchant kept only one credit point and returned the remaining 4999 credit points to Danheng.
"valuable?"
Dan Heng looked at the credits in his hand, which were almost all intact, and a strange expression appeared on his face.
Are credits really that valuable?
Credit points have depreciated to an unimaginable extent outside of the game.
People like Xiang Shajin can casually spend millions or tens of millions of credits.
"Yes, according to the metaphor of the scales, this 1 credit point is the annual reward of a high-ranking minister who holds great power!"
"A high-ranking and powerful minister? His annual salary?"
Dan Heng looked completely bewildered.
Since when did credit points become so prestigious?
Even buying an oak roll cake costs several thousand credits.
One credit point is a minister's annual income? Are you kidding me?
Wait, something's not right...
Danheng suddenly remembered something.
Eve, as an honorary director of Interstellar Peace Corporation, holds the high position of P48, but her annual salary seems to be only 1 credit...
That makes sense.
However, Danheng was curious as to why the scales of the Law Titan would use something like this as a standard for judgment.
Wait a minute, if that's the case, then I can't use credits anymore.
Credits are given such high value here that if they were to circulate in Ohm, it would likely cause Ohm's economic system to collapse.
After all, this single credit point is probably worth hundreds of thousands, or even millions, of Ohm.
But what about apples...?
Fine, I'll just use it this once.
Dan Heng was thinking wildly to himself.
When the merchant saw that Dan Heng was silent, he assumed that Dan Heng knew he had obtained such a valuable 1 credit and was no longer planning to make the trade.
He immediately replied, "This one credit is more than enough to buy my entire stall."
“But Ohm has its own rules. After the different currencies are judged according to the scales of law, at least one must be collected, regardless of its value.”
"After all, you're bringing me a coin that nobody recognizes, and you expect me to spit out all of Ohm's currency?"
"No, no, I understand what you mean."
Dan Heng then came to his senses and immediately waved his hand.
He simply said thank you, picked up the bag of apples, and left.
"What a strange person..." The merchant stared at Dan Heng's retreating figure with great curiosity.
Just then, two tall figures suddenly surrounded them.
They were dressed in armor, with swords at their waists, and the merchants were intimidated at first sight.
"What are you doing, sir? I'm just an honest peddler, I haven't broken any laws," the merchant said immediately, afraid that if he spoke any later he would be dragged away.
"What did that person buy from you?" the guard asked, ignoring the merchant.
"No, it's nothing, just some apples."
"What did he use to buy it?"
"It's all about using money, what else can we use?"
The businessman's eyes lit up, and he began to lie without batting an eye.
After all, the scales of justice are a gray area, a no-man's-land, but they must never be brought into the open.
Previously, the guards had always turned a blind eye to these merchants, but I don't know why they're doing this today.
Therefore, he absolutely could not admit it, otherwise he might be caught and taken to the Senate, not only to be severely beaten but also to be fined a large sum of money.
"Just say it. We've been observing you for a long time."
Another guard immediately grabbed the merchant and snatched the credits from his hand before he could hide them.
"What is this?" the guard asked the merchant, holding up a blue credit.
"Sir, I don't know..." the merchant persisted.
"Don't worry, it's not to punish you."
"To tell you the truth, that guy was listed as a dangerous individual by the Senate, which is why we were secretly following him. The things you accepted from him might be dangerous items."
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