Chapter 16: Second-Class Citizen, Privileged Class

"Goddess of Wisdom?"

Song Wuyang wore a solemn expression.

As one of the Three Goddesses, the Ultimate intelligent goddesses, the authority of the Goddess of Wisdom was not only the highest in the nearby Star Domain.

Even against the backdrop of the entire Cosmic Human Civilization, the Goddess of Wisdom was one of the highest authorities.

"It is so late, why is the Goddess of Wisdom looking for me?"

Song Wuyang guessed inwardly.

Any action of the Goddess of Wisdom was the result of countless calculations by the intelligent brain.

It would definitely not be meaningless.

"Could it be that those alien races have attacked?"

Song Wuyang frowned tightly.

Several months ago, the Alliance detected traces of alien races in the nearby Star Domain.

That was why they initiated a military recruitment campaign to resolve the alien threat as quickly as possible.

"Connect."

With his thoughts fluctuating, Song Wuyang chose to connect.

In fact, given the authority possessed by the Goddess of Wisdom, even if he refused to connect,

it would be meaningless; the Goddess of Wisdom could completely force the call through.

The so-called 'connection' right was a power that a certain Star Lord applied for and bit the bullet to obtain from the Three Goddesses hundreds of thousands of years ago during the once-in-a-century Charter Assembly, under the pretext of protecting citizens' privacy.

Even if this power was completely useless,

and choosing not to connect did not mean one could actually avoid connecting,

it was at least a fig leaf, preventing the voices of the Three Goddesses from suddenly echoing in his ears while he was doing certain private things.

The moment Song Wuyang chose to 'connect' the call,

accompanied by a 'ding' sound,

"The Goddess of Wisdom has connected."

Song Wuyang steadied his mind, put on a proper posture, and cautiously asked, "It is so late, I wonder what the Goddess wants with me?"

The Three Goddesses, the Ultimate intelligent goddesses of Cosmic Human Civilization, were respectively the Goddess of Freedom, the Goddess of Justice, and the Goddess of Wisdom.

These Three Goddesses governed different aspects: the Goddess of Freedom presided over aggression and expansion, the Goddess of Justice presided over legal decisions, and the Goddess of Wisdom presided over people's livelihood and logistics.

Each of the Three Goddesses performed their respective duties, jointly supporting the dazzling Cosmic Human Civilization of today.

"According to Article 16 of the Charter, when a brand-new Martial Dao Evolution Path with a potential reaching Tier 3 or above is discovered, the Goddess of Wisdom and the person with the highest authority nearby shall jointly discuss and decide."

The solemn and dignified voice of the Goddess of Wisdom came over.

Song Wuyang's pupils shrank slightly, and he immediately asked, "Do you mean that a brand-new evolution path has been discovered, and this evolution path is expected to have Tier 3 potential?"

Given Song Wuyang's identity as a Governor, brand-new evolution paths were handed over to him every day for review and authorization.

It was just that the potential of almost all evolution paths was very low; most were unranked, and occasionally finding a Tier 1 one was already considered extremely lucky.

No wonder the Goddess of Wisdom was so cautious, contacting me outside of working hours. Song Wuyang wore a thoughtful expression.

If it were just an ordinary evolution path, the Goddess of Wisdom would have judged it herself long ago and waited until Song Wuyang worked tomorrow to authorize it.

But for the potential to reach Tier 3—

The so-called potential did not refer to the current upper limit of this evolution path,

but rather the future upper limit of this evolution path simulated by the Goddess of Wisdom through massive computing power.

Any evolution path with a potential reaching Tier 3 and above was the future and wealth of the entire Human Civilization. Through this evolution path, it was hoped that a Tier 3 Evolver would be born.

"Correct."

The Goddess of Wisdom replied, "Governor Song Wuyang, please look."

Suddenly, layers of light screens flashed continuously before Song Wuyang's eyes.

They were precisely the Innate Chapter and Grandmaster Chapter of the Martial Scripture submitted by Lin Yuan.

"This?" Song Wuyang frowned.

As a powerful Evolver himself, he immediately realized the terrifying nature of the Martial Dao Evolution Path represented by the Martial Scripture.

It had very few external demands and had almost no requirements for Aptitude.

Even if one ultimately failed to become an Evolver through this path, one could still use it to strengthen the body and keep fit.

Its popularity was extremely high, with no restrictive conditions and no shortboards.

Unlike some extreme evolution paths that were too 'one-sided', where they would have no power to resist if slightly targeted.

"The Grandmaster realm of this evolution path should have already reached the standard of a ranked Evolver."

Song Wuyang judged.

Regardless of the evolution path, Evolvers were divided into unranked Evolvers and ranked Evolvers.

Although unranked Evolvers were also Evolvers who mastered power surpassing the limits of ordinary people, their strength was far inferior to ranked Evolvers.

"This evolution path should be able to enter the evolution ranking of Canglan Star, right?"

Song Wuyang asked tentatively.

The Canglan Evolution Ranking recorded all evolution paths born on Canglan Star over a total of 820,000 years since Canglan Star became a habitable life planet.

"According to the highest intelligent brain's calculation and statistics, the Martial Dao Evolution Path can Rank 93rd on the Canglan Evolution Ranking."

The voice of the Goddess of Wisdom came over.

"It really entered the evolution ranking?"

Song Wuyang's expression was slightly complex.

The Canglan Evolution Ranking recorded the top one hundred strongest evolution paths in the history of Canglan Star.

These one hundred evolution paths had been tested by long years and rarely changed.

At least since Song Wuyang became Governor, the Canglan Evolution Ranking had not changed.

"According to Article 86 of the Charter regarding support policies for developing brand-new evolution paths, this evolution path will grant the developer a reward of two thousand Merit Points."

"Does Governor Song Wuyang agree?"

The voice of the Goddess of Wisdom was solemn and dignified.

"Two thousand Merit Points?"

Song Wuyang fell into deep thought.

Merit Points were the highest-value 'currency' of the Cosmic Human Alliance, and they were directly issued by the Three Goddesses.

In Human Civilization, Merit Points could achieve almost everything, such as upgrading citizen Rank. As long as the Merit Points were high enough, one could even command the Three Goddesses.

Of course, the issuance of Merit Points entirely depended on one's contribution to Human Civilization.

The more Merit Points one had, the greater the contribution to Human Civilization, and naturally, one could enjoy corresponding privileges.

The Goddess of Wisdom's decision to grant a reward of two thousand Merit Points to the developer of the Martial Dao Evolution Path made Song Wuyang realize that he had still underestimated this evolution path.

You must know that an evolution path with normal Tier 3 potential generally yielded between eight hundred and one thousand Merit Points.

Very few exceeded one thousand Merit Points.

Let alone directly being two thousand Merit Points.

"I agree."

Song Wuyang nodded.

The Goddess of Wisdom would not practice favoritism; since she deemed it worth two thousand Merit Points, it was definitely worth two thousand Merit Points.

Inside the room.

Lin Yuan was still sitting cross-legged on the bed.

"I am still a bit hungry—"

After eating some snacks in the room, Lin Yuan frowned slightly.

At this moment, a solemn and dignified voice came over.

"Respected Citizen Lin Yuan, the Martial Dao Evolution Path you uploaded has been evaluated."

"Oh?" Lin Yuan instantly perked up.

The Martial Dao Evolution Path was something he had spent twenty years in the Martial Dao World to master and integrate.

It was Lin Yuan's Ultimate 'Dao fruit' in the Martial Dao World.

Lin Yuan also wanted to know the value of this evolution path here in the Cosmic Human Alliance.

"Citizen Lin Yuan, according to the judgment, the theoretical potential of the Martial Dao Evolution Path is Tier 3, and its popularity is extremely wide. Its value is two thousand Merit Points. Shall it be issued now?"

"Two thousand Merit Points?" Lin Yuan's eyes lit up.

He naturally knew the value of Merit Points long ago.

They were personally granted by the Three Goddesses of Human Civilization, serving as the symbol of the highest honor, and could be used to upgrade citizen Rank.

As for two thousand Merit Points, it likewise greatly exceeded Lin Yuan's expectations.

You must know that Merit Points could purchase nearly all restricted-level resources.

In the underground black market, a single Merit Point could often sell for a sky-high price of tens of millions.

And even if two thousand Merit Points were sold cheaply on the black market, it would amount to tens of billions.

"The Merit Points have been issued."

After the voice of the Goddess of Wisdom sounded,

Lin Yuan immediately discovered that behind the previously invisible Merit Points column on his account, the words 'two thousand' had appeared.

"Upgrade citizen Rank."

Lin Yuan began operating it.

Although the value of Merit Points was very high, their most important function was still upgrading the citizen Rank.

As for treating Merit Points as currency to purchase items, or converting Merit Points into currency through the underground black market,

it was completely a practice of draining the pond to catch fish.

Once the citizen Rank went up, would he still be afraid of not getting money?

At the very least, Lin Yuan knew that citizens of Second-Class Citizen and above could get an interest-free loan of tens of millions from the central bank every year.

In many places, high-ranking citizens only needed to lend their names, and they would have an income of tens of millions to hundreds of millions every year.

As Lin Yuan began to upgrade his citizen Rank, the voice of the Goddess of Wisdom came over again.

"Cosmic First-Class Citizen Lin Yuan, use one thousand Merit Points to upgrade to Second-Class Citizen"

Hearing this, a smile appeared on Lin Yuan's face.

Going from a First-Class Citizen to a Second-Class Citizen required one thousand Merit Points.

Going from a Second-Class Citizen to a Third-Class Citizen required five thousand Merit Points.

Although he did not reach a Third-Class Citizen, Lin Yuan was already very satisfied.

A Second-Class Citizen already surpassed ninety-nine point nine-nine percent of citizens. Normally, out of tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of First-Class Citizens, only one Second-Class Citizen would appear.

It could be called a privileged class that was one in several hundred thousand.