240: Do you want to use star crystals to settle? !

Ster and Mo Sang both stood rooted to the spot.

One must know that even the royal family of their Red Thunder Empire wouldn't casually use star crystals as tips to reward people.

Yet, the distinguished guest in front of them didn't even bat an eyelid and directly gave one star crystal.

This made Mo Sang and Ster look at each other, their minds racing!

Casually using star crystals as tips!

This made them both think of an extremely terrifying possibility!

The next instant, Mo Sang's body trembled violently again, and he bent even lower, saying to Lin Yang with immense reverence:

"Honored Sir, the tip you gave is too much. Mo Sang dares not accept it. Please take it back."

He actually didn't dare to directly accept this star crystal!

And even his address changed from 'distinguished guest' to 'Sir'.

Lin Yang silently glanced at him and leisurely said, "I'm very satisfied with your service. This is what you deserve."

Mo Sang's heart trembled, and he quickly said, "Honored Sir, a little loose change would suffice. This is too expensive..."

Lin Yang didn't wait for him to finish, interrupting him and saying indifferently, "I never carry loose change on me."

Mo Sang was stunned for a moment, then turned to look at Ster.

Ster also reacted at this moment. Seeing this, he first took a deep look at Lin Yang, then slowly said to Mo Sang, "Since it's a reward from the distinguished Sir, just accept it with peace of mind."

"Yes." Mo Sang finally breathed a sigh of relief, then directly knelt on one knee to Lin Yang, expressing his gratitude: "Thank you for your generous reward, distinguished Sir. Mo Sang will forever remember your kindness!"

After speaking, he bowed several more times to Lin Yang before leaving.

Looking at Mo Sang's retreating figure, a hint of envy actually appeared in Ster's eyes, and then he said to Lin Yang with great reverence, "Distinguished Sir, thank you for your generosity. The supplies and weapons you requested have been prepared for you. You can inspect them at any time."

His tone and attitude were much more respectful than before, and his address had also changed to 'Sir'.

This made Lin Yang secretly sigh with emotion, and at the same time, he silently asked System, "System, it's just one star crystal. Do they really need to be so exaggerated?"

Actually, he didn't want to be so high-profile, nor did he want to be so generous!

However, the precautions for entering Guiyun Star that System showed him earlier stated that he needed to tip the service personnel here.

This was a habit of powerful people in advanced cosmic civilizations.

Since he needed to pretend to be someone with a background here, he naturally needed to give tips to match his disguised identity.

And to maintain his disguised noble and mysterious identity, System also suggested that he directly use star crystals as tips.

This would make it harder for people to fathom his origins and make them more wary of him.

Clearly, offering one star crystal as a tip was undoubtedly successful.

Even a Chief Steward like Ster was shocked.

However, Lin Yang was still a bit confused. It was just one star crystal; wasn't their reaction a bit too exaggerated?

System then said, "Host, according to the official exchange rate of the Red Thunder Empire, one star crystal can be exchanged for one hundred thousand crimson thunder currency. However, in reality, if you want to exchange crimson thunder currency for star crystals, even a million crimson thunder currency might not be enough to exchange for one star crystal."

"This is the value of a star crystal!"

"And this is also because the Red Thunder Empire is already a peak Third-Level Civilization, just one step away from entering Fourth-Level Civilization."

"If it were in an ordinary Third-Level Civilization, one star crystal could be exchanged for several millions or even tens of millions of local currency!"

"If it were in an even weaker civilization, exchanging one star crystal for hundreds of millions of local currency would truly be no joke."

"Then this is too extravagant, isn't it? I see that even Chief Steward Ster seems to have become much more reverent towards me because of this," Lin Yang muttered.

"Host, star crystals are special products; ordinary interstellar civilizations and ordinary people find them very difficult to obtain!"

System explained again:

"Most importantly, to some extent, using star crystals is a symbol of status. Even if ordinary people have the opportunity to obtain star crystals, they would absolutely not use them as tips to reward others."

"Ster's change in attitude towards you is not just because of the value of the star crystal, but also because you used star crystals as a tip right away, which means your origin is either extremely wealthy or noble. He reveres your identity!"

"Alright." Lin Yang sighed.

System then gave its final answer on the matter:

"Host, a manager like Mo Sang earns about one hundred thousand crimson thunder currency a year. You essentially gave him millions in tips. He could exchange it for even more in the black market. One star crystal is worth more than ten years of his work, so his reaction just now was not exaggerated at all."

"Even Ster, his salary is only about five times higher than Mo Sang's. The value of one star crystal is something neither of them can refuse."

"Got it." Lin Yang sighed again.

Although pretending felt good now, the same old saying applied: the more special and significant the value and meaning of star crystals, the greater the trouble it indicated.

Solo's transport ship carried ten billion star crystals; it was hard to imagine who his brother truly was!

"System, could Solo's brother be from a Fourth-Level Civilization?" Lin Yang couldn't help but secretly ask.

The Red Thunder Empire was already a peak Third-Level Civilization, and star crystals were still so valuable. So, a person who could give Solo ten billion star crystals would probably have to exist beyond a Third-Level Civilization.

Going from a Third-Level Civilization to a Fourth-Level Civilization was a threshold!

A Fourth-Level Civilization could already be considered an intermediate technological civilization.

However, a Third-Level Civilization, even a peak Third-Level Civilization, could only be considered a primary civilization.

Even if it was just one step away, the gap was enormous.

Even an ordinary Fourth-Level Civilization could easily annihilate a powerful peak Third-Level Civilization!

Lin Yang was now truly a bit worried that Solo's brother was from a Fourth-Level Civilization.

"Host, don't be too nervous. Fourth-Level Civilizations are intermediate civilizations in the universe, having reached another level of advancement. There aren't many such technological civilizations."

System offered some comfort.

"If Solo's brother truly belongs to a Fourth-Level Civilization, then Solo's team strength couldn't possibly be only peak Second-Level overall. Therefore, System analyzes that Solo's brother's civilization is at most a peak Third-Level Civilization, and these ten billion star crystals might have been obtained due to some special reason."

"I hope so." Lin Yang sighed again, then asked, "So, what's with the zoo? Why did Mo Sang and Ster talk about the royal family when they heard I wanted to buy animals?"

"To answer Host, you can directly ask Ster about this question. Every civilization has its own unique way of doing things, and Ster's explanation will be more practical."

"Oh..." Lin Yang stopped conversing with System and looked at Ster: "Chief Steward Ster, let's go settle the bill first."

"Alright, please follow me." Ster was extremely respectful, bowing slightly as he led the way, and at the same time, he said, "Distinguished Sir, all the resources and weapons you need add up to a total of five hundred sixty trillion crimson thunder currency. May I ask if you will be paying by card or...?"

"Settle with star crystals," Lin Yang said indifferently.

"What?!"

Upon hearing this, Ster instantly felt as if struck by lightning, his pupils widened, as if he couldn't believe what he had heard. His entire body froze in place, and he said with immense shock:

"Distinguished Si... Sir, I-I'm sorry, what did you say? You, you want to pay for everything with star crystals?"

"Yes, star crystals!" Lin Yang gave a definite answer.

Buzz!

Ster was stunned.

He was completely scared stiff!

His head instantly buzzed!

Although Lin Yang using star crystals as a tip was shocking just now, for some important figures, not carrying loose change was understandable.

However, this was goods worth over five hundred trillion crimson thunder currency, which translates to over five billion star crystals!

To directly carry over five billion star crystals to settle the bill??

Ster was truly frightened!

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