206: Chapter 202 Extraterrestrial Civilizations: Can We Store and Apply for Them?\/〔ㄒoㄒ〕\/~~
The Symphony Realm went quiet.
One second. Two seconds. Three seconds.
Then —
[God-Seeing Society · President Lu Xingye (Yanhuang Civilization): !!!!!!!!!!!!]
Twelve exclamation marks. Not a single word.
But everyone understood what she was shouting.
Fate Platform core administrator.
Direct communication.
Meeting in person.
Doesn't that just mean —
[Wind-Chasing Youth (Yanhuang Civilization): Fate... Fate Master? Can we meet the Fate Master?]
[Sea Chicken Farmer (Yanhuang Civilization): Am I dreaming? Someone pinch me. Meet the Fate Master? An Immortal Master?]
[Storm Eye (Yanhuang Civilization): You need a weekly turnover of over 10 billion karma points to trigger Rank 5. 10 billion. Currently, the total daily circulation of karma points for the entire Yanhuang Civilization is probably only a few billion. This threshold... is basically equivalent to swallowing over 30% of the Yanhuang Civilization's financial market.]
[Dont Panic Let Me Analyze (Yanhuang Civilization): Right. So a Rank 5 branch might not appear until the entire Magic Sea survival ends. But — the Fate Master put this reward here. This means this path is open. As long as you achieve it, the Fate Master will meet you.]
[God-Seeing Society · President Lu Xingye (Yanhuang Civilization): I announce that the God-Seeing Society is applying to open a Causality Bank branch starting today.]
[God-Seeing Society · Zhao Kang (Yanhuang Civilization): President, please calm down.]
[God-Seeing Society · President Lu Xingye (Yanhuang Civilization): I am very calm! I have never been this calm! Whoever stops me, I'll fight them! Rank 5! I want Rank 5!]
[God-Seeing Society · Zhang Chengming (Yanhuang Civilization): ...I'm going to write the application Materials.]
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Renaissance main war room.
The moment the door closed, Zheng Yuanshan slapped the table.
"That guy Sun Zheng!" Director Zhou Ming spoke first, his voice full of satisfaction, "Red risk marker, long-term monitoring, almost all Fate Platform permissions restricted — the Fate Master cut deep with this one! I just want to see what his expression is like now!"
Director Lin Su took over, her speech fast as a machine gun: "Regret? He shouldn't be regretting now; he should be regretting it so much his guts are green. Fate Platform functions reduced to the same level as foreign civilization Survivors. No maps, no positioning, no magic sea compass, no Trading Realm, no enhancement realm, no life ring, and the Sequence War is completely out of the question — he experienced a half-day trial card with over a billion karma points? What's the use! He's been steady for half his life, and in a moment of greed, he ruined everything. He deserves it."
"Stupid." Chief Prosecutor Chen Tianjiao snorted, "Utterly stupid. He thought the Fate Master couldn't see? He thought the Fate Master didn't care? Little did he know, the Fate Master just couldn't be bothered to care — which is a completely different thing from not caring."
Zheng Yuanshan listened to their comments and raised his hand to press down.
"Are you done scolding? Let's talk business."
The conference room went quiet.
"First item." Zheng Yuanshan's voice was steady, "Issue the highest-level wanted order for Sun Zheng. Reward of 50,000 karma points. All Yanhuang Survivors who provide information on his location will be rewarded with 100 to 10,000 karma points based on the effectiveness of the information."
"For the other twelve senior members of the Council of Thirteen, issue wanted orders one by one. Rewards ranging from 1,000 to 10,000 karma points, priced according to their Rank."
He looked around at the eight council members present and the newly appointed interim head of the Defense and Security Administration.
"At the same time, release a notice of permanent hostility — the Revival Society will cut off all trade and contact with the Council of Thirteen. Synchronize the announcement within the Fate Platform. Any objections?"
No one objected.
"Good, second item — the important one."
Zheng Yuanshan raised his hand to open the life ring projection, and the Causality Bank branch application page hovered above the round table.
"Causality Bank branch."
The atmosphere changed.
Director Zhou Ming stood up first. He was usually blunt, but his voice now hid uncontrollable excitement: "Old Zheng, I'll be direct — this is meat the Fate Master has delivered to our mouths. If we take down the branch, the Department of Planning and Construction can immediately start at least thirty large-scale engineering projects. The shipyard expansion, the pontoon bridge project, the enhanced warriors, the deep-sea defense network, the hunting projects — all these previously proposed plans can finally be implemented with the massive amount of karma points the branch will absorb for turnover."
Director Lin Su followed closely: "And that's not even mentioning the people's livelihood. Laying down basic living facilities, repairing and renovating Houseboats, bulk procurement and storage of little life water — we used to scrape by, but with the branch's capital pool, the entire logistics supply chain can be fundamentally revitalized."
Acting Director Liu Zhenghua approached it from the data perspective: "I did a rough calculation. Just among our 600,000+ members in the Revival Society, the average daily production is one karma point per person. Assuming the branch can absorb 40% of idle karma points, that's an average daily deposit of over 120,000 points. Plus external scattered depositors — conservatively estimated, we can reach a weekly turnover of one million by the third day. A Rank 1 branch can be secured in the first three days of the first week."
"Rank 1 is not enough." Zheng Yuanshan said.
Everyone looked at him.
"Rank 5." A rare glint flashed in the sexagenarian's eyes, "We must strive for a Rank 5 branch. You all saw it — the qualification to communicate directly with the Fate Platform core administrator once a month. That is the Fate Master."
His voice lowered by half a tone.
"We need to meet the Fate Master face-to-face. Not to ask for instructions, not to report — but to communicate. About the future development direction of the entire Yanhuang Civilization, about the next steps for the Yanhuang Civilization, about our future path after the civilization trial ends in 365 days. These questions must be answered by the Fate Master himself."
The conference room was quiet for two seconds.
Director Lin Su nodded first: "Rank 5, weekly turnover of 10 billion. It's difficult, but not impossible."
"Then do it." Zheng Yuanshan made the final decision, "Interest rules, deposit absorption plans, capital utilization planning, branch application Materials — have the first drafts ready within today. After the meeting, each administration will dock immediately."
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At the same time.
The Little Life Society, Blue Sea Chamber of Commerce, Iron Anchor Workshop, Deep Sea Hunter Alliance, University Alliance, Chefs Association, and so on.
A series of large, well-known Yanhuang Survivor organizations on the Fate Platform held their respective emergency meetings almost at the same time.
There was only one topic — the branch.
After the meetings ended, dozens of application Materials were successively submitted to the entrance of the Causality Bank System.
The Revival Society's Materials were the thickest.
The Little Life Society's were the second.
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Symphony Realm.
The trend in the comment section unified completely within ten minutes after the Causality Bank announcement was released.
[Little Noodle Shop Owner (Yanhuang Civilization): The refund application I just submitted — canceled! A bank opened by the Fate Master himself, if I don't deposit there, who will? Even if there's no interest, I'd still deposit! If there is interest, isn't that a huge profit?]
[Wind-Chasing Youth (Yanhuang Civilization): Current deposits can be withdrawn at any time, weekly interest rate of 0.5%, officially guaranteed by the Fate Platform! Brothers, this interest rate looks low, but think about it — the karma points deposited with the Fate Master, what level of security is that? It's tied to the Fate Platform! As long as the Fate Platform is there, your money is there! Although it's the same if you keep it in your personal account, the former has interest, don't refuse free money.]
[Storm Eye (Yanhuang Civilization): Canceled the withdrawal +1. To be honest, I was scared after being deceived by the Council of Thirteen once, but the Fate Master is different. It's been 27 days, when has the Fate Master ever scammed us? The compass, the panel, the Life Spring, the food god shrine, combat assistance — which one hasn't been the real deal? This kind of credibility is built up with 27 days of real gold and silver, not something that can be compared to a sheet of paper secretly posted by that group from the Council of Thirteen in the middle of the night.]
[Iron-Faced Ruthless (Yanhuang Civilization): Deposited. Deposited everything. 250 points in current deposits, kept 62 points for daily use. The Fate Master is my balance account.]
Comments from foreign civilization Survivors poured in immediately after.
[David Reeves (Stars and Stripes): I also thought the previous bank was unreliable, but this bank opened by the mysterious and great Fate Master, can you give me a chance to deposit? I hope the mysterious and great Fate Master can see this request of mine and cast a merciful gaze upon me, ...]
[Alan McDonald (Fog City): Honestly, I'm envious. We are still worrying about the daily 2-karma point Fate Platform usage fee, while Yanhuang people are already discussing depositing their spare money in the bank to earn interest. The gap is not just a little bit.]
[Victoria (Fog City): I, representing the Survivors of the Fog City Camp remaining on the Fate Platform, formally ask — do users of the foreign visitor system have the qualification to apply for opening a Causality Bank branch?]
Thousands of replies poured in under this comment instantly.
[Sophie Tremblay (Maple Leaf): Support Victoria! If foreign civilizations can also open branches, the Maple Leaf Camp will be the first to apply!]
[Fritz (Teuton): From an engineering perspective, the underlying architecture of the banking System is completely embedded in the Fate Platform. As long as the Fate Platform covers an area, the bank can execute there. There are no technical obstacles. The only question is whether the Fate Platform administrator is willing to grant authorization.]
[Solomon (Hebrew): Interesting. Very interesting. A civilization building a complete financial System in the desolate sea — currency issuance, commodity trading, asset enhancement, and now bank savings and credit. The person behind this Fate Platform, he is not just surviving. He is building a civilization.]