64: Chapter 63 Analysis & Table Slamming
Little Life Society. Meeting flagship.
The moment the announcement popped up, President Shen Qing was reviewing the production report for the next batch of little life water submitted by the logistics department.
Her hand paused in mid-air.
The golden text illuminated her intellectual and calm face, her high nose bridge casting a slender shadow.
Three seconds later.
"Emergency meeting for all members."
Her voice had no fluctuation, but the five vice-presidents connected to the communication within fifteen seconds.
"You've all seen it." President Shen Qing spoke, not as a question.
"Seen it." Zhao Zheng was the first to respond, his voice calm, but his speaking speed was half a beat faster than usual. "visitor system. 2.8 billion survivors from other civilizations connected to the Fate Platform. Castrated version permission. One karmic point only allows six hours online."
"Twice as expensive as ours." The planning director followed up immediately.
"Here comes the problem." The development director took a deep breath. "Why did the Fate Master do this? When was it done? Why announce it only now?"
President Shen Qing did not answer immediately.
Her brain was processing information at a very high speed.
visitor system. Other civilizations. Double the cost. Castrated features. Privacy protection.
She rearranged these keywords in her mind three times.
Then she thought of one thing.
karma points.
The essence of karma points — energy of essence, Qi, and spirit.
The execution of the Fate Platform — requires energy.
Her eyes narrowed slightly.
"Quiet." She raised her hand. The five vice-presidents shut up.
"I'll ask you a question." President Shen Qing stood up and walked to the window. The light from the double suns shone in through the floor-to-ceiling window, tracing a golden line on her profile. "The Cause and Effect Fate Platform has been running for ten days, with functions ranging from the initial forum, to the map, to the compass, to the Trading Realm, and then to today's visitor system. Every update is a leap forward."
"What is the foundation for the execution of these functions?"
Zhao Zheng answered: "Our energy of essence, Qi, and spirit. Which is to say, karma points."
"Correct." President Shen Qing turned around. "The energy of essence, Qi, and spirit generated by 1.4 billion Yanhuang Civilization survivors contemplating the Karmic Void Realm every day is the fuel for the Fate Platform. But have you ever thought — is the fuel from 1.4 billion people enough?"
The planning director frowned: "Currently, it should be enough... The Fate Platform has been running very stably."
"Stable." President Shen Qing repeated the word, her tone indifferent: "Stable means just enough. Just enough means — if the Fate Master wants to do something bigger, such as opening the food god shrine and Life Spring —"
"Not enough energy." Zhao Zheng connected instantly.
The atmosphere in the entire conference room changed.
"So —" the logistics director's voice was dry, "is the Fate Master expanding the source of energy?"
President Shen Qing raised an eyebrow but didn't speak. The answer was already obvious.
"2.8 billion survivors from other civilizations. Two karma points per person per day." Her fair fingers tapped the table twice. "Double the unit price means the energy of essence, Qi, and spirit contributed by each user from another civilization per day is..."
"More than double."
"Not just that." President Shen Qing shook her head. "Considering that Yanhuang Civilization users have a large number of free functions — map, basic version of the compass — these are not charged extra. But visitor users don't have these functions, only the castrated version. The Fate Platform's consumption of computing resources for them is extremely low. In other words, the karma points paid by users from other civilizations are almost pure profit. Net energy."
Quiet for three seconds.
"Lord Fate Master..." the personnel director said softly, "is running a farm."
The corners of President Shen Qing's mouth twitched, then she quickly suppressed it.
"Watch your wording." Her voice cooled by half a degree: "It's not farming. It's civilization symbiosis."
She paused for a beat.
"But essentially... you're right."
Silence again.
Zhao Zheng broke the silence: "There is another problem. In the faction sequence on the ninth day, the mortality rate of survivors from other civilizations was extremely high. India went from 1.5 billion dead to less than 100 million. If we let them continue to die like this —"
"The source of energy will decrease." President Shen Qing continued his sentence. "When people die, there is no more energy of essence, Qi, and spirit. To the Fate Master, every dead survivor from another civilization means one less portion of energy income."
"So the visitor system is not charity." Zhao Zheng nodded slowly. "It's loss mitigation. Stabilizing the mortality rate of survivors from other civilizations means preserving the scale of the energy pool."
"And —" the planning director suddenly interjected, his voice somewhat excited, "have you noticed? In the faction sequence on the ninth day, the merit value of other civilizations is generally higher than expected. This shows that between the sixth and ninth days, the mortality rate of other civilizations has already been falling."
"So combined with some of the comments from survivors of other civilizations, it shows that the visitor system had already been quietly executed before this." President Shen Qing said.
"Today's announcement is just an official notice. But the System itself might have started inviting them as early as the sixth or seventh day."
The five vice-presidents looked at each other.
After a long while.
"Sister Shen." Zhao Zheng's voice was very heavy. "What should we do?"
President Shen Qing walked back to her seat and sat down, tapping the table lightly.
"First, issue an official announcement. The tone of the wording — actively welcome, rationally view. Emphasize that the visitor system is a strategic decision by the Lord of the Fate Altar, and the Little Life Society firmly supports and cooperates."
"Second, appeal to all members of the Little Life Society and Yanhuang Civilization survivors not to boycott visitor users. You can ignore them, but do not confront them. And clarify the deep considerations of the Fate Master opening the visitor system... No need to explain too thoroughly, but give a logical framework that ordinary survivors can understand."
"Third —" her voice paused, "prepare for the response. The launch of the visitor system means the survival rate of other civilizations will be raised. They will become stronger. Maybe very slowly, but it will definitely happen. Our window of advantage is shrinking."
"One last point." She glanced at Zhao Zheng. "The Armament Department, increase the frequency of recent sea beast hunting by 30%. Merit cannot stagnate. Our advantage cannot rely solely on information gaps —"
"It must rely on real strength."
Zhao Zheng nodded: "Understood."
The meeting dispersed.
Ten minutes later, a pinned announcement appeared on the official post of the Little Life Society —
《Official Announcement of the Little Life Society Regarding the Launch of the Cause and Effect Fate Platform visitor system
"Dear Yanhuang Civilization survivors, the Lord of the Fate Altar officially announced the full launch of the visitor system today. The Little Life Society hereby expresses the following position:
1. Our society firmly supports the strategic decisions of Lord Fate Master. Every layout of Lord Fate Master, from the Fate Platform to the compass to the Trading Realm, is focused on the long-term development of the Yanhuang Civilization. The opening of the visitor system is the same.
2. The core logic of the visitor system, our society believes, can be understood from the following perspective — the essence of karma points is the energy of essence, Qi, and spirit. More users mean a larger energy pool. A larger energy pool means the Fate Platform can execute more powerful functions. The food god shrine and Life Spring have not yet been opened, perhaps waiting for the day when the energy pool reaches a sufficient scale.
3. Visitor users from other civilizations use a castrated version of the Fate Platform and do not possess core functions such as posting, maps, the compass, and the Trading Realm. The information advantage and organizational advantage of the Yanhuang Civilization are not fundamentally affected.
4. Our society appeals to all Yanhuang Civilization survivors to remain rational and confident. When facing visitor users, you can be friendly or ignore them, but please do not attack maliciously. Your behavior represents the height of civilization.
5. At the same time, our society reminds all members — the window of advantage is not eternal. The survival rate of survivors from other civilizations is rebounding. Our core competitiveness is always our own strength, not the weakness of our opponents.
Please stay sober and keep working hard.
— President of the Little Life Society · President Shen Qing"
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Three hundred nautical miles away.
The flagship of the Revival Society.
The atmosphere in the conference room was heavier than last time.
Zheng Yuanshan sat in the convener's seat. Spread out in front of him was not a paper report, but the real-time information stream of the Symphony Realm projected by the Fate Platform.
The barrage of various foreign language translations intertwined with Yanhuang Civilization characters poured down like a waterfall.
The eight councilors present had different expressions.
Director Lin Su was the first to slap the table and stand up.
"visitor system! 2.8 billion survivors from other civilizations are all connected! The Lord Fate Master didn't give us any heads-up about this beforehand! What is our Revival Society? It's the official organization of the Yanhuang Civilization faction! Such a major decision involving the entire civilization's strategy should at least —"