109: Chapter 109 Wang Jinhua's 'Congratulations', Fang Zhuo's Speculation

90th-floor practice room.

Fang Zhuo sat cross-legged in the center, with pieces of 'stone milk crystal' lined up in front of him.

"Begin!"

A fiery red star faintly appeared behind Fang Zhuo. Under the influence of his Martial Aspect, the pure source power contained within the 'stone milk crystal' was rapidly absorbed by Fang Zhuo's body.

Every one of his cells was in an ocean of source power, constantly absorbing energy to evolve.

Fang Zhuo could clearly feel his physical strength climbing, with his muscles, bones, and internal organs becoming tougher.

With the two Innate Divine Abilities provided by his Martial Aspect, 'Purification' and 'Devour'.

Fang Zhuo absorbed seven pieces of 'stone milk crystal' in a row. The total amount of source power contained within was no less than a drop of 'phoenix essence blood'.

"Something is wrong..."

"My physical strength has indeed risen quite a bit, but my Life Level hasn't budged at all, let alone shown signs of leaping."

Fang Zhuo opened his eyes and stood up.

He recalled the process of absorbing 'stone milk crystal' to strengthen his body in detail; this time, it seemed no different from the past.

He had pushed his body to a state of extreme 'hunger' in the High-Civilization Gravity Chamber just like always.

Yet the effect of the source power tempering was far lower than expected.

"Where did the problem arise?"

Fang Zhuo pondered deeply, then suddenly slapped his thigh: "civilization points!"

He had been advancing rapidly along this journey relying on his Martial Aspect talent and returned resources, forming an inertia, and had forgotten about civilization points.

Regarding civilization points, it was mentioned in the group manual, and Sister Lan from the Supervision Department had also explained it to him.

At the Transcendent stage, civilization points were not just high-level currency; they also played an important role in a martial artist's cultivation. The higher the Life Level, the greater the martial artist's demand for civilization points.

According to what Sister Lan said at the time, civilization points had a bit of a 'martial fortune' implication.

"Looking beyond Level 43, it seems it really won't work without civilization points added to the mix."

"From now on, I must first set about earning a sum of civilization points."

Fang Zhuo put on his clothes.

It was also at this moment that his tactical bracelet vibrated.

"Brother Wang?"

Fang Zhuo connected Wang Jinhua's call.

"Not bad, you even broke my record."

In the video, Wang Jinhua was wearing a white combat suit still stained with blood, walking in from outside the group lobby.

He congratulated him with a smile, then said: "If I remember correctly, the record-breaking reward for the third floor of the Heaven-Reaching Tower is 30 hours of usage time for the High-Civilization Gravity Chamber."

"Are you interested in selling it to me?"

Wang Jinhua found a spot in the lobby on the first floor of the headquarters and sat down brazenly.

"Sell it to you...?"

Fang Zhuo's first reaction was to refuse.

There was only one High-Civilization Gravity Chamber in the entire federation, and many martial artists within the group couldn't use it even if they wanted to. As a talent with an s-rank contract, he was already a Transcendent Martial Artist, and he only had 12 hours of usage time per month.

"Your Life Level is currently at Level 43, and you haven't been to the Wilderness Area or the Civilization Arena to fight yet, so you don't have many civilization points on you, right?"

Seeing that Fang Zhuo had no intention of selling, Wang Jinhua wasn't anxious, but instead coaxed him: "Haven't you felt any cultivation resistance recently?"

"..."

Fang Zhuo frowned slightly; he understood. Brother Wang wanted to buy the usage time for the 'High-Civilization Gravity Chamber' with civilization points.

Come to think of it, ever since he came to the Starry Sky Group, Wang Jinhua had been eyeing the gravity chamber usage time he possessed, and had asked to buy it several times.

Is it that the higher the Life Level, the greater the demand for the High-Civilization Gravity Chamber?

"Before Level 49, your 12 hours per month are just about enough."

Seeing Fang Zhuo's worry, Wang Jinhua continued: "On the contrary, it might be a bit difficult for you to get too many civilization points in a short period."

As he said this, he pursed his lips, looking a bit like he was holding back a laugh.

"Why?"

Fang Zhuo was curious.

Regarding how to obtain civilization points, Sister Lan had introduced it; besides trading with people, they could also be obtained by hunting exotic beasts and defeating alien powerhouses.

The main significance of the existence of the Civilization Arena was also for federation martial artists and alien powerhouses to fight and plunder civilization points from each other.

With his current strength, whether he went to the Wilderness Area to hunt Transcendent Exotic Beasts or went to the Civilization Arena to try challenging alien powerhouses, he should have plenty of opportunities to earn civilization points.

"This... you'll know after you go out and take a turn."

Wang Jinhua didn't explain, but instead made an offer: "For the 30 hours of gravity chamber time you got for breaking the record, I'll offer 10,000 civilization points per hour. Think about whether you want to sell it."

"10,000 civilization points per hour? ... I'll consider it first."

Fang Zhuo's eyes narrowed slightly.

1 civilization point could be exchanged for 10,000 federation currency; 10,000 civilization points was equivalent to 100 million! Of course, no one would exchange civilization points for federation currency.

Because it didn't work the other way around; federation currency couldn't buy civilization points.

The value of 10,000 civilization points was actually far more than 100 million; this offer could be said to be very high!

From what Fang Zhuo had learned privately, some s-rank contract talents in the group traded gravity chamber usage time for only a few tens of millions per hour.

"Alright, let me know when you've made up your mind."

Wang Jinhua looked at Fang Zhuo with a half-smile and hung up the phone on his own.

"..."

Fang Zhuo felt a little creeped out; did Brother Wang seem certain that he would come back to him to sell the gravity chamber time later?

Are civilization points hard to earn now?

After pondering for a while, Fang Zhuo had no clue, so he had to give up. He got up and put away the remaining stone milk crystal.

"Go to the Wilderness Area to hunt exotic beasts, or challenge alien civilization powerhouses?"

Fang Zhuo rubbed his chin.

Regarding the gains from hunting exotic beasts, ordinary exotic beasts almost never produced civilization points. According to Sister Lan, even for high-level exotic beasts, one had to kill hundreds or thousands of them to produce 1 civilization point.

A Level 40 Transcendent Exotic Beast could yield 10 points per kill.

And in the Civilization Arena, in an ordinary martial duel, if you won against your opponent, you could obtain half of the opponent's civilization points.

And if it was a death match, you would plunder 100% of the opponent's civilization points.

It really is 'killing and arson for a golden belt'...!

"I'll just go to the Civilization Arena and fight people!"

Fang Zhuo didn't hesitate much. He took out his ss-grade combat suit, put it on, immediately left the group building, and headed straight for the Civilization Arena.

...

Civilization Arena.

A huge venue was specially built here, resembling a 'Bird's Nest' in appearance. On Origin Star, only Starry Sky Base City had one.

"This gentleman, is this your first time here? Are you looking to participate in a martial duel?"

A hot-bodied female martial artist walked up, raised an eyebrow, and looked at Fang Zhuo: "I am the administrator of the Civilization Arena."

"Yes."

Fang Zhuo asked: "Can you introduce the rules of the martial duels here first?"

"Certainly."

This female administrator introduced the rules to Fang Zhuo very enthusiastically.

"In a general martial duel, when matching you with an opponent, their Life Level is usually comparable to yours, though there will of course be cases where they are higher or lower than you."

"Whether or not you agree to a duel is up to you."

Fang Zhuo asked: "Besides the Life Level, can I see the other party's cultivation situation on the arena's system?"

"Of course not..."

The female administrator smiled and said: "The arena does not provide specific data on both sides of the battle, but you can collect it yourself privately."

"Additionally, here is a hint: you can see the other party's civilization points."

"Many thanks."

Fang Zhuo suddenly understood the key. In the Civilization Arena, civilization points were indeed an important factor in measuring a person's strength.

In martial duels and death matches, civilization points either flowed to the winner by half or in their entirety. The ultimate trend would inevitably be that the strong possessed a large amount of civilization points!

Thinking of this, Fang Zhuo was stunned for a moment. Could it be that Wang Jinhua's meaningful smile meant he had already harvested all the civilization points of the Transcendent Martial Artists in the Civilization Arena...?!