Chapter 31
“I see… That sounds like a good idea.” Ji Ye nodded in approval.
He had asked for Ling Chen’s help to successfully kill the Black Serpent, who in turn helped him borrow an expert from the confederation office. This meant he owed the office a favor and needed to pay it back when the time came.
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To avoid being entangled in those complicated affairs, many players insisted on doing their missions alone. This “Honor System” could address such a problem.
The confederation could not control players by using strict rules like how they regulated soldiers, because such a way would obviously result in bad outcomes. This was where the “Honor System” came in; it was a tool that players were free to use, for trading their efforts with something they needed. This way, the authorities could urge players to help with various affairs without being too bossy.
According to Sun Changsheng, this project had already been proposed to the central confederation government. If everything went well, the whole world would adopt it.
However, this also meant that “players” would become a new type of resource that everyone would fight over.
“By the way, I believe you’ve already learned about ‘Rare Honor’, right?” Sun Changsheng continued, “If possible, I hope that you can bring back valuable technologies that our nation can use. You may not feel it, but all countries and regions on this planet have already started a new arms race in a particular way. We must grasp every opportunity we can use as well.”
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“Of course I will.” Ji Ye agreed without a second thought.
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Just as the settlement mission told him in the end, the strength of one man could not exist without the support of a civilization. The same rule applied to real life.
Ji Ye wasn’t paying much attention to Ling Chen, however. He was thinking about the other man he saw in the elevator.
White clothes. A long braid like that of an artist. An unfriendly and aloof look. That was the player who had refused to accept any help from the office and insisted on finishing the settlement mission all by himself.
Ji Ye wondered if that man had shown up to ask for help because the mission was too hard. Or it could be that he had also completed the mission and was there to report the result.
Probably the latter. In Ji Ye’s view, that man was not someone who would request for help after leaving with those confident words, even if it meant failing the mission.
Nevertheless, it was wise to keep that man in mind.