Chapter 360: "29.32 million!"_2
From ancient times to the present, people often choose means like assassination, theft, or outright robbery as their abnormal methods of transaction.
He scanned the surroundings and clicked his tongue, sighing with feigned regret, "It's a great item, but it's a shame I'm a Lifestyle Player and can't use it at all. Who should I give it to?"
As the last word dropped.
Doctor Gou, who had been eyeing him, swiftly stepped forward and wrapped an arm around Black Doctor's shoulder, his face serious as he said, "Brother, do you remember when I saved your life?"
"Back in Broken Pot City when you were at a dead end, who took you in?"
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"People often say, 'A drop of water should be returned with a gushing spring.' You'd do the same, right?"
"Heh."
Black Doctor sneered disdainfully, "Don't try to morally blackmail me. I've never had any Morality to begin with. But since this item is indeed useless to me, I'll give it to you."
He casually tossed the two priceless treasures to Doctor Gou, as if they were trash.
Seeing Doctor Gou's excited expression, he couldn't help but slightly curl the corners of his mouth, his eyes brimming with pride. He had long ago said that he was someone with a strong spirit of contribution.
The nature of normal people is selfishness.
Though it may be a vile innate trait, it is the nature of normal people, belonging to the scope of a normal person. When doing anything, one would surely consider oneself first. Even something useless to oneself would definitely not be given away to others lightly.
Seeing others' gains as one's own losses.
But... there are exceptions.
Long ago, when playing games, he used to enjoy being a meat shield at the front, absorbing all the Damage for his teammates, feeling content deep inside when he saw them attack safely behind him.
Or being a healer, always following his teammates and when they were close to death, he would risk everything to bring them back. Such feelings made him very excited.
Contributing to make others' lives better gave him an indescribable pleasure.
He had once asked a psychologist about it, who said that this was a sickness.
He said isn't it a good habit.
The psychologist replied, "It's a good habit alright, but indeed a sickness. In our profession, a psychological illness is defined as anything that differs greatly from most people."
Seeing Doctor Gou so elated because of him, Black Doctor couldn't help but feel a happy smile creeping up, but soon felt it was a bit gay, not manly at all.
His expression turned cold again, and he spoke with some dismay.
"Look, Doctor Gou, even with these two Civilization Fragments, your Combat Power is not likely to surpass Miao. Forget becoming a top power in the Federation, you can't even rank among the Tomb Guardians."
"I really don't know what you're so excited about."
"You don't understand."
Doctor Gou shook his head and smiled, "In this lifetime, everyone has their own path to walk. Not everyone's path is to become the strongest like Miao, nor to become the strongest supporter like Elder Bai and Hungry Monkey, and certainly not everyone is like you, Black Doctor, to become the strongest in a certain field."
"We have to allow the existence of people who remain obscure, who even in death, no one inquires about."
"You can't negate the meaning of their lives just because they haven't created any value."
"Like me, my path is to watch you all get better and better, and do my best to improve myself, so that when I go down there, I can chat with my parents about the things that happened during my lifetime."
"..."
Black Doctor shrugged helplessly, "Sounds more like a nice way of justifying slacking off."
"Pretty much."
...
Chen Miao didn't care how others dealt with the Civilization Fragments since it was a personal choice and he wouldn't interfere. It's worth mentioning that in the recent competition, Blue Star had won rankings in almost all events, claimed almost entirely by members of the Tomb Guardians.
The Tomb Guardians took away nearly seventy percent of the Civilization Fragments.
Only the remaining thirty percent of Civilization Fragments were won by players sent by the Federal Government.
Just as he was preparing to go back to his room to rest, having not slept for a long time and feeling overly fatigued, he received a message sent from the Federal Government.
"Miao, hello."
"Sorry to disturb you, but there is indeed an important matter that we need to discuss with you. So far, no civilization has been promoted to a C-level Star Civilization, as the conditions for promotion are a bit too high."
"The conditions for advancement to the next tier are that the highest Player Level breaks through level 300, and twenty Lifestyle Players reach max level, and the highest player's Combat Power needs to exceed one billion; three of the top players' Combat Power must surpass one billion, and they must clear S-level secret realms a total of ten times."
"So far, we have met the requirements for the highest Player Level and the highest player's Combat Power."
"It's just the remaining few items we're a bit short on."
"We still need six more Lifestyle Players to reach max level to meet the standard requirements, and the Federal Government has been supporting those about to reach max level, even though most players' Combat Power has been increased recently due to continuous new discoveries in Blue Star Civilization."
"Especially the players at the top end, their improvement is very fast."
"But except for you, Miao, the strongest player's Combat Power is still only around four hundred million."
"We aim to become the first to successfully advance to a C-level Star Civilization. Our current plan is, if you, Miao... could take our Federation's top players to continuously clear S-level secret realms."