The flow of time in the virtual space is about 4 to 5 times faster than in reality. If an ordinary person immerses himself in it and learns knowledge seriously from a wise teacher, within three years, he will be able to complete all the basic knowledge from elementary to advanced and pass the online test. Then, while obtaining a total of 1,500 citizen points, he will also get admission recommendations from various professional colleges of the human community.
Of course, a quicker way would be to purchase and use the eleventh-generation implants currently being promoted by the government. That way, it would only take two days to adapt and handle the various tests. Its actual effect was not much different from attending classes every day. The reason it wasn't included in the mandatory list was simply cost considerations. After all, not everyone could afford the guarantee fee for Class B citizenship or higher.
While the legal obligations of Class C and Class B citizens under human community law are largely the same, these days, Class B citizens not only have the right to vote and be elected, but also a host of social benefits. If you're the descendant of a Class C citizen, then acquiring basic, intermediate, advanced, and specialized knowledge is the most cost-effective way to advance from Class C to Class B. Furthermore, once you achieve Class B status, you and your immediate family will quickly experience all the social benefits that Class Bs receive free of charge, including implants.
I'm getting off topic. Anyway, after Jiang Ling spent a few minutes of real-life time exploring the residential building, the game system immediately popped up a pay-to-win option in front of her.
Newbie Gift Pack: Do you find life too difficult and tiring, while games seem too realistic? Become the master of your own life for just 0.6 points! Click here to receive a Baseball Bat x 1, Machete x 1, Basic Armor x 1, Basic Backpack x 1, Self-Heating Rations x 3, Water x 5, and Tokens x 10.
The scam tactics used by this thing really matched her expectations of the game. The corners of her mouth twitched, but she still bought the novice gift pack as if she had completed a task.
0.6 points may not seem like a lot, but if you put it in context 30 years ago when the game was first released, an average of 45 points would allow a family of three to cover their normal expenses for a month with some savings.
Jiang Ling couldn't imagine how obsessed the Youbei people were with this game back then, but judging from its current revenue, there might still be some die-hard fans left.
After changing into the props that fell out of the pop-up window, she tiptoed to open the door and peeked outside. It was around noon, and the power in the building had been cut off. It must have been a long time since the apocalypse, so it was quiet outside the room, and there was no one in the dimly lit hallway or stairwell.
Jiang Ling did not rush out to explore, but tried the two weapons on the wall. She found that they felt a little worse than the real ones. This might be a version problem of the sensory compensator on the scarf.
Switching to her Doomsday Artifact baseball bat, she finally pushed open the door and arrived at the location indicated by the tenth novice mission—an old-fashioned supermarket where she'd been bought countless times by someone with zero dollars. She could smell a putrid stench emanating from the supermarket entrance, a scent reminiscent of corpses left on the surface after a war. She wondered what the game's creators had used when they'd recorded the visuals.
There was an extra heavy breathing sound inside the supermarket. Jiang Ling's body in the game was weakened dozens of times, so she couldn't determine the source of the sound. She could only hold the weapon in her hand tightly, hold her breath, and sneak into the dark supermarket.
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