Chapter 19: Chapter 17: Canglan Evolution Ranking, What Did You Say?

Accompanied by the change in Lin Yuan’s citizenship level,

a string of ’emails’ swiftly arrived in Lin Yuan’s inbox.

“Emails?”

Lin Yuan raised an eyebrow slightly.

Immediately, with a thought, he connected to the network, and a virtual screen appeared in front of him.

The Cosmic Human Alliance emphasized technological development and had long abandoned external networking devices such as mobile phones and computers.

As long as one was a human citizen, by using specific thought waves, one could connect to the omnipresent network.

The Goddess of Wisdom and the other two supreme AIs could use this method to contact any citizen at any time.

“Open the inbox.”

Lin Yuan reviewed the first email that had been sent.

This email was from the Cosmic Human Alliance.

The general message was to congratulate Lin Yuan on becoming a secondary citizen, expressing hope that he would join hands with human civilization in the future, and so on.

At the end of the email was an encouragement from the Cosmic Human Alliance.

A transfer of five million.

“They are really generous,”

Lin Yuan thought, clicking his tongue.

Then he casually glanced at his bank account.

Indeed, five million had just been credited.

The currency of the Cosmic Human Alliance was extremely stable.

Five million… enough to cover the expenses of a typical family of four for two hundred years.

Lin Yuan’s father, Lin Shoucheng, could not earn five million in his entire life of work.

Even a secondary citizen would not disregard five million.

After all, nobody would complain about having too much money.

“It seems that higher-tier citizens are far more popular than evolutionary beings of the same level…”

Lin Yuan silently considered.

At least he had never heard of a citizen who had just become an evolutionary being receiving a transfer from the Cosmic Human Alliance.

In fact, this made sense; there were many paths to becoming an evolutionary being, such as buying specific resources, like gene potions or developing one’s body, and so on.

These were fundamentally personal affairs, unrelated to the Human Alliance.

But to become a secondary citizen, one must make contributions to the Human Alliance, receiving merit points from the Goddess of Wisdom.

Naturally, the Human Alliance valued higher-tier citizens more.

Lin Yuan, happy as could be, looked at the five million in his account again.

With this fortune, Lin Yuan could buy nutrient solutions and other supplements without any restrictions, and regaining his full strength was now within sight.

…

Next,

Lin Yuan read through the other emails.

The content of these emails was mostly explanations of various privileges.

After becoming a secondary citizen, Lin Yuan gained many privileges that ordinary citizens could not access.

There were mainly five aspects.

One: Living security.

A secondary citizen, even if they did nothing,

would still receive ten thousand civilization coins from the Central Bank every month.

Two: Exemption privileges, such as conscription, immigration, and other actions involving compulsion.

Unless Lin Yuan volunteered, he could directly refuse.

Three: Virtual World access, secondary citizens are qualified to enter the local network of the Virtual World.

Four: Life privilege.

In the territory governed by the Human Alliance, even if a secondary citizen committed a crime, local law enforcement had no right to arrest them, and even less so to kill them.

Five: Purchase authority.

Many of the limited resources of human civilization could not be bought with money alone, but required the appropriate citizenship level.

…

Of course, besides the five privileges mentioned, secondary citizens had many hidden benefits.

For instance, according to the regulations of the Human Alliance, a large conglomerate must have a certain number of secondary citizens and above, and so on.

“No wonder there are so few high-tier citizens…”

Lin Yuan’s expression revealed his awe.

“Virtual World access…”

Lin Yuan’s gaze lingered on the third privilege.

Lin Yuan could understand the other privileges of a secondary citizen,

but this Virtual World access…

“Would you like to enter the Virtual World?”

As Lin Yuan focused on the line regarding the Virtual World, the solemn voice of the Goddess of Wisdom sounded in his ears.

“Let’s enter,”

Lin Yuan nodded.

He was somewhat curious about this Virtual World.

“Applying to connect to the Virtual World…”

“As this is the applicant’s first connection to the Virtual World, identity verification is now required….”

“Iris verification passed.”

“Blood verification passed.”

“Checking for clone characteristics, result: non-clone, DNA verification passed.”

“Unique life fluctuation matches records, verification passed…”

“Citizen Lin Yuan, please refrain from any thoughts of resistance during your time in the Virtual World…”

No sooner had the voice of the Goddess of Wisdom come through,

than Lin Yuan felt darkness before his eyes, and his consciousness quickly sank.

With Lin Yuan’s strength, he could easily break free from this descent,

but doing so might prevent him from entering the so-called Virtual World, so he let his consciousness continue to sink.

…

“Where is this?”

When Lin Yuan opened his eyes again, he found himself amidst a starry sky.

Below his feet, a pale blue planet was slowly rotating.

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“Is it Canglan Star?”

Lin Yuan’s pupils shrank slightly.

He immediately recognized that the planet under his feet was the miniature of the real Canglan Star.

Whether it was the number of continents or the proportion of the ocean’s area, they were all exactly the same as the actual Canglan Star.

“Respected Citizen Lin Yuan.”

Just then, a solemn voice came through.

Lin Yuan looked up to see a beautiful woman in a white dress quietly watching him.

“I am the Goddess of Wisdom.”

“I will now introduce you to the functions of the Virtual World.”

The Goddess of Wisdom paused for a moment before continuing,

“The Virtual World that Lin Yuan is currently connected to is, to be precise, the local network of Virtual World Canglan Star.”

“It is divided into seven areas: the residential area, the trading area, the arena area, Central Plaza Area…”

With each area the Goddess of Wisdom mentioned, a corresponding part of Canglan Star enlarged instantaneously below.

“That is…”

Lin Yuan gazed toward the ‘Central Plaza Area’ that the Goddess of Wisdom was introducing.

In this area, a large number of figures were gathered, and at the center stood a massive and towering stone tablet.

“That is the Canglan Evolution Ranking.”

“It records the top hundred evolutionary pathways in the history of Canglan Star.”

The Goddess of Wisdom explained softly.

“I see.”

Lin Yuan nodded slightly, then asked curiously, “I wonder what rank the Martial Tao evolutionary pathway holds?”

“The Martial Tao evolutionary pathway developed by Citizen Lin Yuan, after calculation by the supreme intelligence, is ranked ninety-third.”

The Goddess of Wisdom replied.

“Ninety-third position…”

Lin Yuan had no particular emotion.

The current Martial Tao evolutionary pathway was merely something he had forged in the Martial World over the course of twenty years.

Even with Against-Heaven’s Understanding, on Canglan Star, with nearly a million years of history and countless talented scholars born,

it was not surprising to be ranked ninety-third.

In terms of understanding, nobody across the million-year history of Canglan Star could compare to Lin Yuan.

But one cannot overlook the extended period and the large population base.

“The Canglan Evolution Ranking will be updated tomorrow, and Citizen Lin Yuan’s Martial Tao evolutionary pathway will be displayed for the first time.”

“Would Citizen Lin Yuan like to hide his citizen identification number?”

The Goddess of Wisdom inquired.

In the Cosmic Human Alliance, what confirms a citizen’s identity is not their name,

but their citizen identification number.

After all, there are many with the same name, but each citizen identification number is unique.

“Hide it.”

Lin Yuan contemplated briefly and then nodded,

Being outstanding leads to envy, and the Canglan Evolution Ranking, which selects only the strongest hundred evolutionary pathways, surely has tremendous prestige.

Given Lin Yuan’s current weak strength and lack of background, it was better to remain low-key.

….

After understanding all the Virtual World functions,

Lin Yuan logged out.

“Is it almost dawn?”

Lin Yuan glanced at the sky.

“Xiaoyuan, may I come in?” At that moment, the voice of Lu Qiong came from outside the door.

Worried that Lin Yuan couldn’t bear the shock of the draft, his parents held back all night and didn’t seek him out actively.

Now, as it was nearly dawn, his mother Lu Qiong, after much thought, decided to see how Lin Yuan was doing.

“Come in.”

“The door isn’t locked.”

Lin Yuan sat up from the bed.

“You’re up already? You probably didn’t sleep well last night, did you?”

Mother Lu Qiong’s voice was gentle. Although she looked rather plain, she emanated a feeling of warmth that made one want to be close to her.

“Xiaoyuan, actually, we knew about the draft yesterday. The district chief phoned Shoucheng.”

“Shoucheng rejected it right away. You know your father, he couldn’t trade your freedom for a career opportunity, and I didn’t want it either. Our family of four is doing well; why should we be separated…”

Mother Lu Qiong’s eyes reddened.

“Mom, there’s no need to be so sentimental.”

“I understand, I understand it all.”

Lin Yuan shook his head slightly.

Indeed, the draft was simply due to Lin Yuan’s bad luck and had nothing to do with outsiders.

There was no conspiracy against Lin Yuan…

“You’re the son I’ve raised for so long, a piece of flesh that fell from me. If you get drafted, what will I do in the future…”

Although the current technology of Cosmic Human civilization, like extracorporeal gestation, has long been achieved,

nearly half of married citizens still choose to conceive their offspring through the difficult and thankless task of ‘ten-month gestation.’

Lu Qiong was one of them.

“Xiaoyuan, this card contains all the money I’ve saved over the years, Shoucheng doesn’t even know about it. Take it for now; the PIN is your birthday. It will definitely be useful later…”

Lu Qiong produced a bank card, placed it in Lin Yuan’s hand with a slightly choked voice.

“This…”

Lin Yuan hesitated with a touch of uncertainty in his expression.

He could clearly see that the money in the card was saved by his mother Lu Qiong through her frugality and thrift.

Giving it all to him now…

“Actually, I don’t need this…”

After a moment’s hesitation, Lin Yuan said, “I don’t have to go to the draft.”

“I know, I know you’ve always been sensible, Xiaoyuan…”

Mother Lu Qiong was about to speak when she suddenly caught on.

“What did you say?”