Apocalypse Gachapon - Chapter 1926: Prize (4)

“Third, ownership of a shop of specified size in the largest city’s commercial center on the Survivor Fortress where that race resides.”

“Fourth, an agricultural land of specified size on the Survivor Fortress where the race resides.”

Ye Zhongming thought to himself, ‘Oh ho,’ if handled well, these might be even more valuable than ten thousand Moonspan Gold. Moonspan Gold decreases with use, but these two rewards—one shop and one piece of land—could provide continuous financial support.

From this point, it seemed the cosmic races treated the number one race quite well.

“Fifth, you can choose an expert and undergo special training under their command for a period of thirty cosmic days.”

Huh?

This reward… Ye Zhongming’s first feeling wasn’t happiness but worry.

The Star-Eye Clan was now the target of many major clans. Those who could be considered experts among the cosmic races were primarily from the major clans. What if an accident were to happen during the special training?

It wasn’t that Ye Zhongming was overly suspicious; he really had killed too many people on the Novice battlefield and offended too many major clans…

Seeing Ye Zhongming’s expression, Cheng Liujin understood. But regarding this, he really had no good solution. If absolutely necessary, they could only give it up.

“Sixth, five days of A-level reading permission in the Survivor’s Library Palace.”

Cheng Liujin knew Ye Zhongming didn’t understand these things, so he explained further: “The Library Palace is the central building of Star Shine City, a neutral city on the First Survivor Fortress. Its construction started in the second cosmic year after the First Survivor Fortress was built and put into use. Its age is almost equal to the history of the cosmic races.”

Speaking of this place, Cheng Liujin’s eyes were full of respect.

“The original intention of building the Library Palace was because the threat from the Slave Race made the ancestors of the cosmic races realize they might face extinction at any time. So, they compiled everything from daily life to skills into books in advance and stored them in the Library Palace, leaving a legacy for future generations, ensuring many things wouldn’t be lost. That was probably the most united era for the cosmic races; really, almost all races put their clan’s good things into it without holding back.”

“But at some point, various races gradually became selfish. What they put in was no longer the best things; they started keeping things for themselves. Especially in the last few hundred cosmic years, if not for having to adhere to the rules set by ancestors and periodically supplement the Library Palace, probably no one would be willing to put their own race’s books into it anymore. The value of this reward has actually been declining year by year. In the past, it could rank first.”

“But regardless, the Library Palace has existed for many, many years, from the beginning until now, underwent three expansions, and is now a huge architectural complex. There are over ten thousand staff working inside, and the number of Librarians has reached three thousand. That is a force that cannot be ignored. Rumor has it that among the Librarians, there are no fewer than three whose strength can compare to that of the current few peak experts, although it’s unknown if this’s true or not. The most important number of hidden books has reached a staggering over five hundred million volumes.”

Even though Ye Zhongming was knowledgeable, after hearing Cheng Liujin’s introduction, he was deeply shocked by this Library Palace. At the same time, he didn’t quite understand: with so many books, couldn’t they be stored in storage devices? Wouldn’t that be more convenient for reading? Did it need such a large place?

This seemed more like a small-scale faction. If there really were such great experts inside, not to mention three, even one could probably go up against a medium-sized faction.

If all three thousand Librarians were experts, then…

Ye Zhongming didn’t dare think further.

“I know what you’re thinking, but when the ancestors established the Library Palace, they feared the creation of a super faction. There is, however, an iron rule: Librarians must not participate in worldly affairs. Librarians are mostly learned scholars, not warriors.”

Hearing Cheng Liujin say this, Ye Zhongming felt his heart filled with desire for this place at the center of Star Shine City. He wanted to go see it. There, he might find the most exact answers to everything he wanted to know.

“That’s it?”

Seeing Cheng Liujin stop speaking, Ye Zhongming asked if the rewards for Novice number one were just these six items and no more?

The Gold Order Leader nodded lightly.

These were already the altered rewards. It could be said that this almost paved the way for a promising newcomer to grow into a super expert.

There was a brief silence in the tent. Neither of them spoke. Ye Zhongming was digesting these rewards and also waiting. He knew that what came next would be the key to defining the relationship between him and the Star-Eye Clan.

“These rewards are very good, good enough to make people envious. However, turning the rewards into one’s own strength requires too much time. And your current points are the most important.”

Even though Cheng Liujin had long known the points in Ye Zhongming’s possession, every time he thought about it, he still felt a sense of envy.

“Your points… are really too many.” Cheng Liujin exclaimed, then immediately got into the state. He looked at Ye Zhongming and said, “The Points Shop has been updated. The items inside are enough for everyone to exhaust their points. But…”

Cheng Liujin pointed outside. “It is easily seen that whoever enters first can pick the precious and scarce items first. Those who enter last can only pick what others left behind.”

“As far as I know, there are many good things inside, but there are also many useless things.”

Ye Zhongming worriedly asked, “What about us then?”

“We are first to go.” Cheng Liujin quickly replied. “This is considered another benefit for the Novice number one.”

“However, precisely because of this first place, we face more problems.”

Cheng Liujin asked for another glass of wine. Seeing that Ye Zhongming’s was almost untouched, he didn’t bother and drank by himself.

“The things in the Points Shop are expensive. Although not at the price during your Novice battlefield period, they are still about twenty percent more expensive than normal prices.”

“But there are some things inside that are hard to buy outside, and many special things. There are things especially precious for one race but of little use to other races.”

“Because points can be transferred, from the moment I boarded the spacecraft to come here until now, I have received hundreds of requests.”

“There are those who want to exchange other things for points, those who want to exchange promises for points, those who want us to use points to purchase items and then trade them outside, those who directly offer Moonspan Gold to buy points, and some even want to buy our first entry right.”

While shaking his head and looking at Ye Zhongming, Cheng Liujin found these requests very problematic.

Many races were those the Star-Eye Clan did not want to offend and could not afford to offend.

Another key point was that the Star-Eye Clan itself also had demands for Ye Zhongming’s points. But this all depended on Ye Zhongming’s own intention.

“As for what can be exchanged specifically, I can’t say clearly; there are really too many. I can only roughly measure the value of the points in your hands to give you a concept.”

“That set of Red Condensation level equipment of yours, the seven-piece set, is hard to buy outside. It’s available in the Points Shop, priced at about thirty-five thousand points…”

“Your points can buy fifteen sets, with quite a lot left over…”