Chapter 13

Chapter Thirteen: For Humanity

In the hospital, Jiang Li recovered after an hour of treatment.

Torn muscles and bone fractures were minor injuries that could be easily repaired with advanced medical technology, which could regenerate bone and muscle cells with ease.

Of course, this technology was very expensive, costing thousands of star coins each time. Ordinary civilians would choose other treatment methods, which took longer, about ten to fifteen days to recover.

Now, with the public paying the bill, Jiang Li naturally chose the fast-acting, no-side-effect option.

In fact, his injuries could have been healed in three days of rest, even at the Fetal Breath stage. However, returning home with injuries would inevitably worry his family. Moreover, he now knew that the Fetal Breath stage required a massive amount of nutrition, and each Fetal Breath was a drain on his life force.

Before making any money, he absolutely would not perform any more Fetal Breaths.

Fetal Breath was far more terrifying than any intense exercise.

After being reminded by Sister Dao, he specifically looked it up online and found that Fetal Breath was a full-body cellular activation exercise, with a workload dozens or even hundreds of times greater than intense running or boxing. Without a massive amount of nutrition, it would directly drain his life force.

"This time, I can earn 5,000 star coins, enough to buy Green God nutritional supplements. I hope it can replenish the life potential consumed by the cells and prevent further hunger."

Jiang Li touched the milky white stone in his chest, feeling it was a life-threatening stone. If Sister Dao hadn't reminded him, he would have died within a year or half a year.

A wave of hunger rose again.

But eating was useless; even if his stomach was stuffed to the point of bursting, he would still feel hungry. For someone at the Fetal Breath stage, ordinary supplements were as useless as stones.

No wonder there was a phrase "not eating human food," because for those at high cultivation levels, human food was as unpalatable as mud.

Footsteps approached, and a middle-aged police officer and several police officers appeared in the ward. "Jiang Li, are your injuries better?"

"It's just a superficial injury, muscle strain, and bone fractures, not nerve damage. It's easy to repair." Jiang Li checked his body and found no major issues. He stood at attention, displaying his military training, which every high school student had to undergo for a year. "By the way, sir, was that person a criminal? I hope you didn't arrest the wrong person."

"Congratulations, Jiang Li. You were lucky and skilled, discovering the criminal. This person is a member of the Terrorist Revival Organization, called Phantom Fox, with extremely strong mental cultivation and hypnotic secret techniques, with a life force of 1.1. Your timely intervention prevented him from escaping on a flying vehicle, which was a great service. We have decided to award you 5,000 star coins, and your companion Lin Xianyue will receive 1,000 star coins as a reward." The middle-aged police officer said, "Please take out your student chip."

"Yes."

Jiang Li took out his student chip, and a financial police officer took it, swiping it on a portable optical computer. Ding! The student chip emitted a sound: "5,000 star coins, transfer successful."

The student chip was also Jiang Li's bank account, identity information, fingerprints, appearance, DNA, family members, academic performance, credit records, and more...

Humans had long implemented a one-card system, which was very convenient, with a single chip accompanying a person for life.

"Also, your service has been recorded in your file. This time, you will receive one Merit Star. You are now a One-Star Citizen." The middle-aged police officer said.

"One-Star Citizen!" Jiang Li's body trembled, his face showing joy. The Merit Star was an evaluation given by the government to those who contributed to society. With a Merit Star, one would have significant advantages in future work, military service, business, and even in applying to large companies, which would prioritize those with Merit Stars.

This was a system set up by the government to encourage citizens to do good and contribute to humanity.

The Merit Star was hard to obtain. A citizen first needed to accumulate Merit Points in their file, and only after accumulating enough points could they upgrade to a Merit Star.

There were many ways to accumulate Merit Points, such as volunteering, donating blood, making donations, engaging in charity, achieving scientific breakthroughs, helping to capture criminals, or performing acts of bravery...

Jiang Tao's younger brother now had a high number of Merit Points due to helping the police solve cases, but he was not yet a One-Star Citizen.

Even in school, having a Merit Star could provide advantages. When schools selected outstanding students or awarded scholarships, they would prioritize those with Merit Stars.

Conversely, students with bad records, no matter how strong they were, would not be favored by schools, and even star universities would not admit them. Instead, due to their strength, they would be monitored by the police, and in any incident, those with bad records would be the first to be investigated.

More importantly, One-Star Citizens had the right to purchase cars.

Ordinary citizens, no matter how wealthy, could not buy cars or flying vehicles because cars caused pollution, and those who had not contributed to humanity could not pollute the environment.

Now, Jiang Li had the right to buy a car, a symbol of status, though he could not afford it.

Taking back his student chip, Jiang Li checked the information. Indeed, a star had appeared behind his social merit, shining brightly, representing contribution, passion, youth, honor, and justice.

"For Humanity!" Jiang Li stood straight and saluted. High school students, after military training, were considered reserve soldiers.

"Jiang Li, for humanity, let's work together!" The middle-aged police officer also saluted.

"For Humanity" was a common slogan from childhood to adulthood, in the military, police, and schools, a noble ideal and goal.

"Also, Jiang Li, thank you for helping Miss Sprite." A man in civilian clothes entered and approached Jiang Li. "I am the manager of the Snow Group, representing the Snow family to visit and thank you. Miss Sprite wanted to thank you personally, but after being hypnotized, she is mentally exhausted and needs rest and treatment. However, I am representing Miss Sprite to give you this consolation amount of 10,000 star coins. Please accept it as a token of gratitude."

As he spoke, the man handed over a card.

It read: Manager, Lei Dong.

10,000 star coins!

The Snow family was truly generous. The police reward was only 5,000, which was already a high amount. The Snow family's 10,000 was a huge sum for ordinary people, though it was nothing for the Snow family, as a single space lizard leather bag cost 100,000 star coins.

Jiang Li's expression was uncertain as he looked at the card. After some thought, he accepted it. 10,000 star coins was a significant amount, and he felt it would be a waste to refuse. However, he asked with concern, "How is Miss Sprite? Is she okay?"

"Miss Sprite was forcibly hypnotized by that damned Phantom Fox, causing severe damage to her brain neurons. She has been sent to the hospital for treatment. Sigh..." Manager Lei Dong sighed. "This time, we truly thank you. The 10,000 star coins are just a small token of gratitude. When Miss Sprite is discharged, we will thank you again. If you have any difficulties in the future, you can contact the Snow Group. This is our VIP card, with my contact information. We hope you will consider joining the Snow Group after graduation."

He pointed to the card.

This card was a small electronic chip that could directly contact the owner. Manager Lei Dong would only give this card to valuable people.

The middle-aged police officer watched all this, having learned about Jiang Li's abilities through video. He said solemnly, "Jiang Li, I hope you can get into Star University. If you don't, the doors of the police department are always open to you!"

"Yes! For Humanity!"

Jiang Li saluted again. "Sir, I'm going home now. I have one request: I don't want the media to know about this achievement."

"Don't worry, the criminal case is confidential." The middle-aged police officer nodded, watching him leave the ward. "This student has a bright future."

"This time, I got lucky, earning 15,000 star coins." Leaving the hospital, Jiang Li examined the manager's card, which contained 10,000 star coins in unaccounted cash, which could be transferred at any time. He pressed a button, transferred the money to his account, and put the card away, thinking it might be useful in the future.

He quickly returned home, and no one knew about this.

With 15,000 star coins in his account, he needed to consider buying some supplements.

In his room, he opened his student chip, and a screen appeared, showing many web pages. Browsing through them, he began online shopping.

The student chip could also function as an optical computer, though its processing speed was much slower than high-end optical computers or smart brains. However, it was sufficient for online shopping, transfers, and payments.

Some high-end smart brains could even simulate scenes, such as streets, zombies, and space monsters, with extremely high realism. People could train, kill, and exercise in these environments, greatly developing their physical and mental abilities.

Moreover, they could play large-scale virtual online games.

Some online games required very high-performance optical computers, as they needed to simulate many scenes, and the virtual laser technology was extremely demanding.

Jiang Li had always dreamed of owning a smart brain, which could connect to his brain waves and enter virtual games, experiencing countless different worlds, a supreme spiritual enjoyment.

However, he could not afford it.

"Let's see what I can buy online. My top priority is to enhance my physical strength..." Jiang Li searched and found that luxury supplements were very expensive, with the cheapest being the Sago Beast meat.

However, the nutrition in this meat was insufficient to replenish the life potential consumed by the Fetal Breath.

"Still, I should buy the Green God biological nutritional liquid. This is something only the rich can afford."

After searching, he finally found a suitable product, the Green God biological supplement that Sister Dao had given him.

Green God Company was a giant pharmaceutical group, producing various nutritional supplements, though they were very expensive. The Green God biological nutritional liquid cost 1,000 star coins per vial.

Jiang Li's family was middle-class, with a monthly income of about 10,000 star coins. The daily expenses for the family were only a few star coins, as the star coin was a very stable currency, with ten star coins buying a lot of synthetic food.

Those with hundreds of thousands of star coins in savings were considered middle-class, and in Star City, they had a decent standard of living. However, they could not afford to buy Green God nutritional supplements every day.

Those with assets ranging from hundreds of thousands to millions were considered wealthy, but spending thousands of star coins daily on supplements was still a significant burden.

Only those with tens of millions of star coins could afford to use them freely.

"1,000 star coins it is..." Jiang Li clicked to purchase.

He bought ten vials, spending 10,000 star coins.

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