Chapter 159 New Rules
[Rule 19: If the contractor makes amends for his mistakes after his merit points are deducted, he can return a corresponding percentage of merit points according to the degree of compensation.]
[Rule 20: If the merit points gained by doing good deeds are exchanged in the Merit Mall, they will be 100% attributed to the contractor. If the merit points are deducted from the contractor for doing evil deeds, the exchange items cannot have merit points alone.]
[Rule 21: If a life object exchanged by a contractor from the mall dies, regardless of the reason, the contractor's merit points will be deducted tenfold.]
[Rule 22: A benefactor with a positive merit of more than 10,000 but less than 100,000 will be awarded the title of "Charitable and Generous"; more than 100,000 but less than 1 million will be awarded the title of "Benevolent and Virtuous"; more than 1 million but less than 100 million will be awarded the title of "Immeasurable Merit", and the value of life will be doubled by the merit value. If the contractor provides assistance, regardless of the size, the merit value will be doubled.]
[Rule 23: If the contractor saves the titled benefactor from a fatal crisis, he can obtain 1, 10, 100, 1000, or 10,000 points of benevolence points. The benevolence points can be used to open special functions such as lucky draws, upgrades, discounts, and debt offsets in the Merit Mall.] [Rule 24: If the contractor cancels the contract, the Merit Book will take back all the exchange items and all the benefits the contractor has obtained with the exchange items. The contractor can keep the following three items: 1. Memory; 2. Ten years of life; 3. The contractor's ability to learn and comprehend on his own.]
[Rule 25: If the contractor wishes to exchange for technical data that exceeds the technological level of the world in which he is located, the price will be positively correlated with the total population of the world.]
[Rule 26: The products in the Merit Mall are based on the cognition and concepts of the contractor himself. There are no products that the contractor cannot understand. ]
The flame faded, and with the heat still lingering, a series of new rules emerged. Rong Yuan hadn't seen any new rules for a long time, and he thought it was because he hadn't reached the triggering conditions. In fact, it was not, but some rules could not be seen as a negative merit contractor. Some of these new rules he had already guessed, such as the 19th, 20th, 22nd, and 23rd. Some he had just learned about, so he couldn't help but think about them more.
For example, in the 21st item, among the life objects he has exchanged, the spirit pea can be counted as one, but the optical brain should not be counted. Noah also doesn't know if it is considered a life form in the concept of the "Book of Merit". In short, he has not encountered their death yet. As for the others, Rong Yuan flipped through the back and found that there were many new exchange items in the Merit Mall as expected, from amoeba to ancient dinosaurs, all the animals, plants, birds, insects, microorganisms, etc. that he could think of were sold in the mall, of course, including humans, elves, dwarves, dragons, vampires, microns and octopus aliens.
Rong Yuan took another look and found that the humans for sale included famous ones such as Xi Shi, Diao Chan, Emperor Wu of Han, Xiang Yu, Zhuge Liang, etc., as well as less famous ones such as Zhang San and Li Si, and even characters from novels and comics that only existed in fantasy works. Looking at a series of characters such as Huang Rong, Lin Daiyu, Sherlock Holmes, Portgas D. Ace, Sesshomaru, Bolvar Fordragon and others, some of whom he liked and some of whom he had only heard of, appearing on the page of the mall, Rong Yuan frowned in disgust and simply turned over the content.
Movies, TV series, novels and animations always shape the characters to be infinitely perfect. When watching, it is inevitable to have such thoughts as "Ah, if this person could really live by my side", and Rong Yuan is no exception. But he will not exchange for counterfeit goods to satisfy his needs, nor will he allow the exchange of goods to control his feelings and become his entanglement.
He suddenly thought of the content of Article 26: The goods in the Merit Mall are based on the cognition and concept of the contractor himself. In other words, novel characters that he has never seen or heard of will not appear in the mall. Then in another direction, technological products, magic props, etc. that do not exist in his cognition or imagination will naturally not be in the mall.
There are so many items in the mall that no one can check them all out. If this rule hadn't clearly stated it, perhaps he would never have thought of it.
Think about it this way, how lucky he is to be born in this era! In this era, not only does the existence of the Internet make it very easy for him to gain merit, but more importantly, this is an era of information explosion, and people wantonly radiate their imaginations and create all kinds of wonderful and indescribable thinking products. Most of these imaginary products may never be realized in reality, but in the "Book of Merit", when it is thought of, it is born.
Before him, hundreds of years ago, thousands of years ago, or even longer ago, how tragic were the people who became the contractors of the Book of Merit. They held a mountain of treasure in their hands, but because of their poor knowledge and information exchange restricted by transportation or laws, they could only see the thin layer of soil on the top of the mountain. If there was a contractor two thousand years ago, even if he had tens of millions of merit points, he would not be able to exchange himself for a plate of scrambled eggs with tomatoes, just because he didn't know that there were such things in the world, let alone intelligent computers and aircraft.
On the other hand, he now thinks that he knows enough because he is comparing himself to the ancients who have limited knowledge. In this universe, there must be creatures with a longer history, richer imagination, and broader knowledge than humans. In the eyes of such beings, is he now also a short-sighted person who deserves sympathy?
Therefore, the more places he travels to and the more he learns, the greater role the "Book of Merits" can play for him.
The technical data was the second thing Rong Yuan looked at. Although it should not be cheap according to the twenty-fifth rule, Rong Yuan did not expect it to be so expensive. A home treatment device worth 3,000 merits, its data is worth 210 million merits! Rong Yuan would rather exchange a treatment device for himself to disassemble and study. The other product data will only be more expensive.
In fact, it is not difficult to understand. Although data cannot be used directly like commodities, contractors have countless resources. As long as they have technical data, it is not difficult to produce countless commodities, which can easily change the technological level of the entire world. So data is of course more expensive than commodities, but it is so ridiculously expensive... It can only be said that the world's population is too large now.
Fortunately, the emergence of new products such as the Anywhere Door, the Storage Ring, and the Wormhole Maker comforted Rong Yuan's somewhat disappointed mood. He was no longer a student who needed to carry a schoolbag to school every day, and the storage bag was no longer convenient to carry. Rong Yuan immediately exchanged for a storage ring and put all his important assets in it. The storage bag could not be put in because the space could not overlap, so he destroyed it directly.
But what he cared about most was practicing martial arts.
From the most basic "Wing Chun" , "Tai Chi", "Xing Yi", to the novels "Dugu Jiujian", "Nine Yang Manual", "Little Li Flying Dagger", etc., there are also various cultivation formulas that are said to be cultivated to the highest level, a complete manual of magic to manipulate natural elements, and the secrets of fighting spirit to train the body to the extreme, etc. He still has more than 200 million merits, which can be exchanged for countless cultivation methods, but Rong Yuan hesitated for a long time and still did not make a decision.
"Rongyuan, what are you worried about?" Wandou couldn't help but ask.
"It is easy to go from frugality to extravagance, but it is difficult to go from extravagance to frugality," said Rong Yuan.
"I do not understand."
Rong Yuan said: "I can't refuse a stronger power, Pea. I hope that one day, I won't need a space suit or a flying machine, and I can travel freely in the universe just by myself."
Wandou waved his hand and listed the densely packed redemptions on the page, saying, "These can all help you do it."
"I know." Rong Yuan still hesitated. He said, "This kind of power makes me yearn for it, but also makes me feel scared."
"What are you afraid of?" Pea asked cutely with question marks in his eyes.
Rong Yuan didn't look at it. He was silent for a long time, then said: "If one day... I have to cancel the contract... what should I do?"
The pea was stunned. "Canceling the contract" meant the end of their relationship. After a long while, it asked dryly, "Why... do you want to cancel the contract? Does the Merit Book disgust you... do you hate me?"
"That's not the case." Rong Yuan sighed, held it in his palm and said, "It's just that sometimes, life may force you to give up something important. I can't help but consider all possibilities."
"No!" Pea's little hand tightly grasped the tip of its thumb. For the first time, it expressed its feelings so strongly. It said anxiously, "I don't want to leave. I don't want to lose my memory of you! Don't cancel the contract!"
"But what if one day, the Book of Merits leaves me?"
Pea opened his little mouth and stammered, "But...but the Book of Merits won't..."
"Do you know everything about it? Do you know how it came into being? Do you know why it landed on this planet, and how many contractors it has had?" Rong Yuan asked one after another. His questions made Wandou's face paler and paler. His little hands gradually lost strength and fell down. He tilted his head slightly and looked dazed, looking very pitiful.
Rong Yuan continued, "If there comes a day, all of this will disappear. And I know that the stronger the power I once had, the more severe the pain will be once I lose it. That kind of gap may be unbearable for me." His eyes slid across the mall page and he said softly, "So I can't decide whether I should learn the things on it."
——Perhaps one day, he will be able to obtain the method of cultivation from an alien planet. In that case, the Book of Merit will not be able to take away his power.
Looking at Pea, who was still depressed and even anxious, he reached out and rubbed its little head, then said in a lighter tone, "I'm just talking. There may not be such a day in the future. If possible, I naturally hope that you and the Book of Merits will always be by my side."
"I will." Pea grabbed his fingertips and whispered, "I will."
"Yeah, I know." Rong Yuan's eyes were very soft.
Wandou thought for a moment and said, "Actually, if you want to practice, you don't have to exchange those skills . You can exchange them for something else in the mall, but the process is much more difficult, and I don't know if there will be any results in the end."
"What is it?" Rong Yuan asked, and suddenly heard an unusual sound coming from the window in the living room. He turned around and saw that the pea had turned into a watch in his palm.
Rong Yuan walked into the living room and saw through the open window that a person seemed to stretch out a leg from the air, followed by an arm, a head, and then another arm and leg. He grabbed the window and jumped in from the air, making no sound when he landed.
