Federation Military District
Inside the hotel room, Wang Yue, disguised as a female mage, was sitting in front of Lister.
Women from the Arcane Civilization were generally considered more attractive in Lister's aesthetic judgment.
Her facial features are much more refined, and the proportions of her face and features are very harmonious, making her pleasing to the eye at first glance.
As for those elven-like pointed ears, they were exotic to him, but others might not find them acceptable.
But now is not the time to concern ourselves with the physical appearance of women in the Arcane Civilization.
"I'll go and extend the room rate for another week. We'll talk later."
After saying this, Lister was about to get up. The two had been in the Arcane Civilization for more than a week.
The room fee was two days overdue, but fortunately the deposit period was long enough, so the fat monk didn't come to urge them.
"No need to go, I've already renewed it."
Upon hearing this, Lister sat down again.
He had originally planned to talk to the other party about the future, and it just so happened that Wang Yue approached him today.
"How many days was it extended?"
"If you have any good items, don't exchange them at that fat monk downstairs. There's a 'Tower of Universal Magic Residence' about five kilometers to the west; the prices there are relatively fair."
It can only be described as relatively fair, which is one of the gains he has made over the past few days.
It's unclear how many valuable items Wang Yue possesses, but it's speculated that the most valuable items are likely from his time at the alchemy ruins.
In the end, the two men completely divided the spoils in Hoffman's warehouse.
Of course, he still got the lion's share, leaving only a small portion for Wang Yue. He then reminded her of this matter.
"It was extended for another month."
"So long?"
"Did you change all your clothes?"
Lister's expression was inscrutable upon hearing this.
Despite its seemingly abandoned appearance, the fat mage had converted all the spaces inside the tower into living quarters.
However, the actual cost of staying there is not low; a standard room in a Class C room costs 70 credits per day.
Paying for a month's rent and two rooms in one go, that cost 4000 credits.
His spending was a bit too extravagant, exceeding his assessment of Wang Yue's wealth.
Hearing his question, Wang Yue looked at him with a puzzled expression.
"It's just credits, right? You're really that short?"
Under Lister's puzzled gaze, a system notification sounded.
You have received a transfer of 30,000 credits from your friend Wang Yue.
"Can you tell me where you got your credits?"
He only managed to steal 13,000 credits during that robbery, while Wang Yue was throwing away 30,000.
It's enough to cover a year's stay at this inn; it shouldn't be just the meager reserves from the Alchemy Ruined City.
It looks like she's done much better than me this week!
"At coordinates XX on the southwest side, there is a special credit storage point."
"No personal information is required; access is based solely on biometric data."
"I withdrew 80,000 points from the deposits of seven unregistered individuals."
Unregistered residents are the group with the lowest social status in the federal government, and also the largest group.
Although Level 1 and 2 civilizations may seem to be at the bottom of the Federation, the Galactic Federation actually contains far more unregistered civilizations.
There are no S-class advanced life forms within the civilization, and all citizens of the civilization are in a state of exploitation.
Without a formal civilized identity, all consumption is restricted, and even finding a hotel room is impossible.
All civilized planets both restrict and actively recruit these people, as they are the cheapest and most useful labor force in their planetary construction.
Those with low individual strength will be assigned to mining and collecting resources on various resource stars.
Those with greater strength can engage in illicit activities on advanced civilization planets or trade people on their own primitive planets.
Because they are unregistered individuals, they cannot deposit federal credit points normally and will be subject to special credit deposit and retrieval points.
No information is required; the system uses the user's own biometric information as a reference standard and can be stored and exchanged for currencies from various civilizations.
After spending the last few days there, Lister had already realized that this special credit deposit point was actually a force supported by the Galactic Federation behind the scenes.
It's just further exploitation of unregistered individuals. Although all the work income is settled in credits, unregistered individuals can't actually store any credits on them.
It can only be stored at this special storage point using biological information, and can be used after exchanging it for the currency of the civilization in which it is located.
The ratio is obviously outrageous; ultimately, it's a form of unified exploitation by all registered federal civilizations against unregisterable civilizations.
"These seven people are the ones I've been monitoring recently. They're all dead, so there's absolutely no problem."
"If it's still insufficient, this storage point is a bit dangerous. I should be able to retrieve it from another location."
Lister gazed quietly at Wang Yue before him, a sense of awe washing over him.
As expected of Devious Theft, this Faceless Devious Theft's skills are not very offensive, but their utility is truly outstanding.
It's a pity that this skill can't replace the civilization information registered by a life form for the time being, otherwise Wang Yue impersonating Hoffman would be able to roam freely throughout the entire galaxy.
"It's not needed for now. If you still want to withdraw it, be careful."
Although it sounds like it allows unlimited access to money from unregistered individuals, in reality, this special credit deposit point is backed by all the civilizations and forces of the Galactic Federation.
The money from unregistered dead was originally a benefit for all civilizations in the Federation.
If she were to take too much and it were discovered, Wang Yue would definitely be investigated.
"There's something I need to tell you."
I intend to join the military.
Without further discussion of credits, Lister immediately got down to business.
Spending these past few days in the Arcane Civilization has finally yielded some results.
While we can't say we fully understand the overall environment of the Galactic Federation, we have roughly identified several key routes.
All life forms under the rule of the Galactic Federation have, on the surface, many paths to development.
Federal corporations, entertainment stars, associations, businessmen, and so on—each path has its own limitations.
If the civilization itself is at level three or above, that's fine. But if they are citizens of a low-level civilization, they won't go far on these paths.
More importantly, none of these paths can break down the barriers of their own civilization and class.
In reality, there are only two paths: government and military.
The government is a private domain reserved for the Galactic Nobles, and citizens of Level 4 civilizations generally choose to pursue a political career.
Working for the Federation Government and governments of civilizations at level three or higher, those with the ability will eventually become federal legislators.
They will gain control of the government, and all of the federal government's core resources will be open to them.
As for all other life forms, the only way to change their fate is through the military.
This truly exemplifies the saying: those with connections play politics, while those without have to fight tooth and nail.
The Federation Military District welcomes all galactic life forms, even those who are undocumented!
I wouldn't say the development process is perfectly fair, but as long as you have military merits, you can exchange them for all the core resources of the Galactic Federation.
The federal military possesses all the resources owned by the Federation Government, and there is no limit to the number of times rare resources can be exchanged.
Most of the self-important undocumented immigrants and lower-class citizens will choose to join the Federation Military District.
You either die on a mission, or you eventually rise to the top and become a general.
According to statistics, one of the current seven federal generals is Boren Boron Leviathan.
He initially joined the Federation Military District as an undocumented immigrant, but through continuous hard work, he eventually rose to the rank of general.
At the same time, they upgraded their own civilization, the Leviathan Civilization, to a level four civilization.
Seven thousand years ago, it rewrote the history of the Galactic Federation and laid the foundation for the current pattern of three major Level 4 civilizations.
It was only after learning these things that Lister began to understand why the Leviathan Civilization had recruited Hoffman.
The Leviathan Civilization, which has just become a level four civilization, is far too weak in its foundation.
The recruitment and training of promising talents within the galaxy continued for thousands of years, only gradually subsiding in the last millennium.
His reason for joining the military was simple: the military involves combat and offers better access to resources.
In this period when he still needs to transition, the Federal military, which has no internal barriers of civilization, is arguably the best place for him.
Wang Yue nodded, looking like she agreed.
"I'm also planning to join the military."
Are you sure?
As if sensing Lister's thoughts, Wang Yue immediately explained.
"I can't change my civilization level for now, and even with credits I can't buy anything good, so I can only go to the military."