A Rough Overview of the Economic System

Within the Flame Barrier, a deathly silence reigned; the chill emanating from this deduction was enough to freeze one's blood.

It's a very simple logic.

It is rare to see Giant patiently converse with an ant.

Those Forbidden Existence have survived for who knows how long and are full of cunning are unlikely to waste their energy on a mere ant.

Direct control, to replace it.

Was the Forbidden Class user you encountered actually him, or one of those old geezers lurking in the Dungeon?

If that's the case, then it's better to just massacre the entire area.

"We should have killed Wang Hongwei directly just now. That Forbidden Existence in his area could very well use him as a medium and springboard to Spread to other areas in the next District War..." Xi Ji suddenly said.

There's an even more fundamental question.

Su Luo suddenly changed her perspective and asked again, "Where did the occupational classification system come from?"

"The system... the Survival System has never given any official, clear explanation of this. It only gives Dungeon ratings, such as normal, good, excellent, and Supreme, but has never directly defined 'normal profession,' 'advanced profession,' or 'Forbidden Class,'" Layton recalled.

"It's a convention that professionals have reached among themselves," Binluk confirmed.

"So, who was the first to develop and promote this system?" Su Luo's gaze swept across the entire room.

Xi Ji: "Ye Zizhen was the first to release relatively complete information on the classification of professional qualities on the World Channel, including the approximate Attribute Growth range and strength description of each quality."

Su Luo: "Ordinary rating corresponds to ordinary quality, good rating corresponds to advanced quality, excellent rating corresponds to Forbidden Class... No matter which mainstream language context you use to understand it, 'ordinary' and 'advanced' are consistent with the conventional description of increasing strength. But don't you guys think that the word 'forbidden' that follows seems a bit abrupt?"

"What is he implying?" Layton realized.

Su Luo nodded slowly.

After asking so many questions, Su Luo felt like she had become Dora.

"Power comes with risk," Xi Ji concluded.

Outside the Flame Barrier, the atmosphere was much more relaxed.

Apart from the area where half of the four people were dead, professionals from different areas gathered in twos and threes, exchanging information or simply chatting.

"Speaking of which, how exactly did that guy in your district who's always sleeping become a high-level professional?"

A burly man with dark skin from another region stared at the stone house in the distance, its door collapsed and faint snoring sounds emanating from it.

Pointing with his chin at Gao Fu, who was sleeping like a dead dog, he asked Guizishi, who was standing to the side, with curiosity.

"It seems like my Talent is just sleeping," Guizishi said, seemingly unconcerned.

"Young man, you're quite Talent. You almost forced me into the second phase. Your Automatic Combat Talent will definitely be dominant throughout."

Another bearded man, who had just sparred with Guizishi, walked over laughing and put his arm around Gui Zishi's shoulder.

"Little brat, I'm over forty! I just became a professional and don't have Attribute Skill Books yet. Once my stats improve, I'll be able to easily beat you bunch of youngsters." Guizishi moved his shoulder away.

"Haha, you're confident. By the way, how come there are so many professionals in your area?"

"Mainly, there wasn't much internal strife that drained resources... and there's a lot of valuable stuff on the forum." Guizishi thought for a moment and gave a fairly general reason.

The two started chatting.

"What? How many of you are there?" A blonde woman who had been eavesdropping couldn't help but interject.

"Twelve thousand? What's wrong?"

"Twelve thousand?! That's double the amount in our district! We only have six thousand people, so this is considered high."

"How could he die so quickly?" Guizishi wondered.

"The question should be reversed: why are the people in your area dying so slowly!" A black guy in a mage's robe couldn't help but complain.

"Perhaps it's because there wasn't any large-scale internal strife..."

"Without large-scale internal strife, so many people wouldn't have survived. Your district's base population is one or two times higher than ours, definitely among the highest survival rate. There must be other reasons... Your district has a very strong resource-based Talent?"

"Yes, it exists, but it's a huge scam. It's screwed over so many people; it only harms others and has no positive effects," Shi Yong said.

"Didn't they throw out hundreds of Skill Books? Although they were sold at high prices, they were somewhat useful... Of course, after that, he became a complete beast, far more harmful than beneficial. By the way, when are the guild leader and the others planning to deal with him?" Jun Lebao and Shi Yong sat together.

"It seems the big boss said to keep it for now, saying... it might be useful later, and we need to study it. Anyway, that guy has completely fallen silent lately; he's probably either chickened out or gone mad."

After exchanging information, a professional from another region, with a complex expression, shared his conclusion. "I think... the root cause might lie in 'reasonable and stable prices'."

"Can prices significantly affect survival rates?" Jun Lebao asked.

It's much bigger than you think.

The professional's tone was certain:

"Guess why, in the fields of economic history and sociology, the stable operation of the economy and markets is considered one of the fundamental logics for the survival and progress of civilization?"

"I don't understand." Jun Lebao honestly shook his head; he knew nothing about this.

"Let me give a brief introduction, though this is just a rough observation."

The professional seemed to be quite knowledgeable in this area and began to explain:

"The economic system of the Survival System is quite simple: 'survival resources' are the basic unit, and 'Survival Coin SC' is the medium of exchange. This is quite different from the fiat currency system in our real world, which is later built on a credit system..."

No? Opens instantly?

Jun Lebao was still a little confused when someone next to him chimed in.

"More accurately, it's similar to a resource-based system. You can refer to certain wartime mixed economic models in real history... Currency issuance is mainly through monster corpses and rare item recycling, daily ranking settlements, etc... Currency recycling is driven by two factors: first, the system-mandated transaction fees, and second, the system-functional items in the shop..."

"Don't forget that there's also a lottery for recycling. It's a high-risk investment for Survivors right now, but as more and stronger professionals become, it might become a pillar of the system's recycling currency... Even the special buildings in the Sanctuary might consume Survival Coins..." Shi Yong continued.

Jun Lebao looked at his mischievous friend in surprise.

Seriously, man, you're really good at this?

"That's right. Although the system was updated after the 7-day newbie period, and currency was officially issued, ending the chaotic barter market and establishing a new economic system, history has proven countless times that a completely unregulated free market often ends up in chaos..." one person continued.

"This! I know! You evil Capitalists!" Jun Lebao finally heard himself say something he knew.