The Bus
The Laboratory would need more than a month just to get to a nearby star system, but in this era, it would take no more than ten days by convention.
In other words, Su Luo and her team could at most Elbow Strike Survivor from their own galaxy, but it would be a bit difficult for Survivors from other galaxies.
"There is no information about space technology on the public internet, just like military and scientific research information. The civilization of this era is being nurtured by [the Mother Goddess]."
Su Luo said.
People don't cover up things that don't exist. Su Luo didn't know what had happened to this civilization or the origin of the [Mother Goddess].
But she controls the world.
She treated all citizens as her own children, and erased all the military, scientific research, and developmental drive that normal civilization possesses, even the citizens' violent tendencies themselves, to create a utopian fantasy.
"The fact that space technology, and even related concepts, are hidden means that space technology, or even finished products, are in the hands of [the Mother Goddess]."
"After all, in a utopian society with abundant productivity, the weapon significance and risk of runaway from space technology will increase significantly."
"Therefore, we must return to [the Mother Goddess] herself."
Su Luo disliked this situation where a single powerful individual completely controlled the world, as it was an extremely bad sign for outsiders.
After all, they are outsiders, destined to be parasites, just like immigrants from their hometown.
A truly unified and cohesive power will not allow immigration; it will only accept those who submit.
"Tell me in detail about [the Mother Goddess]."
Fu Li had remained silent since the beginning of this era, only speaking after hearing the message from the [Mother Goddess].
"The data is on the Laboratory's network; you can receive it yourself." Su Luo glanced at Fu Li.
The network of Divine Power and electromagnetic forces allowed everyone present to access the information, including that idiot [Food].
A strong person is destined to be well-rounded, because someone who is not well-rounded is not a strong person, but a custom-made cup.
The improvement of Attributes also inevitably leads to the manifestation of some abilities that seem impressive to ordinary people.
For example, it's as simple for any Survivor to read the thoughts of an ordinary person from their hometown as eating or drinking, since it's just some electromagnetic waves without any encryption.
Fu Li troubled, looked down at his phone, and swiped his finger across the screen:
"I'm having trouble getting into it. I haven't read a proper book in years. Your materials are too complicated... Is this it?"
A status bar popped up on Fu Li's phone:
[Mother Goddess (Aelens-Nova)]
[Identity: Creator of [Eternal Paradise], survivor of Previous Civilization, the world's greatest artificial intelligence, Miracle beyond reason, a rose in the ruins, the most powerful firearm in history...]
[Favorability: 0/200]
[Libido value: 0/100]
[Tendency: To love all citizens unconditionally]
[Strategy Tip: Pretend to be a citizen of [Eternal Paradise], and you'll gain your mother's love...]
[Basic Traits: Gentleness, Sexuality, Timidity, Power, Divinity...]
[...]
"Here, this is the first person I've identified as a potential romance target in this era. And her affection level is different from the previous ones; they were all around 100, but hers is capped at 200."
"Send gifts to increase favorability," Song Shige said.
He and Fu Li lived through two eras, so he had a fairly good understanding of Fu Li's abilities.
No matter how much you give, the favorability rating won't change at all.
Fu Li shrugged, indicating that there was nothing he could do.
"We didn't send enough before, send a little more." Su Luo looked at it carefully.
"Forget it, even if it increases favorability, it's all incremental, and I couldn't collect enough gifts even if I went out and sold them for ten thousand years."
Fu Li indicated his refusal and casually displayed another status bar.
[Scholar (Su Luo)]
[Identity: No. 9527 Survival World Zone 76, Top Player, Otherworldly Mage, Friend of Yuncang, Creator of the Tracing Light, Jinli Dao Lord, Extraterrestrial Evil God, Supreme Freedom of the Dao Burning, All Laws Return to Ashes, Primordial Saint Black Emperor, Citizen of Eternal Paradise...]
[Favorability:30/100→0/100→60/100→-50/100→...]
[Tendency: Curious about what material this phone is made of...]
[Strategy suggestion: Just give gifts to build up affection directly, don't waste your efforts...]
[...]
"Damn it, I ordered the wrong thing... this one, this one."
Fu Li quickly retracted, then spent an item to expand a status bar again.
[Mother Goddess (Aelens-Nova)]
[Item used, [Affection Checker]]
[The Mother Goddess (Aelens-Nova) has a favorability rating of 200/200 towards the Scholar (Su Luo)]
"?!"
Before everyone could analyze the situation, Fu Li consumed another item.
[The Mother Goddess (Aelens-Nova) has a favorability rating of 200/200 towards the God of Magic (Kundina)]
"Then the answer is obvious."
"As long as you have official citizenship, your favorability will be maxed out at 200, and you'll receive unconditional pampering and favoritism."
"Someone like me, a low-end escort, gets zero positive feelings from me; I can't even be bothered to give them a second glance."
Fu Li shrugged, feeling a chill run down his spine.
He originally thought this era would be a great opportunity for him to make his mark.
It turns out that [the Mother Goddess] is a public bus.
She can do it with anyone.
He really didn't know what to say.
Su Luo remained silent for a long time, not even studying the knowledge she had compiled, and began searching for something in the network that Zuo Guxian had deciphered.
Kundina, Song Shige, and Su Luo's shared internet account was locked due to work reasons.
The job of Maintenance Worker is highly confidential due to the unpredictable nature of this society, and the internet is not available during work hours.
Zuo Guxian used Jerome's online account to crack the information, and his social status was not particularly high, so he could only find most of the publicly available information.
A few minutes later, Su Luo finally spoke:
"The citizens of this era are quite peculiar; the currency circulating among them is called [Mother Goddess Points], which has no binding value to productivity."
Song Shige looked up, puzzled.
"There's no anchoring to productivity, neither directly nor indirectly?"
"No," Su Luo replied.
Song Shige didn't understand.
Aren't you afraid they'll fly away like gold coins?
"In other words, this currency cannot buy any food or equipment, nor can it buy spaceship structures?"
Su Luo nodded.
For all registered citizens, food, supplies, housing, equipment, and all other basic necessities for survival and basic entertainment are provided free of charge in unlimited quantities and are never scarce.
It's normal to raise a bunch of useless people, but they don't care. The Fallen Empire is still going too far.
"What are the [Mother Goddess Points] used for?"
Fu Li then asked.
Kundina turned her head away, clearly not wanting to listen anymore.
She had a feeling that her next answer was going to be crazy.
Su Luo paused for a moment, then replied expressionlessly:
"Now you'll understand why showing off is illegal."
"By consuming enough [Mother Goddess Points], one can ravage [Mother Goddess]'s*."