"Just kidding, just kidding!"
In a shelter in North Star, a young man woke up in the morning, ate his rationed meal, and sat down in front of his computer.
Picking up his controller, he was ready for another fierce battle today.
He was delighted after the latest rules were announced.
He liked Survival Rules with relatively low danger levels. As long as he stayed inside the shelter and did not go out, he did not have to worry about getting hurt.
A month-long Rule Period spent gaming in the shelter every day sounded quite pleasant.
Especially since a new game was being released today. It was well worth looking forward to.
Ever since the Apocalypse Rules Era began, the entertainment industry had been in a miserable state. No one produced new content anymore, and people could only consume old content from before. Even the most classic old games and films became tiresome after being played or watched too many times.
But after the authorities proposed developing the entertainment industry some time ago, they not only personally created variety shows led by Decisive Battle Ascendants, but also specially approved Ascension Coin salaries for creators. As a result, some Ascendants gradually began taking part in producing new content.
As for ordinary people, who made up over 80 percent of the population, they had no need for Ascension Coins. The only way to incentivize them was with gold.
Most countries in the world now essentially operated with these two currency systems: Ascendants traded with Ascension Coins, while ordinary people traded with gold.
Ascendants had once been willing to accept gold as well, but now they basically refused it and only wanted Ascension Coins.
As time passed, they increasingly understood that Mind Power was always the most important thing to an Ascendant, followed