Wenren Sheng naturally knew that a few empty words, no matter how powerful the Great Teaching Skill was, could not make those four losers genuinely devote themselves to research.
Power could maintain order, but only money could motivate people.
Those four losers, of course, did not care about money.
After thinking it over, Wenren Sheng asked curiously, "What do you use for trade in your world?"
The Silver Marble trembled slightly, then said, "If the principal takes a liking to something a teacher has, the teacher must offer it up immediately. If a teacher takes a liking to something a student has, the student must offer it up immediately. As for trade, it only happens among those of the same rank. We use something called Source Crystal for transactions."
"Source Crystal? Where does it come from?" Wenren Sheng became even more curious.
It sounded much like spirit stones from cultivation stories.
"It is extracted from the Origin Realm by students like us, using emotional fluctuations as a catalyst. You could call it a battery for power."
It really was exactly the same.
Anything with practical value could serve as a general equivalent. Food and cloth had both served that purpose before.
Later paper currency also had to be pegged to something valuable, maintaining its value and credit so that it could buy things. Otherwise, it was just a worthless scrap of paper.
"So your greatest economic gain from occupying land on Earth and enslaving civilians is this stuff?" Wenren Sheng said in realization.
All social activity rested upon economic activity.
It seemed that these thinking Anomalies were no different.
"Mhm." The Silver Marble had no choice but to admit it, though it very much did not want to.
After all, admitting it meant that despite seeming lofty and able to