After the Third City announced its policy, the Fourth City and First City also issued their own response notices in succession.
The Fourth City fully encouraged players to head to the Abyss Battlefield. It also established a Rebirth Restoration Center and spent a fortune buying clone equipment from the lord.
Players heading to the battlefield could choose to purchase insurance from the Fourth City. The coverage varied in scope but was comprehensive, with the city offering the most detailed insurance plans among the several cities.
According to the legislation, insurance was divided into three major categories: Life and Property Insurance, Life Replication Insurance, and Rebirth Activation Insurance. Each category was further divided into many subcategories.
The sheer variety was dazzling. Life and Property Insurance covered all the property on your person, including maintenance and compensation for advanced equipment, the storage and upkeep of valuable items, and insurance against damage to purchased equipment. The more valuable your equipment, the higher the insurance premiums.
Life Replication Insurance naturally referred to Rebirth Insurance. When you fell in battle outside the city, your rebirth required certain conditions. The cheapest level reset everything to zero, turning you back into a human before allowing you to choose your former first-level genes and start over from scratch.
This type of insurance was the cheapest, but its coverage was also the lowest. Once you died, it was practically the same as starting over. The more advanced option was to replicate your existing advanced Gene Body. The insurance fee depended on your life level and the difficulty of replicating your lifeform. As long as you could afford it, you could even be reborn in perfect condition!
The cost, however, was extremely high. And to maintain that expensive Gene Body, you had to pay hefty maintenance fees every month!
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