Following the Black-Haired Ape, Feng Qi met a new buyer.
The buyer was a floating black orb lifeform, black all over.
This time, there were no mishaps. After inspecting the soul pearl Feng Qi handed over and confirming its value, the Black Orb Lifeform readily flicked out a Bloodstone Card.
Feng Qi took the Bloodstone Card and lowered his head to examine it.
It was a semi-transparent, blood-colored crystal card. An energy crystal was embedded in its center, while spreading blood-red lines formed a string of symbols across the upper half.
Seeming to notice Feng Qi's confusion, the Black-Haired Ape immediately explained the function of the Bloodstone Card.
This card was called a Wealth Card in Fate City. It was mainly used to record wealth and had little intrinsic value. Nor was it a Space Item capable of storing resources obtained through transactions.
The special symbols on the upper half of the card were proof of the Wealth Card's value.
All games in Fate City used Bloodstone Cards to pay fees or collect rewards.
After all, games involving tens of millions or even hundreds of millions of bloodstones were extremely common in Fate City. It was impossible to use physical chips for every game. A large-scale wager would require mountains of resources, which was terribly inefficient and time-consuming.
The Fate City Lord had recognized this issue long ago, so he established a special institution in Fate City called the "Wealth Center," similar to a bank in the human world.
This institution did not store physical resources other than universal chips. Any visitor could spend one thousand bloodstones to create an anonymous Wealth Card, and any universal chips could be deposited into it.
When visitors wanted to withdraw their stored wealth, they could present their Bloodstone Card to the Wealth Center,