The Insurance Business

"What the hell?" Qiao Jie thought for a moment that he'd misheard, or that leaving Infinite City had caused a language barrier.

As a former newbie who had once asked the same question, He Yu wasn't surprised. She calmly explained:

"You heard right, and it's not a language issue. In a sense, the questionnaire you filled out earlier was meant to assess your language system and cultural habits. That helps reduce the cost of training newcomers. Otherwise, if new hires had to spend months or even years learning a language first, the whole process would take far too long."

"So when you say 'die,' you mean actually die?" Qiao Jie still wasn't quite sure. He Yu didn't seem bothered by the subject and nodded.

"Newcomer Quests are basically all like this. Newcomers who've just formed Supernatural Tale Entries buy resurrection insurance from Infinite City to guard against accidents. You got assigned a mission set in a modern world, so you should know what insurance is, right?"

"I do, but this resurrection insurance is a bit..." Qiao Jie felt he still hadn't adjusted to going from human to nothingness. Though, to be precise, he'd only been changed for two days. How could he possibly be used to it?

"What's strange about it? Ordinary people buy life insurance and accident insurance, after all. Weird Tales have strong vitality and can come back from legends, so it makes sense to buy resurrection insurance, doesn't it?

"Ultimately, resurrection itself carries risks. A Weird Tale might fall out of fashion before it can come back, for example. That's why Infinite City offers resurrection insurance. If a Weird Tale meets with an accident, we enter the world where it's registered and maintain it until it comes back to life."

"But how long does that maintenance take?