"More than eighty years left..."
Walking out of Life Bank, Chloe looked at Aaron as though she were staring at a gold mine, her voice carrying an indescribable envy. "So that means you can live to at least a hundred. What a long life..."
"Are there no long-lived people around you?"
Aaron asked casually.
Chloe's expression instantly darkened. "No... After losing their jobs, many people soon die when their accounts run out of time... My parents, they... they chose to transfer all the remaining balance in their accounts to me after they were fired too..."
"Sorry..."
Aaron sighed, then shifted to another question. "Can you access the metaverse from anywhere in the world?"
"Of course!"
Jason answered as if it were as natural as eating and drinking.
"So... apart from a handful of natural-born people, nearly all humanity has an account with Life Bank. And since time can be traded... wouldn't those bank executives and directors be able to live for a very long time?"
A thought suddenly occurred to Aaron.
It seemed this world's limits on lifespan had been bypassed!
"Mhm, mhm! Those noble lords in the Upper City can generally live for centuries..." Wilson nodded vigorously, his face full of indescribable envy. "And Life Bank, as one of the Leviathan giants—supposedly, none of its directors have ever died of old age. They've lived from the bank's founding right up until now. They call themselves 'Longevity Ones'! But we prefer to call them vampires!"
"Very fitting!"
Aaron nodded and went to browse Cyber Group's virtual storefront in the metaverse.
All kinds of mechanical prosthetics were sold here, including the highly popular mechanical arm—the Laborer Type III!
Without it, you wouldn't even qualify to haul bricks at a construction site!
"If I wanted to buy this, how would the transaction