Zhang Ping did not object to Chen Weihua's approach.
Although he could easily take abilities from Mutated Beasts, most people truly had only one ability for their entire lives. The Ability Gems he provided would be treasures among treasures in any circle of Awakened.
If they were released in Mingzhu City, they would certainly unleash a storm of blood and violence.
"It would be best to rank the abilities, too. Abilities of different ranks should cost different amounts of Merit Points," Liu Sishan suggested after Zhang Ping agreed.
Chen Weihua nodded. "Don't worry. Once I've drawn up the Game Rules, I'll let everyone look them over. We'll only put them into effect after everyone agrees."
After lunch, everyone had their own work to attend to, so they parted ways outside the cafeteria.
Liu Sishan took one of the three Ghost Foxes as the prize for first place in the New Training Group. The Logistics Group would care for the other two for now. Once the Merit System was announced, anyone with enough Merit Points could exchange them for a Ghost Fox.
Over the next month, Zhang Ping trained his abilities in the wild while capturing Mutated Beasts as battle pets and extracting their abilities to build up the Rescue Team's reserves.
Before he knew it, he had over a hundred Ability Gems and more than thirty battle pets.
Chen Weihua also finished drafting the Merit System. It went into effect after Zhang Ping and the others approved it, but earning Merit Points was no simple matter.
A routine assignment earned only one Merit Point. Taking part in a fight without killing an enemy earned two. Killing an enemy earned Merit Points based on the enemy's strength. There was a whole jumble of other rules for calculating Merit Points, but none