"Bad news," Feng Ling said without hesitation.
Su Yuqing paused slightly. "...I thought, given your personality, you'd choose the good news first."
"Then tell me the good news first," Feng Ling said.
She did not care either way.
Su Yuqing looked somewhat helpless. "The good news is that they finished counting the Xenomorphs from last night. Excluding the Contaminant killed by the rocket, you killed a total of eleven Xenomorphs. While writing the report, I also applied for your bonus. It should arrive within the next couple of days."
The news made Feng Ling feel wonderful all over.
"What's the bad news, then?" she asked.
Su Yuqing smiled again. "The bad news is that the reward for killing Xenomorphs has been reduced to 800,000. It's no longer the one million it used to be."
"Why was it reduced?" Feng Ling was shocked. This was simply terrible news!
Su Yuqing explained, "In the past, Xenomorphs were difficult to kill, and humans capable of fighting them were extremely scarce, so the rewards were set relatively high. But as more and more people obtain Cards, killing Xenomorphs has become relatively easier, so the rewards have gradually decreased as well. You could understand it as... inflation, in a sense?"
Feng Ling was speechless. After a while, she said, "No wonder you wanted me to hear the good news first."
Su Yuqing merely smiled without saying anything.
"So by your reasoning, will the rewards keep getting lower in the future?" Feng Ling asked.
"They'll decrease, but they won't get too low. If it's a Xenomorph that poses a major threat to society, the reward can increase instead." Su Yuqing asked her with amusement, "Are you really that short on money? I remember you just collected a one-million reward. Have you already spent it all?"
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