With a thought from Zhang Yang, Quark received his summons and immediately appeared in the Thirty-Sixth Heaven.
The moment Quark saw Zhang Yang, he said, "Greetings, Supreme God."
"Oh, knock it off," Zhang Yang said in exasperation. "I called you here because I have something important to discuss, Brother Qua. Come, sit down and talk."
Quark made himself comfortable. Knowing this concerned the new territory, he sat down beside him.
Zhang Yang laid out the management system for planets that had already developed civilizations, leaving Quark listening with his mouth hanging open.
A little while passed.
Quark muttered, "Ruthless... absolutely ruthless... You evil capitalist! Doesn't your conscience hurt?!"
Zhang Yang chuckled. "If anyone's going to be the capitalist, it's you!"
"What do you mean?"
Zhang Yang looked at Quark. "Because you'll be in overall charge, responsible for managing these planets that have already developed civilizations."
"How you intervene in the development of lower-level civilizations, which Third-Level Star Lord you assign them to-I won't concern myself with any of that. I'll only look at the results: how many Third-Level Star Lords and Fourth-Level Star Lords emerge."
"For now, these first-level civilizations and second-level civilizations will still follow the standards enforced by the Cosmic Elders Council. They'll still need to compete against one another to advance to second-level civilizations. After that, they'll still use the Star Ring promotion and ascension system."
"If you want to distribute those 900,000 lower-level civilization planets among the Third-Level Star Lords under us, you'll need detailed rules. You can't just give them to anyone who asks. There must be a system governing how many each receives, too. The promotion and destruction rates of the planets you distribute must be recorded and presented to me every thousand years."
Quark froze. The work would be tedious, but the authority