"Name."
Inside the police station, an officer looked at the young man and asked.
"Su Wen."
"Sex."
"..."
Su Wen's breath caught, and he said softly, "Male."
"Occupation."
"God of Wealth."
The officer lowered his head at the answer, his eyelid twitching as he recorded the information.
Then he took a deep breath and continued, "Have you recently experienced any physical discomfort or migraines?"
"No."
Su Wen shook his head slightly as he answered.
The next moment, a blue virtual screen appeared in front of Su Wen.
Name: Su Wen. Rank: zero. Occupation: God of Wealth. Cultivation method: none. Skills: none. Divine abilities: none. Talent: Wealth Flows In. [Absorb the power of wealth and gather it into yourself. Money Breaks Yin and Yang, Wealth Disrupts Space-Time.]
The status panel had suddenly appeared after he woke from his afternoon nap. At first, he had thought his luck had exploded and he had obtained a cheat.
Especially after seeing his rank, he had even wondered how to rank up and grow stronger.
But to his surprise, less than half an hour later, a police officer had knocked on his door.
After that, he had been brought to the police station.
The practiced way the officer in front of him asked his questions also made it clear to him that many people had probably already received status panels.
The government might even already have a complete training system in place. Since he was here anyway, joining the government and becoming a public employee didn't seem so bad.
Getting a government post without taking an exam was pretty good.
"Would you consider joining a government agency?"
"Would I get an established post?"
"..."
The officer was taken aback, then chuckled softly. "Yes. All new members receive the benefits of a deputy section chief."
"After joining, you'll undergo a national-level potential assessment within a certain period. Those with higher potential will receive better benefits."
"Don't worry, you'll receive at least deputy-section-chief benefits, and the government will allocate you housing and a car based on your future contributions. You won't have to worry about basic living expenses or support for your family."
Su Wen said, "All right, I'll join!"
At this stage, the government's power was probably the strongest.
He had only just received a status panel, and the police had already come knocking. What did that tell him?
The government definitely had the power to keep the whole situation under control!
Besides, judging by the officer across from him, the God of Wealth occupation probably wasn't anything special.
If he could join a government organization, why should he fight alone?
Ultimately, he still didn't understand the current situation, and as the official organization, the government surely knew a great deal.
So no matter how he looked at it, grabbing onto the government's thigh as quickly as possible was the right choice.
His first priority was to find out the truth, then see whether he would face any danger after receiving the status panel.
Most importantly, he would enter at least at the deputy-section-chief level, and might even become a full section chief. How much face would that give him when he told people?
The officer glanced at the camera, then said, "All right, I'll submit the form for you. We might even be colleagues someday."
The officer paused, then added, "Since your occupation is God of Wealth and you've chosen to join the organization, we'll conduct a simple test of your abilities. Don't be nervous."
Meanwhile, in the monitoring room.
"God of Wealth?"
A middle-aged man in a white police uniform looked at the surveillance feed and grinned. "A Heavenly Mandate Bearer with 'God' in his title voluntarily joined the government. Good! This is definitely a good thing!"
"Our police system doesn't currently have a God-Prefixed Heavenly Mandate Bearer. Su Wen is just what we need."
"By the way, Xiao Liu, don't share Su Wen's information with the military or the Ministry of Education yet."
"Hmm... to test his ability, take a million from the station's funds and see what he can do."
Soon, a million in cash was prepared and brought before Su Wen.
Su Wen glanced at the officer across from him, then at the million in cash in front of him.
He sensed the power contained in the million and understood what the officer meant.
The million in cash was for him to experiment with.
Sure enough, he had made the right choice. Otherwise, he had no way of producing a million on the spot.
So... did this count as getting a million for free?
"Hum!"
With a thought from Su Wen, the million in front of him began to turn illusory.
The next moment, the million in cash vanished without a trace like a burst bubble.
Wealth Source Points: 0.1. [Wealth Disrupts Space-Time (activated)] [Money Breaks Yin and Yang (not activated)]
Su Wen: "..."
Although he still didn't know exactly what wealth was for, wasn't 0.1 far too little?
At that rate, did it take ten million to get one wealth value?
Wasn't that outrageous?
But what did Wealth Disrupts Space-Time mean?
With another thought from Su Wen, his Wealth Source Points dropped straight to zero, and the Wealth Disrupts Space-Time entry slowly began to expand, transforming into another form.
Across from him, the officer sat watching Su Wen.
In the monitoring room, everyone was also waiting to see what Su Wen would do next.
They all wanted to witness the God of Wealth's shining moment.
[As a zero-rank God of Wealth who has yet to enter the path, you exhausted all your Wealth Source Points to disrupt space-time with wealth.] [The powerful force of wealth shook space-time, dislodging an exceedingly faint and fragmented force of space-time that carried you ten years into the future.] [You walked through the mortal world ten years from now. Everywhere you looked, the sights were harrowing.] [Unlike the land of Huaxia you knew, which was still at peace, Huaxia ten years later was consumed by the flames of war, and human lives were as worthless as grass.] [The Jiang City area where you found yourself had also become a ruined battlefield steeped in the stench of death.] [Not far away, you saw a corpse clad in battered armor. You now have the following choices.] [One: Pretend you didn't see it and leave directly.] [Two: Investigate the area around your compatriot.] [Three: Turn around and head in the opposite direction to explore more of the unknown.]
Su Wen looked at the text flashing before him, took a deep breath, and made his choice.
[You walked toward your dead compatriot. Looking at your compatriot who had died so tragically, you felt a jumble of emotions.] [But as a God of Wealth who had yet to enter the path, you knew your current strength, and you knew the purpose of your disruption of space-time to come to the future even better.] [So you began searching your dead compatriot for any remaining items. In a pocket of his inner armor, you found a jade slip soaked in foul blood.] [As you picked up the jade slip and examined it, you were unaware that your unfamiliar scent had aroused the hostility of a nearby vicious beast.] [A black shadow flashed behind you, and at the same time, you smelled a foul stench that made you want to vomit.] [You died.] [The faint force of space-time attached to your body began to tremble. The river of space-time in this world keenly sensed that your soul did not belong to the current point in time. Unwilling to accept your true spirit, it chose to expel you.] [Protected by the power of wealth, your soul and true spirit began returning to the current point in time.]