The future’s number one?

Everyone was startled, but Annan didn’t continue. Instead, she turned around and introduced the Gospel.

“The ‘Gospel’ is the gift of the Omniscient Weaver and the foundation of the Gospel civilization. He, who is all-knowing, has not been stingy with his glory, allowing us to listen to the most authentic Gospel, confirm our talents, and find our own position.”

“The rankings are the Weaver’s way of urging and rewarding people.”

“According to statistics, there are currently a total of 3788 rankings, including overall rankings, regional rankings, individual rankings, and organization rankings. They not only cover all the factions of sorcery, but also various common professions and special achievements.” Annan said, “For example, the ‘Asura Mission Ranking’ is a ranking of the various agencies in the Asura region based on the number and quality of completed missions. My funeral agency is ranked 9th, which is considered a top-tier agency in Asura. For example, the ‘Righteousness Ranking,’ ‘Songstress Ranking,’ and ‘Rope Skipping Ranking’ can also include ordinary people who are not sorcerers.”

At this point, everyone couldn’t help but look at the only sorcerer in the room who was not on the rankings. The latter directly covered his face with the Gospel and fell into silence, regretting his impulsiveness.

Igura raised his hand and asked, “Are there rankings related to inventing new instruments, popularizing advanced tools, transforming cities, and improving citizens’ lives?”

“The ‘Vanguard Invention Ranking,’ ‘Enterprise Ranking,’ and ‘City Comprehensive Ranking.’” Annan glanced at the second-level city outside the floor-to-ceiling window. “I roughly understand what you want to ask, Pancake. Has Asura changed a lot in these decades?”

“Miss, sixty years ago, Asura still had dry toilets; thirty years ago, it was not even a second-level city.”

The young butler on the side sighed with an old-fashioned tone, “When I was young, I never thought I would see towering skyscrapers one day.”

“Because the competition for rankings is fierce, new inventions, tools, and designs are constantly emerging from all angles of the Gospel Kingdom every minute and every second, and then quickly enter the application level, becoming reality and transforming the world.”

It must be because of the institutional advantage…

Although the research institute system of the Blood Moon Kingdom is already quite good, with all the Longevity Breed focusing on research, it can not only ensure that the leading figures play a role for a long time, but also not be eager for quick success and instant benefits. They can concentrate on long-term basic research without immediate returns. In fact, the Blood Moon Kingdom is indeed a developed country with abundant resources. Otherwise, it would not be possible to have a social support system.

But compared to the Gospel Kingdom that advocates competition, that group of blood-sucking bats still seems too conservative. Perhaps a thousand years ago, the Blood Moon Kingdom was not much different from the Gospel Kingdom, but the former relied solely on the long-term cultivation of a few Longevity Breed, while the latter was a comprehensive competition at the social level. It is only natural that there is a huge gap after a thousand years.

Igura asked, “The rankings that both organizations and individuals value so much must have generous rewards, right?”

“Points.” Annan nodded. “Compared to gold and silver, points are the hard currency of the Gospel Kingdom. As long as you have enough points, you can get everything you want.”

“Everything?”

“Everything.” Annan reached out her hand, and in the next second, a bunch of fresh grapes appeared in her hand. She picked up a grape with her mouth and gently bit into the juice inside. “For example, you can spend points to get a bunch of fresh chilled grapes.”

“All physical objects, all sorcery spirits, all miracles, anything you can think of, as long as you spend enough points, you can get them. However, there are a few restrictions, such as not being able to harm others or engage in illegal activities.”

“But things like extending lifespan, treating life-threatening injuries, instantly teleporting to a target location, or obtaining a rare four-winged sorcery spirit, the ‘Gospel’ can still do it.”

“Is it very expensive?”

“Expensive to an outrageous extent.” Annan smiled. “The true purchasing power of the points consumed by this bunch of grapes is enough for me to buy a grape farm. Shenying, come and eat grapes.”

Asho and the others wondered who she was calling, and suddenly a milky yellow lizard emerged from her shoulder. Its pair of agile vertical pupils turned and looked very cute. Its mouth smashed a few times, and the bunch of grapes turned into twigs, leaving none behind.

The sorcerers couldn’t see its feeding action at all!

“Crimson Gold Dragon Lizard.” Igura murmured softly.

“An endangered species?” Asho asked.

“It’s not about being endangered, but it simply doesn’t exist in reality.” Harvey explained, “I remember this is a special creature in the Time Continent. After recognizing its master, it can travel with the master to reality and help the master capture fleeing sorcery spirits in the virtual realm. It is a very precious pet.”

Compared to achievements in the “real world” such as large flat layers, agencies, and having connections with the Red Hat Society, the achievement in the “virtual realm” finally made the three stowaways pay attention to Annan’s personal strength. In the world of sorcerers, it is so simple. Being powerful in reality is not considered powerful, only being powerful in the virtual realm is truly strong.

In a sense, sorcerers are like a group of game enthusiasts playing live-action role-playing games, except that their abilities in the “game” can also take effect in reality.

Annan stroked the little head of the dragon lizard and said, “The true use of points is to buy the ‘Gospel’ that guides oneself, which is information and knowledge.””For example, if the realm of the magic faction cannot progress, you can spend points to seek guidance, and the Gospel will tell you how to work harder next; for example, if you encounter a bottleneck in your research experiment, the Gospel will tell you where the problem lies; for example, if you don’t know what talents you have, the Gospel will inspire your true potential; for example, you can verify if what the other person says is a lie…”

Asho, this ‘mud that steals artificing’ is not important. It feels like this Gospel book is similar to Baidu Zhihu. Igura and Harvey are already confused.

As true artificers, how could they not know the value of this ‘guidance’? If the Gospel is really created by the Lord, it means that every person in this country has a personal Lord guiding them. This, this…

What a trashy Blood Moon Kingdom. From now on, I am a Gospel person!

Igura’s voice trembled as he asked, “What is the proportion of artificers here?”

“Because the ‘Comprehensive School Ranking’ includes the factor of student health and growth, the proportion of artificers has been decreasing in recent decades.” Annan flipped through her Gospel book. “The current proportion is 10.19%.”

“Every ten people, there is one artificer…” Harvey muttered, “The quality of the corpses here is excellent…”

“Although it sounds strange, don’t think that the artificers here are very powerful.” Annan spread her hands and said, “I think, in your country, you are not considered powerful two-winged artificers, right? However, in our place with a very high proportion of artificers, you can still rank first and second. This completely explains the problem.”

“For the overall situation, the Gospel naturally has great benefits. But for individuals, the Gospel is a double-edged sword that needs to be used with caution.”

“Independent learning ability.” Asho hit the nail on the head, “If you are used to seeking the Gospel whenever you encounter difficulties, your independent learning ability will gradually decline, and eventually, you may reach a point where you make no progress without the guidance of the Gospel. It’s like a house cat that has been raised like a pig. Because life is too good, it will eventually be chased by mice.”

“That’s right,” Annan played with the little claw of the dragon lizard, “We artificers are divided into ‘Gospel Artificers’ and ‘Silent Artificers’. Because listening to the guidance of the Gospel is either zero times or countless times, Gospel Artificers generally stop at the two-winged level, and it is difficult for them to advance in the faction realm. Even if the Gospel book tells them how to work hard, they find it hard to break through.”

“To become a three-winged artificer, it is basically only possible for Silent Artificers who have never heard the Gospel.”

“For example, the ‘Crying Sand Red Hat’ Cleos that you just met, she only asks about the birth of her destined lover and never listens to other Gospels.”

Asho was shocked, “You can even ask about love!?”

“Of course, you can, but often there is none.” Annan shrugged, “The so-called destined lover is a miraculous fate where two people can deeply love each other at first sight without any need for adaptation. Many people go their whole lives without dating, preferring to wait for their destined lover, but in the end, they wait until death.”

Asho muttered, “There is actually such a good thing as a fate-assigned lover…”

Harvey said to Lis, “It seems like you won’t have a mother.”

Lis nodded seriously, “Compared to a mother, I feel like the probability of having a second father is higher…”

Harvey nodded seriously, “To be fair, I have to say, that’s true.”

“I said so much just to tell you that the Gospel book does have the ability to fulfill any wish.” Annan placed the dragon lizard on the table and said calmly, “With this understanding, you can understand how great my plan is and what I have staked on you.”

“You are not allowed to disclose any of the following content to others.”

After speaking, Annan’s green pupils suddenly stared at Asho, making him feel both anxious and inexplicable.

He suddenly realized that Annan seemed to be the first normal woman he had encountered since coming to this world. Sword Girl was a paper person, 222 wore a mask, Furia was a deadly Veela. Only Annan was a normal woman he could touch in reality.

Is she staring at me because she desires my beauty? Will she take the opportunity to get me drunk? Will she take advantage of the situation to break the ice and take advantage of me? Ah, it’s all because 222 raised my appearance value, even Furia wants to eat me every day… If the new boss insists on taking advantage of me, should I accept it or be reserved for a while?

While Asho was lost in his wild thoughts, Lis made a zipper motion with her mouth. “Daddy, I’ll be good.”

Asho blinked and suddenly realized, “Lis, you are not allowed to disclose any of the following content that you hear.”

The new boss couldn’t command Lis directly and had to go through Asho as a router.

Only then did Annan withdraw her gaze and said, “What do you think our agency usually does?”

“Transporting semi-finished corpses.”

“Human trafficking.”

“Biological transportation.”

Asho and the others almost instantly gave the same answer. Annan raised her eyebrows, “Indeed, this is one of the main tasks of the agency… To avoid any misunderstandings about me, I will explain it first.””In many rankings, there are categories that assess the development level of regions and the abilities of rulers, including but not limited to the ‘Internal Affairs Ranking’, ‘Innovation Ranking’, ‘Public Security Ranking’, and ‘City Comprehensive Ranking’. In these rankings, ‘talent’ is a very important assessment indicator. So, what do you think ‘talent’ should be judged by?”

Lis raised her hand: “Good kids like me who make the list are talents.”

Harvey and Igura turned their heads to look at Asho, the only one who was not considered a talent, a zero-star trash. Asho slammed the table in anger: “Miss Annan, they are not listening to your teachings seriously and are messing around. I, Asho, am reporting them. I despise those who slack off during meetings the most!”

“That’s right, only those who make the list can be considered talents.”

The purple moth blinked, she didn’t expect that these foreigners would start infighting before she even made a move: “But not every regional ranking can be filled, there is a minimum threshold for the rankings. If it doesn’t meet the standard, it can’t make the list no matter what, so there are many ’empty lists’. Those with sufficient number of people on the list are called ‘full lists’.”

“The more ‘full lists’ in a region, the higher the level of the ruler and the better the level of development. By the way, these city rankings are updated every six months, so every ruler will try to fill the empty lists before the evaluation deadline.”

The fraudster quickly realized the loophole: “If you abduct the listers from other regions to your own region, then——”

“That’s right.” Annan gently fiddled with her new amethyst earring: “When a person’s position changes, they naturally count towards the current region’s list.”

“So, on the eve of each evaluation deadline, it’s war for us agencies——kidnapping specific talents from surrounding regions to the client-designated region to fill the empty lists. You have ridden in our work vehicles, they don’t hurt people, they don’t kill people, they just make these talents temporarily lose their resistance. After the evaluation is over, we will let them go. If possible, we will even try to minimize unnecessary physical contact to ensure a good short trip experience for the talents.”

“I hope you don’t misunderstand the Funeral Agency, we are a very serious agency.”

Asho and the others exchanged glances: proficient in personal detention business, colluding with security forces, taking advantage of the fire to rob and enslave migrant workers… they seem to have no misunderstandings.

“Speaking of which, you should understand the real business content of our agencies.”

Ding.

The purple moth gently scraped her earring with her fingernail and took the wine glass handed over by the young butler, Pancake.

“Although there are many types of business, what we do ultimately is to discover, study, and even exploit the loopholes in the ‘Gospel’.”

“That is, to blaspheme the Gospel.”