Chapter 101: Chapter 101

New book on the shelves, asking for subscriptions, monthly passes, thank you all for your support.

After gathering his materials, Du You left the shop. As he walked, he continued to check his wristband.

"Now all that’s left is the matter of the Dark Element Stone, but there’s no record of it on the Magic Network."

"Dark Element Stones are scarce, and their use is minimal, so few people would list them on the Magic Network." The mechanical voice of the wristband’s elf resonated, answering its owner’s questions.

"I see." Du You felt somewhat disappointed. He leisurely strolled around the market, seeking any information he could find.

He had asked similar questions at the guild before, but the answer was the same: there were none in the guild either.

It wasn’t that there truly weren’t any. Rumor had it that some large branches might have them, but in an average small city like the one he was in, they were nowhere to be found. Purchasing them would require a long time for transportation.

By then, Du You would have finished his final exams and would need to leave. He simply didn’t have the time to wait.

After these exams, there wouldn’t be any holidays. Or rather, as a Professional, there were actually no holidays, but also every day could be a holiday—it wholly depended on personal choice.

Unfortunately, after wandering around the guild market, Du You realized that he couldn’t find the Dark Element Stone he was after. Many people here had never even heard of it.

"Looks like getting a Dark Element Stone isn’t as easy as I’d imagined. I wonder if I’ll be able to find one."

Du You decided to pin his hopes on his subsequent explorations of the Other World.

Since he couldn’t purchase it, Du You wasn’t interested in strolling around any longer. After buying some level 1 and 2 Hemostatic Medicine, along with some antidotes and healing potions, he prepared to return home.

He didn’t give up the room he’d rented, instead leaving it there as a deceptive measure. Du You left the market, summoned a self-driving vehicle, and made his way home.

In the coming days, he would focus on easing his fatigue, dissipating his Law presence, and pondering his next destination in the Other World.

"Someone has just deposited ten thousand credit points into your account."

Suddenly, the wristband announced. Du You was bewildered for a moment but then remembered that the common currency in this world was credit points. Although there was paper currency, it was rarely used.

"Again from my parents? Leaving a message too, they must be really busy." Du You muttered, unable to remember the last time he’d seen his parents. As a Professional, meeting them would probably become even harder.

The messages were essentially the same as usual; it would be impossible for Du You to not feel disappointed.

"Alright, I’ll leave a message too. I’ve become a Professional now; you don’t need to send me money anymore. Okay, that’s all."

Du You sent his message and waited for a long time, but no reply came. They were probably still busy.

While ten thousand credit points may be significant to average people, for a Professional, it barely counted as pocket money. The official price of a common Crystal Coin is already ten thousand credit points.

On the black market, a common Crystal Coin usually costs around a million credit points, and they are often sold out. Of course, for wholesale transactions, the price would certainly be lower.

"Why are there so many Crystal Coins? Everyone who fights generates Crystal Coins, but I would assume that’s not enough for them, so why are there so many in circulation?" Before becoming a Professional, people would feel that Crystal Coins were scarce. But after becoming a Professional, Du You found that there were indeed a lot of Crystal Coins.

Most white-colored equipment could be bought for over ten thousand each. Not everyone could afford so many Crystal Coins, which are consumables, right?

Du You decided to look it up on the Magic Network. Plenty of people asked similar questions, so there was an extensive response. "So that’s how it is, there’s really no shortage of surprises."

Reading the analysis, Du You finally understood. The Crystal Coins used in trading on the market came predominantly from two sources.

One source was those Professionals and Semi-Professionals who were not ambitious. These people often stopped leveling up after reaching level 3. As it turns out, as a mid-level Awakener, the rewards for killing low-level monsters would decrease. This was Du You’s first time knowing such a rule, as he was currently only a level 3 Professional himself.

What these people seek is not personal development, but a comfortable real-world life. When they run out of money, they would kill a few monsters, acquire a small amount of Crystal Coins, and then trade with them.

Since they had a long-term partnership and traded internally, their Crystal Coins seldomly appeared on the market.

A substantial fraction of Crystal Coins flowed out of these people’s hands. This was especially true for those Semi-Professionals who felt they could not progress far in the Derived World and had given up on themselves. Read full story at 𝓷𝓸𝓿𝓮𝓵✶𝓯𝓲𝓻𝓮✶𝓷𝓮𝓽

The other fraction came from the various major factions. Many of these factions entirely controlled some Derived Worlds, which were not completely useless. Each time a storyline cycled in these Derived Worlds, a large amount of Origin would be born. Since they had total control, this Origin would become Crystal Coins in their hands.

But these recently generated Crystal Coins, even if used in a trade, could not be used directly for self-improvement.

Thus, these major factions would use these first when trading amongst themselves. The large quantity of Crystal Coins on the market was due to this reason. But this large quantity was relative.

There were still many uses for Crystal Coins, such as the wristbands that connected to the Magic Network, or other devices that used Crystal Coins as a source of energy.

The alchemy industry and some other industries also needed Crystal Coins. As they were being produced, a large number of Crystal Coins were also consumed, so they could not become an inflated currency.

But, as a currency with an inherent value, Crystal Coins would never depreciate anyway. Upon seeing this analysis, Du You finally had a clear understanding of a previously unresolvable problem.

There were other sources of Crystal Coins, but their quantities were minuscule as most of the supply came from the two sources mentioned. After turning off his wristband, Du You laid on the bed staring at the ceiling, silently contemplating his future.