As Lin Yuan's civic level changes, emails quickly flood into his inbox.
"Emails?" Lin Yuan raises an eyebrow.
With a slight thought, he connects to the network, and a virtual screen appears in front of him.
The human civilization in the universe values technological development and has long abandoned external networking devices such as phones and computers.
Any human citizen can connect to the ubiquitous network through specific conscious fluctuations at any time.
"Open the mailbox."
Lin Yuan browses through the first email he receives. The sender is the human civilization in the universe. The email congratulates Lin Yuan on becoming a second-level citizen and expresses hope for future cooperation with the human civilization, etc.
At the end of the email is a transfer of five million.
"Quite generous," Lin Yuan remarks.
He then checked his bank account.
Sure enough, five million has just been deposited.
The currency of the human civilization in the universe is extremely stable.
Five million is enough to cover the living expenses of a normal family of four for two hundred years.
Lin Shoucheng, Lin Yuan's father, worked his whole life and didn't earn five million.
Even though he is now a second-level citizen, Lin Yuan appreciates the five million.
After all, who would complain about having too much money?
"It seems that higher-level citizens are much more popular than same-tier evolved" Lin Yuan thinks to himself.
At least he has never heard of any citizen receiving a transfer from the human civilization right after becoming an evolved.
In fact, this is reasonable. To become an evolved, one has many ways, such as buying specific resources like gene elixirs or developing the body, which are mostly one's own business and have little to do with the human civilization in the universe.
However, to become a second-level citizen, one must contribute to the human civilization and receive merit points from the Goddess of Wisdom.
The human civilization in the universe naturally values higher-level citizens more.
Lin Yuan happily looks at his five million savings again.
With this sum, he can buy various nutritional supplements and recovery items without any restrictions to restore his full strength.
Next, Lin Yuan reads through other emails.
The general content of these emails mainly explains various privileges.
After becoming a second-level citizen, Lin Yuan gains access to many privileges that ordinary citizens cannot touch.
There are mainly five aspects:
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Livelihood Assurance: A second-level citizen can receive ten thousand civilization coins from the central bank every month, even without doing anything.
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Exemption Privilege: Exemptions from compulsory actions involving conscription, immigration, etc. Unless Lin Yuan voluntarily agrees, he can directly refuse.
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Virtual World Authority: A second-level citizen has the qualifications to enter the local area network of the virtual world.
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Life Privilege: In the governed regions of the human civilization in the universe, even if a second-level citizen commits a crime, local law enforcement agencies have no right to arrest, let alone kill.
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Purchase Authority: Many of the limited resources in human civilization, even with money, cannot be bought. One must possess the corresponding citizen level.
Of course, apart from the aforementioned five privileges, second-level citizens have many implicit benefits.
For example, according to the regulations of the Cosmic Human Alliance, a large corporate entity must have a certain number of second-level citizens, and so on.
"No wonder there are so few higher-level citizens."
Lin Yuan's expression revealed a sense of amazement.
"Virtual world access."
Lin Yuan's gaze fell on the third privilege.
Lin Yuan could understand the other privileges of second-level citizens, but this virtual world access...
"Would you like to enter the virtual world?"
Just as Lin Yuan was gazing at the virtual world, the solemn voice of the Goddess of Wisdom sounded in his ears.
"Enter."
Lin Yuan nodded.
He was curious about this virtual world.
"Applying to connect to the virtual world."
"As the applicant is connecting to the virtual world for the first time, identity verification is required."
"Iris verification passed."
"Blood verification passed."
"Checking clone characteristics, verification result: non-clone, DNA verification passed."
"Life-specific fluctuation, in accordance with records, verification passed."
"Citizen Lin Yuan, during your entry into the virtual world, do not harbor any rebellious thoughts."
Just as the voice of the Goddess of Wisdom reached him, Lin Yuan felt his surroundings go dark, and his consciousness quickly sank.
With Lin Yuan's strength, he could easily break free from this sinking feeling.
But doing so might prevent him from entering the so-called virtual world, so he allowed his consciousness to continue sinking.
"Where is this?"
When Lin Yuan opened his eyes again, he found himself in the midst of a starry sky.
Beneath his feet, a pale blue planet was slowly rotating.
"Is this Canglan Star?"
Lin Yuan's pupils contracted slightly.
He immediately recognized that the planet beneath his feet was an exact replica of the real Canglan Star.
Whether it was the number of continents or the percentage of ocean area, it was identical to the real Canglan Star.
"Respected Citizen Lin Yuan."
At this moment, a solemn voice came.
Lin Yuan looked up and saw a beautiful woman in a white dress, quietly looking at him.
"I am the Goddess of Wisdom."
"I will now introduce the functions of the virtual world to you."
The Goddess of Wisdom paused for a moment and continued, "The virtual world that Citizen Lin Yuan is currently connected to is, to be precise, the Canglan Star Local Area Network."
"It is divided into seven regions, namely the Living Area, Trading Area, Arena Area, and Central Plaza Area."
As the Goddess of Wisdom described each area, the corresponding part of the Canglan Star below enlarged in an instant.
"That is."
Lin Yuan looked towards the 'Central Plaza Area' introduced by the Goddess of Wisdom.
In this area, a large number of figures gathered, and in the center, there stood a massive towering monument.
"That is the Canglan Evolution Ranking."
"It records the top hundred evolutionary paths in the history of Canglan Star."
The Goddess of Wisdom explained in a soft voice.
"I see."
Lin Yuan nodded slightly, suddenly curious, and asked, "I wonder where my martial path ranks among the evolutionary paths?"
"Citizen Lin Yuan's developed martial path, after the highest intellect's calculation, is ranked ninety-third," the Goddess of Wisdom replied.
"Ninety-third," Lin Yuan showed no particular emotion.
The martial path he developed now had taken him twenty years in the world of martial arts. Even with his extraordinary comprehension, it wasn't surprising to be ranked ninety-third in a history spanning nearly a million years on Canglan Star.
In terms of comprehension, over a million years of history on Canglan Star, no one could compare to Lin Yuan. But time and a large population did play a role.
"The Canglan Evolution Ranking will be updated tomorrow, and at that time, Citizen Lin Yuan's martial path will be displayed for the first time."
"Would Citizen Lin Yuan like to hide his citizen number?" the Goddess of Wisdom inquired.
In the Cosmic Human Alliance, determining a citizen's identity was not based on their name but on their citizen number. Given the commonality of names, the citizen number was unique.
"Hide it," Lin Yuan pondered for a moment and nodded.
The Canglan Evolution Ranking only selected the top hundred evolutionary paths, so it was undoubtedly prestigious. Lin Yuan, with his current strength and lack of background, decided it was best not to draw too much attention.
After understanding the functions of the virtual world, Lin Yuan exited.
"Is it getting light?"
Lin Yuan checked the sky.
"Little Yuan, can I come in?" At this moment, Lin Qiong's voice came from outside the door.
Due to concerns about Lin Yuan's ability to withstand the impact of forced conscription, his parents refrained from actively seeking him out all night. Now, with the dawn approaching, Lin Qiong, his mother, decided to come and check on Lin Yuan.
"Come in."
"The door isn't locked."
Lin Yuan sat up from the bed.
"You woke up so early? You probably didn't sleep well last night, right?" Lin Qiong's voice was gentle, and although her appearance was somewhat ordinary, she gave off a feeling of approachability.
"Little Yuan, actually, we knew about the conscription yesterday. The district head called Acheng (mc's father) at the time, and Acheng refused. You know your dad, he can't trade freedom for a future. I don't want it either. Our family of four is fine. Why should we be separated?"
Lin Qiong's eyes turned red.
"Mom, don't be too sentimental."
"I understand, I really do."
Lin Yuan shook his head slightly.
Indeed, the matter of forced conscription was purely due to Lin Yuan's bad luck, unrelated to others.
"There's no need for you to worry about it."
"You're my son whom I've raised for so many years. If you, who were born from my own flesh, are conscripted, what will I do in the future?"
Although methods such as external gestation had long been achieved with the current technology of cosmic human civilization, nearly half of the couples still preferred the laborious method of conceiving through 'ten months of pregnancy.'
Lin Qiong was one of them.
"Little Yuan, in this card, I've saved up money over the years. Acheng doesn't know about it. You take it first. The password is your birthday; it will definitely come in handy in the future."
Lin Qiong took out a bank card, handed it to Lin Yuan, and said with a slightly choked voice.
"This..."
Lin Yuan hesitated slightly.
Naturally, he could see that the money in this card was the result of his mother Lin Qiong's frugal habits over the years. Now, giving it all to him at once...
"In fact, I don't need all this."
After hesitating for a while, Lin Yuan spoke, "I don't need to go for conscription anymore."
"I know, I know Little Yuan, you're sensible."
Lin Qiong was about to speak when she suddenly realized something.
"What did you say?"
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