Chapter 1 Avarice

Greed, utilitarianism, pragmatism in pursuing wealth... I understand the reasoning, but why is the synchronization rating effortless, even lower than the "easy" rating of the previous two Star Realm Apostles?

"Could it be because most people have this kind of personality? So acting this way is as simple as drinking water?" Zhou Jing wasn't too sure.

Compared to Will's suspicion and caution, and pursuit of honor, Jason's perseverance and martial spirit, and pursuit of power... utilitarian pragmatism is more like an ordinary person with worldly desires.

"Greed is a derogatory term, and there's even a negative personality... Does that mean even more extreme personalities and stances will appear in the future?"

Playing the part is one thing, but he wouldn't do it if he encountered a "personality" that was beyond his acceptable range.

As for greed this time, it's not too bad... Although Zhou Jing didn't think he was too greedy, he had been influenced by it since he was a child, so he could easily show it.

Putting aside the traits, the quality of this new apostle template has obviously improved.

He knew before that the star realm traversal energy level affected the apostle's initial strength, and now he discovered that the main body's attributes also had an impact.

The initial strength of the apostle fluctuates within a certain range. The stronger the main body and the higher the star realm traversal energy level, the more the lower and upper limits of the fluctuation range will increase proportionally.

The initial attributes of this new apostle are no less than those of a strengthened Alien Blood Warrior for the first time, and are much higher than Will and Jason's "foundation".

The template rarity of the first two apostles was "Mediocre", while the new apostle was a "Slightly Talented," which was obviously higher.

The improvement brought by the rarity increased the free points from 5 to 10, and the talent slots and auxiliary function slots were both one more than Will and Jason, making the potential obviously higher.

"It's a pity that it's not a combat apostle. They are all miscellaneous qualifications. Eloquence is suitable for socializing, knowledge is suitable for learning technical knowledge, and pharmaceutics and natural affinity are not the musclehead route... Hmm, the apostle's initial qualifications should be related to their life goals, and initially only produce qualifications suitable for completing life goals?"

Zhou Jing stroked his chin and pondered, having an idea in his mind.

It seems that not all apostle templates are suitable for pursuing strength and cultivation... It is obvious that the new apostle's life goal is the path of a businessman.

However, Zhou Jing didn't intend to follow the apostle's life goal step by step.

He originally wanted the new apostle to work in other industries and enter another circle. However, a pure businessman would not have a high status in the Alien Beast World, as the level of civilization development is limited after all.

However, the new apostle's qualifications and talents are good at learning knowledge, so it would be more suitable to be a technical talent. On this path, he can still be a "businessman".

At the same time, Zhou Jing also saw an opportunity from the new apostle to implement a clever idea he had in the past.

—Through the apostle's accelerated learning, quickly learn all kinds of knowledge-based abilities and turn the knowledge into his own memory. Then, the main body can learn on its own with twice the result with half the effort based on the memory, thereby avoiding the conversion process and allowing himself to master knowledge-based abilities.

"I also remember the breathing technique that Jason learned, and the main body can exercise on its own, but it only needs to be upgraded again. Of course, the progress is not as fast as Jason's. The main purpose is to save some conversion fees. I only practice when I'm free... And the new apostle is more suitable for doing this kind of thing than Jason. He can just be a tool."

Zhou Jing thought for a while and roughly made a preliminary plan.

It would be best if the new apostle could complete the mission. If not, he would just be a "knowledge transfer device" and play his value.

As long as the main body masters more knowledge, even if the new apostle doesn't inherit certain knowledge-based abilities in the future, he can still use and learn on his own based on memory.

Moreover, the knowledge-based abilities that are painstakingly cultivated will also enter the illustrated handbook as a backup, which is equivalent to enriching the ability library that other apostles can choose from. When needed, star realm points can be spent to equip subsequent apostles.

"Looking at it this way, the new apostle's qualifications are still very versatile. Eloquence is used to learn language knowledge, which happens to allow him to learn all the languages of the Alien Beast World, so language skills won't need to occupy an inheritance slot in the future. Pharmaceutics qualifications can be used to learn the preparation techniques of Alien Blood Potions and Hunter Potions. If he can reach the master level, wouldn't making money be easy?"

Zhou Jing's eyes sparkled. He had been curious about the black technology of Alien Blood Potions for a long time.

Moreover, taking the path of a pharmacist, as long as he grows up, his social status will be higher than that of an Alien Beast Hunter. He will receive the respect and protection of Alien Beast Hunters, and even the ruling class of the empire will value him... In a sense, he will become a social celebrity.

He still had the intelligence about the tribal leader's conspiracy to become independent in his hands, but he had never had the opportunity to contact the core of power. If he becomes a master pharmacist, it would not be a bad route to contact the ruling class.

As for the natural affinity qualification, it is actually a magic-type route, but he hasn't encountered this system yet. It can be used to tame beasts, which is perfect for equipping the [Pet Function] auxiliary function.

"It's a pity that if I entered the Esper Academy now, I would be able to learn all kinds of esper knowledge from the main world, including magic-type systems. In this way, I can provide it to the apostle, let the apostle learn on his own, quickly master it, obtain a system that doesn't exist in the current world, and then pass the level and feed it back to the main body..."

Zhou Jing shook his head, hoping even more to receive esper re-education in the main world.

—School is the only place where you can acquire knowledge at a super low cost, but most of the time you don't know what you have when you have it.

Especially esper knowledge that is subject to dissemination control, only the esper academies established by the state will teach it for free.

"My current resources are more abundant than when Jason passed the level." Zhou Jing roughly finalized the development plan for the new apostle and looked at the resources.

After Jason was re-invested, he had gone through five traversal cycles. The income from each cycle was divided into return settlement and placement income. If there were no events encountered, the daily income would not rise or fall sharply.

On average, the daily income for these five cycles was around 800 star realm points, which was much higher than before.

The main reason was that he often wrestled with people after entering the empire's hunter garrison, and he worked hard to practice breathing techniques. The income from these two increased the average value, and Jason's synchronization rate has now reached 86%. The part exceeding 50% is all an increase in daily income.

Legend also adds value to daily income. When Jason first passed the level, his legend was only 5 points, but after several months of fermentation, it slowly increased to 10 points... Every 1 point of legend is a 1% increase in daily income.

However, even though Jason's fame has spread throughout the entire Terra Empire, his legend rating is still at the city level. Zhou Jing doesn't know what the standard is.

Not counting daily income, three achievements were triggered in the middle. One was [Empire Hunter], which gave 500 star realm points. The other two were [Traveler] and [Wrestling Expert], which were triggered by exploring a certain area of the map and wrestling with people hundreds of times respectively, giving 1200 star realm points.

Because Jason's qualifications have improved, the cost of accelerating the learning of the hunter breathing technique has been reduced, but the learning effect has been enhanced.

Before, it cost 700 star realm points to practice a breathing technique to proficiency, but now it only costs 500 star realm points. Jason has become proficient in three new techniques.

"After deducting some of the resources spent on Jason's learning of hunter breathing techniques and the cost of opening the apostle slot, I still have 7200 star realm points left."

Zhou Jing nodded secretly. This amount was more than he expected and was sufficient for creating a new person.

As for information state particles, he now has 65 points. In the traversal cycle when Ruther was killed, the return settlement gave 25 information state particles, causing a certain impact effect.

Zhou Jing started adjusting the new apostle template according to this idea.

This time, there were 4 designated parameter reset opportunities, which was an improvement brought by the star realm traversal energy level.

He thought about it and mainly allocated them to talent slots and attributes. As for the qualifications, they were quite good, so he didn't reset them, as there was a risk of decreasing them.

After spending all 4 designated reset opportunities and shaking out the second talent and new attributes, Zhou Jing was fairly satisfied.

[You have obtained the talent [Apothecary] (Increases the success rate and quality of potion production)]

[Attributes: Physique 18, Resistance 14, Perception 10, Spirit 7, Energy 0]

He had already discovered that talent reset was not completely random and would inevitably conform to one of the personality, qualifications, and attributes, with a tendency.

The attribute fluctuations were not large and were slightly optimized compared to before.

Reset opportunities are usually used up first. Zhou Jing then opened the interface for spending star realm points to create a new person and found that the new apostle's stat point limit was also different.

[Stat point limit for this template: 02100]

"I have level 3 star realm traversal energy level. Will and Jason are mediocre in terms of rarity, and the basic limit is 500 points. The new apostle has a little talent, so the basic limit is 700, right?"

Zhou Jing was slightly happy, calculated a little, realized that he had enough resources to allocate, and then invested the resources.

[2100 star realm points have been converted. You have obtained 21 free allocation points]

[Current free allocation points: 31]

"This is the first time I've had so many free points."

Zhou Jing had a sense of fulfillment that his family fortune was becoming rich.

After thinking for a while, he allocated the free points to the qualifications.

[Free points have been allocated]

[Qualifications: Knowledge [Dark Green] → [Blue]]

[Pharmaceutics [Green] → [Blue]]

[Crafting [White] → [Green]]

"It costs 2 points to upgrade a white rank, 3 points for a green rank, and 5 points for a blue rank... It's just enough to spend it all."

Zhou Jing looked at the free points returning to zero and felt like he was poor again.

Knowledge and pharmaceutics qualifications are the most important for the new apostle's plan, so they naturally need to be improved. Eloquence and natural affinity, on the other hand, don't need to be deliberately improved.

The crafting qualification is a talent for processing raw materials. It is a comprehensive qualification that can be further refined into more targeted qualifications such as forging and tailoring... Zhou Jing deliberately raised this qualification from the white rank because alien beast materials need better processing to become high-quality materials.

In addition, he also wants to take the path of a craftsman and learn the knowledge of manufacturing various alien beast equipment.

As for combat qualifications, Zhou Jing didn't add any points because he didn't plan to have the new apostle undergo alien blood strengthening.

Since the new apostle doesn't need to fight, alien blood strengthening, which carries a life risk, is not necessary. It would be a pity if the new apostle died suddenly, wasting his knowledge and talent.

In any case, he can cope with most crises with his initial attributes.

If he can't cope...

Close the door and release Jason!

"One martial and one civil, reliable, reliable." Zhou Jing grinned.

Although the new apostle's initial attributes are very high, he has figured it out. When resources are limited, it is best to follow the trend when creating star realm apostles. Since there are no combat qualifications, he won't force it.

This time he has confirmed that the star realm traversal energy level and the main body's strength affect the apostle's initial strength... The stronger he is, the more powerful the apostles generated later will be.

Therefore, he is not in a hurry to have this new apostle take the alien blood system again. He will wait until his level rises and shake out a powerful template to become an alien blood warrior.

Zhou Jing has certain requirements for the second alien blood warrior to pass the level. If the level is not much different from Jason's, the value to the main body will be limited, so he needs a real tough guy... Of course, if there is a safer transcendent system, that would be even better.

Closing the stat point interface, Zhou Jing opened the configuration interface for auxiliary functions.

He currently has five auxiliary functions. Among them, the follower function only has one template, Ross, which has been loaded by Jason. There can only be one Ross in the world, so he cannot be loaded onto other apostles.

"This time there are two slots..."

He thought about it and quickly configured two functions.

[500 star realm points have been consumed]

[[Pet Function] has been filled in the auxiliary function column]

[700 star realm points have been consumed]

[[Item Analysis Function] has been filled in the auxiliary function column]

"It should be done like this."

Zhou Jing was satisfied.

The pet function was planned a long time ago. It doesn't generate immediately like a follower. Instead, it requires actually taming a beast before the pet panel can be activated on the other party.

There is also only one slot, which means that no matter how many beasts are tamed, only one of them can get the blessing of the [Pet Function].

It also has inherited attributes and has two situations.

If the apostle dies and the pet does not, then the next apostle who loads the pet function can locate the previous pet and immediately tame it after finding it.

If the pet dies, it will also be filed, like the follower function. Each apostle investment has one summoning (revival) opportunity.

But the difference is that the pet object can be replaced, unlike Ross who is stuck and won't leave.

After replacing the pet, it needs to be cultivated from scratch, which is normal.

For the second auxiliary function, Zhou Jing chose the [Item Analysis Function]. This thing is comparable to a divine skill in the manufacturing field, so it's the right choice.

Zhou Jing browsed the new apostle's panel from beginning to end, confirmed that the stat points were added, and then adjusted the appearance and name.

The new apostle's name was changed to "Bill"—because of Jason's actions, the "Wood Family" is now quite well-known in the Alien Beast World. This time, he simply didn't add a surname to avoid being mistaken for a tribal blood relative again, causing unnecessary waves.

The new apostle's appearance was slightly adjusted to be a kind and amiable slightly fat young man with a lot of affinity.

After doing all this, Zhou Jing turned on the traversal program.

[Map Overview Mode has been activated]

[Please select the investment mode, [Random Area Investment] or [Designated Area Investment]]

"The royal capital. It's a good match with Jason. I can also see what happens when I contact the placed apostle."

Zhou Jing didn't hesitate.

[Designated location: Tarn City]

[100 star realm points are required for the investment in this area... Consumption complete]

[Start investment!]

Chi la!

A sound like tearing silk sounded, and the streamer crack bloomed again, sucking Zhou Jing into it.

...

Alien Beast World, daytime.

A remote wilderness in the distant suburbs of Tarn City.

The weather is clear, the breeze is blowing, and the grass waves are swaying.

Among the grass, there are occasional hungry beasts lurking, wandering around looking for food, similar to hyenas.

Suddenly, a speck of light suddenly appeared in the grass and burst out with a suction force. The surrounding grass seemed to be torn apart and was all pulled towards the light spot.

Silently, the grass leaves shattered and turned into micro-dust, quickly condensing into the body of the Star Realm Apostle.

Zhou Jing suddenly opened his eyes, sat up from the grass, and saw at a glance that the surrounding grass was in a mess.

"It's not bad this time. It's made of grass... At most, it's a little muddy."

He smacked his lips for a while and suddenly sadly discovered that his acceptance criteria were getting lower and lower.

"This should be near the royal capital. Let's find a water source to see what I look like."

Zhou Jing has traversed many times and is familiar with the situation, quickly taking control of his body.

However, as soon as he got up, he suddenly heard the sound of grass falling behind him, as if something was approaching quickly.

Zhou Jing turned his head to look.

Shua!

Suddenly, a hyena-like beast pounced out from the grass behind him.

It happened to be wandering around, smelling the unusual scent, and thought it had discovered prey.

The beast took off and attacked, biting at his neck.

The bloody mouth was approaching rapidly, and the yellowed fangs were rapidly enlarging in his vision.

Bang!

The hyena beast's head was smashed with a punch!

The whole body hung on Zhou Jing's seemingly weak arm, swaying under inertia.

Zhou Jing shook his hand and threw the hyena aside, rolling his eyes.

Good fellow, the first two times the apostles were generated, at least the surrounding area was safe. This time, there was danger as soon as he came up.

If the new apostle's initial strength was not less than that of an Alien Blood Warrior, he might have been wasted.

Zhou Jing looked at the hyena's still twitching corpse and couldn't help but feel a little helpless.

"I killed a cute little animal as soon as I came in... What's going on? I planned to be an animal friend this time!"