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Book 4: Chapter 2: One Hundred Million Lungmen Dollars

“Really? Mister He Who Knows Fate, thank you very much!” Initially, Amiya was slightly upset over Chen Heng calling her a donkey earlier. However, she immediately felt grateful to him after hearing what Kal’tsit said.

“You are welcome. My hometown has an old saying, ‘saving a life is better than building a seven-story pagoda.’”

“Pagoda?”

“Alright. Let’s stop the idle chat here; you can continue later. Amiya, bring He Who Knows Fate to the operator dormitories. I already assigned someone to tidy up room 412. He will officially submit his resume tomorrow. Explain the common knowledge of Rhodes Island and Terra to He Who Knows Fate along the way.” After speaking, Kal’tsit reburied her head in the documents.

“Mister He Who Knows Fate, please come with me.”

“Alright.”

Amiya explained some things about Terra and Rhodes Island to Chen Heng as she led him down a corridor.

“Rhodes Island’s operators can roughly be divided into eight classes: Caster, Defender, Guard, Medic, Sniper, Specialist, Supporter, and Vanguard. These operators are also divided into tiers, depending on their performance in various aspects. The weakest is one star, and the strongest is six stars. Of course, stars do not represent combat prowess. Although operators are ranked from one star to six stars, the one-star operators generally refer to the intelligent robots under the service of Rhodes Island.”

“What about me? How many stars would I have?”

“Might I ask what level of damage Mister He Who Knows Fate can cause when attacking at full power?”

“I can pull the moon down to collide with the world. How about it? Is that sufficient for six stars?”

“…That exaggerated? Looking at the gun on your back, you should be applying to be a Sniper operator, right?”

“Indeed, a Sniper. Kal’tsit mentioned my abilities were of a different style from your world, so she asked me to avoid using them as much as possible. After that, she asked me to pick from my skill-based techniques. I chose this sniper rifle in the end.”

“So you are joining Rhodes Island as a Sniper operator?”

“That’s right.”

“We can test your sniping ability tomorrow, then. Your star rating will be determined after that. As this takes your overall capability into account, please don’t get angry if you do not get six stars.”

“No, no, no. I won’t get angry. I’m a very calm and amiable person.”

“Ah! We have arrived at the canteen. Mister He Who Knows Fate, have you eaten?” On the way to the dormitory, Amiya and Chen Heng passed the canteen.

“Ah…the canteen. Bring me to see. I feel quite interested in your canteen.” Her mentioning the canteen piqued Chen Heng’s interest. Of course, he was not a foodie like Sirin and Jeanne d’Arc. He just felt curious whether a race with dog traits could eat chocolate.

Rhodes Island’s canteen was bright and spacious, occupying a large area.

“Mister He Who Knows Fate, it is free to eat at the canteen after becoming an operator. However, if you want some special food, like biscuits or cakes, you have to pay. Some support staff will make them for you.”

Amiya and Chen Heng chose a relatively isolated place to sit.

“Ah! Money.”

“I forgot. Mister He Who Knows Fate, this is your first time in this world, right? So you don’t have the currency here, right? Should I lend you some first?”

“There’s no need. I searched the Dimension Administrators Association earlier. There’s a function to exchange points for this world’s currency. Ten points for a million Lungmen Dollars [LMD]. Is LMD the currency of your world? Oh, there’s also an option to exchange for Pure Gold. What is Pure Gold?”

[TL Note: Lungmen Dollar (LMD) is the most basic currency in Arknights. Arknights has many different currencies for different purposes. LMD is the currency of Lungmen, an autonomous region. Due to its stability, it is used as Terra’s global reserve currency. Here is more information about the Lungmen Dollar: /wiki/LMD. Pure Gold is a material in Arknights. Here is more information: /wiki/Pure_Gold.]

“Pure Gold is a refined gold bar and is quite precious. It is popular for exchanging for items of similar value. LMD is a currency issued by the nomadic city Lungmen. It can be used on Rhodes Island. If you want to make the exchange, get LMD. It will be more convenient to carry.”

“Is a million LMD a lot here?”

“Although I do not know the value of the points you speak of, a million LMD is indeed a large sum.”

“Ah…points. Points are something that can purchase the Oripathy medicine you used. Speaking of which, going by LMD, the medicine you took should be worth 100,000,000 LMD. Furthermore, you can only convert points to LMD and not the other way around.”

“One-one hundred million LMD…that’s a lot.” When Amiya heard the price of the medicine she took, it stunned her.

“Don’t be shocked yet. Won’t you be even more shocked when you learn that Kal’tsit hired me for 300,000,000 LMD?”

“Three-three-three hundred million…” Poor Amiya was shocked into stammering.

“Don’t be so shocked. Points are quite easy to earn. Your Kal’tsit earned 7,000 points by doing one mission. She only took out 3,000 points to hire me for a mission. LMD is nothing before points. Never try to use LMD to evaluate points.”

“Is-is that so?”

Chen Heng could tell that Amiya had yet to mature, as Kal’tsit said. She appeared so shocked over a few hundred million LMD. No wonder Kal’tsit, the Queen of Rhodes Island, had to govern from behind the scenes.

“Points can purchase medicine for Oripathy. Can LMD do that?”

“It can’t.”

“Alright. I’ve already exchanged for 1,000,000 LMD. What do you want to eat? This meal is on me. Don’t stand on ceremony; this bit of money is nothing to me.” Chen Heng patted Amiya’s shoulder, indicating for her to follow him.

Chen Heng led Amiya to a window in the canteen.

“Can I have some biscuits?” Amiya decided after thinking for a while.

“Sure.”

Chen Heng was about to buy biscuits from the staff at the window when he suddenly thought of something.

“Amiya, can I buy ingredients from the canteen and make it myself?”

“Sir, do you not trust the skills of the Rhodes Island support staff?” The Rhodes Island staff standing at the window waiting for Chen Heng’s order poked fun at the man standing beside his leader.

“That’s not the case. Never mind. I won’t make things difficult for you. Give me a box of biscuits.”

“Alright. Please wait a moment. Take this number and have a seat first. It will be ready soon. Remember to collect it with the number tag. Oh, right. You have to pay first. The bill is 1,000 LMD.”

Chen Heng took out 1,000 LMD from his pocket and handed them to that staff wearing the Rhodes Island uniform and got a red number tag in return.

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