"I've been here all along." Martial Artist Shen Yu's face was full of joy. "I just checked the timeline with interstellar world Shen Yu, and since killing the first eye worm on the Mother Star, the Gray Mist has been pouring in unceasingly!"
"Actually, I've felt it too, I just didn't expect there to be so much." Shen Yu was also somewhat surprised.
You know, before this, whether he was helping poor students or supporting impoverished regions, the Gray Mist he earned was extremely thin.
Only when it involved the medical field, when he started saving lives, would there be a bit more.
Therefore, although he'd long thought that eliminating the eye worms would surely yield Gray Mist, he wasn't clear about how much one could earn from such indirect saving of lives, or exactly how it was calculated.
But just looking at the current results, the harvest was probably much greater than expected!
"Gray Mist is an extremely important resource; we really can't keep using it in such a vague way." interstellar world Shen Yu spoke up at this moment. "Is it possible to quantify it?"
"Yes, it can be solved using Gray Mist." Shen Yu had actually already considered this.
He thought for a moment, then reached out and gently hooked his finger.
A trace of Gray Mist swirled between his fingers, then quickly transformed into a string of numbers.
547584.
"I've quantified the Gray Mist received from saving an ordinary adult's life as one unit." Shen Yu's eyes gleamed faintly as he even slightly drew in a breath. "Averaging out, eliminating an eye worm is equivalent to saving ten people?"
No wonder there's so much Gray Mist!
Previously, thanks to the Gray Mist, Shen Yu had conquered a rare disease, but that only saved about ten thousand lives.
This is dozens of times that amount all at once!
This is really a huge windfall.
The earlier speculation was correct—saving a civilization, saving a world, truly is the fastest way to obtain Gray Mist.
"There's probably a lot more complex calculation rules involved." The chip in interstellar world Shen Yu's mind spun rapidly. "For example, can you repeatedly gain from saving the same person? Or what if we first put someone in danger, then save them—would that count? All this needs constant verification."
"Repeated saving depends on whether the threats are of the same kind, and whether the origins are the same." Shen Yu gently shook his head. "As for putting someone in danger on purpose then saving them—no, that doesn't work."
Shen Yu has had the Gray Mist Space for eight years already.
During that time, he's naturally tried many experiments.
The most fitting analogy he could think of...
Is 'Merit.'"
Helping others, saving lives, even aiding the development of civilizations can all earn Gray Mist.
However, Shen Yu also agreed with interstellar world Shen Yu's words.
From now on, they indeed needed more experiments.
"Once you quantify merit, you need to see how to consume it." Martial Artist Shen Yu said with some curiosity. "Let's check how much Gray Mist it would cost to directly raise my power to Golden Cicada Technique Fourth Realm?"
Shen Yu and interstellar world Shen Yu had no objections.
Enhancing Martial Artist Shen Yu's Martial Arts Realm was also a way of improving themselves.
With ability and Realm sharing, investing in yourself brings an astonishing cost-benefit ratio.
Shen Yu once again moved his mind.
Even asking about the cost required Gray Mist, though it was a negligible amount.
The answer appeared quickly.
Over 320,000 units.
"That's saving three hundred and twenty thousand people." Martial Artist Shen Yu drew in a breath.
In his world, Martial Arts didn't have a single unified Realm or Level system.
Different Martial Arts Techniques, different cultivation methods, each had their own Realms.
The Golden Cicada Technique only has the Sixth Realm, but some Cultivation Techniques have more than ten, and techniques specializing in body enhancement may not even have clear Realm divisions—just a method for endless tempering and strengthening.
The relative strength between Martial Arts masters, you only know after you fight.
Sometimes you can't win head-on, but with tricks or trump cards, you might turn the tables.
But even so.
If the Golden Cicada Technique truly broke through to the Fourth Realm, that could definitely be called a high-level expert. At full power, the body would be like gold—impervious to water and fire, resistant to blades and axes, immeasurably strong, easily smashing boulders more than ten meters tall!
Completely surpasses the normal limit of carbon-based life.
"Should we use it?" Shen Yu looked at Martial Artist Shen Yu. "The Martial Arts Extraordinary of your world still have great utility and potential. Not to mention, just for our own safety, spending the Gray Mist is fully justified."
Shen Yu wasn't in the habit of being stingy; to him, Gray Mist was much like funding—when it's time to spend, be decisive.
That's the only way to earn even more Gray Mist.
However, though Martial Artist Shen Yu was tempted, after some thought, he still shook his head.
"Even if we want to use it, it shouldn't be now." His eyes flashed, as if an idea had formed. "Your worlds have both changed; mine should do something soon too. Not to mention the Gray Mist from Martial Arts and saving civilizations—just the resources linked to Martial Arts and various experts have immense value."
Indeed, both Shen Yu and interstellar world Shen Yu had coincidentally used Martial Artist Shen Yu's world as a 'hook.'
To maintain their respective civilization's hope.
That's naturally because Martial Arts Extraordinary and its world possess enough value.
No need to elaborate.
If there's enough Gray Mist, could we move strong experts from the Martial Arts World as support?
Even just those packed with Primordial Energy or mysterious Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures would have tremendous research value.
At the very least, interstellar world Shen Yu's civilization would absolutely be willing to pay a huge price for them.
"What do you need from us?" Shen Yu asked directly.
"First, food." Martial Artist Shen Yu looked at Shen Yu, then turned to interstellar world Shen Yu. "Second—could you provide weapons with enough shock and destructive power, preferably a Cosmic Battleship!"
The moment he said 'Cosmic Battleship,' even Shen Yu couldn't help looking at interstellar world Shen Yu.
In fact, he'd always had a rather daring thought.
Use interstellar civilization's Cosmic Battleship to explore that meteorite hurtling toward the Mother Star!
There are certainly risks: there's too much location data on that meteorite. But, what if before acting, they used Gray Mist to predict the outcome?
Or even use Gray Mist directly to obtain the background information behind that meteorite!
With this thought, Shen Yu couldn't help but use a little Gray Mist again.
But his expression suddenly changed drastically.
Just asking what might happen if you approached the meteorite with a spaceship required a full 700,000 units of Gray Mist!
Seven hundred thousand!
Just for such a simple question?
No point even considering it anymore.
Just from that consumption number alone, it already explains a lot!
intersellar world Shen Yu and Martial Artist Shen Yu also noticed Shen Yu's change in expression.
And when they learned the reason, both were quite stunned.