Chapter 263 - The Details of the Grade Examination
Translator: Lav
Editor: Seliniaki Ilikia
Shi Lei had thought that questions about how the examination worked wasn’t within the limits of what he could ask.
The reason was simple. The Scepter had said, “Your level isn’t high enough” many times already.
If the Scepter hadn’t suddenly said that it was giving him extra points for the excellent deals, then it would’ve been possible for Shi Lei not to ask.
But since the Scepter brought it up, it meant that the problem had already been solved. Since it could let Shi Lei know that it was giving him extra points, then it should be because he could now know more about it.
When Shi Lei asked a series of questions, the Scepter’s voiced was filled with hatred. It almost paused word after word with its teeth clenched. “So you still found out. Damn it, you stupid marmot. How are you so different from those before you? I just say something random and you can find so many hints from it?”
Shi Lei could almost hear the sound of the Scepter grinding its teeth.
Although this sentence sounded like it was praising him, what the enemy hated the most was praises toward the opponent. However, Shi Lei didn’t feel happy because of it since he knew that he was still walking on ice. Any small misstep when facing an almighty supernatural force could lead to his death.
Because of this, Shi Lei never passed up on any word the Scepter said, since it could say something that could evoke new questions in every sentence.
Shi Lei believed that all the people who came before him were either horrified by the almightiness of the Black Card or were blinded by the money falling out of sky. In short, they never considered that they could fight back against it, all deciding to agree and follow everything. That was exactly why the longest surviving time was only slightly over a year.
But now, Shi Lei believed that even if he couldn’t discover more details and rules, he should be able to survive until level five with his current knowledge. Level three was ten million, level four was one billion, level five was ten billion. Ten billion was where the real difficulty began.
Of course, that was only based on what Shi Lei knew about money, just like how it was difficult for him to accept that he would struggle to survive the ten million level. As the sum of the money continued to increase, Shi Lei’s ability to spend money also raised day by day. Perhaps when Shi Lei wouldn’t have a problem to face the sum of a billion, then ten or even one hundred billion won’t be able to stop him.
But regardless of that, Shi Lei could not lower his guard. He believed from the very beginning that it was impossible for the Black Card to increase the sum of the money forever. If the Black Card’s real intention wasn’t to kill whoever possessed it, then there had to be a way to solve it.
And this was Shi Lei needed to take it step by step.
“Answer the question. I know that you are unwilling to because you have never met someone like me before. I’m not smarter than any of them, but it’s because my desire to survive is much stronger than theirs,” Shi Lei said calmly.
The Scepter kept silent for a while, then eventually said, “The highest mark for the grade examination is one hundred. There are sixty points of basic marks and forty points that can be added or subtracted. You will receive a certain amount of basic points. As for the amount, you cannot know about it as a Level Two Employee, but you can know that there are forty extra points. The details of the judgement of the examination is decided by me. You don’t have to worry about how it’s done.”
Shi Lei nodded and briefly understood. “In other words, the basic points and the extra points for adding and subtracting are two completely different parts. The basic pints must reach full marks, which is sixty, to trigger a level up. And I must level up because that process cannot be changed, right?”
“Yes,” the Scepter answered quickly and clearly.
“It is possible that the consumptions within every consumption period will be graded with different values of basic points. Even if my level isn’t high enough to know about it, can you tell me what the highest and lowest points are?”
The Scepter hesitated for a while. It seemed to think that it wasn’t hard for Shi Lei to make assumptions on this level, and hence didn’t bother to think how he had thought of the question.
“Within a consumption period, the highest number of points you can receive is thirty and the lowest is six.”
Shi Lei nodded again. He knew that it was the most information the Scepter could reveal about basic points. As for the others, he could only wait to ask until he leveled up again.
Combined with what the Scepter said when he was still level one, Shi Lei had leveled up from one to two was when he finished spending a million yuan. Before, Shi Lei had only treated money as a sum he had to spend, but it was linked tightly to the amount of basic marks. Six points every consumption period. At most, ten times before he could level up. As for the highest amount of thirty points, it was a dark hole. If possible, of course Shi Lei hoped that all the grades were six points, so he had longer to get accustomed to the level of the consumption and have more confidence before advancing to the next level.
But there was a negative and positive side to everything. If he looked at it from another perspective, he would be like the others who had waited for death while trying to finish spending if he only took six points every time. When he leveled up then, he would barely have any private funds as a reward with sixty basic points. If he wanted to develop himself even more, the key was to have extra points to convert into more money.
Shi Lei even doubted that if he only had sixty points when he leveled up, then this damned Black Card won’t even give him any money as reward at all. Although it looked like the reward of private funds was decided on the limit of the consumption sum, it was possible that there was another condition: He could only receive the reward when the points were higher than a certain amount.
Shi Lei noted this question down, since he needed to ask about extra points.
“There are forty extra points. I completed a five star consumption and a two star consumption, and you and the Black Card even acknowledged that the Millionaire Card isn’t useless and changed it to Level C. And I only got ten points from it. But when I was in my training period, I received thirty three points altogether. When I was level one, I had two excellent deals, but it wasn’t as much as a five star consumption added together. I only earned ten points from it. Although I can’t ask about the basic point value, since I already know about the extra points, I want to know what it’s all about.”
“Brat, you are really making me looking at you differently. If you keep it up like this, I’m going to believe that you can even survive more than ten years.” The Scepter laughed freakishly. Shi Lei didn’t know whether it was praising him or laughing at how much he had overestimated himself.
“Cut the bullshit and answer my question!”
“You…” The Scepter was slightly angry, but quickly calmed down and answered mechanically. “The higher the level, the lower the according points are. One five star consumption during the training period is equivalent to full marks of forty, but because you made a small mistake, seven points was taken off. When you were level one, you actually had three excellent deals and the points should be twenty points. However, because you made mistakes again, four marks were taken off and sixteen points were eventually added.”