It's possible that their inaction now is not due to having principles, but simply because the timing isn't right yet.

But if Ren Zhong actively turns himself into the perfect sickle in their hands for cutting leeks, becoming a stock market enforcer for them, then he becomes one of their own.

The certification standard for being deemed "one of their own" is to make a donation.

Ren Zhong moved the cursor to the "donate" icon.

As expected, the icon began to flicker with a green glow.

A text prompt immediately popped up below.

"Respected Third Level Citizen Mr. Ren Zhong, would you like to donate four billion in exchange for sufficient upgrade points?"

"Yes/No"

The "Yes" label was huge, while "No" was only a third of its size.

Ren Zhong moved the cursor to "Yes".

The next second, he immediately clicked "No".

The pattern changed.

A new prompt appeared.

"Are you sure you want to pass up this opportunity? This is currently the most convenient channel for you to upgrade your citizen level. Would you like to upgrade now?"

"Yes/Think Again"

This time, the "Yes" label was even bigger and in bright green.

"Think Again" became even smaller, like a pinhole, and was in a gray state.

Ren Zhong clicked on "Think Again" once more.

"What a pity, this channel doesn't open every day. Are you really not reconsidering?"

"No/Yes"

This time, "Yes" and "No" swapped places, swapped heads, and swapped colors.

If the operator instinctively clicked the small gray one on the right, it would click on "Yes".

Ren Zhong chuckled heartily to himself.

How ridiculous.

He could hardly believe it.

Such a low-level psychological trapping, reminiscent of the rogue software on Earth in ancient times that was impossible to uninstall.

Those people care so much about money that they've become utterly shameless, reaching new lows.

Is this the real level of the upper management of the Source Star Society's system?

Like an eight-year-old child wielding a machine gun to enslave a group of adults, forcing them to build a sandcastle for him.

Without high technology, you're nothing!

Ren Zhong wrestled with this lousy system for nearly five minutes, finally managing to close the annoying pop-up.

Then, he contacted Gao Tianhua, General Manager of Purple Crystal Mining Yangsheng Branch Company.

Gao Tianhua was pleasantly surprised.

He knew Ren Zhong was someone who wouldn't come without a reason.

"Mr. Ren, what brings you here…"

"Mr. Gao, if I retake the Level Six Mining Engineer's Expert Level certificate exam and graduate with full marks, can Purple Crystal Mining give me some extra citizen credit points beyond the normal rules?"

Gao Tianhua: "That... doesn't seem to have a precedent."

"Is it impossible?"

Ren Zhong inevitably felt a bit disappointed.

Gao Tianhua: "Besides, it doesn't seem realistic, Mr. Ren. How long have you been studying?"

"Mr. Gao, just tell me how many points you can give."

"I'll ask the higher-ups... If you're genuine about it, given that you've already signed a consultant agreement with us, the headquarters might allocate a quota of two hundred million points to you."

Ren Zhong's eyes lit up, "Great!"

Two hundred million credit points were equivalent to paying two hundred million in taxes, which equals the donation amount of two billion.

...

Day 96, Evening.

Clap!

Ren Zhong swiftly raised his hand and pressed the button beside him indicating the completion of the experiment.

The experiment process scoring commenced.

Before this, he had already achieved full marks in both theoretical and engineering practice exams.

Fifteen minutes later, the comprehensive scoring concluded.

Professors from Liao Yuan Science College and various remote invigilating professors fell into silence.

His experimental project also received full marks.

Ren Zhong had only studied at the school for a few days, and even including self-study time, it totaled just 21 days, yet he achieved full marks across the board.

This time, he was undeniably the top scholar on Source Star.

Seeing the stunned expressions of these people, Mr. Ren felt slightly ashamed.

The so-called Expert Level course difficulty, in his eyes, was roughly equivalent to the level of knowledge he encountered during his master's degree studies back then.

Still largely rote memorization, still solely focused on rote learning.

The ability to infer one thing from another and rote memorization are fundamental skills for any exam ace. His fundamentals were excellent.

Receiving the paper version of the graduation certificate from the hands of the dean of the Science College, Ren Zhong looked at his personal information on his wrist watch.

Great, behind the Level Six Mining Engineer was a parenthesis, inside the parenthesis it was written "New Origin Calendar Year 682 Mining Industry Top Scholar on Source Star".

He then opened the citizen information.

Purple Crystal Mining fulfilled their promise, and two hundred million points were speedily deposited.

He reopened the donation option.

Clap!

Clicked on upgrade.

He became a Fourth Level Citizen.

In the span of a day, he managed to save twenty billion.

Immediately, with only a few seconds delay, his 7.108 billion frozen assets were instantly unfrozen.

Ren Zhong's personal liquid assets turned into 15.1 billion.

Entities like Alson Merchant Guild, Deep Communication Group, and Securities and Exchange Commission wanted to rob him of 4 billion.

However, he used his connections and privileged channels at Purple Crystal Mining to save 2 billion for himself.

This maneuver was unreplicable, making others envious but unable to replicate.

About an hour later, Ren Zhong cooperated with Liao Yuan Science College to shoot a set of promotional photos, then returned to Starfire Town.

Along the way, he opened the stock market interface.

His account had already been unfrozen, but looking at the oddly familiar yet unfamiliar green stock market, he felt both familiar and out of touch.

Mengdu Group didn't crash, standing firm like a rock.

However, a financial tsunami-level shock appeared with about a day's delay, but the leading drop changed from Mengdu Group's medical sector to Tianlong High-tech, which focused on the grain industry.

Ren Zhong closed his eyes, contemplating the subtle implications of the two timelines.

His fingers unconsciously tapped on the table again.

After a long while, he gently exhaled.

Understood.

It was indeed another massive harvest.

In every upheaval, a large amount of small capital and small individual investors either exploded or couldn't bear the losses and sold low, only to chase high later and miss out.

In such cyclical fluctuations, the wealth of Contribution Points on Source Star constantly flowed into the hands of the Nine Major Groups and the Business Association.

Just like the simultaneous operation of thousands of mines at Purple Crystal Mining, this was also a consolidation of resources before the great migration.

In the previous timeline, due to his influence on Sun Miao causing Mengdu Group to suffer, the speculators took the opportunity to operate on Mengdu Group, triggering the market a day earlier.

But it was obvious that Tianlong High-tech, one of the Nine Majors dominating agricultural and food production, processing, and sales, was the original target of the speculators.

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