I'm the Villainess in the Apocalypse
Chapter 154. Money and Contribution Points

Chapter 154: 154. Money and Contribution Points

But even then, these local tyrants could use the resources they have to obtain a lot of contribution points without having to do missions or other tasks. So in the end, it didn’t seem to be very useful.

At the very least, it was quite useful for the base itself.

"Yes, you can exchange 10,000 Green Coins for 1 contribution points," Mark replied. "For rich people, it’s nothing much. For ordinary people, it’s a bit difficult but if you exchange some resources with money to the local tyrants, you can still get contribution points. Anyway, 10 contribution points each week is not much in the base."

The cheapest dormitory only cost them 1 contribution points per day but the situation there was really not good. They had to live together with 9 more people and the room was only equipped with mattress.

They had to sleep with other people and stayed in cramped place.

It was cheap.

But the treatment truly reflected that way.

Food was also not cheap and a contribution point can only exchange for one bowl of meal. It was not enough for them to eat all day long.

So there were some tricks in between.

They could trade the contribution points with the local tyrant for money more than what the contribution points cost. This way, they could collect the money and traded for contribution points in the base.

The local tyrant didn’t have to work but still could get contribution points.

While these people could earn up to 10 contribution points through exchanging money.

There were also many easy tasks such as building the wall and so on that was officially released. Some of the tasks even gave their lunch, so many people came to line up to grab the jobs.

It was quite lively.

"So, money is still useful?" Anna asked.

She felt that her action of exchanging almost all of her money back then was quite stupid.

"Well, only if you keep in the public banks that still operate." Mark coughed. "Some banks declared bankruptcy, so many people savings have been gone."

Anna: "..."

This time, she felt thankful that she had already took her money out.

She has around 100,000 Green Coins in cash, which was only enough to trade with 10 contribution points.

And then it was gone.

Her other card from her mother also has some money, but it was also not too much.

"...Can I exchange gold instead?" Anna asked with difficulties.

"That’s what I’m planning to do too." Dylan laughed and passed a look at his grandfather in the video call but Old Master Daniels pretended that he saw nothing.

"Well, it’s not impossible but the value of gold is no longer very good by now," Mark replied.

After all, what use would the gold be during this period of time?

If time returned to the peaceful era and so on, then gold would be valuable.

But if this period of difficulties lasted for a long time, then the gold wouldn’t be of much use anymore.

"By the way, why are they still using money?" Anna asked another question.

"So that economy didn’t collapse," Mark replied. "Even if money didn’t seem to be so valuable, but we all still need a method to trade with each other. The contribution points and money existed together and will be used together until there was an agreement about what currency shall be used."

Anna nodded.

At the same time, she was whipping the apocalypse novel that she read in the past. How come what happened to her was not the same as theirs?

In their story, money was equivalent to waste paper.

But then again, their story was about zombie and so on, which was different from hers. What happened to them was only disasters that seemed to be never ending. And it was only beginning, so people couldn’t accept it if their money was completely useless.

So this kind of dual use of the money and contribution points existed.

"It feels like charging money in a game," Lucy commented.

Mark nodded.

They might took inspiration from those games because only that way would it be possible for them to temporarily balance this matter. After all, it was imposisble to deny the rich people just because this accident had happened.

Deny the money?

It was estimated that they would be scolded by countless rich people and other people who still has money.

So money can still be used.

But it was being limited.

In this way, the rich people could still some balance and could use their money. Even though it felt annoying to be restricted, but as long as they could still enjoy the privilege of having money, it was good enough.

"Okay, this is the parking lot." Mark entered the parking lot and there were countless cars there. "The mission halls and the others are located quite a distance away from the cars, so it’s better for someone to keep watch of these cars for the time being while we exchange some supplies for points and also determine our residence."

"You’re not planning to ask from your parents?" Dylan asked jokingly.

Mark had a difficult expression on his face. "Well, my parents are my parents and I’m myself. Since we’re already an adult, we have to learn to support ourselves."

In other words: they refused to support him.

Dylan knew about Mark’s family and didn’t feel too surprised. Some families would give their children some starting funds to do their own business after they were already 18 years old. But some others would just let the children be and didn’t give them anything, letting them start from scratch.

Their parents were the second one.

So, if they wanted something in this base, they had to work for it.

Of course, they could still use their family’s name if it was necessary. After all, even if they were left to experience the world, their family members would still protect them as much as possible to let them grow up and become successful in their life.

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