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Chapter 2023: Chapter 868: Military Merit Balance
The first time Xu Jin saw a Star Island devour a Star Realm Fragment with his own eyes, he was slightly shocked.
It felt just like a living creature.
In less than an hour, the aura of the freshly captured Star Realm Fragment had merged with Changxing Star Island, and the Star Domain Force Field of Changxing Star Island instantly spread out.
The integration also meant that this piece of Star Realm Fragment had been incorporated into the Heaven and Earth Authority of Changxing Star Island.
Defender Guan, who held the Heaven and Earth Authority of Changxing Star Island, continuously activated this authority, causing pieces of Star Ruins Primordial Sand to jump out from the recently integrated Star Realm Fragment, along with various Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures.
It also brought forth two pieces of Innate Treasure Material, more than ten pieces of Innate Spiritual Material, along with shattered Star Jade Marrow, Star Jade Crystal, and millennium-old various Spiritual Medicines.
There was a Star Lord picking up some items; in the sky, over ten military law officers in black were using their Divine Thought to keep a close watch on the entire Star Realm Fragment. Anyone daring to act selfishly at this time would be executed without pardon!
When the Star Surge erupts, whoever picks up the benefits gets to keep them.
But the harvest after bringing back and merging the Star Realm Fragment belongs to the public, and there is a complete subsequent process for handling it.
As Xu Jin fully participated in this process, he thoroughly understood it.
Firstly, it’s about military merit.
Apart from military merit earned from killing enemies, bringing back Star Realm Fragments also carries a different kind of collective military merit.
Like today’s capture of such a large Star Realm Fragment, it can barely be considered a small Star Realm.
According to the rules of the Tongxuan Battle Zone, bringing back a small Star Realm earns a collective military merit of one million.
This collective military merit is allocated to the participants after the defender divides the merit according to reports.
The one million military merit must first reduce by fifty thousand military merit.
This deducted half percent of military merit is reserved for the forty-plus people in the three battle teams guarding the Star Island.
It is considered a sort of collective honor gain.
Otherwise, if no one is willing to guard the island, it would be a significant issue, causing discontent over time.
However, the share is still the lowest, serving only as a small consolation, and after the True Monarchs guarding take a larger share, others receive only one thousand points of military merit.
The remaining nine hundred fifty thousand military merit is divided into first merit, second merit, third merit, fourth merit, etc., according to the defender’s report.
Defender Guan naturally reported the first merit to Xu Jin this time, with the second merit to himself and the Seven Tribulation True Monarch Cao Bin, third merit to various True Monarchs and members of the Vanguard Scout Team, which is the usual practice.
The Vanguard Scout Team takes the greatest risks, so receiving third merit is basic practice, and the rest all receive fourth merit.
The first merit for a small Star Realm is fixed at eighty thousand merits, second merit is thirty thousand merits per person, third merit is ten thousand merits per person, and the remaining merits are evenly distributed among fourth merit recipients.
Moreover, military merit for those who died in battle is doubled.
The military merit of those who died in battle would be exchanged by the defender into cultivation materials or wealth to be sent to their family or designated recipients.
Calculating like this, the military merit gain from capturing a small Star Realm isn’t much.
Those elite Star Lords receiving fourth merit averaged just over five thousand military merit each.
Previously, during combats against the alien race, four alien race Star Monarchs were slain, rewarding some with military merit, which was quite good.
In this battle, the one who gained the most military merit was naturally Xu Jin.
Apart from the first merit of eighty thousand, he slew a Second Tribulation True Monarch of the Silver Wing Clan, directly earning sixty-five thousand military merit (ordinary Second Tribulation True Monarch was fifty-five thousand, additional for spatial type was ten thousand war merit).
Xu Jin also presented the Daoist Embryos and corpses of two slain Silver Wing Clan Star Monarchs, earning another twelve thousand war merit (slaying one Star Monarch grants five thousand war merit, additional for spatial type was one thousand).
Ultimately, Xu Jin earned a total of one hundred and fifty-seven thousand war merit in one battle.
Directly leaving the attending True Monarchs speechless.
Many True Monarchs among them have not accumulated such a large amount of military merit in decades, yet Xu Jin, a newcomer, acquired it in his first battle, which was simply incredible.
Actually, it was quite normal, as many True Monarchs also had records of slaying alien True Monarchs, but many times it was achieved through the combined efforts of two or three, or even more individuals.
When split among many people, it’s relatively less.
"You’re quite remarkable; if you accomplish this two or three more times, there’s hope for you to earn the title of True Monarch in the future!" Guan Hei patted Xu Jin’s shoulder, "But you’re not in a hurry to use your military merit to apply for the title of Star Lord. See what cultivation resources you need, and you can exchange using your merits here.
Here, enhancing your strength is the top priority.
Once you’ve accumulated enough, you can apply for the title with your military merit and then receive a realm fief to retire, and it won’t be too late." As he spoke, Guan Hei handed Xu Jin a Jade Scroll.
When Xu Jin focused his Divine Thought into the scroll and carefully read through it, he suddenly understood what the military merit balance was all about.
Why was the selection criterion for the Imperial Palace Saint Heir based on the balance of military merit rather than pure military merit!
Because here, military merit is almost used as a form of currency.
For example, from the Star Realm Fragment integrated into the Star Island, acquiring over a hundred pieces of Star Ruins Primordial Sand, along with Innate Treasure Material, Innate Spiritual Material, and various Treasure Materials, Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures, Spiritual Medicines, Star Jade Marrow, Star Jade Crystal, etc., can all be exchanged using military merit.
Moreover, there is a regulation: For this captured supplies, personnel of this Star Island can use military merit to exchange at a thirty percent discount.
For example, exchanging Star Ruins Primordial Sand requires five thousand military merits per piece, but this time, it only costs three thousand five hundred points for exchange.
Innate Treasure Material is more expensive, instantly becoming unattainable for Xu Jin, requiring twenty-five thousand military merits, even at a thirty percent discount, still over seventeen thousand.
Innate Spiritual Material is relatively cheaper, requiring forty thousand military merits per item, even at a thirty percent discount, still fourteen thousand.