Chapter 197 The Era Without Currency

Author: White clouds flutter

Chapter 197 The Era Without Currency

In the end, Taylor chose the second method temporarily, which was mainly to modify the digestive system, which was a bit too scary.

The second thing that followed shocked Taylor. Although it was very ordinary in this era, to him, it was no less than the creation of God and the creation of Pangu.

Because three days after he woke up, Alice found him alone and said that according to current laws, the government had to register the hibernators' identities, and part of the process required him to be on site.

"Oh, now the United States also has a unified national identity system?" Taylor asked casually.

"Yes, this is a policy implemented after Canada joined to prevent terrorist attacks and criminal acts." Alice explained.

"All states have passed this law. If I go to other states, will I not be able to use this ID card?"

"The American political system changed from a federal system to a unitary system a century ago, but it is still called the United States. Now every state uses a unified legal system."

Then Taylor agreed, so Alice activated an information window and began to register some basic information about Taylor, excluding his past occupation, etc.

Soon Alice seemed to see something, and was surprised: "Mr. Taylor, you actually have a PhD from Harvard, a master's degree from MIT, and a PhD from West Point Military Academy!"

(In reality, there seems to be no military discipline in the United States, so don’t bring it in)

"In short, you have a PhD in macroatoms from Harvard, a space military degree from West Point, and a master's degree in theoretical physics from MIT."

"Even though these are degrees from the AD era, according to the "Academic Welfare Act" and the "AD Degree System Preferential Treatment Act" in the US administrative law, your academic benefits are level 3."

"Considering that your social contribution value is currently only 1 and your academic welfare package does not have any additional rewards, I suggest that you can get contribution points by finding a job."

"Of course, it doesn't matter if you don't work. Nearly one-fifth of the population in this era is the leisure class. What's more, you have been hibernating for almost two centuries, so you are somewhat out of step with the times."

"So actually, I personally think that the best way is for you to go to an institution of higher learning to receive modern education first. It seems that you were an elite in ancient times. Even if your memory is not as good as that of new humans, it is not a problem to get one or two modern degrees."

"And you can also take the opportunity to adapt to the new era. After you get one or two degrees in college, you can fully integrate into modern society." Alice suggested.

"But I have no money, can I apply for a U.S. student loan?" Taylor asked. After all, after two centuries, there will definitely be some changes in policies.

"What is money?" Alice repeated awkwardly, a word she had obviously heard for the first time.

"USD, RMB, that is, money...money?" Taylor prompted again in Chinese, but the other party still shook his head in confusion.

"Then what do you get paid for? Isn't it dollars?" Taylor asked.

"What is salary?" Alice asked blankly.

"If you don't even know your salary, then why do you work? Do you get anything by working?"

"Contribution points, didn't I just say that one way to get contribution points is to work, there are many other ways, but I think this method is the easiest." Alice explained disapprovingly.

"It seems that the currency of this era is called contribution points." Taylor seemed to suddenly realize it, and then asked: "So you usually use this contribution points to buy food and clothing, right?"

"What is buying?" However, Alice was once again confused.

"Then let me ask you, new humans always have to consume, right?"

"I've heard of this word before. It means getting what you need. If consumption means the same thing as I understand it, then of course new humans must consume. Otherwise, where would the food and clothing come from?"

Alice finally heard a AD word she had learned, so she quickly smiled.

"Yes, then since you want to consume, you must pay contribution points or other things in exchange for what you want, right?" Taylor asked as concisely as possible.

"No, you don't need anything. If you want any food or clothing, just place an order on the Material Distribution Department's website, and the drone will deliver it to your home in a short while.

"Moreover, the types of things on the Ministry of Material Distribution website are richer. They are specially designed by countless programmers who want to exchange for contribution points. They are much easier to use than Amazon and Taobao in ancient times." Alice explained.

"There is no need for any procedures or anything to be provided? Just place an order directly?" Taylor already suspected that he was dreaming. This was much more shocking than the destructive space fleet and the Great Interstellar Wall.

"Yes, just click the OK button. Once your ID card is obtained, you can go online to the hospital to apply for what you want, including the organic crops included in the AD welfare benefits." Alice nodded.

"Since it's called application, are there any restrictions or review process?"

"No." Alice shook her head and said, "Why should there be any restrictions? You are obviously an American citizen, so you naturally have the right to apply to the Ministry of Material Distribution for what you want."

"I can have as much food and clothing as I want?" Taylor asked in disbelief.

"Well, in theory, there is an upper limit for a person's material rationing. If the material rationing limit is exceeded, you need to explain to the relevant departments and explain why a huge amount of materials is needed."

"But in fact, in the entire human world, the number of people who have reached the upper limit of material rationing currently does not exceed six figures, and not a single AD person has reached this upper limit." Alice explained.

"It seems that the symbolic significance of this upper limit is greater than its practical significance." Taylor laughed.

"Indeed, it's mainly because there are some extremely poor and boring people in this world who deliberately apply for a large amount of resources just to waste the fruits of other people's labor."

"There was once a person in the European Federation who applied for two hundred tons of edible grass from the Material Distribution Department. I wonder why he wanted so much grass?" Alice complained.

"Some people are just weird. There were a lot of weird people like that in our time. I don't know if there are so many weird people in your time," Taylor said.

"It seems that we are relatively lucky. There are not many such weirdos in this era. There are more than 200 billion people in the world, and there are only hundreds of thousands of such weirdos." Alice smiled.
Chapter completed!