A rainy night. A cafe. A cup of cheap instant coffee.
Lin Mo, an ordinary man fretting over next month's rent, is almost crushed by the cold reality of life.
Suddenly, his phone screen erupts with a glaring crimson warning: [Warning! The human civilization spark index is nearing its critical threshold!
0.998... 0.997...]
The icy text brands itself before his eyes like a final judgment.
Then an unknown entity calling itself the "Civilization Spark Continuation System" forcibly binds itself to him:
[Bound User: Lin Mo. Initial Spark Value: 1 (Critical).]
[Beginner Mission: Spend 100 million Huaxia currency within 24 hours to convert it into 0.0001 Spark Value.]
[Personal account unlocked: ¥10,000,000,000,000.00 (ten trillion yuan exactly).]
[Funds may only be used to increase humanity's civilizational potential or respond to threats. Misuse means erasure!]
Ten... trillion?!
Lin Mo stares at the astronomical figure on the screen, so long it leaves him breathless, and his mind goes blank. A moment ago he was struggling to make ends meet. Now he holds enough wealth to buy several countries?
But this isn't a stroke of luck, a fortune fallen from the sky.
It's the spark that will keep civilization alive!
The steadily falling Spark Value is the countdown to humanity's death, as civilization's balance runs out on the cosmic scale. He's spending money like water to keep the entire species alive? And if he fails, the already precarious Spark Value will be reduced, perhaps costing him his own life!
This kind of novel is so frustrating to read. It's just a story about saving the world, where the male protagonist has to spend money on technologies that are beneficial to the development of civilization. It's like he has to find someone who has the technology and they happen to need the money. Even though the system gives the male protagonist so much money, he can't spend it on himself. What's the point of this kind of novel?