My Weekly Refreshing Mentor Spirit

This world has always been like this.

The children of nobles are always nobles, the children of commoners are always commoners, and the children of prostitutes will only become prostitutes.

The entire world operates this way, with differences in social status and respect; the rules of hierarchy and lineage have always been this way, and one only needs to act according to them.

Commoners need only be born to do their respective jobs well, providing population for noble lords, providing thugs for gangs, and once they become old and worn out, they are taken away, disappearing from everyone’s sight entirely.

Living, is merely just living.

However, it seems the arrival of a new God has changed everything.

Ever since the day we hid in the sewers, once we left them, everything seemed different.

It appears there are no more gangs or noble lords, only a group of children called the Xiao Organization.

And the sun has changed too; I remember it used to be a big red fireball, hanging in the sky like a big red fruit. But now, this new sun is pale blue and much larger.

It seems like everything has changed, yet nothing has changed; the Xiao Organization is merely the new nobility.

It’s just another group of people in power continuing the same unchanging days. My time should be coming too, and by then, I’ll be forcibly taken away by these people, just like before, when my mother, sister, and aunt were all taken away, with their fates unknown.

It’s said that those who leave are offered to Lord God, or perhaps they just become some meat on the table. Who really knows?

"Greetings, sirs." I kneeled down and bowed my head, saying this to the children of the Xiao Organization who came by.

Who knew that this kneeling would cause trouble.

"Croak!"

"Ah!"

"Gulp!"

"Don’t kneel! Don’t get us into trouble, ah!"

A series of strange noises rang out, and this group leapt away like frogs, faces filled with fear.

While I was puzzled, someone immediately explained: "Old lady, stop kneeling! By kneeling now, you’re causing trouble. The rules have changed; if we stick to the ways of the old era, we’ll have our experience points deducted!"

Someone explained this, but it was completely incomprehensible.

What are experience points?

A whole load of explanations tumbled out. Her companion seemed impatient and immediately came over, knocking the other on the head and said directly: "Here’s the thing: doing good deeds makes you stronger, making mistakes or doing bad deeds makes you weaker. This is the rule set by our leader now."

"But it’s not that simple, there are hundreds of various conditions and channels for increasing or decreasing strength. However, you need only generally understand that doing good deeds increases strength, which we internally call gaining experience, while doing bad things we call losing experience. So we’re here to the countryside to gain experience, do you understand?" she explained.

I just nodded, generally understanding.

But there were still many things I didn’t understand. Why do things like this, and what benefit is there for God after doing this?

"Actually, it’s the same for you, too. As long as anyone follows this way, they can become stronger and increase their experience bar. I won’t speak of other things, Granny, do you have any problems that need resolving? We’re here to deliver water and food and spread this knowledge. Even though it gives little experience, every bit counts." she said.

"Child, are you saying that as long as we follow the standard of doing good deeds, we can all gain strength?"

"More or less, but it needs to follow the experience acquisition methods set by our leader. Let me see... Basically, it’s divided into good deeds, production and exploration, knowledge and culture, major breakthroughs, and so on. Generally, as long as you do things beneficial to the world, you become stronger."

"Either do good deeds or do other things. I heard someone previously protected a large group of species from mass Death due to environmental change and gained experience points?"

"In any case, that’s generally it. Granny, do you need help with anything? We’re in a hurry to gain experience."

The two children chattered on, occasionally interjecting each other and laughing together.

Perhaps, this kind of new era isn’t so bad.

"Then give me some spare water and food."

"Alright, alright, watch my Bread Technique!"

And just as they were helping the old lady to gain a bit of experience, cries of alarm came from the other side: "Save me!"

The two members of the Xiao Organization immediately became alert and their faces lit up with excitement. They leapt up in a great bound and sprinted over: "Where is the villain? Where is the villain!"

"Croak, we actually encountered such a lucky incident. Don’t be afraid, I’ll save you! This massive experience is mine! Ah!"

The two children vanished like the wind, leaving the old lady who had just received a large batch of water and bread bewildered.

Perhaps, this is just the style of the children from the Xiao Organization.

However, today is just the beginning. Within hours, another group of children from the Xiao Organization arrived and asked: "Granny, do you need any help?"

Granny: "..."

After sending this group off, within a few hours, another group of children arrived: "Granny, do you need any help?"

Granny: "......"

Just as she was about to lie down and lament living through another day, suddenly someone said: "Granny, do you have any tasks here?"

"No, no, several groups of you have already come today!" Granny shouted angrily, even stepping out to see that there were still a few groups of people outside seemingly ready to come and gain experience.

This world is probably sick, with people scrambling to do such things.