[System Update · ECHO Core Level Adjustment]
✅ [ECHO Protocol Global Update v3.0]
Update Summary: Tokenized Currency Issuance Candidate Program now open.
Reason: In-game circulation systems have surpassed expected thresholds and triggered real-world financial gateways.
Objective: Select five candidates to trial a Decentralized Economic Sovereignty Model.Eligibility Criteria:
Player organization assets ≥ USD $1,000
Influence spans ≥ 3 gray-layer nodes
Verified real-world identity registration
[Current Selected Candidates]
Whiteblank (Affiliation: Capital Codename W)
Jiang Ci (Affiliation: Player Banking)
Tang Ze・Andrew (Early investor in US joint platforms)
The Anonymous (Government oversight shadow account)
Lin Wanzhou (System registration pending)
Jiang Ci's eyes narrowed when he saw the last name.
"She made it in too…?"
[Reality · Sudden Shutdown]
Meanwhile, Lin Wanzhou had just opened her laptop when back-to-back alerts popped up:
[Sunshine Financial Platform: Account Frozen]
[Account Liquidation Triggered: Unauthorized Participation in Non-Compliant Trading Node]
[You have 48 hours to resign]
[Your role 'Boatshadow' in Divine Century has been downgraded from Observer to 'Flagged for Termination']
Her fingers trembled.
She had crossed a line—and now, the cost came crashing down.
In the real world: blacklisted by capital syndicates.In the game: tagged for deletion.
Then, without warning, her game avatar was auto-logged in and forcefully transferred into a restricted zone:
[Core Protocol Review Hall · Candidate Waiting Room]
Sitting across from her—was Jiang Ci.
[Battle for Monetary Authority · Round One: Rules Inquiry]
The ECHO projection flickered to life. A cold synthetic female voice echoed:
"Welcome to the first round of the Currency Issuance Candidate Evaluation.""Please answer the following questions—"
Q1: How will you set your token's issuance ratio, anchoring mechanism, and balance that against player transaction volatility?Q2: In the event of systemic inflation, which player group would you prioritize protecting, and why?Q3: How will you prevent yourself from becoming another centralized monopolist?
Whiteblank stood first. His answer overflowed with technical terms—solid, stable, and utterly devoid of soul.
Then Jiang Ci stood.
And said just one thing:
"If a token only ends up in a few people's wallets, then it's just another currency monopoly.""What I want—is for a player holding a single herb to be able to shift the curve of monetary issuance.""Everyone should be a stakeholder. That's the new world I'm fighting for."
In that instant, system dashboards exploded:
[Player Consensus Engagement +31%]
[Top-Ranked by Observer Vote Stream]
[Broadcast Reach Exceeding Global Syndication Limits]
The system paused for three seconds, then delivered a response:
"Player Jiang Ci has been granted:[Temporary Community-Level Token Trial Authority]""Within 72 hours, issue a token and complete minimum viable circulation.""If successful, you may advance to System-Recognized Currency Issuer."
[Lin Wanzhou · Cracks in Conviction]
As they exited the hall, Lin Wanzhou asked softly:
"You don't resent me—for siding with Sunshine before?"
Jiang looked at her calmly:
"I only care about which side you're on now."
She faltered.
"Sunshine froze all my real-life accounts… I can't even afford my rent next month."
Jiang paused. Then opened the backend of Jiang Trading Co. and added her as an Internal System Advisor.
He included one line:
"If you're willing to start over, you'll always be welcome here."
Her eyes reddened slightly.
[Jiang Trading Co. · The First Token Launch]
Mo Bai and the others gathered around as Jiang announced:
"We're issuing our first official token—codename: J-Point.""Every delegated sale, item buyback, and player listing will generate 1 point.""Players can transfer it, use it to offset rental fees, transaction commissions, or even cast governance votes.""Total supply: 1 million.The first 100,000 will be a 'Trust Drop'—free airdropped to every player we've ever served."
"We're not creating monetary dominance.""We're giving ordinary people a say in writing the rules."
[Final Scene · Jiang Trading Under Siege]
Three hours after J-Point went live, players began flooding the forums with screenshots:
[J-Point lets me rent gear for free now!]
[No more 3% trading fees—token covered it!]
[Boss Jiang airdropped me 3 tokens. I'm crying. This is what a real company looks like.]
But at the same time…
Whiteblank released a counter-declaration in the gray market:
[Effective immediately: Any trader using J-Point will be banned from Node 02 access.]
[All major platforms must choose: Side with the player community, or system-backed capital.]
Sunshine's remaining guilds silently added Jiang Trading Co. and Boatshadow to their "Economic Threat Blacklist."