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“It’s different.” Heimerdinger didn’t know what to say. The difference between the two couldn’t be explained in just a few words.

“Don’t you have a professor from Shurima? I don’t ask for much, just one class a week is fine,” Artoria continued. Of course she knew the difference, but how could she achieve her goal without exaggerating a bit first?

Heimerdinger was in a bind. Nasus, as a legendary figure who could teach even apprentices, was certainly capable of teaching, but he had only agreed to a few lessons, one per week. How could he, the Hextech manager, possibly take over?

“You mean Professor Nasus? He’s not under my jurisdiction. Why don’t you write a report to my superior?” Heimerdinger said.

"This won't work, that won't work, what do you suggest we do? If you don't give me an answer, I'm not leaving today." Artoria started to act spoiled, having finally caught Heimerdinger making a mistake, she wouldn't give up until she got something out of him.

"Well, how about I call Sun Wukong over for you? He bears some responsibility for this too..."

Heimerdinger stopped talking abruptly, and Artoria just stared at him, her eyes conveying a clear message: Don't treat me like a fool.

Sun Wukong? Putting aside the problems with the Heavenly Court, even if we invited him, what would he teach? Teaching him the Great Celestial Immortal Technique wouldn't be right for him, and even if he could, would any of the students in the entire school actually learn it?!

"Well, I really can't find anyone available. At most, I have some things to lend you: a deep virtual training device, free for a year!" Heimerdinger said through gritted teeth after a long pause.

This thing can simulate 99% of the real environment in real time, and its highest allowed energy simulation level is level four, which is the advanced professional level. This technology is unique to Hextech in the entire Clock Tower.

Don't compare this thing to so-called 99% realistic virtual games. This thing is controlled by the Clock Tower. If you throw someone who isn't very knowledgeable into it, they'll never find a loophole in their entire life.

"Borrow? You're too stingy. Just give us a set, even a second-hand one will do." Artoria became interested; this thing could replace many teachers.

"No, no, no, we can only borrow it." Heimerdinger kept shaking his head. There are only five sets in the entire Hextech lab. Four sets are in four important branch labs, and one set has just been repaired and is not in use.

"Then borrow more, three sets." Artoria began to bargain.

"Just one set, I don't have any more. If you're not even willing to accept this, I'll get you a bed. What kind do you want to sleep in? I'll make one right away." Heimerdinger insisted on the limit, emphasizing that borrowing things couldn't interfere with the normal progress of the experiment.

"Then let's make it longer, three years," Artoria said, still unwilling to give up.

Heimerdinger spread his hands, and a series of bedding blueprints floated out. No matter how complicated the bed was, it was a simple thing in Heimerdinger's eyes. It would take him a few minutes to hand-make a set.

"Alright, one year it is, but I need to take it over now," Artoria said, waving her hand.

Heimerdinger didn't dawdle any longer. He wrote out a form by hand, scanned it into the system, and handed it to Artoria.

Artoria turned and walked away, as if she were afraid that Merdinger would stop her in the dark.

Only then did Heimerdinger have time to investigate what had happened. When Artoria was around, his gaze was like a knife whenever he made this move.

After watching the video in the system, Heimerdinger's already big head almost got even bigger. This little thing, good heavens, Artoria has become bad after becoming a legend. The old King Arthur was very simple and easy to fool.

He wanted to chase after the person and get them up, but Heimerdinger sat back down.

Never mind, let's just consider it support for education. Artoria has had it tough too.

There are only four schools on Earth right now. Hogwarts, which is under her jurisdiction, is on the same level as the schools on the other side of the Earth. Not a single student won a third prize at the exchange meeting, so it's very difficult for Artoria as well.

A legend leading three sub-legends (Dumbledore hadn't returned) and a bunch of vocational school graduates achieved results similar to a vocational school leading a secondary vocational school. If Heimerdinger had been in that situation, his mentality might not have been as good as Artoria's.

There was really no other way. Artoria had done her best. She wasn't a member of the Clock Tower; if you counted, she was only a member of the Human Alliance. She didn't have access to the educational resources of the Clock Tower or the Heavenly Court; she only had access to resources coordinated and distributed by the Human Alliance.

Moreover, the resources required for the professional Round Table Knights route in the early stages are even more exaggerated than those for the magician. The advantageous disciplines cannot be developed, and the principal has not yet received a reply from the teacher. It's really tough on her.

Chapter 310 Even the stairs have become priceless treasures?!

On the night Artoria returned to Earth with the equipment, Hogwarts School in the Kingdom of the Bulls experienced its first-ever fire. Fortunately, thanks to Gawain's timely arrival, there were no major casualties.

"Can you tell me what you did?" Gawain looked at the stairs that had been burned to ashes, then turned to look at Leona, the "arsonist" who was standing obediently beside him.

"This staircase moves!" Leona waved her hands, simulating the rotating staircase she saw, and said with a hint of panic, "Wherever I go, it turns around, and it's happened several times!"

"So you burned down the stairs?" Gawain scolded. If Leona did it for this reason, he felt it was necessary to give her a lecture.

“No…” Leona pouted, looking very aggrieved, “I just built a bridge.”

"A bridge? How was it built?" Gao Wen found it hard to imagine what kind of bridge could cause a fire.

“Like this.” Leona traced her finger in the air, and following the direction of her finger, an arch bridge built of sunfire slowly appeared in the sky.

*Slap!* Gawain slapped himself across the face. He now knew how this had happened and could imagine the scene. These stairs were just enchanted, a kind of educational game for students. How could they withstand Leona's antics?

"I have to teach you some common sense beforehand. Come with me." Gawain led Leona out of the castle. He felt that if he didn't teach her a lesson first, Leona would become the biggest scourge of the entire Hogwarts.

Outside the castle, the sky was crystal clear, the bright moonlight illuminated the earth, and twinkling stars hung in the sky, making the sky look less monotonous and creating one of the most beautiful paintings in the world.

"You should know what the biggest rule is for every member of the mystical side in the Human Alliance, right?" Gawain asked after thinking for a while.

“I know.” Leona nodded, then thought for a moment and slightly parted her lips. “Every cultivator must remember that when foreign enemies invade, they must stand in front of mortals and protect every mortal, even if he is a criminal!”

Gawain walked to the railing with his hands behind his back. Leona had pretty much said what he meant, but it was clear that she had only memorized it by rote and hadn't really understood it.

"Do you know why this rule came about, and why everyone follows it spontaneously?" Gawain looked up at the sky, his thoughts seemingly returning to that chaotic era of growth.

Leona thought for a long time, "Because we're strong?"

"This is just a facade. The real reason is that we've used a lot of resources from our civilization. Whether it's you, me, or any member of the mystical side, the resources we've consumed are more than an ordinary person could use up in a lifetime," Gao Wen said very seriously.

"The more we use it, the more responsibility we bear. At the same time, every mortal is the cornerstone and future of civilization. Without them, we alone cannot support a civilization," Gao Wen continued. "These are the few words I have come to understand over the years."

"Are there any people who don't follow this rule?" Leona asked curiously.

“It’s gone now.” Gawain’s tone carried a hint of grimness.

Indeed, they don't exist now, because those kinds of people died in the Great Purge. It was precisely because of that Great Purge that the People's Federation can truly be called a civilization that is developing in a positive direction.

Leona nodded, indicating that she understood. Although she didn't quite grasp it yet, she kept Gawain's words in mind.

"Do you know how much damage was done today?" Gawain continued, seeing that Leona seemed to have realized something.

"Hmm..." Leona fell silent for a moment. She was a little scared now, wondering if she had caused a huge waste of resources.

"Don't worry too much. Actually, those things aren't that precious. They're just priceless in the mortal world for now," Gawain reassured her. His purpose wasn't simply to frighten Leona.

As for the phrase "priceless treasure," it's not wrong to use it, because the human alliance's mystical and non-mystical sides haven't been able to establish a suitable trading channel yet, and there's not even a price tag, so it's naturally priceless.

As we all know, most countries on Earth now use credit systems, and the gold standard was completely phased out many years ago because the Earth's gold resources simply cannot keep up with the development of the commodity economy and are no longer suitable as a general equivalent for calculation.

As for replacing it with gemstones or diamonds, that's utter nonsense. Diamonds, which seem to have high individual value, are just ordinary stones in the face of nations and civilizations. The added value generated by marketing is only useful to specific individuals.

This is also why several international appraisal agencies do not issue certificates to large diamond mines in Russia. The mines are simply too large, with each person receiving several carats, which could easily destroy the diamond market that has been maintained for so many years.

We've strayed a bit from the topic; let's get back to the current monetary situation of the People's Federation.

The currency system within the Human Alliance is currently quite chaotic. The Heavenly Court and the Clock Tower operate under a planned economy system, and the units of measurement they issue, such as points and incense, are essentially the same: they are simply calculations and allocations based on anticipated resources and current personnel.

Internally, points and incense are exchanged at a 1:1 ratio with no limits. So, these two things are essentially the same thing, just with different names due to different regions and cultures. Most importantly, they can be exchanged for equivalent resources in a real way. That is to say, you will only get one point for every resource you need, and there will never be more.

For the mystical side of the world, where the total population is no more than 500,000 and there are only formally employed people, a planned economy is a very suitable economic system, but it is not so suitable for the world with a total population of 7 billion.

The fiat currency system on Earth is a monetary system guaranteed by national credit and not directly linked to any precious metals. To put it bluntly, it can be over-issued, and its intrinsic value is far lower than its monetary value. This is the basis for the US to transfer economic pressure to the whole world by printing more money.

So when the People's Union was established, and credit money and non-credit money coexisted, a problem arose: what could serve as the new general equivalent for transactions?

The US once shamelessly recommended the US dollar, but before the mystery side could even open its mouth, people from other countries immediately started cursing.

The US has promised they will never print dollars recklessly again, but who believes their promises? If the dollar were to become the general equivalent, they would definitely start printing money and try every means to acquire resources from the secret world.

The US dollar is unsuitable, and other fiat currencies are also unsuitable, at least for now. They cannot be simply pegged to each other like that, as that would directly destroy the mystical side and force those within it to directly reject the so-called fiat currencies.

If fiat currency is unusable, then let's go back to the primitive approach and use the gold standard?

No, that won't work either. Gold is indeed a rare element in the universe, and its value is very high. It plays an irreplaceable role in various industries on Earth and in the mystical world. But as I said before, there isn't enough gold.

The vast majority of gold on Earth is in the mantle and crust, which cannot be mined. As for the surface veins, they are even more untapped; the commodity markets of a large country cannot support them, let alone the mystical side.

Thus, through the joint efforts of many people, a temporary one-way exchange channel was barely established.

That is, a transaction method based on direct transactions, supplemented by indirect transactions and credit transactions.

Direct trading, simply put, is bartering. Some refined items, recognized by the mystical side, are given new value and can be directly exchanged for a relatively abundant portion of basic mystical resources.

Indirect transactions are also simple: gold is added, and gold is exchanged for points or other mystical currencies to purchase other goods. However, the types of goods and the quantity that can be purchased are limited.

Credit transactions are even simpler, mostly circulating within the Earth's interior, most notably through the exchange of various credit currencies for gold.

However, this fragile and unsustainable trading method is still in the pilot stage because it is very difficult to plan and coordinate it.

The purpose of the mystical side is to protect the safety of civilization while improving the happiness of ordinary citizens within it, not to kill everyone.

For example, if an alloy that can be produced on Earth is included in this trading system, then everything on the production line of this alloy will start to increase in price, and the labor force and means of production in society will also concentrate in these industries, indirectly weakening the intrinsic value of other industries and other commodities.

As a result, the production of other goods begins to decrease, and market prices also begin to rise. However, because the overall rate of productivity development cannot keep up with this change, it eventually leads to a situation where prices are both high and scarce, causing extremely absurd inflation, and much money begins to lose its value.

People who cannot access special alloys find their hard-earned assets inexplicably shrinking, naturally leading to a decline in their quality of life—an absurd vicious cycle.

Because resources from the mystical side are extremely scarce for all countries on Earth, the decline in the alloy exchange rate cannot stop this trend, and naturally, it cannot reach an ideal balance point. Or rather, by the time the balance point is reached, everyone will be finished.

Fortunately, the leaders of the mystical side and most countries are still clear-headed, so this kind of thing hasn't happened openly yet, but something is already not quite right behind the scenes.

The most obvious example is the price of gold. Non-state-owned gold trading venues have completely disappeared in recent years. On the surface, the price of gold has risen to more than 500 RMB per gram, but in reality, even adding a zero to the price makes it difficult to describe its intrinsic value.

This was despite the fact that the Mystic Side had abruptly halted the gold exchange policy midway through the pilot program, which also led to the closure of trading channels other than direct trading, which had only just begun.

Then, during direct transactions, the intrinsic psychological value of goods also began to change, and countless balding actuaries' heads became brighter, as the value of various goods began to be re-evaluated.

In short, it's very difficult to obtain the things Leona destroyed through external transactions. Under the current trading system, both sides would lose out no matter how you calculate it, resulting in a lose-lose situation. The only solution is to wait for the next round of Human Union educational resource allocation.

Hearing this, Leona's head was already spinning. In her mind, Gawain meant that the things she broke were both of low and high value, a contradiction that was hard to understand, like Schrödinger's cat.

"If you really can't understand, just remember one thing: don't waste things in the future, especially things related to mysterious resources."

Gawain offered a hint, adding that he himself didn't fully understand these things, only knowing that countless mystical people were practically tearing their hair out because of this world.

Now, even increasing the redeemable limit by a little bit requires the signatures of three relevant officials. If the amount is too large, it will be directly re-discussed, and then a legendary figure will follow up in real time. If anything is definitely not right, it will be stopped first.

Leona was at a loss, but Gawain didn't care much anymore, as long as Leona remembered this sentence.

As for the others, even if she damaged an aircraft carrier, it wouldn't be a big problem.

Don't forget, the Human Alliance also has a channel with the Resident Evil side. Their population has decreased drastically, and there are countless abandoned aircraft carriers and an abundance of raw materials. Opening up transportation channels is not feasible for the time being, but one-to-one limited exchange is no problem.

“Um… Professor Gawain, how about I compensate for what we got this time?” Leona shook her head, trying to clear her mind of the things she couldn’t understand.

"Never mind, let's wait until next month. We'll deduct it from your salary then," Gawain said, waving his hand. After all, Gawain knew that Leona had just risen from the sun.

Gawain estimated that Leona didn't have anything valuable besides her companion artifact. As for buying and selling artifacts, was she tired of living?

Such deception is beyond what even an illegitimate gainer could withstand. The accusations piled up one after another, and even Zhang San would have to admit he was an expert. Luo Xiang would cry and shout that he couldn't do this problem.

"No, I really can afford to pay for it." Leona pulled out a three-legged golden crow feather in a flash.

The moment it was taken out, the surrounding temperature began to rise, and a huge light, like a ball, illuminated the entire school.

Fortunately, having learned from her previous mistake, Leona managed to put the items away in time while Gawain was speechless with shock.