Would you like to begin contributing now ?


    The Rest of Maik''s collective consciousness was too stunned to actually stop the near emotionless logic center from mentally clicking the accept button. Only after the button had already been pressed did the Creative aspect of Maik''s mind chime in.


    Who the FUCK is the 5th Imperial Congregate ? What is the Master control matrix ? Why are there literal quests in our vision ? And Where do you get off just deciding shit without consulting the rest of us Analytical ?


    "Congratulations ! Hidden achievement unlocked. By Immediately accepting to contribute extra Chi energy in the Collective Chi energy contribution quest you have been granted a complementary Tier 3 tutorial to help you perform the task. Tutorial will commence in 30 seconds. Would you like to Decline ?"


    Whit ! Yeah, hold up.... Fuck it accept the other quest too. Maybe there''s extra reward for that as well.


    Commencing Tutorial.


    Why the fuck is there a monthly subscription to use my own damn power ? No taxation without representation. Over throw the alien overlord A.I.


    "Warning ! Malicious intent towards the Fifth Imperial Congregate detected. You have been put on a watch list ! 1 demerit added."


    Oppression !... Sorry.


    "You have been warned. 3 demerits will revoke Remedial citizenship status. You man rescind demerits either by paying a fine in Chi or with contribution points."


    The narrative has been illicitly obtained; should you discover it on Amazon, report the violation.


    Fuck you alien overlord A.I.  Righteous anger.


    Derek stepped up to report on the attributes next.


    Something wrong here.Scam.


    Maik stopped Cultivating and simply sent energy directly into the window without trying to cycle it first, pushing as hard and as fast as he could. he found his remaining 148 Chi dropping at a pretty rapid rate, much faster, in fact, then the number going into the panel. Maik kept pushing and watched as his Chi bar continued to empty by the 10s of Chi while the panel only received about 1 out of every 10 he sent its way.


    Are you shitting me ? The fucking alien A.I. is taking 90% of what were trying to contribute in taxes ? RAGE ! This is bullshit. Utter bullshit. Now, now. Lets do some math real quick to see if we cant overcome this issue. Total bullshit. Despair !


    Maik checked his calculator, thankful the phones had started working again. Then realized that he needed more accurate data to work off of before he started calculating how long it would take to reach his goals. So he set up a timer, watching it closely while performing tests to determine what his base line was.


    First he determined how much Chi he would recover without doing anything.


    Just under seven Chi every minute. So it looks like the base Chi recovery is the Endurance stat divided by 10.


    Next Maik started cycling his Chi and found that the Chi recovery went up when he did so, and by a good margin at that.


    About 13 and a half Chi per minute. Why ? Whats the factor ? Fun puzzle.


    The search for that answer ultimately lead Maik to the skills list. There he started to better understand the ways that the skills helped him.


    Tier 2 skill - Fundamental Chi control - Intermediate


    Determines the fundamental levels of Chi structure, density and speed control you have over the flow and use of Chi. Effects how fast and how easily Chi skills can be activated or used.


    Tier 3 skill - Chi manipulation - Capable


    Enhances how much Chi you can use, cycle, and passively generate / collect when actively cycling Chi.


    Tier 4 skill - Chi cultivation - Beginner


    Actively draw energy in from outside sources and convert it into Chi energy.


    After some calculations Maik discovered that the boosts were multiplicative. While cycling Chi he was gaining twice his passive recovery. That kind of made since the chi manipulation skill was at capable, level 2.


    So passive recovery * chi manipulation while actively circulating chi. Now what about cultivation ?


    Despite Chi cultivation only being at Beginner rank, level 1, it doubled again to just over 27 chi recovered per minute.


    So does it multiply by the skill level + 1 or is it exponentially higher for every level the skill gains ? More testing needed at higher levels.


    Likewise Maik found that the amount of chi he could send out was = to his Chi stat base 148, divided by 10, 14.8 and then times his Chi manipulation skill level for a total output of 29.6 per minute. So he could output more then he could recover, even when using all of his methods.


    So we shall use the recovery speed for out base, reduced by 90% to account for the tax. 27 ÷ 10 = 2.7.


    2.7 x 30 minutes = 81. 6 x 81 = 486. 3,000 ÷ 486 = 6.173. So just over 6 days to contribute the needed points for the optimum reward, so long as we dedicate 3 hours ever day to contribution in 30 minutes segments that is. GROAN ! Oh yeah. That sounds like its going to be just loads of fun.


    As it turned out, Maik had just a little over 30 minutes to get his first contribution of chi in before he needed to start getting ready for his shift on guard duty.


    Contribution : 491 of 1,400


    They were also hugging the front of their plate carrier to them self to take some of the pressure off their shoulders. Sweet relief.


    After a late lunch Maik had some time to himself and so sat down to meditate.