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Chapter 1499: Tenfold Pay
Chapter 1499: Tenfold Pay
Initially, the announcement was just a small note at the bottom of the official website.
Seemingly unnoticed by everyone, Su Yu enlarged the text and placed it in the most prominent position on the homepage a few minutes later.
Seeing this explanation, the public finally understood:
"Oh, so that's how it is?"
"No wonder they seemed so similar. It turns out these five planets were already colonized by the Automatons!"
"No wonder two Planetary-Grade beings emerged from the Automatons. I've always wondered how they managed to gather the resources to reach that level. Now it makes sense."
"Alas, we and the carbon-based life forms on those planets are in the same boat."
"Unfortunately, the original inhabitants of those planets have already gone extinct. I wonder if the Automatons left any behind?"
"Probably not. The Automatons lack the emotional capacity that we carbon-based life forms possess."
"Speaking of which, Lord Su Yu is encouraging everyone to enlist? Are you all going to respond?"
"Enlist? No way!"
"Definitely not. Why would we enlist?"
"Going to the front lines to fight means risking death. And this is an interstellar war. Who knows how many will die?"
"I support the idea of attacking those planets, but only in words. I won't lift a finger."
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The explanation quickly spread among the public.
Most people found Su Yu's explanation logical.
However, the response to the recruitment drive was lukewarm.
An interstellar war across star systems sounded daunting from the start.
If things went as expected, few carbon-based life forms would respond to Su Yu's call to arms.
Morning Star, the cat, also thought about this issue.
She tilted her head and asked Su Yu, "Killing Star, what do you plan to do?"
Su Yu was confident. He smiled and said, "It's simple. We can sweeten the deal. Dolphin, draft an announcement for me."
A few minutes later, another announcement appeared on the homepage of the official website.
This was a detailed recruitment policy, the "Interstellar Expedition Recruitment Regulations."
The first half of the policy was standard, detailing the scope of recruitment and the responsibilities and obligations of soldiers and officers.
However, the second half took a dramatic turn!
Under the section for soldier and officer compensation, Su Yu boldly filled in a terrifying number!
The Southern Hemisphere also had armies, as various factions constantly engaged in internal conflicts. These armies were well-funded, with salaries typically 3-5 times higher than those in regular industries.
But the number Su Yu filled in was astonishing: he added a "0" to the end of the existing military pay, making the recruitment compensation ten times higher!
The public who clicked on the recruitment policy were instantly stunned!
They stared at the numbers in disbelief, their minds reeling.
"What's going on?"
"How much?"
"A High-Rank (3rd Tier) soldier earns 10 standard units of essence per year?!"
"Ten standard units? That's terrifying!"
"Not just terrifying, it's unbelievable!"
For a global recruitment drive like Su Yu's, the military pay couldn't be in any single nation's currency. Instead, it was paid in essence, which was always a hard currency.
Coincidentally, the Southern Hemisphere's armies already had a system for settling payments in essence.
In the past, a High-Rank (3rd Tier) soldier's annual income was about 1 standard unit of essence. Each tier increase roughly doubled the pay, with additional bonuses for officers and military achievements.
But Su Yu was unreasonable, multiplying every soldier's salary by ten! A High-Rank (3rd Tier) soldier would now earn 10 standard units of essence, a Hill-Rank (4th Tier) soldier would earn 100 units, and so on. How could this not shock the average person?
If this were the old Earth, it would be like an ordinary person earning a monthly salary of 3,000 units, suddenly being offered 100,000 units for enlisting. How could anyone resist?
Thus, social media was abuzz with excitement:
"This pay is too terrifying!"
"How do I enlist? I remember the threshold isn't that high, right?"
"There's an enrollment link on the official website. I'm going to sign up right now!"
"Wait, didn't you say you wouldn't enlist earlier?"
"Cough, that was then, this is now. I'm now a proud member of the expeditionary force!"
(End of Chapter)
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