Moreover, its appearance was far too abrupt, and Brian Carter was completely unprepared.

If, say, this thing had appeared the moment he woke up in the classroom yesterday, Brian Carter could have accepted it calmly without much suspicion. But now, a whole day has passed—why did it suddenly show up?

Connecting it to the number 2000 in wealth, Brian Carter more or less figured out some of the situation at the time.

To determine whether this number was related to money, Brian Carter conducted some experiments on the spot.

As expected, as he withdrew money, the wealth value in his line of sight kept increasing.

With this, Brian Carter finally understood what the wealth represented.

But after several experiments, there were still some things Brian Carter couldn’t figure out.

For example, first of all, he had 28 yuan on him yesterday, and now there were still 10 yuan left.

So why didn’t this situation occur yesterday?

After thinking for a long time, and considering that he still had 10 yuan in hand that hadn’t been counted into his wealth, Brian Carter gained a bit of understanding.

Simply put—he was too poor!

The system as he defined it might be for the wealthy; if you have less than 100 yuan, it doesn’t even bother to count it. If it were a reborn person with more than 100 yuan in assets, they probably would have noticed it yesterday.

But Brian Carter is poor!

If it weren’t for needing to withdraw money to register for the martial arts exam, given his current situation, the chances of his parents giving him 100 yuan at once were slim. Brian Carter might not have discovered this thing for a long time.

Yesterday, Brian Carter was still complaining that fate was blind, causing him, a reborn person, to live so miserably.

Now it seems he had wronged fate; the key was that he was just a poor guy.

“Poverty really is the original sin!”

Once he basically figured this out, Brian Carter was deeply moved. These days, even fate looks down on the poor.

Has anyone considered his feelings?

If he never got the chance to get 100 yuan, wouldn’t this system be wasted?

Of course, that possibility is slim.

This was just the first point of confusion.

Second, as Brian Carter withdrew more money, he noticed something different.

When his wealth value increased to 10,000, afterwards, Brian Carter withdrew a bit more money from his card, but the wealth value didn’t increase anymore!

After several tests, the wealth value stayed fixed at 10,000 and didn’t move.

Since there were only a few lines of text, and no sudden voice appeared in his mind to explain things, nor was there a manual, Brian Carter had to make some judgments himself.

According to Brian Carter’s understanding, the 10,000 yuan he withdrew today was given by his parents for registration, so it should count as his own money.

The money he withdrew later was his parents’ money.

So, the wealth value is most likely counting his own wealth.

Otherwise, Brian Carter thought at the time, if just touching money could be counted as wealth, then he wouldn’t need to do anything else—he could just work at a bank or find a job handling cash.

Even if not at a bank, there are plenty of industries in society that deal with money, and some don’t have high requirements. He could easily increase his wealth value through these jobs, though he still wasn’t sure what effect increasing wealth would have.

Not knowing is fine; Brian Carter knew that it definitely wouldn’t be a bad thing.

“Wealth, it counts my own wealth. Although the intelligence is a bit high and doesn’t quite match this simple system, I’ll just accept it for now.”

Brian Carter muttered to himself, then frowned slightly and murmured, “Is it just pure money, or does it include things of equivalent value? Like gold and jewelry?”

When there’s little money, counting cash is fine, but when there’s a lot, it can’t all be cash.

Also, does he have to personally touch the money every time his wealth increases?

But in today’s society, there are stocks and virtual currencies.

These are intangible assets—you can’t touch them, right?

Brian Carter felt a bit regretful, because poverty limited his ability to make a judgment.

If he had some gold, jewelry, or valuable stocks of his own, he could run some experiments. For now, he’d have to wait until conditions allowed.

“Sure enough, poverty limits my imagination…”

Slightly regretful, Brian Carter wasn’t in a hurry to prove these things—it was only a matter of time.

Besides these two points he’d already made judgments about, Brian Carter also considered another issue.

That is, does the wealth calculation count net assets, or does it include liabilities?

It sounds a bit off, but this relates to some actions Brian Carter might take next.

This time, the 10,000 yuan was given by his parents, so it counts as a gift and won’t be taken back.

But after all, it wasn’t money he earned himself. If his own money counts, then if he borrows money, does that count as his own?

Also, after paying the registration fee with this 10,000 yuan, will the wealth value decrease?

Having money means spending it—that’s inevitable.

If spending money causes the wealth value to decrease, then if Brian Carter wants to accumulate a large wealth value, he’ll have to become a miser.

All these things, due to current conditions, Brian Carter can’t get a definite answer for now and can only leave them for later.

What Brian Carter is really focused on, though, are the two columns: Vitality and Spirit.

In fact, Brian Carter had already guessed a few things.