Chapter 574: Reunion with the Merfolk
"I'll exchange ten billion years of my lifespan for Intelligence."
Sitting in the boat, Loren activated the Temperance Card's ability.
The Temperance Card emitted a glow, proving the exchange was successful, but Loren's Intelligence stat didn't budge.
"Just as I thought..."
Loren didn't feel disappointed about it.
The rules of the Temperance Card were the same as the underlying logic of this world—life was equal, to the point that a long-lived species' life was worth the same as a short-lived species' life.
If possible, what a mayfly exchanged for its entire lifespan would be exactly the same as what a vampire exchanged.
As a result, for someone immortal like Loren, lifespan had no value. Even ten billion years couldn't buy him a single point of Intelligence.
However, Loren could still exploit a loophole.