"Life and death cycle endlessly..."
Life may not be sacred, but it still holds "value."
A mortal's life may not be etched in history or create any great feats, but merely by existing, by living their days well, by completing the tasks at hand, they can still leave a mark, they can still generate value...
"...as long as you're alive, you can make money and pay taxes, become a part of the financial system, and naturally, you have value. Uh, all surplus value has its place to go..."
Lu Ping'an cleared over four hundred points in assets, but in actuality, that person had over a thousand points.
Lu Ping'an originally thought it would vanish with the wind, but his Life Bank turned out to be even more excessive than expected.
"...They've been confiscated entirely?"
After a deceased person's estate goes unclaimed, it naturally falls to "society" and the "state," and at that point, it becomes the "public assets" of the Life Bank.
