owlsbooks Chapter 046 Demon Mountain Technology: Shattering the Void
Chapter 046 Demon Mountain Technology: Shattering the Void
Li Hanqiang made a decision in his heart. With a wave of his hand, he generously handed 100 gold coins to Xiao Zuanfeng and transferred a little demon from the Demon Mountain Workshop to form a team of ten demons for him to lead.
"Go ahead and rob a bunch of thieves, I'm rooting for you!" Li Hanqiang said expectantly.
Little Drill Wind carefully stuffed 100 gold coins one by one into his waistband, taking a full five or six minutes, before patting his chest and saying, "Your Majesty, rest assured!"
Soon, he led the Ten Demon Squad to rob them.
Li Hanqiang was still a little worried, so he waited at the entrance of the robbery passage.
In less than a minute, Little Drill Wind led the way and ran out of the robbery passage. A system notification sounded: "Ding, your robbery of the little demon has entered a simple instance. Robbery failed. Loss: None."
"The little demon didn't die and escaped back directly. Not bad!" Li Hanqiang nodded.
The little drill whirl looked shifty and like he was about to slack off, but as soon as he saw Li Hanqiang, he immediately perked up, gave a shout, and led the ten demon teams to rob again.
They returned in less than a minute, only to encounter another easy instance, and immediately fled back.
Li Hanqiang defended the dungeon twice more, and the little demon team managed to clear the normal dungeon both times. Each time, Xiao Zuanfeng managed to lead the team back safely.
"Not bad, not bad!" Li Hanqiang felt relieved, but then his face darkened.
This is incredibly bad luck. I spent 40 gold coins and didn't get anything. This business is going to lose money.
But who can do anything about luck?
Li Hanqiang only hoped that the little demons wouldn't be too ruthless; he would just consider it spending some gold coins to make them undergo "arduous and extraordinary cultivation."
A new day had begun. Li Hanqiang logged off, wandered around for a while, and had breakfast.
He discovered that Lin Banyue and the others' morning exercise might have been a spur-of-the-moment thing, and now they were nowhere to be seen.
Upon logging back in, before Li Hanqiang could even check on Xiao Zuanfeng's loot, a teleportation request for Big Deal came through, followed by one from Xiao Liuzi.
The value of gold coins is depreciating every moment, which Li Hanqiang doesn't care about, but professional merchants like Da Shang are extremely concerned. As of this morning, the purchase price of gold coins has fallen below 120 yuan, and they are anxious.
The profit margin for selling potions is actually very thin. If the gold coins depreciate, there is really not much profit to be made. If the gold coins depreciate to below 50, it will not be worthwhile to continue selling potions, and it is not worth wasting manpower.
With more and more gold farming studios joining [Endless World], the rate at which gold coins depreciate will only accelerate. It is estimated that within five or six days, the selling price of gold coins will drop below 50 yuan.
In addition, level 20 players have already appeared, and many guilds and gold farming studios have begun to train life skills players who specialize in potion making and blacksmithing. It is estimated that basic potions with prices lower than those in the system store will appear within the next day or two.
This means that the days of making money by selling potions are coming to an end, and they naturally want to seize the opportunity for big business.
Just as Big Buy and Little Six left to buy goods, the master thief wearing a dog helmet arrived again.
"Good morning, Qiang Ge! The defense towers here are really strong, Qiang Ge. All the aunties were AFK, and you still managed to defend the city successfully. I'm impressed! Are you going to keep grinding now? Aren't you going to log off and rest for a bit?"
The master thief grinned, showing no sign of anxiety whatsoever, as if he had already forgotten yesterday's "free return to town," and gazed at the distant defensive towers as if admiring the scenery.
"There's been another change here at Li Hanqiang's place. The defensive towers have all been moved. Looks like he's unlocked the stone slab technology..."
The master thief is not in a hurry to sell the potions; Zhen Deqiang is waiting for him in the Chaos Temple.
With this eccentric chairman meticulously calculating the accounts, the master thief couldn't get a single penny of profit. As a mere employee, he had no motivation whatsoever.
Li Hanqiang sized up the Divine Strategist Bandit and said, "Hey, can your Emperor Guild stop messing with that old lady? Get down to business, organize a few thousand or even ten thousand people to buy tickets and come fight, okay?"
The master thief laughed and said, "Where would I get so much money to buy tickets? Brother Qiang, let me be honest with you. I'm just a laborer. Life isn't easy. I'm just trying to make a living under Zhen Deqiang. I don't want to go against you, but unfortunately, I'm caught up in the ways of the world."
"Forced to do it? Fine, anyway, it costs gold coins for those old ladies to teleport here, so I'm not losing out. You guys can continue. Rich and stupid, that's you!"
After saying that, Li Hanqiang sent the master thief back to the city for free, without even letting him buy any basic potions.
He then rode swiftly to the Demon Mountain Cave, where the attribute panel of the Demon Mountain Cave popped up immediately.
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Demon Mountain Cave Mansion LV1: Special building, located in Chaos City Territory No. 68.
Size: Ten miles in radius
Category: Blessed Land, Dwelling of People
Demon Level: 1
Current number of monsters: 115/125
Ore reserves: 13
Timber reserves: 10
Herbal reserves: 11
Technology Unlocks: Shack Construction
Demon Mountain Building: Shed x1
Note: The Demon Mountain Cave can be upgraded; players are encouraged to explore the specific upgrade requirements themselves.
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The maximum number of demons has been increased to 125, which is naturally the result of cultivating fertile land. The growth rate of the three resources, ore, medicine, and wood, is not fast, but fortunately there is nothing else that requires these resources except for the hut.
"Why hasn't the Demon Mountain technology been developed yet? The little demons sent so many!"
Li Hanqiang felt a little disappointed. Just as he was thinking this, it seemed that the [Endless] mainframe sensed his resentment, and two system notifications suddenly came.
"Ding: The little demons have cultivated one acre of fertile land in the Demon Mountain. The maximum number of little demons has increased by 5."
"Ding: The little demons have successfully developed the intermediate technology [Shattering the Void] in the Demon Mountain workshop!"
"Intermediate Technology! Shattering the Void!"
Li Hanqiang even doubted that he had heard correctly. Shattering the void! Just listen to that name, it must be an extremely powerful technology.
He quickly pulled up the technology list of the Demon Mountain Cave to check it out.
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Shattered Void: Intermediate technology in Demon Mountain Cave, currently unlocked. The little demons of Demon Mountain have mastered the construction technology of the Void Platform.
Void Platform construction costs: 10 Ore, 10 Wood
Construction Requirements: 100 Little Demons
Construction time: 1 hour
Function Description: Consuming 100 points of Chaos Energy allows you to shatter the void through the Void Platform, permitting the Chaos City Lord and his minions to raid other Chaos Cities. The Chaos City Lord can specify the Chaos City they wish to raid, and each void shattering lasts for 60 minutes.
Note: The Void Platform is a one-time use building; it will be destroyed after the Void Shatters.
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"This is incredible! This is truly incredible! They can actually raid across Chaos City! This isn't a dungeon run, it's a real raid! And this is only intermediate-level technology? Just how powerful must advanced and super-technologies be?!"
After reading the description of the [Shattered Void] technology, Li Hanqiang couldn't help but imagine himself leading his little demons to plunder everywhere. His heart was burning with excitement, as if he could already roam the world freely.
But upon further reflection, Li Hanqiang felt that this intermediate technology was somewhat useless.
With the little demon's fighting strength, he can only bully goblin vendors. Going to rob other players' Chaos City would be suicide.