CHAPTER 194: CHAPTER 80: THE SIPHON EFFECT

[Territorial Strategic Treasure: Lucky Coin: Sand Washing: Toss this coin, and something wonderful will happen. (Can be tossed once a day)]

Lin Rui took a deep breath. He didn’t know why, but even though the sentence was filled with a young girl’s innocent romance, Lin Rui always felt like it was a giant foul-smelling snake, coldly staring at him, hissing with a tongue.

The description was very short, appearing mysterious and full of risk. Toss this coin, and something wonderful will happen.

Was this "wonderful" spoken by the little girl on the obverse, or by the demon on the reverse?

If it was the little girl on the obverse, then naturally everyone would be happy.

But if it was the demon on the reverse... what bizarre things would happen within the territory?

Lin Rui cautiously put it into his backpack, placing it in a separate corner slot. He planned to test the actual effect of this Lucky Coin once the territory was fully prepared.

After organizing all the items, Lin Rui closed the backpack interface and looked toward the Goddess of Fortune statue.

The hazy statue was very aesthetic, unlike traditional statues filled with majesty. The Goddess of Fortune statue was full of feminine beauty, gracefully curved, pure yet alluring.

In the quiet, Lin Rui seemed to hear a ethereal Revelation Sound whisper by his ear: "Keep going, waiting for the day to meet you."

The voice was not grand, but gentle and soothing.

Lin Rui lifted his head, a slight smile on his lips: "That day won’t be long."

After bidding farewell to the goddess, Lin Rui went directly to the trading market where he opened treasure chests that rolled out a large quantity of equipment and items that needed handling.

For example, a one-time Summoning Scroll [Rock Giant Statue], which can summon five temporary Tier Three Rock Giants for 30 seconds of battle.

This thing is actually very powerful, a lifesaving divine item for ordinary Explorers.

If used well, it could even defy fate, kill a monster leader, and clear out a menacing lair.

But its effect on Lin Rui was negligible, as 30 seconds was too short. Rather than waste it, it would be better to maximize its value by exchanging it for resources.

Lin Rui had already organized the supplies and, combined with the blast fall of recent battles and the contents from the chests, the quantity was actually quite impressive.

There were a total of 1125 pieces of Ordinary-level equipment, 245 pieces of Excellence Level equipment, and 16 pieces of Fine-level equipment.

There are fewer Fine-level equipment, mainly because the territory had recently added a lot of soldiers, and the equipment that could be used by the soldiers was prioritized for them.

Soro met Lin Rui and immediately came forward, saying, "Lord, you’ve finally come."

"Hm? What’s the matter?"

Soro’s tone was excited: "Yes, the trading market has erupted. The lords are sparing no expense in strengthening their armament to deal with the upcoming terrifying impact, deploying resources like they don’t even cost money, and the prices of weapons and equipment are skyrocketing."

Lin Rui opened the trading market and indeed saw the information inside scrolling like flowing water, with various weapons disappearing as soon as they were put up, even the prices of Ordinary-level equipment had started to climb.

"How is the blacksmith Lorne doing?" Lin Rui wasn’t in a hurry to put on equipment and instead asked about the territory’s production.

Soro said: "With the support of the Woodland Fairy, Lorne can forge 4 Enhanced-level weapons cold-forged longswords a day; besides those already sold, there are twelve, all put in the warehouse. Now his main focus is on forging the clan badge."

Lin Rui checked the prices of Excellence Level equipment, which had already skyrocketed to over 7000, more than a thousand higher than their initial prices.

It seems that the impending terrifying impact had put enormous pressure on all players.

The store’s attention now exceeded two million, reaching as high as 2,678,912 people.

The scale was quite impressive, and Lin Rui posted a purchase notice, acquiring gems, crystals, vibranium, mithril, and Spirit Crystal Coins, among other things.

He just researched that many elite lords in the area were acquiring these precious resources.

Ordinary lords weren’t unaware of these resources’ future values, but with only a dozen or so in quantity now, they couldn’t make a difference. They’d rather exchange them for resources and improve their chances of survival than take them to the grave together in their backpack.

A few lords thinking like this were negligible, but if ten thousand lords thought this way, these scattered resources would aggregate to a scale of tens of thousands.

In reality, nine out of ten lords were ordinary people; Explorers confident in weathering the terrifying impact were one in ten thousand.

The rest were trying their hardest, emptying their backpacks for resources to strengthen themselves. After all, if they couldn’t survive tonight, no amount of high-tier resources would be left to use.

So tonight was the best time for elite explorers to reap gains from ordinary Explorers. Amid the vacuum effect, scattered valuable resources were flowing into the pockets of the bigshots.

In an atmosphere where everyone was somewhat pessimistic and desperate, over a thousand pieces of Ordinary-level equipment listed in Lin Rui’s shop didn’t even stir a ripple, being instantly snatched up when placed on the shelves.

Lin Rui didn’t even have time to adjust the prices, selling quickly at the system-recommended recent transaction prices, earning about two hundred thousand, as high as 235,485, in around five minutes.

The main delay was the time spent placing items on the shelves; the clearance speed was exceedingly fast.

Then Lin Rui started listing Excellence Level equipment, totaling 257, counting the warehouse storage.

Without giving his compatriots a discount, Lin Rui felt that one weapon could consume about one-third of most people’s resources.