CHAPTER 195: CHAPTER 80: THE SIPHON EFFECT_2

The price of 7,000 is really overinflated.

A gentleman loves wealth, but acquires it righteously.

Even ancient merchants understood the principle of making righteous profits, pursuing righteousness while avoiding greed.

After all, Lin Rui believes in the principle that a family who does good will inevitably have prosperity.

Therefore, he set the price uniformly at 4,000 Gold Coins, almost half the price of others.

This way, other Explorers who could originally only buy one piece of Excellence Level Equipment could now buy two, increasing their chances of survival by nearly half.

Posting Excellence Level Equipment at 7,000 may linger in the marketplace for some time; posting it at 4,000 is truly a quick sale, with countless people nervously waiting at the market’s showcase. This is even more exciting than grabbing a smartphone on launch day—it’s a matter of life!

Lin Rui’s two hundred plus pieces of Excellence Level Equipment, once posted, were emptied instantly.

In a moment, Lin Rui’s backpack gained 1,028,000 Realm Coins, totaling one million and twenty-eight thousand.

Unfortunately, these are Realm Coins; if they were Spirit Crystal Coins, Lin Rui could regain the first place on the wealth ranking.

Indeed, just now, he lost the top position on the wealth ranking, replaced by a stranger Explorer named Drew Schwagert.

Lin Rui checked and found that Schwagert wasn’t from this region. Clearly, this Explorer’s territory seems to produce a large quantity of equipment, seizing the opportunity.

It’s undeniable, having a big shot is advantageous; the survival rate of Explorers in his area should be significantly higher than in others.

"Lord, are you in such a good mood? You still manage a smile while giving this news?" Audrey circled Lin Rui several times, glaring with beautiful eyes, asking: "You just fell from the wealth ranking’s top spot, aren’t you angry? This is your strongest money-making ability! After all, you always say, people can’t act vainly, what’s the difference with a salted fish?"

"What’s there to be angry about? It’ll only take us a few hours to reclaim the top spot. You must understand, we haven’t even begun to show the strength of our territory yet. I actually hope someone jumps out to provoke, and then we counter them later." Lin Rui said as he opened the civilization panel for some fun.

But clearly, the Explorers have gotten savvy.

After all, Lin Rui is messing with the ranking data as if it’s a game! Maybe he’ll alter the data right after being provoked. The last lesson of face-slapping was too painful; no one dares to show their heads.

Seeing no fun, Lin Rui calmly closed the communication panel and continued to post Fine-level Equipment. For this level of equipment, there’s really no need for discounts; those who can afford such are hardly struggling ordinary Explorers. 99% of the Soldiers in the Golden Pansy Domain, even Lin Rui himself, are dressed in Fine-level Equipment.

So even if there were only 16 pieces of Fine-level Equipment, they didn’t sell out instantly but slowly from the showcase.

It took about seven minutes for the sixteen pieces to sell out, and Lin Rui made a hefty profit of 5,412,165 Realm Coins.

The feeling of making money from the wealthy is truly delightful!

It’s a different experience altogether compared to making money from the poor.

Lin Rui generously took out twenty thousand Realm Coins to reward Audrey, who had been accompanying him by his side. She had been waiting all this time for this moment. Upon receiving the money, she excitedly hugged Lin Rui’s arm and said, "Father, I love you~"

With all items with little use to the territory processed, Lin Rui’s total gain amounted to 2,454,646 Realm Coins. Adding the funds in his backpack, he had over two million five hundred thousand altogether.

Compared to cross-plane trading, it’s slightly less, but it’s still considered a windfall.

Lin Rui isn’t a miser by nature; of the two million five hundred thousand Realm Coins, he only kept a fraction, spending the remaining two million entirely on acquiring various resources.

Especially now, even food prices have plummeted, making it the best time to acquire resources.

Spending money is always faster than earning it; under these market conditions, the two million Realm Coins flowed out like water.

During this period, Lin Rui opened all the Resource Packs, acquiring a total of 37,525 units of all kinds of materials.

Once the funds in the shop were spent, Lin Rui inventoried his wealth.

"Spirit Crystal Coins: 78,452; Gems: 35,751; Crystals: 24,565; Vibranium: 11,257; Mithril: 19,758; Silver: 15,468; Sulfur: 12,575; Realm Coins: 523,235; Timber: 495,461; Stone Mines: 564,641; Iron Mines: 433,131; Food: 375,461"

Advanced materials have never been this abundant before; precious resources from ordinary Explorers have flowed into the pockets of the strong. Lin Rui also had a share of the pie in the process.

Lin Rui strengthened the "Imperial Standard Warehouse Type II" a bit; now each warehouse can accommodate one hundred thousand units of materials, yet even so, the territory must build over twenty warehouses to store the materials.

Lin Rui handed over the blueprints to Soro, who praised, "Lord, these blueprints are just in time. The territory is incredibly prosperous now; indeed, we need such grand warehouses to store our immense wealth. I can almost see the scene of dozens of lofty warehouses standing tall at the center of the territory."

"Use a gift from the God of Architecture. Build the warehouses quickly," Lin Rui instructed. "The territory’s wealth will experience an explosive growth wave."

"Your will, my Lord. I’ll arrange it now." Soro said as he left, and Lin Rui started the last reinforcement of the day in earnest.

There are three items: the Skill Book "Phase Blade," "Ghostly Shadows," and [Legendary Level · Natural Wonders · Titan Sky Mountain Cliff].

After contemplating, Lin Rui decided to reinforce [Legendary Level Natural Wonders · Titan Sky Mountain Cliff] first.

Miracle Buildings easily require reinforcement fees in the millions, which means even if Lin Rui invests all the current territory resources, it would barely budge.

Normally, Lin Rui wouldn’t dare to think about strengthening it, but this Miracle Building has a peculiarity: it’s incomplete, just a cliff.

Lin Rui believes the first reinforcement shouldn’t involve a fundamental enhancement, just a filling of gaps in the existing quality, and hopefully won’t cost too much.

With this mindset of trying his luck, Lin Rui placed this Miracle item under the Goddess Pendulum.

"Ding, to reinforce Titan Sky Mountain Cliff, it requires 50,000 Spirit Crystal Coins, 100,000 Timber, 300,000 Stone Mines. Proceed with reinforcement?"

Even with Lin Rui’s usually calm demeanor, he couldn’t help but clench his fist in excitement—got it right!

Although it requires fifty thousand Spirit Crystal Coins and three hundred thousand stone mines, the sheer amount makes one’s head spin, it’s indeed possible to reinforce.

Without any hesitation, Lin Rui immediately chose to reinforce.

Majestic golden light descended from the sky, continuously poured into the Legendary Level Miracle for almost thirty seconds.

Then came the system’s prompt.

"Ding, [Legendary Level · Natural Wonders · Titan Sky Mountain Cliff] successfully reinforced, transformed into [Legendary Level · Natural Wonders · Titan Sky Mountain]."

[Legendary Level · Natural Wonders · Titan Sky Mountain: Sky Titans once carved out massive fortresses on Sky Mountain—those crude stone castles overlook the shimmering sea of clouds. Each castle embodies the Power of Thunder of the Sky Titans, protecting the cave beasts and ancient giant beasts beneath Sky Mountain. All territory soldiers gain Thunder Power, making their bodies extremely active, Life Value Limit +10%, recovery speed +2/minute, Thunder Resistance +10%, attacks include 20% Thunder Damage. Beast Horde Ancestral Regression Phenomenon Probability +1%, size +50%]

The attributes didn’t undergo any qualitative change; it was merely a numerical adjustment, all doubled. But the last item is the exception, where size changes from +10% to +50%.

What does this mean? It means the animals in the territory will be half larger than those in other territories. A dog the size of a Siberian Husky will grow to the size of a small calf. The giant wolf’s body size will turn out almost like a tiger.

For these small creatures, the impact isn’t much because their own mass is relatively low. But for those large creatures, the significance is extraordinary.

Like the Griffin, if their size increased by 50%, they could nearly rival a Giant Dragon.

If the territory raises a Giant Dragon and its size increased by 50%, it would almost make it the king among its peers of the same level. Its bulky and massive body could allow it to win any battle against its kind.