CHAPTER 410: CHAPTER 185 INCIDENT

Soon, two more months had passed.

During these two months, many big events occurred within the Federation.

First, the Black Ring Commerce, which had previously aggressively acquired 100,000 skeleton workers, completely finished constructing its Mechanical Factory and began selling various new military Mechanicals to the Federation.

At the same time, the Mechanical Factory invested by the Constant Gold Crown Commerce from the Gloria Empire was almost completed concurrently with the factory of the Black Ring Commerce.

Afterwards, the two large Chambers of Commerce started a brutal price war at a pace that the outside world could barely keep up with.

A Mechanical sold on the market for 249 Gold Coins is being sold by you for just 200 Gold Coins? Fine, then I’ll sell it for 180.

What? You’ve dropped to a unit price of 170 Gold Coins? Then I’ll drop to 150!

The original retail price of 249 Gold Coins for a single Third Rank military Mechanical, in this price war, was directly dropped by the two Chambers of Commerce to a unit price of 120 Gold Coins, and even down to under 100 Gold Coins in bulk purchases!

You should know, as Low Rank mass-produced Magic-guided Mechanicals, these Mechanicals were originally marketed for volume sales, and thus their profits were already minimized considerably.

Producing one such Mechanical, just the cost of Demonized Materials and Magic Crystals, exceeds 120 Gold Coins, not to mention the costs and wear of skeleton workers and the production line.

After waging a price war for a while, the Black Ring Commerce and Constant Gold Crown Commerce seemed to have negotiated and reached a certain tacit agreement, finally stabilizing the price at 115 Gold Coins per unit, wholesale for 96 Gold Coins.

The prices for various other Magic-guided Mechanicals were likewise reduced to absurdly low levels.

These prices, if compared with Blue Star’s price index, are akin to dropping ultra-thin mutton noodles from six Yuan per bowl directly to less than three Yuan per bowl, not even covering the cost price.

Moreover, due to the huge investment initially, both Chambers of Commerce had a vast production range, covering almost all military Mechanicals and some civilian Mechanicals.

The price war fought, had a tremendously huge impact on the many Mechanical industries of the Federation.

Some Chambers of Commerce backed by major Nobles or whose main business is not in this area were fine, but the others who sensed the opportunity and also mass-produced war-use Mechanicals were caught completely off guard by these two.

Grit your teeth and follow the price reductions to sell? It’s completely a loss, equivalent to throwing Gold Coins into the water. If you don’t reduce the price, then the produced goods are stuck in your hands, and the cash flow is directly locked.

While the two fought the price war, many small Kingdoms of the Federation were happy to see it happen, assured of the reality and quality of the products, and sent a large number of orders immediately.

Both Chambers received all the orders as per the list, and the first batch of over one hundred thousand various Magic-guided Mechanicals was delivered on time.

Regarding this, many other Chambers of Commerce watched coldly on the sidelines, feeling that these two were simply crazy. Continuing to sell at such a scale, even with endless money, would ultimately lead to bankruptcy.

Once equipped sufficiently, the scale of ’friction’ among the many small Kingdoms also started to grow gradually, with a trend towards involving other Kingdoms as well.

For some reason, various coincidences always seem to occur on the battlefield, further magnifying the seeds of hatred.

Meanwhile, in such a tense situation, the legendary terrifying Resistance Organization, the Truth Circle, suddenly re-emerged before the world.

Several individuals in black robes bearing the Truth Circle insignia abruptly raided the largest Magic Crystal Mine in the Federation—Frenos Valley, and stole a large amount of Super Magic Crystal Ore from there.

There was a Ninth Rank powerhouse stationed there at the time, but as soon as he saw the people from the Truth Circle, he fled at the first opportunity.

According to his emphatic claims afterward, there was more than one Ninth Rank attacker during the incident!

In the same event, the ’Truth Circle’ issued its first proclamation, stating their intention to revive the glory of the Ancient Magic Empire and called upon the Royal Families of various kingdoms not to overestimate their strength.

Subsequently, without waiting for the Ninth Rank forces to trouble them, the members of the Truth Circle vanished with resources before the enemies of the Ninth Rank could reach their location.

The incidents occurring in the Frenos Valley shocked many forces within the Federation.

Although they had heard the name ’Truth Circle’ before, they had no significant impression of it.

Only after this incident did they truly realize that this organization was so close to them.

In this one month, Anvis, under the identity of a mysterious black-robed person from the Truth Circle, temporarily planted Twisted Seeds in several High Rank Professionals.

These individuals were not good people to begin with, and now, seemingly having ’joined’ the Truth Circle, they started to act more recklessly in the eyes of the outside world.

Of course, at the final moment, they were to be discarded as scapegoats.

Beyond these events, a concept called the "Mechanical Network" has recently started to quietly gain popularity among the civilian population of the Federation.

Although the name includes the word ’Mechanical,’ in truth, the basis of the Mechanical Network is the consciousness of each user.

To access this network, one needs a special credential, specifically the corresponding Mechanical Headband.

Before sleeping, one wears it, and once the wearer falls asleep, they can enter a special illusionary dream space.

There, you can obtain all the wonderful things you dream about. It is like a heavenly dream, admittedly fictitious, yet irresistibly immersive.

No one knows where it originally came from. Yet, its impact is no less significant than that of previous wars, big or small.

Especially when faced with the heavy pressures and hurdles of life, an increasing number of people become addicted to it, some even reluctant to wake up.

Because of this, even High-Level Professionals have been alarmed and wanted to investigate the people behind the Mechanical Network. However, ultimately, all the investigators gave up and ceased their efforts.

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"...I’m sorry, I’m not interested in trying it for now."

Facing a person warmly inviting him to ’try out’ a High-Level Headband, Landon, who had just narrowly escaped from Moen Kingdom and arrived in Silver Moon Kingdom, politely refused the seller’s pitch.

If Anvis were here, he could tell that although Landon looked somewhat pale and his injuries were not yet healed, his real strength had already reached the peak of the Third Rank and was about to break through to the Fourth Rank.

At the same time, following beside him were not only his sister Leia but also an Elf girl they had rescued along the way.

"This thing gives me a bad feeling. Why don’t those high-ranking big shots do something about it?"

At this moment, watching the departing seller, Landon slightly frowned.

"You fool! Since it hasn’t been stopped, there must be other motives behind it. Besides, for it to have grown to this scale, how could there not be High Rank Professionals backing it? There might even be a Ninth Rank standing behind it!"