Lords Trying to Survive: Strategizing from a Rundown Yard

Under such circumstances, the maximum operating cost of mana machinery, vehicles, and equipment is the mana energy consumed every minute.

This is also one of the reasons why magic energy equipment is difficult to fully promote.

In addition to the requirements of the craft itself and the manufacturing cost, mana driving is a luxury driving method.

For most ordinary people, it is far less cost-effective than manpower and animal power.

Only a guy like Zong Shen who really has a mine at home doesn't care.

There are not too many magic energy vehicles and equipment in the current territory, and the collected [magic energy crystals] can fully meet the consumption.

Even if the scale of the territory expands further in the future, he doesn't have to worry. After all, the potential of the Azshara Mine has not been exhausted, and there are still a large number of undeveloped mine veins.

In addition, due to the invasion of the blood-burning demons and the outbreak of the Era War, the mines collapsed, burying some ancient mines and veins.

As long as Zongshen develops all the Azshara mine veins, it will be enough to meet the construction consumption of the giant city, and there will even be surplus ore that can be used for trade.

You must know that the reserves there can accommodate the huge city of Azshara to mine for hundreds or thousands of years with the scale of tens of thousands of miners.

Until the catastrophe and war broke out, the mine had only been developed for a hundred or two hundred years.

And as far as Zong Shen knew, the reserves of the Azshara mine veins were indeed not small, but looking at the entire Endless Continent, there were many more mine veins larger than it.

Because the Endless Continent is simply too vast.

The vast land and rich resources are not enough to describe the resource potential of this super giant continent.

Today, the aborigines of the human kingdom have large-scale mining areas that are being mined. Many giant cities and state cities are built around nodes such as mining areas, inland shipping terminals, and coastal terminals.

Fortunately, for this reason, the Azshara mines have always existed in the mineral geography books of the aborigines, but no one came to mine them.

The same is true for Baron Bezos, who once went to explore the mines when he was young, considering the cost of exterminating spider web monsters, kobolds, and other crypt tribes and undead living deep in the mines.

In the eyes of the aborigines, the development of the Azshara mine seems to be a very uneconomical thing, which is cheaper for Zong.

In any case, these three mana paddle ships should not be long before they can be used. Zong Shen already has related plans, but the priority is not high.

His principles have always been more pragmatic.

The arrangement after the defensive challenge is over is also well known.

The first priority is naturally the new planning and adjustment of the territory construction.

The second is the population acquisition plan, which plunders the aboriginal population and development resources from the surrounding villages and Saikabang City. At the same time, it carries out the reform of the free people that it has been thinking about, shaping a circular economic system within the territory, and promoting the enthusiasm of the people.

After that is a series of ruins exploration plans near the territory.

After the challenge is over, he can still sit in the territory for ten days, and then he has to go to the giant city of Lentax to make an appointment with the bard Ingram.

As for the giant city competition meeting and banquet, it will start fifteen days after the end of the challenge.

In other words, he will arrive in the giant city ahead of time, and there are still four or five days of activity before the start of the competition.

After that, there is a plan to go to the giant city of Dagalisny to open up inland port shipping. He plans to hand over this matter to Howie to take charge of it in advance.

Howie had also proposed the formation of a territorial caravan before.

Simply let him go and let him start with inland waterway shipping and build a caravan.

Wait until the caravan is basically formed before recalling him to the territory.

This move can be regarded as embedding a nail in the giant city of Dagalisny in advance.

This giant city is also the closest to his territory except Lentax, but the directions of the two giant cities are different.

The former is to the west of Zongshen, while the latter is to the east.

In addition, the caravan can also be gradually operated, trade and purchase materials along the Longmian River, and at the same time expand its influence, radiating the caravan to all cities upstream and downstream.

They will become a blood transfusion belt for the territory, continuously transporting resources to the territory, bringing back capital profits and news from all over the place.

You must know that although Zong Shen's strategy module is well aware of the situation in the Endless Continent, it is essentially an information database that needs to be searched for keywords.

It is not convenient to ask for information when you lack basic knowledge of other cities.

After all, the Endless Continent is so vast, and there are many state cities and giant cities, and there are countless forces and settlements, large and small. At this time, building a caravan can greatly help the collection of information.

With Zongshen providing funds and some products with lower manufacturing costs under the privilege of the lord, as long as the sent Howie is a little more careful, it is not difficult to become bigger and stronger.

Today there are three paddle steamers, but in the future he may have a large inland river trade group!

Zong Shen smiled silently, then left the cockpit and jumped off the paddle steamer.

His actions and plans are always far ahead of the lords of the same period.

When other lords began to try to plunder villages and caravan settlements in groups, he was already thinking about the Bang City and the Giant City.

Now it is even ready to plan and implement the plan to form a territorial caravan that was conceived before, which can be regarded as a further extension of its tentacles to the outside world.

After putting the [V-level universal paddle steamer (orange)] in front of him into the portable storage compartment, Zong Shen stepped back to the place where the exchange interface was projected.

In the sub-options of [General Combat Class].

He has completed the exchange of [Magic Scroll], [Buff Potion], [Magic Energy/Rune Alchemy Technology Consumables] and [Magic Machinery].

There is one last sub-option left, which is [one-time summoning].

Zong Shen is not interested in this type of props and items.

Because even with the summoning skills attached to the equipment, it is possible to summon a summoning army of nearly four or five squads.

This kind of [one-time summoning] item is not very useful to him, but it can be exchanged for some hero-level talents handed over to the territory.

When necessary, these summoned warriors can act as cannon fodder or pioneers.

With this in mind, he opened this sub-option.

【One-time Summoning Class】

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【Level One Summoning Class】

[Limited redemption: ∞]

(Exchange points: 35)

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[Tier 2 Summoning Class]

[Limited redemption: ∞]

(Exchange points: 80)

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[Tier 3 Summoning Class]

[Limited Exchange: 300]

(Exchange points: 140)

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【Level Four Summoning Class】

[Limited Exchange: 100]

(Exchange points: 280)

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[Fifth-Rank Summoning Class]

【Limited Exchange: 50】

(Exchange points: 400)

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【Sixth Order Summoning Class】

【Limited exchange: 20】

(Exchange points: 700)

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Tier 1 and Tier 2 are unlimited. From Tier 3 to Tier 6, there are different limit standards. Of course, their exchange point prices are also different.

As we all know, each summoning item can generally summon 1 to 6 summoning warriors, but its existence time is very limited.

So the exchange rate here is not cheap at all.

Zong Shen opened the list and compared them carefully.

First spent 3,500 points to exchange for [Level 1 Hyena Summoning Fang (White)×100]. Each Summoning Fang can only be used once, and after activation, 5 [Level 1 Speckled Hyena (Normal Level) can be summoned. ], the attack comes with bleeding and corrosive toxins, good mobility, and a large number, suitable as vanguard cannon fodder.

Zong Shen chose to exchange for the second-tier and third-tier summoning items in the future [Second-tier Wandering Crossbowman Summoning Stamp (Green)×30], [Third-tier Bear Monster Warrior Summoning Skin (Blue)×20], a total of Spent 5200 challenge points.

[Tier 2 Wandering Crossbowmen Summoning Stamp (Green)] Each one can summon three [Tier 2 Wandering Crossbowmen (Elite Level)]. Summoned during the siege of low-level group enemies to ease the attack pressure.

[Level 3 fur monster warrior summon skin (blue)] can summon four tier 3 fur monster warriors (captain level) to help out. The overall attributes and abilities are the same as those of the fur monster Zongshen wiped out in the small forest back then. Warrior is about the same.

It is suitable for the tasks of melee penetration and front row injury.

Immediately afterwards, Zong Shen found a good item among the fourth- and fifth-tier summoning items.

After some selection and deliberation, he exchanged the fourth-order [Goblin Tank Summoning Order (Purple) × 30], the fourth-level [Grey-haired Werewolf Summoning Mane (Purple) × 20], the fifth-level [Tauren Totem Warrior Summon Volume (orange) × 20], a total of 22,000 challenge points were spent by Zongshen.

[Order of Summoning Goblin Tanks (Purple)] can summon two [Tier IV Goblin Tanks (Commander Level)] to help in the battle. Each tank has four Goblin drivers, who can launch the magic core engine for collision, Can also perform magic bombardment.

It can complete tasks such as charge, open the way, and fire support, and has extremely high practical value.

[Gray-haired Werewolf Summoning Mane (Purple)] As the name suggests, it is used to summon the fourth-level [Grey-haired Werewolf Warrior (Commander Level)]. The summoning item itself is a pinch of gray mane. Werewolf fighters], these werewolves have good jumping ability and moving speed, and their instantaneous movement efficiency even exceeds that of rangers and scouts of the same level. Their feet are strong and they can jump up to a height of 20 to 30 meters, which is equivalent to eight or nine floors. , the double claws are strong and powerful, which can pinch the enemy and tear the armor, and can also perform powerful control skills such as wolf kiss.

It is suitable for casters and marksman heroes to take on the task of close guard.

Sometimes it can also perform raid or lure tasks, and it can be regarded as a very cost-effective summoner.

Of course, each summon item can only be used once and is considered a consumable.

In the future [Tauren Totem Warrior Summoning Scroll (Orange)], each summoning scroll can summon two fifth-rank [Tauren Totem Warrior (Overlord level)], they and Zong Shen are in the blood hoof clan that Zong Shen saw. Those tauren warriors with huge totem poles are a type.

It can be said to be an existence with both offense and defense, and the huge totem pole can be both offensive and defensive.

Behind the ground is the totem shield wall, and when pulled up, it can become a sweeping and shocking weapon.

It just happened to be handed over to Vereesa, Luna, Mariel, Aisha, Tasia, Madeleine, Mapel, and the others to be close to.

In the end, Zongshen also chose two types of sixth-order summoning items to exchange.

They are:

Tier 6 [Wind and Thunder Double-headed Giant Eagle Summons Feathers (Golden) × 5]

Tier 6 [Crimson Dragon Turtle Beast Summoning Scale (Golden) × 5]

He exchanged a total of ten copies of these two summoning items, and spent 7000 challenge points. The former can summon two [Wind and Thunder Double-headed Giant Eagle (Epic Level)]. Windblade and Thunderbolt can also fly with high maneuverability, and their claws are as golden and iron as they can tear apart beasts, and they can also lead people to quickly fly away from the battlefield at critical times.

In terms of maneuverability alone, it even surpasses the dragon vein griffin of the same level, and it can be regarded as the fastest flying existence among flying raptors and monsters.

The latter can summon two [Crimson Dragon Turtle Beasts (Epic Rank)]. The scales of this dragon tortoise beast are reddish brown, and the carapace on its body has sharp armor spines.

Huge in size, the epic-level dragon turtle war beast can reach 25 meters in length, and the highest point of the turtle shell on its back can reach 17 or 18 meters. When swimming in the sea, it looks like a floating island reef.

It can continuously spray water arrows and water light chains to attack.

The spiked carapace has its own physical anti-injury effect, and its own defense ability is extremely high.

In the defensive posture of shrinking the shell, it has a dual resistance of up to 260 points.

The speed of swimming in the water is not too slow, the submerged speed can reach 35 knots, and the floating speed can reach more than 26 knots. It can be summoned as a riding beast in the water, and can also be used as a meat shield.

These two kinds of summoning items can be distributed to confidant heroes for emergency life-saving, and the strength of the sixth-level summoning warrior itself is not low.

So far, Zong Shen has finished the exchange of [one-time summoning] items. In this exchange option, he spent 37,700 challenge points.

The current remaining challenge points are [3278072] points.

He put away all the summoning items that appeared in front of him, and then used his thoughts to control the exchange interface to return to the first-level interface.

[General Combat Category] has been redeemed, and then there is [Talent Recruitment Category], Zong Shen estimated that it should be various types of talent recruitment coupons.

It just so happens that he is currently setting up a research and manufacturing team for the territory, which needs a lot of support from various talents.

At present, the machinery, equipment, and magic technology of the territory are all maintained by the dwarf uncle who is a senior blacksmith and the iron son of a senior goblin engineer.

Both Uncle Dwarf and Tie Zi can cultivate relevant apprentices.

However, in the final analysis, apprentices can only serve as beginners, and continuous learning is required to grow. Zong Shen needs more senior talents to enrich the research team.

In the aborigine system, senior craftsmen are honored as "masters", and special craftsmen are called "masters", which are considered very high-level talents.

Further up are the master craftsmen, master craftsmen, and so-called master craftsmen.

At the level of the chief engineer, you can lead the giant city-level workshop.

As for the number of master craftsmen who go up, each craftsman mentor who can teach many apprentices has a respected status and his own skill level is close to the peak of the industry.

The last master craftsmen are truly rare.

You must know that every master craftsman in the Endless Continent is also a well-known existence.

For example, the maker of the [Wings of Convergence (Purple)] that Zong Shen obtained before is a famous master craftsman, and a super craftsman who has obtained master certification in many fields.

Now that guy hides his name, has a lifespan like a longevity species, and lives a life reclusive in the city. If Zong Shen can recruit him, he won't have to worry about the future research and production of the territory.

The significance of talent is beyond doubt.

The reason why the aborigines can manufacture various high-end equipment and standard equipment in batches is because there are a large number of craftsmen and talents, and they have formed a relatively integrated production system with major workshops.

Thinking of this, Zong Shen somewhat looked forward to it.

With a thought, he opened the [Talent Recruitment] exchange option.

As the interface refreshed, a row of sub-options also appeared in front of him.

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[Recruitment volume for technical talents with senior professional titles (limited)]

[Limited redemption: 8]

(Exchange points: 1500)

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[Excellent-level qualification and hero-level talent recruitment volume (limited)]

[Limited redemption: 4]

(Exchange points: 1800)

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[Rare-level qualification hero-level talent recruitment volume (limited)]

[Limited redemption: 2]

(Exchange points: 3200)

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[Legendary Qualification Hero Talent Recruitment Scroll (Limited)]

[Limited redemption: 1]

(Exchange points: 5800)

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There aren't really many options available.

And each one is limited.

Those hero-level recruitment papers can only clarify what kind of qualifications they have, but the recruitment has a certain degree of randomness. It is possible to recruit logistics and internal affairs heroes, and it may also be affected by the type of combat. The specifics have to wait for the recruitment. Only by looking at the talents attached to hero-level talents, that is, [hero skills], can one draw conclusions.

At present, there are many hero-level talents in the territory.

Among them, some were recruited from the aborigines, some were promoted by Zong Shen using the power of [Hero Crest (Orange)], and a large part was brought back from the inheritance of unclaimed territories.

Most of the hero-level talents in the territory are logistics and internal affairs.

Combat types account for a relatively small proportion. Fortunately, the heroes promoted by Zong Shen using [Hero Emblem (Orange)] are also combat-type, which makes up for this deficiency to a certain extent.

Therefore, Zongshen is more eager for combat-type heroic talents.

Especially in the future, it is necessary to lead troops in battle, and talents in this area are indispensable.

As for logistics and internal affairs, heroic talents are also very important, but an efficient administrative structure can greatly increase the efficiency of internal affairs, and based on Zong Shen's experience, the heroes found among the aborigines are mostly biased. In this regard, there are relatively few types of combat, and perhaps many can be found in the military system of the aborigines, but there are not many civilians anyway.

Either way, these recruiting rolls are ones he can't miss.

The first is the [Senior Title Technical Talent Recruitment Volume]. After opening the list, it also provides almost all types of technical classifications.

Currently Zongshen's territory has a senior blacksmith, an intermediate blacksmith, a senior pharmacist, a senior agronomist and a senior goblin engineer.

After some thought, Zong Shen made a choice of exchange.

They are:

[Advanced Dwarf Blacksmith Recruitment Volume × 1]

[Advanced Goblin Alchemist Recruitment Volume × 2]

[Senior goblin mechanical engineer recruitment volume × 1]

[Advanced Human Magic Technician Recruitment Volume × 2]

[Advanced Elven Enchanter Recruitment Volume × 1]

[Recruitment volume for graduate students of advanced magic materials × 1]

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Dwarf blacksmiths basically mastered part of the rune forging technology, but the skill level was lower than their own forging technology.

After all, the rune forging technology of the Sanbao dwarves had a breakdown after the end of the era.

Although it has not been completely lost, the skill left behind has become a secondary skill. If Zong Shen wants to study this, he needs to start with the technology already mastered by the dwarf blacksmith, and look for ancient classics and products made by ancient crafts. Step by step to restore the peak level of rune forging technology.

The future [Advanced Goblin Alchemist] can be regarded as making up for the lack of talent in this area in the territory. The medicines and materials produced by the alchemy technology system are also supplementary to the application of magic energy.

It goes hand in hand with the rune forging technology, and its importance is self-evident.

In addition, Zong Shen also chose a [Senior Goblin Engineer]. Anyway, there can be multiple [Mechanical Workshops] in the territory. In the future, there will be two senior mechanical engineers in the territory, who can carry out dual backup research and manufacturing tasks at the same time. .

The last two [Advanced Human Magic Technician], one [Advanced Elf Enchanter], and one [Magic Material Science Graduate Student] all made up for the talent gap in this area of ​​the territory.

With the above-mentioned talents joining the territory, it is enough to initially build multi-field complementarity, and formal research can be carried out in the future.

Many magical devices and products are manufactured by combining technologies in multiple fields. Therefore, in many cases, only Iron Hand Barenk or the dwarf uncle can be disassembled mechanically, even if they know how to stay away, they cannot reproduce them. There are many components related to the process of other technical fields.

And the higher the level and the more powerful the magic equipment and products, the more so.

It cost him 1,200 challenge points to exchange the eight talent recruitment rolls, but Zong Shen thought it was worth the expense.

Then he redeemed the remaining hero-level talent recruitment coupons with various qualifications. He had to wait until the recruitment was completed to know what type of hero it was.

So far, the exchange of [Talent Recruitment] has ended in a hurry.

Zong Shen spent a total of 31400 challenge points.

The remaining challenge points are [3246672] points.

Going back to the first-level exchange interface, the next category exchange option is [commonly used supplies]. Zong Shen glanced at it and found that it is mainly food, clothing and the like, but there is no need to exchange it.

Zong Shen still has a lot of dinars on hand, so he can ask the aborigines to buy them or plunder them directly. Anyway, he will attack the chaotic Saikabang city soon.

So he chose to ignore this exchange option.

So now there are only the last two exchange options before him.

They are [Limited Redemption Category] and [Lucky Lottery Ticket], you can know their finale options just by looking at the names!

Zong Shen first opened the [Limited Exchange Category], he wants to see what good items are worth exchanging here!

Obviously the limit here is not the same thing as the previous limit.

The previous limited exchange was more like a "current-limiting" behavior of the lord system.

Prevent some items from being exchanged too much at one time, which will affect the balance of the subsequent development progress. After all, this is a large-scale collective exchange of lords.

A slight negligence will affect the follow-up overall development rhythm.

And the limited edition here is obviously some unique good goods.

Similar to Zong Shen's limited edition items after the Hot Challenge ended.

But the specifics have to be opened and read to be sure.

The exchange interface in front of me then unfolded, and a row of exchange options appeared.

[Limited exchange category]

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[The limited items/types/quantities available for this exchange category are determined by the lord's comprehensive score. Each lord has his own limited items. Some lords will have multiple exchangeable items, and some lords will encounter unlimited items. Items that can be exchanged】

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[Cornucopia of the Lord of Greed (Special)]

【Limited redemption: 1】

(Exchange points: 30000)

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【Mirror of Vientiane (Golden)】

【Limited redemption: 1】

(Exchange points: 18500)

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[Mind Vision Skill Book (Golden)]

【Limited redemption: 1】

(Exchange points: 20000)

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【Wacky Event Simulator (Special)】

【Limited redemption: 1】

(Exchange points: 40000)

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【Lucky Maple Leaf (Unknown)】

【Limited redemption: 1】

(Exchange points: 66666)

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Zong Shen understood the value of these items after a cursory glance.

The items that are offered for limited exchange here are all good products, and there is a sense of "private customization".

Of course, the exchange points they need are not low.

However, Zong Shen still gritted his teeth and chose to wrap up all the rounds. He didn't mean to be stingy here. No matter what items worth exchanging from the mysterious merchant Beta, he couldn't miss these good things in front of him in order to save points!

There are a total of five items that can be redeemed in limited quantities in the list, and Zong Shen spent a total of 175,166 challenge points.

This caused his point balance to decrease significantly, becoming [3071506] points.

So far, he has already spent more than three million points with Alpha!

The five exchanged items were quickly manifested one by one as the points were deducted, floating in front of him.

The different auras emanating from the surface of each item have already proved their extraordinaryness.

The first thing Zong Shen looked at was the big golden basin that was the size and shape of a washbasin.

The two sides of this basin are decorated with orbs and gems, and the whole body is shining with golden light, which is particularly eye-catching.

This exaggerated basin is the 【Greedy Lord's Cornucopia (Special)】.

Speaking of the Lord of Greed, I have to mention the [Purse Bag of the Lord of Greed (orange)] that Zong Shen got before. It can be used for free dinars, and it can also save money for interest. It can be regarded as a kind of "Financial Tools".

And since the cornucopia in front of him is also related to the Lord of Greed, it must mean that it also has the ability to increase wealth.

The style of the Lord of Greed is very suitable for Zong, a greedy and handsome boy.

With anticipation, he reached out his hands and took the 【Cornucopia of the Lord of Greed (Special)】.

Since it dared to use the "cornucopia" as its name, was related to the Lord of Greed, and was an item of exceptional quality, Zong Shen had every reason to believe that it must have this function.

Otherwise, how can it deserve to be called a cornucopia?

Zong Shen, holding the cornucopia with both hands, looked at it curiously.

Just looking at the appearance, this thing is indeed a bit exaggerated. Those decorative orbs, gemstones, amber, agate, and turquoise are matched with the glittering golden color scheme, and there is an aura of local tyrants and nouveau riche.

Zong Shen thought about it, even if it was regarded as a handicraft, it would be a good choice to hold water for washing every day.

There are four large characters engraved on the bottom of the treasure basin. It seems that the characters are not the common language of the human race in the Endless Continent, nor are they the language of the ancient orc race.

The four characters are arranged squarely and squarely, and the strokes are horizontal and vertical, with a very regular and strict momentum, but it is a pity that Zong Shen can't understand it.

Even the strategy module, which has always been flexible, did not give feedback immediately.

This made Zong Shen couldn't help asking in his heart.

"Please translate the meaning of these four words for me."

His thought request appeared, and the feedback from the strategy module emerged.

(The 17,379 complete languages ​​and text systems included in the database are being quickly searched, please wait patiently)

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"Good guy, don't you understand the strategy module?"

"It seems that the Lord of Greed is quite famous!"

"Speaking of which, when I obtained [The Lord of Greed's Purse (Orange)], the strategy module did not introduce this so-called 'Lord of Greed' in too much detail. It seems that some extremely high-level characters and past."

Zong Shen squinted his eyes and thought, and his intuition told him that the cornucopia in his hand was not simple, and the greedy master behind it was even more so.

Recalling the money bag I got before, I think that it is a legendary item, and it actually has the active effects of [Equivalent Exchange] and [Wealth Surprise], and it can be called against the sky and unreasonable from an economic point of view. [Interest] This passive effect!

If you think about it carefully, the currency used by [interest] is the mainland dinar.

And the origin of this dinar is mysterious, and it is suspected that it is a common currency issued by the mysterious system, so it proves that [Purse of the Lord of Greed (Orange)], even if it is of legendary quality, can still affect things like the lord system. supreme rule.

Even if it only affects dinars~www.wuxiaspot.com~, it can be regarded as a superficial touch on the authority of the lord system.

From this point of view, whether it is the money bag or the so-called cornucopia in front of him, it should be just a tool used by the Lord of Greed.

The greedy master behind them is the truly remarkable existence!

Seeing Zong Shen holding the cornucopia, he was dazed.

The mysterious businessman Alpha suddenly took a step closer and caught his attention.

It wasn't until Zong Shen raised his head to look at Alpha that this guy said with a look of reminiscence.

"A Merchant of Myriad Realms · The Ruler of Greed · The First Glory of Wealth..."

"Lord of Greed!"

Alpha Barabara has a list of names.

If the Myriad Worlds Merchant at the beginning alone is true, it will be full of gold.