Bottomless Abyss, Stone Forest City:
As soon as Shifeng logged into the game, he noticed over a dozen unread messages in his notification window. They were from A Melancholy Smile, Youlan, and Hei Zi. Hesitant Smile had sent him six messages in a row. Based on the situation, it seemed that Hesitant Smile was in a hurry. Following which, Shifeng contacted her.
"What's going on? Why are you in such a hurry to contact me? "Shifeng asked curiously when he saw A Melancholy Smile on the screen.
Ling Yi had plenty of financial resources. Even if the Guild needed to recruit a large number of new members, it could easily do so with Stone Forest City's income.
As for Starlink's bounty on Zero Wing's head, it was nothing to worry about. Due to the Stone Forest City, almost all of Ling Yi's core members were in the Bottomless Abyss. This lightened the burden on Ling Yi's leveling resources, and Ling Yi's elite and ordinary members could focus on their own territory. Even if Starlink's experts ambushed Ling Yi, they'd only cause limited casualties.
Starlink, on the other hand, had suffered significant losses due to the bounty. Now, a large number of players visited Ling Yi every day to claim their bounties.
Although this wouldn't damage Starlink's core, it would consume a significant portion of the Guild's liquid funds, hindering the Guild's development.
This was especially true now that the various major powers were vying for resources in neutral maps. They needed a lot of Advanced Consumables every day, and the various superpowers couldn't produce enough of these items on their own. They had to spend Coins to purchase most of these items. If they didn't have enough liquid funds, they could easily stall their exploration efforts in neutral maps.
"Guild Leader, several superpowers, led by Starlink, recently joined forces with three large chambers of commerce to monopolize the Advanced Shadow Potion and Advanced Forest Potion's raw materials. Whenever these materials appear on the market, they sell for a high price. Now, their prices have nearly tripled. Even if we try to compete for them, we won't be able to procure enough for our own use," A Melancholy Smile reported anxiously.
"They're actually monopolizing these two Advanced Potions? It seems Starlink is really desperate," Shifeng said, slightly surprised.
The Advanced Shadow Potion was relatively rare among Advanced Potions. Not only did it increase players' Darkness Resistance, but it also increased their vision in the dark. It was the most suitable potion for use in areas filled with the Power of Darkness.
The Advanced Forest Potion was also a rare potion. It increased the potion's increased increased Resistance and increased Detection range.
Both potions and potions's materials were the Forest City Potions. At a minimum, players could increase their leveling efficiency by 30% or more. and they would also reduced their monsters' monsters difficulty difficulty by 20%. monsters monsters's players's. monsters monsters's was was was was.
Unfortunately, these two potions required a lot of raw materials, and a single superpower couldn't monopolize them. After all, these materials were distributed in many different locations, and purchasing all of them would cost a frightening amount of Coins.
However, if Starlink could monopolize these two potions, it would greatly limit its opponents' exploration speed in the Ancient Undead Country and Bottomless Abyss.
"That's not what I'm worried about. I'm worried about Starlink's astronomical offer to poach Candlelight's Lifestyle players. Not only will Starlink focus on nurturing our Lifestyle players, but they'll also be paid a large amount of Credits every month. I've heard that Advanced Lifestyle players get a minimum of 20,000 Credits per month, while Master Lifestyle players get a minimum of 100,000 Credits per month. So far, Starlink has poached over 50 Advanced Lifestyle players and two Master Lifestyle players. Everyone in Candlelight is talking about this matter," A Melancholic Smile said, shaking his head. "The Candlelight Chamber of Commerce has just launched, and it needs a large number of products. If the number of Advanced Lifestyle players continues to dwindle, the Chamber of Commerce will go out of business."
Previously, the trading firm's Lifestyle players had relied on their profits from the products they produced to earn Credits, but now that Starlink had adopted a Credits employment system, it would have a massive impact on the trading firm's Lifestyle players.
As players reached higher levels, they would have more Coins, and the exchange rate would decrease. Now, Coins weren't worth as much as they had been in the past. Meanwhile, the guaranteed Credits wouldn't decrease with the depreciation of Coins. It was easy to imagine how tempting Lifestyle players would be.
"Starlink is using his capital?" Shifeng chuckled.
Shifeng wasn't unfamiliar with the Credits employment system. In fact, he was very familiar with it. After reaching Level 80 in God's Domain, the various superpowers had realized the importance of Lifestyle players. Hence, they had adopted the Credits employment system to recruit Lifestyle players. In the end, the various superpowers had no choice but to do so.
For a time, many powers without sufficient capital had returned to the stone age. Some had even collapsed and disbanded.
After all, Lifestyle players far outnumbered internal Guilds, and the exchange rate of Coins depended heavily on the various superpowers. Even if a Guild had Coins on hand, they could sell them in small quantities, but if they sold them in bulk, they wouldn't be able to sell them for a good price. On the contrary, the various superpowers would take advantage of the situation.
"Guild Leader, if we don't take action soon, I'm afraid that even more people will leave the trading firm," A Melancholic Smile said worriedly. "However, if we use the same method, we won't be able to support Candlelight with the Credits we currently earn. If we sell our Coins, I'm afraid that we'll be playing right into Starlink's hands."
A Melancholy Smile finally understood just how frightening the various superpowers were. Did they really think that they could crush their opponents with money?
"Although I don't know who gave Starlink this idea, it's foolish to think that it can compete with Ling Yi in terms of capital!" Shifeng said, chuckling.
If this had happened before Stone Forest Town had been upgraded into Stone Forest City, Ling Yi would've likely suffered greatly from Starlink's actions. However, with Stone Forest City, Ling Yi was no longer the Ling Yi she had been before.
The various superpowers simply didn't understand the significance of Stone Forest City's current existence.
"What's the status of the private houses I asked you to build next to the Battle Arena?" Shifeng asked.
"We've already completed 70% of them. The remaining 30% will take another two or three days," A Melancholic Smile replied. Although A Melancholy Smile wondered why Shifeng would ask such a question, he quickly sent Shifeng the progress report.
Over the past few days, he had spent more than 160,000 Gold constructing these private houses. They were definitely Ling Yi's biggest expenditure at this point.
"Seventy percent?" Shifeng nodded when he saw the progress report. "We have over 7,000 private houses. That should be enough. Announce to the public that Stone Forest City is officially renting out its private houses to Candlelight's various residences for Credits. The starting bid will be 30,000 Credits per month."
"Thirty thousand Credits per month? Isn't that a little too expensive?" A Melancholy Smile was astonished.
Private houses weren't like Shops. Shops could be used to make money, but private houses were Consumables. Some players would be lucky if they were willing to spend several thousand Credits to rent a private house. Thirty thousand Credits was a joke.
"Relax. Have someone make the necessary preparations. The sooner, the better," Shifeng said, chuckling. He didn't bother to explain.
In the past, the cities that had established a foothold in the Bottomless Abyss had been like Holy Cities. Countless expert players had dreamed of owning their own private houses in Holy Cities. Unfortunately, the various powers had refused to sell their houses, only renting them. Even so, plenty of experts had tried to rent their houses.
Back then, the peak price for a private house had been over 50,000 Credits per month. That had been the first time everyone had realized how violent it was to make money in God's Domain. Now, a starting bid of 30,000 Credits was already a bargain.
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