Chapter 592 296 How Does It Feel to Have Too Much Money to Spend?
Chapter 592 296. How does it feel to have endless money?
Soon, the effect of improving wealth was shown.
Just as Li Aoz was enjoying dinner and browsing the forum leisurely, his subordinates forwarded him a message.
"Mr. President, Kurs Robust, a big businessman affiliated with the Xusite civilization, hopes to open a magic material processing factory in our country."
Li Aoz was slightly surprised:
"Kurs Robust? This is a famous entrepreneur in the Abyss, but what does he like about our planet?"
"According to him, it is because he is interested in the civilization of the Galaxy Eye Star Region, which may join the Interstellar Alliance in the future and has a good market prospect."
This reason is reasonable. After all, although the Galaxy Eye Star Region is extremely remote in the Abyss, equivalent to the level of the North and South Poles, there are two interstellar civilizations here, the Crystal Tower and the Night Butterfly Federation.
Such a market is not something that a star system civilization can provide. It is indeed very potential, but the problem is also obvious: neither civilization has chosen to join the Interstellar Alliance. The market is highly autonomous. To put it bluntly, this behavior is basically no different from closing the country to the outside world.
Li Aoz understands why the Night Butterfly Federation and the Crystal Tower chose not to join the Interstellar Alliance - a big reason is that the two civilizations cannot cope with the comprehensive crushing from the high-end market in the context of the interstellar market. The local market will be quickly occupied, followed by the subversion of economic culture and ideological traditions, and finally conquered.
Especially the three major hegemonies represented by narrative civilizations. Narrative civilizations are extremely fanatical in their pursuit of grand narratives, and spare no effort to promote their so-called "blueprint dreams". At the same time, they rely on the Tao to attract strong people, monopolize the upward channels, and make various small and medium-sized civilizations eager to join.
Of course, joining the grand narrative naturally has many benefits, especially the improvement of material life. Narrative civilizations have almost no concerns about saving resources and can build as much as they can.
Independent planets like the White Candle Autonomous State controlled by Li Aoz are special because their resource output is insufficient, their manufacturing capacity is relatively ordinary, and they lack characteristics. In the end, these planets will choose to embark on the path of mercenary city-states, obtain resources through wars, or earn income by selling military capabilities.
The main combat power of Li Aoz's men comes from players. What is embarrassing is that since these undead adventers do not have legal interstellar identities at present, their output is not included in the total GDP by the system.
However, as Li Aoz's "private soldiers", they eat the redistributed income, so the per capita GDP of White Candle is problematic and cannot represent the actual living standards of residents.
"It is possible to introduce foreign capital that is not Crystal Tower and narrative-level civilization... well, that's fine."
Li Aoz nodded, agreed to the other party's request, and handed the matter over to the economic department to handle it.
As soon as he finished speaking, the X Fleet sent another victory message:
"Mr. President, our unmanned probe has discovered a 'gold planet', and it is estimated that 4.2 million tons of gold can be mined! There are also a lot of high-value minerals..."
"Good!" Li Aoz's eyes lit up.
Natural gold is a precious metal even in the interstellar era. Not to mention the distant past, in the magic civilization, gold is a 'supreme material', and a large number of rituals, synthesis, and enchantment are highly dependent on gold and silver.
Not to mention, gold is needed to synthesize superior magic metals such as Olihar steel.
4.2 million tons, the reserves are quite huge, equivalent to ten times the reserves of Azure Star. It will take at least ten or eight years to dig.
Li Aoz was preparing to hold a meeting tomorrow to discuss whether to allocate funds to set up an alien mining company or outsource it to seek cooperation. Another message popped up on the system:
[Player 'Yutianxiao' requests to trade you an item: a strange meteorite]
[Attached message: Li Aoz, I was hit by this thing while working in outer space. There seems to be a voice inside asking me to give it to someone of high status...]
Li Aoz received the item, and an irregular stone between ice crystal and metal immediately appeared in front of him.
"This thing...why does it feel familiar?"
Li Aoz played with the meteorite, and there were waves of familiar breath coming from it, which seemed to have some kind of radiation. His palm unconsciously extended tiny blue nerve tentacles, constantly contacting and absorbing the radiation energy on it.
"It seems to be something from the [Domination] system."
Silver runes appeared in his eyes, and he carefully scanned and analyzed the structure of the meteorite:
[Eye of Truth]
[Identifying an item...]
[Feat [Autocratic]-Activate! ]
[Charm check passed! Great success! ]
[Appraisal completed]
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[Item name]: Flawless ice
[Classification]: Rare mineral/mutation-inducing substance
[Quality]: "Otherworldly"
[Attributes]:
[Domination] limited possession
When placed in a backpack: Charm +20
Carry close to the body: Perform a [Mutation] judgment every seven days. If the judgment is successful, the Alpha-level arcane power - [Cold Release] is obtained. If it fails, gene fragments are accumulated;
If [Cold Release] has been obtained, perform an [Optimized Mutation] judgment every seven days. If the judgment is successful, [Cold Release] will be promoted until it is promoted to the Omega-level arcane power - [Heaven and Earth Frost]. If it fails, gene fragments are accumulated;
[Sustainable]: If the wearer is higher than Zeta level (6), he will receive additional gene fragment rewards each time he is promoted on the road.
【Introduction】：
"This fragment of frost seems to come from a certain [Master] civilization. However, over the long years, the civilization has withered and the planet has been destroyed. It has been wandering in the universe for a long time."
"When craftsmen built it, they gave it the ability to give mortals power. Although for non-mutants, carrying it will only bring severe frostbite and soul chill. Even if you are not careful, you will be injured by the frost. The power is devouring. But it’s still undeniable that it’s a masterpiece.”
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"This thing is good."
Li Ozi's eyes lit up. There are very few equipments in the [Domination] system, and this mutation inducer is quite easy to use.
Although Li Ozi no longer looks down on non-sequential arcana, the sustainable effect it comes with can provide a lot of gene fragments.
Gene fragments become more and more difficult to earn later on. As individuals become stronger and stronger, genes become more stable, and it becomes more difficult to cause genetic mutations.
As for the powerful [Dominator] path like Cangyue, it is difficult to encounter them in the later stages, and they may not be able to defeat them if they do.
Previously, in order to synthesize [Sequence Thirteen: Dark Light], Li Ozi had almost exhausted the genetic fragments for five years.
At least now, he has a stable way to obtain it.
"Not bad--"
Li Ozi's eyes narrowed with laughter. He put this thing close to his body and was about to continue cutting the steak when his personal communicator rang again.
He had to put down the food again and turn on the communicator - the owner of the "heroic soul" bar, Olafur was immediately projected. He gently wiped the wine glass and said to Li Ozi:
"Long time no see, Leos - oh, I forgot, I have to call you President."
"What a bad guy, he's just a president." Li Ozi chuckled and said, "How are you doing lately? Boss Olafur."
"Everything is fine with me. The Radon Nuo Planet you pointed out to me made me a small profit. I have already organized the 'real person killing competition' you proposed in the Vanrenkov Autonomous State - just in time, I came here Notice to you: The live broadcast rights have been sold to "Emperor of Heroes". I am here to congratulate you on your election as president and transfer the proceeds from the program copyright to you. "
Olafur said, and a notification immediately came from Li Ozi:
[Account received at Layyuan Bank: 136 million ammonium gold]
"Ontology sold for 110 million, excluding tax deductions, and the rest is the dividends in the past few years, which are paid out every five years. Just sit back and wait."
Olafur picked up a glass of wine and toasted to Li Ozi:
"Good luck to you, friend."