Edge of the Apocalypse
Chapter 585: Value

Two days later, Gills personally visited the hotel where Edward and his party were staying and invited Vera to dinner. Vera accepted his arrangement, and the next day the people of Ark Harbor saw men and women in black robes, calling themselves priests and nuns, preaching the doctrine of Christ. White Castle also issued a statement on the same day. Gills established the legitimacy of Christianity as Earl and agreed to the church preaching in the territory.

With the appearance of the Earl's statement, more and more people began to pay attention to this new church. Many rumors spread from within White Castle. The main characters of the rumors were the young count and Holy Maiden Vera. Everyone knew that Vera had already given the count a premonition, and the result was certainly correct. Otherwise, how could Gills have publicized it for the Church? In the next few days, the invitations Vera received were almost enough to build a small hill. Together, Edward and Roger personally picked out less than ten invitations from the pile and asked Vera and Father Milo to respond to each other's invitations.

The people they picked were all important figures in Ark Harbor. Among them was Allen's reference to the young noble named Rhine, who would help spread Christianity locally if he made contact with these people. As for Rhine, he could spread Christianity to the imperial capital through his eyes and ears, so as to lay the groundwork for future development.

Everything was proceeding in an orderly manner.

After staying in the wing tower's residence for three days, Alan appeared in everyone's sight again. After he left the wing tower, the first thing he did was to hand over the large stack of blueprints to Horn. There was a part of this that he had designed for the advancement of the Wind God Knight, which could be used to upgrade the kit in the future. Others are several pieces of loose-fitting armor and stand-alone plug-ins that provide performance for them.

For example, a fifth-gear magical sniper rifle could provide the ability to "reload the warhead". This was a very common ability in sniper rifles. Reloading warheads would increase the destructive power of Origin Energy Sniper Bombs. They could destroy Origin Energy Shields, so it was a practical ability. Allen also designed several plug-ins for it, such as the Gale plug-in, which upgraded the reloaded warhead to hurricane shooting, greatly increasing the speed of the hurricane and adding excellent penetration to the bullet. If he switched to [Blazing Fire], his original ability would be upgraded to a heavy explosive strike. After hitting the target, he would create another explosive destructive power from the inside.

Taking this as an example, these loose-fitting weapons, be it guns, swords, or swords, were equipped with independent plug-ins that could upgrade their capabilities. Purchasers are fully capable of purchasing targeted plug-ins to improve the performance of their weapons. For the producers, the biggest profit from these weapons is not the basic weapons themselves, but the individual plug-ins. In Allen's design, these plug-ins were consumables. If the buyer is used to the upgrade brought by the plug-in, naturally after the plug-in breaks down, he must continue to ask the manufacturer for it. Instead of launching all the plug-ins at once, Beth Cod would launch new plug-ins every once in a while to stimulate buying.

This batch of loose armor was named "Flame of War" by Allen, to commemorate the peak smoke of the flames of war he had been on the way.

Horn was very satisfied with his new designs, especially the War Fires loose-fitting armor, which was more applicable than the previous two sets. And with the emergence of stand-alone plug-ins, the means of selling them are more flexible. He immediately called the person in charge of the Magic Martial Factory and Hughton, telling them to hurry to the castle as soon as possible and give priority to producing the sniper rifle and the Gale plug-in. Once it was completed, a new quarterly single-grade press conference would be held to fully recommend Allen's Warfire Magic Equipment.

There were still some unfinished sketches in the wing tower bedroom. These were two sets of armor that Allen had designed for himself and Belmond. One was the Blade, and the other was the Night Hunter. According to Allen's design, the blade would provide him with the ability to "sprint sharply" and "wing of the blade".

Activating a sharp sprint would give Allen a penetrating physical attack for the duration of the ability, which was designed to weaken the enemy's armor or Origin Shield. As for Blade Wings, it was a harassing ability. After the ability was activated, it would generate Origin Energy Blades around Allen's body for a period of time, and the Blades would automatically harass and attack enemy targets. They weren't very powerful, but they outnumbered them in numbers, causing them to interfere greatly with the target. If it was on the battlefield, it would become a nightmare for ordinary soldiers. The effective attack radius of the Blade Wings was ten meters. Within this range, the disorderly cutting of the Origin Energy Blades would result in a large number of normal soldiers being harvested.

The Night Hunter was entirely designed for Belmond, who was now Allen's follower. His existence would ensure Alan's safety to a large extent. Belmond's ability inclination was also obvious, so in order to match his original ability, the Night Hunter provided two abilities: "Invasion" and "Sharpness". The attack would use Belmond's own abilities as a truncation to increase the destructive power of his offensive abilities. Sharpness was like a literal meaning. After activating it, Belmond's perceptions and body's sensitivity would greatly increase. This was like adding wings to a tiger to a man who was already skilled in speed and movement.

However, there were still many details that needed to be perfected in the design of these two armors. Alan would have to work for at least a few days before he could complete the design. He also wanted to design armor for others, but this was a long-term task that could not be accomplished in a day or two.

As for the series of design blueprints that he had handed over earlier, they could be considered as fulfilling part of his family's obligations. After Horn put away the blueprints, Alan said seriously, "Grandfather, I have a batch of'specialties' that I brought back from Heaven Star. I wonder if the family is interested in buying them."

The clan hunting squad helped the clan explore the colonial planet. The clan was their backing, and the income they received was shared with the clan in a certain proportion. However, that was referring to conventional benefits, such as taxes on territories, profits from trade between the two planets, and so on. As for some special rare products, this is not the case. For those "specialties" that were extremely lucrative and precious, the family could purchase them if they needed them.

Of course, the price sold to the clan was usually 20-30% lower than the market price. However, the seller could save a series of troubles, such as the cost of formalities, manpower, and so on. Moreover, the funds could arrive at the clan's bill faster, and it could also increase the contribution of the clan. Under normal circumstances, if there were no special circumstances, very few people would sell the precious specialties of a colonial planet to the outside world.

"What specialty?" Horn asked with a smile. Now that Alan had just settled down on Planet Heaven, it was far too late for him to reap the benefits and return the favor to his family. Horn was very curious about what kind of "specialty" he brought with him that could be sold to the clan.

Allen's expression was calm as he raised a finger and said, "Thames silver, I brought back more than a hundred kilograms this time. I'll sell it at a round price of a hundred kilograms. The majority will be considered as a small reward for my family."

"Thames Silver!" If Horn's attitude had not changed before, it was now almost 360 degrees. Thames Silver was a strategic reserve-level material. Many high-grade magic energy weapons, as well as the energy transmission circuits of starships and energy-type main guns, needed to be used by Thames Silver. Thames Silver was an extremely rare metal. Even with the current reserves of the Federation, there were only a dozen or so conventional silver ores that provided this precious metal.

"There's actually such a vein on Heaven's Planet?" Even Horn was shocked. He knew that Heavenly Star was rich in resources, but he didn't expect that this planet still had Thames Silver ore veins. For this kind of precious and non-renewable resource, it couldn't be overstated how precious it was. The hundred kilograms of Thames silver Allen brought back didn't sound like much, but if they were to flow into the market, they could at least fetch 30 million yuan. If it were to be hyped up by businessmen, it would not be a problem for them to increase the price by 10% to 20%.

At the current market price, a ton of platinum was only ten million federal dollars. From this, it could be seen that Thames silver was the most precious metal. Of course, there are several other natural minerals known to be of lower value than Thames Silver, such as a substance called Shadow Star Diamond, which contains dense Shadow Origin Energy and is the main source of energy for dark matter cannons. There was also an item called the Prison Flame Eye. It was usually found in the center of the planet and would appear in certain ore veins as the continental plates moved. It was a mixed material. The Prison Flame Eye contained a large amount of flame origin energy. It could be used as an energy source for a city of 100,000 people for a year. It could also be used as an energy supply unit for high-energy particle cannons.

In short, materials like this that naturally contained different types of Origin Energy were all priceless items.

Since there were precious minerals like Thames Silver on Planet Heaven, it was hard to guarantee that there would be no other precious items. As a result, its value would be more than ten percent higher than the Federation's initial assessment. Right now, the Federation had no time to care about it, and the Heavenly Party Star was in an extremely remote and remote star region. Otherwise, the Federation would have listed it as an exclusive development object, refusing to allow other families to enter, and building rainbow bridges that were like those used on chaotic battlefields to be used exclusively by large fleets. Instead of providing only one subsystem now, it opens up unilateral warp space by connecting to the space field on the moon, and the number of starships that can pass through each time is extremely limited.

Horn nodded and said, "I bought this batch of Thames silver on behalf of my family. The price will be set at 80% of the market price." Money will be transferred to your personal account in three days at most, but Alan, I need you to keep this Thames silver a secret for now. The value of Heavenly Star had made many families jealous, and the Federation had only opened development rights to a limited number of families. If others found out that there was Thames silver on Planet Heaven, or even other precious materials, the Federation would probably not be able to withstand the pressure. It will be a huge loss to us whether we are fully open to the outside world or if we are conscripted for use by the Federation, "he said.