The Boss King actually disguised himself as a novice village chief?!
Chapter 461 - 388: Business Run

Chapter 461: Chapter 388: Business Run

What a great opportunity!

Lind’s biggest worry had always been the lack of resources, but now, with so many epic enemies appearing, it seemed that he could pile up resources and forcefully train the Bunny-toothed Witch into an epic-level Pharmacist.

Not only that, he could also freely consume Magic Potions and quickly enhance his strength.

This included the Crimson Knight, William, and others whose levels could also continue to rise.

Due to talent limitations, many could no longer improve, but characters like William, the main version protagonist, and the Crimson Knight, who was a boss, definitely had the potential to level up.

Previously, the powers Lind possessed could only reach the level of a Senior Grand Knight, with no subsequent additions to provide any help. Therefore, it was necessary to explore new knightly powers.

He was not obsessed with persistently practicing and improving a specific power, because his own characteristics meant he did not need to hustle for a path like ordinary people. Other than the main Sun’s Testament, he used whatever was available.

Obtaining the formula for the Magic Potion of Sun’s Testament would not be too difficult, and being a Songbai Knight Guard in Permafrost Land at the minimum required epic status. This meant that he just needed to go to the Permafrost Land to find a large number of epic-level Sun Knights.

If the levels of the Undead weren’t so low, Lind might even want to directly issue a bounty. With the information network of the Undead, the formula for Magic Potion was the least valuable thing—it was just part of the "strategy".

In the current Abyss, the Undead had started "farming materials," which also confirmed that Lind’s previous choice to "discard" was correct; there was no longer any need to keep the Blood Lamb ranch.

Perhaps he could keep the part about Limb Attachment Magic, if he really needed that magic.

The Undead were massively farming the epic-level Heart of Calamity in the Abyss and could choose to sell it. Based on the current prices in the Rand Kingdom, selling directly to NPCs could earn them a fortune.

And if they sold the materials directly to novice Undead, they could earn real money offline.

Anyway, farming the Heart of Calamity was definitely a lucrative business.

A high tower in the Great Rift provided a steady influx of "Abyss Puppies." Although the drop rate was not high, the quantity was substantial.

Many Undead clung to the dream of striking it rich while farming.

"What, why is the price so low?" the Black Tortoise Shield and his companions stood in front of a merchant’s stall at the fortress.

After the fortress was completely controlled by the Expedition Army, NPCs began to occupy the place one after another, offering various kinds of help, including but not limited to stores, taverns, and basic equipment repairs.

Lord Lind would never forget to stimulate the spending of the Undead; if they didn’t spend money, Lind couldn’t sleep peacefully.

But the trading prices shocked them.

Fifteen Hearts of Calamity could only be sold for the price of five!

Was this a rip-off?!

The merchant calmly turned around and pointed behind himself: "Too many."

Behind him, a box filled with Hearts of Calamity was already overflowing. He had also received orders from the General on how to deal with the Undead, and he had long had a plan.

Moon Slash Blade: "It still makes sense, buy low when there’s a surplus, buy high when there’s a shortage."

Dragon Scale Sword, however, had a different idea: "Hey, what if we buy a large amount of Hearts of Calamity here and then resell them in places lacking them? What do you think?"

The three of them stood in front of the merchant and started discussing, a typical old tradition of Undead, treating NPCs like they were deaf and dumb. Even when the NPC pretended to eavesdrop, they laughed, saying the game was too realistic.

Not everyone was in the Abyss; the number of newbies joining was still increasing, including their three college roommates, so it was easy to get price information—a message was sent.

A roommate far away in the Snake Catcher Fortress immediately ran to a store to check the prices.

"The prices here haven’t changed much; you could try selling them here."

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Had a Big One and his guildmates were selling Hearts of Calamity and were even mistaken that they had read the price wrong when they saw it.

The price was actually five times lower than before!

Although NPCs had always recycled the Heart of Calamity, the growing accumulation of resources continually depressed its recycle price.

Before reaching the Great Rift, there were only a few ways to obtain a Heart of Calamity: depending on luck from monster clearing, purchasing from NPCs, and offline trading.

With the Great Rift, the Undead had thought they had discovered a quick way to refresh and get rich, given that getting Lind to transform gear was costly, but they had not foreseen this problem.

Not directly raising the prices of other items to cause inflation was a good thing, unlike some games where later stages demanded millions and millions of expenses. However, the result was the same.

Restricting my ability to earn money and causing late-stage inflation were essentially the same; my resources still could not meet demand.

"Trade running?"

For those like the Black Tortoise Shield, limited by their team’s composition, even though they knew running trade could be profitable, they had to choose between front-line fighting and trade running. Staying at the Abyss front-line, where the gains were greatest, was the optimal solution.

However, large teams had no such worries, with different members responsible for different tasks—some managed numbers upfront, while others provided support from behind.

After discussing with his gaming guild, Had a Big One decisively decided to start trade running.

He directly approached the NPC to buy the Heart of Calamity.

Since the purchase price was so cheap, why not buy them all? Wasn’t this an unseen profit?

"What, you’ll sell it to me at the original price?" Had a Big One was stunned as he pointed at the pile of Hearts of Calamity behind the merchant, "Don’t you have a bunch there?"

"Indeed, I do have a bunch, because these items are not important to me."

"Then why give it to me at the original price?"

"Because it seems you really need it," the merchant smiled. That didn’t require any instruction from Lind; he had just blatantly eavesdropped on a lot of Undead discussing trade running. Since the Undead planned to buy low and sell high, why not just sell to them at the original price?

The merchant’s identity was not given by Lind. Perhaps an apocalyptic environment could limit a merchant’s vision, but not his thinking on making money.

Had a Big One nearly spat blood; he could only opt to buy from other Undead instead. Everyone had farmed a lot, and after seeing the low prices in the shop, they were willing to trade with him.

But some were unwilling to trade, which tied back to "military merits" — the Heart of Calamity, being a rather scarce resource, would still be closely linked to the Expedition Army’s military merits despite falling prices.

Selling important resources like the Heart of Calamity to the front-line NPCs of the Expedition Army could earn military merits, a special mechanism not available elsewhere.

Some people were not short of money but lacked military merits.

Had a Big One and his associates virtually sold everything they had to gather over 700 high-ranking Great Knight Hearts of Calamity and then arranged a team to head for Star Dragon City. According to plan, they would sell in Star Dragon City if the prices remained stable, as it was the nearest city, saving a lot of time.

The second phase of trade running shifted focus to the Snake Catcher Fortress, Mountain Demon Castle, Goliath, and Black Island.

As the distance gradually increased, this phase of transportation couldn’t involve fewer than 2000 Hearts of Calamity because the round-trip time would be too long to ensure a sufficient profit.

The Undead’s merchant fleet was starting to take shape.

Maybe one day, with other forms of transport, they would consider international "trade running."

The longer they stayed in this world, the more of its truths they discovered, and they realized that fighting and killing were only a minuscule part of it, even without anyone’s guidance.

Lind also greatly needed the Undead to run trade.

Resource transportation was always a huge issue; opening portals was too expensive. Portals had to consider distance, number of people, time, etc., and each activation incurred a significant cost.

Arranging for people to transport goods also posed many dangers along the way; Calamity never ceased on the land.

If during the transportation of goods the Undead found that the food in Star Dragon City was cheaper than at the Snake Catcher Fortress, they would surely buy in bulk and sell it during the trip, and the answer was definitely yes.

The difference in price was absolutely cheaper than Lind organizing a group of soldiers for transport. Every soldier had a fixed salary and benefits, including room and board, but the Undead were different, engaging only in buying low and selling high.

If there were problems along the way, the costs would be borne solely by the Undead, reducing risks and loss of life in many respects.