Chapter 1500: Tenfold Salary (Part 2)
Chapter 1500: Tenfold Salary (Part 2)
The expeditionary force’s salary has stunned everyone—it’s a solid tenfold increase!
"Moreover, the war isn’t as dangerous as you might think."
"That’s right. We’re going to save the Carbon-Based Life Forms on those planets, not fight enemies. The main opponents will be Automatons."
"Plus, we have four Planetary Grades on our side, so the war will be a total rout, not a meat-grinding attrition battle."
"So what are we waiting for? Sign up now!"
...
Low-risk, high-reward jobs are always in high demand.
Immediately, the official website’s recruitment link was flooded with clicks!
Anyone qualified to join the military tried to sign up, nearly crashing the website’s recruitment portal.
The news spread from the bottom up.
Before long, even Magrathon was alarmed!
Magrathon was one of the last to hear about this, but after reading the recruitment details, he was also extremely shocked by Su Yu’s generosity.
This isn’t recruitment; it’s a giveaway!
"And this number is even tempting to me!" Magrathon thought to himself, calculating: "High-rank soldiers receive one standard unit of spirit energy per year, and each rank up multiplies that by ten. So a Dominator Rank would receive 100,000 units of spirit energy per year... That’s a very tempting number for me."
As the leader of the Spiritwing Clan, Magrathon found the conditions even more appealing, not to mention other powerful figures.
At the same time, a pale blue virtual projection appeared in front of Magrathon.
He was immediately startled.
Focusing his gaze, he saw the projection of an unknown creature, about the size of a palm, happily wagging its tail.
It was the projection of the AI Dolphin.
After the projection materialized, it immediately spoke to Magrathon: "Intermediate user Magrathon, I am the Super AI Dolphin. I will cover the entire planet to assist Irelia Manchester in ruling and governing it."
"Hmm? A Super AI?" Magrathon looked at the small creature.
But he quickly realized something was off: "Wait, Irelia? Did you get the name wrong?"
Magrathon had never taken Irelia Manchester seriously. Shouldn’t the AI be assisting her sister, Lea?
Before he could think further, Su Yu’s voice appeared in his mind: "Magrathon, this is the AI Dolphin. Get to know each other."
"Lord Su Yu!" Magrathon quickly stood up and bowed to the empty space in front of him, showing no sign of disrespect.
"Magrathon", Su Yu’s voice continued, "after occupying five planets, Lea and I will be away from Grilla for a long time.
During this time, the AI Dolphin will control two Planetary Ais to assist Irelia in managing the six planets.
Irelia will be the nominal leader, but the actual governance will be handled by the AI Dolphin."
"Oh, I see." Magrathon understood.
Su Yu and Lea were leaving, and the AI would be in charge of the planets.
However, he didn’t dare to have any other thoughts. The AI Dolphin controlled two Planetary Grades, so what could he say?
"Additionally", Su Yu continued, "all 7th Rank and 8th Rank cultivators must join the expedition, with no exceptions.
You will organize these cultivators and keep them ready for deployment."
"Understood!" Magrathon responded promptly.
"But..." After agreeing, he hesitated and asked, "Lord Su Yu, will the 7th and 8th Rank cultivators’ salaries really follow the recruitment details you sent?"
"Yes."
"Isn’t the salary too high?" Magrathon asked, "Although I haven’t done the exact calculations, the planetary government probably can’t afford it, right?"
A tenfold salary was too shocking.
Especially this time, with all 7th Rank and above cultivators joining the expedition, the total military expenses would be astronomical!
While Su Yu had obtained a vast amount of spirit energy from the Northern Automaton stockpile over the past five years, and could plunder more spirit energy during the war, the tenfold base salary was still too much for the planetary government to bear.
However, Su Yu smiled.
He knew exactly how much spirit energy he had.
Indeed, the Northern Automaton stockpile of spirit energy wasn’t enough to cover the tenfold military expenses, and even more plundering wouldn’t be sufficient, but...
Su Yu replied, "The planetary government can’t afford it, considering the war will last over a decade.
But don’t worry about that. I’ll cover the shortfall myself."
"Ah?" Magrathon’s eyes widened in disbelief, "You’ll cover it yourself?"
"Yes, I’ll cover it myself." Su Yu affirmed.
"But..."
"No buts." Su Yu interrupted him, "Prepare well. You don’t need to worry about anything else."
With that, Su Yu’s voice disappeared from his mind. Magrathon was left with only the virtual projection of the AI Dolphin in front of him. (End of Chapter)
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