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Chapter 49: Monetizing Resources
Chapter 49: Monetizing Resources
Qin Mu ye, immersed in magic, had already completed his studies on the Elf Spider Queen and the Nightmare Knight, along with their associated knowledge, by the next day.
With his Knowledge stat at 61 points and the enhancement of his Learning Ability and Academic Research talents, his progress was quite fast. These two beastmen systems were much more complex compared to the sprite system.
Sprites were just a 1st-tier unit, and if it weren't for Qin Mu ye, few would ever reach such heights.
The Elf Spider Queen and the Nightmare Knight, on the other hand, were rare professions, not just units.
These three beastmen were not on the same level at all.
Therefore, he decided to sell the Elf Spider Queen and the Nightmare Knight professions. The main reason was the significant limitation, as they were tied to the Elf race.
The Nightmare Knight would likely be cheaper, but the Elf Spider Queen would be more expensive. It wasn't that Qin Mu ye favored women over men; rather, he was selling the Elf Spider Queen as a package deal, which included the Elf Spider unit and the accompanying treasures, covering everything from top to bottom.
However, he estimated that the package would be difficult to sell, mainly because the unit was 2nd-tier. Lords who could afford it would likely already have 3rd or 4th-tier units and would probably look down on 2nd-tier units.
How many 2nd-tier lords could afford it? Not everyone had a cheat code, after all.
Still, Qin Mu ye tried listing them on the trading platform.
He didn't ask for much: 5000 units of each of the four special resources for the Nightmare Knight, and 10000 units of each for the bundled Elf Spider Queen set.
He didn't know the market prices, but he knew that these two professions were already learned and were of no use to him. He couldn't recruit elves, so he could only sell them for special resources.
Qin Mu ye also considered using the four elemental cores—earth, water, fire, and wind—to repair his Magic Pool, but ultimately decided against it. He didn't know the function of the Magic Pool, and while it might be a core building, it wasn't the most urgent need.
He needed special resources to upgrade his buildings. With 15,000 units of each of the four special resources, plus what he had already accumulated, he could immediately upgrade all his buildings to Level 3, even the basic ones that he hadn't redeemed from the Points Shop yet.
Thus, between upgrading the Magic Pool and monetizing, Qin Mu ye chose to monetize.
After listing them, they were snapped up immediately. He didn't know who was so generous, but they directly sent 60000 units of special resources to his warehouse, which was fortunate since he had already upgraded his Resource Warehouse to Level 3.
"Looks like I underpriced them. I underestimated those top-ranked players," Qin Mu ye shook his head. Although he felt he had underpriced them, it was still a significant profit for him.
The current market on the trading platform was chaotic, and prices were all over the place. Just being able to sell them was already pretty good, especially since these two items had no value to him anymore.
Even if he wanted to, as long as he had elves and the corresponding giant spiders and nightmare steeds, he could recreate the Nightmare Knight and the Elf Spider Queen. Without elf subordinates, these items were just dead weight.
They couldn't even reproduce, making them essentially useless.
With the resources in hand, Qin Mu ye naturally upgraded all his buildings to Level 3, and the resources in his Resource Warehouse shrank significantly.
But no worries, wealth gone means peace of mind. Qin Mu ye was quite generous when it came to enhancing his territory's strength.
"1771 sprites. Tomorrow, I should be able to complete the 1000 Bloodthirsty Sprites and 100 Cursed Sprites, and then we can set out."
As for the remaining 671 sprites, they naturally stayed home to work. If it weren’t for the significant limitations, Qin Mu ye would have wanted to keep 6000 sprites working.
In addition to this, Qin Mu ye had to provide these 1100 sprites with basic treasures. For example, the Bloodthirsty Sprites had standardized equipment, but the Cursed Sprites were different. They couldn’t wear equipment for long periods; instead, the Mage Apprentice Set was more suitable.
The attributes were the same as the standardized equipment, but it was lighter and more suitable for mage-type units.
This was also a significant expense, but Qin Mu ye gritted his teeth and bought them. If he had enough resources, he would have equipped them with mounts.
He had already redeemed the stables and upgraded them to Level 3, but without horses, the stables were as empty as the fields. Not only did he need the buildings, but he also needed the corresponding materials and pastures, which were also empty.
There were quite a few similar buildings, but they weren’t useless. They provided resource production bonuses, otherwise, he wouldn’t have built them.
The main core was to buff the resource output.
The resource-producing buildings had already been upgraded to Level 3, and now, with all the enhancing buildings, the daily output of ordinary resources doubled:
- Food: Daily output 23,425
- Ore: Daily output 7,500
- Wood: Daily output 7,500
- Gold: Daily output 75,000
With this, as long as the crops from the fields didn’t have problems, he could still afford to feed these 1771 sprites.
As for special resources, they remained at 180, since there were no corresponding enhancing buildings. This was unavoidable.
If all the enhancing buildings were fully occupied by units, the daily increase in output would be even greater. Unfortunately, to ensure enough food, most of the sprites had to be assigned to farming.
This was probably a result of Qin Mu ye’s planning and management issues, and there were likely many hidden problems. However, there was no other way. He was just an amateur, not a management expert, so he could only make do. As long as nothing went wrong, it was fine.
Now, he could be self-sufficient. Unless there was a weekly event or the unpredictable Red Wind Disaster, he didn’t need to worry about anything going wrong.
Hidden problems weren’t a problem as long as they didn’t arise. He could deal with them later when he had professional management talent.
After that, Qin Mu ye immersed himself in the books to continue his studies. What else could he do?
He couldn’t go to exercise; that would be too much trouble. It was better to focus on learning all the knowledge in the Mage Class Vouchers first.
Once he had enough knowledge, he could directly modify himself into a powerful being. Others might spend thousands or tens of thousands of years cultivating, but Qin Mu ye could rely on abundant resources to transform himself into a strong individual.
Geniuses rely on cultivation, the poor on mutations, and Qin Mu ye, as a wealthy man in the making, could only rely on technology.
Magic might not be scientific, but it was at least traceable.
This was the most suitable path for Qin Mu ye to strengthen himself as a homebody. Once his forces were strong enough, anything he wanted would be within his reach. He wouldn’t abandon his advantages to go out and fight and kill, which wouldn’t be appropriate.
Development should leverage strengths, not weaknesses.
It was precisely because he relied on his strengths and avoided his weaknesses that he survived the monster siege event and even made it into the top 100.
(End of Chapter)
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