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Chapter 632: 50 Billion Psychic Coins
Chapter 632: 50 Billion Psychic Coins
Over the next few months, the United Government and relevant departments continued to implement the "Fasting Plan," prioritizing the cultivation of the "70+700" players.
The entire plan was continuously adjusted and refined to ensure that the United Government could maximize the rational allocation of resources within the game.
To achieve the "Fasting Plan," the United Government and relevant departments made the following six efforts:
1. They heavily invested in the development of territories owned by players, rapidly upgrading territory levels and constructing more "Mage Tower-like" buildings for the "70+700" reserve players to use.
2. All in-game resources were concentrated on the "70+700" reserve players. Additionally, half of the Psychic Energy produced by all real-world Psychic Springs was absorbed through helmets and brought into the game for these players to absorb.
3. They invested a significant amount of resources to cultivate secondary profession players, aiming to train 50 Master-level secondary profession players within three months to produce high-end equipment and potions for the "70+700" reserve players.
4. They signed agreements with major NPC factions of the Golden Fleece Empire to purchase high-level skill books for the "70+700" reserve players and to discover hidden quests that reward high-level skill books.
5. They hired fifth-level and above NPCs from the Golden Fleece Empire to teach combat knowledge and conduct live combat simulations to enhance the battle skills of the "70+700" reserve players.
6. They cleared out wild [Rooted] tribes and vigorously developed the artificial cultivation of [Rooted] plants to produce as many [Rooted Potions] as possible.
These six points summarize the efforts made by the United Government and relevant departments.
In essence, it all boiled down to one thing—concentrating all resources on the "70+700" reserve players, using the majority of resources to maximize their combat capabilities.
The entire "Fasting Plan" was supervised by Speaker Hu Jing and overseen by White Snow Leopard, who would dedicate all their efforts to this cause.
As for Su Yu, he had his own cultivation plan.
Recently, the relevant departments had sent him a lot of valuable items, including all the national reserves of sixth-level and above monster materials.
Su Yu spent about five days (in real time) absorbing all these monster materials, which raised his level from 80 to 80.5.
However, after burning through these materials, he had nothing left to use.
In his territory's Mage Tower, Su Yu watched as the last piece of sixth-level [Gnorre Beast Skull] turned to ashes in the magic pool. The red light from the magic array beneath him dimmed and stopped, and he couldn't help but sigh lightly.
Beside him, Morning Star, his cat, had been in a state of cultivation. Seeing his expression, she tilted her head and asked, "Counter, are your monster materials all gone?"
"Yes."
"What do you plan to do now?"
"Of course, I need to find more. Cultivation can't be interrupted."
Su Yu opened his private chat interface and contacted [Wing Dragon], who was diligently working at the Apshi City Hall: "Wing Dragon, how much of our territory's financial surplus do we have?"
"Let me check for you," Wing Dragon replied immediately.
After about five minutes, Wing Dragon responded, "We have a total of 5.332 billion Psychic Coins."
"Is that all?" Su Yu wasn't very satisfied.
Wing Dragon: "..."
That's a lot, right? It's 5.332 billion! For most players, that's an astronomical number.
"Give me 4 billion. I need to buy cultivation resources."
After sending the message, Su Yu knew Wing Dragon wouldn't refuse, so he didn't wait for a reply. Instead, he contacted the next person, which was Speaker Hu Jing.
"Mr. Speaker, I need 260 billion Psychic Coins to buy cultivation resources," Su Yu stated plainly.
Speaker Hu Jing was taken aback. Asking for 260 billion right off the bat? Could he at least lay some groundwork first?
However, considering this was the first time Su Yu had asked for money, and that Su Yu had always contributed without asking for anything in return, how could he possibly discourage him?
So he replied, "The United Government is currently implementing the 'Starvation Plan' with all its resources. Handing over 260 billion Psychic Coins at once might be a bit tight."
Upon seeing the Speaker's response, Su Yu was about to say, "So, are you giving it to me or not?"
But he thought better of it and changed his response to, "What do you mean by that?"
Speaker Hu Jing: "I mean the 260 billion Psychic Coins can be given to you. However, the United Government's resources aren't as abundant as you think. After giving you this amount, we won't be able to provide any more resources in the short term, at least not for three months—three months in the real world, I mean."
Su Yu: "Understood."
Su Yu: "I'll take the Psychic Coins and ask for more in three months."
Speaker Hu Jing: "."
Morning Star, the cat, had no idea about Su Yu's conversation with Hu Jing and the Winged Dragon. When she saw Su Yu stand up from the magic pool, she asked, "Counter, how many Psychic Coins did you get?"
"Not much," Su Yu smiled and shook his head. "Just 300 billion?"
"300 'billion'?" Morning Star was shocked. 300 billion Psychic Coins could buy a mountain of fish treats!
Su Yu picked up Morning Star and said with a smile, "Come on, let's go find Alyssa. We'll borrow another 200 billion from her. With 500 billion Psychic Coins, we'll be close to our goal."
"500 billion," Morning Star was speechless, jumping to his shoulder. "Will borrowing that much money allow you to reach the Eighth Rank?"
"Probably not," Su Yu thought for a moment and shook his head. "Based on my calculations, I need at least 900 billion Psychic Coins worth of resources to reach the Eighth Rank. 500 billion is still a long way off."
"Then why don't you—"
Morning Star wanted to ask why he didn't borrow the full amount at once.
Su Yu knew what she was thinking and ruffled her fur, replying, "If I borrowed it all at once, they wouldn't be able to provide it. It's about sustainable resource management... Never mind, let's go!"
He placed Morning Star into the pet space and used the teleportation array to head to Golden Sparrow City.
Half an hour later, Su Yu left the Golden Sparrow Palace with a 200 billion Psychic Coin "IOU" from Alyssa.
Alyssa, being the head of state, could treat these "IOUs" as real currency.
Su Yu and Alyssa had a very close relationship. However, due to the game's "equivalent exchange" rule, Su Yu needed to complete tasks of corresponding difficulty for anything he received from her. Therefore, he could only "borrow" 200 billion Psychic Coins instead of having her give him 200 billion outright.
Borrowed money would have to be paid back eventually.
After leaving the palace, Morning Star, perched on his shoulder, tilted her head and looked at him. "Counter, how do you plan to pay back the 200 billion?"
After all, it was 200 billion! If he only paid it back through completing tasks, Su Yu might spend a decade running errands and still not be able to pay it off.
Su Yu smiled calmly. "We'll worry about paying it back later. For now, let's spend this money!"
(End of Chapter)
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