Dawn Spider

Chapter 157 Year-End Settlement
After a heavy rain accompanied by lightning and thunder,

The sky was a clear, bright blue.

On the south side of the mountain, the warm sunlight shines obliquely through the woodland.

Yin, along with Taro, helped clean up the dead branches and leaves that had been washed into the irrigation ditch by the heavy rain the night before.

"Wow~"

"Whoa~ Whoa~"

Suddenly, the taro shook its leaves and made a sound, raising one of its roots and pointing it forcefully towards the western sky.

Pointing towards the sky?
Yin knew without even looking that a strong wind was coming again. But then, a thought suddenly struck her, and she jumped up happily, leaping out of the ditch and running quickly to the nearest hill to look out from above.

In the distance, strong winds flew low, skimming the treetops of the jungle.

After a while, the Red Cone Mountain's main armor, laden with goods, rushed out of the dense forest, followed closely by Jin.

"Sikui!"

"silver!"

"Taro!"

The spiritual energy from the shouts of the Red Cone Mountain Master reverberated and spread.

“Hua~la~”

Taro responded by shaking its leaves with a silly grin.

"Fourth brother!"

Yin rushed out.

"Fourth Brother! You're back!"

"Fourth Brother, I missed you so much!"

"Fourth Brother, I heard you're cooperating with the King of the Curcuma Insects. Are you excavating ancient ruins?"

“I won’t dig. I’ll help the King of Euryurves analyze the situation and come up with ideas. If things go well, I’ll just get a little benefit from it.”

"A little benefit? That's 66 primal crystals!"

"That was the result of six months of digging by the Curcuma Insect King and the Stone Insect King, along with 20 lord-level warriors."

"Forehead……"

Yin jumped for joy, then changed the subject and asked:

"Fourth Brother, are you using Primal Crystals to enhance your alien abilities?"

"Yes."

"So now your blinking ability is pretty good, right?"

"Still not good, a little over ten meters... a little over eleven meters."

"Oh~"

"Evolving from 3-year-old to 4-year-old is a minor breakthrough, and there will definitely be a significant improvement then!"

"That's the theory."

"..."

It's been a year.
When they met again, Yin looked much more pleasing to the eye and much more approachable.

As he spoke, Jin Linglu climbed a small hill to look out.

On the eastern side of the mountain, the various saplings transplanted in front have grown into half-grown trees, lush and verdant, stretching as far as the eye can see.

Turning to look at the south side of the mountain, two kilometers away, I could see the Black Oak, a gift from God, which had grown into a towering tree standing proudly in the forest.

Not far away, the Blood Camphor Tree of Gods in Plot 09 is growing even more rapidly, and it looks like it's almost 30 meters tall.
The flowering period of the Blood Camphor Tree (a type of camphor tree) is in mid-April, and we can consider allowing it to bear a small amount of fruit this year.

"Silver, very good. You've managed the territory very well."

“Whoa! Whoa!”

The taro roots were wriggling towards this side, and hearing the conversation, it shook its leaves vigorously from a distance to signal them.

"Taro!"

Jin waved his paw and praised, "Taro deserves half the credit for managing the territory so well."

“Hua~la~”

The taro made a sound of self-deserved satisfaction.

Jin asked, "Is the Golden Leaf Vine alright?"

Taro: "Whoosh~"

Jin asked, "While I was away, did the Golden Leaf Vine cause any trouble?"

"..."

Taro remained silent.

Jin knew that Jin Ye Teng was a restless fellow who would definitely use taro to amuse himself when he was bored.

Jin called out, "Let's go, let's go see the divinely bestowed seed of pokeweed first!"

...

The growth of the pokeweed seed was as slow as ever. A mental scan and precise measurement showed that in one year, the tree's height had increased only from 7.3 meters to 7.6 meters.

The fruit on the tree continues to absorb the Force of Nature at an unbelievably high rate, forming a funnel-shaped vortex of Force at the treetop. However, after several years of development and absorbing an immeasurable amount of Force, the fruit appears unchanged from the outside.

An incredible tree; it's hard to imagine the amazing effects the fruit will have once it matures.

...

Then we headed to plot 02.

The growth of the golden vine is much better; a single fruit hardly affects its normal evolution and growth.

A main vine grows southward along the crossbeam of the trellis, with a total length exceeding 50 meters.

The water-based frost properties became increasingly pronounced; as soon as one walked thirty or forty meters away, the surrounding temperature dropped noticeably.

"Golden Leaf Vine!"

Jin greeted him.

"Hmm~ah~"

Jin Ye Teng answered listlessly, then asked casually, "Jin, why did you come back?"

Kim said, "I'm coming back to rest for a month."

Jin Yeteng questioned, "How much have you earned? You dare to rest now? My raw stones haven't increased at all each day!" The cheerful and harmonious atmosphere vanished instantly.

I'll add it for you later.

Jin gave a perfunctory reply, then asked seriously, "Golden Leaf Vine, isn't it time for your fruit to expand for the second time?"

Golden Vine retorted, "Spider, how did you learn math? Three years! How many years has it been?"

“I asked you if the fruit would swell this winter. I won’t be there then, so I’ll have Yin and Yutou keep an eye on it.”

"Silver? It? That stupid spider, are you sure you don't want to let it go? Do you still want to eat the fruit?"

"..."

They're arguing about it.
Master Sikui, who was working in the forest north of the mountain, rushed over.

After exchanging greetings,

Jin ignored the golden vines and called everyone to head to plot 09.

The Blood Camphor Tree Seed, bestowed by the gods, had already developed a soul and consciousness half a year ago.
Just as they approached within a hundred meters, a fierce and powerful mental force swept over them.

An extremely unfriendly tree.

After observing from a distance for a while, I went to plot 06 to check on the Black Oak Seed.

As it evolved and grew, its size increased. Perhaps it gained a sense of security and became familiar with its environment, so the temperament of the Black Oak God-given Seed changed a lot. It didn't mind chatting while standing in the shade of the tree.

Jin gave a general account of the transaction on Ivory Island to the mountain lord, and everything went exceptionally smoothly. There was also the matter of the Treasure Hunt by the King of the Curcuma Insects, but that couldn't be discussed in detail and could only be explained vaguely.

After chatting for a while, we went up the mountain together.

……

Jin and the Lord of Red Cone Mountain met at Shark Harbor and, on the way, exchanged and transported back all the resources needed for evolution and growth in the coming year, as well as a large amount of divinely bestowed primal force food needed for trading in the coming year, from the dock warehouse.

Together they arrived at the cave where Shanbei Jin lived.
The cave entrance was too narrow, and Da Fengmai couldn't retract his wings to get in, so everyone did the accounting outside the cave.

Yin made two trips to carry out 17 gene agent storage boxes.

Each storage box has a wooden tag attached to its handle by a spider silk rope. The tag has a simple number and pattern engraved on it, indicating the element's attributes.

The seven elements are metal, wood, water, fire, earth, wind, and thunder.

The water system is the most extensive, with as many as 4 boxes.

Wood and Earth elements followed, with 3 boxes each, totaling up to 6 boxes.

Next, two boxes each of gold, wind, and thunder, totaling six boxes.

In addition, the transactions on Ivory Island also yielded more than half a box of Fire-type Divine Gene Agents.

He opened the boxes one by one and carefully counted the gold.

Last year's transaction involved 113 God-given Seeds, with a total value of 84 for the gene-based agents.

In addition, there are two large pockets of God-given Water Coconuts, worth approximately 18 raw stones.

The total value of the raw stones in the spot market is 102 million.

The working capital prepared last year was 20.5 yuan.

On Ivory Island, many Zerg warriors who trusted Jin directly placed the processed gene agents with him, including 7.3 from the Red-headed Termite Kingdom, all entrusted to Jin to exchange for the necessary God-given Force food to be delivered there. The total value of this part was 40.5.

The total spot price, minus working capital and the entrusted exchange of divinely bestowed food, leaves last year's profit, totaling 41.5.

Subdivided calculation,

There are still 27 trees on the twin islands of Saluo, which is close to 13.

There were more on Ivory Island, 83 trees, but the quality and evolutionary level of the divinely bestowed seeds were generally slightly inferior. Many of them only had a thin shell with a little bit of flesh, and their evolutionary level was only at the Mountain Lord level, yielding less than a thousand in profit. Therefore, the income was only 28.5.

After deducting employee salaries,

Red Cone Mountain Lord 5, Big Wind 5, Silver 3, Salary Expenses 13, and the net profit that finally fell into the Golden Claw was 28.5.

Jin wove a ledger from two-colored spider silk, recording the harvest time of all the divinely bestowed seeds and the processing profits. At the end of the year, the ledger was checked and found to be basically consistent with the daily records, and the calculated amounts were also basically the same.

"Very good, the accounts are fine."

"Next year, I will evolve and grow by consuming God-given Force food worth 8 Primogems."

"So, last year's surplus was 20.5. In a few days, I will earn another 1 from the OEM work for Lord West Serpent, which will be reinvested in the trading working capital."

"Our working capital has increased to 42 raw stones! However, the existing cooperative processing and trading of Divine Seeds requires exactly 42 working capital, right? If we continue to expand into new trading, we won't have enough working capital. Currently, our funds are still quite tight."

"So, Lord Red Cone Mountain, for this year's transactions, you'll still need to make a few more trips to the more distant places. Things will get better in a couple of years."

The owner of Red Cone Mountain agreed, "No problem, Mr. Jin. I'm not afraid of hardship or fatigue."

"..."

Jin raised his claws and gestured.

The Red Cone Mountain Master understood immediately, untying the spider silk ropes binding the goods on his back armor and controlling the two large bags of Force food to float in front of Jin.

Jin's spiritual energy scanned the contents, revealing that they contained divinely bestowed primal energy food, worth 5 primal stones, which the Lord of Red Cone Mountain had exchanged according to his needs.

Jin then controlled the spider silk bag to float back and said, "This is the Red Cone Mountain Lord's salary from last year. Keep it safe."

The owner of Red Cone Mountain said happily, "Thank you, Boss Jin!"

"..."

Jin waved his claws.

The master of Red Cone Mountain controlled two other large spider silk bags, which floated down in front of Jin.

Jin controlled the landing in front of Dafeng and said, "Dafeng, this is your work payment from last year. Keep it safe."

"Thank you, Mr. Jin!"

Dafeng happily expresses its gratitude.

Jin suggested, "Big Wind, you can also use the equipment to process the divinely bestowed food, making it convenient to carry, store, and eat. As for the metal treasure chest for storage, I can lend you one; just don't lose it."

"Ok!"

The wind agreed.

Finally, the Lord of Red Cone Mountain controlled an enormous spider silk bag and slammed it down in front of Silver with a whoosh.

"Yin, this is your salary from last year. We've already chosen it for you."

"Thank you, Fourth Brother, Boss!"

Yin thanked him, took the item, and opened it for inspection.

Jin said, "Lord of Red Cone Mountain, there are three things I'd like to discuss with you regarding the transaction on the Twin Islands of Borneo..."

(End of this chapter)