Dawn Spider

Chapter 225 Breaking News

During the annual trading season, the vast majority of transactions are concentrated in the few days when cargo ships returning from trading in the southern continent.

Jin personally oversaw the shop's opening until January 20th, but almost no insects visited, and the insects that had gathered to watch the spectacle gradually dispersed. Only then did Jin invite the long-waiting insects, such as Jin Nan, Xue Guo, and Tuan Hua, to the second floor of the shop to discuss matters.

"The six Force Convergence Shields sold for a total of 6700 million, 700 million more than expected. Then, the divine resources paid by the Southern Continent were sold at par, but they were sold at a 5% premium on our Northern Island. According to the rules, the premium was taken by the Wood Spider King, the Worry-Free Spider King, and the other Flame Spider Warriors who helped. No objections to that?"

"Of course I have no objection."

"Everyone knows the rules."

"this is necessary."

"As it should be."

"..."

The insects agreed.

"it is good."

Jin continued, "The divinely bestowed resources that were brought back are still valued at 3700 million after the premium. Everyone will distribute them proportionally: Jin Nan, Xue Guo, Tuan Hua, and Lord Bai Cang will each add 70. Zi Feng and Lord Huang Ying will each take 35."

Jin then handed out the pre-prepared spider silk bags, each containing 1 units of currency, to the insects one by one.

"Ok!"

"Thank you, Boss Jin!"

"Thank you for your hard work, Mr. Jin."

"..."

The insects were delighted and expressed their gratitude.

Jin said, "Don't go to the shops to buy this year. Next year, when the large amount of divine resources for selling Force Convergence Shields arrives, everyone can purchase as much as they need."

"Row!"

"understand!"

"no problem."

"..."

The insects agreed.

Lord Jin Nan raised his paw and asked, "Boss Jin, if we spend all the currency in our paws, then your shop... your own divine resources won't be enough to keep the shop running, right?"

Lord Tuanhua added, "If, on ordinary days, the fruits of the God-given Seeds on the Twin Islands of Saluo ripen and are harvested, and sent to your shop for sale, along with the purchase of the God-given Force foods you need, your shop's stock will soon be sold out."

Lord Jin Nan echoed, "That's what I mean too. If the shops don't have enough stock, they can't stay open all year round."

"There will indeed be some financial constraints."

Jin Rushi said, "Therefore, I will try my best to use the resources from selling the Force Convergence Shield to support the shop's operation for several more years. In just three or five years, I will find a way to keep the shop's inventory full and ensure its continued operation."

Several insects simultaneously transmitted incomprehensible spiritual thoughts.

Lord Jin Nan suddenly became clever and said, "What Boss Jin means is that in three or five years, we will definitely be able to dig up more good things and harvest more divine resources when we excavate the ruins."

The topic was cleverly shifted to what everyone was most concerned about: the excavation of the ruins, and everyone perked up.

Lord Bai Cang asked, "Jin, when should we make our move? Do we have to wait for the three Insect Kings to make their move first?"

Jin said, "It's not impossible, but without the old insect king scouting ahead, it would be too time-consuming and laborious for just the few of us to dig a tunnel and explore forward meter by meter."

"Following the trend and picking up bargains?"

The Blood Fruit Lord said, "Isn't that a bad idea? We can dig them ourselves, although it will be more difficult."

Lord Jin Nan immediately chimed in, "Boss Jin, let's rely on ourselves. Following along and picking up scraps might anger the Sumeru Insect King, and it might turn around and beat us up..."

gold:"……"

These old insect kings might actually do something like that.

"Let's talk about it based on the situation."

Jin agreed, saying, "If we dig ourselves, the progress will be slow, and it will be difficult to find large ruins. The most likely outcome is that we'll be lucky and stumble upon one or two level 0 ruins that yield little reward. I'm telling you this in advance so everyone can be mentally prepared."

No need to prepare.

"Ready."

"..."

The insects agreed.

Lord Tuanhua said, "One Primal Crystal is worth 10,000 Primal Stones. Actually, it's quite good to be able to dig up a few Level 0 Ruins and get some Primal Crystals."

The Blood Fruit Lord chimed in, "Yes. Primal crystals are always rare and valuable. It's much better to have some than to just lie around in the territory doing nothing all day."

Lord Huangying echoed, "Yes, yes. I've been lying in my territory for a year, and I'm so stiff from being a bug that I can barely walk..."

They really did just stay in their territory for a year. Having made a fortune from treasure hunting and tasted the sweetness of success, they lost all interest in managing their territory.

"..."

Jin hesitated for a moment, then said with difficulty, "Alright. Next year, when the thousand-layered flowers have faded and I arrive at Ivory Island, no matter what the situation is, we will organize construction to begin."

"it is good!"

"Row!"

"Let's get moving!"

"..."

The insects happily agreed.

...

...

Send away the insects such as golden nanmu, blood fruit, and cluster flower.

Jin then summoned the Red Cone Mountain Master, Dafeng, Yin, Tianlan, as well as Shanlan, Xiangling, and Hongya to discuss matters.

Distribute this year's salaries first.

A one-year internship at Shanlan pays 2 yuan. Xiangling and Hongya haven't officially started yet, so there's no internship this year.

The Lord of Red Cone Mountain and the Mountain Olive stayed behind to guard the shop, while Red Tooth could go with them.

Dafeng returned to report the situation to the Secret Order Ant King. Yin and Tianlan quickly finished this year's loan business, and together with Xiangling, they visited various mountain peaks along the way, showing Xiangling more about the divinely bestowed seeds of the Twin Islands of Saro.

Rest at Jin Hui Si Kui Mountain.

...

Silky Mountain.

The second batch of variegated purple flame spiders had reached the third and fourth instars, just enough to feed themselves. Many of the mother spiders that had been brought in to care for them were simply abandoned.

Third and fourth instar spiderlings are fragile and require constant attention. Since the lord of Silk Sunflower Mountain was busy with various matters, Gold settled down in the forest on the eastern slope of the mountain.

...

2 month 1 day,
Jin lay motionless beside the woodland planted with tin-leaf vines, in a state of shallow meditation.

Thousands upon thousands of ordinary little spiders, each three or four centimeters long, moved about around. Many mischievous creatures climbed up and down the golden body, pushing and shoving each other to compete for the high ground on its head.

"gold!"

Strong winds regularly arrive, circling low in the sky and calling out, "Boss Jin~"

Jin slowly awoke from his meditation and sent out a mental message asking a question.

Dafeng reported, "Reliable news from the Blood Fruit Lord indicates that two major events have occurred. First, the Sumeru Insect King said that digging up ruins wouldn't make him rich, and he withdrew from the excavation team."

"The second thing is that the Eshu Insect King and the Shizi Insect King have organized a team of 20 lord warriors and have already started work. I have scouted them out, and they are exploring southwestward along road number 4009, south of Ruins No. 1002."

"Oh--"

Jin asked in bewilderment, "Didn't the Sumeru Insect King and the others dig up a lot of good things the year before last? Why did the Sumeru Insect King suddenly stop digging?"

Dafeng replied, "According to the Blood Fruit Lord, the Sumeru Insect King told everyone that the Fog Sea is the greatest ruin. The Fog Sea not only holds the treasures of alien civilizations, but it is also a deadly calamity that threatens the survival of the various races on the northern twin islands. The Sumeru Insect King must concentrate on comprehending his abilities to prepare for resolving the Fog Sea crisis."

The strong wind reminded him, "Jin, according to predictions, there will be another fog surge this year. You should prepare in advance at Sikui Mountain."

Jin almost lost his life during the last fog, and he's been keeping track of the time ever since.

The interval between fog surges is eight and a half years. This year is the 17th year of the solar term "smog surge," so it should occur at the end of this year or the beginning of next year.

"Okay. Thanks for reminding me."

Jin politely thanked him and asked, "Dafeng, is there any other news?"

"Have!"

Da Feng said, "Lord Huangying Mountain is preparing to break through to the Lord level. The profits from the divinely bestowed seeds of the weeping cherry trees that we're cooperating on will soon increase significantly. However, there's a problem: if Lord Huangying Mountain evolves into Lord Huangying, how will the profits be divided when we cooperate to excavate the ruins?"

“按领主级战士分？1龄期领主的干活效率比9龄期山主高很多，但又远不如5龄期、6龄期、7龄期的领主。”

"Still classifying them as mountain lord-level warriors? That's even more inappropriate, since they are definitely lord-level warriors now."

"That's easy to say."

Jin said, "The division of labor within the excavation team remains unchanged. The Yellow Cherry Mountain Lord is responsible for compressing, shaping, and reinforcing the soil and rocks. The job responsibilities and workload remain the same even after evolving into a Yellow Cherry Lord. If you are willing to continue to perform your duties, you will be paid according to the Mountain Lord standard. If you are not willing, you can recommend a suitable Red Firefly Warrior from your clan to take over your work."

"Oh……"

Da Feng cautiously inquired, "Boss Jin, are you going to speak to Master Huang Ying about this personally?"

"of course."

Jin asked, "Dafeng, is there any other news?"

"Yes! There's even more explosive news!"

Da Feng said, "The Great Poison Armor Tribe, Partridge Mountain, and Partridge Lord plan to go into slumber and evolve on March 1st to break through to the Insect King level! The Great Poison Armor Tribe will soon have its second Insect King, and a young Insect King who is just over a hundred years old!"

"understood……"

Kim solemnly agreed.

Having spent many years traveling around Ivory Island and making six or seven trips to Partridge Mountain every year, Jin must know this famous 'Partridge Lord' and be familiar with its situation.

The Great Poison Armor Tribe prospered thanks to a divinely bestowed seed of wild Partridge Flower that originated on Partridge Mountain. They also cultivated common Partridge Flowers on a large scale and harvested more than one divinely bestowed seed of Partridge Flower.

There is more than one Great Poison Armor Warrior who possesses the divinely bestowed seed of the Partridge Flower Destiny. However, only one person is allowed to use the name 'Partridge', and that was changed when he was a high-level warrior.

The reason is simple: the Partridge Lord possesses the talent of high altitude strength and awakened his elemental talent and comprehended elemental abilities ahead of time when he was a high-level warrior.

The Great Poison Armor tribe concentrated its resources on key training, allowing it to grow and evolve at the fastest speed. The Partridge Lord was much younger than the Golden Nan Lord, yet his evolutionary level far surpassed that of the Golden Nan Lord.

It is said that of the more than one hundred boxes of divinely bestowed primal energy food that the Eshu Insect King harvested from the Cyathea Mountain ruins, one-third was allocated to it. The plan is that after evolving into an Insect King, it will continue to evolve solely on divinely bestowed primal energy food, and will consume the best possible divinely bestowed primal energy food. The Great Poison Armor Tribe aims to concentrate its resources on cultivating the most powerful Insect King.

—All things considered, after the Partridge Lord evolved into a 9-year-old Lord, it took less than 8 years for it to break through to the Insect King level.
—You're still so young, shouldn't you take a few more years to mature? Is it really necessary to be in such a rush?

Jin keenly sensed that a major event was brewing.

Moreover, Jin had already noticed and tested the situation. On the Flame Spider Kingdom side, the Thousand Claw Spider King and the Five School Spider Kings were clearly also anxious to help those potential Lord-level Flame Spider Warriors break through to the Spider King level as soon as possible.

Furthermore, considering that the Sumeru Insect King suddenly stopped digging up the ruins and wanted to focus on comprehending its abilities...

The underlying events are self-evident.
Their target is the Sea of ​​Fog!

The period of fog surge outbreaks has been shortening.

Jin has personally experienced that the outbreak cycle has plummeted from ten years before last to eight and a half years last time. As time goes by, it will inevitably drop to seven and a half years, six and a half years, five and a half years, or even shorter three years or two years.

Ultimately, it might just happen every year.

Ivory Island and the Twin Islands of Saluo are destined to become like the southern continent, teeming with malevolent spirits. Zerg warriors will need to be constantly on guard, battling these spirits year-round. The island ecosystems are fragile and prone to collapse, with the more serious consequence being that all Zerg will lose their home.

The threat posed by the sea of ​​fog urgently needs to be addressed.

"Strong winds, any other news?"

"Not yet."

“I’m fine here. Dafeng, go to the shops in Haimeng Peak Plaza and get 500,000 Wind-type Divine Force Food. 500,000 this year, 500,000 next year, that should be enough to break through to the third stage of evolution.”

"Okay, thank you, Mr. Jin!"

"Go quickly. Once you've made a fortune digging up the ruins, remember to bring back some small gifts for those two little ones, Fire Sprout and Red Night."

"I know."

A strong wind lifted it into the air, and it disappeared rapidly.

After a long period of contemplation, Jin entered a state of shallow meditation once again.

(End of this chapter)