Dawn Spider

On the deck of the merchant ship, the Worry-Free Spider King saw Jin board the ship with an unfamiliar insect and immediately sent a mental message to inquire about its whereabouts.

"Jin? And this is..."

"A friend I just met, Lord Mukui."

"What are you..."

"Lord Mukui travels frequently in the eastern part of the continent and is familiar with the situation here. I'd like to discuss a trade with him."

"Oh!"

The Worry-Free Spider King asked no more questions.

"This is the Worry-Free Spider King of our Flame Spider Tribe."

"This is the Arrow Feather Insect King of the Ivory Island Kingdom."

Jin gave a brief introduction and then invited Lord Mukui to speak in the lower-level compartment isolated from mental energy detection.

...

Seeing that Jin had locked the door,
Lord Mukui asked suspiciously, "Mountain Lord Jin, you just said...we're talking about a deal? What kind of deal?"

"Lots of transactions!"

Jin pondered for a moment, then said, "Lord Mukui, do you know where these granular fertilizers come from?"

"This is indeed a problem..."

Lord Mukui understood Jin's intentions and said, "Initially, it was some Zerg warriors living near Binyu Port who were selling granular fertilizer around, claiming that they had dug it up from underground ruins on their own risk."

"Initially, a small bag of 311 granular fertilizer sold for 2000 raw stones, and it was only accepted for valuation and exchange with food that was given by God's Force."

"Later, as more insects started selling, the price dropped to 1800 primal stones. Then it dropped to 1600 primal stones, and then there weren't many insects selling anymore, and no insects were willing to sell. I only heard about it by chance this year when I was working here. They actually bought the items from the claws of the Flame Spider Warriors in Sandpiper Harbor, so I rushed over to give it a try..."

Lord Mukui paused for a moment and said, "Here, 311 type granular fertilizer only sells for 1200 raw stones. I knew these guys were making a profit, but I didn't expect them to be making such a huge profit."

"..."

Jin was speechless for a moment.

The price of gold is 1200 raw stones, but these old spiders, after turning their claws, are sold for 1500 raw stones.

The price set by Jin is already very high, basically priced at the upper limit that Zerg warriors can afford.

They keep changing their claws and raising the price repeatedly, they're definitely not going to sell well...

Jin asked, "Lord Mukui, there must be quite a few insects with Wood-type Divine Seeds that haven't bought this kind of granular fertilizer, right?"

"I know that many insects have used it, but in very small quantities..."

Lord Mukui explained, "The effect of granular fertilizer on the Seed of God is best on the first use. As the amount used increases, the effect will decrease. Because it is too expensive, most Zerg warriors are only willing to buy a small amount to get the best benefit."

"Understood."

Jin said frankly, "These granular fertilizers are indeed the harvest from excavating the underground relics of an alien civilization. In fact, they are the harvest from my excavation of the relics. I previously entrusted the elders of the Flame Spider tribe to help sell them."

"You dug it up?"

Lord Mukui asked doubtfully, "The ruins of the alien civilization are located one or two thousand meters underground, right? How will the Flame Spider Warriors dig them out?"

Jin said, "Of course, there are also other Zerg warriors with earth and water talents. They are part of the excavation team I organized, and I am responsible for organizing the sale and distribution of the harvest."

"Oh!"

Lord Mukui understood, yet remained puzzled. After a long period of silent contemplation, he tentatively asked, "Jin, what you unearthed must be the remains of a divinely bestowed seed from an alien civilization, right? And it's been processed into granular fertilizer through some method. Is the quantity large? Do you mean to help sell it through my social insect network?"

Jin said, "I'm not in a hurry to sell the granular fertilizer. I made a fortune by excavating ruins, but I won't make a fortune by excavating ruins..."

Jin adjusted his words and said, "In the Northern Twin Islands, I am the undisputed richest man. I possess divinely bestowed resources worth over 100 million and conduct business in the hundreds of millions."

"We have quite a few business ventures. The first one is opening shops to buy and sell divinely inspired food..."

"The richest man?"

Lord Mukui raised his paw to interrupt, asking, "Jin, you just said that you possess divinely bestowed resources worth over a hundred million?"

"Yes."

Jin said, "Although organizing teams and excavating ruins isn't my main business, I have to admit that most of my wealth comes from gifts from the underground alien civilization. A small portion was earned through trade." Lord Mukui was incredulous and couldn't understand, saying, "So many divinely bestowed resources? From what I've observed, your Force talent is definitely not bad, right? Why don't you just stay in your territory and wait for the evolutionary insect king? What are you doing in the Southern Continent?"

"That won't work."

Jin explained, "I am a mutated flame spider warrior, and there are many other ordinary flame spiders like me. I plan to create a brand new branch of the flame spider race, officially named 'Round Purple Flame Spider,' and I will be the progenitor of this new race in the future."

"At the beginning of our development, besides myself, there is only one other round purple flame spider warrior. The quickest way to develop and expand our clan is to provide sufficient divine resources and cultivate a large number of lord-level and king-level warriors."

“This cannot be solved by one or two hundred million divine resources; even one billion would not be enough.”

"!!!"

Lord Mukui is sluggish.

A quick scan of the trading square revealed that the blue-purple Flame Spider Warrior possessed an extraordinary aura and temperament.

After talking with them, I had a completely new understanding of their concepts.

But judging from the tone of the Spider King and the Insect King's speech just now, it didn't seem like they were lying or exaggerating.

Lord Mukui asked, "Jin, don't the Flame Spider Kingdom and the Ivory Island Kingdom have insects specifically responsible for trading divinely bestowed Force food? What are you still doing?"

Jin replied, “On the Northern Twin Islands, my God-given Force food trade does not generate any profit.”

"Not making any profit?"

Lord Mukui was confused and asked, "Then what are you doing?"

"My second project involved providing interest-bearing loans to Zerg warriors who possessed the God-given Seed of Destiny and urgently needed resources to grow and evolve rapidly, charging an annual interest rate of 3%. This was my main source of profit."

As Jin spoke, he manipulated two spider silk bags placed in the cabin with his mind, causing them to float up and hover in front of him. He opened them, took out samples of credit notes and loan contracts, displayed them, and explained:

"My mutation has also caused the color of my spider silk to change. I can now produce spider silk in five colors: transparent white, pure white, jet black, blue-purple, and purplish-red. The strength of my silk far exceeds that of the original Flame Spider Warriors, and it possesses certain characteristics of primal energy materials."

"Moreover, it is currently unique and cannot be imitated by other spiders."

"This is a currency system I've created, similar in function to raw gems, but only pegged to divinely bestowed resources, facilitating the trading of these resources..."

Jin provides a detailed explanation of securities, currency, and lending contracts.

We don't plan to issue bonds in the southern mainland in the short term, so I won't go into that.

Can this really work?
Is a 3% annualized interest rate too high?
Lord Mukui listened with skepticism.

Jin continued, "While excavating the ruins, I also obtained equipment from an alien civilization specifically used to process divinely bestowed Force food. It was processed into these particles, which can be stored in small metal treasure chests and preserved for a very, very long time..."

As Jin spoke, he used a spider silk to pull a gene agent storage box placed in the cabin in front of him and opened it for display.

"I know this!"

Lord Mukui shook his tentacles and said, "I've seen this kind of treasure chest before. I've also heard that it originally contained super-high-quality divine-given primal force food that far surpassed the king level!"

"That's right!"

Jin said, “I have two machines that process Force food into pellets and store them in these treasure chests. I work with the Zerg warriors who possess the divinely bestowed seeds of berries, drupes, citrus fruits, and pears. After the fruit is harvested, it is sent to be processed using the machines, which allows us to fully utilize the evolutionary energy contained in the fruit pulp and thus increase our income.”

"As for the distribution of profits from the cooperation... the increased profits from processing will be split 50/50."

"This is my third business, and I can earn six or seven hundred thousand a year on the Northern Twin Islands. The loan business prioritizes and offers preferential rates to the Zerg warriors with whom we have cooperative relationships, helping them grow and evolve quickly and break through their limits. Therefore, the profits are still growing."

"So I think that once we reach the more expansive and fertile southern continent, with more Zerg warriors, the profits from this business should be multiplied by five or ten, without any problem."

Lord Mukui pondered silently, then tapped his antennae and said, "In terms of calculations, there's definitely no problem. The problem lies in transportation..."

Jin said, "I hired dragonfly warriors who are good at flying for aerial transport."

"Oh! Yes!"

Lord Mukui's eyes lit up, and she said, "That's certainly possible!"

Lord Mukui said, "Jin, since you plan to trade on the mainland, do you need me to introduce you to the local insects?"

"That's right!"

Jin said, "We'll proceed step by step. First, we'll engage in the cooperative processing and trading of the fruits of the God-given Seeds, while also selling granular fertilizer. After a few years, or even a decade or more, once we've become familiar with the tribes, we can gradually expand into the trading of God-given Force food and the business of paid loans."

"Lord Mukui, I can hire you. A salary of 12 per year, paid with divinely bestowed food." (End of Chapter)