The Fourth Calamity: Starting with Dungeon Slimes

Looking at the content of his announcement, Jiang Chen nodded in satisfaction.

"First, blame the temporary worker, then fire them, and conveniently release new game content to divert attention."

"Consider the last 10 gold coins as nothing happened."

"There shouldn't be any major problems now, right?"

With a mix of trepidation and excitement, Jiang Chen opened the comments section, eager to see the players' reactions.

[You think we can just pretend nothing happened with a mere ten gold coins?]

I think it's alright; considering the current gold coin exchange rate, it's quite a lot.

Why is nothing happening? I'm curious, what exactly happened?

"Yes, what happened? I don't remember."

Hey guys, looks like there's new content coming. What's this big construction mission all about?

[Holy crap, this game finally has a shop!]

[Hey, isn't anyone concerned about the curse the NPC mentioned earlier?]

[Upstairs, what curse? I died halfway through and couldn't log back in. I don't know what happened after that. Could you tell us a little about it?]

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"Wow, this strategy is surprisingly good! Temporary workers plus in-game currency rewards are really effective!"

After a brief moment of reflection, Jiang Chen had to start thinking about something else.

"The war is over, which means the players seem to have received quite a lot of mission rewards."

"First, there's the main quest I gave them before. For the first part, I adjusted the reward to 20 gold coins."

"Then came the mission to kill Viktor. It started with a reward of 10 gold coins, and when I was about to die, an emergency mission was issued. I didn't think too much about it and just grabbed the reward of 50 gold coins."

"So, just from the mission rewards alone, there are a full 80 gold coins, plus an additional 10 gold coins at the end."

"Damn, 90 gold coins per player."

"And that doesn't even include the loot rewards from the ring."

Jiang Chen just received a million gold coins; giving them away is too easy for him.

The problem is that if we give it all away like this, the economy is probably on the verge of collapse.

A very real problem is that a large number of gold coins are injected into the market, but there is no market to absorb them, which will lead to many subsequent problems.

Jiang Chen is currently in the underground city. If he were on the surface, issuing more gold coins wouldn't have much of an impact.

Because these items are also used as currency on the ground, players can use this currency to trade with other races.

However, there is only one circle in the dungeon.

Thinking about this, Jiang Chen couldn't help but ponder.

"It seems it's time to establish a system that includes the Demon Wolf Clan and the Bloodthirsty Lizard Clan."

"Let them also use currency, so that the circulation of currency can be promoted to some extent."

"Furthermore, I will definitely return to live on the ground in the future, so these races will definitely follow us up there. Let them use currency in advance so that they can adapt when we get there."

If the Bloodthirsty Lizard Clan and the Demon Wolf Clan were added to the system, Jiang Chen felt that distributing this batch of gold coins should not be a problem.

The Bloodthirsty Lizard Clan and the Demon Wolf Clan also suffered heavy losses, but there are still quite a few members left.

They were all elderly, weak, sick, disabled, and young people who couldn't go to the battlefield.

However, it only promotes economic circulation and doesn't send them out to fight, so there's absolutely no problem.

Thinking of this, Jiang Chen immediately called Yutok and Fenrir over and told them his idea.

The two leaders were completely confused.

Yutok was slightly better off, at least the high priest was worldly-wise, so in their tribe, bartering was more common, and there was a rudimentary form of trade involved.

But Fenrir is a completely different story.

The prey that was caught was simply divided into groups based on their status, with each group eating the other in a specific order.

Moreover, the vast majority of the demon wolves have very low intelligence, making it naturally very difficult for them to trade.

Fortunately, Fenrir was cunning; upon hearing Jiang Chen's explanation, it immediately figured out how to proceed. As for Yutok, the situation was even easier to resolve.

However, Jiang Chen was still a little worried and called Lilith over.

"After Lilith, these two races will be in your hands. I will allocate a sum of money to you every month, and you are responsible for distributing this sum among the two races."

"Whether it's through paying wages or other means, the bottom line is that you have to allow gold coins to circulate among them."

Then Jiang Chen explained many operational details to Lilith.

Lilith was completely stunned by what she heard.

Finally, after Jiang Chen had made the arrangements, Lilith could no longer hold back. "Jiang Chen... there's a question I've always wanted to ask you."

"What's the problem?"

"Where did you learn all this knowledge? You're on the 60th floor of the Dragon Cave dungeon, where practically no surface races come here."

"Many of the things you mentioned are passed down orally, even among the large families of the surface races, and are rarely presented in the form of books."

"And then there are all those things from before, plus what you call economics now."

However, before Lilith could say anything more, Jiang Chen interrupted her, "Don't pry into adults' affairs. Just do as I say."

"Anyway, I'll just be responsible for allocating the money to you. You must make sure you know how to use it. I'll check on the development of both races every month."

"If it doesn't meet the standards by then, well, you know what happens."

Upon hearing this, Lilith was also very displeased. "Fine, I won't say then..."

"But Jiang Chen, I have another question!" Lilith's expression turned serious as she spoke.

Seeing the usually unreliable Lilith suddenly become serious, Jiang Chen was also a little curious about what she was about to say.

"You were using Dark Flame before, weren't you?"

"Yes, what's the problem?"

"Jiang Chen, be serious! This skill is a special ability that the Spider Goddess Rose bestows upon her followers, and Rose only grants it to a very small number of followers."

As she spoke, Lilith stared intently at Jiang Chen, as if trying to see right through him.

"Moreover, as far as I know, the vast majority of those who possess this ability are already secretly controlled by Rose, because Rose would only entrust this ability to such believers."

"So... Jiang Chen, have you already signed a contract with Rose?"

Jiang Chen had initially thought Lilith was going to ask some questions, but this was all.

After hearing Lilith's account, Jiang Chen understood the general situation at the time.

"Hey... I thought it was something serious, but it's just this."

"That's it? Jiang Chen, do you even know what signing a contract with Rose means?"

Do you even understand how serious this situation is?

"You and your bunch of little pats could very well be doomed because of this."

Seeing that Lilith's emotions had suddenly become agitated, Jiang Chen gestured for her to calm down.

"Don't get excited. I roughly understand the situation. But don't worry, I didn't sign any contract with Rose. As for how I got this skill, the whole process was a bit complicated."

As Jiang Chen spoke, he recounted the general events to Lilith, leaving Lilith completely bewildered.