Swallowing the Stars: Reboot, The Eternal Serpent!

Chapter 47: Net Worth Soars!

This is AlphaGo's answer on behalf of Orianna.

Is the world's diameter billions of kilometers?

Jiang Zhe quickly calculated the conversion in his mind.

Have you ever heard the saying, "Sitting still, one can travel 80,000 li a day"?

It refers to the Earth's rotation. Eighty thousand li is the Earth's circumference, which is approximately forty thousand kilometers.

The diameter of the world inside the bracelet is 25 times the length of the Earth when it is unfolded!

What spendthrift would make the space in the world ring this big? Are you going to use it to buy planets?

Oh, so they're a machine race. Their combat methods are all hidden in the world storage device?

That's fine.

For humanity, a world ring with a diameter of 1 million kilometers is sufficient, and the cosmic crystals required would only amount to a few units of chaos.

Jiang Zhe asked curiously, "Alpha, how much did this World Bracelet cost?"

"My lord, the creation of this World Bracelet consumed nearly two million Yu Lan units, which is equivalent to nearly one million Hunyuan units of cosmic crystals."

That's roughly one-third of Mr. Hu Yanbo's cash assets?

However, with the World Storage, having a few World Lords work hard to "mine" it is almost a risk-free business, except for the storage medium itself; the only waste is time.

Thinking about it this way, it's not so unbelievable.

But... good grief!

Why would I need to mine? I can just mine a few cosmic crystals from my ring, which will definitely be enough to cover my expenses until the Genius Battle.

"My lord, let me tell you about the situation in different parts of the world."

The mechanical dog circled around Jiang Zhe's legs, looked up at him expectantly, and volunteered.

"..." Jiang Zhe was speechless.

It's unclear whether this is its true nature or whether Orianna developed a wicked sense of humor and deliberately trained it to be this way.

"Wait a minute, I have a few questions for you." Jiang Zhe pressed down on the mechanical dog's head. "Your master is just an ordinary immortal, so how did he end up in human territory?"

"It was a spy lurking in human territory. It accidentally discovered the heavily wounded and fleeing Huyanbo, so it followed him hoping to take advantage of the situation, but..."

Jiang Zhe questioned, "The Machine Race should have strict rules. As a spy, shouldn't he prioritize the overall situation? How dare he act so recklessly?"

"My lord, you may not know this, but being sent out as a spy is not necessarily a death sentence. It's more often a cushy job... He intercepts a small portion of the treasures sent by the machine race to bribe the human leaders, and he can also resell the scarce resources of both races."

As it spoke, the mechanical dog raised its paw and pointed to each of the three locations on the map.

The interplay of light and shadow reveals two and a half purple-gold mechanical planets.

"My lord, look, that's what it built with the money it earned."

"The full name of the mechanical planets is [Purple Star Realm], and there are a total of 6 in their complete state."

"But once four are completed, they can be used normally, and when combined with mechanical puppets, they can unleash the power of an Immortal Army Lord; once all six are completed, when combined with mechanical puppets, they can contend with powerhouses approaching the rank of Marquis!"

Jiang Zhe looked at the two and a half mechanical planets without much surprise.

This is the fighting style of the Machine Race.

First, use mechanical weapons like the Purple Star Realm, Thunder Prison, and Nine Absolute Divine Kingdom to create a field with a diameter of hundreds of millions of kilometers to trap the opponent, and then send out tens of millions of mechanical puppets to surround and kill them.

Every immortal member of the Machine Race is either extremely poor or incredibly wealthy!

After answering Jiang Zhe's questions, the mechanical dog began to introduce the various areas of the bracelet's inner world.

"My lord, this is area A1, which stores 6724 kinds of commonly used A-grade metals, with a total remaining weight of approximately 60 quadrillion tons."

"This is area A2, where..."

"This is area A3, where..."

……

"This is Area A999, which stores 327 kinds of important A9 metals. Unless required for production tasks, the Tsvika insectoids are not allowed to consume them. This place is guarded by 2 E9-level mechanical golems."

The mention of the 2 E9-level mechanical puppets finally cheered Jiang Zhe up a bit.

He yawned; he was getting a little sleepy from listening to all that.

Tens of thousands of metals, tens of trillions of tons, sounds terrifying, doesn't it?

Let me do the math for you.

A8 Xuan Iron is worth 0.0032 Black Dragon Coins per ton.

The exchange rate between Cosmic Coins and Black Dragon Coins is 1:3300000.

It can be roughly considered that 1 cosmic coin is equal to 10 billion tons of A8 black iron.

If you were to use 1 Chaos Unit, which is 1 trillion Cosmic Coins, to buy... you could buy a huge amount.

"My lord, this is area B1..."

"This is area B2, where..."

……

"This is area C1, which stores..."

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"This is area D1, which stores..."

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"This is area E1, where..."

……

Jiang Zhe discovered that, starting from the C-level area, both the types and quantities of metals began to decline significantly.

Grade D and Grade E metals are extremely rare, and if you put them together, they might only be worth tens of thousands of mixed-element units.

Furthermore, unless there is a production mission, the Zerg are strictly prohibited from consuming these items, and an E9-level mechanical puppet legion is stationed to guard each area.

After the metal reserves were reported, the mechanical dog led Jiang Zhe to the center of the world map, where a massive steel structure suddenly rose from the ground.

"My lord, this steel city covers an area of ​​nearly ten thousand square kilometers and is the core of the inner world of the bracelet—the Mechanical Factory!"

I'm currently reading the error-free version! This is the first time I've published this novel.

"It contains three types of production lines totaling dozens of Class C production lines, capable of manufacturing Class C spaceships, Class C guard-type mechanical puppets, and Class C top-quality laser guns. It was the original owner's reliable tool for making money."

Jiang Zhe's first thought was—he's struck it rich!

Once I enter the core of the Virtual Universe Company, the Jiang family can use my connections to develop their business with these three production lines...

Take off straight away!

But there's a condition: he absolutely cannot die, otherwise the Jiang family will be in big trouble, and even those who are enfeoffed as marquises and immortals will want to take a bite out of him.

This is too dangerous; we need to think about it more carefully.

The mechanical dog is still pointing and gesturing with its paws.

"The rest is the maintenance line for E-grade and F-grade mechanical puppets, used to restore strength after the war. I suppose you, my lord, are not concerned with that."

"My lord, look at that tall tower in the center of the city. That is the energy core of the machine factory."

"The room at the top of the tower was the original owner's residence. Sometimes it would cultivate there, and it was also where it stored important items."

"My lord, this is the complete picture of the world inside the bracelet."

The mechanical dog bowed its head respectfully, awaiting the next instruction.

Jiang Zhe frowned. "Wait a minute, why didn't you mention the mechanical puppets? They are the most formidable force within the World Bracelet!"

"Master, all the mechanical puppets are under my control, and I am here to report to you," Orianna said softly, bowing respectfully.

"Anna? It would be even better if you came." Jiang Zhe gestured for her to continue.

Orianna casually waved her hand, and the massive world map crumbled.

When the light and shadow converged again, they were replaced by a massive army of mechanical puppets.

Three proportionally scaled images of mechanical puppets appeared beside Jiang Zhe.

Orianna raised her hand and pulled the shortest image to a position in front of him.

The humanoid mechanical puppet was 12 meters tall, dark purple, and carried a large door-shaped sword on its back.

"Master, this is an E9-level mechanical puppet, crafted from Void Thunder Copper Essence. There are nearly seven million of them in the World Bracelet. The manufacturing cost of the mechanical race is much lower than that of the human race. The total cost is approximately 50 Chaos Units."

Next, they pulled over the second tallest image, 15 meters high, purple, and the same style.

"This is an F6-level mechanical puppet, crafted from the Purple Bronze Mother."

"Originally there were 2000 bodies, but half of them were taken away. They were probably all destroyed by your teacher. Babata took all the remains. The remaining 1000 bodies cost a total of over 40 Chaos Units."

Finally, there was a 20-meter-tall mechanical puppet, purple-gold in color, with a similar design.

"These are F8-grade mechanical puppets, forged from Purple Iron Mother. 3000 of them can firmly bind an immortal god!"

"But this member of the Machine Race only managed to assemble a little over 300 units, and the remainder was probably destroyed by your teacher. The remaining 300 units in the world cost a total of approximately 35 Chaos Units."

Jiang Zhe was so frustrated by the string of numbers that his mouth went dry. He rubbed his hands together and finished the accounting.

"In other words, I now have nearly 250 million units of mixed-elemental assets? I'm not far from being like Teacher Huyanbo!"

"Master, your teacher's assets are cash, ours are fixed assets, and... could you please not sell them? I can use all of these things; they would greatly enhance our combat strength!"

There's one more chapter, still writing. Read it tomorrow morning.

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That's how the Mech race is; you can't fight without spending money, and they're rolling in wealth.

(End of this chapter)