novelraw Chapter 323: We’ve struck it rich! We’ve hit a huge jackpot!
Chapter 323: We’ve struck it rich! We’ve hit a huge jackpot!
"Everyone, look carefully, don’t miss anything!" Alexander ordered while loudly reminding the duplicates as he directed them in moving things.
"Boss, rest easy! Don’t you know yourself? How could anything possibly be missed?" One duplicate fiercely pried up a floor tile that was over a meter long and half a meter wide from the ground, speaking while looking up.
Alexander’s face turned red, and he reprimanded sharply, "What are you talking about! Am I that kind of person? Number 2006, why are you prying up their floor tiles! That’s too disrespectful, others might think I’m someone who would scrape every inch off the ground!"
"Boss, this doesn’t seem like you!" Number 2006, looking surprised, lifted his head while carrying the floor tile, "Didn’t you see? This floor tile is also a Ghost Treasure. Its grade might only be at the evil spirit level, but it can still be somewhat useful for our future armies. Should we discard it?"
"Why discard it? You wasteful child!" Alexander scolded.
Alexander then diverted his attention from the warehouse. Seeing that the duplicate was about to throw away the tile, he hurriedly spoke. "I just didn’t notice it! Everyone, be meticulous! Scour every inch and empty this place of every single Ghost Treasure!"
At that moment, all Alexander saw was the glittering Ghost Treasures. Even though these Ghost Treasures were surrounded by a swirling gloom of Ghost Energy, in Alexander’s eyes, they shone brighter than gold.
He had never plundered... never moved goods this satisfyingly in his entire life!
"Boss! Boss, come quickly!" Just then, the first duplicate shouted, rushing in from outside.
"What happened?" Alexander tensed subconsciously, fearing that an accident had occurred.
"We... We’ve struck it rich! We’ve hit a huge jackpot!" The imposing Ghost Emperor panted, speaking in an urgent tone.
"Is that so?" Alexander remained composed. "Being my duplicate, is that all the composure you have?"
The first duplicate had been sent to the hell warrior camp next to the first dining hall, at the very center of Cangshan City—undoubtedly where the most treasures were located. Alexander had anticipated this.
But no matter how much was found there, it couldn’t be significantly more extravagant than this camp. Feeling already numb to the riches, Alexander downplayed the finds. Just some trifling treasures, what’s there to be astonished about?
"I can’t express it clearly!" The first duplicate said excitedly and impatiently, "Anyway, just come and see, you’ll understand. We’ve really hit a huge jackpot this time!"
The extraordinary enthusiasm of the first duplicate made Alexander curious.
"Let’s go, let’s check it out!"
Alexander activated his spatial talent along with the first duplicate, directly arriving near the hell warrior camp next to the first dining hall. Seeing the first hell warrior camp, not much larger than the ninth, Alexander slightly furrowed his brows.
While walking inside with the first duplicate, he spoke, "Number One, it’s surprising coming from my duplicate, but you should stay calm in face of events. Don’t get excited over minor gains. We are here to accomplish significant deeds, merely some ghost soldier Ghost Treasures... Damn!"
Speaking these words, Alexander had already reached the backyard of the hell warrior camp. When he saw what was inside, he couldn’t help but swear out loud. All semblance of calmness and coolness, and the prior admonishments to the first duplicate, were instantly thrown out of his mind.
Before his eyes were not mere storerooms but a mountain—a super mountain composed of ghost soldiers.
Outside earlier, busy educating the minions, Alexander hadn’t noticed. After all, the backyard warehouse of the ninth hell warrior camp also wasn’t small. But upon arriving up close, he found out this wasn’t a warehouse at all but clearly a high mountain formed by piling up various kinds of equipment.
There were only two types of items: weapons and armor. Although not hell warrior suits, they were obviously standard equipment, identically styled and haphazardly amassed into a huge mountain, occupying the entire backyard with a diameter of several miles.
"Boss, stay calm! We are people meant for big things, so we must remain steady!" The first duplicate had now calmed down, speaking with a teasing expression.
"Stop the nonsense. Do you have an estimate? How much is there?" Alexander seemed to have thought of something and thus asked.
"No exact count, but a rough estimate suggests there are probably close to two billion sets of standard armor and weapons. Just the Emperor-level weapons alone exceed a million sets!"
A million sets of Emperor weapons—that was a terrifying number. However, Alexander looked grave at this moment, moving his gaze away from the equipment mountain, his face serious as he asked in a deep voice, "Have there been any estimates of the total population in the Cangshan City Instance?"
"Of course!" The first duplicate seemed to have also guessed what Alexander was thinking, his face equally grave, "Although Cangshan City is much smaller than Dark Hell, it doesn’t have as many complicated terrains, and it’s densely populated. The population far exceeds Dark Hell, there should be... almost one to two billion!"
"It all matches," Alexander murmured, and all the duplicates present fell silent.
Two billion people in Cangshan City, and here were over a billion sets of equipment. Along with the warehouses in various hell warrior camps, it was just enough to arm the entire Cangshan City. This obviously wasn’t a coincidence.
"It seems that in our final battle, we will face not only an unknown number of hell warriors but also the ghost citizens within these Mist Instances!" After a long silence, Alexander spoke.
The first duplicate nodded, continuing, "It’s tricky. There are four major ghost cities known to be operational Instances, but the number converted into Mist Instances is far more than four! The Mist world has consumed for ten thousand years and has occupied most of the ghost domains."
"Things might not be as bad as we imagine!" A duplicate beside them spoke up: "The original you has observed the Mist world with the ghost eye more than once. Although the Mist can obstruct some vision of the ghost eye, you can still see many city ruins devoured by the Mist!
This makes it clear that not all ghost cities have been transformed into Instances, maybe just a very few."
Alexander was, of course, clear on what the duplicate was saying. But the issue was, the population in the Mist Instances might not be as much as Alexander imagined, but their quality far exceeded that of the Horror World. Just in Cangshan City alone, there were millions at the Emperor level.
So, what about the entire Mist world? Tens of millions? Billions? Or even... ten billion?
Alexander’s plan was mass-producing Ghost Pills, allowing the entire Horror World, even the ordinary ghost citizens, to have the ability to participate in the war, overwhelming the Mist World with sheer numbers. But if all Instances in the Mist world participated in the war, it would undoubtedly add countless variables.
"Why think so much! Shouldn’t this have been within our expectations already?" Eventually, the first duplicate spoke: "Although we didn’t expect the Mist world to have such a method, this is the Mist world after all! It won’t be that simple!"
The words of the first duplicate made Alexander suddenly realize. Indeed! This was the Mist world that made the entire Horror World tremble, where countless brilliant beings like Hades ultimately ended in failure.
Although he decided to use numerical superiority to overwhelm, Alexander was also prepared early on that this final battle would not be easy.
Seeing a card of the Mist world in advance might not be a bad thing. The Mist world has cards to play, but doesn’t he have any?
The final result is still unknown! For now... getting rich is still the priority!
Without further thought, Alexander decisively waved his hand: "Let’s talk about future matters in the future! Now, empty this place for me, and then go break the cycle!"
Receiving the command from the original, a group of duplicates rushed forward. A mountain made up of weapons and armor was emptied by the many duplicates in the blink of an eye.
Following that, the entire Cangshan City began to be plundered.