novelraw Chapter 923 196: Embracing the Empress
Chapter 923 196: Embracing the Empress
Although Lin Rui felt that the construction cost of this Legendary-level Miracle Building: Zodiac: Aries was unexpectedly low, Caroline was still at her wit's end.
This massive financial gap far exceeded what she could compensate for with her talents!
Even with her epic-level governance skills, she couldn't conjure nearly a billion units of gems out of thin air.
Especially since the Lord hadn't given her uncontrolled power, like issuing bonds and such, it's currently impossible, and they can't be gathered in a short time frame.
So Caroline was forced to speak up, saying, "Lord, we have too large a gap with these high-tier resources."
Lin Rui was also aware of this issue. In a colonial star, he won an epic-level battle, only to receive 15,131,300 Mithril.
This was because Mithril is related to the undead. Lin Rui had slain a large number of undead armies under the Marquis of Fearwing Castle, and Mithril burst forth continuously. Meanwhile, only 250,000 crystals burst forth, and both gems and Vibranium were zero.
Other than Spirit Crystal Coins, which Lin Rui wasn't short of, the other high-tier resources were difficult for him to gather.
However, he didn't pay much attention to it. He took out a large number of Earth Mother Statues and handed them to Caroline, saying, "Install these resource points, and the resources will rapidly grow."
The Earth Mother Statue, which functions as a resource point, was one of the most important gains from the Plane War.
In the vast lord's territory, statues weren't few. From the angel statues holding swords in front of palaces to the previously existing two gilded level Earth Mother Statues, these statues with divine splendor stood throughout the territory, embellishing the landscape like giant stone architectures, varied in size and style.
Yet most were still located on the squares of the territory's palaces, lined up along the edges, serving both as decoration and concentrated production areas for resources.
After all, the armory and treasury of the territory were conveniently close to the palace, facilitating resource transport.
This time, Lin Rui acquired eighteen gilded level Earth Mother Statues in the Plane War, pairing with the territorial trait of the Celestial Country, providing a total of gilded level Earth Mother Statues, offering 12.5 million units of all kinds of resources per cycle.
Of course, that was previous data. Once the territory invested a large amount of Territorial Essence, gaining the [Abundant Resources] trait, the resource point outputs would continually increase.
Moreover, the Earth Mother Statues would also provide high-tier resources. A gilded level Earth Mother Statue provides 5,000 units of high-tier resources per cycle, including Spirit Crystal Coin, gems, crystals, Vibranium, Mithril, and more, each having 5,000 units.
This aspect would also benefit from the territorial traits of Celestial Country and Abundant Resources.
Just twenty gilded level Earth Mother Statues could provide at least 100,000 units of various high-tier resources per cycle.
Of course, Lin Rui acquired more than just gilded level Earth Mother Statues, including those of gold, silver, bronze, stone sculpture, and sand sculpture level!
The Sand Sculpture Level, although the name slightly reminds Lin Rui of a certain silly girl, actually as the sand sculpture Great Emperor Earth Mother Statue is quite serious, serving as the most basic type of resource point, only the sculpting craft is sand-based.
Caroline quickly tallied them up, excitedly saying, "Lord, these many resource points arranged on the two sides of the square can provide at least 21.5 million units of resources per cycle, and there's also 140,000 units of high-tier resources."
Although it's still a bit far from a billion units, it would take a thousand cycles to gather a billion units of resources, but it's stable.
As long as the territory doesn't fall, Lin Rui could reap these benefits for hundreds or thousands of years, passing them down continuously.
More importantly, this boost only increases without decrease.
Therefore, Lin Rui instructed, "Progress on both fronts simultaneously; you first set up these resource points, then send the current territory resources to the Miracle Building. I'll figure out the resource gap."
The territory still had some high-tier resources, even the storage spaces in the hands of various heroes, the wealth accumulated during the Plane War, Lin Rui couldn't recall each clearly.
This was also the moment when inner city ministers would demonstrate their abilities, needing them to categorize and sort the materials.
Lin Rui directly handed over his storage space to Caroline, saying, "The rest is up to you to arrange. I'm going to invite Wutong to a banquet. If I return smoothly, everything proceeds as usual. If not so smoothly... you understand, the territory will be yours temporarily."
Caroline immediately nodded with excitement, seemingly even hoping Lin Rui would encounter some trouble.
At this moment, Yuyu also returned with the enhanced wine.
Yet the quantity was seriously lacking, Lin Rui asked in surprise, "Why are there only 3 bottles left?"
Yuyu spread his hands and said, "I have no idea either, the failure rate was extraordinarily high, they just vanished at any moment."
Audrey clicked her tongue immediately, saying, "Father, it definitely got embezzled by that green tea."
What's she going to do with it?
Could it be... she's also a pure maiden?
Lin Rui couldn't figure it out for a moment, so he just gave the two bottles of fully enhanced wine to Yuyu. This item was most effective for her, so the two could enjoy a drink together in the future.
Lin Rui took the remaining bottle and walked into the Champion Divine Hall.
At this time, the rare level wine had been enhanced five times, reaching a Legendary level, with significantly enhanced effects, permanently adding +55% charm to pure opposite-sex maidens, and would adjust the effect of the charm attribute according to the difference in willpower between both parties, plus each drink would add a layer of [Lost Elf's Love] effect, boosting favorability correction by 5%, lasting 30 minutes.