["I Agree!"]
Jeffery immediately signed the agreement.
Right after that, Ethan announced in the world channel, ["From now on, I've handed over the Sun Worm business to Jeffery as my agent. If you need anything, go straight to him. Anyway, one Sun Worm is one hundred beast cores, no bargaining. If you don't have a hundred beast cores for now, you can choose the loan service. The interest is one-tenth over three days (pay 10 beast cores as interest in 3 days). If you're interested, contact Jeffery."]
["Lord Ethan, wait a moment!"]
Just as Ethan was about to close the magic book and continue with his work, someone immediately came over and said, ["Your Sun Worms are way too expensive. Is there a cheaper alternative? Or some other method?"]
["I think you're dreaming,"] Ethan's loyal fan, Deadimp, immediately jumped out and said, ["Having something that lets you go out during the Polar Night is already good enough! And you still want alternatives? Do you think Lord Ethan is running a counterfeit shoe factory?"]
["Exactly. Buy it or don't. If you won't buy, get lost,"] player Altizimo chimed in, ["I think Boss Ethan is already kind enough! He even lets you take loans to buy it. If you still think it's expensive, then go buy from someone else! Heh!"]
["If I could find someone else to buy from, would I even need to come to Ethan?"]
A player spoke up in rebuttal.
But since no one stood on his side, he quickly fell silent.
After all… at a time like this, who wouldn't be afraid of getting blocked by Ethan?
"Hm?"
Originally, Ethan had been thinking that after harvesting this batch of "leeks," he would wait for another group of players, those unwilling or unable to buy, to grow anxious after seeing others make money, and only then release the second wave of information.
But unexpectedly… someone was already asking now.
Since someone asked, Ethan didn't hide it and simply went along with it, ["There is one! But these Sun Worms only live for one day. The price is 45 beast cores each. You can also buy them on loan, and the interest is calculated daily, 5 beast cores per day."]
These so-called one-day-lifespan Sun Worms were naturally created using the scroll that the Genie Sylas had thrown to him earlier, the Insect Clone Scroll.
[Insect Clone Scroll: Allows an insect to learn a cloning technique. The clone has the same abilities as the insect, but can only last for one day. Once the time is up, it disappears immediately.]
[PS: The clone also cannot be attacked. If it is attacked, it will immediately disperse ]
This perfectly made up for the shortage of Sun Worms.
After all, something this precious, Ethan naturally had no intention of selling all four hundred Sun Worms.
The Sun Worm Queen had said that the last batch born were defective products. Ethan only planned to sell those defective ones to them.
As for the remaining high-quality ones, he would naturally keep them for himself.
After all, Sun Worms weren't only useful during the Polar Night. Even after the Polar Night, they could still be used at night. They were basically a cheat for extending productive hours.
If not for the fact that Sun Worms could reproduce, Ethan wouldn't even want to sell a single one.
["Damn! Why are the Sun Worms that only last one day still so expensive?"], Player A asked in confusion, ["At one hundred beast cores per bug, spread over the three days of Polar Night, shouldn't it be thirty beast cores per day?"]
Ethan had originally planned to explain.
But at that moment… a resident came to report, "My Lord, we discovered something strange over there. Would you like to take a look?"
"Something strange?"
Hearing that, Ethan didn't have time to keep arguing with these people one by one. He directly posted a line in the [World Channel], ["Same as before. If you want to trade, go find Jeffery. Buy it or don't!"]
After saying that, Ethan didn't waste any more time and directly closed the magic book.
He knew these people would definitely buy, especially when they had no other choice. After all, if you don't buy, then just wait to starve, or watch others make wave after wave of profits, and sooner or later you'll still end up buying.
No matter how much he said, it still wouldn't beat a wave of feedback from other players.
No need to waste time.
Ethan directly collected the platinum treasure chest beside him.
[Spirit Stone +100]
[Platinum +10]
[Reverse-Time Pandora's Box +1]
[Magic Gate Blueprint +1]
[Magic Fish Gills Blueprint +1]
[Magic Small Boat Blueprint +1]
"Hm?"
After collecting the items inside the platinum chest, Ethan paused.
Spirit Stones and platinum went without saying, they were guaranteed drops. But the other items gave him a strange feeling.
Reverse-Time Pandora's Box didn't need much explanation. It sounded like some kind of time-related item.
As for the other blueprints, gate, fish gills, small boat, they all sounded odd. Especially the latter two, which seemed related to water, 'Could it be…'
'Based on how this world usually works, items like these only appear when there are corresponding stages or tasks.'
'But everything seems normal right now. Could it be that a flood is coming next?'
"My Lord!"
Just as Ethan was about to take out the blueprints and study them, the resident reminded him again.
Only then did Ethan give up checking his recent gains and looked at the resident, "Let's go."
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They walked all the way into the depths of the Mist Forest.
Ethan hadn't expected the residents to clear monsters this quickly. In such a short time, they had already cleared nearly a thousand meters of territory.
Along the way, Ethan could see the green fluid left behind by Demon King spiders, as well as broken arrows.
Even burnt and damaged trees.
This meant… the residents had fought their way all the way here. He didn't know how many Demon King spiders they had taken down. He would need to tally it up properly later.
After all, although these Demon King spiders didn't have much meat, their venom, legs, and beast cores were all quite valuable.
"My Lord, it's here."
The resident pointed to a spot ahead where spring water bubbled up. The spring wasn't large, about the width of a well.
But beside this spring stood a stone stele.
On the stele were three large words: Black Tortoise Landscape.
"Black Tortoise Landscape?", Ethan stroked his chin, "Interesting! To actually see something resembling asian elements in this Mist World. Could it be that this place was named by someone from asia?"
But that was destined to have no answer, so Ethan only thought about it briefly.
At this moment, the resident continued reporting, "We just noticed a red light flashing below, but when we shot arrows down, there was no reaction."
"Originally, we planned to send someone down to check what that red light was, but Lady Daji stopped us."
"Then Lady Daji sent a small stone man down, and it never came back up."
The resident quickly finished the report.
Daji had been licking her little paw by the spring. Seeing Ethan look at her, she nodded, then tapped the ground beside her.
Immediately, a small stone man stood up again.
Then… the twenty-centimeter-tall stone figure quickly jumped into the spring.
And at the exact moment it jumped in, Ethan clearly saw something flash in the water. It looked like a pair of red eyes, but it was only there for an instant, disappearing almost immediately at incredible speed.
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