282: Chapter 282: Turbulence (Second Update) 282: Chapter 282: Turbulence (Second Update) “Legion Leader, shall we continue to pursue?”
“Idiots, pursue what?
Didn’t you see that the third-generation mecha hasn’t been destroyed yet?”
Amocadi cursed angrily.
He still had his reservations, not wanting to provoke the enemy too much, in case they decided to end it all impulsively.
To stage a move where they cut off the enemy commander’s head amongst thousands of troops would spell danger for himself.
Of course, Amocadi wasn’t the unluckiest at the moment, as it was standard operation for the enemy to destroy their belongings upon retreat.
However, for those like Ye Wuheng, who were sitting nearby the Ketuo mining area watching the situation unfold, it was a different story.
Ye Wuheng had never expected Cheng Xue to retreat silently without even holding on a bit longer.
Still, mining for one more day could have earned them a massive amount of money.
At this moment, someone below exclaimed in surprise.
“Legion Leader, Cheng Xue and her troops have retreated?
The Wet God Guild might attack us soon,” they said.
Ye Wuheng, his face ashen, replied, “What are you waiting for?
He was now full of regret.
He had known sooner, he would have lent a hand to Cheng Xue, using her as a shield at the forefront; now everything had fallen apart.
In reality, Ye Wuheng had hoped Cheng Xue couldn’t hold on any longer and would ask for his help, but he had never anticipated this outcome.
His subordinates immediately responded.
A few days later, Cheng Xue led her troops to successfully retreat from the Yuechuan Plain, returning to the Red Coral Bay Base.
Not long after Cheng Xue’s retreat, the Wet God Guild launched a furious counterattack, with the Martial God Guild and numerous players putting up a fierce resistance.
The battle was incredibly intense; ultimately, they were defeated and forced to withdraw completely from the Yuechuan Plain once again.
Thus, the gold mining in Yuechuan Plain ended once again.
At the Red Coral Bay Base, Cheng Xue gathered players from all legions and solemnly announced to them,
“I greatly appreciate everyone’s brave efforts.
Although our mining operation didn’t last as long as planned, I consider it a successful completion.
Those on duty, stay; everyone else, rest well.
Don’t worry, the Legion will fully reward everyone.
Additionally, the families of those who died in battle will receive substantial compensation.”
At this moment, Sun Li, worried, asked Cheng Xue, “Sister Xue, do we have enough money?”
“Don’t worry, there’s no problem.
We earned quite a bit this time.
You don’t need to worry anymore.
Rest well; the money will be distributed soon,” ɪꜰ ʏᴏᴜ ᴡᴀɴᴛ ᴛᴏ ʀᴇᴀᴅ ᴍᴏʀᴇ ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀs, ᴘʟᴇᴀsᴇ ᴠɪsɪᴛ novel•fire.net
Cheng Xue replied confidently.
Hearing Sister Xue’s words, all the players present cheered excitedly.
Standing aside, Su Mo frowned.
Something seemed off.
He had been present during the gold mining.
Although they had increased the efficiency later on, managing to break even was already good, so how could there be a profit?
But seeing everyone happy, he decided not to say anything.
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Upon returning to his apartment, Su Mo was utterly exhausted.
He didn’t change clothes or wash his feet; he simply dropped onto the bed, pulled the blanket over himself, and fell into a deep sleep.
He was simply too tired, and that night, he slept very soundly.
The next day, after washing up in his apartment, Su Mo grabbed a piece of bread and returned to his room, eating while browsing the forum.
The forum was still incredibly active, with countless players who had fallen at Yuechuan Plain opening threads and fiercely debating with the Wet God Guild.
Needless to say, the Wet God Guild was not holding back, with regular troops joining the fray.
Su Mo even saw an account with a Mo Baoke avatar; who knew if it was actually the person himself?
In any case, the forum was a complete uproar, dominating the heat and overshadowing other threads.
Su Mo got so bored, he lost interest in continuing to read.
Just as Su Mo was about to close the forum, he suddenly noticed a post filled with complaints.
Subconsciously, Su Mo clicked on the post and began to browse through it.
It was posted by a girl involved in “Luo Yu”, lamenting her tragic experience in the Yuechuan Plains.
She had gone there with her boyfriend to mine for gold, hoping to make a fortune and get married!
They took out all their savings and together with a team, bought some gold mining equipment, joining the rush into the Yuechuan Plains.
She toiled for days and managed to dig up quite a bit of gold.
She thought they had finally made some money, but to her dismay, her boyfriend ran off with most of the hard-earned gold with another woman from the group.
Leaving her only some scraps.
Initially, she thought that even a little scrap was good, as it could at least be converted into some money for living expenses.
Lamentably, the exchange rate for gold points crashed, making her lose the will to live.
Su Mo was taken aback too—had the price of gold points really crashed?
He hurriedly checked the forum and to his astonishment, the official exchange rate used to be 1 gold point for 2000 units, and now it had fallen to 1132 units, and was still dropping.
Of course, it wasn’t just gold points that were falling; silver points were declining as well.
The drop was unbearable to watch!
On the trading section, there was almost a chorus of wailing as many people were posting.
“I’ve had my gold points up for sale all day and still can’t sell them, these things might become worthless.”
The price just dropped again, who would buy yours?”
“You ask me, but who do I ask?
The price keeps crashing, only an idiot would buy.”
Had I known I wouldn’t have stockpiled gold points; accumulating sparks would have been so much better.
Now sparks are at 3000W each.”
“Sparks, you keep dreaming.
Even if you have the money, you can’t buy them, they’re all being consumed internally.”
Su Mo pondered over these posts for a while.
The trouble was big now.
The quantity of gold Cheng Xue had mined wasn’t enough to begin with, and now with the crash, there might be serious financial issues.
There was also another aspect that greatly puzzled Su Mo—the nature of the ‘spark’.
He already knew about its effects.
However, he had yet to understand the practical uses of gold points and silver points, from Star Ring onwards.
Ignore the current decline in their exchange rates; if gold and silver points were only meant for currency exchange and held no other value, they could potentially become completely worthless.
After all, the rules of the game were clear: in the end, only one person or one team could survive.
It wasn’t about sustainable development, so where did their value lie?
Moreover, the recent surge in gold production had reached terrifying figures, sparking a gold rush that was difficult to manage for the time.
Add to that the price crash and a run on these assets, previously content savers and investors were now getting restless, and began offloading in large quantities.
Suddenly, everyone was feeling endangered, triggering a widespread financial panic, and even the Federation Bank couldn’t keep up and had to call a halt to it.
Not to mention the small investors and scalpers, who were almost scared to death, and hastily stopped their dealings.