64: Chapter 64 Science and Technology are the Primary Productive Force

Fang Yun was not very sensitive to numbers, and he was not very good at calculating specific production capacities and costs.

As the saying goes, every trade has its masters. He entered his Divine Kingdom, provided 001 with the current market price information of mechanical products, and asked it to calculate how production should be organized to generate the maximum profit based on his requirements.

"001, combining the currently available information, make deductions according to the following principles."

"First, the construction of the Mechanical City within the Divine Kingdom must not stop. Building toward a Level 3 Mechanical Civilization is the highest priority task."

"Second, the mechanization level of the Divine Kingdom needs to be further improved, with the goal of completely replacing all basic affairs within the Divine Kingdom with mechanical life."

"Third, on this basis, calculate the subsequent production direction and plan, as well as the final profit situation."

Fang Yun set a few major directions to ensure he would not deviate from his basic development goals.

The mechanical core of 001 flickered, and a massive amount of data unfolded in the air.

"Understood, Divine Master. Calculating now."

A few seconds later, 001 provided the final plan.

"Calculated according to the current production capacity, 20% of the capacity needs to be allocated in the early stage to build the Level 3 Mechanical Civilization, and 20% of the capacity used to produce basic mechanical life and equipment to accelerate the mechanization process of the Divine Kingdom."

"The remaining 60% of the production capacity must be fully invested in the manufacture of war mechanical products, so as to maintain sufficient profits to fund the capital demands of the other two constructions."

"According to my analysis, First-Order Extraordinary Mechanical Warriors have the highest average profit compared to other war mechanical products. Although Second-Order Extraordinary War Behemoths and Warlords have higher profits, their output is too low and completely incomparable to First-Order Extraordinary Mechanical Warriors."

"If 60% of the mechanical production capacity in the Divine Kingdom is entirely used to produce mechanical warriors, about 4,000 units can be produced daily, 1.44 million units a year, and the expected profit will be around 21.6 billion to 28.8 billion."

The emotionless mechanical voice of 001 slowly faded away, but the shock it brought to Fang Yun was far more than that.

"Two... more than twenty billion Faith Points a day?!" Fang Yun stammered slightly when he spoke.

He simply converted it in his mind: ten thousand Faith Points were equivalent to one Divine Power Point. In other words, even converted into Divine Power Points, this was still more than two million Divine Power Points a day!

Even if he subsequently broke through to the Deity stage, he would not lack money to spend.

He struck it rich! The red enhancement was truly terrifying!

But there was still a problem now: he was still uncertain about how the mechanical warriors produced in his Divine Kingdom would actually be received on the market.

Although the quality, through his comparative testing, was no weaker than those sold by other companies and individuals, it was a new product after all, and he felt somewhat unsure.

"001, temporarily produce 100,000 First-Order Mechanical Warriors first. Wait for my subsequent orders."

"Yes, Divine Master."

Fang Yun prepared to list 100,000 units on the mall for the first batch to test sales and reception.

If they sold very well and the market demand was huge, he could unleash full-scale production.

...

Guli Mu was carefully browsing the commodities on the Alliance Mall. He was not looking to purchase items he needed; he was the owner of a small shop and had a great interest in picking up bargains and hunting for treasures.

His vision was quite good. Coupled with having run a shop for over a hundred years, he could basically tell at a glance whether certain items were good or bad. Moreover, his own perspective was very high, and he was quite knowledgeable.

Therefore, he could often find many good things in the mall, buying low and selling high to earn the price difference. Over the years running his small shop, he was considered to be doing quite prosperously.

Whenever he had nothing to do every day, he would refresh the mall interface to see if any good goods were listed.

Among them, what he paid the most attention to were war-type resources and items. Powerful war supplies could determine the victory or defeat of a Divine Kingdom campaign and were important materials concerning the life and death of a Divine Master. No one would ever think they had too much of this kind of thing.

The current Federation seemed prosperous on the surface, but internally it was already like a blazing fire under boiling oil, extremely severe.

Conflicts in secret had never stopped. Whoever had stronger military force held the right to speak and could obtain more supplies.

His gaze swept across the commodities one by one: formation arrays, magic treasures, electromagnetic guns, pulse weapons, disposable talismans... Powerful weapons from various civilizations were all here.

These were things Guli Mu saw frequently, so he did not pay too much attention to them, placing more of his focus on the new goods.

His gaze was attracted by a batch of mechanical warriors. Their unique styling and perfect lines looked very comfortable, seeming to possess a certain unique aesthetic feeling.

This batch of mechanical warriors was precisely the first batch of warriors that Fang Yun had listed on the mall to sell.

Produced by the Mechanical Pioneer Race, it naturally combined both strength and good looks, which was no wonder it could attract Guli Mu.

The price of these mechanical warriors was 30,000 Faith Points per unit, which was considered a relatively high model at market price. He clicked on the product introduction, and sure enough: First-Order Extraordinary Mechanical Warrior.

He said with some regret: "What a pity, the rank is a bit low. Even if the product quality is not bad, it probably does not have much major value."

His gaze continued to move down to check the sales description. Sellers would generally note the advantages of their products here to attract consumers to buy.

Remark: Comprehensive performance is superior to all warriors of the same rank on the market.

Seeing this, Guli Mu laughed. The quality of this batch of goods should be good, but this seller guy sure knew how to brag—superior to all warriors of the same rank on the market?

Guli Mu shook his head, obviously not believing this so-called introduction at all.

On the current market, not counting the mechanical warriors provided by private sellers, just counting those large military factories and arms companies, there were at least tens of thousands of them. Not a single person dared to say that their product's comprehensive performance was superior to all products of the same rank.

Some had an advantage in speed but were a bit lacking in defense and attack; some had prominent defensive performance but poor mobility. Basically, everyone's products had their own strengths and weaknesses.

Guli Mu, who had frequented the mall for years, knew these ins and outs very well.

He did not think too much about it. After all, judging purely from appearance, this batch of mechanical warriors was already quite good, and presumably the quality would not be bad either.

He knew that some customers did not like powerful warriors; they just loved to collect and purchase those with handsome and cool appearances.

Without too much hesitation, Guli Mu directly clicked to purchase, spending 3 billion Faith Points to buy this entire batch of 100,000 mechanical warriors.

Turning around, he listed this batch of warriors on his small shop, Guli's Mysterious Mall, and marked the price as 40,000 per unit.

Remark: Extraordinary warriors where appearance and strength coexist.

The price he listed was specifically targeted at those customers who liked pretty appearances, and only they were willing to pay a premium for such flashy yet impractical things.

Moreover, the key was that there were quite a few such people, and every single one of them was extremely wealthy.

"Who else is going to fleece you if not me? Rather than letting others take advantage, I might as well let your Uncle Gu take it, hehe."

Guli Mu was a youth with a very honest appearance, looking just like an honest man. However, those familiar with him all knew that this guy's personality was as crafty as a fox, and nobody could ever hope to take advantage of him.

Although the Guli Mysterious Mall he ran was not large in scale, his mall was only open to a few people, and all members were carefully screened by him.

Either their strength was super strong, their background was sky-high, or they possessed immense family wealth. Anyway, not a single one of these members was an ordinary person.

Furthermore, most of the commodities in the Guli Mall were good things he had carefully selected. Sometimes he would even procure treasures from unknown ruins for auction to boost his popularity.

Therefore, these customers were also happy to spend money here. After all, people like them were not short of money. If Guli could provide products that satisfied them, they would naturally choose to spend here.

You must know that even the items posted on the Alliance Mall sometimes had major flaws—either they were products that barely met standards, or certain defects were not disclosed.

Even if they subsequently filed a complaint with the mall, the opponent's product was completely consistent with the description, only selectively hiding some problems, causing many people to suffer in silence.

Anyway, everyone frequently had unpleasant shopping experiences. Later on, the higher the rank and the stronger the strength, the fewer people would purchase items in the mall.

Instead, they increasingly chose to trade with small-scale merchants or individuals like Guli's Mysterious Shop.