158: A billion-dollar business

Chapter 158: A Huge Business Worth One Hundred Million Gold Coins

Before long, Dick arrived at a circular platform next to the Flower Field Graveyard, holding the Nate Team's punch card in his right hand and the broken punch card of the Duncan Squad in his left.

As a faint light flashed, the magic array on the platform began to operate, and a purple horizontal bar appeared on the Nate Team's punch card.

At this point, the Fourth Floor of the Gaia Dungeon had been punched, with only the final Fifth Layer remaining.

After punching all the layers, the Nate Team returned the way they came, handed the punch cards to the staff at the Underground City entrance, and their scores could then be recorded.

Looking at the white, green, blue, and purple horizontal bars on the punch card, Dick was very satisfied with the current efficiency.

At least among the Youth Group, squads that could punch the Fourth Floor were absolutely few and far between.

Although he wasn't sure how many squads were ahead, Dick wasn't worried, because the conditions for punching the Fifth Layer were somewhat difficult.

It required providing the blood of three different Beasts above level 50!

This was a huge challenge for the adventure squads in the Youth Group, as everyone's average strength was at most around level thirty.

Fortunately, the punching condition only required providing blood, not killing the Beast, so in this regard, it wasn't entirely impossible.

For example, Beasts would fight to compete for territory, and blood could be easily collected on the battlefield.

Another example is that some Beasts have poor defenses, and their blood can be easily obtained with just a simple fight.

Yet another example is that some adventurers themselves carried the blood of high-level Beasts, which just happened to meet the conditions for punching the Fifth Layer.

Overall, there were always more solutions than problems. If one was lucky enough, punching the Fifth Layer was actually not difficult.

As early as the First Layer, Dick had obtained some blood from the Spirit Snake Madam to get her scent, which meant the Nate Team itself had an advantage.

Next, they just needed to get the blood of two other level 50 Beasts.

Looking at the Skyhunter Demon Spider nearby, Dick couldn't help but let out a soft sigh.

This Mozhu was exactly level 49, just 1 level short of meeting the conditions for punching the Fifth Layer, which was a bit of a shame.

But Xiao Nai didn't think it was a shame. Looking at the somewhat terrifying corpse of the Skyhunter Demon Spider, her eyes sparkled as if she were looking at mountains of gold and silver.

"Donald, please help me remove the Mozhu's teeth and the venom from its poison gland... These can be sold for a great price!"

Hearing this, Donald shook his head and chuckled. He glanced at Dick, and after getting his consent, stepped forward and began to dismember the Mozhu.

The body of a high-level Beast was very valuable, full of usable materials for forging, alchemy, decoration... almost the entire body was a treasure.

If it weren't inconvenient to carry and the heavy weight would affect their travel speed, Xiao Nai would have even wanted to take the entire corpse of the Skyhunter Demon Spider with her.

While Xiao Nai and the others were busy, Dick took Cecilia and the others to set up traps around the punch point, which were some small surprises that could kill people.

Since they were already here, they had to leave something behind before leaving.

After all, their group had solved the big problem of the Skyhunter Demon Spider, so they had to leave some challenge for the latecomers.

Before long, the Skyhunter Demon Spider was stripped clean. Xiao Nai extracted at least 100,000 gold coins from it, earning a round of praise from Dick.

Although Dick didn't lack gold coins now, it was always better to have more gold coins. He didn't want to encounter the embarrassing situation of being short of money.

After a simple rest, the group set off again.

Since the latter half of the Fourth Floor was basically flat, Dick directly instructed Kun to transform into a four-wheeled wooden carriage.

Carriages like this that could run without being pulled by oxen or horses were generally called Magical Vehicles in this world. They were very common in the Central Region of the Demon Spirit Continent and came in many styles.

Magical Vehicles were inlaid with a large number of miniature magic arrays inside, powered by magic power, and their speed was much faster than ordinary carriages.

However, the Aimiya Empire could not produce Magical Vehicles. They were absolute luxury goods and were not widespread, only accessible to the upper class.

In the final analysis, it was because the Northern region was too backward. Whether in terms of economy or magic technology, it was far behind the Central Region.

In a sense, the Northern region of the Demon Spirit Continent was still in the Middle Ages, while the Central Region had already fully entered the magical era.

While the kings and nobles in the Northern region were still comparing whose warhorse was stronger, the commoners in the Central Region were already driving Magical Vehicles.

The principle of the wooden carriage transformed by Kun was similar to that of a Magical Vehicle.

But the energy of a Magical Vehicle was magic power, while the energy of the wooden carriage... was a Demon. The group was essentially riding on Kun to travel.

Looking at the fast wooden carriage under her feet, Elizabeth's face showed longing, and she couldn't help but say, "One day, I will make the streets and alleys of Amyria filled with Magical Vehicles!"

Hearing this, Dick nodded slightly. It was inevitable that Magical Vehicles would replace carriages, because the advanced would inevitably replace the backward, and the efficient would inevitably replace the inefficient.

If the technology was mature and the industrial chain was complete, a small-scale factory could even produce a thousand high-performance Magical Vehicles per day.

And training a thousand strong warhorses would cost far more time, effort, and money than a thousand Magical Vehicles, and flesh and blood bodies were also far weaker than steel bodies.

Undoubtedly, Magical Vehicles completely surpassed carriages in all aspects.

Elizabeth was not a stubborn person; on the contrary, she was very open-minded. As long as something was beneficial to the Empire, she could accept it.

Whether it was knowledge technology or ideological systems.

Having such a wise monarch was definitely a blessing for the Aimiya Empire, but there were too many practical problems to consider.

"Your Majesty, I believe you will definitely accomplish this great feat in your lifetime and be praised by all Amyria people for generations..."

Cecilia praised Elizabeth as usual from the side, acting as the mood setter, without considering how difficult this matter actually was.

Having nothing else to do, Dick couldn't help but laugh, "Popularizing Magical Vehicles is not easy. As far as I know, Amyria doesn't even have a single car factory now, and the Academy hasn't started relevant courses..."

"It's not possible that all of Amyria's Magical Vehicles rely on imports, is it?"

If that were the case, then Elizabeth would truly be foolish to the extreme, and Amyria would definitely be ruined under her leadership.

After all, this would mean being monopolized by foreign capital, actively allowing others to control their throat, which is extremely unfavorable for long-term development.

Moreover, judging by Elizabeth's attitude, she is definitely not satisfied with just Magical Vehicles; she is probably interested in anything related to magic technology.

In that case, it would not be reform, but revolution!

Revolution, revolution, whose revolution? Naturally, it's the revolution against the existing vested interests.

Elizabeth's ambition would cause the kings and nobles of the Aimiya Empire to suffer heavy losses, and they would naturally rise up in resistance.

And the most awkward thing is that Amyria does not have any technology related to magic technology; everything can only be imported.

This leads to this important revolution having to be controlled by outsiders. Merchants interfering in politics will happen sooner or later, and if it is serious, there will even be incidents of "merchants stealing the country."

With just a simple thought, Dick foresaw the demise of the Aimiya Empire.

"Of, of course it's not all relying on imports," Elizabeth leaned closer to Dick, tilted her head, and said in a sweet voice, "The Royal Family will invest in building factories, and the Aimiya Empire will achieve self-sufficiency!"

"What about the technology related to car manufacturing?"

"Buy it, buy it with money!"

"How much money are you planning to spend?"

Hearing this, Elizabeth glanced around and saw that Alice and the others were not looking over, so she immediately whispered, "One hundred million!"

Dick was stunned for a moment, rubbed his ears, thinking he had misheard, and confirmed again, "How much?"

"It's one hundred million. A few months ago, I contacted a well-known Magical Vehicle supplier in the Central Region of the Demon Spirit Continent. They will send experts to guide us..."

You have to be willing to part with something to gain something bigger.

Elizabeth believed that this money was definitely well spent. She had already understood the market prospects of Magical Vehicles; they were definitely the ultimate solution for transportation and would 100% pay for themselves.

This was a major investment that would benefit generations!

Seeing how excited Elizabeth was, Dick directly interrupted, "You don't need to go through so much trouble."

"Give me one hundred million gold coins, and I will immediately give you the latest Magical Vehicle technology, along with a full range of guidance on factory construction, operation, promotion, after-sales service, etc."

"What those experts can do, I can do too, and even better than them!"