352: A system bug? A crazy scheme worth 10 billion!

"That is... Zul'jin?"

Lena pointed to a huge figure rushing out of the great hall below.

It was a troll over five meters tall, covered in ferocious black-gold armor, holding two warblades burning with sickly green flames. Every step caused the earth to tremble slightly.

"Who is it?! Who dares to run wild in my territory?!"

Zul'jin let out a deafening roar, the pressure of a LV92 overlord attempting to shock the uninvited guests in the sky directly down.

Only a cold and indifferent gaze responded to him.

Elysia hovered in the air, glancing at him coldly.

"Noisy."

A purple destruction beam, condensed to the extreme, tore through the air and silently pierced through Zul'jin's armor and chest!

Zul'jin's roar came to an abrupt halt.

He looked down at the bowl-sized hole in his chest, his eyes filled with astonishment.

Immediately after, a huge shadow enveloped him.

Saphiron's sky-covering dragon claw descended from the sky, without any fancy moves, just like swatting a fly.

With one blow, it smashed this Shadow Troll King, who had just appeared for less than three seconds, along with the plaza beneath his feet, into the ground!

"Pfft—!"

In the deep pit.

Zul'jin spat out a mouthful of black blood mixed with organ fragments. Feeling the excruciating pain of his entire body's bones shattering, the fierce light in his eyes was replaced by endless despair.

Where the hell did this god-tier lineup come from?!

He was insta-killed in one encounter?

Five overlord-level auras... ganging up on him?

Is there no law left?!

The battle ended faster than imagined, not even a battle, more like a one-sided cleanup.

In less than ten minutes, all the Shadow Trolls in the entire Silver Moon Canyon were slaughtered.

From beginning to end, Su Mo just stood in the air with his hands behind his back, not even moving a corner of his clothes, while the game coins on his panel had increased by a chunk.

"Let's go, let's go see your moon well."

Su Mo brought the three women down in front of the magnificent troll hall.

This used to be the forbidden area of the Moonlight Elf Clan.

Holding her last bit of hope, Lena pushed open the dust-covered door with trembling hands.

But when she saw the scene inside the hall, that bit of hope instantly turned into dust.

"How... how could it be like this..."

Shen Yanbing quickly supported her, her gaze turning to the center of the hall, and she couldn't help but frown.

There, two moon wells, one large and one small, which should have been gushing with bright, clear spring water, were completely dried up. The well mouths looked like two cracked old mouths, gaping uglily.

The well walls were covered in spiderweb-like black cracks, and only some solidified black sludge remained at the bottom, emitting an indescribable decay and stench.

"It withered..."

Lunara's face was pale, and she stumbled to the side of the well.

Reaching out to touch the cold, rough stone wall, the despair pent up in her heart turned into tears that streamed down her face.

"The core is polluted, and the spirit vein is broken... there is no saving it."

She, a LV85 Grand Archmage, was like a helpless young girl.

"It's over... The Moonlight Elf Clan is completely finished..."

Without the moon well, newborn elves cannot receive baptism, the strength of the clansmen will decline day by day, and in less than a hundred years, they will degenerate into mortals and eventually head toward extinction.

Su Mo looked at these two broken wells, and his brows furrowed as well.

He didn't go through so much trouble to take back this territory just to watch these two women mourn here.

"Stop wailing."

Su Mo interrupted their weeping with some impatience.

"Isn't it just two wells? What's the big deal."

"What's the big deal?!"

Lunara said voicelessly: "My Lord, you don't know! These are mythic-grade special buildings! They are miracles bestowed upon our clan by the Moon Goddess! They cannot be repaired, let alone rebuilt!"

"Who said I wanted to repair them?"

Su Mo walked to the side of the large moon well and patted the dry well wall.

"Out with the old, in with the new."

"Since it's broken, let's replace it with a new one."

As he spoke, his mind stirred, and he opened his system panel, locking his gaze on [Lord of Greed] in the talent column.

A crazy and bold plan quickly took shape in his mind.

"Replace... replace it with a new one?"

Lunara and Lena were both stunned by Su Mo's words, their two pretty faces filled with confusion.

This is a moon well!

It's not a country dirt well where you can just dig one whenever you want.

This is a mythic creation containing the Moon Goddess's law power, each one is a unique, one-of-a-kind item. Where would you go to replace it?

"My Lord, please don't joke..."

Lunara shook her head bitterly, the light in her eyes dimming.

"Even if you have heaven-defying strength, this involves underlying law power. Unless you can invite a real god to descend..."

Su Mo didn't want to pay attention to her pessimistic talk and directly pressed his palm onto the wall of the large moon well.

Talent, activate!

[Ding! Detected mythic-grade building wreckage — Large moon well (damaged).]

[The building's core is shattered and cannot be repaired. Do you wish to replicate it?]

Su Mo's eyes lit up.

It really works!

His [Lord of Greed] talent not only allows for doubled drops but can also replicate such mythic-grade buildings, provided that... there is enough money.

"Replicate!"

[Ding! Calculating replication cost...]

[Replicating 'Large moon well (intact state)', requires game coins: 100 billion!]

[Replicating 'Small moon well (intact state)', requires game coins: 10 billion!]

Seeing that long string of zeros, even Su Mo couldn't help but twitch his eyes.

100 billion?!

Is this Gaia System crazy with poverty? Why not just go rob someone?!

He glanced at his balance. Although he had made a fortune in the Godforsaken Land, plus the gains from slaughtering the trolls just now, his liquid funds were probably around a billion or so.

But this was far from 10 billion, let alone 100 billion.

"Not enough money..."

Su Mo touched his chin, his brows furrowed tightly.

He couldn't just watch these two top-tier elves die crying because of their race's extinction, right?

Then who would massage his shoulders and change his clothes in the future?

No, absolutely not!

Su Mo's gaze scanned back and forth on the broken well, and suddenly his eyes locked onto an inconspicuous button in the corner of the system panel — [Recycle].

A bolder, and even more flamboyant idea popped up.

The Gaia System's recycling function has always been known for its unscrupulous pricing, jokingly called the "junk collection station" by players.

But... what if he combined it with his own talent?

A glimmer of light flashed in the depths of Su Mo's eyes.

"System, evaluate the recycling price of this broken well."

[Ding! Evaluating...]

[Large moon well (damaged). Although the core is shattered, the main material is mythic-grade Moonlight Stone, containing trace residual laws.]

[System recycling price: 10 billion game coins.]

10 billion!

Su Mo's heart skipped a beat.

It couldn't compare to the 100 billion for the intact state, but this was a broken well that was already scrapped!

"Sell it!"

Su Mo didn't hesitate and clicked confirm directly.

"My Lord! What are you doing?!"

Lunara, next to him, saw a strange light flash on Su Mo's palm.

Immediately after, that holy well, which symbolized the clan's totem and faith, actually began to become illusory and transparent. She was so scared out of her wits that she screamed and was about to pounce over.

"That is the holy relic left by our ancestors! You cannot destroy it!"

Su Mo waved his hand, and a gentle but irresistible force fixed Lunara in place.

"Don't make noise, watch."

The next second, in the "despairing" eyes of Lunara and Lena, the huge moon well disappeared into thin air.

[Ding! You have sold 'Large moon well (damaged)', obtaining game coins: 10 billion!]

Then, the most crucial step came!

[Talent 'Lord of Greed' triggered!]

[Your earnings have received a nine-fold critical hit!]

[You finally obtained game coins: 100 billion!]

Boom—!

Su Mo felt as if his system wallet had been injected with a vast ocean!

100 billion!

A full 100 billion in cash flow!

Using high-value waste, cashing it out through the recycling mechanism, and then using the talent to double the profit!

He exploited a bug in the Gaia System!

"Awesome!"

Su Mo couldn't help but snap his fingers, the smile on his face incomparably bright.

Looking at Lunara and Lena, who were already ashen-faced and slumped on the ground.

The two elves had empty eyes at this moment, as if their faith and souls had been extracted together.

The holy relic was gone.

It was made to disappear by this man... like a magic trick.