19: Selling food

You successfully built the Fire Centipede Altar, consuming 2000 wood, 2000 stone, 2000 iron, and 1 Fourth-Tier Gem.

A new altar appeared next to the Self-Detonating Firefly Altar.

It was a small, half-human-height dirt mound, burning with flames.

It had numerous small holes from which flames spewed.

[Fire Centipede Altar]

Tier: Fourth-Tier

Level: 1/10

Production Cooldown: None

Production Cost: 50 gold coins/unit

Upgrade Requirements: 2000 wood, 2000 stone, 2000 iron, 1 Fourth-Tier Gem

Li Feng now possessed three types of Troops, all close-combat.

The appearance of the Fire Centipede perfectly filled the gap for ranged damage output.

He checked his total gold coins, which amounted to over 20,000.

Li Feng generously spent 10,000 gold coins, summoning 200 Fire Centipedes in one go.

You produced 200 Fire Centipedes, consuming 10,000 gold coins!

The next moment, two-meter-long Fire Centipedes crawled out of the holes, lining up neatly in front of Li Feng.

These were bright red centipedes.

Unlike normal centipedes, they preferred to stand upright on their upper bodies, like cobras.

Their heads were flat and wide, looking like miniature red cobras.

[Fire Centipede]

Race: Zerg

Tier: Fourth-Tier Troops

Health: 3600 (+1800) (values in parentheses are amplified attributes)

Attack: 580 (+300)

Defense: 180 (+90)

Skill: Fireball: The Fire Centipede condenses the power of fire and launches a fireball at an enemy, dealing a large amount of damage and potentially burning the target.

Bloodthirst: The Fire Centipede becomes extremely Bloodthirsty; after dealing damage to an enemy, it absorbs a portion of that damage as health for itself.

Like other magic-type Troops,

the Fire Centipede's body was relatively fragile, but its attack power was exceptionally high.

After the triple amplification from War Treasure, hero, and castle,

its attack power had already surpassed that of regular Fifth-Tier Troops.

It was comparable to top-tier Fifth-Tier Troops.

Li Feng sent the Fire Centipedes to the castle to guard its safety.

"After building the Fire Centipede Altar, I don't have enough wood and stone to reach 8000. I should check the trade market."

Thinking this, Li Feng opened the trade market.

This was a remote trading platform where lords could freely trade resources.

By clicking on a lord's interface, one could even enter their storefront for precise trading.

The trade market interface also had a dedicated chat channel, making it convenient for lords to communicate and trade resources.

"Brothers, help! My spawn point is in the desert, where monsters are pitifully scarce. My food is almost gone. Can anyone sell me some food?"

"Wuwuwu, I spawned in a rocky forest. The monsters here are all made of stone, and I can't gather any food."

"Please, sell a child some food, this child is starving."

"..."

On the market channel, a group of lords were desperately seeking food.

All of Li Feng's Troops were Zerg Troops, and a characteristic of these Troops was that most of them were small in size.

Being small, they consumed a pitifully small amount of food.

Furthermore, his spawn point was in an area with a huge number of monsters, so he never had to worry about food.

However, many lords possessed larger-sized Troops.

And they spawned in desolate places.

These places might produce various rare resources, but they lacked food.

Two days had passed, and the 1000 units of food initially gifted by the Heavenly Dao were almost or already completely depleted.

Therefore, many lords were on the market channel, seeking food.

After understanding the situation, Li Feng smiled.

He had a full 20,000 units of food; this time, he could make a fortune.

He then checked, and there were quite a few lords selling food.

But the total amount combined was less than 10,000 units.

This was understandable; not every lord had Li Feng's strength to sweep through all monsters and acquire large amounts of food.

He pondered for a moment and then posted a message on the market channel: "Selling large quantities of food. 100 units for 500 units of wood, or 500 units of stone, or 500 units of iron. First come, first served."

At the end of the message, he added a link.

Other lords could click this link to directly jump to his storefront.

As soon as this message appeared, the market channel instantly erupted.

"Holy crap, profiteer!"

"The exchange ratio for food and other resources is one-to-one, but you're doing one-to-five. You might as well just rob me, but you're so kind as to give me some food."

"I solemnly call upon everyone here to absolutely not condone such profiteering behavior. Resolutely resist it. Whoever buys is an idiot!"

"Exactly! Absolutely no buying! Let it rot and stink!"

"..."

Li Feng didn't see these messages; he had already entered his storefront.

He listed 20,000 units of food in batches, with 100 units as one set.

He only left a small amount of food for himself, just enough for tomorrow morning.

Transaction successful, you gained 500 wood!

Transaction successful, you gained 500 stone!

Transaction successful, you gained 500 iron!

...

The 20,000 units of food were snatched up by the lords as soon as they were listed.

This efficiency left Li Feng a little stunned.

The market channel was in an uproar.

"What the heck! What happened? Where's the food?"

"You guys are too fast! I was just a moment too slow and didn't get a single portion."

"Shameless! You said you'd resist the profiteer, you said you wouldn't buy, but you all snatched it faster than anyone else."

"This is called 'all's fair in love and war,' my friend, you're still too young."

"Hahaha, I got a set! At least I won't starve now."

"..."

A group of lords verbally declared they would resist the profiteer and would rather die than buy.

But their bodies were very honest, instantly buying out all the food Li Feng had listed.

Li Feng struck while the iron was hot, listing the monster materials he had previously acquired.

He only kept the Third-Tier Druid's Heart; this item was a rare commodity, and if he found the right buyer, it wasn't impossible to sell it for tens of thousands of gold coins.

Monster materials were not an urgent need, so Li Feng didn't sell them at a high price, but at the regular market price.

Transaction successful, you gained 1 gold coin!

Transaction successful, you gained 1 gold coin!

...

Riding the wave of food demand, Li Feng's monster materials also quickly sold out, earning him 3589 gold coins.

Then came the resources earned from selling food.

Among them were 25,000 units of wood, 25,000 units of stone, and 50,000 units of iron.

With so many resources, building the Flying Mantis Altar was more than enough.

Thinking of this, Li Feng's expression was invigorated.

Sixth-Tier Troops were the highest quality Troops that could appear during the novice assessment period.

In less than three days, he was about to obtain his first Sixth-Tier Troops.

One could only say that the Zerg Scourge was truly heaven-defying!

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