23: The profiteers are coming

Time flew by, and a day passed.

During this day, Li Feng didn't go anywhere, staying in his castle.

When he was occasionally bored, he would anonymously chat with people in the competition zone channel.

Or he would run to the watchtower to overlook the nearby scenery.

Or he would share the vision of Skarner and Kha'Zix.

As night approached, Skarner and Kha'Zix returned to the castle with their Troops legions.

The mist surrounding the castle had no effect on them, so they arrived at the castle gate without any hindrance.

"Squeak, squeak, squeak!"

The two great heroes prostrated themselves on the ground, saluting Li Feng on the watchtower.

The Troops behind them followed suit, also prostrating themselves on the ground, each emitting their own sounds.

It must be said that noisiness is a common problem for insectoid Troops.

Thousands of insectoid Troops chirping simultaneously made Li Feng's ears and head ache.

"Alright, alright, stop calling out. I permit all of you not to salute me in the future. I just want to be a quiet Lord."

No insect dared to disobey Li Feng's command, and they instantly stopped chirping.

Li Feng scanned the area.

Compared to before they set out in the morning, the numbers of Beedrill and Ironclad Ant had each decreased slightly, but the losses were not significant.

Self-Detonating Firefly, Fire Centipede, and Flying Mantis were still at full strength.

In today's advance, Fire Centipede, as a ranged Troop, was the main damage dealer for the team.

From a long distance, they delivered fireballs to enemies, ending their lives.

Therefore, they were primarily the ones gaining experience points today.

Out of 200 Fire Centipede, over 100 had reached Level 3, and the rest had also reached Level 2.

Their overall strength had increased by a small margin.

Then came today's harvest.

Because they split into two groups, the harvest naturally increased.

Moreover, Kha'Zix even encountered a rich mining area today, so the harvest was even greater.

First, there were a total of 8,124 gold coins harvested.

Only a small portion of these were obtained from killing monsters; more were acquired by mining gold ore.

The rich mining area that Kha'Zix discovered had two Grade 4 gold mines alone!

One Grade 4 gold mine could produce 2,000 gold coins!

Not to mention, in addition to the Grade 4 gold mines, there were also a considerable number of Grade 1, 2, and 3 gold mines.

Originally, there were also 2,000 gold coins obtained from opening treasure chests.

However, Li Feng used them on the Mist Tower; otherwise, his gold coin harvest today would have exceeded 10,000.

Next were the three basic resources: wood, stone, and iron ore.

Among them, there were 32,000 units of wood, 30,000 units of stone, and 25,000 units of iron ore.

Adding Li Feng's original reserves, his castle's warehouse was already filled with resources.

It looked like a lot, but Li Feng felt it was far from enough.

Having become a Lord, he also had ambitions.

He wanted to build a city within his territory!

Even if it was just a small city, the basic resources required would be in the millions of units.

Finally, there was food.

A total of 22,250 units were harvested, more than the sum of the previous two days.

Among them were rabbit meat, wolf meat, hyena meat, bear meat, and so on.

The variety of food was very rich, and Li Feng decided to prepare an all-meat feast tonight to treat his stomach well.

There were also many monster resources.

Li Feng roughly estimated that the total value of these monster resources was about 3,000 gold coins.

"Another day of overflowing wealth."

Li Feng was very satisfied with today's harvest and took out a large amount of food for his Troops and heroes to eat.

While he said a large amount, it wasn't actually that much.

Only the two heroes, being larger in size, consumed more food.

The other Troops consumed pitifully little food.

Li Feng, on the other hand, personally cooked a lavish all-meat feast for himself, eating until his mouth was greasy.

After eating, looking at the messy table, Li Feng sighed.

Washing dishes and cutlery felt like a weakness for all humanity; no one wanted to do it.

"It seems I still need to get some humanoid Troops, otherwise, as a Lord, I'd have to clean, cook, and wash dishes myself, losing all my prestige."

Full and satisfied, Li Feng opened the trading market, preparing to trade food.

It wasn't that he had forgotten earlier; he had done it on purpose.

Since he was already called a profiteer by the Lords, he might as well be a profiteer to the end.

The later it got, the hungrier the Lords who had no food or not enough food would become, and the more frantically they would snatch up his food.

As soon as he opened the market channel, the chat content made him slightly stunned.

"I finally had a full meal; Mom no longer has to worry about me being hungry."

"Praise Goddess Sun Yun, Goddess, I love you!"

"Affordable food is delicious. That profiteer from yesterday should be dragged out and beaten severely!"

"Yes, I'll say it here, we must boycott profiteers!"

...

After scrolling through the chat history, Li Feng understood.

Someone was selling a large amount of food, and it was his classmate.

"Sun Yun?"

Li Feng's mind immediately brought up the image of that delicate girl.

Her awakened Troop was the Water Elemental Spirit.

This Troop would naturally absorb water elements from heaven and earth and did not need to eat.

Coupled with being a powerful Grade 6 Troop, the speed at which she hunted monsters for food was naturally very fast.

"This girl, even in this man-eat-man world, is so honest, actually trading tens of thousands of units of food at a fair price."

Li Feng shook his head.

Honest people are easily taken advantage of.

If Sun Yun didn't change her personality,

even as a Chosen One, she could easily suffer a great loss.

If her luck was bad, she might even be eliminated from the novice assessment and become one of the few Chosen Ones nailed to the pillar of shame.

Such cases have not been unheard of in history.

It's still that saying:

On the Endless Continent, the most dangerous things are not monsters, but other Lords!

Subsequently, he spoke in the market channel: "Selling a large amount of food, old rules, 100 units for 500 units of basic resources, or 500 gold coins. First come, first served."

Sun Yun was an honest person, but he was not.

He still listed food at five times the market price.

The number of Lords remaining in this competition zone was 800,000.

At least more than half of the Lords lacked food.

The 10,000 units of food Sun Yun listed simply could not meet market demand.

Sure enough, his statement immediately caused a sensation.

Countless hungry Lords desperately clicked into Li Feng's storefront to buy food.

In just an instant, the 20,000 units of food he listed were sold out.

[Trade successful, you gained 500 gold coins]

[Trade successful, you gained 500 gold coins]

[...]

This time, Li Feng did not limit the resources for trading and added gold coin trading.

This also led to the vast majority of Lords trading food with gold coins.

Consequently, the monster materials he listed were also sold out.

In an instant, Li Feng harvested over 30,000 gold coins...