Published: February 13, 2025
Three people fell silent for a moment, trying to digest the implications of this figure.
The Reaper of Restraint had just sold for over twelve billion. Although it was a significant profit, the dwarves were very aware that while the profit margin for divine level equipment was higher than many other items, it wasn’t particularly astonishing. The transaction price was twelve billion, but what about the cost of the Reaper of Restraint? From the initial project proposal to the step-by-step experiments, and finally to the overall refinement, it had already cost over four billion. The maintenance and preservation over the years added several hundred million more. Furthermore, they had conducted a test previously, and the cost of that test—including the target consumption and post-use maintenance—was as high as five hundred million!
Adding it all up, the total cost exceeded five billion, and that was based on the value of five billion from years ago, which was worth somewhat more than today. This means that the dwarves had only made a profit of around sixty billion from this divine level equipment.
Now, this profit had suddenly vanished for the most part.
Fifty billion was equivalent to a piece of divine level equipment for the dwarves. Fortunately, this auction had substantial profits from the sealed boxes and combat assistance systems, as well as the sale of other equipment; otherwise, the dwarves would be going crazy right now.
Additionally, let’s not forget, some of those materials, aside from what was already theirs, were acquired at the risk of being despised and attacked by the All Races of the Universe!
Outsiders thought that the dwarves were not short of money. Indeed, they weren’t lacking in the past, but ever since Heiting Yanting implemented a certain strategy, they had become financially strained. Otherwise, they wouldn’t have resorted to actions against the surrounding material suppliers.
Although the motives for these actions were not solely about Moon Age Gold.
In this situation, having so much money robbed, it’s easy to imagine the anger boiling within Heiting Yanting at this moment.
Both Lingqin and Wutata understood the divine artisan Heiting Yanting too well, so they focused their attention on him, unsure of what decision he would make.
Unexpectedly, Heiting Yanting remained calm, instead saying, “Activate the Divine Eye.”
“They really think they’ve escaped,” the dwarf’s divine artisan clan leader chuckled softly.
Wutata nodded and walked over to the Divine Eye, lifting his hands to place them gently upon it, then lowered his head and closed his eyes.
The once silent Divine Eye began to move, though not as dramatically as during the auction. It merely rotated slightly and then opened a small gap, projecting a beam of light that formed a star chart of the area where the Survivor Fortress was located on the platform.
At this time, Wutata removed his hands from the Divine Eye and walked closer to the star chart, looking at it alongside the other two.
Many Survivor Fortresses had some bright spots on them, though these were only approximate areas. The three quickly glanced over, noting nearly a thousand bright spots.
“So many?” Heiting Yanting frowned.
Wutata, now the operator of the Divine Eye, explained, “This ability of the Divine Eye has never been its main function. It can mark locations but can only trace back to the past, so the number is somewhat high, but accuracy is limited. It cannot clearly define the movements of life within Divine Artisan City during that period. Additionally, due to energy and distance limitations, it cannot perform all-weather tracking. To maintain the existence of the marks, it also consumes a large amount of energy.”
“Thanks to our ancestors who manufactured this near-peak equipment; otherwise, I can’t imagine how we’d manage this,” Wutata continued. “While we cannot guarantee complete tracking, the number of light points is substantial, and we can check them one by one. The peak expert cannot be marked by the Divine Eye, but I believe his subordinates are among these nearly one thousand light points.”