Bai Qingxue stood off to the side, still stunned into silence as Shi Feng unloaded materials that filled the guild warehouse to the brim.
As the guild's vice leader, Bai Qingxue had a fairly solid understanding of Divine Realm materials. Yet more than half of what Shi Feng had taken out were ones she couldn't even identify. Even among the ones she did recognize, every single one was a priceless commodity on the market—fetching enormous prices at the best of times and absolutely impossible to come by at the worst.
And there was an entire warehouse full of them.
The warehouse in their Zero Wing territory was no small space—roughly the size of three or four basketball courts. Yet even that was completely packed. If all of these materials were sold off, the profits would be beyond imagining.
"Guild Master, are these all from the Western Continent?" Bai Qingxue couldn't help but ask, turning to Shi Feng.
She knew that Shi Feng and the others had gone to the Western Continent. The guild still needed someone to manage affairs, which was why she had stayed behind.
But knowing was one thing—Shi Feng hadn't exactly spent a long time on the Western Continent. Even bringing a large number of Magic Crystals along, amassing this many rare materials would be incredibly difficult. Rare materials were rare precisely because their numbers were limited. Once someone started buying in bulk, prices would skyrocket. To fill an entire warehouse like this, one would have to sweep through the auction houses of countless kingdoms and empires—and even then, it wouldn't be something that could be accomplished in just a few days.
"Yep, gathering all of these took quite a bit of time." Shi Feng nodded and smiled. "So? Do you still think those Dark World players are a problem?"
He had known about Demon's Heart's trump card from the very beginning.
Had this been before his trip to the Western Continent, he wouldn't have dared to make a move against Demon's Heart so casually. After all, he would have been facing players from an entire great world, not just a single faction.
But things were different now. Now, he was sitting on a small fortune.
Three million Magic Crystals' worth of rare materials unique to the Western Continent—and Magic Crystals on the Western Continent were far scarcer than on the Eastern Continent, meaning they carried even greater value. By his estimate, these materials could sell for at least ten million Gold Coins on the Eastern Continent.
Ten million Gold Coins. Even the major superpowers couldn't come up with that kind of money right now. Managing one or two million would already be impressive.
"Guild Master, you're absolutely ruthless—scoring this many Western Continent-exclusive materials. If the other major powers find out about this, they'll probably go completely insane." Seeing Shi Feng nod, Bai Qingxue could hardly contain her excitement.
In the Divine Realm, money was power!
Whether it was constructing guild cities or funding the various welfare benefits and compensation packages for guild members, all of it required enormous amounts of Gold Coins. With money, development could proceed at breakneck speed. Unfortunately, Gold Coin output in the Divine Realm was extremely limited, and player expenditures were equally high. As a result, the value of Gold Coins had barely dropped and was even beginning to stabilize. So if the major powers wanted to grow, they either had to invest massive amounts of Credit Points to buy Gold Coins or accumulate slowly over time. Buying Gold Coins with Credit Points only yielded small quantities, because even if you wanted to buy large amounts, they simply weren't available—everyone was short on Gold Coins.
Zero Wing in particular had been desperate for funds, especially with the development of their Knight Corps. The deficit had been anything but minor.
Now, with this massive windfall, they could fully arm the Knight Corps to the teeth and forge a genuine NPC legion.
"However, I still have an important use for most of these materials. For now, I can only sell about half. I'm leaving that to you—make sure you find people you can absolutely trust. If word leaks, it'll be nearly impossible to sell at top prices." Shi Feng couldn't help but offer a reminder.
It wasn't that he was being overly cautious. In the Divine Realm, scarcity did drive up value. But the moment someone learned you were strapped for cash and needed to sell, they would do everything possible to lowball you—or even pressure you into offloading items for a pittance.
Most importantly, he didn't want anyone to know that Zero Wing had come into a massive fortune. Developing quietly was the way to go.
"I understand. I guarantee every material will sell at an ideal price, and the major powers won't find out a thing." A hint of a smile crept onto Bai Qingxue's lips. She was already looking forward to the expressions on the faces of those major powers when they saw Zero Wing's brand-new Knight Corps.
Ever since Stone Forest City had established a foothold in the Cold Spring Forest, the major powers had been coveting the city nonstop. And as the number of Tier 3 players among those factions continued to grow, Zero Wing's deterrence in the Cold Spring Forest had been steadily weakening.
In fact, with the whole Demon's Heart situation unfolding, reports of friction between those factions and Zero Wing had been flooding in lately. The other powers were getting bolder by the day.
If this kept up, before the Dark World's passage even opened, the major powers would likely start making covert moves against Zero Wing's people elsewhere—and begin encroaching on Zero Wing's resource territories.
"Then I'll leave it all to you." Shi Feng nodded.