Back on the top floor, Ye Yun discovered a soft tube device outside his game pod, connected from his nutrient solution tank to his rooftop, where a tin water tower had been erected.
Upstairs, Zhou Ningdong was directing two technicians at work, with two Dragon Palace members watching them.
"General, you're back? How was it? I invited technicians from our Huaguo's nutrient solution manufacturer overnight. I guarantee it won't affect your gaming experience."
Ye Yun glanced around casually and entered his game pod. He didn't understand any of this, as long as his nutrient solution supply was guaranteed.
On the Heavenly Dao forum, Ye Yun stared at the total earnings of his posts, speechless for a long time.
Following yesterday, Ye Yun's post about celestial beings had reached 84 million views. Deducting yesterday's 9 million, this meant that today, a staggering 76 countries or factions had spent a huge amount of gold coins to view it. According to Ye Yun's pricing model, he had once again earned 316 trillion US dollars, which converted to a staggering 189.6 trillion gold coins!
Terrifying! Combined with Ye Yun's earnings from the Shanhai Realm during the day and the viewing fees from his other posts, Ye Yun's current gold coin balance reached an astonishing 212.105 trillion!
In terms of personal wealth, Ye Yun securely occupied the global elite. His wealth was even set to increase at a terrifying speed in the coming days.
In the Shanhai Realm, west of Xiyang City.
Moli sat alone behind a huge rock, staring motionlessly at the place where Luo Fan had logged off. His aura was now much stronger than before. The 250 trillion gold coins had not only elevated his talent to SS-class but also ensured smoother cooperation with Ye Yun. He had spent all his remaining gold coins on his HP.
218 billion gold coins! This had directly boosted his HP from a mere 6 million to over 40 million! With his sacrifice skill, he could directly restore nearly 130 million HP to Black Ant!
A flash of light appeared, and a human figure materialized in Moli's sight, causing the tension in his heart to subtly dissipate.
"You're finally online!" Although Ye Yun had only been gone for less than three to four hours, Moli felt as if an eternity had passed.
"Did you wait here foolishly for four hours?" Ye Yun teased.
"System prompt: Demon race player - Moli has initiated a 'Heavenly Dao Agreement' for player's review. Do you wish to confirm!"
As soon as Ye Yun finished speaking, he received an agreement that Moli had prepared long ago!
"Hiss… you're serious?" Ye Yun was greatly surprised by the agreement. It was actually an agreement for Moli to become affiliated with Ye Yun, essentially a subservient agreement.
However, this came with preconditions!
First, if Ye Yun helped Moli's talent reach X-class during his time in the Shanhai Realm, Moli would become Ye Yun's subordinate, and 5% of Moli's future income would be transferred to Ye Yun's pocket through the Heavenly Dao Agreement.
Second, if Ye Yun helped Moli's talent reach Emperor-class, he would pledge allegiance to Ye Yun, with 10% and 15% of his future income respectively being tribute to Ye Yun.
Third, if Ye Yun helped him reach above Divine-class, Moli would voluntarily become Ye Yun's eternal slave! 30% of his and his subordinate forces' income would be tribute to Ye Yun!
Ye Yun was indifferent to the preceding conditions, but upon seeing the third clause, a terrifying gleam erupted in his eyes!
Slave! 30% income tribute from his forces!
It seemed like a small amount. But this was not Earth; this was the Shanhai Realm, at least ten times larger than Earth. A world that had been explored for several years, a world with over a hundred billion players, and a world of immense wealth!
To be honest, Ye Yun was tempted.
But the gold coins required to elevate him to Divine-class were astronomical, even for him. Although Ye Yun could use his "Touch of Gold" skill to help him, it would be more beneficial to upgrade himself than to help Moli. He wasn't the Mona Lisa, after all.
However, Ye Yun signed it without a second thought.
He still had over eight days left in the Shanhai Realm. While he couldn't guarantee X-class and Emperor-class, with enough effort from Ye Yun and Moli, the 10% cut alone would be enough for Moli to upgrade to X-class, and even Emperor-class wasn't impossible.
"I mingled among the demon race for a hundred years, always considered a prodigy of my Ox-human clan, until this 'Heavenly Dao' appeared."
"It reduced me from a prodigy to an outsider within my clan. In these past few years, I have seen through the essence of this world and tasted the vicissitudes of life."
"To return to my peak, I fear nothing, even at the cost of my life! And you are now my only hope!"
Seeing Ye Yun sign the agreement, Moli rose and bowed deeply to him.
The human and demon races had always preyed on each other, and Moli, as the son of the demon king, Yu Gui, had been forced to submit to Ye Yun.
It seemed that the past few years had indeed driven him mad.
"Let's go. First, let's conquer the remaining fifty-six cities in the Western Regions, excluding Diting City!" Ye Yun turned, summoned Black Ant, and brought Moli into the back of its head.
The Western Regions covered an area of 100,000 square kilometers, but due to their desolate nature, few demons established their main cities there. The Ox-human clan was one of the few that used the Western Regions as their operational base. Compared to other regions, the total number of cities was less than a third of others.
Under Moli's guidance, Black Ant re-entered Xiyang City and began to advance towards other cities through the teleportation array...
By 7 AM the next morning, under Moli's guidance, Ye Yun had taken over twenty-one cities with启天塔 (Qi Tian Towers) throughout the Western Regions in just nine hours, as if entering a land of no resistance. He had demolished over two hundred buildings! The gold coins harvested reached over 60 trillion!
Even Moli's earnings had just reached the 640 billion gold coins required to upgrade his talent, directly elevating it to X-class!
If not for the agreement, Ye Yun might have considered killing the demon and seizing his wealth.
The harvest this time was more than double that of before! However, the number of demons killed was far fewer, only about seven hundred thousand, which reduced Ye Yun's "Touch of Gold" cooldown to 607 hours.
Ye Yun also transferred all the experience points gained from killing demons to Moli using Experience Orbs. The experience gained from killing so many demons was less than 10% of what was needed for his level up.
Ye Yun, who had been up all night, was still energetic. Now that Moli's talent had been upgraded to X-class, their agreement had officially begun, and Moli was now loyal to Ye Yun.
Therefore, Ye Yun comfortably sat cross-legged at the back of Black Ant's head. He looked at the Combat Manifestation Card and Skill Manifestation Card he had obtained from his last talent upgrade, filled with anticipation.
"Use Combat Manifestation Card."
"System prompt: Combat Manifestation Card successfully manifested. Manifested strength 5%. Total manifested combat power is now 15%."
Ye Yun did not use the Skill Manifestation Card, as he wanted to save it for manifesting more powerful skills in the future.
As his strength manifested, the nutrient solution in Ye Yun's game pod began to flow rapidly into his body like water from an open faucet, replenishing his bodily functions.
Simultaneously, Ye Yun opened his eyes within the game pod. He carefully put on the game ring, which he hadn't used in a long time, and stepped out of the game pod.