One and a half million Merit Points were immediately deducted from Xiao Ran. Merit Points were no longer something he lacked or considered particularly important. With the normal output from missions and the Faction Territory, his Merit Point income had already become fully self-sustaining. Thus, he had no reluctance when it came to necessary expenditures.
Even after deducting one and a half million Merit Points, Xiao Ran still had more than eight million left. That was no small amount by itself. Moreover, the shops in the Real Zone brought in more than two million Merit Points every mission cycle, including income from selling mecha and various consumables.
Sales of mecha had been quite good. After all, every mission saw quite a few participants lose their mecha and have no choice but to purchase new ones from Prometheus. Although the mecha Xiao Ran sold were not of especially high grade and were merely C-class mecha, their prices were reasonable. The Astray NA models had been specially manufactured for sale in Prometheus, and out of the two hundred Variable Fighters, over seventy had already been sold.
What proved even more popular, however, were consumables such as Dragon Fangs, T-type Solar Furnaces, and Thermonuclear Energy Engines. Dragon Fangs were consumables, while participants who used T-type Solar Furnaces quickly grew accustomed to the convenience they provided. As for those who bought Thermonuclear Energy Engines, they simply wanted to upgrade their mecha's energy systems.
Of the total revenue, costs accounted for only around forty percent, so monthly earnings likewise exceeded one million Merit Points.
Besides the shops, part of the taxes from the Faction Territory was reinvested into the territory's construction and operation. In particular, the Fleet Territory's foreign trade taxes also generated a respectable Merit Point income. Overall, their Merit Point earnings were considerable.