"These things aren't free, are they?"
After analyzing the motives, Cindy quickly thought of the key point. Were all these abundant ingredients and entertainment facilities really provided free of charge?
The Clown did not answer immediately this time. Instead, after remaining silent for more than ten seconds, he slowly forced a smile. "They aren't free, but the cost is extremely low. Here, one point can be exchanged for several cases of fine beer or hundreds of pounds of ingredients. One point can let you enjoy yourself in town for an entire day. It's extremely cost-effective..."
"Is that so?" Cindy coldly interrupted him. "But I heard that outside, one point can be exchanged for more than a million dollars!"
The Clown: "..."
Cindy: "You use resources from the real world and exploit the environmental restrictions to guide citizens into exchanging their points for those resources. Isn't your real goal to cash out D-Earth assets here?"
As soon as she said this, the smile on the Clown's face gradually faded, and his gaze turned cold.
He had not expected a mere little reporter to see through their intentions so quickly...
Indeed, all these unnecessary facilities and the construction of the settlement were merely a smokescreen. Cashing out assets was the true objective.
According to Star Sea regulations, the lord of each city was provided with a sum of starting capital. However, those funds were subject to intelligent supervision and could only be used for city construction; they could not be directly pocketed. This restriction prevented City Lord Mister from rapidly giving the children of capital families certain initial advantages through the lord's authority.
This also meant that although capitalists possessed immense wealth on D-Earth, it was useless here, because no assets on D-Earth—whether real estate or cash—had any value here.
Thus, Mister