Selling Materials

When Jia Yi hurried from Kyoto Base City to the military district, the monster materials Lin Qingyu had hunted had yet to be fully sorted.

Yet even Jia Yi was stunned when he saw the enormous corpse of the Earth Dragon King.

Although Lin Qingyu had displayed an output of twenty-five million kilograms during the test, enough to reach Planetary level 4.

Combat strength could not be calculated that way.

Among those on Earth who could break through to the Planetary level, who did not know some power-amplification techniques? With an average fourfold amplification, even a Planetary level 1st stage fighter could unleash attacks in the tens of millions of kilograms.

Experts qualified to be called veteran Councillors had generally reached Planetary level 2. Factoring in amplification techniques, they could usually unleash bursts of thirty million kilograms.

Although King level monsters were inferior to human Councillors in terms of power-amplification techniques, their bodies were naturally powerful. Taken as a whole, their strength was not much weaker than that of Councillors.

And now, Lin Qingyu had actually killed a King level monster comparable to a veteran Councillor in a one-on-one fight, and he appeared to have suffered virtually no injuries.

One had to know that Lin Qingyu did not even have a Black God Suit yet!

Even Jia Yi found himself sharing the same thought as Chen Cheng. Was Lin Qingyu really an Earthling?

Talent was one thing, but being this powerful was simply too outrageous.

Of course, if Lin Qingyu knew what they were thinking, he would probably only smile.

Being able to kill a Planetary level 2 fighter at fifteen was an utterly ordinary achievement in the vast universe.

Not to mention anything else, the Golden Horn Beast that would arrive on Earth six years later would be invincible at the Planetary level from the moment it was born, treating King level monsters like food.

His Life Gene Level was fifty times higher. In terms of genes alone, he was even more noble than the Golden Horn Beast. However, his situation was closer to a natural mutation. He had no ancestral elders, and naturally no Secret Methods passed down through his bloodline.

Moreover, although a fiftyfold Gene Level was high, it had not reached the point where the universe would actively bestow an Innate Secret Technique upon him.

"Councillor Lin, you have already fulfilled this year's low-price sale quota. However, there are still quite a few monster materials left. Would you like to sell them at the original price, or use them to offset future quotas?" the clerk responsible for calculating the value of the monster materials asked respectfully.

Although it was an unspoken rule that all materials brought back from hunts after reporting to the military district counted toward the low-price quota, Lin Qingyu had brought back far too much this time. Even the annual low-price material quota stipulated for Councillors directly trained by the nation was far less than these materials.

So the clerk had come to ask Lin Qingyu how he intended to handle the materials that exceeded his quota.

"I want to buy Hong's World Ending manual. Calculate it for me. As long as there's enough money to buy World Ending, sell everything left over at the low price," Lin Qingyu said indifferently.

It was not that Lin Qingyu was particularly high-minded or regarded money as dirt.

In truth, he quite liked valuable treasures.

But in his view, Earth's currency had no meaning. After all, the money and treasures he needed were those of the universe. Earth's money could not be taken into the universe and exchanged for anything.

Besides, with his strength, farming Earth's monsters was no different from farming mobs in a game. Therefore, to him, Earth's currency was no more valuable than in-game currency in a computer game.

"No, Councillor Lin, you would be taking too great a loss that way. I think we can use another arrangement."

To Lin Qingyu's surprise, Jia Yi actually spoke up to stop him.

After hearing Jia Yi's words, Lin Qingyu blinked and looked at Jia Yi in confusion.

In his view, Jia Yi should have happily accepted so many materials from him at once.

Jia Yi, on the other hand, could not help but laugh at Lin Qingyu's surprised yet faintly puzzled expression.

So he first gestured for Lin Qingyu to ask any questions later.

Then he said to the clerk and General Chen Cheng, "The Lord level materials Councillor Lin brought back this time will be purchased by the military at a low price as this year's contribution quota. The excess will be sold to the military at the same price according to Councillor Lin's wishes, offsetting his quotas for the next several years. As for the Earth Dragon King's corpse, part of it will be purchased by the military at the original price. The rest will serve as research materials and samples for the Huaxia Gene Energy and Mental Power Research Institute. Its specific use will be decided by the institute's director and person in charge, Lin Qingyu himself."

After proposing this arrangement, Jia Yi turned to Lin Qingyu and asked for his opinion.

Naturally, Lin Qingyu had no objections. Jia Yi's proposal was yielding benefits to him, so there was no reason for him to object.

Very quickly, Lin Qingyu's gains from this hunt were calculated according to Jia Yi's arrangement.

This single haul was enough to offset his low-price quotas for the next five years. Moreover, including the King level monster's corpse, the money from the sale was enough for him to purchase the World Ending manual.

After the calculations were finished, Jia Yi took Lin Qingyu aboard a plane, preparing to fly back to the Base City.

"Xiao Yu, are you wondering why I opposed the arrangement you proposed?" Jia Yi asked as he looked at Lin Qingyu.

Lin Qingyu nodded. He truly felt that Jia Yi's arrangement was better, at least, at the time Jia Yi proposed that plan,

"Because this is the necessary respect due to Planetary level experts," Jia Yi said.

"Respect?" Lin Qingyu repeated, looking thoughtful.

"Yes, respect." Jia Yi emphasized it again. "For direct-line experts trained by the nation, this rule has limits. It applies only to Lord level monsters hunted by Councillors. But if a Councillor kills a King level monster, no organization will lower the purchase price when buying it. That is respect for Councillor level experts."

As Jia Yi explained, Lin Qingyu naturally came to understand the reasoning behind it.

Without question, the low-price transaction quotas between Councillor level experts and the nation would cause Councillors to lose some money.

Yet Councillors of direct-line origin were still willing to maintain such transactions.

On one hand, direct-line Councillor level experts received national support throughout their growth, so after becoming Councillors, they remembered that favor.

On the other hand, killing Lord level monsters was not particularly difficult for Councillors, and the low-price purchase quotas had been calculated so that they would not be excessively large. Therefore, Councillors did not mind using what amounted to "small money" to them in exchange for status and authority.

But King level monsters were different. Even Councillors faced danger when confronting King level monsters, and hunting them was an act of risk-taking.

If the purchase price were still forced down at such a time, it would be a disregard for a Councillor's life.

The saying that greater ability brought greater responsibility was meant to demand things of oneself, not to force others.

"A nation may have only three or four direct-line Councillors, but when the nation needs them, it can mobilize many more Councillors. That is because we have made Councillors feel respected," Jia Yi concluded. "If we had really purchased the Earth Dragon King you killed at a low price just now, then regardless of whether you did so willingly, it would have given other Councillors the impression that we did not respect the fruits of their risks. It might seem like we gained some benefit, but it would have harmed the nation's ability to mobilize other, non-direct-line Councillor level experts."

"So that was how it worked?" Lin Qingyu nodded. He was not actually stupid; he simply had not devoted his attention to thinking about such political matters.

"Handing the Earth Dragon King over to your research institute solves that problem. This way, you still decide how the corpse is used, and it will not leave a bad impression on the other Councillors. It will also benefit your research institute's development. Research institutes that can obtain King level monster materials are all among the nation's top institutes. With the Earth Dragon King's corpse as a symbol, we can show all researchers our determination and ability to run this institute well, allowing us to recruit more research talent," Jia Yi said to Lin Qingyu.

"Master, thank you," Lin Qingyu said. He truly valued the research institute, and having more talented people would naturally be a good thing.

"I have some considerations of my own as well. After all, once your research institute produces results, the entire nation will benefit in the end," Jia Yi said frankly.

"Don't worry. I'll definitely produce results," Lin Qingyu said.

"Good. Then I'll wait and see." Jia Yi looked at Lin Qingyu and smiled kindly.