As a young man who had received a comprehensive education, Ma Yuxuan naturally calculated Longevity City's total expenditure over two hundred thousand years in an instant.
"At 1.6 million divine source a day, two hundred thousand years comes to roughly 116 trillion divine source."
"For a top-tier trade district, that shouldn't count as much, should it?"
Ma Yuxuan offered those two remarks.
Hearing this, Chen Changsheng shook his head. "That's not how you calculate it!"
"Divine source and spirit stones are products of other epochs, not the Netherworld Epoch."
"To obtain divine source and spirit stones, the Netherworld Epoch has to exchange its allotted material resources with other factions."
"And the exchange ratio between the Netherworld Epoch and other epochs is one to twenty."
"Longevity City burned through 116 trillion divine source in two hundred thousand years."
"But in reality, the Netherworld Epoch exchanged 2,320 trillion in material resources for that 116 trillion divine source."
"One city burned through 2,320 trillion divine source just to keep itself running."
"Do you still think that's cheap?"
At this answer, Ma Yuxuan frowned and said, "That is indeed an extremely steep price."
"With maintenance costs that high, can Longevity City earn it back?"
"Of course it can, because the Netherworld Epoch was once the greatest den of lavish spending in the entire Virtual World."
"Many influential figures chose to spend their money here."
"At its peak, a trade district like this could turn over a trillion divine source in a single day."
"Why?"
Ma Yuxuan asked instinctively, and Chen Changsheng pointed at him as he spoke.
"The fact that you asked that question shows you weren't paying attention in your finance and trade classes."
"The Netherworld Epoch's resource exchange ratio is one to twenty. Although that arrangement drains the Netherworld Epoch's lifeblood at