A hundred people parachuted down, landing in different places to loot and gear up for a battle royale, but in reality, everyone was on the same map.
With the main server destroyed, those subsidiary servers naturally could not be used either.
He did not know when the Spirit Pagoda would repair it, but he could be certain that they would be unable to enter the Spirit Ascension Platform for a long time to come.
The Spirit Pagoda would certainly suffer devastating losses because of this, and might even sell off Soul Spirits at low prices.
The Spirit Pagoda monopolized Soul Spirits. In truth, Soul Spirits were not worth such high prices, and they could create low-level Soul Spirits by hand, expending only a little energy.
Having lost the Spirit Ascension Platform, an important source of revenue, the Spirit Pagoda would have to make up for it elsewhere.
Soul Spirit prices were already as high as they could go. Ordinary Soul Masters could not bear to buy them. To generate revenue, they could only lower the prices. They were not worth much anyway.
And that would be their opportunity to buy up Soul Spirits in bulk.
This heavenly tribulation really had killed several birds with one stone.
Di Tian, could those eyes of yours really see so far ahead?
Lin Ming could not help sighing in admiration.
Meanwhile, inside the Reincarnation Tower, Di Tian sneezed.
"Who's talking about me?"
Thinking of how smoothly everything had gone, looking at Shrek's empty grounds, and then remembering his old line of work, Lin Ming could not stop the corners of his mouth from rising as he let out a few wicked chuckles.
The Golden Dragon King, hovering over his shoulder, tilted his head. Seeing Lin Ming's strange smile, he asked in his childish voice:
"What are you laughing about out of nowhere, brat?
"And your laugh is so disgusting!"
At that moment, Lin Ming looked just like Li Chunfeng speaking with Yuan Tiangang, wearing that strange smile, a smile that seemed to have calculated everything.
Lin Ming ignored him, merely considering the feasibility in his mind.
"What exactly are you laughing about, brat?
"Tell me so I can enjoy it too."
The Golden Dragon King was unbearably curious.
"With Shrek City destroyed like this, won't they put everything into rebuilding it next?" Lin Ming asked slowly.
"Is that what you're laughing about? Of course they will." The Golden Dragon King answered without thinking.
"Shrek might look badly battered, but among their top experts, only that-what did you call her-Long Runaway died. Just her, with some other experts dead or injured.
"But as far as I'm concerned, human lives are the cheapest things in this world. As long as Shrek still exists, they can rebuild right away, and they'll definitely build another academy immediately.
"But they should be out of money, shouldn't they?
"The entire Shrek Sea God Pavilion was melted by the lightning of this heavenly tribulation, and it melted such a huge hole into the ground too. Everything's gone. Where would they get the money to build anything?
"Looks like Di Tian did something huge. He ruined Shrek outright."
"You're overthinking it. Shrek being broke is the funniest joke I've ever heard."
"Then where else would their money come from?"
"Normally speaking, with their real estate blasted away, Shrek's assets would be almost entirely gone too.
"But times have changed.
"Brother, this is the age of the Federation now. Soul guidance technology is advanced."
He waved the Soul Guidance Communication Device in his hand.
"Transactions are all conducted online now. Shrek's money is in their accounts. Their money is all held at the Federation Bank.
"Put plainly, money is just a string of numbers now.
"Shrek has always monopolized the geniuses of the entire Douluo Continent. Nobody knows how much wealth they have.
"With their money, rebuilding Shrek Academy and Shrek City would be a piece of cake."
"Huh?"
The Golden Dragon King looked displeased after hearing that.
"Doesn't that mean this heavenly tribulation didn't deal them any substantial blow? As long as their account information remains, as long as the money in the bank remains, they can rebuild Shrek City immediately."
"Exactly. But have you forgotten what I do?"
The Golden Dragon King froze, thought carefully, then suddenly remembered.
"I remember you inherited a construction company."
"Exactly, and a top-tier construction company at that. Across the entire Douluo Federation, only those top imperial construction companies can stand on equal footing with mine. None of the others can compare."
"Then what are you planning?" The Golden Dragon King caught the scent of trouble brewing.
Whenever Lin Ming grinned wickedly, he knew something was about to happen.
"I thought of something fun. It'll definitely pile snow onto Shrek Academy's frost."
"Tell me, tell me."
"Most of the money in the company I inherited was actually taken by my eldest uncle. All I inherited was an empty shell, with a mountain of debt on the books.
"But I've made the books look good, so nobody's noticed yet. My company is still a top-tier company, and the bomb won't go off for now."
"Then how are you planning to play this?"
Lin Ming rubbed his chin and said with a smile:
"Think about it. Shrek will be desperate to rebuild, so they'll definitely invite tenders from construction companies.
"And my company is one of the largest construction companies in the entire Douluo Federation, so naturally, we can participate in the bidding too.
"All I have to do is win it with a low bid. When the time comes, we'll resurrect Long Yeyue. She'll take part in Shrek's decision-making, so won't we know exactly what Shrek's lowest quoted price is?
"How could we possibly lose the bidding?
"Then we'll have all of Shrek's reconstruction projects firmly in the bag-the Shrek Sea God Pavilion, Shrek Academy, and the whole of Shrek City. We'll take them all."
"And then?"
Lin Ming snorted and said with utter deviousness:
"Once we win the bid, we cut corners outright. Tofu-dreg construction from beginning to end.
"Rebuilding a city this big, a project this massive, will cost tens of billions at the very least.
"Then we'll siphon every last bit of those tens of billions from their accounts and leave them a tofu-dreg academy and a tofu-dreg city.
"Shrek Academy is already badly battered. With this move, I'll drain their bank accounts dry, even empty out their coffin money. I'll pile snow onto their frost until they can never turn their fortunes around."
"What if they come knocking at your door?"
"I've got a shell company saddled with enormous loans. Why the hell would I keep it? I'll just run."
Hearing Lin Ming's underhanded plan, the Golden Dragon King froze for a few seconds, then immediately broke into helpless laughter.
"I can't take it! You're too devious, brat! Damn, you're killing me.
"Shrek must have had eight lifetimes of bloody bad luck to end up with you.
"I can already picture that bizarre scene when the project's handed over and Shrek Academy's teachers and students move into their new academy. The walls crumble at a touch, and the buildings collapse at a touch.
"No, just thinking about it is hilarious.
"Brilliant. Absolutely brilliant.
"You're really wicked, brat, but I like it.
"This move is simply incredible."
"You think that's brilliant already?"
Lin Ming still had plenty of underhanded tricks he had yet to think up. There was still plenty of room to maneuver here.
If he wanted, he could swindle Shrek beyond all endurance in a matter of minutes.
He was not the squeamish sort. Since he had chosen to make a deal with the Golden Dragon King, which benefited him more, he was destined to become Shrek's enemy.
Naturally, he would not show his enemies mercy.
Besides, a malignant tumor like Shrek should not exist in this world. It would be good if it disappeared.
After becoming human, Tang Hao, that lofty Plane Master, would receive a lesson from Lin Ming before he had even begun running Shrek Academy, all over a mere reconstruction.
How spectacular would his expression be then?
"Hahahahaha!"
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