Fortune Soars!

This was Alpha Dog answering in Oriana's place.

The world had a diameter of ten billion kilometers?

Jiang Zhe quickly did the math in his head.

Ever heard the saying, "Sitting still, you travel eighty thousand li a day"?

It referred to Earth's rotation. Eighty thousand li was Earth's circumference, roughly forty thousand kilometers.

The diameter of the world within the bracelet was 250,000 times the length of Earth if it were spread flat!

What kind of spendthrift would make the space inside a World Ring this huge? Were they planning to use it to purchase planets?

Oh, it was the Mechanical Race, and all their combat methods were stored inside the World Storage Device?

Then never mind.

For humans, a World Ring with a diameter of one hundred million kilometers was already enough, and the Cosmic Crystals required only amounted to a few Hunyuan Units.

Jiang Zhe asked curiously, "Alpha, how much did this World Bracelet cost to make?"

"My lord, creating this World Bracelet consumed nearly two million Yulan Units' worth of Cosmic Crystals, equivalent to nearly one million Hunyuan Units."

That was roughly one-third of Teacher Huyan Bo's liquid assets?

Still, for something like a World Storage Device, as long as one found a few World Masters to mine relentlessly, aside from the carrier itself, it was practically a costless business. The only thing wasted was time.

Seen that way, it was not quite so unimaginable.

But... damn!

Why would I need to mine? I can just dig out a few Cosmic Crystals from the ring. That would definitely cover my expenses until the Talent War.

"My lord, let me introduce the various areas of this world to you."

The mechanical dog circled Jiang Zhe's legs, raised its head, and looked up at him eagerly as it volunteered.

"..." Jiang Zhe was speechless.

He did not know whether this was its natural personality or whether Oriana had developed some strange hobby and deliberately trained it this way.

"Hold on. Let me ask you a few questions first." Jiang Zhe pressed down on the mechanical dog's head. "Your master was just an ordinary Immortal. How did he end up in Human Territory?"

"It was a spy lurking in Human Territory. It accidentally discovered the severely wounded and fleeing Huyan Bo, then followed him in hopes of picking up an easy profit, but..."

Jiang Zhe questioned, "Shouldn't the Mechanical Race have strict rules? As a spy, shouldn't he have put the bigger picture first? How could he dare act on his own?"

"My lord, you may not know this, but being sent out as a spy was not necessarily a death sentence. More often, it was a cushy job... It would skim off a small portion of the treasures the Mechanical Race sent to bribe high-ranking humans, and it could also resell scarce resources between the two races."

As it spoke, the mechanical dog raised a paw and pointed toward three locations on the map one by one.

Light and shadow intertwined, revealing two and a half Purple Gold Mechanical Planets.

"My lord, look. Those were built with the money it earned."

"The full name of these mechanical planets is the Purple Star Realm. In its complete form, there are six planets in total."

"However, it can function normally once four are built. Combined with Mechanical Puppets, it can unleash the strength of an Immortal Legion Lord. Once all six are completed, combined with Mechanical Puppets, it can contend against experts close to Marquis Immortals!"

Jiang Zhe examined the two and a half mechanical planets without much surprise.

This was how the Mechanical Race fought.

They first used mechanical weapons such as the Purple Star Realm, Thunder Prison, and Nine Extremities Divine Nation to set up a field spanning hundreds of millions of kilometers and trap their opponents. Then they dispatched tens of millions of Mechanical Puppets to surround and kill them.

Every Mechanical Race Immortal was both poor as hell and absurdly rich!

After answering Jiang Zhe's questions, the mechanical dog began introducing the various regions within the bracelet.

"My lord, this is A1 Area. It stores 6,724 commonly used types of A-grade Metals, with a total remaining weight of roughly sixty quadrillion tons."

"This is A2 Area. It stores..."

"This is A3 Area. It stores..."

"This is A999 Area. It stores 327 important types of A9 Metals. Unless required for production tasks, the Zwicka Worms are not permitted to consume them. This area is guarded by 20,000 Class E9 Mechanical Puppets."

The mention of those 20,000 Class E9 Mechanical Puppets finally perked Jiang Zhe up.

He yawned. Listening to all that had nearly put him to sleep.

Tens of thousands of metal types and tens of quadrillions of tons at every turn sounded terrifying, didn't it?

Then let's do the math.

A8 Black Iron cost 0.0032 Black Dragon Coins per ton.

The exchange rate between Cosmic Currency and Black Dragon Coins was 1:3,300,000.

Roughly speaking, one unit of Cosmic Currency was equivalent to one billion tons of A8 Black Iron.

If you used one Hunyuan Unit, or one trillion Cosmic Currency, to buy it... you could buy a ridiculous amount.

"My lord, this is B1 Area..."

"This is B2 Area. It stores..."

"This is C1 Area. It stores..."

"This is D1 Area. It stores..."

"This is E1 Area. It stores..."

Jiang Zhe noticed that beginning with the Class C areas, both the variety and reserves of metals had dropped sharply.

Class D and E-grade Metals were even scarcer. Added together, they were perhaps worth tens of thousands of Hunyuan Units?

Moreover, unless there was a production task, the Zwicka Worms were strictly forbidden from consuming them. Each area had an E9 Mechanical Puppet legion stationed there as guards.

After reporting the metal reserves, the mechanical dog led Jiang Zhe to the center of the world map, where an enormous steel structure suddenly rose from the ground.

"My lord, this steel city covers nearly ten thousand square kilometers. It is the core of the world within the bracelet—the Mechanical Factory!"

"It contains three categories totaling dozens of Class C Production Lines. It can manufacture Class C spacecraft, C-grade Guard Mechanical Puppets, and top-grade Class C Laser Rifles. It was the former master's money-making tool."

Jiang Zhe's first thought was—I'm rich!

Once I enter the core ranks of the Virtual Universe Corporation, the Jiang Family can ride my coattails and use these three production lines to develop its business...

We'll take off immediately!

But there was one prerequisite: he absolutely could not die. Otherwise, the Jiang Family would be in deep trouble. Even a Marquis Immortal would come over to take a bite.

Too dangerous. He still had to make long-term plans.

The mechanical dog was still waving its paw as though surveying its domain.

"The rest are repair lines for E-grade and F-Rank Mechanical Puppets, used to restore their strength after battle. I assume you are not interested in those, my lord."

"My lord, look at that tower in the center of the city. That is the Mechanical Factory Energy Core."

"The room at the top of the tower was the former master's residence. It sometimes cultivated there, and it was also where it stored important items."

"My lord, that is the complete situation within the bracelet."

The mechanical dog respectfully lowered its head and waited for further instructions.

Jiang Zhe frowned. "No, that's not right. Why haven't you introduced the Mechanical Puppets? They are the most indispensable force inside the World Bracelet!"

"Master, all Mechanical Puppets are under my control. I will report on them to you." Oriana bowed and spoke softly.

"Anna? Even better. Go ahead." Jiang Zhe gestured for her to continue.

With a casual wave of Oriana's hand, the enormous world map scattered apart.

When the light and shadow gathered again, it was replaced by a vast army of Mechanical Puppets.

At the same time, three life-sized projections of different Mechanical Puppets appeared beside Jiang Zhe.

Oriana raised her hand and pulled the shortest projection forward.

The humanoid Mechanical Puppet stood a full twelve meters tall. It was dark purple and carried a greatsword the size of a door on its back.

"Master, this is a Class E9 Mechanical Puppet, forged from Void Thunder Copper. There are nearly seven million of them in the World Bracelet. The Mechanical Race's production costs are much lower than those of humanity. Their total construction cost was roughly over 500,000 Hunyuan Units."

Next, she pulled over the second-tallest projection. It was fifteen meters tall, purple, and of the same design.

"This is an F6-Tier Mechanical Puppet, forged from Purple Chen Copper."

"There were originally 2,000 of them, but half were taken away. They were probably all destroyed by your teacher, and Barabata collected all the remains. The 1,000 left in this world had a total construction cost of over 400,000 Hunyuan Units."

Finally came the twenty-meter-tall Mechanical Puppet. It was purple-gold, with a similar design.

"This is an F8-Tier Mechanical Puppet, forged from Purple Bing Iron. Three thousand of them can firmly entangle an Immortal Spirit!"

"However, this Mechanical Race member had only accumulated a little over three hundred. The remainder should have been destroyed by your teacher as well. The 300 still left in this world had a total construction cost of roughly 350,000 Hunyuan Units."

The string of numbers left Jiang Zhe dry-mouthed. He rubbed his hands together, then calculated the total.

"So that means I now have nearly 2.5 million Hunyuan Units in fixed assets? I'm not far from Teacher Huyan Bo now!"

"Master, your teacher's assets were cash, while ours are fixed assets. Besides... could you not sell them? I can use all of these things, and they would greatly increase our combat strength!"

There's another chapter. I'm writing it now, so read it tomorrow morning.

The figures have been repeatedly checked over. There are no problems.

That's just how the Mechanical Race is. Without spending money, they can't fight. They're absurdly rich.