Invincible Heroes - Hidden Architect

Ghost Port City, the most famous port city in Dia.

Due to its proximity to the Ghost Sea, the concentration of undead gas in Ghost Port City is extremely high.

The excessive amount of undead energy makes this city very suitable for the survival of disembodied spirits.

Therefore, Ghost Port is also the city with the second most "Apiao" in the entire Diya, second only to the capital Canopy City.

Seven Pigeons and Hex walked in Ghost Port City.

The eerie black stone bricks are covered with broken spiritual tombs, which are the residences of ghosts.

If Seven Pigeons wants to follow Hex home, they will inevitably pass by the spiritual tomb. Whenever this happens, the ghosts living in the spiritual tomb will fly out and circle around Seven Pigeons.

Hex looked around in surprise and said to Qi Ge:

"Lord, these unconscious ghosts seem to like you very much? They seem particularly active when they are around you."

Qi Ge glanced at the ghost's face in the sky and immediately knew:

"Ah, they are all female ghosts. It's normal. There's no need to panic."

"Is this really normal? They want to get close to you and jump on you, but they are afraid of your power and dare not get close, so they can only hover.

I feel like these ghosts are going crazy. "

"It's okay, they will give up after a while."

Qi Ge shook his head in his heart.

This is one of the negative effects of having too high a charm value. To the unconscious female undead who have no self-control, I am like a beacon in the dark, making them unable to resist their desire to get close.

Qi Ge could only silently replace the treasures on his body that reduced his charm, so that [Infinite Charm] would not work.

At this moment, those restless female ghosts finally found rest and returned to their spiritual tombs obediently.

The layout of Ghost Harbor is a bit like Venice. The city is divided into a land part and a river part.

In the river part, a large number of dense water networks and river channels have replaced the rocky roads. If you want to move between buildings, you can only use bridges and ghost rafts on the river.

Also, most of the bridges are made of ghost rafts.

These ghost rafts glow dimly on the river, flickering on and off. From a distance, they look like twinkling fireflies.

When Qi Ge followed Hex to his home, Qi Ge realized that he had indeed heard it right.

Hex was in Canopy City and lived in a slum mausoleum. In Ghost Port, he still lived in a slum mausoleum.

"Sir, we are here. Hey, hey, it looks a little small, don't mind, it will be spacious when you get inside."

Hex smiled awkwardly, looking a little embarrassed.

His mausoleum is the lowest of all mausoleums. It is only a square pyramid with a height of 3 meters, a length of 4 meters, and a width of 4 meters. It looks like a large urn.

This type of mausoleum is usually inhabited by the weakest corpse witches of level 5 and level 1. No hero would like to live here, let alone a pseudo-legend.

Although Hex's residence was dilapidated, Qi Ge did not laugh at it, but was in awe.

Hex had spent so much research funds before that even a small part of it would be enough to buy a luxurious mage tower, but he still lives here.

This shows that he is most likely, as he said, an avid researcher who can give up all material comforts for research.

He followed Hex into his tomb.

After Hex took Qi Ge for a visit, Qi Ge was even more convinced of his conjecture.

Hex's mausoleum has an internal space, with a total of five floors, each floor is more than 200 square meters, and the total usable area is more than 1,000 square meters.

In such a large area, Hex only allocated less than fifty square meters as his living area and living room, and the rest was all his research equipment.

Qi Ge followed Hex and walked all the way. There were stone pillars, stone slabs, tombstones and research platforms carved with magic runes everywhere.

The potion research area, corpse disposal area, magic practice area...the equipment is beyond Qi Ge's imagination.

"Sir, this is my most proud [Trosa Magic Centrifuge]. It can decompose living things into their most basic elements and help me analyze the basic composition of living things.

This is the latest model released by the Braca da Trossa Chamber of Commerce this year. There are no more than three people in Diya who have this machine. I bought this from the Trossa Chamber of Commerce using a lot of connections.

This machine alone is worth 800,000 gold coins.

I was able to research the Devil's Son and the Skeleton Three-Headed Dog, and this machine was indispensable. Of course, it was also because I bought this that I was in such a tight situation. "

Qige looked at this machine that looked like a top and was a little surprised:

"I think I've seen this machine at my teacher's house, but it's not this small. There's a blue bottle on the left, and a stone slab covered with magic circles on the right."

"Ah?! Huh!!" Hex shouted in surprise:

"That is the top version of the Magic Centrifuge [Advanced Magic Analyzer]. The price is three times that of the centrifuge, and the purchase requirements are very high. You must be a Mithril-level VIP of the Trossa Chamber of Commerce.

Your teacher must be a great mage who is more enthusiastic about research than me, right? "

Research? emm…

Does studying the female forest shooter count? Does studying Queen Medusa count? Does it count to study the rabbit sisters?

If it counts, then Mr. Agede is quite fanatical.

I remember that a layer of dust fell on the magic analyzer, and it was piled in the corner by Teacher Agaide.

This world is really unreasonable. Hex, who is really passionate about studying biology, has been reduced to selling himself to get funding.

And the best research machines are gathering dust in the homes of people who are not interested in studying living things at all.

Qi Ge said with a pained face:

"That's right. I'll ask the teacher another day if he's using the analyzer. If he's not using it, I'll get it for you."

"Huh?!" Hex was overjoyed:

"Really? Lord, let's make an agreement! If I have an analyzer, my research speed will definitely be increased several times."

"Then I can still lie to you. Don't worry, I have always been very good to my own people. As long as you work hard, I will let you have everything you want.

At that time, whatever instruments you need, you can make a list for me and I will get it done for you.

To be honest, I also have some connections in Bracada, which may be slightly wider than yours. "

Qi Ge patted Hex on the shoulder and said meaningfully:

"Okay, let's get out all the skeletons, zombies, ghosts, etc. in your mausoleum first, and clear out all the living things. I will pack your mausoleum away in a moment."

"Hey, that's good!"

After seeing the scene of Dogothos sending Seven Pigeons away in person, Hex now firmly believed in Qi Pigeon's words.

Although he has not yet figured out who Qi Ge is, it does not prevent him from understanding how powerful Qi Ge is.

As a poor pseudo-legend, Hex is the only intelligent undead in the tomb, and the other undead soldiers are his unintelligent assistants.

Soon, these unintelligent undead all walked out of the tomb under Hex's order.

Qi Ge took a look and found that in terms of high-level units, there were about thirty Corpse Witch NPCs above level 4 on Hex's side, and he even had two level 5 miracle death knights who were responsible for looking after his family.

There were three nails in the broken ship, and the skinny camel was bigger than the horse.

Poor people are poor, but Hex is still a pseudo-legend after all, and he still has the financial resources he deserves.

If it weren't for Qi Ge, if it were any other player, Hex would be someone they would kneel down and lick.

Qi Ge and Hex waited for a while, and the city lord of Ghost Port City, a pseudo-legendary ghost hero, came to Hex's residence under the leadership of [Blood Dragon True Blood Lord].

"My lord, I am Barritt, the city lord of Ghost Port City. What is the purpose of your visit?"

The mythical blood dragon suddenly came to the door, and Barrit was obviously a little panicked. He was afraid that he had not done well enough and would be accused.

Qi Ge said with relief:

"Lord City Lord, don't be nervous, we are not here to inspect.

I just want to ask you for a favor, mobilize the power of the Yasha Fire Ring, and give me the ownership of this tomb. "

"That's it?"

Barritt was stunned for a moment.

"That's easy."

With the True Blood Duke present, Barritt did not ask any questions and cooperated quite cooperatively in giving the ownership of the mausoleum to Qi Ge.

With the ownership in hand, Qi Ge took out the [Sequencing Hammer].

"eighty!"

Qi Ge yelled and hit the tomb with a hammer.

With a bang, Hex's mausoleum was uprooted from the ground and turned into a small mausoleum model in mid-air, which was put into Qi Ge's space backpack.

After reaching the Master Architect level, Qi Ge has a more complete grasp of the [Hammer of Sequence] and is better able to unleash the power of the [Hammer of Sequence].

Now, he can directly package his own building as a whole without having to dismantle the building into drawings.

Qi Ge had a hunch that if he reached Legend, he could even pack up the city and take it away.

Seeing his mausoleum being smashed into a model and disappearing by Seven Pigeons with a hammer, Hex was stunned:

"This, this, this, Lord, where is my home? I have such a big mausoleum and it is just gone?"

"Don't look, your home is with me. When you get to my territory, I will help you make arrangements."

"What kind of magic is this? It's incredible, it's incredible."

Qi Ge explained and expressed his gratitude to True Blood Duke and the Lord of Ghost Port City.

He took Hex, who was still in a daze, to the seaside, and took a small boat to join the Silver Spirit in the ocean area.

After that, the Silver Spirit will take Hex back to the City of God's Choice, and Qi Ge will take advantage of this time to take the ghost ship in the Ghost Port City and go to the [South Tomb City].

According to Dogothos' information, the vampire red wedding group is in the [Southern Tomb City].

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In recent times, the situation in Bracada has become increasingly delicate.

Brakada's new upstart, the Jenova Chamber of Commerce, which works closely with Seri, has risen strongly.

[Jenova Chamber of Commerce] obtained a huge amount of gold coin reserves through various means, and took advantage of Brakada's weak period after the war to buy low-quality assets in Brakada.

Mixue Bingtang spent a large amount of gold coins and turned them into factories, taverns, shops, and mines that could continuously generate profits.

These assets will generate predictable returns, which means they have considerable value.

Mixue Bingtang used the future income rights of these assets as collateral to borrow money from the Bracada Treasury.

For a gold mine that would take five years to complete and could earn a profit of 200,000 gold coins, Mixue Bingtang could loan out 150,000 gold coins.

When she purchased this mine, she only spent 50,000 yuan.

With one purchase and one loan, Mixue Bingtang's cash on hand increased from 50,000 to 100,000.

She then used the 100,000 gold coins to continue to acquire other assets and continue to mortgage them.

In addition to this method, Mixue Bingtang also has many ways to make money with complex rules, but they remain true to the core. The core is to rely on loans to take out the gold coins from Brakada's large vault and let her develop on her own.

Once the game of making money starts to spin, it is like a snowball rolling down a hillside. The snowball gets bigger and bigger and cannot be stopped or stopped.

Each loan will accrue interest every month.

And these interests need to be paid by Mixue Bingtang with the newly borrowed loan.

Once an interest payment is not paid, the big treasury will be asked to freeze the assets of Mixue Bingtang.

But Mixue Bingtang was able to repay all the interest, and could also loan out more gold coins and acquire more assets while repaying the interest.

This method of expansion relying on finance rather than its own operations is something that the local mages of Brakada have never thought of.

This is a dimensionality-reducing blow from another world.

For the senior management of Brakada, although they cannot understand the operation of Mixue Bingtang, they can see that one shop after another, factories and mines have the name of "Jenova Chamber of Commerce".

They could see the rapid expansion of the Jenova Chamber of Commerce like a prairie fire.

They can think of the unexpected benefits behind such rapid development.

Of course, many people were jealous.

But no matter how jealous they are, they dare not openly touch the Jenova Chamber of Commerce, because Seri is behind the Jenova Chamber of Commerce.

Seri may not be the strongest legend in Brakada, but he is definitely the hardest legend in the background.

In Brakadan, all the demigods have a good relationship with Serui. Outside of Brakadan, Serui also has friends all over the world.

She is an old legend who is independent of any faction and respected by all factions at the same time. She is one of the top dignitaries in Brakada.

I can’t beat him and I’m jealous, so what should I do? Join us!

Serui has friends all over the world, and even those who are envious of him are many of Serui's friends.

Today Trossa says hello, Trossa Chamber of Commerce will buy individual shares, and tomorrow Titan Temple will send an invitation letter, and Titan Temple will also buy individual shares. The day after tomorrow, the president of the Mage Guild will personally come forward, and the Mage Guild will also participate.

These top dignitaries in Brakada are all investing gold coins and letting the Jenova Chamber of Commerce operate it, waiting to enjoy the benefits and reap huge dividends.

When the labor of Brakada's soldiers has a surplus, the surplus turns into a beast called capital.

Previously, the beast had been kept in a cage in the Great Treasury of Brakada, where it was used to cultivate the scythe named Titan Coin.

But now, this beast was released by Mixue Bingtang.

More and more top dignitaries are participating in the money-making snowball game of Mixue Bingtang. Everyone wants to earn gold coins. So where do the gold coins come from?

The outside of Brakada has been sealed by the Port City, the Poseidon Church and the Church of Wealth. If you want to generate gold coins, you can only suck blood from inside Brakada.

The top dignitaries naturally drink blood and eat flesh. The demons at the bottom have long been destitute and have nothing to drink. The ones who bleed flesh are of course the middle-level people in Brakada.

As the Jenova Chamber of Commerce grew bigger and bigger, more and more small factories closed down, more and more small businessmen went bankrupt, and more and more mages were laid off.

Groups of mage masters who were once reveling in wealth and wealth unknowingly discovered that their monthly income and expenses began to collapse.

Prices rose, incomes fell, and they gradually became unable to make ends meet. Their gold coins continued to flow from their pockets into the market, and then were swallowed up by an invisible gold-eating beast.

It is easy to go from frugality to luxury, but it is difficult to go from luxury to frugality.

Realizing that something was wrong, the middle class began their counterattack.

They first resisted acquisitions, raised the price of their assets or simply refused to sell them. Then they cut back on food and clothing, gave up some less important enjoyments, and kept as many gold coins as possible in their hands.

But their behavior, in the face of the snowball that is getting bigger and bigger, is nothing more than a mantis trying to control the car.

The general trend of Mixue Bingtang has been established, and the monopoly of resources in the upstream and midstream has begun.

The factory doesn’t sell? Then raise the price of the resources you need for production until you make no profit from selling your products, but instead lose money.

Save money and live a frugal life? Then launch a war of public opinion, engage in hedonistic comparisons, and squeeze out mages with insufficient assets from high-level circles, so that they have to continue to maintain their dignity in order to retain power.

Still not surrendering? Okay, I have the same factory as you and the same products as you. I can no longer make money and sell them at a loss. Do you want to lower the price with me?

I am big and I can withstand it. How long can you hold on?

The total amount of gold coins is limited. When the floating gold coins in the market are sucked dry and controlled by a few people, the Great Depression will begin.

Inside Bracada, a strange circle began to appear.

More and more factories are closing down, and the hot products they previously produced - alchemy potions, treasures, war machinery, etc., can't find buyers.

The closure of factories has caused many mages to lose their jobs. When mages are unemployed, they have no source of income, that is, no gold coins.

When mages no longer have gold coins, no one will buy the products produced by factories, so more factories close down and more mages are unemployed.

The snowball from Mixue Bingtang hit the domino named Destruction.

The avalanche has begun, and a storm called the financial crisis is brewing over Bracada and may fall at any time.

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At this juncture, there is another storm brewing in distant Krolod.

"Bah! Are you asking me to withdraw from the competition for the throne? Bolage is just dreaming!"

In the tattered tent, a tribe leader named Kilger stood up and yelled at the gorgeously dressed barbarians in front of him:

"Why, that coward Burrage wants to use pressure to force us contenders to participate in the battle for the throne?"

The barbarian glanced at Kilgor with indifference and disdain. Compared with the gorgeous clothes on his body, Kilgor's clothes were too shabby and shabby.

If he hadn't been on a mission, he wouldn't have been able to stand the stench in Kilgor's camp.

The barbarian pinched his nose and said:

"Korg, think about it again.

Our King Borag is a demigod and the most prestigious lord in the entire Krolod. He deserves to be the great chief.

You, a little guy who has just become a legend, will die in his hands even if you confront King Borag.

I just can't bear to have a legend with unlimited potential die in the internal strife of the throne battle, so I came here to advise you. "

"Bah!" Kilgor was furious:

"Who said that Borag was the most prestigious lord? Who said that he deserved to be the great chief?

So what if he is a demigod, in my eyes, he is still just an ignorant ogre! "

The barbarian's eyes widened in surprise, pointed at Kilger and said:

"You, you, you! How dare you disrespect King Borag!

Have you forgotten who is protecting you?

Without King Bolrag, your tribe would have been invaded by Brakada. "

"Invasion? That's because I wanted to fight them, but you stopped me!"

Kilgor slapped a battle ax on the ground hard, and there was a loud bang that shook the ground.

He looked at the barbarian in front of him mockingly and said:

"Haha. That's ridiculous. What ability does Burlage have?

He will only compromise and give in to Brakada, and will only use cowardice and being a dog in exchange for development resources.

During the thirty years he had been the king of the tribe, the entire Krolod except for his own tribe had become poorer.

And what he begged from Brakada, Brakada will eventually take back from us tenfold and a hundredfold.

I've had enough of this for a long time. Whatever we barbarians lack, we should kill and rob!

If we don’t have enough resources, we should attack the Chaos Zone to reclaim new territory.

If the food supply is not enough, we should hunt wild monsters to obtain rewards from the Mother Goddess!

Instead of using tribesmen as slaves to pray to Brakada. "

"Joke, what do you know? Do you know how much sacrifice you will bring to us, Crow Lord?"

Attacking the Chaos Zone will kill a hundred times more people than [the people who go to Bracada to help with the work]! "

Kilger was unwavering:

"So what if there are sacrifices? Only gold coins soaked with blood can bring the glory of barbarians."

The barbarian couldn't stand Kilgor's shallowness anymore, and he cursed:

"You war lunatic, meaningless fighting will only bring death to the soldiers and heroes who have finally grown up.

Only by developing commercial trade, opening up the market, and learning advanced civilization from Brakada can we bring vitality to our backward and poor Krulod.

Do you know how Bracada developed? Do you know why Brakada is the strongest force? "

Kilgor scoffed:

"Business? Trade? Open markets? Study like Bracada?

Go to hell! How did Bracada develop? Is it none of our business as Cruelod?

We Krulod have our own path as Krulod. "

"you you you you!!"

The barbarian was so angry that he could not speak.

He took several deep breaths before suppressing his anger and asked:

"Korg, you and I are friends. For the sake of us being friends, I advise you one last time to give up running for the throne.

Bragg is a demigod and you will die at his hands. "

"Ha! Hahaha!" Kilger laughed three times and smashed the table in front of him with his axe.

He stared at the barbarian opposite and said word by word:

"Friends? From now on, we are not! Our friendship is as torn apart as this table.

So what if I'm a demigod? If Bragg is really capable, he should have a real fight with me!

Goethe, go back and help me tell Bragg.

Only if he can stand in front of my grave can he gain my respect! Otherwise, no one can make me give in and give up participating in the battle for the throne!

Come and bite me, see off the guests! "

"Hmph! Here we come!! Your Majesty Goth, please."