All the Eggs in One Basket

Reading Niman's words, Yu Xian could not help sinking into thought. His class had started out as Chaos Envoy, and now it was Chaos Angel. What rule did that correspond to? Was it the rule of chaos, or the rule of disorder? The real question was—could chaos even have rules? It felt rather contradictory. Furthermore, describing his class as a summoner wasn't quite right, and calling it a mage wasn't accurate either, yet his overall capabilities were shockingly formidable. In the end, he simply stopped dwelling on it. After all, the world held countless myriad rules; once he leveled up to Level 250, he would surely figure it out. Meanwhile, the others in the livestream began discussing amongst themselves. Some of their classes had glaringly obvious rules, while those of others were far less certain. Zhang Shou, for instance, most likely possessed the rule of strength, where the core principle was breaking through everything by sheer force. Yet for a Taoist like Gong Qian, it seemed she could align with practically any rule; after all, she could already draw fire talismans, water talismans, and rejuvenation talismans. In truth, if she didn't have to draw talismans—and if drawing talismans didn't require purchasing materials—Gong Qian's class wouldn't be weak at all. It could even be considered in the stronger tier. Unfortunately, she currently had to prepare her talismans beforehand before she could activate any skills, leaving her thoroughly crushed under the weight of sheer financial pressure. After listening to Niman's explanation, Gong Qian now pinned her hopes on enhancement, longing for the day when she would no longer need to draw talismans to unleash her skills. Everyone chatted until late into the night, only stopping when they finally had to rest. Still, Yu Xian had made an agreement with everyone: he would deposit the money into the System Management Center soon, and once everyone teleported to the Baihe Continent, they would hold a banquet to celebrate and make merry together. After closing the stream, Yu Xian turned his gaze toward Little Nora. Just as he had instructed, Little Nora was constantly conjuring food and putting it up for consignment on the auction house. By now, the price of food on the auction house was plummeting at incredible speed. Moreover, there were even people preparing to wage a price war against Little Nora... To this, Yu Xian could only pray that those competitors wouldn't lose the shirts off their backs. After all, Little Nora's business literally cost zero capital. As long as the other party had any overhead costs, they were bound to operate at a loss in the end. *** The Holy Farm Kingdom. This was a kingdom composed of thirteen cities. Pu Gongying—surnamed Pu, like Pu Songling—was the king of the Holy Farm Kingdom. His initial class was [Holy Farm Plant Envoy], capable of creating a fertilizer named "Jinkela" to cultivate plants at blistering speed. Relying on his immense logistical power, he established the Holy Farm Troupe, recruiting massive numbers of combat class-users while winning everyone over by providing food. After decades of development, Holy Farm had become one of the premier vegetable suppliers of the Zhen Realm. Nearly one-tenth of the vegetables on the auction house were produced by the Holy Farm Kingdom. Consequently, the Holy Farm Kingdom was extraordinarily wealthy, wielding astonishing influence, and countless class-users joined solely for its deep pockets. Pu Gongying had also relied on the Holy Farm Kingdom to become an expert of unfathomable might. "Your Majesty, things look terrible!" "None of the cabbages are selling!" "Your Majesty, disaster has struck!" "All the white radishes are completely unsellable!" *** Over the past few days, bad news had been piling on thicker and faster for Pu Gongying. In the past, the Holy Farm Kingdom's vegetables sold at a steady rate with virtually zero fluctuation. After all, they weren't selling to individual class-users, but directly to another kingdom. In that kingdom, the majority of class-users were chefs who specialized in processing raw ingredients, cooking them into delicious delicacies, and listing them on the auction house for sale. "Did something happen to the God of Cookery Association?" "No, even if something happened to the God of Cookery Association, there's still the Gourmet Kingdom." Pu Gongying furrowed his brow, sensing that something fishy was going on. Why had everyone suddenly stopped buying his vegetables? At that moment, the queen hurried over from the inner palace. The instant she saw Pu Gongying, she blurted out, "Old Pu, look at the cooked food section on the auction house, quick! The sky is falling!" "Cooked food?" Pu Gongying frowned slightly, opened the auction house interface, and selected cooked food. When the page refreshed, his eyes went wide. Stunned, he stared at the absurdly cheap food listed across the page. With trembling hands, he scrolled down continuously—items stretched on endlessly, all priced at around ten Fortune Gold Coins! This price... this supply volume... It was over! The sky had truly fallen! Pu Gongying could already envision the kingdom he had spent decades painstakingly building collapsing into ruin. In truth, the Holy Farm Kingdom was merely a microcosm of the various legions, kingdoms, and even empires that dealt in food; across the realm, numerous factions were already growing restless. Ordinarily, these food suppliers had deep pockets and paid generous stipends to maintain legions of combat class-users, deterring surrounding powers from acting rashly. Yet now, a deluge of dirt-cheap food was slamming into the market, bound to sow unrest and shaken loyalties within their ranks—the perfect window of opportunity for rivals to strike. An unprecedented melee was about to be unleashed all because of the endless stream of food Little Nora was consigning. *** Naturally, none of this concerned Yu Xian and his group for the moment. After returning to the city and depositing money at the System Management Center, Yu Xian prepared to switch mob-farming spots and continue leveling up. Once past Level 50, grinding monsters offered many more options—such as secret realms. A secret realm was essentially a dungeon instance. However, the interior of a secret realm did not contain swarms of monsters; instead, it held only a single, immensely powerful boss monster. Under normal circumstances, a party had to make thorough preparations, entering with dozens of class-users working in tandem just to have a seventy- to eighty-percent chance of defeating the boss inside. Yu Xian had already bought five Secret Realm Teleportation Talismans in one go from the auction house. So after making his deposit, he brought Little Nora and Fang Qinghao along, intending to enter a secret realm to grind. It was worth mentioning that a Secret Realm Teleportation Talisman cost one million each, and generally only full teams would purchase them. The drop rate for these talismans was exceptionally low. While any monster had a chance to drop one, only about ten or so were produced across the entire Zhen Realm each day. Yu Xian's ability to buy these talismans was entirely due to Little Nora constantly consigning food, which diverted the attention of many major factions toward the food market, allowing him to snatch up an easy bargain. In fact, he hadn't realized he was scoring a bargain at first. It wasn't until after he bought three that he noticed any remaining Secret Realm Teleportation Talismans were snapped up virtually the moment they appeared. Realizing just how sought-after they were, he camped the market for half a day and relied on sheer hand speed to snatch two more. "Big Brother, should we wait until Big Sis and the others get here before entering the secret realm?" After leaving Jiangli City, Little Nora munched on snacks and couldn't help asking when she saw Yu Xian take out a Secret Realm Teleportation Talisman. Holding the Secret Realm Teleportation Talisman, Yu Xian had been about to activate it. Pausing at Little Nora's words, he replied earnestly, "Little Nora, it's precisely because everyone is on their way that we have to hurry up and get stronger. "Before, everyone was scattered across different continents. Although that meant we couldn't support each other, it was also like keeping our eggs in different baskets. "Now that everyone is coming over, it means putting all our eggs in one basket. That's why we have to become stronger—to protect everyone." Once everyone teleported to the Baihe Continent, if something went wrong, they could easily be wiped out in one fell swoop. Yu Xian certainly didn't want that to happen. So he had to grind—grind until he dropped, grinding for all he was worth to push for Level 55 before everyone arrived. With that, he activated the Secret Realm Teleportation Talisman.