Astral Gods

Chapter 74 Redeeming the Little Warrior

With the hydroelectric power station completed, it was time to settle the accounts. The head of the Hundred Departments took out a piece of paper that recorded the prices of various components of the hydroelectric power station, as well as the final total price.

"513.3 million raw stones?" The Green Bamboo Armor King had never been to school, so it didn't understand the Flame Spider Merchant's script very well. But it had lived to be so old, so it was still familiar with some common characters.

The price is not much different from what we agreed on before, but if possible, I would still like to negotiate a lower price to save as much as possible.

"Chief of the Hundred Tribes, I see that many of the components of your hydroelectric power station are made of various metals. Is it really necessary to spend so much money?"

In the Astral Plane, especially among the Zerg warriors with their metal-based talents, metal is the cheapest commodity; a single ore can buy hundreds of kilograms.

As for the shape of the metal, it's like clay to be kneaded at will in front of their Zerg warriors who possess metal-based talents.

The leader of the hundred tribes explained, "King Qingzhujia, you can't say that. In the past few years, your tribe's young warriors have also learned a lot of knowledge."

You probably know a little bit that different metals have different properties.

Only by combining various metals to create the necessary components for a hydroelectric power station can the station function properly.

Otherwise, if you don't know how to coordinate and build, even a mountain of iron and gold in front of you will be useless.

"Moreover, you may not have noticed, but among the various materials used to build hydroelectric power stations, the plastic used to wrap copper and iron wires is the most expensive."

This kind of thing only exists in the creations of extraterrestrial civilizations; every pound used is a finite resource. Even our kingdom doesn't possess a large quantity, so in my opinion, 513.3 million is a very reasonable price!

Then, the leader of the hundred tribes made another promise: "In this way, if your hydroelectric power station suffers natural damage within 20 years, we will repair it for you. This is equivalent to guaranteeing the normal operation of your hydroelectric power station for 20 years, and it will be free of charge. Isn't that a lot of sincerity?"

"Do you guarantee continuous maintenance for 20 years?" King Qingzhu was very tempted.

Actually, the price had been agreed upon long ago, and it hadn't really intended to cut the price much. Now that it heard about the unexpected surprise, it was overjoyed.

"Then it's settled!"

"Sure. So, Green Bamboo King, how do you plan to pay the bill?"

"We'll pay with Force Food!"

In order to build this hydroelectric power station, it has been requiring each high-level Zerg warrior in the tribe to contribute at least 1000 Primogems to pay the Flame Spider Merchant since last year.

Last year, I saved up 2.5 million Primogems worth of ...

With the hydroelectric power station matter settled, the leader of the hundred tribes brought up another matter: "King Qingzhujia, Lord Qingguo asked us last year to find the little Rhinoceros Golden Turtle warriors, and we found five little warriors and brought them back."

The number of baby warriors brought back this year is a bit small, but I have already informed the kingdom that they will issue a notice to all Flame Spider Merchants requesting the search for baby warriors. The number will increase next year.

"The five little soldiers? Where are they now?"

"Because we need to transport large parts this time, the little soldiers are too small and we're afraid of hurting them. So the little soldiers are currently with my caravan in the northern part of Xiangjiao Island. They should be here soon."

"Oh!" it exclaimed, wondering where the little soldier was.

King Qingzhu looked around and found that most of the Rhinoceros Golden Turtle warriors were looking at the lights covering the mountains and fields. Not to mention the junior and intermediate level warriors, even the mountain lord and lord level warriors were flying around near the lights.

It thought for a moment, then used its spiritual power to call out to the Purple Hemp Mountain Lord, who was also curiously observing the lights covering the mountains: "Purple Hemp, the Hundred Caravan brought back five little warriors for us this year, and they will be here in a few days."

These little soldiers will be raised in Ziling for now; they'll be considered part of your Ziling lineage.

Go and make arrangements to select a suitable place for them to be planted.

"Little warrior?" Upon hearing the words of the Green Bamboo Armor King, the Purple Hemp Mountain Lord immediately pondered which location in Purple Ridge would be most suitable for planting the little warrior's life seed.

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In mid-October, a large caravan of hundreds of merchants arrived at the Rhinoceros Tortoise tribe with various goods.

Accompanying them were five rhinoceros beetle warriors, including four double-forked rhinoceros beetle warriors and one war god giant herring beetle warrior.

Several little warriors perched on the carapace of the Flame Spider Warrior, Luo Shi, and curiously entered the territory of the Rhinoceros Tortoise tribe.

"Luoshi, is this the Rhinoceros Tortoise Tribe?" The young warriors looked around excitedly, flapping their wings from time to time, eager to take off.

"Yes, this is the territory of the Rhinoceros Tortoise tribe."

"You've heard that the Rhinoceros Tortoise tribe is very wealthy? And that their territory is vast, and that they even sponsor our advancement?"

"The Rhinoceros Tortoise tribe is not very wealthy, but they are currently in a phase of development and growth, and should be able to support your evolution to the advanced stage. Their tribe has a total of about 600 Rhinoceros Tortoise warriors and about 50 divinely bestowed seeds."

"More than 600 Rhinoceros Tortoise Warriors?" The young warriors were somewhat disappointed upon hearing this number.

They were born on the continent of Thousand Trees and often heard of large tribes with populations of over a thousand, ten thousand, or even over 3. They did not show much excitement about small tribes with populations of only five or six hundred.

But it's still better than living alone in the wild as an insect.

However, they have quite a lot of divinely bestowed seeds, more than 50 in total. With so many divinely bestowed seeds, there shouldn't be any problem in helping them advance to a higher stage, right?

"Don't underestimate the Rhinoceros Tortoise tribe. They have already occupied a large island of 10,000 square kilometers in the Thousand Star Islands."

As long as there are enough Rhinoceros Tortoise warriors in the tribe, they will be able to migrate to that island to live.

With enough land available, development will only be a matter of time.

Upon hearing this, the little rhinoceros beetle warriors couldn't help but feel excited.

Meanwhile, the caravan entered the square and began a formal transaction with the warriors of the Rhinoceros Tortoise Tribe.

Luo Shi then led the rhinoceros beetle warriors to another group of warriors and greeted them happily.

"Purple locust, purple artemisia, yew... Long time no see, everyone!"

"Trachelospermum jasminoides, Gelsemium elegans, it's been a long time." The yews were very happy to see their old friends arrive.

In recent years, every October, the spider lily and the hookworm would follow the caravan to the rhinoceros beetle tribe, so the two sides have become quite familiar with each other.

Zi Ai swayed her antennae, looking at the little warrior atop the stone, and asked with some surprise, "Is this a little warrior from our tribe?"

Luo Shi gestured for the little warrior to get off him and explained, "This is a little Rhinoceros Tortoise warrior that our Hundred Tribes Caravan brought back from the Thousand Trees Continent at the request of Lord Qingguo!"