Deconstruction wizard

Chapter 197 196 Mathematical Magic

Author: Heart Can Cook Books

Chapter 197 196. Mathematical Magic

The sky is getting dark and approaching evening.

Li Nuo and Dinas returned to the stone house in the core circle visitor area where they were temporarily staying.

The most important thing, of course, is to settle the Snowwing cat.

Li Nuo placed the magic cat cage on the first floor. Next to it was a cat bowl where the Snowwing cats could eat and drink. Not far away, there was a cat rack for the Snowwing cats to climb up and down and play freely, as well as a cat scratching post for sharpening their claws.

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Magical creatures such as magic messengers do not need to excrete.

They only eat and drink and never produce waste.

Li Nuo naturally saves you the trouble of buying and taking care of cat litter.

Moreover, Li Nuo did not need to worry about trivial matters such as illness, bathing, vaccinations, and hair loss, because Snowwing cats, as magical creatures, had no such problems at all.

It is worth mentioning that the magic cat cage Li Nuo bought has the function of a "teleport beacon".

Snowwing cats can reach the cat cage from any direction in the world through the "Messenger Plane" as a transit.

In this way, Li Nuo can communicate with Dinasi at home at any time. The two of them no longer have to worry about exceeding the maximum range of "soul induction".

After the Snowwing cats were settled, Dinath controlled the magic cooking machine in the house to make dinner, while Li Nuo began his work of destruction.

The moment Hedwig lifted the magic lock on the diary, Li Nuo spent 3,000 energy points to obtain the knowledge in the diary.

This step helped him unlock "Navigation (Level 10)", "Marine Meteorology (Level 8)", "Dragon Age Archeology (Level 3)", and "Ocean Diving (Level 6)".

Except for "Dragon Age Archeology", the other three knowledge skills are temporarily unavailable.

Li Nuo put the things he bought from Hideaway on the table.

The first item is the baby dragon's tooth, which consumes 13,000 energy points to deconstruct.

Li Nuo took out the hammer from his magic pocket, placed the young dragon's tooth on the table, and struck it hard, successfully destroying it.

The 13,000 energy point reward has arrived, and today's energy point expenses have basically come back. At the same time, the "Dragon Age Archeology" level +1.

The second item is a mottled dragon scale, which consumes 7,000 energy points to deconstruct.

Following the same pattern, Li Nuo used a hammer to destroy the extremely fragile dragon scales. Li Nuo successfully received the energy reward and the "Dragon Age Archeology" experience was increased, but he was not upgraded.

The subsequent four items gave 11,000, 13,000, 16,000 and 40,000 energy points respectively.

The half-slab with dragon language gives the most, a full 40,000 points.

As a result, Li Nuo unlocked "Dragon Language (Level 1)" and "Dragon Age Archeology" was simultaneously upgraded to Level 6.

The text on the slate was recognized by Li Nuo.

The content is very speechless, and the main idea is "When a certain dragon burped today, he accidentally vomited out the food he had eaten."

Li Nuo cleaned up the rubbish in the study and clicked on his personal panel to take a look.

[Soul Strength] 4185

[Energy value] 124011/56 (40+16)

3,000 gold coins in exchange for 93,000 energy points!

This is too profitable.

Li Nuo had a premonition that he would frequent Hedwig's store in the future and use real gold coins to encourage this good shopkeeper who was obsessed with selling genuine goods.

The energy value is abundant, and the knowledge skills are half in place. If you get the knowledge skills related to mineral resources tomorrow, you can buy an island.

Li Nuo came to the first floor and asked Dinas about the funds in her account.

Cash and cash equivalents, totaling 236,500 gold coins.

in:

136,500 gold coins in cash.

There are eight sage particles, totaling about 100,000 gold coins.

There are three funds to be recorded in the future:

The first payment was compensation from the Hotams Metal Branch and law enforcement fees from the Wizarding Law Enforcement Department.

Li Nuo and Selina agreed that the other party would help her get compensation. Selina promised that Hotams would refund the ticket price in full and compensate an amount equivalent to the ticket price, totaling 4,000 gold coins.

In addition, there will also be a reward for Captain Berkeley who assists the Department of Law Enforcement and the Ministry of Magic in responding to the enemy's defection, assists the wizard delegation in protecting the negotiation site, assists the law enforcement team in protecting passengers on the emergency ship, etc.

Selena will help Li Nuo get this done for about 2,000 gold coins.

This remuneration will be credited together with the compensation, so it will be recorded as one lump sum.

The second amount of funds that will be credited is the intermediary commission from the sale of the life potion + the payment for the magic scroll.

According to the soul contract signed by Li Nuo and Most, 10% of the transaction amount of the life potion belongs to Li Nuo.

The gross estimate is that at least 12,000 gold coins will be credited to the account every month for 6 months.

If the price of life potions goes up, the amount will increase accordingly.

The third transaction was related to the secret transaction between Maeve Le and the total amount was 450,000 gold coins.

Generally speaking, book funds are temporarily sufficient.

But after paying the money to buy the island, Li Nuo and Dinas will be unable to make ends meet.

The cost of building an island is staggering. If you include the gold coins needed to practice the "Metal Fusion" meditation method, the future expenses can be described as a bottomless pit.

Li Nuo had to find legal ways to make money in advance.

Late at night, Dinas started her daily meditation training. The Snowwing cat curled up into a soft ball in the cat cage and fell asleep.

It was rare for Li Nuo not to meditate daily.

He sat in his study, facing the stars and the bright moon, thinking about ways to make money.

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On the morning of the fourth day after arriving at the Suman Islands, Li Nuo went out alone.

Dinas stayed in the visitor area of ​​the inner circle.

She was about to start taking classes to prepare for the wizard level exam for promotion from the third ring to the fourth ring.

Thanks to Li Nuo, who had brought her a lot of reincarnation magic power in the past two months or so, her meditation practice speed was like a miracle.

Just this morning, after waking up, Dinas happily told Li Nuo, who was lying next to her, that her spiritual ocean had expanded to 100 meters. This corresponded to the "Spirit" attribute value reaching 100 points.

She currently has about 2,100 points of rebirth magic power in her spiritual ocean. Excluding the 1,000 points of magic power that she needs to keep as a backup, the remaining 1,100 points of magic power are enough for her to expand her spiritual ocean to 105 meters.

As long as she adds 6,000 to 8,000 points of rebirth magic power, Dinas can expand her spiritual ocean to 120 meters, meeting the minimum requirements to be promoted to a fourth-level rebirth witch.

Before that, she had to complete all the courses as a senior wizard student before she could formally apply to take the wizard level exam.

For a witch like her who does not possess deconstruction skills, the exam is a matter of hair loss.

After a brief discussion, the two decided that starting today, Dinas would not go out and devote herself to preparing for the exam.

Li Nuo did all the things like buying an island, building an island, and making money without any complaints. The other party gave him his delicate body, so Li Nuo had nothing to complain about. (Note: High-risk content is omitted.)

As usual, Li Nuo took the public vehicle in the core circle and arrived at the trading area in the inner circle. Li Nuo's goal today was to acquire knowledge and skills related to the island's resources and speed up the progress of inspecting the island. After that, he would start making money.

Regarding making money, after thinking about it in the middle of the night, Li Nuo already had a feasible plan in mind, and it was quick, legal, and safe.

Not only that, but from yesterday's discussion with Hedwig, he vaguely discovered some opportunities that might make him rich. An opportunity that requires a deep understanding of the world's currency system to determine whether it is feasible.

This matter needs to be considered in the long run, so there is no rush at the moment.

"Meow~"

As Li Nuo was rushing down the street, the sound of the Snowwing cat sounded in his head.

This is the effect of "Soul Contract: Magic Messenger". As long as someone sends him a message, he will hear a gentle "meow".

Li Nuo reached into his magic pocket, took out the magic whistle, put it to his mouth and blew it while raising his left arm in front of him as a perch.

The snow-winged cat flapped its wings and emerged in mid-air, transforming from a shadow into a solid entity, and landed on his left arm. Its white hair and wings reflected the bright sunlight.

Li Nuo followed the instructions of yesterday's clerk, touched the other person's little head, took some delicious food from his pocket and fed it to the other person.

The Snowwing cat narrowed its eyes and happily dug into Li Nuo's palm. It took the initiative to use the cat's claws to undo the leather buckle on its body, took out the letter from the leather bag and handed it to Li Nuo.

Li Nuo held the letter, touched the other person's little head, fed him two bites of snacks, and praised the other person a few times.

The Snowwing Cat was obviously very useful. It meowed a few times to say goodbye to Li Nuo, and its body turned from solid to weak, turned into nothing, and disappeared into the air.

At this point, a set of standardized procedures for receiving letters from magical messengers has been completed.

Li Nuo tore open the letter and read the contents.

This letter was sent by Kalandi. Li Nuo sent his communication method to several witches with whom he had cooperative relations last night.

The female shopkeeper of the "Herbal Ointment" branch has now arrived at the headquarters of Hotams. She received the quotation and samples sent to her by Murst. She promised in the letter that she would finalize the contract with Murst today.

trade contract.

Li Nuo was not surprised by this result.

He put the letter away and waited patiently for the moment when the contract between the two parties was reached.

Looking up to the end of the street, Li Nuo's destination was right there.

It was a magic miners association called "Lode Elements".

The association's gate is a large arch made of bronze, which looks like the entrance to an underground mine. On the huge signboard above the door, there is a magical animation of a pickaxe striking the rock, with a rough style and a metallic texture.

Here in the Suman Islands, there are countless people who want to make a fortune through prospecting and mining.

Due to the toxicity and weird and extraordinary properties of seawater, the rocks, sand, and soft mud that can survive the corrosion of seawater are all extraordinary.

What is extraordinary about them may be amazing resistance to corrosion, hardness or toughness, or it may be some extraordinary properties obtained under the action of sea water.

In short, although deep sea water is annoying, it is also a powerful tool for producing minerals.

The most typical mineral produced from deep sea water is "greenstone".

Bluesteel alloy can be extracted from bluesteel.

Because the blue steel alloy has high enough hardness, moderate toughness, and strong corrosion resistance, it is often used by metal wizards to make the external armor plates of magic ships.

Everything that will be soaked in seawater for a long time will use blue steel alloy for its outer shell. It can be imagined how huge the demand is for green steel ore, which is distributed on deep-sea islands and seabeds.

There are many extraordinary ores like bluestone produced through deep sea water. They are collectively called "deep sea ores" and are one of the specialties here in the Suman Islands.

Apart from seabed mineral veins, only the islands in the Suman Islands produce deep sea ores.

This is why Li Nuo pays special attention to the ore reserves of an island.

In a sense, the price of the island is equal to 70% to 90% of the total value of the proven deep-sea ore on the island.

Considering that the operation of deconstructing the core system to reduce the deconstruction consumption is related to the knowledge and skills he has mastered, Li Nuo has to deconstruct the mineral-related books in depth no matter what.

The "Mineral Elements" Magic Miners Association has what Li Nuo wants.

The first time he stepped into "Mineral Elements", he noticed the magic bulletin board that scrolled price information in a loop above the hall.

According to the categories of deep-sea ores, the bulletin board lists the average transaction price and transaction quantity of each ore in the past seven days, as well as the statistical data for the past six months.

(Note: The price data is based on a certain online game with a complete industrial system and market system. The price of ore is only calculated once and will be released later according to the needs of the plot.)

Bluesteel is the most popular, and its price has been stable for a long time between 100 gold coins and 200 gold coins per ton. The higher the grade of bluesteel, the more bluesteel alloy is extracted, and the more expensive the unit price of bluesteel is.

The grade of the ore is an important factor affecting the unit price, which results in the difference between the lowest unit price and the highest unit price of bluestone.

The same is true for other deep-sea minerals.

For example, dry coke stone is a deep sea ore rich in crystalline colloidal ore and silver ore-like metal. Crystalloid colloidal ore is soft in texture and can be used as magic wires and pipelines. Silver-like ore metal is very tough and is added to Qinggang

After being alloyed, an extremely hard refined blue steel alloy can be produced.

As a deep sea ore, the unit price of dry coke stone is 150 gold coins to 250 gold coins per ton.

Li Nuo threw the deconstruction spell at the magic bulletin board, consuming 1,000 energy points, and recorded all the price data for nearly half a year.

After completing this step, like a death wizard eager to make a fortune by exploring mineral veins, he ran to the counter and asked questions about how to use magic to explore mineral veins.

Death wizards are very popular in the exploration industry, and their popularity is second only to metal wizards, rock and earth wizards and elemental wizards.

Metal wizards rely on their ability to sense metal materials to locate mineral veins hidden deep underground.

Geomancers and elemental wizards use their control over geotechnical energy to search for the location of underground mineral veins.

Death wizards are very different.

Relying on their fearlessness of death, they went deep into the seabed and underground to conduct on-site inspections of the mineral veins there.

Imagine that when other wizards are wearing a full set of magical protective equipment to dive into the seabed, the death wizard turns into a skeleton and sinks to the bottom of the sea without saying a word, without worrying about negative factors such as lack of oxygen.

The convenience between the two can be described as a world of difference.

Of course, the premise is that the undead creature transformed by the death wizard can withstand the pressure and corrosiveness of seawater. Otherwise, before he sinks to the bottom of the sea, his skeleton body will be crushed into waste by the seawater.

Li Nuo has no interest in diving for minerals for the time being.

He came here just for knowledge about minerals.

The good news is that because the mineral prospecting industry is very popular, "Mineral Elements" has seized the market opportunity and transformed from a mineral mining magic institution focusing on prospecting and mining into a service-oriented magic institution that provides membership services.

Behind "Mineral Elements" is the Pangola family.

They used to only make money through mining and selling minerals. This was a down-to-earth way to make money, but it was painful and tiring, and they often worried about the backlog of minerals.

Now, they have found a light-asset, high-turnover way to make money, that is, leasing prospecting equipment and mineral mining licenses.

Anyone who registers as a basic member will obtain a first-class mineral mining license within the validity period of the membership, and can search for ore and mine in their own islands and waters near the islands.

The registration fee for basic membership is 10,000 gold coins per year, and the threshold is relatively low.

However, the magic equipment for prospecting and mining is calculated separately, and is only for rent, not for sale. Rental is charged on a daily basis, starting at 1,000 gold coins per day.

There are three levels of basic membership: intermediate, advanced, and special, corresponding to the second-level, third-level, and fourth-level mineral mining licenses respectively.

Li Nuo paid a membership fee of 10,000 gold coins, registered as a basic member, and received a complete set of mineral-related books from the counter.

There are six books in this set, and the cover reads "Call of Deep Sea Ore—Reading Exclusive for Mineral Elements Basic Members".

Li Nuo declined the teller's suggestion to rent mining equipment on the grounds that he planned to read the book first.

He did not immediately use the deconstruction technique to store this set of books in his mind. This was related to the control variable method.

Li Nuo took a car to the Island Exchange, found the salesperson Nellie, and accompanied him to the east side of the islands.

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Near Snow Mountain Island No. 1.

Li Nuo and Nelly used flying spells to hover in the air, looking at the top of the snow-capped mountains covered with snow.

Facing the No. 1 Snow Mountain Island with caves all over the mountain again, Li Nuo felt a little excited.

Whether you can judge whether there are unexplored ore reserves on an island through the deconstruction consumption reduction of the deconstruction spell depends on this moment.

If his previous speculation proves to be true, then a prosperous road that could allow him to earn tens of millions or even hundreds of millions of gold coins is waiting for him.

"System, launch the deconstruction technique on Snow Mountain Island No. 1." Li Nuo muttered silently in his heart.

【system information:】

[You are about to launch the deconstruction technique on "Snow Mountain Island No. 1". 】

[Based on "Dragon Age Archeology (Level 6)", the energy required for this deconstruction is reduced by 2%. 】

Well, 2%. Level 6 "Dragon Age Archeology" reduces deconstruction consumption by 2%.

Li Nuo wrote down the number 2% and turned his head to look at Nelly, who was flying beside him.

"Let's go around the last inspection route. I want to observe the islands with less than 100,000 gold coins."

"No problem, sir, please come with me."

Nelly took the lead and flew in front, while Li Nuo trailed half a step behind and followed the opponent.

After walking around for a whole circle, Li Nuo used deconstruction techniques to record the deconstruction consumption of 600 islands.

Among them, 300 are sold for less than 100,000 gold coins, and the other 300 were deconstructed by Li Nuo when he passed by.

Among these 600 islands, only 3 islands have reduced deconstruction consumption due to the existence of "Dragon Age Archeology".

These three islands are exactly the snow mountain islands numbered from 1 to 3.

After the first round of shopping, Li Nuo reached into his magic pocket and used deconstruction to learn the mineral vein element textbook he had just received.

【system information:】

[You spent 1500 energy points to deconstruct the target and unlocked the following knowledge skills:]

[1. Deep-sea mineralogy, level 5. This skill will help you identify deep-sea minerals. 】

[2. Ore Exploration, Level 5. This skill guides you in using ore prospecting equipment. 】

[3. Ore Mining Science, Level 5. This skill guides you in using ore mining equipment. 】

When they acquired the three knowledge skills, Li Nuo and Nelly just returned to the starting point of their trip and hovered near Snow Mountain Island No. 1 again.

Li Nuo threw the Deconstruction Technique towards the island.

This time the system news made Li Nuo feel excited!

【system information:】

[You are about to launch the deconstruction technique on "Snow Mountain Island No. 1". 】

[Based on "Dragon Age Archeology (Level 6)" and "Deep Sea Mineralogy (Level 5)", the energy consumption of this deconstruction is reduced by 7%. 】

Level 6 "Dragon Age Archeology" reduces deconstruction cost by 2%.

Level 5 "Deep Sea Mineralogy" reduces the deconstruction cost by 5%.

Li Nuo changed his perspective and looked at Island No. 113456, which had nothing to do with the Dragon Clan.

The selling price of this island is 250,000 gold coins. It has proven reserves of 2,400 tons of bluestone. The grade of the ore is not high, and the total value of the bluestone is estimated to be 357,100 gold coins.

Li Nuo's previous deconstruction of this island required 1.2 billion energy points.

but now…

【system information:】

[You are about to use deconstruction on "Island No. 113456."]

[Based on "Deep Sea Mineralogy (Level 5)", the deconstruction consumption this time is reduced by 0.2%.]

2,400 tons of low-grade bluesteel.

Level 5 "Deep Sea Mineralogy". Deconstruction consumption is reduced by 0.2%.

Li Nuo nodded secretly and wrote down this string of data.

He looked at another island and threw the deconstruction spell again.

【system information:】

[You are about to use deconstruction on "Island No. 113457".]

[Based on "Deep Sea Mineralogy (Level 5)", the deconstruction consumption this time is reduced by 0.4%.]

Li Nuo asked Nelly:

"What are the ore reserves on island No. 113457?"

Nelly thought for a moment and then responded:

"It's about 5,000 tons of bluestone, sir. The ore grade of that island is equivalent to that of Island No. 113456. The entire island is sold for 500,000 gold coins. The Pangola family will provide an exploration report as a gift."

5000 tons of bluestone. Level 5 "Deep Sea Mineralogy". Deconstruction consumption reduced by 0.4%.

Assuming that the ore reserves on the island have been completely discovered, then while the knowledge and skill levels remain unchanged, the only thing that can affect the reduction in deconstruction consumption is the size of the ore reserves on the island.

It is not difficult to draw a preliminary conclusion:

On the premise that you have level 5 "Deep Sea Mineralogy" and the island's ore reserves are proven, for every approximately 2,500 tons more on the island, the deconstruction consumption will be reduced by 0.2%.

Whether this conclusion is accurate still requires Li Nuo to use a large number of samples to test it.

Li Nuo looked at the female salesperson beside him:

"I want to walk around here a few more times, Nellie. It will take a lot of time, and I may not go back until late at night. I won't mind if you want to leave."

"It's okay, sir, this is my job." Nellie said calmly.

Li Nuo nodded:

"Then please take me around again if you'd like."

"Okay, please come with me." Nellie fully demonstrated her professionalism and once again led Li Nuo on a circular tour on the east side of the archipelago.

Time passed quickly throwing out deconstruction techniques and analyzing system messages.

After dark, around 8pm.

Li Nuo and Nelly return to the inner circle.

After Li Nuo made an appointment with the other party to meet tomorrow morning, he returned to the stone house in the inner circle.

Dinas prepared dinner in advance. The Snowwing cat had already eaten in advance. According to Dinas, as soon as it was time for the meal, the little thing pounced on the cat food as if he was about to starve to death...

Li Nuo ate and drank enough, petted the cat for a while, locked himself in the study, and began to use mathematical methods to analyze the data obtained today.

Due to the information civilization education he received before time travel, Li Nuo has some achievements in data analysis and application.

He recalled all the system messages in his mind, drew a table on the paper in front of him, filled in the data, and created a mathematical model.

In a sense, grasping the objective laws of things through mathematical analysis is as fascinating as magic. Li Nuo is willing to call the mathematical knowledge in his mind mathematical magic.

Since there were relatively few variables, Li Nuo obtained a very simple mathematical formula after completing the calculation according to the process of "hypothesis → composition → solution → analysis → test".

simply put:

For every 0.1% reduction in deconstruction consumption, there are 2,000 tons of ore reserves on the island.

By incorporating the deconstruction consumption reduction range of a certain island into the formula, the deconstruction core system's determination of the ore reserves of a certain island can be calculated.

Comparing this numerical relationship with the proven ore reserves stated by Nellie, we can know how much ore reserves have not been discovered by the Pangola family.

The calculation work for 600 islands continued until late at night, and Li Nuo was almost too excited to sleep.

The exploration errors of the Pangola family gradually increased with the expansion of the island area.

The larger the island, the greater the ore reserves that have not been discovered by the Pangola family.

This may be because the veins are buried too deep.

The deeper the mineral vein is located, the greater the difficulty and cost of exploration. As a mature gold and stone family, the Pangola family has its own set of calculation plans for measuring costs and benefits.

For such deeply buried veins, it is the wisest choice to give up exploration. Otherwise, the cost of exploration may be ridiculously high, even exceeding one-tenth of the ore reserves.

In this case, prospecting for mineral veins is a loss-making business.

but!

This is for a wizarding force like the Pangola family that is based on metal and rock and earth magic.

Although Li Nuo does not know metal and rock-soil magic, he has deconstruction skills at hand. Obviously, he does not need to spend a lot of time and money to explore deep mineral veins like the Pangola family.

He only needs to spend energy points and roughly deconstruct the island to get vague information about the distribution of mineral veins.

Information on the distribution of mineral veins that is far more accurate than the Pangola family’s exploration report will undoubtedly increase the island’s value.

Li Nuo calculated it accurately:

By buying low and selling high, he can make at least 50% profit.

In other words, if he spent 100,000 gold coins to buy the island, after deducting the handling fee for selling the island, he could get 150,000 gold coins.

This is only for small islands.

As the size of the island increases, the accuracy of the Pangola family's exploration will decrease. The more ore reserves that have not been discovered by exploration, the greater the value-added space of the island.

After calculation, Li Nuo came to the conclusion:

For small islands selling for less than 100,000 gold coins, the profit margin is 50%.

The selling price is higher than 100,000 and less than 1 million for medium-sized islands, with a profit margin of 70%.

For large islands priced above 1 million, the profit margin is conservatively estimated to start at 90%.

This shows how seriously the Pangola family's exploration results were skewed.

In other words, how terrifyingly accurate deconstruction is in exploring ore reserves.

Of course, this discovery was based on the help of deconstruction, but Li Nuo's own mathematical analysis was also indispensable.

The largest magical bank in the Unas Ring, "Wulin Pavilion", has a branch in the inner trading area of ​​the Suman Islands.

The time deposit interest rate it offers is 3%, which is far lower than the 50% profit rate for buying and selling small islands.

In terms of a conservative investment strategy, it would be better for Li Nuo to use his idle funds to buy the island than to deposit the money in Wuling Pavilion.

Therefore, Li Nuo decided that after making money in the future, he would keep aside the expenses for himself and Dinas, and use the rest to buy islands and hoard land.

When the time comes in the future, use the deconstructed mineral vein information to sell the island in your hand.

As for whether the information about the mineral vein branch can convince the public and be recognized by the buyers who take over the island, or whether it will be slandered and slandered by the Pangula family, and whether it will be hated and suppressed by the other family, that is another matter.

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This is a world of extraordinary power.

Many times, a person's voice and weight are related to his or her own strength.

With low strength, telling the truth may be a mistake, and selling genuine products may be regarded as fakes.

But as long as you are powerful, the lies you tell may be regarded as a standard.

The information gap advantage Li Nuo gained through deconstruction once again showed Li Nuo the charm of intelligence.

Selling islands can bring Li Nuo tens of millions of gold coins.

This requires sufficient personal strength as support.

In order to successfully implement his plan to resell the island, Li Nuo decided to start primitive accumulation.

Just start tomorrow.

(End of chapter)