Chapter 169: The Evil God's Anomaly

The price of second-tier extraordinary bronze ore is higher than that of black iron ore, and its mining difficulty is also greater, so the trading price will be higher as well.

If ordinary rice is used for trading, 50 tons of ordinary rice are needed to exchange for one ton of bronze ore.

However, you need a large amount; with my authority I can give you a 20% discount, which means exchanging a little over 40 tons of ordinary rice for one ton of bronze ore.

As for third-tier extraordinary silver ore, I cannot decide on my authority, but I can convey your request to Lord Iron Beard.

After stating his own conditions, Tie Geda felt somewhat uneasy.

In his view, Su Hao being able to trade a thousand tons of rice at once is already extremely terrifying.

If that amount were given to some small forces, a thousand tons of rice would be enough to feed them to death.

Moreover, the unit price of bronze ore in trade is also much higher than that of black iron ore, and Tie Geda does not believe that Su Hao, having just consumed a hundred tons of black iron ore, could also consume a hundred tons of bronze ore.

"Forty tons of ordinary rice for one ton of bronze ore..."

After hearing Tie Geda's quote, Su Hao stroked his chin, showing a thoughtful expression.

For Su Hao, being able to trade ordinary rice for second-tier extraordinary ore is a very profitable deal, regardless of the price.

However, forty tons of rice is not a small amount.

Calculated by three meals a day, a normal adult consumes only over 200 catties of rice per year.

In this apocalyptic world of food scarcity, not to mention a yearly 200 catties, even if halved, such a life could be considered moist.

This means that forty tons of rice is completely enough to feed over 9,000 adults for one month.

And this is still just the price of one ton of bronze ore.

If there were no external enemies attacking, these forty tons of rice would be equivalent to the lives of over 9,000 dwarves.

Even if bronze ore is extremely precious, compared to life it becomes insignificant.

Thus, trading one ton of bronze ore for forty tons of rice is indeed not a small amount.

Although Su Hao has Hua Yao and other flower spirits, whose planting speed is astonishingly fast, forty tons of ordinary rice could be grown in not too long.

But this is after all a trade, and moreover a long-term trade.

Even if the dwarves' nature is straightforward, unlike humans who have many twists and turns.

However, this does not mean that dwarves have no ulterior motives.

If Su Hao were truly like a fool, accepting whatever price the other side offered without thinking, he would eventually be tricked by them.

After Su Hao pondered for a moment, he slightly shook his head and softly said: "I think you should also know what a large amount of food means in today's world."

"Although rice is merely an ordinary crop without a grade, in today's food-scarce environment, food means life."

"If life is gone, let alone second-tier extraordinary ore, even second- or third-tier extraordinary items would just be a pile of scrap iron!"

"Therefore, I cannot accept the price you offered, and I won't haggle with you; one ton of bronze ore can at most be exchanged for thirty tons of rice."

"One ton of silver ore can be exchanged for two hundred tons of rice, or other extraordinary plants with grades; no need to discuss further."

"You can report my price to your leader and see what he thinks." Su Hao did not press the price too hard, after all Hua Yao and others' planting speed is truly too fast, so this rice is indeed not something valuable.

But his attitude must be shown, otherwise being taken advantage of by the other side would be somewhat disgusting.

"One ton of bronze ore for thirty tons of rice, one ton of silver ore for two hundred tons of rice… Please wait a moment, I will report this to Lord Iron Beard."

Having said that, Tie Geda hastily hung up the phone and reported Su Hao's proposed price to the Dwarf King Iron Beard.

Finally, after some negotiation, Su Hao agreed to trade at the price of one ton of bronze ore for 32 tons of ordinary rice, and one ton of silver ore for 220 tons of ordinary rice, thus concluding this transaction.

"You go first prepare the black iron ore and bronze ore; we will strive to complete the first batch of trade within three days."

"Within three days… no problem, we will definitely gather a hundred tons of black iron ore and a hundred tons of bronze ore within three days; as for silver ore, we will also hurry."

"That's fine; when you're ready, contact me again."

Having said that, Su Hao hung up the phone and sent a message to Hua Yao.

【Su Hao: In the coming days, focus on planting rice and other grains in another plot, striving to quickly fill this area with food crops; I will need them soon.】

【Hua Yao: Okay, master, I will arrange this right away and will not disappoint you.】

"A 3 km by 3 km planting area equals 90,000 square meters, or 13,500 mu; once fully planted, a single harvest could yield ten to twenty thousand tons of rice, feeling like it won't take long before we drain the dwarves' group's stockpile."

Su Hao smiled slightly, then immediately turned off the chat interface of the communicator bracelet, rode on the back of the giant panda, and continued forward toward the direction of the dark dungeon.

The matter of planting rice was entrusted to Hua Yao; Su Hao felt very relieved, and since he himself knows nothing about planting, returning would be useless, so it's better to leave it to Hua Yao and her companions to handle.

……

Dark dungeon, Wangling Hai.

A huge bone dragon flew down from the sky and landed beside a damaged tomb.

Looking into the tomb, a white soul fire conveyed a message that could only be communicated through souls; the soul fire on its face formed a resentful expression.

"Cough cough, don't be anxious; I believe that person will surely return..."

"Certainly, I am certainly sure; even if you don't believe me, can you not believe my god?"

"According to the divine edict of my god before His slumber, the chosen one will surely return here, take what He left behind, help my god seize divine authority, and let Him awaken from His slumber!"

The white soul fire, as if talking to itself, uttered a long string of words.

Although he spoke very confidently, his eyes still betrayed deep worry.

In his view, the divine edict naturally cannot be false, but as for when the chosen one mentioned in the edict will arrive, he cannot be certain.

More importantly, the evil god's influence over this Wangling Hai is growing ever larger; he is very worried about how long this wisp of his soul fire can still sustain.

Boom—! At that moment, the center of Wangling Hai suddenly emitted a huge roar; the ground appeared a giant pit, and a mass of black gas burst out from it, spreading outward across Wangling Hai.

Within that black vapor, faintly visible were one emaciated figure after another.

(End of chapter)