"What's the current situation? Have all the Dragon Country borders opened? Which guild unified the overall situation?"
He finished speaking and looked at everyone indifferently.
Upon hearing Chu Tian's question, these few people straightened up.
The next wave of monsters required them to advance to another platform, which would then be activated.
Therefore, they were safe here.
The scene fell silent for a long moment.
Chu Tian did not urge them.
Finally, the rogue spoke first.
"De... God, have you really not logged in for a long time?"
Chu Tian shook his head.
"Mmm... I was just leveling up in a hidden map. That map had no connection to the outside world, and I... lived in the mountains by myself!"
He could only explain it this way.
Although it was far-fetched.
But with his high level, yet being completely unaware of everything, it was even more illogical.
So, he casually found a reason to brush it off.
He didn't know if they believed him!
However, the few people looked somewhat enlightened.
The sharpshooter spoke at this moment.
"Regarding the current situation... if you say Dragon Country is unified, it is, in a way!
But it's also not... the anomaly... lies with your Reverse God Alliance.
Your location is too crucial, causing the entire Northern War Zone to be impenetrable from within and without.
Speaking of which, I have to admire you. A guild like the Reverse God Alliance, capable of holding off all enemies, is simply something we... look up to like a surging river..."
What followed was a barrage of flattery.
Chu Tian's facial muscles twitched as he listened.
Was this guy a reincarnation of Wei Xiaobao?
Even the other members of their team wore strange expressions when they heard the end.
Chu Tian had to interrupt him.
"So, you're saying the Eastern, Southern, and Western War Zones are all unified?"
The others nodded.
"So that's how it is..."
Chu Tian stroked his chin.
"Boss, do you have any major plans?"
The shield warrior asked in a deep voice.
The rogue nudged him aside.
"Don't pry!"
This made the shield warrior freeze.
Chu Tian, however, smiled and indicated it was alright.
"Major plans... you'll know soon enough!"
Chu Tian already had a plan in mind.
His mood was now as calm as still water.
Much of his sharpness had diminished,
But he had gained more steadiness.
The Heavenly Dao World was his starting point.
Perhaps, the end would also be here.
"The first step..." Chu Tian mused inwardly.
All his plans were already being laid out in his mind.
Moreover, this time he harbored no desire for victory or defeat.
Were winning and losing truly that important?
But it had to be done... this was a necessity.
Following this group of casual players, they continued to clear the dungeon.
With Chu Tian present, they had cleared the normal difficulty Trial Ground within an hour.
Under normal circumstances, it would have taken them five people and a low-level player at least four hours to clear such a dungeon.
But with Chu Tian, they were almost just spectators.
The only useful roles were the shield warrior and the rogue's crowd control.
And the cleric for healing the shield warrior.
The sharpshooter, as the captain, and the fire mage with good equipment, had both become mere decorations.
Their damage output was negligible compared to the extremely high-range, unlimited area-of-effect damage.
After an hour, Chu Tian left the team.
The few people bid farewell to Chu Tian.
The beautiful priest player even asked Chu Tian for an autograph.
The other men, full of envy, had eyes that were about to turn red.
They thought, was it a bit much for the priest to ask Chu Tian for an autograph?
After all, they were all grown men.
After parting ways with them, Chu Tian teleported back to the main city.
He had logged in while in stealth mode.
Therefore, his friends and guild members
Had not noticed.
However, after returning to the main city,
He went directly to the auction house.
His equipment was too trashy.
It was time for an upgrade.
Even a bronze-level equipment above level 100 would be much more powerful than his current top-tier gear.
He went to the auction house naturally to replace his equipment.
At the same time, he wanted to check the auction income from the past year and a half.
He wanted to see how much he had, which should be enough for him to get a new set of equipment.
During this year and a half, his auction house and shops, apart from necessary system expenses,
Had no one else able to withdraw gold coins.
He had previously invested heavily in upgrading the auction house and shops.
Although a year and a half had passed,
And many shops had surpassed his in level,
But he occupied these three crucial areas.
The prime location of the golden land meant that Chu Tian's income could not be significantly lower.
Moreover, the auction house was unique to him.
Once an auction house was established in the main city, others could not build another.
Unless the entire system declared the auction house bankrupt.
Or transferred ownership to someone else.
Otherwise, no one could compete in the entire auction industry.
More importantly.
Chu Tian's auction house was not limited to just Shengjing City.
It was a linkage of the three main cities in the Northern War Zone.
The auction houses of all three main cities belonged to Chu Tian; this was the foundation he laid in the early stages.
Even after two years, no one could surpass him.
And to this day, no one knew about the chain merchant business.
Even the guild leader of the Reverse God Alliance, I Am Not a Druid, was rumored to be the behind-the-scenes boss of the legendary Druid God.
Chu Tian's initial intention after rebirth was to establish an economic foundation ahead of others.
Back then, when he had just been reborn,
He didn't have any aspirations of conquering the world.
He only wished for the simple life of a commoner,
To live a comfortable life with enough money and food.
Of course, Chu Tian had also thought of getting rich overnight.
Otherwise, he wouldn't have used his past memories.
To surpass others in level, to become the world's number one in level, to be the first player to reach the main city, and to receive many rewards.
He had even spent all his funds to purchase the golden land, which was initially insignificant.
If he had sold the money he held then, it could have exchanged for an astronomical sum.
Which would have allowed him to be a small rich man in reality.
But Chu Tian chose long-term investment.
Two years had passed, and the land he had bought for a few hundred gold coins in the system
Was now worth far more than its price.
Based on Chu Tian's experience from his previous life, his plots of land would be worth tens of millions within two years.
However, Chu Tian... was not short of money now.
After dealing with the gold last time,
He hadn't had a chance to stretch his legs before moving to another place.
In a short span, a year and a half had passed.
Now that he had returned, it was time to make his move.
The number of digits in his bank account now was beyond comprehension, an astronomical figure.
Spending money was his first step now.
Arriving at the entrance of the auction house,
He didn't go in immediately.
Instead, he opened the internal trading system of the Heavenly Dao World from the side.
Once the trading system was activated, players could directly list their gold coins on it.
There was no longer a need for a middleman to guarantee the transaction.
However, the existence of middlemen still provided a space for profit.
This was because their commission fees were much lower than the game system's.
Moreover, many people who were in a hurry to dispose of gold coins would not list them on the system trade.
This was because if you listed them, no one would immediately purchase them.
Instead, some middlemen would purchase the gold coins at a low price, transfer them immediately,
And then sell them below the system's limit.
They made profit from the spread!
Upon opening the cash exchange trading panel, he first checked the exchange rate.
The current exchange rate for one gold coin was around 1000.
After two years, the gold coins in the Heavenly Dao World had not depreciated too much.
And the system limit was at least 999 yuan per gold coin.
This kept the prices in the Heavenly Dao World balanced.
Moreover, to maintain this price after a year was unprecedented.
Even in Chu Tian's previous life, after five years of the Heavenly Dao World's operation,
The gold coin price remained stable at one gold coin equaling 900 yuan.
This was because, although the higher the level in the Heavenly Dao World, the more gold coins dropped,
The higher the level, the greater the expenditure.
This meant that specialized gold farmers and grinders couldn't farm higher-level monsters without spending money.
With just a set of trash equipment, constantly mining and gathering herbs, you couldn't earn much money.
Chu Tian was at the bottom back then.
A bottom-level miner.
The money he earned daily was just enough for his food and drink.
And that was just instant noodles.
To become an advanced miner among the life players and earn money, you needed to invest gold coins.
Therefore, no matter what aspect you wanted to reach an advanced level in,
It required spending gold coins.
This kept the gold coins valuable.
After checking the prices, Chu Tian closed the cash trading panel.
He opened his friend list.
He clicked on a person's avatar.
And directly initiated a video call.
...
Shengjing City, a small tavern.
In a regular private room, there were many people.
In the middle was a long table.
These people were not sitting there.
At the very center, in the head seat, sat a胖子.
Below him, people were chattering, and he looked somewhat annoyed.
These people seemed to be discussing why a certain sum of money had been frozen and could not be used.
This sum accounted for seventy percent of their total liquid capital.
"Why can't this money be moved? This money has been in place since we founded the company a year and a half ago, always accounting for seventy percent. Until now, this amount has been continuously expanding, but why won't you let us use it?"
"Exactly... 007, although you injected a large sum of capital and held eighty percent of the shares, with the rest of us only holding twenty percent. A year has passed, and you only used that capital once at the beginning to let us make a fortune. After that... why do you only take a ten percent share in whatever you participate in?"
"007, you owe us an explanation. For over a year, the funds we operated were only thirty percent of the book value, while the remaining seventy percent has been constantly expanding. Why is that?"
"If you don't give us an explanation today, we're not leaving!"
"This is too unfair! Every time we invest in something and make money, you take seventy percent of the expanded amount. We're losing too much!"
"We need an explanation!"
"If we don't get an explanation today, we'll disband!"
"Yes, we've earned enough over the years, I'm ready to retire!"
The people in the room were chattering endlessly,
They were all trying to pressure him.
And sitting in the head seat was someone Chu Tian knew, [Integrity First 007].
He had a splitting headache.
The money they were talking about did exist.
And it had indeed been expanding due to their earnings over the years.
He himself was also shocked.
However, that money was not his.
When he first formed the alliance with these people and used that money,
He was trembling with fear.
For fear of losing everything and offending that person.
After getting his capital back, he never dared to touch it again.
Now, that person hadn't contacted him for over a year.
Rumors in the outside world said he had retired from the game.
Even in reality, he had looked for Chu Tian several times.
But there was no news.
However, he always believed that this man would return.
As the people below were making a fuss, he was starting to feel overwhelmed by the pressure.
Just as he was about to speak,
A video call request popped up on his screen.