Chapter 2347: Breaking through (3)

Dark Direction dared to sell, and someone dared to buy!

Ye Zhongming had to admire the power these people wielded in reality.

A carrier wasn't just a matter of three hundred million Moonspan Gold—it was an investment of who knew how many hundred million more in the future. Just the crew alone, from what Ye Zhongming knew, exceeded three thousand.

Three thousand lifeforms with various professional skills—even if you didn't train them, just hiring them would cost how much per cosmic year?

Add fuel, maintenance, consumables, and more—the annual upkeep alone wasn't something just anyone could afford.

One thing was certain: every race that possessed a carrier in reality was a supermajor race. So whoever bought this carrier was also from a supermajor race, likely a real power-holder or even a clan leader!

Waves surged in Ye Zhongming's heart.

This was a height he would one day reach.

Ye Zhongming couldn't afford a carrier. He also couldn't afford the "Zhuanghao"-class battleship, with its eighty-million-Moonspan-Gold price tag and subsequent usage and maintenance costs potentially reaching hundreds of millions—truly beyond the current Cloud Peak King.

Like the carrier, once available, five of the eight Zhuanghao-class battleships were instantly snapped up.

Then the numbers of other spacecraft types dropped sharply. After a dozen minutes, what remained were one carrier and about twenty other spacecraft.

The hundred fifty spacecraft sold had already exceeded a billion in value—Ye Zhongming had never seen transactions this large.

Looking at the remaining twenty-odd spacecraft, the Cloud Peak King thought it over and placed an order.

Two "Empty Breeze," four "Heavy Tide," two "Lof," and five transport ships.

These warships cost Ye Zhongming over thirty million Moonspan Gold.

Of course, these weren't for himself. The Empty Breeze and Heavy Tide were meant as gifts for the Su Clan.

For this supermajor race, Ye Zhongming was grateful from the heart. From Jie Su to Yaohan Su to Huozhi, they had all been friendly to him, almost never refusing his requests. Their relationship had evolved from an interest-based cooperation with Jie Su as the link and guarantor into a true partnership.

For the Star-Eye Clan and Ye Zhongming, they had lost an elder, many excellent formation masters, and one elder still in a coma.

Ye Zhongming remembered all of this.

And this time, they were building Cloud Peak Manor's second phase for free—a great favor. The Purple Luo Zinc and other materials he'd given them were far from enough in value.

In this cosmic conflict, the Su Clan had lost a fleet. These warships would compensate somewhat.

Of course, Ye Zhongming wasn't entirely selfless. Part of these warships would likely end up in Jie Su's fleet.

He planned to keep the Lof-class and transports for himself—he had use for them.

After Ye Zhongming's purchase, about ten remained unsold, but a02 showed no interest in pushing them further and moved on.

"You've all probably seen the hundred-million-Moonspan-Gold bounty for concrete evidence of Kunzuo's death. What I'm about to say relates to that."

For some reason, when a02 mentioned this, Ye Zhongming felt he was being observed.

"Kunzuo died, and a Lie God-grade piece of equipment on him—the Luosheng Bow—vanished with him. So someone has commissioned me to find the Luosheng Bow, or to purchase it directly."

a02 quickly added, "Don't worry—this isn't a trap to flush out who killed Kunzuo. This person genuinely needs the Luosheng Bow."

"If anyone can provide accurate leads, ten million Moonspan Gold. If anyone can directly find the Luosheng Bow, the client is willing to pay one hundred million Moonspan Gold."

The reaction below was muted. They trusted Founder Number Two—Dark Direction would never use a task as bait, or its credibility would be destroyed. That was why a02 hadn't posted it as a task but announced it directly here.

One hundred million Moonspan Gold for the Luosheng Bow was actually quite good. After all, not many needed long-range weapons—few in such professions reached peak expert level, and without being a peak expert or in a related profession, one couldn't unleash the full power of a long-range Lie God-grade item like the Luosheng Bow.

Seeing no response, a02 wasn't surprised. He just needed to spread the word.

"Third item: someone has commissioned me to sell some very high-grade equipment. I think no one but us could afford it, so I didn't post it publicly—I brought it here for you to see."

With that, a02 took out several pieces of equipment from his spatial storage.

Everyone's eyes lit up.

Six pieces: helmet, chest armor, leg armor, boots, belt, and wings.

"You may have noticed—these are all premium Raini-grade equipment, and they're a complete set."

At this, many leaned forward.

Peak experts were few, and fewer still could come here. And even peak experts couldn't be entirely outfitted in Lie God-grade—premium Raini-grade was what they needed and commonly used.

Raini-grade they might not lack, but premium-grade was surely rare, and a complete premium Raini-grade set—probably no one had one.

"A six-piece set?" a12, sitting beside Ye Zhongming, murmured—not a question, but admiration.

But unexpectedly, a02 picked up on it.

"No—actually, it's a ten-piece set." With that, a02 brought out another item: a brand-new mechanical war beast.

The beast-form mechanical war beast was about five meters long and three meters tall—suitable for roughly half the cosmic races to ride. On its sides hung a long spear and a shield.

"Founder a02, you mean these are all one complete set?"

a02 nodded. "Yes, a complete set—all interconnected, producing additional abilities when worn together. Honestly, I never imagined equipment could be designed to this degree. And one more thing—you may have noticed: helmet, chest armor, leg armor, boots, belt, wings, war beast, spear, shield—that's nine pieces. I said ten. One is missing."

"The spear and shield are for fighting atop the war beast. The set's main weapon is absent—not because it's lacking, but because the maker will design and craft the main weapon separately according to the buyer's requirements, to unleash even greater combat power."