Devouring Evolution: I Reborn as an Arctic Wolf Chapter 1902 - 1061: Stirring Hearts, Disrupting Public Opinion!
Previously on Devouring Evolution: I Reborn as an Arctic Wolf...
Even powerhouses surpassing the Heavenly Venerate Level hold the conviction that the realm ought to function precisely like this!
Dominant entities require not just formidable military might but also supremacy over resources, empowering them to challenge entire organizations and alliances on their own!
Yet this surge proved even briefer, resembling a fierce gale that sweeps through rapidly.
Within merely over two years, the cost of Heavenly Realm Blood Pills plummeted swiftly to its original price point.
This sudden drop erased the fresh assurance that numerous independent powerhouses had just acquired.
Even numerous organizations and Exotic Beasts seizing control fared worse, teetering on the brink of financial ruin in such a brief span.
Consequently, a growing number of Exotic Beasts detected the unmistakable aroma of intrigue,
After all, no savvy Exotic Beast lacks intelligence; attaining such heights, they might fall for deceptions once or twice, but perpetual fooling proves impossible.
Nevertheless, at that juncture, a multitude of proclamations from the two Star Nebula Great Clans started to sway widespread sentiment,
asserting that amid these wartime disturbances, every Star Nebula Great Clan picks a side, and the battlefronts desperately lack assorted supplies, making shifts entirely expected.
Illustrations include Star Nebula Great Clans at the forefront, restorative Exotic Fruits, and the River of Spirituality Essence prices exploding by dozens of folds in mere years!
In essence, a flood of debates submerged the alleged conspiracy notions beneath waves of persuasive discourse.
Internally, after all, these Star Nebula Great Clans remain far from harmonious,
Across every rank, alliance, minor entity, and collective, rivalry and clashes represent the everyday reality.
Thus, the conspiracy notion nearest to reality failed to spark significant uproar.
The Undead Holy Sect once more openly declared their acquisition of a shipment of premium Star Stones from the open market; anyone in need could offer them to the Undead Holy Sect.
For they aim to construct a colossal Star Sky Mother Ship!
This Star Sky Mother Ship would endure hundreds of assaults from a forbidden entity!
Following the Undead Holy Sect's pronouncement, opportunists once again inflated the values of premium Star Stones.
Conspiracy speculations, meanwhile, got thoroughly dismissed.
Regardless of intrigue or lack thereof, what confronted them was vast opportunity for gain.
Premium Star Stones' value rocketed upward, climbing until it abruptly crashed from a peak of twenty-seven times the baseline.
Through these three cycles of market manipulation, Su Lin's assets ballooned from tens of trillions to an astonishing sum exceeding eighty trillion!
Over eighty trillion, no less!
Included in that, the Erosion Spirit King wavered due to uncertainty over the Wolf Lord's intentions, refraining from heavy commitments, but across these three surges, they still pocketed tens of trillions!
Such wealth now bestows upon the Erosion Spirit King the ability to operate autonomously.
With tens of trillions in reserves, even through sheer expenditure without generation, it could maintain this trillion-scale Undead Army Group for a millennium!
Remember, the Wolf Lord previously led a force nearing a trillion in strength, battling the Sea of Star Sand for centuries, expending merely these amounts.
Amid this whirlwind market of wild rises and falls, Su Lin and the Erosion Spirit King have already ruined countless Exotic Beasts, minor groups, entities, and alliances from the Heavenly Abyss Civilization and the Predator Federation.
At present, close to one-fourth of the two Star Nebula Great Clans' total resources have transferred into the possession of Su Lin and the Erosion Spirit King.
On the Star Core, Star Nebula Great Clans typically amass far greater fortunes than those elsewhere!
Yet for a Star Nebula Great Clan to possess two or three trillion in assets marks it as exceptionally prosperous!
In peripheral regions, liquidating an entire Star Nebula Great Clan's civilian holdings might barely yield one or two trillion!
Local powers above the Star Core, however, have long established deep roots, existing in immense quantities.
During this era of fluctuating prices for these vital materials, the already shaky economy of the two Star Nebula Great Clans grew even more precarious.
Win or lose, all participants dove into this speculation on essential goods like avid risk-takers.
This infused the inhabitants of the two Star Nebula Great Clans with a palpable, feverish energy.
Still, these events left the leadership of the Star Nebula Great Clans unaffected,
Since as long as commodities and supplies keep flowing, the two Star Nebula Great Clans could extract greater levies and earnings.
Yet within only a few decades, numerous self-proclaimed astute speculators or victimized Exotic Beasts ended up destitute and empty-handed.
This spurred many Exotic Beasts who had lingered too long to contemplate moving to different territories for growth.
"Wolf Lord, we've almost amassed a trillion now, but our Undercover Agent's strategy of steering opinion to divert focus is waning in impact; many Exotic Beasts are detecting manipulations behind the resource trades!"
Even positioned at the frontier where the Undead Army meets the Heavenly Abyss Civilization's boundary, the Twelve-winged Dream Butterfly remained completely persuaded.
She genuinely never foresaw that riches could accumulate through such means?
One side employs rhetoric to cloud judgments, preventing astute doubters from banding together,
The other side cultivates rapid fortunes for early adopters, enticing additional Exotic Beasts untouched by avarice.
In the end, basic cupidity enables a savage reaping during the ebbs and flows of essential goods.
This surpasses the speed of plunder via conquest!
Though it appears devoid of bloodshed, these tactics prove far more ruthless than outright execution.
In her initial perspective, the Wolf Lord stood as a tactical prodigy, an unparalleled Heroic Dominator in battle, but presently, the Twelve-winged Dream Butterfly sensed she might yet grasp the Wolf Lord's full depth!
With these intricate plots and maneuvers, the Wolf Lord evokes more a concealed mastermind orchestrating from obscurity.
Quietly, plunging the two Star Nebula Great Clans into profound disarray.
While no overt shifts manifest on the warfare front as of now, the common folk no longer ponder conflicts, honors, or spoils; instead, they chase profits from essential goods' volatility to reap others and amass fortunes!
Should the two Star Nebula Great Clans engage in true warfare at this point, attempting to recruit from the masses, only compulsion would work, or enlistment numbers would plummet disastrously.
For within this tempest of desire, the populace's resolve has fractured into utter disarray!
The Twelve-winged Dream Butterfly recognizes too that this likely represents merely the Wolf Lord's opening move.
Since scarcely a century has passed, and the Wolf Lord's envisioned millennium lies far ahead.
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