Chapter 215: The Dilemma of Individual Players
"I have already asked someone to deal with the four and a half planes we captured last time, but the price is much lower, only 80% of the previous price." A chubby middle-aged man standing in the front reported. He has a big head and bright eyes. Compared with his other companions with rough appearance, his temperament is full of wisdom and he looks quite smart.

He is the member of the Beast Alliance who is responsible for handling transactions and communications, that is, the treasurer.

Normally, after the Beast Alliance conquers the Void Plane and completes the search and harvesting, they will hand over the Void Plane to him for processing in exchange for resources.

"Why are the prices getting lower and lower?" A member frowned and said with some dissatisfaction.

The other members also frowned and looked at the slightly plump middle-aged man, hoping that he would give an explanation.

As individual players, they do not have the ability to control believers like believers in gods, so the development of their power is only slightly better than that of the indigenous forces, or even worse.

Apart from anything else, in terms of war potential alone, they are indeed not as good as some indigenous forces.

Because the most important point about war potential is its renewability.

Whether it is population or resources, they must be able to keep up.

Unfortunately, these two points happen to be the worst aspects of individual players.

The first is the population. This population does not refer to those small monsters, but the elites who truly have development potential and are willing to fight for the players.

Without various infrastructures and unable to improve the qualifications of their clans like believing in gods, there is only one way for them to keep up with the pace of the players who believe in gods.

Conquer those forces with hundreds or thousands of years of history, and then directly absorb them, control them by force and force, and make them serve you.

And this will inevitably require giving up something, such as loyalty.

In the development process of individual players, the turnover rate of their subordinates is very fast, and without the accumulation of time, there is naturally no so-called loyalty.

As a result, their real core population is actually pitifully small, at most only a few million.

With a population of several million, their regeneration capacity is a hammer.

The same is true for resources. Without the various infrastructures of the faithful players, it is impossible to support their forces just by farming and mining.

If faith players are compared to developing civilization, then individual players are plundering civilization.

They mainly support themselves by plundering the accumulation of other forces. Sometimes they will accept employment from other players and send troops to help in exchange for rewards.

The sale of void demiplanes is one of their main sources of resources.

Therefore, once the value of the demiplane decreases, many of them will suffer. Without external resources, they will find it difficult to maintain their current strength, let alone move forward.

"There's nothing we can do about it. The market is saturated."

The slightly plump middle-aged man explained, "Most of the previous customers who wanted to buy have already bought them, and as for the demiplane, how should I put it, the demand is actually very limited. Those customers haven't even figured out their own planes, so how could they dare to buy so many demiplanes? They simply can't manage them all."

"As for those players with weaker strength, they usually buy a plane with a few people, and then jointly develop and manage it. The demand is not large."

After hesitating for a moment and looking at everyone, he added, "And when we cleaned the plane, we left it too clean. Basically, there is only a piece of undeveloped land left."

For players, conquering a demiplane can yield a lot of spoils, but the most important of them is not the land and minerals, but the powerful creatures and monsters on it.

As mentioned before, the more powerful the creature, the higher their value.

Whether it is a mineral vein or land, it takes time to show its value, but living creatures and monsters do not need it, they can be used directly.

It may sound a bit cruel, but directly devouring powerful creatures is actually a very rapid way to grow, and it is also the main way for players' clans to improve their realm.

The reason why so many high-level legions emerged in the Eternal Night Empire is also closely related to this aspect. They devoured all living beings in the void plane in a predatory manner and turned them into stepping stones for their upward climb.

According to the statistics of the empire, it often takes two epic beasts to train a high-level warrior.

The Alliance of Beasts also handled the situation in almost the same way when they attacked. The only difference was that they gave the creatures a choice.

Surrender, or perish.

But no matter which method is used, the native creatures of the occupied plane will not be retained. In this way, the value of this plane will be discounted for the players.

At this point in time, most players will not lack regular resources.

Therefore, the mineral veins and spiritual plants above are no longer very attractive to them.

Tian Mo quickly figured out what he meant and said softly, "You mean, the price will be lower in the future, and we probably won't be able to do this business?"

"That's pretty much what it means."

The slightly plump man nodded and said, "If we don't want to fall into the dilemma of lack of resources in the future, we should start looking for new channels now."

"It's really troublesome..."

Tian Mo rubbed his head, sighed, looked at everyone, and said: "You have heard what I said, please tell us what you think. Although we still have a lot of resources in reserve, we can't just sit back and eat up all the resources."

The strength of the Beast Alliance is unquestionable, but its flaws are equally obvious.

They are like a war machine that keeps rushing forward. They need to be constantly refueled to run and cannot stop for a moment. Once they stop, this war machine will immediately collapse.

Everyone began to express their opinions and put forward what they thought were good ideas in order to find a way out for the alliance and themselves.

……

The Empire of Eternal Night.

Research Institute.

This is the research center of the Eternal Night Empire. What it researches can be said to directly determine the technological direction of the empire.

One after another, high-precision instruments of inestimable value are running, magic and technology coexist, giving people a magical feeling.

A group of middle-aged men who looked older and were wearing white coats were busy working. The sophisticated instruments were shining brightly in their hands.

"According to our experiments, there is no problem with the information obtained by the high priest. This is indeed the technical information of the Space Gate, and in my opinion, it is very reliable. We can even directly build the Space Gate according to the above technology." A researcher said excitedly. The Space Gate technology that has been blocking the empire for so many years is actually in our hands now. It is a little hard to believe when you think about it.

"Are you sure?" a senior researcher frowned.

"Yeah, I'm sure."

The researcher said, "According to the above information, our team has made some improvements to the original space gate. The effect is very significant. The transmission range has increased by 20%, and the stability has also been greatly improved. Accidents will not occur as frequently as before." The senior researcher was silent for a while, then looked at the test data and said:
"How about this, I'll approve another test fund for your team, and you can do a few more tests. Once you're sure everything is correct, tally up the results and show them to me."

For the current Eternal Night Empire, the research on the Space Gate is a top priority and much more important than any invention.

After all, the teleportation ability of the Space Gate is directly related to the capture of the Blood Empire and the layout of the unified plane.

Nowadays, most of the wise men of the Eternal Night Empire have realized that if they want to defeat the Blood Empire, they have only two ways to go. Either they rely on their strength to crush the other side and not give the other side any chance to resist, or they directly eliminate the distance between the two sides, deploy their troops, and rely on a larger army to conquer the Western Continent step by step.

The former is difficult to do.

Even though the Eternal Night Empire has far greater development potential than the Blood Empire, their development time is ultimately too short.

They are stronger than the Blood Empire, much stronger, but they are still roughly at the same level. This is not enough to create a crushing trend. With the advantage of geographical location, the two sides still have a fight to go.

Therefore, if they want to unify the planes, they have no choice but to take the second path.

Eliminate the influence of distance as much as possible and give full play to your own advantages.

As long as the troops can be deployed to the Blood Empire's homeland, it will be of no avail even if the blood clan defends the city.

By then, the Blood Empire will face the same situation as the Hundred Nations Alliance, or even worse.

After all, the Hundred Nations Alliance still had the Blood Empire to rely on at that time, but when it came to the Blood Empire's turn, they could only rely on themselves.

Because of this, the Empire spared no effort in the research of the Space Gate.

In other words, they have always been generous, but they are just more generous now.

Before we saw no results, huge amounts of resources were invested every year. Now that we have concrete results, this investment will only increase, not decrease.

"it is good."

The researcher in charge nodded repeatedly and replied excitedly.

"Go ahead and do your best. If you can really produce results, I will report to the Council of Elders and I will definitely get you a noble status." A senior researcher of high status patted him on the shoulder and said with a smile.

"Thank you, boss. I will redouble my efforts and try to build the space gate as soon as possible." The researcher became even more excited, his heart pounding.

Imperial researchers have a high status and good benefits, but in the Eternal Night Empire, which is full of martial virtues, they are still a little bit inferior and cannot compare to those nobles who own fiefs.

The senior researcher nodded and told him to go back and do his research.

"These guys are really smart. They have produced results so quickly." Su Xingyu, who was cultivating in the Divine Realm, paid special attention to this matter. He couldn't help but feel emotional when he saw that it had only been a few months since he had handed over the technical information, but the Imperial Research Institute had already mastered some of the technologies and improved the original space gate.

According to his idea, even if the technical data was complete, it would take several years for the Eternal Night Empire to produce results. But who would have known that someone had already figured it out in just a few months.

According to this trend, it won’t be long before the Empire can build a complete space gate.

Even if it is just the lowest-level space gate, its transmission range is one thousand kilometers, and it is very stable. Normal mid-level extraordinary warriors can pass through it. This is much stronger than the original Eternal Night Empire.

"That guy number two does have some abilities. I don't know if it's something that comes naturally from his godhood, or if he picked up some relic."

Sitting on the throne, he whispered to himself: "In this case, I should also prepare myself, so as not to be in a rush when the time comes..."

Since you are sure that the technology provided by the other party is real, you naturally have to do what you promised to them.

Go to the void demiplane designated by the opponent, help out once, and share the pressure of the demigod siege.

This sounds simple, but it is actually quite troublesome.

Putting aside other things, there are too many unknowns.

The location is completely decided by "Number Two", and they themselves have no idea about it. If the other party has malicious intentions and wants to kill them, then it is very feasible.

At least, as far as Su Xingyu himself is concerned.

If he is given enough time to prepare, he will be able to kill many players.

However, despite this, Su Xingyu had no intention of violating the agreement. He was a man with a strong sense of contract. At least the current situation was not enough for him to violate it.

Since he has agreed, he will definitely help.

But... helping is one thing, but how to help is another matter.

First of all, you need to figure out what the other party’s needs are?
"Number Two" needs them to help share the pressure of the demigod level.

The requirement is clear and simple.

Since it's just about sharing the pressure, there's no need to send a real body. A demigod incarnation will do.

Ever since Zhang Tao put forward his request, Su Xingyu had never thought that he would send his real body there.

After all, the risk is too high.

Under completely unknown circumstances, follow another unknown player to another unknown place to help.

Any normal person would not agree to this.

Su Xingyu is certainly not a fool. The reason he agreed is because he has a way to deal with it.

He has quite a few demigod incarnations. With a certain amount of spiritual consciousness separated from them, these demigod incarnations can exert considerable strength. I can't say anything else, but high-level demigods are the minimum and powerful demigods are the maximum.

Su Xingyu believed that the incarnation of a powerful demigod could already meet the requirements of "Number Two".

In this way, even if the other party really has some plan, He would only lose a demigod incarnation.

Su Xingyu didn't know what other people were thinking, but in his opinion, exchanging a demigod incarnation for the technical data of the Space Gate was still a very profitable deal.

As mentioned before, the technology of the Space Gate is not limited to this plane, but can be extended to other void half-planes. Even when the void is expanded in the future, they can directly invade other players' planes through the Space Gate.

Although we haven’t reached that situation yet, we can still look ahead and make arrangements in advance.

(End of this chapter)