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 experts surpassing the Heavenly Venerate Level think the world ought to operate like this!
Mighty entities must possess not just formidable military power but also control over vital resources, enabling them to compete head-on with entire organizations and alliances by themselves!
Yet this surge proved even briefer than before, resembling a fierce gale that sweeps through rapidly.
Within a mere two years or so, the cost of Heavenly Realm Blood Pills dropped swiftly back to its original price.
As a result, the fresh surge of assurance among numerous lone powerhouses evaporated in an instant.
Even numerous groups and Exotic Beasts that had seized control found themselves in dire straits, teetering on the brink of financial ruin in that brief span.
Consequently, a growing number of Exotic Beasts started detecting the whiff of a plot,
Since no clever Exotic Beast lacks intelligence; upon attaining such heights, they might fall for tricks a couple of times, but eternal deception proves impossible.
Nevertheless, right then, a barrage of opinions from the two Star Nebula Great Clans started to sway the masses,
asserting that amid these chaotic times of conflict, every Star Nebula Great Clan picks alliances, and the battlefronts desperately lack essential supplies, so shifts in prices are expected.
Take, for instance, how frontline Star Nebula Great Clans, restorative Exotic Fruits, and the River of Spirituality Essence have seen their values explode by tens of folds in just a few years!
To sum it up, a flood of debates utterly submerged those alleged conspiracy notions beneath waves of persuasive arguments.
Indeed, within these Star Nebula Great Clans, unity is far from the reality,
As across every level, alliances, minor entities, and coalitions, constant rivalry and infighting reign supreme.
Thus, the conspiracy idea nearest to the actual events failed to generate significant uproar.
The Undead Holy Sect once more openly declared their intent to purchase a shipment of premium Star Stones openly; those in need may offer them to the Undead Holy Sect.
For they aim to construct an immense Star Sky Mother Ship!
A vessel of that magnitude could endure countless assaults from a forbidden powerhouse!
Following the Undead Holy Sect's proclamation, opportunists once again inflated the values of superior Star Stones.
Meanwhile, all talk of conspiracies got pushed to the sidelines.
In the end, whether a scheme lurks or not, the immediate prospect staring them in the face is massive wealth.
The worth of premium Star Stones rocketed upward, climbing until it crashed down abruptly at twenty-seven times its base rate.
Through these three rounds of market maneuvering, Su Lin's holdings ballooned from dozens of trillions to an astonishing sum exceeding eighty trillion!
That's exceeding eighty trillion!
Including the Erosion Spirit King, who held back due to uncertainty over the Wolf Lord's intentions, avoiding heavy commitments, but still profited by dozens of trillions across these three cycles!
Such a fortune now empowers the Erosion Spirit King to operate autonomously.
Since dozens of trillions in assets, even if spent solely on upkeep without generating more, would support the trillion-strong Undead Army Group for a full millennium!
Remember, the Wolf Lord previously led a force nearing a trillion in size, battling the Sea of Star Sand over centuries, using up no more than such amounts.
Amid this whirlwind of market booms and busts, Su Lin and the Erosion Spirit King have driven countless Exotic Beasts, minor organizations, coalitions, and alliances from the Heavenly Abyss Civilization and the Predator Federation into bankruptcy.
At present, almost one-fourth of the total wealth from the two Star Nebula Great Clans has ended up under the control of Su Lin and the Erosion Spirit King.
In the Star Core region, Star Nebula Great Clans typically amass far greater riches compared to those elsewhere!
However, possessing two or three trillion in assets already marks a Star Nebula Great Clan as exceptionally prosperous!
Outside that zone, liquidating an entire Star Nebula Great Clan's civilian holdings might barely yield one or two trillion, if that!
In contrast, the entrenched powers surrounding the Star Core boast vast quantities and deep roots.
Now, with these essential goods' prices swinging wildly, the already shaky economy of the two Star Nebula Great Clans grew even more precarious.
No matter the wins or losses, all participants dove into this speculation on vital goods as if addicted to gambling.
This infused the citizens of the two Star Nebula Great Clans with a wild, hard-to-describe manic energy.
Still, these upheavals left the leadership of the Star Nebula Great Clans untouched,
Because as long as merchandise and supplies keep flowing, the two Star Nebula Great Clans reap increased revenues and earnings.
Yet over mere decades, plenty of those self-proclaimed shrewd speculators or victimized Exotic Beasts wound up ruined and destitute.
This spurred many Exotic Beasts, long stationary, to contemplate moving to new territories for growth.
"Wolf Lord, we've almost accumulated a trillion, yet our Undercover Agent's strategy of shaping public opinion to distract is waning in impact; numerous Exotic Beasts now detect influences behind the resource trades!"
Positioned even now along the frontier where the Undead Army meets the Heavenly Abyss Civilization's boundary, the Twelve-winged Dream Butterfly felt completely persuaded.
She had never imagined acquiring resources in such a manner?
One side employs opinion-shaping to cloud judgments, preventing wary sharp intellects from banding together,
The other side creates sudden fortunes for select followers, tempting additional Exotic Beasts untouched by avarice.
In the end, leveraging basic cupidity, they execute a savage reaping during the ups and downs of essential goods.
This method yields gains nearly swifter than plundering via conquest!
Though it appears devoid of bloodshed, these tactics prove far harsher than swift executions.
In her initial perception, the Wolf Lord stood as a tactical prodigy, peerless in battle as a Heroic Dominator, but presently, the Twelve-winged Dream Butterfly sensed she hadn't fully grasped the Wolf Lord's depths!
With maneuvers and ploys of this caliber, the Wolf Lord appears more like a covert mastermind plotting from the darkness.
Quietly, steering the two Star Nebula Great Clans into utter disarray.
Although military fronts show no overt shifts yet, the common folk no longer ponder warfare, honors, or spoils; rather, they chase profits from vital goods' volatility to prey on rivals and amass riches!
Should the two Star Nebula Great Clans launch a true conflict now, attempting to draft locals, it would likely require coercion, as voluntary participation would remain dismal otherwise.
For within this tempest of desire, the populace's resolve has dissolved into disorder and fragmentation!
The Twelve-winged Dream Butterfly realizes too that this could merely represent the Wolf Lord's opening move.
Since scarcely a century has passed, and the thousand-year horizon the Wolf Lord envisioned lies far ahead.
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