Dragon Claw City.
Zhou Wenyuan was underground and said to Lin Yu, "When merchants in Yinguang Lake engage in foreign trade, they not only sell the refined magical artifacts and elixirs, but also import a large amount of materials."
"Most of these materials will be purchased by Dragon Claw City and then distributed to several major cities for processing and refining."
"According to this trade model, Yinguang Lake's foreign trade has been in trade surplus for a long time, and it should have accumulated a huge amount of wealth."
He smiled slightly, "But do you know what I discovered?"
Lin Yu raised his eyebrows and guessed what Zhou Wenyuan meant, "Yinguang Lake does not have that much wealth."
"I secretly entered the office hall of the City Lord's Mansion and found out the financial situation of Yinguang Lake." Zhou Wenyuan's face was as gloomy as water. "The inventory of spiritual stones in Yinguang Lake plus the materials in stock are only worth 17 billion spiritual stones."
"17 billion?"
Lin Yu's first reaction when he heard this was, "Isn't this too much?" He had never seen so many spirit stones in his life!
However, Zhou Wenyuan looked at him with the expression of a hopeless son, "Do you know the annual GDP of Yinguang Lake?"
Lin Yu was confused.
Zhou Wenyuan stretched out a finger and said in a deep voice, "10 billion spirit stones!"
Lin Yu was shocked.
Zhou Wenyuan said angrily, "The top three cities in Yinguang Lake's GDP are Flowing Fire City, Dragon Claw City and Dragon Scale City."
"The average annual GDP of Flowing Fire City is 5 billion spiritual stones, Dragon Claw City is 3.3 billion spiritual stones, and Dragon Scale City is 900 million spiritual stones."
"The three major cities alone add up to almost 10 billion spiritual stones!"
Lin Yu suddenly had a flash of inspiration, "Are the nine major cities in Silver Light Lake still considered Dragon Scale City?"
Zhou Wenyuan looked at him faintly, "Isn't it common sense that there are five of the four heavenly kings?"
Lin Yu: Σ( ° △ °)
You vomited so loudly!
"You young people always focus on the wrong thing!" Zhou Wenyuan sighed helplessly and said seriously, "Longlin City should not be included in the nine cities of Yinguang Lake, but when calculating the gross production value, Longlin City Cheng is the representative of all the terrestrial demon tribes in Yinguang Lake, so they are included in the calculation."
Lin Yu suddenly realized.
No wonder the gross production value of Dragon Scale City is so high. It turns out that all the land-dwelling demon clans in Yinguang Lake were packaged together and settled!
Also, although Yinguang Lake is dominated by aquatic monsters, the total number of terrestrial monsters also reaches tens of millions, making them a force that cannot be ignored. Thinking of this, Lin Yu turned back to the topic, "Yinguang Lake's average annual GDP is so high, and there is a trade surplus, so how come there are only 17 billion spiritual stones left?"
Seeing Lin Yu finally come to his senses, Zhou Wenyuan looked relieved, "Yes, when I checked here, I understood that there must be a huge hole inside Silver Light Lake."
"After investigating, I found that this hole is for purchasing funds."
Lin Yu blinked. He wanted to say, "Isn't procurement expenditure a serious expenditure? How can it be called a hole?", but he held back.
He didn't speak, just listened quietly.
Zhou Wenyuan said in detail, "The main items in Yinguang Lake's foreign trade are finished magical artifacts and elixirs. You have also purchased magical artifacts and elixirs. You should know the cost and selling price of these two commodities, right?"
Lin Yu nodded.
He has dealt with Yu Xianwan, so he naturally knows.
"The cost of magic weapons and elixirs is generally 20% of the selling price."
"That's right, but this is in our human race." Zhou Wenyuan spread his palm and stretched out five fingers, "In the demon race, the profits of magic weapons and elixirs are more than 500%!"
"If it is transported out of Yinguang Lake by merchants, the profit will increase by another 50%!"
Lin Yu's expression changed slightly, "That means..."
"The annual purchase amount spent by Yinguang Lake is at most 20% of the average annual GDP, which is 2 billion!" Zhou Wenyuan smiled coldly, "However, the annual purchase amount spent by Yinguang Lake is 3 billion!"
"Where did the remaining 1 billion spiritual stones go?"
Lin Yu raised his eyebrows, "One billion a year, how many spiritual stones will there be in so many years! Has it been embezzled by the dragons?"
"This all started 8 years ago, with a total of 8 billion spirit stones." Zhou Wenyuan corrected him first, and then said, "According to my investigation, these spirit stones were indeed spent on the purchase of materials. , but these materials have not gone through Dragon Claw City’s account books.”
Lin Yu nodded, "Could it be that the material of these 8 billion spirit stones is Mu Yuan's secret?"
"That's right." Zhou Wenyuan said slowly, "After I investigated and found these materials, I tried every means to track the direction of this batch of materials, and finally found that these materials passed through several warehouses and entered Mu Yuan's hands."
"Over the years, he has accumulated a massive amount of formation materials."
Lin Yu frowned, and suddenly his face changed slightly, "General, you said before that there is only one safe place in Yinguang Lake. Is it because... Mu Yuan arranged a magic circle that covers the entire Yinguang Lake?"
Zhou Wenyuan nodded, "After I escaped from Dragon Claw City, I traveled to several cities and found some traces of formations."
A magic circle covering the entire Yinguang Lake?
Lin Yu's mind buzzed, and he immediately thought of the blood sacrifice array that the Devouring Soul had laid.
"Could it be that Mu Yuan wants to sacrifice the lives of the entire Silver Light Lake?"
This is billions of lives!
"Is it unbelievable?" Zhou Wenyuan sighed softly, "I couldn't believe it at first, but I carefully checked the traces of the formation in the city and confirmed that it was indeed the blood sacrifice formation!"
Lin Yu shook his head. He still couldn't believe it, "How dare Mu Yuan do this? Isn't he afraid of being pursued by the Demon King of the Demon Clan?"
No matter how many monsters there are, billions are not a small number!
"Pursuit?" Zhou Wenyuan sneered, "It's too late for the Demon King to be happy. How could he pursue it?"
"Muyuan sacrifices billions of monsters in the entire Yinguang Lake. Once successful, he is likely to be promoted to Da Luo Jinxian."
"The power of the Jiaolong Clan is even greater than that of the seven major royal families of the Demon Clan. It is only because there is no Great Luo Jinxian sitting in charge that it has never been able to become a royal family of the Demon Clan."
"As long as Mu Yuan advances, all the dragons in the world will be led by him, and the seven major royal families of the demon clan will also become the eight major royal families!"
"The demon clan's strength has increased greatly, how can the demon king be unhappy?"
Lin Yu had a flash of inspiration and said, "By the way, won't the patrol guards care if he conducts such a large-scale blood sacrifice?"
"Of course the Patrol Guard will take care of it." Zhou Wenyuan shook his head and sighed, "But as long as Mu Yuan is not offering sacrifices to the evil god, the Patrol Guard will be lenient."
"After all, the Sky Patrol also serves the natural creatures."
Lin Yu's mouth twitched.
It will take more than a day or two for the natural creatures to want the demon clan to be exterminated.
He sighed softly, "Is this all we can do?"
"Why do you think Mu Yuan blocked the entire Yinguang Lake's internal and external communications?" Zhou Wenyuan was equally helpless.
He also wanted to stop Mu Yuan, but unfortunately Mu Yuan was too keen.
As soon as Zhou Wenyuan discovered the clue, Mu Yuan noticed it. Then he directly opened the large formation to block communications, severing the connection between Zhou Wenyuan and the human race.
He could only hold Lin Yu back, "Now, all we can do is protect our own lives, and the rest can only be left to fate!"
The two of them can only resign themselves to their fate, but they are not the only ones who want to stop Mu Yuan!
