Chapter 558
Chapter 558 - 538: Changes in the Sky
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Before departure, Lu Ping’an and his companions couldn’t understand the purpose of this spectacular tower in the state capital... In this world, high buildings themselves can easily attract disasters.
When they initially entered, they found that a special curse technique had expanded the space inside, making the vast and empty environment even more puzzling.
Could it be that it was just for a yearly assessment?
Later, with the announcement of its special position as a "Divine Kingdom Spaceship," they were able to accept it.
But now, after returning and discovering its role as a "transfer station," everyone felt that it wasn’t big enough... Even though it had grown significantly thicker and twice as tall in just two months.
"The first floor is the golden treasure land, with chain stores from various families... The church’s branches in the capital are there, and you can directly find them if you need something. As long as you don’t go out, you’ll be fine."
This level of forced residence, which couldn’t even be considered house arrest, allowed the use of phones and messages, putting many people at ease.
But the belongings and people around them were not allowed to leave until the inspection and registration was complete.
The process was said to be uncomplicated, but due to the limited local manpower, they had to wait... There might be no shortage of inspectors, but high-level combat power that could maintain order and prevent accidents was certainly limited.
After all, not all explorers were like Lu Ping’an, a semi-newcomer; rule-level explorers naturally required rule-level inspectors to handle them.
Lu Ping’an heard that the stronger the combat power, the earlier they would be inspected. On paper, Lu Ping’an’s group consisted of several fourth-tier mercenaries, so they were relatively far down in the queue.
Lu Ping’an’s group was quite relaxed since they didn’t feel much pressure and had already called their families to assure them of their safety...
"Staying a few more days might be a good thing. There’s everything here..."
Those returnees who stayed behind couldn’t sit still and went straight back to their old ways of trading.
Some set up stalls and others made purchases. Everyone had goods on hand, and exchanging them while they had nothing else to do was a good thing.
Many of the young people in Lu Ping’an’s group had a lot of "goods," so they naturally joined this "feast."
However, during the trading, Lu Ping’an also discovered the old problem... The lack of generally equivalent items in the trades made many of them fall through.
This was the pain of the era. Taboo items used to be rare and precious, and many slightly better ones didn’t have a real market... As for rule-level and silver-tier treasures, if they were traded with cash, it would be an exorbitant price that many could not afford.
This time, with many enjoying a bountiful harvest and a pile of "truth-level" taboo items on the market, if they really sold at pre-harvest sky-high prices...
"Would anyone buy them? Wouldn’t they be afraid of market price avalanches? Can they afford so much cash?"
"Would anyone sell them? After getting the money, wouldn’t they worry that they wouldn’t be able to buy suitable taboo items in the future? Or would it be better to follow the old practice of bartering?"
With these thoughts occurring among both buyers and sellers, successful transactions became less likely.
In fact, everyone knew that as the essence of a world flows into the Earth, the "large influx" of taboo items, materials, and knowledge on the market is only a matter of time before their prices drop significantly.
However, high-end taboo items have been bartered for years, and high-end professionals still lack trust in the official currency of the Eastern Country... As mentioned before, they trust the credit-coins provided by various churches more, which can buy the high-end equipment, materials, and knowledge they need.
This situation has occurred more than once in the Silent Mountain Range... In the end, the Eastern Country’s official currency lacks the necessary high creditworthiness that "hard currency" must possess, as it has been too common in the past to be unable to buy high-end goods with money.
This lack of trust, in turn, obstructs normal transactions and may generate added instability (robbery, fraud).
Ultimately, the Eastern Country’s official power is weak, and the high-end market is always controlled by various churches, resulting in a lack of purchasing power for the Eastern Country’s currency at the high-end level.
Money can’t buy goods, which in turn leads to a large premium. The exaggerated transactions in the millions and billions have arisen from this situation... This shows that the high-end goods on the market are already beyond the scope of the Eastern Country’s currency.
If there were no surprises, a bunch of goods from the Silent Mountain Range World would have entered the market by now, and the high-end market might collapse again. In such a situation, trading could easily lead to huge losses.
When Lu Ping’an first sold a Black-iron level shovel, he traded in Lin Nu’s Church credit-coins, and the higher-end markets had long since become the patents of various religious sects.
Lu Ping’an thought that this time the trading fair would be the same as before in the Silent Mountain Range World: enjoying the view, buying little, selling even less, and preparing more for robbery...
"Union coin? What is that?"
A strange term and its meaning appeared in front of everyone ... this was definitely not something they had discussed before setting off.
"It’s a new currency issued by the Eastern Country’s official government in collaboration with the Proper God Churches. Currently, it’s linked to the credit-coins used within the government and churches..."
Hearing the explanation, Lu Ping’an was momentarily dumbfounded.
This seemingly simple new currency actually meant a complete change in the world’s general trend.
"How is that possible? How could the Eastern Country’s official government take back the right to issue currency? And how could the other Churches possibly agree?"
The issuance of union coins, with the previous credit-coins of the Churches and official government as collateral, seemed fair at first glance. But in reality, it represented a full-scale retreat by all the Churches.
In the past, the Churches had more or less rendered the official government powerless...
"I can offer you better compensation, I can print money on my own, you can only issue paper money that no one wants in the high-end market, so, naturally, I can attract more talent."
Now, issuing new currency together meant pulling all the Churches back to the same starting line, using the assets of all Churches to endorse the government in control of the right to issue currency, and putting all the Churches under the comprehensive jurisdiction of the government once again.
"What has happened in these two months? Was there a world war?"
"No, it’s just that New Gods have been coming, and more Proper Gods have been officially recognized."
This was deterrence in the form of a united front. Foreign deities had encountered the unifying power of local deities. Given the "preferential policies" of the Proper Gods, it was only natural that they would join the government.
Not to mention that if the Seal Master and Moon God, deities of that level, truly joined the official government forces, the small Proper God teams would have to seriously consider their own positions.
"In the midst of this great event, everyone is afraid of falling behind. Now the government has taken control of the arrangement and examination of the Explorer Plan. They can make certain Churches grow potatoes on the ground forever. Stagnation equals falling behind, and falling behind, in a sense, means a slow death..."
This was a combination of coercion and temptation. The Eastern Country’s government, with both its stick and carrot, used this gamble to once again win respect and power.
"So that’s how it is... That explains everything..."
Now the previous haughty high-ranking Churches and high-quality fighters obediently followed the arrangement, which fully explained the situation.
𝙛𝓻𝒆𝒆𝒘𝙚𝓫𝙣𝙤𝒗𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢
And when even the Churches and their high-level combat power submitted, it was only natural for the scattered high-level combat forces to follow suit.
This was the unstoppable trend, which no one could stop... Opening the national gate unexpectedly led to an avalanche in the large-scale global situation.
Having taken back the right to issue currency, the Eastern Country’s official government had also regained financial power, and with that, the military and personnel power (high-end professionals).
Now the Eastern Country’s official government, holding the "Proper God Appointment and Dismissal" and the "right to issue the only legal credit-coins," had effectively completed its Central Revival.
All of this had happened in just two months, with the outcome decided far away from Earth.
"Was it all calculated? That’s terrifying."
Though he said it was terrifying, Lu Ping’an had a smile at the corner of his mouth. For him, this was indeed good news, great news in fact!
— End of Chapter 558 —