The end of the world is approaching, I'm handing myself over to the country.

The dark gold runes deep within the rift completely disappeared into the void.

The dark purple energy arc jumped twice in mid-air before suddenly collapsing inward.

The air, which had been torn and distorted by the force, instantly returned to normal.

All that remained in mid-air was an empty expanse of sand.

The originally violently fluctuating energy pressure also dissipated completely.

Sparrow only stopped her stiff defensive stance when Ainz Ooal Gown's aura completely disappeared from her perception range.

Its bristling gray-brown feathers slowly settled back down.

With a powerful push from its two tiny claws against the edge of the tray, it flapped its short wings and took flight.

It hovered halfway in mid-air before landing steadily on Lin Mo's right shoulder.

His body was still rising and falling slightly with his breathing.

"Alright, they've already left."

Lin Mo glanced at the sparrow, then turned his attention back to the front.

A colossal mountain of monstrous corpses lay sprawled on the sand.

Thick, dark red blood was still dripping from the broken skull of the mutated blood wolf.

A strong, pungent smell of blood, mixed with the stench of various mutated glands, permeated the air.

Lin Mo did not immediately put it into the warehouse.

He strode down to the very bottom of that mountain of flesh.

He stretched out his right foot, which was clad in protective boots, and kicked the outermost segment of the giant spider covered in sharp bone spurs.

It produced a dull, hard sound of something colliding.

This mutated spider has extremely high physical resistance to its exoskeleton.

Lord-level monsters can be used to forge A-grade source soldiers.

If you find that too much trouble, you can send it to a biology lab to breed an A-grade pet egg.

Shift your gaze upwards.

The thick shell on the back of that mutated land shark was covered with dark green natural defensive patterns.

It's perfect for making shields; you can even create a high-defense A-grade source soldier without much polishing.

And at the very bottom is that enormous, highly poisonous toad.

The body surface was covered with yellowish-green pustules.

Once the venom inside is neutralized and purified by the system, the extracted high-concentration toxins are enough to paralyze the central nervous system of a large behemoth within seconds.

This seemingly chaotic pile of wreckage is actually a super treasure trove.

"Fine, might as well take it."

There's no reason not to accept something given away for free.

Lin Mo raised his right hand and slid and tapped in the air.

A semi-transparent system interface unfolds before your eyes.

He swiped to the warehouse category and pressed the bulk storage button.

A pale blue fan-shaped beam of light emanated from the bottom of the panel, precisely covering the massive mountain of flesh in front of it.

The beam of light swept across.

The massive remains of the monster vanished instantly.

The once flat sandy land is now covered with only a few deep pits and large patches of dark red bloodstains soaked in sand.

After doing all this, Lin Mo turned off the control panel.

He put his hands into the pockets of his long coat.

He stood still, his gaze still fixed on the spot where Ainz Ooal Gown had disappeared.

The Bone King personally delivered leader-level materials, not only waiving processing fees but also assigning undead laborers to handle the heavy physical labor of moving them.

In the end, he decisively gave up even the opportunity to personally hand over the reins and cultivate relationships.

This completely one-way giving behavior pattern puzzled Lin Mo.

He couldn't believe that there were such foolish people in the world who would do good deeds without asking for anything in return.

This guy definitely has some secrets and plans that he doesn't know about.

Lin Mo turned his head and asked the sparrow on his shoulder.

"Tell me, what exactly is Ainz Ooal Gown planning?"

The sparrow moved its claws a couple of times on the fabric of the trench coat.

How could I possibly know what he's thinking?

[Besides, doesn't your Dragon Kingdom have an old saying that goes, "Human hearts are always unfathomable"?]

Who knows what this guy is plotting?

Even a sparrow with access to massive amounts of data cannot provide a definitive answer.

Lin Mo rubbed his left hand in his pocket a couple of times.

"Never mind, but there's something I want to confirm with you."

If you can't figure it out, then don't think about it.

He immediately dismissed speculation about Ainz Ooal Gown's long-term motives and turned his attention to the most crucial issue of survival and safety.

The sparrow stopped moving.

【you say?】

"As long as I'm in the safe zone, am I really completely immune to harm?"

Lin Mo stretched out his right hand and pointed to the layer of defensive light screen at the edge of the safe zone that was invisible to the naked eye.

Ainz Ooal Gown holds absolute power over death.

Such methods of directly depriving biological functions do not require any physical contact.

"Is it possible that sending these things is some kind of hidden, rule-based curse on his part?"

"Or perhaps a special attack that directly transcends spatial barriers and targets the soul level?"

Lin Mo was highly skeptical of this.

The sparrow flapped its wings and flew away from Lin Mo's shoulder, hovering in front of him.

Don't worry, that's absolutely impossible.

The rule of the safe zone is that it is absolutely safe.

No one, no one, can harm you.

Here, you are invincible.

Sparrow answered without hesitation: Ainz Ooal Gown is very strong, but no matter how strong he is, he cannot overcome the rules.

Hearing this assurance, Lin Mo's tense shoulder and neck muscles gradually relaxed.

He pulled his hands out of his pockets.

As long as the safety zone light curtain remains in place.

No matter what Ainz Ooal Gown is secretly plotting, he cannot cross this barrier to carry out physical or mental attacks.

Only then did Lin Mo feel completely relieved.

......

Back to the grocery store.

The batch of top-tier monster corpses that were just stored in the system warehouse had extremely high material quality.

With this batch of top-quality raw materials readily available.

It is sufficient to mass-produce high-grade animal food of the highest quality.

If this batch of animal feed is sent back...

The Dragon Kingdom will be able to quickly cultivate a batch of A-grade pets with super combat power.

Even if the apocalypse in the real world comes earlier than expected, with these lord-level pets guarding the country, the Dragon Kingdom can still be kept safe.

Thinking of this, Lin Mo crossed his hands and braced them on the smooth wooden table.

"Sparrow, please check my current turnover."

Lin Mo looked up at the sparrow that had landed next to the cashier.

The sparrow nodded, and the next second, a semi-transparent light blue screen quickly unfolded above the sparrow's head.

Your current turnover is: 1725051.

A string of seven digits occupied most of Lin Mo's field of vision.

Upon hearing this, Lin Mo immediately frowned.

"How come there's only this much?"

"That shouldn't be the case!"

He turned and stared at the sparrow standing on the table.

"My general store is now at level six."

"The maximum number of employees it can have is as high as five million."

Lin Mo stretched out his left hand and made a stroke on the light screen in mid-air.

"These five million slots, excluding those unlucky ones who die right after being resurrected each day, if we even out the numbers, each person can earn five source crystals a day, which isn't too much, is it?"

"Five million employees, multiplied by five Source Crystals."

Lin Mo looked directly at the sparrow.

"No matter how you calculate this mess, the grocery store should be making 25 million a day!"

Twenty-five million is still the lowest expectation.

Faced with the harsh reality of 1.72 million.

There was a huge gap of more than 23 million source crystals in between.

This is no small amount; it's over 2000 million!

Moreover, Lin Mo's algorithm is already quite rough.

And it's calculated as a single day.

There should actually be more.

Even if the turnover is hundreds of millions, Lin Mo wouldn't be surprised.