All-out Tower Defense: My Card-Drawing Talent is a Bit Strange

Just as Yang Fei was about to unlock the succubus's handcuffs, he noticed a sliver of light in her closed eyes, as if she were watching him intently. Yang Fei was instantly speechless, immediately abandoning the idea of ​​unlocking the succubus's handcuffs. He'd really overthought things; why be so overly compassionate!

Avoiding the succubus's gaze, Yang Fei turned his attention to his other subordinates. The three tentacle jellyfish were unharmed; they had also managed to get a few kills this time and were currently absorbing experience and cultivating nearby.

As for the lesser demons, Yang Fei checked them over and found that none of them were injured. However, they hadn't killed the slime. The diligent lesser demons, like the tentacle jellyfish, also began to cultivate. The less diligent ones started to find work to do under Yang Fei's watchful eye. This gave Yang Fei the feeling of being a homeroom teacher, which was quite strange!

Upon seeing this, Yang Fei had an idea. He took out the basic reward for clearing the level, the Quarry Card. Without disturbing anyone, Yang Fei went to the vicinity of the Lumber Mill and built the Quarry directly.

Quarry (Initial): A basic resource building that can be rebuilt at a cost after being destroyed, but requires starting the upgrade process all over again. It can produce ten units of basic stone per day and requires one resident to work there. The resident works for 8 hours a day and must be paid at least one copper coin per week. Increasing the salary will further increase the resident's favor and loyalty.

Quarry (upgradeable): Can be upgraded to level 2 for 100 copper coins, 50 wood, 100 stone, and 10 iron ingots, increasing daily output to 20 units and providing an additional job.

Note that this is a basic building and currently has no color quality. However, its level cap can be increased as the core building is upgraded. Once the corresponding level is reached, its quality can be improved, and higher quality stone can be randomly produced.

The quarry looked much like the logging camp, except that the small trees on either side of the house had been replaced by two tall stone sculptures, and the logging axe at the entrance had been replaced by a mining pick.

After sending a lesser demon who was clearing out the sky islands to work in the quarry, Yang Fei returned to the core thatched hut, opened his Heavenly Dao Shop, and checked the supplies he could currently purchase.

Tiandao Shop does not sell discounted items. For some reason, Tiandao Shop has adopted a shrewd business mentality, always selling items at prices higher than the market price and buying back items at prices lower than the market price.

From this perspective, the Heavenly Dao Shop is quite a rip-off, but that's something to consider later. For Yang Fei right now, the Heavenly Dao Shop is enough as long as it has the items he urgently needs. So what if it's a rip-off? At least he can buy what he wants directly.

For example, with the most basic and original gray and white arrow towers, if you can buy more white arrow towers, then you might be able to try to complete all the levels in the subsequent doubled extreme mode.

Moreover, the Heavenly Path Shop has an advantage that other merchants cannot match: it will never run out of stock. Even for rare items, as long as you can find a sample to sell to the Heavenly Path Shop, the shop will unlock the permanent purchase right for that item. The lord can then spend a certain amount to make unlimited copies, which is quite convenient.

However, unlocking this purchase right is limited. Basically, only you can unlock it yourself. If you unlock it and then buy a new sample to sell to someone else, that person will not be able to unlock the purchase right for that item. It can only be unlocked by giving it away for free or obtaining it through other means.

This rule is quite a test of character. First of all, the special items you unlock in your shop are, to some extent, local specialties. If you sell them, you are making money by taking advantage of the fact that others don't have them. You should know that only with items that are exclusive to you can you have the pricing power and control the market for those items.

Giving items away for free to others and having them unlock them raises a question of whether that person will adhere to the market rules you define for that item.

This directly relates to your own interests, and without constraints, you can't guarantee that the person won't resell it. At that point, you'll completely lose control over the pricing of the item.

Secondly, what would you do if someone else wanted to obtain the item through other means? This is your specialty, and you have the right to set its price. But once someone else gets it, it will be even less under your control. What would you do then?

The simplest way is to eliminate that person. It's a rather simple and brutal method, but for everyone on the Blue Star, this option isn't exactly appealing.

The fundamental reason why this miraculous civilization, which has grown to two trillion people without experiencing a world war and without suffering from serious social problems, is that its inhabitants are too kind. Of course, to put it bluntly, one could also say that their desires and actual needs are not clearly equated.

All Azure Star people are born into crowded environments. Some seemingly absurd living conditions are quite ordinary in their eyes, or rather, they perceive this as normal.

Correspondingly, the overall crime rate on Azure Star is quite low. Although there are class divisions between the upper and lower classes, and between the poor and the rich, there is no behavior of looking down on people on this planet.

In their minds, you have power because you put in more effort than others, and you are richer than the poor. It's not because you transferred your suffering to others, but simply because you are hardworking, lucky, and determined.

With a population of two trillion, there is no room for upward mobility for most people, but for some, life is difficult but full of opportunities. The poor can become rich overnight, and the rich can become poor in an instant.

Those in power can be defeated by those in power, and those in power can be crowned rulers. While the majority of people on the entire Azure Star are ordinary, there are also a few clever individuals capable of overthrowing their superiors.

Ordinary people don't really have any complaints about these people's growth, because they know they don't have that ability, so most ordinary people don't feel much jealousy about these people's success.

Furthermore, whether items in the Heavenly Path Shop are unlocked through free gifts or obtained through other means, they will inevitably raise issues of public sentiment and trust. This is, in essence, a test of public trust that the Heavenly Path places upon its lords.

This is also a test that lords will inevitably have to face in the future, so in the end, it is up to the lords themselves to make the choice. This is not a topic for ordinary people to care about. How to make the specific decision is the business of the lords.

Getting back to the point, Yang Fei looked at the Heavenly Dao Shop. The shop has two functions: buying and selling. Selling is where the Heavenly Dao Shop buys back items at low prices. Yang Fei ignored that for the time being and directly clicked on the buy option.