anovelconsole #135 - Nick's plan, Luke's confusion
#135 - Nick's plan, Luke's confusion
Hearing that he could make money, the little spider's eyes lit up instantly.
"What's the exchange rate?" Peter asked impatiently. He originally thought his already difficult life would become even worse, but he didn't expect such a good thing? It was just being drained of a little power, right? Peter said he didn't care, he could just turn it on usually and turn it off when wearing the suit.
"One to ten thousand. Of course, the rate will be adjusted at any time, this is just a trial. See its display screen? When it shows the number '1', it means you have one unit of the new currency. After you pay what you need to pay, whatever is left is all yours. And S.H.I.E.L.D. can give you this money under various legal and compliant official names." Phil thoughtfully demonstrated the use of the bracelet, which stretched out like a flat, long ruler.
"Can the extraction speed be increased?" Peter blinked. The one-to-ten-thousand exchange rate Phil mentioned had completely occupied his mind. All he could think about now was that ten thousand. If he could make money from this, then his strained household expenses and his college tuition could both be solved.
Phil wasn't surprised that Peter would say such a thing. He continued to explain the functions of the bracelet device while giving guidance and answers: "You can adjust the intensity. Yes, this is the button, you have to press it hard."
"At this intensity, how long will it take to accumulate one unit of the new currency?" Peter felt empty and shifted uncomfortably in his seat. Ever since being bitten by that spider, it had been a long time since he had felt the empty weakness in his body. Of course, this weakness didn't affect his activities. It was just that the power that had been added to him was being extracted in large quantities.
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"According to our experiments, different demonic god energies may have some differences, but if the device is running at full power for ten hours a day, you will mostly get one unit of the new currency. If you run it at full power for three hundred hours a month, then you can get thirty units of the new currency. After deducting the fees you should pay, you can keep fifteen units yourself," Phil answered Peter's questions one by one.
"Fifteen units?"
Sure enough, Peter's face was full of surprise.
"But I want to state in advance. If you still go out to fight crime as Spider-Man without permission like before, I personally take a positive view of your behavior, but according to regulations, using the power of a demonic god on this planet to harm others will incur a fee that you need to pay. Of course, different people, different styles, different treatment. You will definitely need special care," Phil ruthlessly shattered Peter's fantasy as he was imagining it.
The look of surprise on Peter's face instantly froze.
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S.H.I.E.L.D. Triskelion Headquarters.
Agent Hill, who had participated in the entire process of her director's plan implementation, was now a little worried. "Director, we're being a bit too greedy."
"I know." Nick Fury sat upright in his chair, playing with a bracelet device that was exactly the same as the one Peter wore on his wrist.
"Then we..." Hill took a step forward.
"Continue to implement it." Nick looked up at Hill, his tone calm.
"Yes." Hill's expression became serious.
"I hope you can understand, Agent Hill. This world has begun to change, and we are powerless to stop it. External threats are looming, and our power, or rather the power of S.H.I.E.L.D., is too weak to face the threats.
The new currency is a starting point. If we can really trade with the Nine Realms, then its value and status will undoubtedly be unshakable. And the right to print and issue the new currency is entirely controlled by the mages and Heblon. Although S.H.I.E.L.D. participated in it, I don't think the share will be large when it is distributed.
At that time, other people and forces from the Nine Realms may also participate and take a share. This may further compress the share we can fight for. So we can only increase revenue and reduce expenditure at present, and accumulate as much as we can from other places."
Nick paused, then continued softly: "Using the resources in our hands to exchange for the power of other demonic god spokespersons, although it is impossible to succeed completely, even if one succeeds, it is a bonus. Luke and the Sorcerer King have no objections to the method of letting their believers and spokespersons actively fleece the sheep of the demonic gods behind them.
They don't like these odds and ends now, so they don't mind us accumulating them."
"Then those so-called visa fees, etc..." Hill started to say something but then stopped.
"The problem of repeated charges? That's not a problem. The Supreme Mage certainly collected her share. But most of what we collect didn't end up in our hands. These fell into the hands of the Supreme Mage's lineage of mages and became the cornerstone of their power! In principle, this can still be attributed to the Supreme Mage's share.
Our main benefit is just to acquire some new currency at the rate of real currency. This is tacitly approved and allowed by the Supreme Mage and Luke. If Ancient One denies it, then no mages will participate in this operation. If Luke refuses, then he won't give me the technology to manufacture this device.
Hill, I find it hard to accept that S.H.I.E.L.D. will gradually become a dispensable peripheral organization in the future."
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"This is the materials warehouse. Many useful materials are stored here. They mostly have powerful power and can be used as the main or auxiliary materials of some kind of magic weapon. There are also some materials that can be used to prepare certain magic potions.
These mostly come from other dimensional worlds or the remains of dimensional creatures. Believe me, there is no other place on this planet where you can find so many materials from different dimensions.
And according to your agreement with the Supreme Mage, you can choose anything here."
Mordo led Luke into the Supreme Mage's warehouse, looking at the various materials piled up in the full space, and said to him with a bit of pride in his tone.
"Is there a list? That is, a list of information about the source, use, energy attributes, etc. of these materials?" Luke was also very satisfied when he saw the dazzling array of materials.
"What do you want that for?" Mordo felt a little uneasy.
"Of course, it's so that I can fully understand these materials before I can use them correctly," Luke said seriously.
"That's a massive amount of information." Mordo smiled: "Even I can't recognize all the materials here and know their effects. You've chosen a difficult problem that can't be completed in a short time."
"That's good, it just happens to be able to verify whether my memory has deteriorated." Luke said indifferently. For him, understanding the information of these materials from different dimensions was a matter of time, inevitable, and unavoidable.