176 Getting ready to flee (1/2)
When Ren Xiaosu finished visiting the dozen-odd gold shops, the cash he had on hand reached 430,000 yuan. Honestly speaking, the money he had earned today was probably more than all of what he had earned in the 17 years of his life.
It was the first time he felt so wealthy. This sum of money was probably what the majority of the households in this stronghold would have saved up, or perhaps they wouldn't even have as much as what he had now?
Suddenly, the voice from the palace said, ”It has been detected that the host is carrying an amount of money exceeding what is required to unlock further storage rights. Confirm unlock?”
Ren Xiaosu froze. He had already unlocked storage rights once when he was in the Jing Mountains. At that time, he used 20,000 yuan in exchange for one cubic meter of storage space.
Back then, Ren Xiaosu already knew more storage space could be unlocked. However, as he did not know how much it would cost to unlock the next tier of storage rights, he could only wait until the palace informed him the next time.
Now it finally happened.
No matter how much Ren Xiaosu loved money, he still understood that having storage space was more important than having money.
Furthermore, they were planning to flee from the stronghold, so he could easily store more supplies and clean water if he had a bigger storage space. If he somehow stumbled upon another ruined city, he could start searching for more gold there.
But what Ren Xiaosu could not figure out was why the palace would accept any kind of currency, be it the Qing Consortium's currency or the Li Consortium's currency. 'What would you as a palace even want money for?!'
”Can you tell me what you want the money for?” Ren Xiaosu asked in his mind.
The voice from the palace answered, ”Unauthorized to answer.”
”You're just jealous that I have money, right?” Ren Xiaosu asked in curiosity.
The voice from the palace said, ”…Unauthorized to answer.”
Ren Xiaosu mulled over it for some time. ”Then do you accept spirit money?”
This time, the palace chose not to answer at all.
”Hehe.” Ren Xiaosu said unhappily, ”So money issued by the Underworld's bank is not considered currency? Aren't you looking down on the Underworld?”
He wondered if he would have hit the highest tier of storage rights if the palace accepted spirit money.
What a pity…
Ren Xiaosu hesitated no more as he said in his mind, ”Unlock!”
A moment later, he saw the original one cubic meter of storage space spread outward on the wall. Afterwards, Ren Xiaosu saw his 430,000 yuan turn into just 150,000 yuan!
Wait! Ren Xiaosu was shocked. 'Why did my money drop by so much?!'
He scrutinized the storage space and estimated it had expanded 15 times.
Making a mental calculation, Ren Xiaosu now understood that the relationship between the amount of storage space and cost was basically equivalent.
Unlocking one cubic meter of storage space: 20,000 yuan.
Unlocking two cubic meters of storage space: 40,000 yuan.
Unlocking four cubic meters of storage space: 80,000 yuan.
Unlocking eight cubic meters of storage space: 160,000 yuan.
Therefore, having spent 280,00 yuan this time, Ren Xiaosu's storage space had expanded to a total of 15 cubic meters!
Ren Xiaosu smacked his lips in satisfaction. Not bad!
As of now, he still had 150,000 yuan on him. Ren Xiaosu felt that if he only had to stock up on supplies for their escape, it would be more than enough!