Wow! The item-dropping rate is really high!

Dai Lian and Kuang Xin both had 10 points left over from last time, and with the 60 points just issued, they had a total of 70 points, which was undoubtedly insufficient to exchange for the "Knowledge — Advanced Physical Training 3.0."

For Dai Lian, however, the "Trait — Well-Trained" and the unfinished "Remote Weapons Master Guidance" from last time, as well as the newly introduced "Light Firearms Master Guidance," were also full of temptation.

Kuang Xin, on the other hand, was single-minded about enhancing his physical abilities. His thinking was simple; just 10 points short, he wasn't into flashy tricks—save it!

While the three players were engrossed in how to plan the use of their faction contribution points, Bai E was also pondering over more ways to make use of the players' knock on the door.

His gaze swept around and felt that this so-called "Dawn Warehouse" seemed a bit empty.

A warehouse is a structure that serves the function of storing materials.

An empty warehouse, how can it be called a warehouse?

These players moved around in the outside world, and one couldn't rule out that they might obtain some items that were difficult for him to come by.

Resources, well, they should flow between one another to create the greatest value. What they temporarily didn't need might be just what he was looking for, right?

And as for setting the prices, wasn't it all in his own thoughts?

Um...

[Prompt: The current functional building—Warehouse, has reached a certain stage of construction, and the Faction Warehouse function is now activated.]

[Current warehouse inventory: Exquisite Brass Bullets, Bug Tribe Essence Extract, and Biochemical Components.]

[Prompt: Extracting warehouse materials requires payment of corresponding prices.]

[Exquisite Brass Bullets*10, price: Faction Contribution*5, Faction Funds*10. (A maximum of 5 sets can be exchanged per natural day, and a maximum of 20 sets per week.)]

[Bug Tribe Essence Extract*1, price: Faction Contribution*100, Faction Funds*200. (A maximum of 1 set can be exchanged per natural day, and a maximum of 3 sets per week.)]

[Biochemical Components*1, price: Faction Contribution*500, Faction Funds*1000. (A maximum of 1 set can be exchanged per natural day, and a maximum of 3 sets per week.)]

Damn! A genius! Not becoming a game designer would be a great loss to the gaming industry.

Looking at the rules he had set, Bai E was quite satisfied.

To prevent players from losing their drive to strive after eventually obtaining too many faction contribution points, it was essential to offer them something with sustainable development for exchange, to constantly maintain their resource scarcity.

And just like the reward he had given Wen Jie for the task—the Bug Tribe Essence Extract—by establishing a price for it beforehand, he could let them know the preciousness of the task rewards and thus make them more diligent. It was indeed killing multiple birds with one stone.

The players, suddenly receiving the unexpected prompt, were a bit stunned as they looked at the newly appeared "Faction Warehouse" feature.

What's this, how did a new feature suddenly appear?

Let's see what's in there...

"Damn!"

"Damn!"

Bug Tribe Essence Extract? Isn't that Wen Jie's reward? The thing that can make Gene Optimization Solution!

Although they hadn't reached the level to come into contact with Gene Optimization Solution yet, the fact that they now had a channel to obtain it undoubtedly created the illusion that the Gene Optimization Solution was just within their reach.

Awesome!

And this thing... Biochemical Components?

Don't know what it is, but judging by its value, it's actually five times more expensive than the Bug Tribe Essence Extract?

Awesome!

But...

"How do we get faction funds?" Dai Lian murmured to himself.

Ah! Good question!

[Prompt: Faction funds can be acquired by contributing "resources" to the Warehouse Manager.]

The flow of resources, that was the principal reason Bai E activated the warehouse function, not just to harvest the players' experience, but also to see if they had any resources that they couldn't use at the moment but he could.

Bai E maintained a calm expression and softly explained to the three players, "The warehouse is a place to store the common resources of the organization. Everyone can contribute or take from it. In principle, all the items are meant to be used by everyone in the organization.

But considering that not everyone puts in the same effort, we can't let people use the resources indiscriminately without limits, so there are some conditions when exchanging for them."

God damn it! as deep as the Ganges!

What resources don't cost money?

As for the boss's explanation, the three players didn't even bother to listen; they just needed to know how to obtain it, and that was enough.

"Can anything be turned into funds?" Kuang Xin asked eagerly.

"I'll decide based on its value, the same for everyone."

The three players looked at each other and reached a consensus, "Let's test the waters first."

"1000 Blackwater Coins!" Kuang Xin, who never did things by halves, handed over most of the money he won from the last match along with his original capital in one go.

[You have handed over 1000 Blackwater Coins and received 200 Faction Funds.]

"1000 for 200," Kuang Xin whispered to his two teammates after receiving the notification.

Dai Lian nodded in understanding.

Not bad, it was within expectations.

By judging the price of the bullets, they had a rough idea of the value of Faction Funds, but it was always better to have a concrete confirmation.

They had a substantial amount of Blackwater Coins on them. The last time they took out 600 bullets and sold them to Jonathan and his group, they reeled in 3420 Blackwater Coins. From a rate perspective, selling bullets directly in the outside world was more profitable, with a price of 6 Blackwater Coins per bullet.

If they could exchange goods from the Faction Warehouse and sell them for money, and then come back and convert it into funds, couldn't they infinitely exploit the system to multiply their wealth?

Crafty strategies began to brew in the players' minds, but unfortunately, exchanging warehouse materials required not only Faction Funds but Faction Contribution Points as well, and even then, there were daily and weekly limits on the amount that could be exchanged... No luck there.

Even if they handed over everything, they would only have just over 600 Faction Funds, and they couldn't possibly give it all away since they still had many uses for Blackwater Coins.

The three of them scoured their possessions, looking to see if they had any resources they could hand over.

They had nothing... Their guns and ammunition had been bought with Blackwater Coins, and after being exploited by those Black Street merchants, the real value would definitely be less than that of the Blackwater Coins themselves.

Only the items not purchased with Blackwater Coins were worth handing over, like...

Kuang Xin took out a small glass bottle from his body; inside was a bit of caramel-colored, semi-transparent liquid.

The young miss from the Heretical Arbitration House had given them each 33ml of the so-called Exorcism Essential Oil, the only item whose value they did not know.

"We don't need this thing for now, right?" A bold light sparkled in Kuang Xin's eyes.

The demons of higher dimensions were of high caliber, and just the powers of the human Believers who worshiped them were unbelievable—like with the Ratmen, if they truly launched a full-scale attack against them, the three players would be nothing but easy prey.

Although there would definitely be varying levels of strength among the high-dimensional demons, even the lowest-tier demons were probably stronger than the Ratmen.

In such a situation, what good would it do them to have weapons that could harm high-dimensional demons?

Could a child with a knife defeat a fully-armed soldier?

"But isn't it always good to keep it..." Dai Lian hesitated; after all, the other two items in the warehouse aside from bullets were currently not exchangeable, as the required contribution points were far from sufficient.

"Hey, it's fine. I'll give it a try; you guys keep yours." Kuang Xin was nonchalant. Both the Bug Tribe Essence Extract and the bio-components were limited to a set number of exchanges per week. The earlier they were exchanged, the more one could accumulate. Who knew if they would be very useful in the future?

And how could combat consumables like Exorcism Essential Oil compare to core growth materials?

Let's submit one and see. If it works out, we'll hurry up and accumulate contribution points and take down all the exchangeable warehouse goods from the most to the least expensive!

With a clear goal in mind, Kuang Xin was filled with enthusiasm and didn't hesitate to try it out.

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[You have handed over 33ml of Exorcism Essential Oil...]

"emmmm"

Looking at the item Kuang Xin handed over with both hands, Bai E slightly spaced out.

He had heard about this item, a key material used by the Heretical Arbitration House to fight against demons, rare and hard to come by.

Without it, even the professional executors of the Heretical Arbitration House would struggle to truly damage the essence of high-dimensional demons.

Bai E's eyes swept over the three players with a hint of astonishment... Players sure had wide connections.

If it were up to him alone, it would be tough to get his hands on this.

An item specifically for fighting demons?

Bai E glanced at the conscientious Ratman who was staying away from everyone in the corner... The demonic issue with him hadn't completely ended; who knows when he might face a direct threat from a demon.

Having a weapon that could truly threaten demons would always be more reassuring...

Such a good item didn't come by often; encouragement was in order!

[You have handed over 33ml of Exorcism Essential Oil and received 1650 Faction Funds!]