My Apocalypse System Arrives 10 Years Early

Chapter 616: Chapter 373: Li Family Treasure Vault and the First Exotic Beast Stellar Mother Ship’s Maiden Voyage

As his Realm advanced, the power of his Crystal Gold Armor grew increasingly god-like. He could now easily craft Saint Tier and lower Extraordinary Items using his own strength alone.

However, crafting Divine Tier and Divine King Realm items was still quite difficult. Out of a thousand attempts, he might only succeed in creating five or six Divine Tier items, and he had yet to successfully craft a single one at the Divine King Realm.

At his current level of power, only Spiritual Soldiers of the Divine King Realm or higher felt suitable for him to wield. Anything at the Divine Tier or below was met with the same disdain Sun Wukong showed when picking weapons in the Crystal Palace. A simple grain of Star Sand, each weighing ten thousand tons, was more useful.

Sun Wukong’s Ruyi Golden Cudgel weighed 13,500 jin. Li Xiang’s Star Sand, on the other hand, weighed 10,000 tons per grain—the equivalent of twenty million jin. It was far heavier than the Monkey King’s Golden Cudgel.

Over the years, Li Xiang had accumulated an unknown number of Extraordinary Battle Armors and Spiritual Soldiers. Some were spoils from killing Space Exotic Beasts, some were obtained from killing potential Extraordinaries on Earth due to a past system bug, and the rest were crafted using his Crystal Gold Armor.

On a whim, he sent his Divine Thought into his Otherworldly Warehouse to take inventory. He had over 60,000 Extraordinary Items of Saint Tier or higher, a large portion of which he had crafted himself.

As for items below Saint Tier, there were far more—over eight million in total, spanning from Tier One to Tier Eighteen.

He no longer had any use for so many Extraordinary Items himself. ’I could use them to establish a Li Family Treasure Vault,’ he mused, ’and reward those who have rendered meritorious service.’

But the number of Extraordinary Items was still too small compared to the total human population. He also didn’t have the time to constantly hunt Low Tier Exotic Beasts or use his Crystal Gold Armor for crafting, as it would delay his cultivation. Therefore, the reward policy would currently only be trialed in City No. 03, Los Santos, Guanghan City, and Jade Rabbit City.

If it proved effective, he would expand it to the other domestic Underground Cities. As for foreign countries, that would depend on the situation.

City No. 03 now had a population of over 26 million. Thanks to new talent-attraction policies enacted by Jiang Cai’Er, many high-level professionals and their families had relocated there. Combined with pro-natalist incentives, the population was growing rapidly, far surpassing its original 15 million.

Los Santos had around 18 million people, while Guanghan City and Jade Rabbit City were both home to approximately 20 million each.

All told, the cities directly under Li Xiang’s command had a total population exceeding 80 million. If he included Erin’s territory, the cities under Chiba Yuki and her mother, and Yaki Toto’s domain, the total population directly affiliated with him was over 130 million.

Of course, to be rewarded, individuals had to meet two conditions. First, they must have made outstanding contributions—not limited to military exploits. Academic achievements, recognition as a model worker in any industry, and other contributions would all be considered for evaluation. The second condition, naturally, was unwavering loyalty and a sense of belonging to the organization. Those with a rebellious nature were definitely not welcome.

Besides, those with a rebellious nature rarely made any meaningful contributions anyway.

Li Xiang also helped Erin by gathering many rare metals from space. These metals were either non-existent or extremely scarce on Earth but were abundant in space. Erin’s Metal Superpower was also exceedingly rare, excelling in both combat and scientific research. With these precious materials, she could likely reach even greater heights.

The Magical Cannons and Alchemy Furnaces developed by Erin were also high-performance Magic Weapons and engines. However, they belonged to a completely different technological system from Jiang Cai’Er’s. Not only were the systems vastly different, but Li Xiang also didn’t dare let the two women meet, so their respective systems developed independently and in parallel. For now, Jiang Cai’Er’s side had the upper hand.