The Lord Demon King is Unfathomable!

"You guys are just... so generous! My friends, Catastrophe Castle will forever remember the friendship between us! I can swear to you, next time if there's another... uh, if you face the threat of Chaos again, we will definitely send troops to support you!"

Although the oaths of the Hell Dwarves were as unreliable as flatulence, the players neither knew nor cared much.

Who cares about the storyline coming out of an NPC's mouth?

As long as these dwarves agree to build this railway, they could earn continuous profits from it.

As for Chaos, there's even less to worry about.

Nowadays, the chaos in the Maze has settled down, and the probability of encountering Chaos corruption is very low. If it's a threat from the Brass Pass side, who knows who will get in trouble first.

The only concern they have is that this might affect the balance and cause the price of ore in the Great Graveyard to plummet, eventually getting nerfed by the devs.

But they had other plans as well.

Which was to rope in as many players as possible, and have them band together to invest in building the railway. Then, when someone starts complaining about nerfs, there'll be more people defending them with "This is a reasonable use of game mechanics, if you're unhappy, don't play."

"Let's talk about this later! I think the Chaos corrosion isn't happening anytime soon!"

"That's right, that's right, we've already corroded it over!"

Corroded over it?

Seeing the baffled face of the dwarf brother, [Not Afraid of Ghosts When Dead] hooked an arm around his shoulder, gave it a firm pat, and said.

"Oh, I remember you came to buy food, right?"

Hearing this, Brown Beard snapped back to reality, coughed hurriedly, and said.

"That's right! I almost forgot... uh, but what about the goblins and ratmen you don't need? We can't take out that much ore to trade with you right now..."

[Not Afraid of Ghosts When Dead] rubbed his chin.

"Do you have gold?"

Brown Beard nodded and said softly.

"Yes... but we also need that stuff a lot."

Upon hearing this, [Not Afraid of Ghosts When Dead] immediately replied enthusiastically.

"No problem! Bring the gold to us and exchange it for Joss Paper, then use the Joss Paper to buy food. When you make money later, you can redeem your gold back, you can always exchange Joss Paper for gold here! It's pretty much like... you're temporarily storing the gold with us."

Offering gold as tribute to the Demon King can earn you Contribution Points, which are far more stable in value compared to Joss Paper, and many players are collecting them.

That's why in "Catastrophe OL," gold is the second most popular hard currency after all sorts of Enchantment Stones, and it's also one of the main sources of Contribution Points for most Life Professional Players, aside from doing tasks. It's one of the few channels where you can directly use Joss Paper to purchase Contribution Points.

For players who don't want to do tasks and just want to experience life profession gameplay, "Catastrophe OL" offers a special promotion channel.

After pondering this for a bit, Brown Beard thought it seemed like a good idea.

Since the other party was willing to help upgrade the mines and build a railway, the produced ore could be sold for Joss Paper, allowing them to buy back the gold in no time, and maybe even get more!

They don't exactly lack food; they've always been self-sufficient and even have extra to produce alcohol.

It's just that with so many dwarves fleeing from the Brass Pass to near Shattered Rock Peak recently, they need this stock of food to help their fellow believers in the Demon God through tough times.

Brown Beard thought King Steelbone would definitely agree to this deal, but he was only a messenger after all and couldn't make agreements beyond expectations on behalf of that big shot.

"I need to write a letter to His Majesty... to tell him about our agreement, including the part about purchasing food with gold, but I think it should be fine."

Pausing for a moment, Brown Beard looked at the skeleton in front of him and rubbed his hands, saying apologetically.

"Um... because of the urgency, could you please get to work quickly? I'm worried that by the time this winter ends, the human surface's granaries won't have much left, after all, I heard they've also taken in quite a lot of refugees over there."

"Get to work?" [Not Afraid of Ghosts When Dead] gave him a strange look and asked puzzled, "Get to work on what?"

Brown Beard was taken aback for a moment and asked.

"Aren't you going to rob the humans?"

Previously, when they traded with the Maze in Thunder County, the orders were placed by Catastrophe Castle's side, then Reggie Dragon's underlings went out to rob, and once the goods were hijacked, they exchanged money for goods.

Although this was their first collaboration with Lord Luo Yan, he thought the other party must have known about their unspoken agreement.

[Not Afraid of Ghosts When Dead] waved his hand and said with a smile after listening to this.

"That's not necessary. Just tell us how much food you need, and we'll just buy it directly from the humans."

"Ah?"

Brown Beard was completely baffled at these words, his eyes widened like copper bells, his mouth opened, but he couldn't utter a word.

If he remembered correctly, last year, the Maze in Thunder County and the surface humans of the Kingdom were at each other's throats, bleeding rivers, and now they're already doing business?!

He didn't see this coming at all!

Seemingly seeing the astonishment on the dwarf's face, [Not Afraid of Ghosts When Dead] smiled mysteriously, patting his shoulder, and said.

"Friend, times have changed, and now it's full of the Demon King's people outside. If you don't believe, you can go nearby and ask around."

Brown Beard didn't dare go to those places to ask.

Getting caught by those human knights isn't a joke, and they can't exactly grow hair on their heads on a whim to pretend to be orthodox dwarves.

But seeing these undead can appear freely under the sun, and even build a sizable city on the surface, he couldn't doubt the skeleton soldiers were lying to him.

After pondering for a long time, he uttered a heartfelt exclamation.

"No wonder it's His Majesty Luo Yan..."

No wonder he was a Demon King trained in Demon City—

The strength is truly unfathomable!