Su Ye looked at the system panel; except for the trading module, which was greyed out and inaccessible, all other modules could be used normally.
As for the trading module being unavailable, it was to maintain the last bit of fairness among novice lords—the fairness that all novice lords start from the same line, relying entirely on luck.
Without this restriction, those second-generation lords would have taken off long ago; no one could compete with them.
Among these second-generation lords, many belonged to families with True Gods. If trading were allowed, other novice lords truly wouldn't stand a chance.
Su Ye opened the chat channel to take a look.
Most people were discussing their troops or talents.
[Hahaha, I'm about to take off! Rank 7 troops, Wyverns! Who else?]
[Take off? Take off my foot! Do you even know how many units of food a Wyvern consumes every day? Can you afford to raise them?]
[The novice period is okay; as long as you're brave, the daily trials aren't a big deal. But once the novice period is over, troops above Rank 5 are absolute gold-sinkers.]
[Sour, I see you guys are just sour that he rolled a good barracks. Big shot, please carry me!]
[Big shot, I can help you with the ranching, please carry me.]
[Damn it, why is my barracks just a Farmland? I can only recruit Peasants, and they're weaker than me. How am I supposed to play? I'm out.]
...
Su Ye watched the chat channel with interest. Currently, most novice lords were still adjusting their states and hadn't chosen to start the Void Trial yet.
After all, this wasn't something to take lightly. Even though it was the novice period, the possibility of failure was not small.
After watching for a while.
Su Ye closed the chat channel and opened the livestream module.
Novice lords cannot leave the Eternal World within thirty days. Only after the novice period ends, or if they are eliminated, can they leave the Eternal World.
The purpose was still the same: to prevent cheating.
The livestream module served two purposes: entertainment and teaching.
Both were paid; naturally, they wouldn't let you watch for free.
Su Ye clicked directly into the novice lord livestream room with the highest popularity.
As soon as he entered, he was stunned.
"Holy crap!!" Su Ye looked at the livestream in front of him.
Emmm, how should I put it? The livestreamer was a female novice lord from the Hans Cat Country. Her troops were Goblins, and the livestream was, of course, adult-rated.
Do you understand the value of Goblins? (Edited)
"As expected of someone from Hans Cat, they're still far ahead in this regard," Su Ye thought as he looked at the screen. When it came to appetite, Hans Cat was indeed heavier.
A group of green-skins surrounding a blonde. (Edited)
"To be fair, her figure is really good." Just as Su Ye finished speaking, the livestream went black. To continue watching, he needed to pay—one gold coin per hour. They were really earning hard-earned money. (Edited)
Su Ye checked other livestream rooms. Currently, those who were livestreaming were basically doing eye-opening content.
There were all kinds of troops: Goblins, Minotaurs, Pigmen, Trolls, and even Tentacle Monsters.
Of course, there were also some livestreaming woodcutting and mining.
After watching for a while, Su Ye closed the livestream panel.
Right now, he didn't have extra money for entertainment. For others, 1 gold coin might just be a few low-rank troops, but for him, 1 gold coin meant a God-tier troop unit, or even a God-tier Hero Unit if he was lucky.
He would wait until he had surplus gold coins before indulging in such things.
Su Ye looked at the battle situation with Lilith and the others.
As time passed, at the edge of Su Ye's territory, Lesser Demons rushed in one by one, and treasure chests appeared on the ground one after another.
This was the benefit of the novice period. As long as you were strong enough, you could continuously accumulate resources. Su Ye did a rough count and found about dozens of treasure chests.
An hour passed.
The system notification sounded.
[Ding: Void Trial ended. Evaluating...]
[Ding: Evaluation complete. Battle Losses: 0. Enemies Killed: 1,000. Rating: SSS]
[Ding: You have received an SSS-grade Abyss difficulty treasure chest!]
"Lord God-Emperor!" Lilith's voice rang out.
Su Ye looked at Lilith, who appeared before him, and said with a smile on his face, "Well done, Lilith. You guys take a rest first."
"I am not tired. But, Lord God-Emperor, how will you reward me?" Lilith walked to Su Ye's side, her eyes fixed intently on him.
Su Ye:...
"We'll talk about that later. First, I'll clear the spoils of war." Su Ye looked at those treasure chests.
Using his authority as a lord, the treasure chests scattered on the ground were collected into the territory warehouse.
A total of 400 Black Iron-grade Abyss Treasure Chests!
Black Iron was the chest grade, and Abyss represented the highest difficulty reward.
"This drop rate is not bad," Su Ye thought as he looked at the Abyss treasure chests. Then, he used his authority: Decompose!
[Ding: Do you wish to decompose 1,000 Lesser Demon corpses?]
"Decompose." Su Ye looked at the corpses on the ground; there was no point in not decomposing them, as they would eventually rot if left there.
[Ding: You decomposed 1,000 Lesser Demon corpses and obtained 100 origin crystals!]
"A 10:1 ratio? As expected, the novice period is the chance to make a fortune. As long as you have the strength, getting rich overnight isn't a dream." Su Ye looked at his storage space with a smile on his face.
[Ding: Do you wish to open Black Iron-grade Abyss Treasure Chest X 400?]
"Open them all." Su Ye waited with anticipation.
[Ding: You obtained Gold Coin X 100]
[Ding: You obtained Gold Coin X 100]
[Ding: You obtained origin crystal X 10]
[Ding: You obtained origin crystal X 10]
...
A series of system logs rose up. The smile on Su Ye's face could not be hidden as he tallied the gains.
Gold Coin X 20,000
origin crystal X 2,000
The smile on Su Ye's face suddenly froze. Where's my wood? Where's my stone? Where are my resource cards?
Suddenly, Su Ye thought of a problem: the trial he cleared was Abyss difficulty, and it was only the first day.
Earning twenty thousand gold coins and two thousand origin crystals in one day was something other lords couldn't even imagine, nor was it possible for them.
For a normal lord clearing an ordinary Void Trial, earning 100 gold coins would be considered quite good.
"So, is it because the difficulty was too high that the rewards didn't include those basic common resource cards, wood, stone, and the like?" Su Ye thought, somewhat speechless.
But it made sense. He had cleared an Abyss difficulty trial; if he opened the chests and found that kind of junk, that would be the real problem.
"It looks like I'll need to find someone to buy them from," Su Ye couldn't help but think. His territory was a grassland type, with no forests or mineral deposits. He couldn't develop them even if he wanted to, so he could only buy.
Then, Su Ye looked at the last treasure chest, which was also the best chest after the trial. The previous ones were just chests dropped by ordinary monsters, which could only yield those items, but the final rating chest was different; it could contain anything.
Of course, it was closely related to the trial difficulty and the rating. The higher the difficulty and the rating, the better the items that could be opened.