This person is named Gailt, a forty-year-old human from the Bronze Middle Tier, not particularly talented, but he is highly valued by Sabo, who once praised him as a very talented human.

The talent in Sabo’s eyes is evident; even if Sabo were to step down as Finance Officer, this Deputy Finance Officer could easily take his place.

Of course, the development might not be as quick as it is now, but he would still be the best choice for Finance Officer.

"Hard work," Baiyi said, accepting the Space Ring and transferring its contents into the Time Deceleration Zone of the Demon Realm.

Until the transformation of the Demon Realm is complete, they need to remain active.

And for Xia’s 60 natural days, only an hour or so had passed in the Time Deceleration Zone; even without Magic Power, an hour wouldn’t affect these plants.

"This is what I should do..."

"My friend, have you come out?"

Sabo’s voice sounded with a hint of surprise.

Baiyi looked over, thought for a moment, and raised an eyebrow: "Have you found the Space-Time Stone Plane?"

"No." Sabo shook his head but then said, "I have brought them back. Do you want to take a look?"

"Send them to the City Lord’s Treasure Vault; I’m a bit busy now," Baiyi didn’t rush to collect the Space-Time Stones.

These stones are very valuable and well-sought in the Federation, but currently, Dongwu City rarely sells these mineral resources.

They’re mainly for exchange by the people of Dongwu City. In today’s increasingly networked world, with a 20% commission and given Dongwu City’s current scale, the city does not lack money.

Although the military expenditure is currently quite staggering, more than ten times higher than during the previous 400,000-strong army, Dongwu City remains wealthy.

"Well... The quantity might be a bit more than you imagined," Sabo said with a smile, "I checked the City Lord’s Mansion’s treasure vault, and there are too many rare minerals there, leaving no room for these Space-Time Stones."

Baiyi was a bit surprised: "How many are there?"

In the last era, when this plane opened, over eight million players entered to mine it. Before the Federation designated the Small World as official mineral property, players dug it up to pieces and only unearthed less than ten million Space-Time Stones.

And fitting them in the City Lord’s Treasure Vault was easy since a Space-Time Stone is only thumb-sized, and the City Lord’s Treasure Vault employs space technology, with a site diameter exceeding two thousand meters.

"Haha, I got over ten million pieces, my friend, you’re so generous," Sabo said with a smile.

Baiyi paused, a bit silent. Sabo only got 10%, which means there are over a hundred million Space-Time Stones...

He exhaled slowly and smiled, saying, "Find a place to hand them over to me."

Baiyi knew that the instances and planes he was aware of had nearly been used up since he only entered the game at version 3.0; the time was too short.

"Follow me."

Sabo headed into the Finance Department.

Baiyi followed, as everyone in the Finance Department was busy.

The department had expanded, now having over five hundred people, more than ten times its former size, but even this was a necessary expansion as they manage the entire city’s economy while striving for high efficiency. Even now, manpower seemed somewhat lacking.

But this was Sabo’s domain, and he wouldn’t interfere much; as long as the finances were fine, he was satisfied.

For Sabo, as long as he gained more from working with Baiyi, he wouldn’t let any financial issues arise. Despite his greedy nature, he never took extra from Baiyi.

For instance, he could take an extra 10% or more of many resources, and Baiyi wouldn’t likely notice.

But he didn’t because once he did, it would leave traces. If Baiyi didn’t notice, he profited; however, once Baiyi noticed, the cost he’d have to pay would be too high.

In contrast, he preferred to win with Baiyi, and Baiyi’s absolute trust was crucial to him.

Be it the Evil God or long-term resources, Sabo was quite satisfied with the current development.

Entering the Finance Officer’s office,

"My friend, you’re surely going to be amazed." Sabo said as he rubbed his hands together, an extremely filthy aura appeared in his palms.

Baiyi decisively used energy to shield his surroundings, uninterested in knowing what the scent was.

As Sabo spread his hands open, a dark portal appeared, seemingly leading to some space.

"Follow me," Sabo said with a smile, walking into it.

Baiyi did not hesitate, a rare curiosity appearing in his eyes.

This seemed similar to the Demon Realm’s exclusive space, extremely filthy... which Evil God does this pertain to?

In deep thought, Baiyi was stunned by what he saw upon stepping into the space portal.

Before his eyes was an endless sea of Space-Time Stones. The sheer number had piled into peaks over ten meters high, appearing somewhat surreal.

Baiyi casually grabbed a Space-Time Stone; these stones were irregular, like ordinary stones, but generally ranged from 2 centimeters to 5 centimeters in diameter.

However, the five-centimeter Space-Time Stones required processing.

Typically, a two-centimeter Space-Time Stone is a standard unit.

These stones were light blue, with an extremely rough appearance but exuded a sense of luxury. Occasionally, there were some flowing dark blue lights as if the stones had water inside, looking very magical.

[Name: Space-Time Stone.

Attributes: Mineral.

Effect: Contains a very stable Power of Space-Time.

Introduction: The crystallization of space-time, an indispensable part of Spatial Arrays, perhaps giving you a glimpse of the might of time, but it’s just a kind of illusion of aura.

Price: 10 Gold Coins.]

Baiyi ignored the price, which was essentially robbery. If sold to the Federation, a thousand Gold Coins per stone would be the base cost at wholesale.

A vast Spiritual Power surged forth.

Without waiting for Sabo to speak further, Baiyi decisively swept away the expansive Space-Time Stones stretching hundreds of meters.

Sabo was momentarily taken aback and remarked, "My friend, your Spatial Ability is astonishing."

Baiyi was in a good mood, "I’m temporarily quite versatile, but your space is interesting, seems temporary?"

"It’s always safer to store materials, I wouldn’t want my carefully collected finances stolen by something in a chaotic space," Sabo said, smiling.

"Let’s leave it at that for now, but why haven’t you developed the large-scale hospital and specialized medical school you suggested? Is there an issue?" Baiyi surveyed the space, casually drawing a line as his Spiritual Power surged out.

Arcane Magic techniques allowed him to easily cut through this plane, heading outwards.

Sabo was a bit surprised as he followed Baiyi, replying with a sense of acclaim, "The school has opened, but the hospital... still lacks doctors..."

Baiyi stepped across the spatial rift, returning to the Finance Department, pondering, "Start building the hospital, an official hospital must exist."

He thought for a moment and continued, "As for doctors, once you’ve built it, I’ll send Miss Aileen."

"That’s excellent; with Miss Aileen and some from the Healing System, the hospital’s profit should be quite high, and more can be established in the future."

"Don’t build too many; if everything is officially done, some healers unwilling to be restricted might starve."

"My friend, you’ve changed, but those are glimmering Gold Coins, and we have no reason to refuse them."

"It’s not that I’ve changed; it’s the times. The God will descend within a century, and only through reform can we strengthen the nation. The will can create miracles, the happier the commoners, the more hope for Xia."

"I don’t understand; I just want money, or extraordinary resources!"

Baiyi looked at Sabo, somewhat contemplatively, explaining, "Suppression before reform would lead commoners to despair, but hope is placed before them, and they will strive with all their might towards hope, a form of exploitation the Federation requires."

"And currently, the number of top-tier people has reached the historical maximum, further exploitation yields little profit."

"A reform redefined resources and directly gave hope to commoners; the stark contrast makes their happiness index very high."

"And this happiness will make them embrace the Federation, love the new, beautiful world, and narrate their past suffering to the next generation, speaking of the now."

"However, the Ancient Gods will shatter this beauty, the invaders will attempt to overthrow a Federation that seems like a Peach Blossom Spring, and how do you think the people will respond?"

Sabo was momentarily stunned, "United as one? Then why doesn’t the Federation do so?"

"Dongwu City was an unexpected case, previously limited by top-tier shortage and excessive cost..."

"Tch, politicians are indeed dirty..."

"Nothing about dirtiness, at least... the current Federation is a paradise for them, and that’s enough..."