The more than 56 million reputation needed to apply the tenfold enhancement to all the treasure chests had originally made even Lin Mo's scalp tingle.
But now, there was no need to worry at all.
The Divine Might Tower could completely solve this problem.
And on top of that, it operated automatically, requiring almost no attention.
The only thing that needed to be done was paying the daily maintenance fee.
When the Divine Might Tower was only Level 1, the system charged 10,000 gold coins per day for maintenance.
Now that it had reached Level 2, the daily maintenance fee had increased to 15,000 gold coins.
That wasn't a small expense.
Based on the data provided by Ning Xi, Xia Wanwan calculated precisely, "First Floor tickets cost 10 copper coins each, and the system takes a 50% cut, so Senior Ning Xi only gets 5 copper coins."
"Second Floor tickets cost 20 copper coins each, so she only receives 10 copper coins."
"Based on the Divine Might Tower's 24-hour revenue, yesterday a total of 15.1 million First Floor tickets were sold, generating 15,100 gold coins. After the system's 50% cut, the actual income was 7,550 gold coins."
"The Second Floor only opened yesterday afternoon, so we don't have a full day's sales data yet. But based on the average hourly sales, we can estimate around 5 million tickets over 24 hours, generating 10,000 gold coins. After the system's 50% cut, that comes to 5,000 gold coins."
"So currently, the Divine Might Tower earns 12,550 gold coins per day from ticket sales. Compared to the system's daily maintenance fee of 15,000 gold coins, it's operating at a net loss of 2,450 gold coins per day!"
Watching Xia Wanwan perform calculations in her head without any tools, as if she had a calculator built into her brain, Qin Feng couldn't help giving her a thumbs-up.
"As expected of an accounting major. That's seriously impressive."
Lin Mo also looked at her with admiration.
It looked like the position of guild treasurer would have to go to Xia Wanwan in the future.
Of course, Xia Wanwan's abilities weren't limited to calculations.
She also offered a solution.
"Senior Lin Mo, Senior Ning Xi, I think the simplest way to solve the profit issue is to raise the ticket prices."
"And we don't even need to raise them by much."
"If we increase First Floor tickets from 10 copper coins to 13, and Second Floor tickets from 20 to 22, we can at least break even."
"And if we add just a tiny bit more on top of that, we'll be guaranteed to make a profit "
"Holy crap!", Qin Feng stared at Xia Wanwan in shock, "Are you an AI?"
As he spoke, he reached out and pinched Xia Wanwan's collagen-filled cheek.
"It even feels so real. Are AIs this advanced now?"
Ling Xiao immediately slapped Qin Feng's hand away.
"Where are you touching? Don't push it."
At that moment, Ning Xi looked at Lin Mo.
"Brother Lin Mo, what do you think?"
"Raising the price by one or two copper coins isn't a big deal, but charging whatever we want will leave players with a bad impression."
Lin Mo said, "Let's leave the prices as they are. The losses aren't that significant. Once the Divine Might Tower keeps leveling up, its income will increase."
A daily loss of a little over 2,000 gold coins was only around six million yuan after converting it at the current exchange rate.
To Lin Mo, whose assets had already exceeded one billion yuan and would soon surpass ten billion, it wasn't worth mentioning.
After all, the most important thing right now wasn't gold.
It was reputation.
If they ruined the Divine Might Tower's hard-earned reputation and players stopped coming, the losses would be far greater than a bit of gold.
"The priority now is to earn enough reputation to open all the treasure chests."
As soon as Lin Mo finished speaking, Ning Xi nodded.
"Mm! That's exactly what I was thinking too."
It wouldn't be long before he and Ning Xi both became billionaires.
Just thinking about it was exciting.
After all, in his previous life, before Divine Oracle descended, Lin Mo had worked himself to the bone day and night gathering materials and crafting equipment, and at most earned ten or twenty thousand yuan a month.
How could he ever have imagined a day like this?
In the end, it proved one thing, in the world of Divine Oracle, strength ruled above all.
With enough strength, you could obtain everything you wanted.
So there was no need to worry about the Divine Might Tower anymore.
They could simply let it operate on its own.
Next, Lin Mo could focus on other tasks.
It was almost noon.
Lin Mo and Ning Xi returned to the city and logged off.
In the afternoon, he planned to take the Divine Advent Seraph Siya to the Divine Capital first and have her retrieve the Water of God.
That way, after they found the Divine Refining Cauldron, Mo Chen could immediately use the Water of God inside it to forge the remaining six pieces of Siya's exclusive Eternal Set.
After lunch, Ning Xi and Zhao Lingyun began planning that evening's activities.
Meanwhile, Lin Mo lay down on the bed and took a short nap.
At around two in the afternoon, he logged back in.
[Ding~ Welcome back to the world of Divine Oracle, Supreme Lord Rulebound, the Number One player on the Heavenly Ranking!]
Every login announcement was refreshing to hear.
That was the privilege of being strong.
Although it was still working hours and school hours, the online population remained high.
According to the system's live statistics, Inferno City currently had over 3 million players online.
The city was bustling with players coming and going.
Divine Oracle had created quite a few full-time gamers.
Before setting off for the Divine Capital, Lin Mo planned to strengthen the Divine Advent Seraph Siya even further.
After all, the Divine Capital required Platinum Rank to enter, and Lin Mo couldn't go there yet.
Siya would have to enter alone.
Even though it was the domain of the God Clan, there was no guarantee.
If Siya encountered some unforeseen danger inside and Lin Mo couldn't accompany her, it was necessary to improve her strength so she could deal with any danger herself.
And the testing they had done in the Divine Tomb dungeon that morning had already proven that Siya's poison-healer build was completely viable.
"It's just that Siya's overall stats still aren't high enough."
Looking at Siya's status panel, Lin Mo analyzed, "She's only wearing a full set of Tier 4 equipment, and right now she only has a single offensive skill. She still has plenty of room to improve."
"So we'll focus on those two areas."
With that, Lin Mo headed to the main city's warehouse.
He first looked through all the accumulated resources in storage to find equipment and skill books that Siya could use.
If anything was missing, he'd check the auction house.
Based on the characteristics of Siya's two exclusive pieces of equipment:
Weapon, Eternal Heart: Every time it deals damage to an enemy, it restores HP to allies equal to 25% of Magic Attack.
Ring, Eternal Eye: Every time it deals damage to an enemy, it grants allies a buff with a 15% coefficient.
Ning Xi thought for a moment.
"Both of these exclusive effects are triggered by attacking, and the higher the attack frequency, the more often they activate. In a way, that's the same growth path as Ah Li's."
"So, Brother Lin Mo, it's best to teach Siya some damage-over-time skills."
Lin Mo nodded.
"Great minds think alike."