Magic? My Iron Torrent will sweep it all away!

Chapter 741 Terra's Development Over the Past Six Months

As soon as the Terra trade curve was projected onto the main screen, the conference room fell silent.

No one expected that a world still stuck in the system of magic, runes, and cold weapons could send such an exaggerated order to Great Xia in just six months.

Kona Satellite, Blue Star, and the Moon have all undergone tremendous changes in the past six months.

Now it was Terra's turn, and everyone's eyes involuntarily fell on Lin Mo.

Terra is the territory that Lin Mo is in charge of.

Lin Mo cleared his throat, opened the document in his hand, and said:

"Terra has changed in the past six months in a way that is no less than that of Earth or the Moon."

"The change is in the orders."

On the screen, a curve representing total trade volume rose steadily without any pause.

Qian Zhenhua adjusted his old-fashioned black-rimmed glasses, stared at the curve for two seconds, and raised his eyebrows slightly.

"It's rising so fast?"

Lin Mo nodded.

"It's faster than we initially estimated."

He raised his hand to switch data pages.

"It's been about a year since Terra was discovered."

"Based on the international trade standards and resource equivalents before the catastrophe, the total amount of purchases made by the various tribes of Terra from Great Xia has already caught up with Great Xia's monthly export volume to the countries of Earth back then."

Upon hearing this, many people in the conference room sat up straight.

Monthly export volume doesn't sound exaggerated.

But that was the Great Xia of the past, the scale of its exports to the entire Blue Star international market.

Terra is not a technological civilization, nor does it have a consumer market of billions of people.

The total population of dwarves, orcs, holy humans, elves, and dragons does not exceed six hundred million.

Under these circumstances, the fact that a year could consume the export volume of the month before the Great Xia Disaster is already quite alarming.

Lin Mo continued:

"More importantly, most of what they purchase are not high-tech equipment, but basic industrial products."

The product catalog begins scrolling on the main screen.

Steel agricultural implements, construction machinery, food, pharmaceuticals, water purification equipment, lighting systems, digital devices, clothing, paper, glass products, home appliances...

These things would only be considered basic necessities and low-end industrial products in the Great Xia Dynasty.

But if you put it on Terra, it would be a game-changer.

The orc tribe used to rely on cattle and manpower to cultivate the land, but now a small tractor can complete half a month's worth of work for the entire tribe in just a few days.

Previously, mining areas relied entirely on picks and mine carts. Now, with the arrival of mining machines, transport vehicles, and ore screening equipment from Daxia, ore production has doubled.

At first, it was just nobles buying electric lights and appliances in the Holy Human Town. Later, they discovered that the commoners' workshops could work at night after they were equipped with lighting, so the nobles immediately placed large orders.

Needless to say, the elves.

They verbally complain that Daxia's industrial products are "not natural enough and lack natural beauty," but their actions tell a different story.

Food, clothes, manicures, shoes, jewelry, cell phones, paper, sanitary napkins, light bulbs, cosmetics, home appliances, etc., I bought them all.

Lin Mo's expression turned a little strange as he said this.

"The elves even specially commissioned wooden shells for some items, saying that this better suited their aesthetic."

A low chuckle suddenly filled the conference room.

Zhao Gang also laughed.

"As long as they pay enough, they'll use wood for the casing if they want, and they'll carve patterns if they want."

Looking at the data, Old Zhao spoke in a steady voice:

What about the trade deficit?

This is the key.

The value of this trade route to Great Xia is determined by the difference between how much it sells and how much it buys back from Terra.

Lin Mo skipped to the next page.

"The trade deficit remains large and is unlikely to narrow in the short term."

On the screen, two bar charts lit up simultaneously.

On one side are the industrial products that Daxia exports to Terra.

On the other side were ores, metals, timber, medicinal herbs, monster materials, energy crystals, and demon corpses that Great Xia had purchased from Terra.

The amount of raw materials purchased is not small.

But raw materials are just raw materials.

After being purchased from Daxia, the products are processed through factories, smelting lines, pharmaceutical production lines, and equipment manufacturing systems, and then sold back to Terra as industrial products, with an astonishingly high added value.

Han Niba looked at the data and said calmly:

"In other words, we are using our industrial system to continuously extract wealth from the various tribes of Terra."

Lin Mo did not deny it, and nodded.

"You could say that."

He paused, then added:

"But it's not robbery, it's the trade scissors."

"Each ethnic group also benefits; the industrial products they receive do indeed improve productivity, healthcare, and quality of life."

"It's just that they can't catch up with us in terms of industrial systems in the short term."

This is the difference brought about by different levels of civilization.

The various races of Terra sell ores, timber, and magical materials.

Daxia sells machines, medicines, food, and standardized solutions.

It seems like both sides benefited.

But the one that truly grew stronger was the Great Xia, which controlled the production chain.

Old Zhao:

"Many mineral resources on Earth cannot be developed normally at present, the surface environment has not fully recovered, and the pressure on raw materials continues."

"Without Terra's supply, many of our projects would have to be halted."

"We must stabilize the Terra line."

Lin Mo replied, "Understood."

He continued scrolling down.

"Then there's the situation regarding the extermination of the Terra Demons."

The trade data on the screen disappeared, replaced by a map of Terra.

The large areas that were once covered in black and red have now been transformed back into the symbols of various ethnic groups.

The gold of the Holy Humans, the pale green of the Elves, the gray-iron of the Dwarves, and the brown of the Orcs were laid back onto the continent, piece by piece.

Lin Mo said:

"With the support of Great Xia reconnaissance drones, satellite maps, long-range firepower, and the combined forces of various races, the main demonic strongholds on the Terra landmass have been eliminated."

"Organized demon races that are openly present on the mainland have basically disappeared."

"Currently, only some underground areas and the deep ocean still have sporadic demonic activity."

This statement was made with great restraint.

Because everyone knows that demons are not beasts.

They oppressed Terra for two hundred years, occupying most of its territory.

The fact that the land is clean and clear does not mean that Terra is completely safe.

Especially the ocean.

Terra is twice the size of Earth, so its oceans are naturally much larger. Completely eradicating it would be like finding a needle in a haystack—unrealistic.

The mermaid race has been wiped out. Although there are half-orc mermaids exploring the sea, the demon race has been operating in the sea for too long, and no one knows how many things are still hidden in the deep sea.

The land can be cleared because it's visible and can be hit, but the sea is different; it's much more difficult to clean up.