"What's the situation outside?"
Qi Yuanbao turned around and asked Wuying Qinxin, "Are all the managers and shareholders here? Have Red Lady and 'that person' been caught?"
"It's an emergency. All the managers and shareholders in the Seven Seas Grand Market have been gathered here. The shareholders who are not in the Seven Seas Space Zone have also participated in the meeting through their spokespersons."
Wuying Qinxin, Jin Yuyan's "widow", had a face that was as perfect as the most delicate marble, so perfect that it felt unreal. Even the vague sorrow that covered her face was like a carefully designed mask.
Nobody could see through what was on the woman's mind, not even her own brother, Qi Yuanbao.
Wuying Qinxin paused for a moment and continued, "Red Lady and the assassins of the Bloody Skull under her command have been suppressed in a narrow corner of the twenty-seventh district. We have blocked all the tubes leading to the outside world in the twenty-seventh district and mobilized the forces of three Crystal Suit Legions to surround them. Two Colossi are also locking and suppressing them in space. Even though Red Lady is an expert in the Divinity Transformation Stage, it's impossible for her to get away.
"However … 'that person' is nowhere to be found yet. She seems to have vanished into thin air for no good reason.
"Ah Bao, I don't have a good feeling. You and I both know that it doesn't matter whether Red Lady is dead or alive. 'That person' is the key. Not that I'm criticizing you, but you were too hasty in your attack this time!"
"Why, sister, are you blaming me for my recklessness?"
Qi Yuanbao raised his eyebrows and his eyes at the same time. He looked at Wuying Qinxin with a vague smile. "Or have you grown softhearted at the critical moment and even fallen in love with Jin Yuyan?"
Wuying Qinxin was silent for a moment. Sighing gloomily, she said, "I just feel that it is unnecessary to take such a risk. It won't be too late to take care of him after the battle of Seven Seas is over."
"Unnecessary to take such a risk? “
With his eyes bulging, Qi Yuanbao sneered even more hideously than a ghost. "With everything coming to this point, do you still not understand the situation and your identity?
"Since a hundred and fifty years ago, our father 'Wuying Yuanshan' has been a dog raised by the four families and a chess piece beyond his control. When he was useful, he could be praised as a business leader of the 'Wuying group'. When his value was drained, and he revealed the slightest ambition, they could also turn against him without any hesitation and annihilate his entire family! That is the outcome of being a dog and a chess piece!
"In the hundred years that followed, you and I struggled hard in the dark and bloody sea of stars, trying our best to find a slim chance of survival. After struggling for so long, we seem to have a tiny position and power, but we are not really in control of our own fate. Those things are just candles in the wind and towers on the sand that will perish instantly!
"You should know very well that Jin Yuyan only married you because he was interested in the connections behind you and wanted to make use of or even absorb the wealth of the 'Wuying group'. He supported me without sparing any effort because he hoped that I would help him suppress the other three assassin groups and swallow the entire Business Alliance of Ten Thousand Sectors.
"In other words, we are still chess pieces and lackeys that can be cooked at any moment. It has been a hundred years, and nothing has changed at all!
"Even though Blackstar the Great has been reborn and promised us high salaries and hereditary titles, so what? Do you really think that our ancestor would care about us, the descendants of his bloodline? Hehe, don't be silly. In his eyes, we are still chess pieces and lackeys!
"If you want to really control your own fate, you have to have irreplaceable value and your own unparalleled strength! If what you said is true, there will be too many variables after the battle of Seven Seas. God knows if Jin Yuyan will suddenly surrender to Blackstar the Great in bewilderment. If that is the case, will the two of us still be part of it?
"Even if Jin Yuyan refuses to surrender, who knows whether or not Blackstar the Great will send someone from the capital to replace us and absorb the Business Alliance of Ten Thousand Sectors? Don't forget that a lot of members of the royal family are still in the capital. They belong to the 'Imperial Guards', which has always been at odds with the 'Wuying group' that is scattered in the peripheral worlds of the Imperium! "
Taken aback, Wuying Qinxin subconsciously said, "That's … impossible. Why would His Majesty do that?"
"Don't forget who he is. He is Blackstar the Great! The Emperor is like a tiger, and the Heavenly Might is unpredictable. Do you know what he is planning? "
Qi Yuanbao sneered, "After all, you and I have been hanging around in the Business Alliance of Ten Thousand Sectors for a hundred years. Perhaps, in his eyes, you and I are both contaminated with the air of 'freedom' and inconvenient for him to control. If I were him, chances are that I would've instigated the two of us to die together with Jin Yuyan. Then, I would've found a few trusted subordinates from the capital to take over the Business Alliance of Ten Thousand Sectors that is now a mess. Is that the ending you want? "
Wuying Qinxin was stunned for a long time, her face gradually pale.
"The struggles in the past hundred years have taught me the simplest logic. Seize the opportunity when it comes, and take risks without any hesitation when it's time!"
Qi Yuanbao said, "As long as the two of us control the supreme power of the Business Alliance of Ten Thousand Sectors thunderously and win the battle of Seven Seas beautifully, making the Business Alliance of Ten Thousand Sectors the well-deserved dominator at the peripheral worlds of the Imperium, even our 'His Majesty' far away in the capital will have no reason to extend his hands to this place. By then, we will be playing both sides of the capital and the four families, officially turning from chess pieces and lackeys into players who control the chess pieces!"
Wuying Qinxin narrowed her eyes, which gradually turned cold.
"It seems that you have thought it through, sister."
Qi Yuanbao smiled and held Wuying Qinxin's hand softly. Drawing circles on his sister's palm, he said in a low voice, "Isn't he just a stinky man? After we really control the Business Alliance of Ten Thousand Sectors, you can have however many men you want. Why do you care about one Jin Yuyan? In the past hundred years, he has been flirting with a lot of women outside. You haven't been idle when you couldn't hold back your loneliness. Why do you have to pretend to be chaste right now?
"Remember, after we succeed, you can have as many stinky men as Jin Yuyan as you want, but you only have one twin brother. The universe is a vast place, but we are the only family left, right?"
"You're … right."
Wuying Qinxin finally made up her mind and said, "But you still have to find Jin Yuyan and the guy who rescued him, who is suspected to be 'Vulture Li Yao'. You've seen the guy's accomplishments in the past. He is definitely not easy to deal with. It is possible that he will cause serious interference to our plan."
"Rest assured. Although 'Vulture Li Yao' is tough, why should I fight him head-on?"
With weird brilliance flashing in his eyes, Qi Yuanbao said casually, "As a matter of fact, I've already guessed where he is right now."
…
In the depths of the dense, maze-like tubes between the inner district and the outer district of the Seven Seas Grand Market …
A dark shadow, covered in a special stealth suit from head to toe, was wriggling inside the tubes.
The suit was very unique. Like a cluster of translucent jelly, it helped the wearer squeeze into all kinds of gaps without alarming anyone and could transform into different forms at any time. A layer of stratum corneum that looked like a shell was condensed on the surface, blocking all the temperature, breath, heartbeat, and scent.
Suddenly —
Zi! Zi! Zi! Zi! Zi!
Zi! Zi! Dozens of green mystic rays darted over from the depths of the tubes and pierced the black jelly precisely.
A miraculous scene played out. Just before the mystic light shot over, the jelly instantly turned from black to almost transparent colorless. Even the human figure wrapped inside disappeared without a trace.
The mystic rays pierced through the jelly. After complicated calculations, they were shot out from the back of the jelly without any interference or deviation. They did not detect the intruder lurking inside the jelly at all, either.
After scanning for a long time, the green mystic rays found nothing wrong and gradually dimmed.
The jelly turned from transparent to black. The infiltrator lurking inside heaved a sigh of relief and continued to squirm forward, drilling through the various pipes with ease.
After that, the ten or so traps and defense lines failed to stop the intruder. He snuck into the inner district of the Seven Seas Grand Market unharmed. After a brief rest, he continued to crawl toward Jin Yuyan's office.
…
Inside Qi Yuanbao's office …
Almost a hundred 3D light beams outlined every corner of the inner district of the Seven Seas Grand Market clearly.
The routes that the intruder took just now were particularly captured.
The ventilation tubes that the intruder was wriggling hard through were also closely monitored.
The keenest sensors hidden on the internal wall of the ventilation tubes recorded the feeblest shiver of the ventilation tubes. When the data of the shivers were combined, even the most brilliant intruder would not be able to escape.
The defense system was designed by Qi Yuanbao in person as the director of security.
Having been a super assassin for more than a hundred years, he naturally knew how to deal with the stealthy intruders best.
Ta! Ta! Ta!
Ta! Through the dozens of other 3D light beams, it could be seen that countless Exos, who were armed to the teeth, were surrounding the tubes that the intruder had snuck into quickly.
As long as the intruder was caught like a turtle in a jar, it would be obvious that he was up to no good. He would never be able to clear his name even if he jumped into the galaxy.
"Hehehehe. 'Vulture Li Yao' is nothing more than this. He is a pig that has walked right into the trap!"
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