This Aegis was truly crazy, but it didn't matter. This huge mess would be left to her brother in the future, and it would satisfy her desire to cause trouble for him.
"My dear brother, there's a huge wave of trouble waiting for you, hehe." Zi Xianxian smiled happily. She would let her brother handle this matter with Aegis. Her role was to give Aegis a nudge whenever she was bored, so that they could vent their anger on her brother.
Thud, thud, thud.
"Come in." Zi Xianxian stretched lazily. Causing trouble for others was quite tiring, and she needed to use her brain.
Lu Yin walked in and immediately saw the pink sofa across from Zi Xianxian. He looked at it carefully, and it really was pink. Who would place a pink sofa in an office?
Was this sofa even suitable for sitting?
Zi Xianxian's gaze froze, and she stared at Lu Yin. "Who are you?"
Lu Yin had originally wanted to sit down and chat, but this pink sofa … Forget it. He changed back to his original appearance and looked at Zi Xianxian. "This is the first time we've met. Hello, Miss Zi Xianxian."
Zi Xianxian was no stranger to Lu Yin, and she had seen his image before. She had guessed that he would come looking for her in the near future, but she had not expected him to do so now. "So you're the Great Eastern Alliance's Alliance Master. I've heard a lot about you. Please take a seat."
Lu Yin felt awkward. Sit?
That would not be appropriate. He did not dare to sit on the pink sofa.
Zi Xianxian blinked and gestured for Lu Yin to follow her. She led him out of the office and into an even larger one.
Lu Yin saw the pink sofa again. Just how many pink sofas were there in this place? Thankfully, there was a tea table, which made the place look elegant.
Zi Xianxian invited Lu Yin to sit down and personally poured him a cup of tea. "Is the Alliance Master here to see me?"
Lu Yin accepted the tea and took a sip, but he did not feel anything. "Miss Zi Xianxian gave me five percent of this company's shares, so I can be considered a shareholder."
Zi Xianxian smiled. "You can be considered one. Then, is the Alliance Master here to give his opinion?
Or do you want a share of the profits? "
Lu Yin put down his teacup. "Neither. Miss Zi Xianxian should know why I'm here. The Amethyst Company's intelligence network is the best in the universe."
"It seems like the Alliance Head has run into some trouble." Zi Xianxian beamed at Lu Yin. At this moment, Lu Yin finally looked at her seriously. He had been completely focused on the pink sofa.
The girl in front of him had a pair of bright eyes. She was very beautiful, and her eyes were quite lively. She had neat bangs, and her hair reached her waist. It was very smooth. She looked about the same age as Hai Qiqi, but she was a little more mature.
What was particularly eye-catching was that she was wearing a purple dress and black boots. She looked like a princess from a fairy tale. This was a rich loli.
"How does the Amethyst Trading Company charge for information?" Lu Yin went straight to the point. He always felt that the pink sofa was an eyesore.
Zi Xianxian's bright eyes sized up Lu Yin and continued to stare at him. There was curiosity and probing in her eyes.
"Didn't I wash my face clean?"
Zi Xianxian smiled. "I'm thinking about how to cooperate with you."
Lu Yin grunted, but he didn't say anything else. He just continued to drink his tea.
After a while, Zi Xianxian looked away. "We've investigated you, and you've only cultivated for seven years. You've only risen to prominence in the past two years. Before the Innerverse and Outerverse were separated, you could only dominate the younger generation. But ever since then, you've completely changed. You started off by killing Enlighters and became a famous overlord of the Outerverse. I'm very curious. Have you been hiding all this time, or did you really suddenly obtain an opportunity?"
Lu Yin looked up. "What does this have to do with our cooperation?"
"If you want to cooperate, you need to have some understanding of your partner. Our Amethyst Trading Company is confident that we can investigate anyone's background in the Outerverse, but we're very surprised by your sudden rise to prominence. What's even more surprising is that we can't find any reason why you can kill Enlighters. Where did you get those external items, how did you obtain those secret techniques, and even how did you leave the pirate port alive? We don't know any of this."
Lu Yin smiled. "I'm here to buy information, not to provide it."
Zi Xianxian casually took out a chip from her cosmic ring and placed it on the coffee table. "This records all the powers that are connected to the Great Eastern Alliance and Aegis. As long as you tell me, this chip will be yours."
Lu Yin thought for a moment and then tapped the table with a single finger. Those who knew him well knew that this was a habit of his.
After looking at the chip, Lu Yin said, "Back then, the Innerverse's Xun family and the Daynight clan worked together to deal with me and obstruct the establishment of the Great Eastern Alliance. Not only did the Xun family personally interfere, but they even filed a lawsuit against me to the Hall of Honor. Do you know about this?"
Zi Xianxian nodded. "I do. The Xun family was abandoned by the Hall of Honor, and the Daynight clan didn't try to deal with you. They're even more low-key now."
Lu Yin nodded. "Do you know how Darkstar Gorge was destroyed?"
Zi Xianxian nodded. "I do. Darkstar Gorge colluded with the Neohuman Alliance and was destroyed by the Hall of Honor."
"The Daynight clan, Xun family, and Darkstar Gorge all tried to obstruct me from establishing the Great Eastern Alliance, but they all failed. There's a common point." At this point, Lu Yin paused and didn't say anything else. He just looked at Zi Xianxian with a strange smile.
Zi Xianxian's expression changed. The Hall of Honor … The common point here was the Hall of Honor. She looked at Lu Yin in disbelief. "Could it be that you're …?"
Lu Yin raised a hand to stop her. "I didn't say anything to you, and I can't say anything."
Zi Xianxian finally understood. It was no wonder why Lu Yin had been able to obtain so many opportunities and establish the Great Eastern Alliance so quickly. Even the Amethyst Trading Company couldn't find any information about him. This person was definitely someone from the Hall of Honor. Otherwise, it wouldn't explain why the Hall of Honor supported him so much. Even the Xun family and the Daynight clan had been abandoned. The Hall of Honor's support for him was too great.
Those external items that could kill Enlighters must have also come from the Hall of Honor. Otherwise, how could a puny Limiteer have obtained an external item that could kill an Enlighter? Even the Amethyst Trading Company couldn't possibly have such a powerful external item; only the Hall of Honor had it.
It was rumored that during the war in Ironblood Weave, this person had obtained many additional Ironblood Points as a reward, which was very abnormal. How could a Limiteer accomplish such a feat? Some people even said that this person had defeated an old freak whose power level exceeded 300,000. How could that be possible? However, if this person had the support of the Hall of Honor, then everything made sense.
The more Zi Xianxian thought about it, the more she felt that it made sense. This person in front of her definitely had the support of the Hall of Honor, which meant that they were supporting him in establishing the Great Eastern Alliance. Wait, could it be that the Hall of Honor's goal was the entire Outerverse? Zi Xianxian felt like she had discovered a huge secret.
Although the Hall of Honor had always been above the universe, they had rarely interfered with the Outerverse's affairs. Now that the Innerverse and Outerverse had been separated, could their policies have changed?
Zi Xianxian's thoughts were a mess. The Hall of Honor was not something that the four major corporations could compare to. It was also not a colossus like Shamrock Enterprises, Aurora Enterprises, or the Mavis Bank. The Hall of Honor was a true master of everything. Once they decided to act, who could stop them?
This person in front of her had a huge background behind him.
Lu Yin chuckled inwardly, as he knew that Zi Xianxian had misunderstood. This was exactly what he wanted. It was not that Zi Xianxian was stupid, but rather that the Hall of Honor's support for him was too misleading. He knew that it was because of his futon, but others did not. Everyone thought that he had the Hall of Honor as his backer. Furthermore, with the guidance that Zi Xianxian had given him, even Wei Rong found it hard to deny and could only choose to believe it.
He slowly reached out and picked up the chip.
Zi Xianxian saw this, but she did not stop him. She was still thinking about what to do if the Hall of Honor wanted to support this person to unify the Outerverse.
What would happen to the Outerverse's structure?
She did not know, as this situation was too complicated.
"What are you guys planning to do?"
Zi Xianxian stared at Lu Yin. She had originally wanted to cause some trouble for her brother, but now, she had discovered a huge secret. If this matter was not handled properly, then it was very likely that the Amethyst Trading Company would be completely destroyed. Against the Hall of Honor, even if the four major corporations worked together, it would not matter.
Lu Yin smiled at her. "What do you think?"
Zi Xianxian's voice was a little dry. "You want to unify the Outerverse?"
Lu Yin twirled the chip between his fingers. "I don't know, and even if I did, I wouldn't say anything. The consequences are very serious, so it's best if you don't say anything or make wild guesses. Your guesses might not be correct."
That had to be it. Zi Xianxian confirmed her guess. The more this person denied it and refused to say anything, the more she believed him.
"Alliance Master Lu, our Amethyst Trading Company has never had any ill intentions towards you. We are and will remain so in the future. We are just dutiful businessmen," Zi Xianxian said gently.
Lu Yin smiled. "I know, which is why I'm here to do business with you."
Zi Xianxian retracted her gaze and smiled. "I'll give you the chip. The people inside should be enough for you to deal with for a while."
"That's not enough. Once I deal with them, the others will immediately withdraw. I need a list of all the organizations."
Zi Xianxian replied, "Although there's only a portion of them, they're too large. With Alliance Master Lu's current control over the Alliance, it won't be easy to wipe them all out. Any more and it'll be even more impossible. Alliance Master Lu, you're not thinking of devouring Aegis in one go, are you? That's impossible."
Lu Yin thought about it and realized that she was right. The number of organizations recorded in the chip was just enough for the Alliance Army to deal with. If there were any more, not only would the various weaves not attack them, but they might even notify Aegis in advance to do them a favor. Lu Yin didn't hold much hope for those organizations, so he stood up. "We had a pleasant chat today. Miss Zi Xianxian, thank you for your gift."
Zi Xianxian hurriedly denied it. "It's not a gift. It's an exchange of equal value."
Lu Yin smiled. It seemed that the Amethyst Trading Company's principle of neutrality was deeply ingrained in their bones. They clearly knew that he had the Hall of Honor as his backer, but they were still unwilling to support him. That was fine, since at least they wouldn't support Aegis.
Aegis alone was already so troublesome, and he couldn't afford to offend the other corporations for the time being.
In a corner of Vastdearth Weave, three planets were connected together and orbiting a giant star. Spacecraft occasionally took off or landed on one of the planets.
Outside of the planets, the fluctuations of detection spread throughout the surrounding space.