Devouring the Stars: The Lord of the Sky

Chapter 68 Isadora's Headache

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"Grandpa, save me! Please save me!"

Wang Xing'an, a cold and aloof young man being held captive by security guards, shouted at his grandfather, Wang Qiming.

Wang Qiming did not speak, but stared intently at Song Yufei and the others with a stern face.

After the security bureau personnel left, Wang Qiming made a cross-border phone call.

"Dududu-"

The phone rang with a busy signal, and Wang Qiming finally got through on the third try.

"Mrs. Isadora, I am Wang Qiming."

As soon as the call connected, Wang Qiming spoke respectfully.

Isadora, one of the councilors of the Ares Palace, the chairperson of the HR Alliance Council, and the underground queen who controls more than half of the world's economy.

"Mr. Wang, I know why you came to me, but I can't help you."

Not only your Wang family, but also Vinina, the president of the Yanhuang District of the Alliance, was taken away by the Yanhuang Security Bureau on charges of tax evasion.

Isadora's slightly tired voice came through the phone.

"What? Lady Vinina has been taken away too? Mrs. Isadora, can you tell me what happened?"

Wang Qiming said with a shocked expression.

He thought the Wang family had offended some member of parliament!

Unexpectedly, the other party was targeting the HR Alliance?

"I asked Jia Yi about this matter, and he said that the First Speaker cannot tolerate any nonsense."

Not only our HR Alliance, but also the Extreme Martial Arts School and the Thunder Martial Arts School, all those who have broken the law in the Yanhuang Kingdom are within his scope of action.

Moreover, just an hour earlier, the Yanhuang Kingdom had already notified its allies, the O, of a cross-border manhunt.

To be honest, Isadora is also having a huge headache right now.

The HR Alliance controls more than half of the world's economy; it's absolutely impossible for them to have a clean reputation.

The reason nothing happened in the past was because the HR alliance was powerful and no one came to investigate.

If it were anyone else, even Jia Yi, Isadora wouldn't back down.

The HR Alliance has grown to its current level, so it naturally has no shortage of counterattack methods.

For example, if the HR alliance were to withdraw its investment on a large scale, the entire Yanhuang economy would be halved, resulting in a large number of unemployed people.

But since the order came from Lu Jin, the First Speaker, she dared not cause any trouble.

Isadora believed that if the HR Alliance dared to launch a counterattack and cripple the economy of Yanhuang, the First Speaker would dare to confiscate all the HR Alliance's property within Yanhuang.

Law?

In the Yanhuang Kingdom, isn't the law determined by the Yanhuang government?

Moreover, paralyzing a country's economy is itself a criminal act.

It is no exaggeration to say that the law and force can no longer restrain this First Speaker.

Isadora even suspected that a high-yield mushroom bomb wouldn't be able to take down the First Speaker.

The only thing that can restrain him is his own moral bottom line.

It's already an honor for the HR Alliance that they're willing to reason with us.

If someone is unreasonable, it's not impossible for them to make the entire HR alliance work for them.

Meanwhile, it wasn't just Isadora who was having a headache; Hong and Thor were also facing similar problems.

However, compared to Isadora's major headache, Hong and Thor's are just minor headaches.

After all, in terms of industry scale within the Yanhuang Kingdom, the Limitless Martial Arts Academy and the Thunder Martial Arts Academy cannot compare to the HR Alliance. Although the two major martial arts academies are not entirely clean, those who break the law are ultimately a minority.

After questioning Jia Yi and learning that the order came from Lu Jin, Hong and Lei Shen pretended not to have seen it.

In terms of martial prowess, neither of them is as strong as Lu Jin.

Logically speaking, it was their own subordinates who broke the law first.

What else can I do?
Of course, we should just do what others do. We can't exactly pick a fight with Lu Jin, can we?

We can't beat them!

March 8, 2057, morning.

Just as the six major base cities of Yanhuang were launching a vigorous campaign to crack down on organized crime, Jiuzhou Company, which had been in preparation for many days, officially opened for business.

Kyushu Corporation directly announced on its official website that it would start operations in the six major base cities of Yanhuang.

The company's business scope includes acquiring monster corpses and selling various types of life-saving drugs.

Corpse Collection Service: Unlimited purchase of Beast Soldier-level monster corpses; the specific purchase price depends on the level and weight of the monster corpse.

H-level monster corpses, 30 Yanhuang coins per pound.

G-level monster corpse, 50 Yanhuang coins per pound.

F-level monster corpse, 80 Yanhuang coins per pound.

As for the corpses of even higher-level monsters?

Lu Jin thought it was too expensive. Anyway, the corpses of the majority of beast-soldier level monsters could be decomposed into life crystals, so there was no need to waste money to buy high-level monster corpses.

Unless it's a King-level monster capable of breaking down Star-level Life Source Crystals.

The acquisition price may seem low, but it is actually quite high.

After all, some of the large monsters weigh over a thousand kilograms, or even more than a ton.

For example, an F-class monster, such as a cow or pig, that can weigh up to one ton can fetch a purchase price of 16 Yanhuang coins, far exceeding the material price of an F-class monster.

Most importantly, as long as you send the monster carcass to Kyushu Corporation's designated acquisition site, you will receive the same acquisition price regardless of whether the monster materials have already been collected.

This acquisition news may be irrelevant to warriors of general rank and above.

After all, the acquisition price isn't very high. It would be better to spend that time hunting down a monster of the Beast General level.

However, most martial artists are at the warrior level and lack the ability to hunt beast general-level monsters; they can only hunt beast soldier-level monsters.

Kyushu Corporation's unlimited acquisition of Beast Soldier-level monster corpses undoubtedly added an extra source of income for them.

It just means that you need to put in more effort when hunting to bring back the monster's carcass.

If Kyushu Corporation's business of acquiring the corpses of beast-soldier level monsters was merely adding an extra way for warrior-level martial artists to make money...

The business of Kyushu Corporation selling various types of life-saving drugs exploded like a nuclear bomb throughout the entire martial arts community on Earth, shocking even ordinary Earthlings who were not martial artists.

For no other reason than the emergence of cultivation resources that have no side effects, no drug resistance, are available in large quantities, and are suitable for all martial artists and mentalists below the level of councilors, as well as ordinary people!

As instructed by Lu Jin, the life-saving medicines sold by Kyushu Company were divided into three types, A, B, and C, with efficacy ranging from high to low.

Type A Life Potion, Net Content: 100ml; Efficacy: Increases punching power or mental strength by 1000kg after consumption; Price: 100 million Yanhuang Coins/bottle.

Type B Life Potion, Net Content: 100ml; Efficacy: Increases punching power or mental strength by 100kg after consumption; Price: 10 million Yanhuang Coins/bottle.

Type C Life Potion, Net Content: 100ml; Efficacy: Increases punching power or mental strength by 10kg after consumption; Price: One million Yanhuang Coins/bottle.

Type A life potion, like the life source liquid that Lu Jin used to cultivate his subordinates, is made by mixing each apprentice-level life source crystal with 100ml of pure water, only with a different packaging.

For the two types of life potions, Type B and Type C, the dilution ratio is one apprentice-level life source crystal to one liter and ten liters of pure water, respectively.

(End of this chapter)