88: The Goryeo Jin family that covers the sky with one hand!

South Goryeo Settlement.

Financial City, Gangnam District.

Inside the Kim Family’s villa estate.

Kim Geun-seok watched Lin Ye’s video on his phone, his fists clenching tighter, a wild smile spreading across his face.

“Hahaha, this bastard really took the bait! He actually accepted my challenge!”

“But… seeing his pretentious act, I really want to stomp him to death right now.”

At this moment, behind Kim Geun-seok, several beautiful women were massaging his shoulders and back.

These women were all big stars cultivated by the Kim family, enjoying considerable fame in the South Goryeo Settlement and adored by the local populace.

They could even be considered the dream goddesses of countless Koreans.

But little did they know, in Kim Geun-seok’s eyes, these women were merely playthings, and ones he was somewhat tired of.

This was the Kim family’s status in the South Goryeo Settlement.

They held absolute power, controlling everything.

Although the Sky Curtain was above them, the Sky Curtain did not meticulously manage the specific lifestyle of a Settlement.

Therefore, the economy, technology, finance, and transportation of the South Goryeo Settlement—the entire lifeline of the Settlement—were actually in the hands of the Kim family.

Across from Kim Geun-seok, an old man was originally drinking tea, but he seemed to have noticed the challenge video of Lin Ye spreading online, and his brows furrowed involuntarily.

He waved his hand, signaling all the women serving Kim Geun-seok to leave the room.

“Geun-seok, are you sure you want to duel this Lin Ye?”

“Are you truly prepared for this?”

Kim Geun-seok nodded impatiently.

“Dad, I just wanted this Lin Ye to accept the challenge! Now that he’s taken the bait, can I possibly back down?”

“Besides, you also know that this damn Lin Ye pushed ahead of me, pushing me out of the TOP50, which in turn affected the resource allocation for the entire South Goryeo Settlement!”

“I want to take this Lin Ye down, or make him willingly join our South Goryeo Settlement! Dad, is there a problem with what I’m doing?”

The old man sitting opposite was named Kim Chan-hoon, Kim Geun-seok’s father, and the former head of the Kim family.

Three months ago, Kim Chan-hoon transferred all of the Kim family’s corporations to Kim Geun-seok, along with most of his points and all of his weapon technology!

This was the model of the South Korea chaebols: generational inheritance always produced several high-level individuals.

Kim Geun-seok soared into the TOP50 and successfully became the successor of the Kim Group.

“If you want to help the Settlement reclaim a spot, you should challenge Katerina, who is ahead of you, not Lin Ye, who is currently riding a wave of popularity,” Kim Chan-hoon said slowly, taking a sip of tea.

“Lin Ye is the one who even demoted the Emperor and eradicated 200,000 people from the Da He Settlement! Do you really have the confidence to defeat him?”

Upon hearing this, Kim Geun-seok’s anger flared, but he still tried to suppress it.

In South Korea, the concept of hierarchy was still very strong; no matter how unwilling he was, he dared not challenge his own father.

“Katerina of Blackwater Settlement is just a woman who puts a label on the Settlement; no matter what, I can’t challenge a woman, can I?”

“And Dad, my challenge to Lin Ye is also purposeful, because Lin Ye possesses many high-precision technologies. If my Kim family can acquire those technologies, there’s great hope for us to gradually devour the Great Xia Settlement in the future.”

Kim Chan-hoon was silent for a moment, then looked at Kim Geun-seok meaningfully.

“Then tell me, how are you going to defeat that Lin Ye?”

Kim Geun-seok smiled, then waved his hand dismissively.

“Dad, in my challenge to Lin Ye, I mentioned a very important point: no use of weapons from previous instances to create new instances! This way, Lin Ye can prove that his technologies are all his own creations, not plagiarized from my Korean people.”

“In other words, Lin Ye’s current instance cannot have weapons from the previous Raging Sea! I don’t think this instance will have the same intensity as Raging Sea.”

This was Kim Geun-seok’s calculation; spreading negative news about Lin Ye beforehand was to make Lin Ye gamble on his pride.

A person’s energy is limited. If Lin Ye’s previous technologies from Raging Sea could not be used, in Kim Geun-seok’s view, he would already be stripped bare.

“Heh…” Kim Chan-hoon let out two dry laughs.

“Geun-seok, you’re too naive. This is just your unilateral demand; Lin Ye doesn’t have to comply. If he simply uses the Raging Sea weapons in the new instance, there’s nothing you can do.”

“Then Lin Ye would confirm that he plagiarized my South Korea. Dad, don’t forget Lin Ye is also a TOP50 person now!”

“He will consider his status.”

“And if that happens, then it’s fine if I lose. It was just a scheme against him anyway; even if it doesn’t succeed, the corporation won’t suffer a loss.”

As he spoke, Kim Geun-seok slowly walked over to his father and whispered:

“Besides… Dad, those useless people might not notice, but can’t you? Lin Ye’s instance wasn’t that strong from the beginning.”

“When his Raging Sea first appeared, it wasn’t as strong as it became later, which is why a bunch of stage missions were set up to fool people. He continuously improved the instance afterward.”

“This can be seen from the Sky Curtain constantly adjusting the number of participants.”

“It can be said that this stage is his weakest moment!”

Seemingly convinced by his son, Kim Chan-hoon finally nodded.

“Fine.”

“As the current decision-maker of the Kim family, there’s no harm in making an appearance.”

“However, going alone is still too thin. I’ll arrange for five thousand people from the company to assist you.”

“Dad!” Kim Geun-seok looked speechless.

“You saw Lin Ye’s face in the video, saying I’m not his match and telling me to bring more people from chaebol groups! If I really brought them, wouldn’t that prove him right?”

“I have enough weapons on me alone! There’s no need for company personnel; just find a few random passersby to direct, and that’ll be enough.”

Kim Chan-hoon’s face turned ashen, exuding authority as he said coldly:

“Impatience spoils great plans. Since Lin Ye said that, what does it matter if you do it? If you can truly conquer the instance and seize Lin Ye’s technology, that’s what brings honor, that’s what makes a hero.”

“Have you forgotten the characteristic of our Korean people? When have we ever been constrained by things like face and pride?!”

Facing Kim Chan-hoon’s reprimand, Kim Geun-seok dared not resist.

He could only light a cigar in annoyance, then sat bored on the sofa, waiting for the instance to officially open.

The long hour finally passed, and Kim Geun-seok noticed the new bullet screen notification on the dome above.

“To all Challengers, Designer Lin Ye’s new instance, Winter is Coming, is now officially open!”