253: We're doing this to secure our year-end bonus.

"Little Chen?"

Old Shi's brain was accelerating its thoughts.

"What is going on?"

"What on earth is happening?"

Yan Xing, Black Shadow.

Visitors from the Abyss Domain, representing that terrifying force that towers above Blue Star.

Just moments ago, they were high and mighty, viewing these Blue Star power-holders as nothing but dust.

How did they turn into... lapdogs wagging their tails and begging for their master's mercy in the blink of an eye?

Wang Teng and the other two behind Old Shi had completely lost the ability to think. They just stood there with their mouths agape, blankly staring at this scene that was even more bizarre than a myth, their minds filled with nothing but a buzzing whiteness.

Surreal.

It was fucking surreal.

Lin Yu didn't seem too surprised. He just found it a bit amusing.

That day in front of the Old Ghost Hall, he was actually gambling.

The cyclic superposition of the 【Ghost Card】 combined with the 【Multiplication Card】 required time. Once interrupted during the wind-up phase, let alone killing the opponent in seconds, it was questionable whether he could even survive himself.

These two guys—one with astonishing defense, the other capable of tearing through space—if they had truly charged at him regardless of the cost, the outcome would have been uncertain.

To put it bluntly, they were scared off by his earth-shattering audio-visual effects.

Now it seemed the effect was quite good. It saved him trouble.

Looking at these two Abyss Domain powerhouses before him, who looked like they wanted to carve the word "coward" onto their faces, the perfectly restrained smile on Lin Yu's face became a bit more sincere.

He waved his hand, his posture very casual.

"No need to be so polite."

A light, airy sentence. Falling into the ears of Yan Xing and Black Shadow, it was no less than a divine decree of absolution.

The two of them let out a long breath almost simultaneously, and their extremely tense bodies finally relaxed just a little bit.

On Yan Xing's iron-like face, he managed to squeeze out a smile that was uglier than crying, and he bowed repeatedly, his posture humble to the extreme.

"No, no, no! It's only right! It's only right!"

"Being able to see you again is this Little Yan's greatest honor!"

The unstable shadow that was Black Shadow nodded frantically in agreement, fearing he would be a beat behind.

"Right, right, right! It's Little Chen! Little Chen is honored!"

As he spoke, he secretly nudged Yan Xing beside him with an elbow made of shadow, as if saying: Look at me, I'm better at this than you.

Yan Xing glared at him fiercely.

"Damn it, this guy surnamed Chen is a real sycophant!"

Lin Yu didn't pay attention to the antics between these two clowns. He walked naturally to the sofa in the main seat but didn't sit down, just casually placing the storage ring with fifty million in stock on the coffee table, emitting a crisp, light sound.

Only then, as if he had just realized Old Shi and the others were still there, did he turn his head with a trace of inquiry.

"Old Shi, aren't you going to make introductions?"

This "Old Shi" was like a thunderclap, instantly blasting Old Shi back from his state of being out of his wits.

He shuddered, his hair standing on end!

"Introductions? What the hell is there to introduce!"

The script he had carefully prepared to balance the three major forces had now become the greatest joke in history!

His original plan was to package Lin Yu as a mysterious potion supplier with impressive strength but still within a controllable range.

But now? The Abyss Domain messengers were calling themselves "Little Yan" and "Little Chen" in front of him!

How could he package him now? Could it be that he could only watch as Lin Yu took the Pharmaceutical Company Alliance into his pocket?

It wasn't that he couldn't accept it, but he was truly unwilling!

Old Shi opened his mouth, his throat feeling as if it were stuck with a hot iron, and he couldn't utter a single word.

Lin Yu waited for two seconds, then lost his patience.

He turned his head to look at the two Visitors from the Abyss Domain who were still in a state of extreme excitement.

"Since Old Shi is not convenient, then you two do it yourselves."

"Tell me, what exactly do you want to do by coming here?"

As soon as these words were spoken, Yan Xing and Black Shadow were shocked. The real business was here!

This was Boss Lin testing them!

The two exchanged a look and instantly reached a consensus. Pretend? Pretend my ass!

In front of this master, any concealment or scheming was no different from courting death!

Black Shadow took a step forward, that mass of shadow drifting forward violently, almost kneeling on the ground.

"Boss Lin! Our goal is very simple!"

In his fragmented syllables, there was a sense of desperate determination.

"Take over these four pharmaceutical companies!"

Boom! This sentence was like a bombshell, exploding in the minds of Old Shi and Wang Teng and the other two!

Old Shi only felt his vision go dark, his body swaying, and he almost fell to the ground.

It's over. It's all over. It really is like this! The Abyss Domain, in the end, still wanted to make a move on Blue Star!

Wang Teng and the other two were ashen-faced; they felt an unprecedented despair.

However, Lin Yu's reaction once again exceeded everyone's expectations. He was not angry, did not question them, and didn't even have a hint of surprise.

He just tilted his head slightly, as if he had heard something interesting.

"Oh? Why?"

A simple counter-question made the atmosphere in the entire reception hall become even more bizarre.

"Why? Does this still need to be asked?"

Old Shi's heart turned cold to the freezing point. Could it be that Lin Yu wanted to join forces with the Abyss Domain to divide them up?

Yan Xing and Black Shadow were also stunned. They had anticipated various reactions from Lin Yu: rage, disdain, or even directly attacking. The only thing they didn't expect was such a calm "Why."

This master doesn't play by the rules!

Yan Xing reacted faster; this was also fine. He took a step forward, replacing Black Shadow's position, and bowed deeply.

"Boss Lin, you've misunderstood!"

"The reason we want to take over is not because we covet this little bit of industry..."

Speaking of this, a trace of unspeakable... frustration appeared on Yan Xing's face.

"But because... because their productivity is truly too low!"

"What?" This time, not only Old Shi, but even Lin Yu was stunned for a moment.

Yan Xing seemed to have found a vent, his face full of bitterness.

"Boss Lin, you may not know!"

"Take Panshi Biology for example. What is the monthly production volume of their top-tier life potions, which they are so proud of? One hundred thousand vials? Two hundred thousand vials?"

"This little bit of output is not even enough for one preschool class in our Abyss Domain to consume in a single day!"

"The orders we placed, they delayed for three months, and the delivered amount is less than one-tenth!"

Yan Xing became more excited as he spoke, pointing at Old Shi, who was already completely dumbfounded beside him.

"We didn't come to rob! We came to put out a fire!"

"If we let them continue like this, our boss will deduct our year-end bonuses!"

This statement had too much information. Lin Yu's curiosity was truly piqued.

He remembered very clearly that, whether it was from Old Ghost or Seventh Master, the intelligence he received was that the powerhouses of the Abyss Domain had always looked down on such "low-end" potions from Blue Star.

They had their own more advanced methods of improvement.