161: Chapter 159 Do business with me? That takes a lot of courage.

He wanted to keep smiling, but the muscles on his face felt frozen; no matter what, he couldn't squeeze out that composed look from before.

"Mr. Lin." Heran forced his voice to remain steady.

"What just happened was merely the necessary pressure applied during commercial procedures."

"Our Ten Thousand Worlds Peace Co., Ltd. has always respected the strong."

"I believe we can return to the negotiating table."

Lin Mo nodded.

"Fine."

Heran's tense shoulders relaxed by half an inch, but Lin Mo added another sentence.

"But you have to take a slap from me first."

As the words fell, Lin Mo raised his hand and pressed down.

High in the sky, that giant palm covering a million miles of the firmament also pressed down with it.

Boom—!

Behind Heran, the Blue Fire Tribe executives simultaneously initiated a jump.

Hundreds of blue lights flashed, like a flock of startled meteors, frantically drilling into the depths of the void.

But this time, space did not make way for them.

The moment the giant palm descended, it stirred up boundless, powerful tremors!

The million-mile space felt as if it had been struck fiercely by a super giant hammer.

The Blue Fire Tribe had just merged into the spatial rifts when they were forcibly squeezed out by the oscillating spatial ripples in the next instant.

Some had half their bodies stuck in the rifts.

Some had the blue flames on their foreheads extinguished on the spot.

Others had barely managed to shout a single word before being ground into a cloud of blue powder by the palm wind.

Heran's face was deathly pale, and his body trembled uncontrollably.

"Tianshu! Initiate emergency headquarters jump!"

His wristguard flashed frantically.

[Headquarters channel application in progress.]

[Application failed.]

[Current space is locked by unknown world-level laws.]

[Second application in progress.]

[Application failed.]

[Executive Heran is advised to write a will in advance and immediately express the highest level of apology to the target.]

Heran completely broke down and roared hysterically!

"Useless trash!"

He violently tore open his suit lining.

At his chest, a blue crystal core burned violently.

In the next second, Heran transformed into a streak of blue light, his speed more than ten times faster than before.

The light shot straight toward the sky.

Lin Mo watched him.

He did not pursue.

Only the giant palm in the firmament gently brought its thumb and index finger together.

The world went silent.

The blue light that Heran had turned into was caught between the two giant fingers, like a mosquito with its wings pinched.

He collided frantically inside.

Blue flames exploded in ring after ring of ripples.

It was useless.

The giant fingers remained motionless.

Click.

The two giant fingers closed.

Everything turned to ashes!

Even the burning crystal core was ground into nothingness.

In mid-air, only a black-blue ring remained, spinning as it fell.

Lin Mo reached out and grabbed it.

The ring landed in his palm.

The giant hand in the firmament slowly withdrew into his Inner World.

The shadow pressing down on the million-mile firmament dissipated.

The ice field saw daylight once again.

But on the ground, everyone remained in their upward-looking posture, staring blankly at this shocking scene.

Alliance Leader Jiang You gripped his staff, looked at the sky, and then at Lin Mo.

He remained silent for a good while before asking, "Was that really just a hand?"

Lin Mo sat back down on the purple cloud divine wood chair.

"Yes."

Alliance Leader Jiang You was speechless.

The twenty-three Eight-Turn experts were also speechless.

They had originally thought Lin Mo was a monster among those at the Fifth Class Advancement.

They had already pushed their estimations of Lin Mo's strength as far into the absurd as possible.

Now it seemed, their previous thoughts were still too conservative.

Qin Lan stared at the black-blue ring in Lin Mo's hand, her brows slightly furrowed.

"This thing actually didn't break."

Lin Mo looked down.

A thin blue line lit up on the surface of the ring.

It was like some kind of remote communication node, still pulsing.

The next second, a holographic projection unfolded in mid-air.

The person who appeared this time was not Heran, but a long-haired woman.

She wore a gray-white professional suit, had a gentle temperament, and a flawless, gentle smile on her face.

She bowed slightly toward Lin Mo.

"Mr. Lin Mo, hello. I am Director Wen Ya of the 7th Expansion Department of Ten Thousand Worlds Peace Co., Ltd."

"First, on behalf of the 7th Expansion Department, I offer you a formal apology for Executive Heran's offensive behavior."

She raised her hand and gestured.

A red document popped up next to the projection.

[Heran, removed from the roster.]

[His personal actions do not represent the company's final decision.]

The White Dragon King was hung on a stone pillar and sneered.

"Classic distancing."

"The company vibes are too strong."

The left side of the face controlled by Cecilia also nodded along.

"They used this same rhetoric when they were scamming the demon world's vassal planes in the past."

Director Wen Ya turned to look at the White Dragon King.

The smile on her face didn't change at all.

"Mr. White Dragon King, a reminder."

"Your debt is still accruing interest."

The White Dragon King snorted coldly and said, "So what?"

"I borrowed the money based on my own ability, why should I pay it back?"

Director Wen Ya gave a forced smile: "I hope you can bear the consequences."

She looked back at Lin Mo.

"Heran underestimated you."

"This was his mistake, and also the mistake of our intelligence department."

"A Fifth Class Advancement professional possessing Trans-Limit Level 3 combat power, with over three thousand laws contained within the body."

"Mr. Lin, you deserve a higher-level cooperation proposal."

Lin Mo tossed the ring onto the coffee table with little interest.

"Not interested."

Director Wen Ya did not rush.

With a gentle gesture, the projection screen switched to a black warehouse.

The warehouse doors opened.

Inside, it was piled full of gray diamond-shaped crystals.

One pile after another.

Like small mountains, almost endless.

Every single crystal emitted an aura of void matter.

Shen Yuntang's expression changed on the spot.

"void matter."

Alliance Leader Jiang You also stepped forward.

He had seen the void matter that the Alliance had desperately collected over the past twelve hours.

Over a hundred thousand pieces was already the result of the entire Alliance's full-effort collection.

But the quantity in the image was simply incomparable to one hundred or two hundred thousand.

Those were layers of folded space, and they were all filled with void matter.

Qin Lan's figure froze.

Shen Yuntang's breathing also slowed by a beat.

They both knew clearly.

That was an important resource related to Lin Mo becoming stronger.

Lin Mo's action of holding his tea also paused for a moment.

Director Wen Ya captured this detail.

Her smile became even softer.

"Mr. Lin, we know you are collecting void matter."

"According to the current scale of the rifts in this world, even if twenty-three Eight-Turn experts cleaned them with all their might, the daily output would not exceed two hundred thousand pieces."

"And within my personal authority, I can mobilize the first batch of goods."

She held up one finger.

"Standard void matter."

"Three million pieces, as the price for earning Mr. Lin's forgiveness."

The ice field fell silent instantly.

Three million pieces of void matter.

But to Lin Mo, it was solid, tangible fuel for growth.

The prerequisite for the Sixth Class Advancement was reaching 100% fusion with the Law Space.

If he had the company's help, he could quickly increase the speed at which he grew stronger.

Lin Mo looked at the projection.

"How do you want to cooperate?"

Director Wen Ya held up three fingers.

"First, we want priority mining rights for all primeval mineral veins in this world."

"Not ownership, but priority rights."

"Second, we need legal labor."

"In the form of employment, not forced conscription."

"Third, the company hopes to establish a station in this world."

"The scale is not large."

"Three hundred people for the initial phase."

"Finally, we hope to open a free trade channel with your world."

She looked at Lin Mo.

"Mr. Lin, you are very strong."

"But you cannot guard every rift forever."

"Intelligence, trade, mercenaries, general rules of the World Sea. The company has all these things."

Lin Mo did not speak.

Director Wen Ya continued, "In exchange, the company promises."

"First, to no longer take action against Su Xiaoli in any form."

"Second, to recognize Mr. Lin Mo as the highest authority of this world."

"Third, to open Gold-level trading privileges to you."

"void matter, World Sea maps, plane coordinates, Law materials, channels for hiring high-level guards. Everything is up for negotiation."

The eyes of Shen Yuntang, Qin Lan, and the others sank.

As people who had managed the Alliance for many years, they knew deeply that commercial means were far more terrifying than forced plunder.

The more gentle Director Wen Ya sounded, the more dangerous they felt it was.

Ten Thousand Worlds Peace Co., Ltd.... just by the name, one could tell their business operations were widespread, and it was hard to say how many worlds were involved behind the scenes.

If free trade were opened, their world would be in an extremely disadvantageous position.

Lin Mo, however, was in no hurry to express his stance.

He held his teacup, listening very carefully, as if he were truly evaluating the offer.

In reality, he was extremely happy inside; he was even thinking about how much the company was actually worth.

Just kidding, he could produce ten thousand finished products from a single unit of material.

Who had the capital to trade with him?

Wouldn't that just be pure charity?

In my opinion, this company also has the potential to be a wealth-giving boy.

Lin Mo wasn't in a hurry, but someone else was.