In the players’ base in Yang City…

In the “reception tower”, which had been specifically built for external visitors and was said to have hired chefs and waitresses from star hotels, three people were seated around a crystal table inside a completely soundproof room.

Unlike what Ji Ye had imagined, Su Mingcheng, Su Nongying’s father, was actually very friendly towards him despite being one of the top merchants in Yang City and controlling a corporation that was worth ten billion. The man even addressed him in a rather down-to-earth way.

“Thank you for taking care of Nongying in the past month, Master Ji.”

With a smile on his face that was quite similar to Su Nongying’s, Su Mingcheng raised his cup at Ji Ye. He must’ve been very handsome when he was young.

“You’re too kind, Mr. Su!”

Ji Ye also raised his cup, but he shook his head at the same time.

Su Nongying had reached her current position in the Twin Dragon Mount fort mostly because of her own hard work. Ji Ye had never really “taken care of” her.

“You’re too modest, Master Ji. The Twin Dragon Mount fort is definitely among the best settlements worldwide in terms of potential.

“Not just the locals, but many talented players have joined your settlement, including people like Elder Meng and Elder Jiao. Nongying couldn’t have shouldered such heavy responsibilities with her limited capabilities if you hadn’t intentionally groomed her.”

Su Mingcheng, however, was still smiling and remarked as if he weren’t completely convinced.

Actually, after meeting his daughter and hearing her talk about her experience on the Land of Inheritance, Su Mingcheng was really delighted.

He knew his daughter very well. Although she had good grades, she had little social experience as she had just graduated.

Because of that, he even bribed Ling Chen earlier, hoping that the man could look after his daughter.

But out of his expectation, not only did his daughter require no unnecessary care, but she had also grown into one of the core managers of the Twin Dragon Mount fort, which was the most popular settlement on Yang City’s forum!

People like Su Mingcheng actually paid more attention to the Land of Inheritance than ordinary people.

The reason was simple. Since the second batch of players got offline, the influence of the Land of Inheritance on Earth had been highlighted!

The abilities that they synchronized might have only influenced themselves, but the items that some people chose to exchange for had caused a huge shock in certain fields.

For example, there were high-tech batteries that could be recharged rapidly, materials of special features that could trigger a revolution in an industry, and AI programs that were far more advanced than their counterparts on Earth.

After those items were exposed to the forum, the share prices of the companies in relevant industries plunged, and their bosses were all crying!

According to the information that Ji Ye learned when he synchronized his talent, all the items that could be exchanged for on Earth had partly been modified to fit in the rules of the universe where Earth was located.

It meant that those items could be researched and copied. So, the new types of materials and products could possibly eliminate certain relevant companies.

“Truth be told, Master Ye, my corporation is witnessing a decline of its market value too.”

Su Mingcheng’s voice was full of mixed feelings.

As a health product company, his corporation had suffered no less of a shock than the tech companies did.

After all, tech was only part of the Land of Inheritance, and there were more settlements that were focused on cultivation. They all had extraordinary resources that could build up one’s body. Those resources were much more useful than the “health products” on Earth, which were usually not nearly as effective as they claimed to be in commercials!

For an industry, this was truly a destructive strike, but it also meant a great opportunity!

By inviting Ji Ye, who was barely offline, to dinner, Su Mingcheng meant partly to express his gratitude and partly to look for a future direction for his corporation!

“You must be interested in the Black Mud or the Stone Milk, Mr. Su, aren’t you?”

Ji Ye put down the cup and looked at Su Mingcheng.

While Su Mingcheng’s company mainly sold health products, it could also count as a “medicine” company. The Stone Milk could make people young again, and the Black Mud could regenerate limbs. Both of them had huge market potentials.

Also, Ji Ye had already detected earlier that those items could be exchanged on Earth.

“That’s right!”

Su Mingcheng nodded.

After Su Nongying introduced some of the extraordinary items in the Twin Dragon Mount fort to him, he had keenly realized the value of those two items.

Su Mingcheng had even met Elder Jiao and Elder Meng earlier in person. Both of them had originally been white-haired old men, but after synchronizing their physical status with the Land of Inheritance with their Rare Honor points, they all looked like they were in their fifties at this moment.

Undoubtedly, it was a major shock to Su Mingcheng, who was in his fifties too!

“Master Ji, my company has a brilliant research team. We have more than twenty years of experience in medicine and health products. In terms of sales, we have comprehensive distribution channels both domestically and abroad!”

Su Mingcheng stared at Ji Ye and solemnly introduced his corporation.

“That’s right! My father learned how to make medicine from my grandfather when he was little!”

Su Nongying, on the other hand, interjected now and then with a red face.

Ji Ye had complicated feelings about that.

The Twin Dragon Mount fort wasn’t his property, and the players weren’t his subordinates. As a supply manager, Su Nongying had enough opportunities and Rare Honor to directly exchange for some Black Mud and Stone Milk on Earth.

Then, she could’ve “duplicated” those materials with the capital and researchers of her father’s company and made a fortune on her own!

However, Su Mingcheng, as a business tycoon of Yang City, didn’t do that but asked for his opinion first. No wonder he could be the president of a company that was worth ten billion even though he started his career by peddling medicine on the street!

“It’s true that a grown girl can’t be kept at home!”

However, Ji Ye didn’t know that Su Mingcheng was having complicated feelings too.

Money was always the most tempting. How could he have not thought of the idea of making a fortune without Ji Ye?

But before he revealed the idea to his daughter, his daughter had already said that they needed Ji Ye’s approval on such matters. She then sent an invitation to Ji Ye for dinner in his name.

Of course, as a successful businessman, Su Mingcheng soon dropped the idea of flying solo even though he thought of doing that at the beginning.

He knew very well that, if he were really going to do that, his daughter’s career on the Land of Inheritance might be disturbed and affected.

After all, once the duplicated medicine was sold on the market, the other players from the Twin Dragon Mount fort would definitely guess what had happened.

He cared more about the prospects of his only daughter than wealth, which was nothing but a number to him these days.

In particular, after learning Ji Ye better through certain threads on the forum and his own daughter, he dropped the idea.

Ji Ye, as a beta tester who had been live-streamed, received a lot of attention in all countries. He clearly had a bright future both on the Land of Inheritance and on Earth, which had already started changing.

Abandoning a partner who had infinite potential just to monopolize some wealth for a short while would be a wrong choice that a successful businessman who built his empire from scratch wouldn’t make.

He was actually quite comforted by his daughter’s earlier reaction, knowing that she had already shown the qualities that were required to lead his company!

“We can cooperate!”

In the end, Ji Ye didn’t turn down Su Mingcheng’s request for cooperation.

He accepted the request partly because he remembered what Director Zhou said earlier. He intended to obtain as much “Honor” as possible on Earth at the beginning phase.

Although he was cooperating with Su Mingcheng’s company, the products would eventually benefit mankind, and he would certainly earn “Honor” for that.

The other reason was that Ji Ye knew clearly that there were still more than a hundred thousand settlements on the Land of Inheritance whose members were from Earth, and the Twin Dragon Mount fort couldn’t be the only one that had resources like Black Mud and Stone Milk.

Also, as more and more players entered the Land of Inheritance, more advanced items and resources would be exchanged for on Earth.

In such a case, it was very important to seize the market share earlier than other people!

Of course, the Twin Dragon Mount fort had great advantages in that aspect.

That was because, while the medicines, high-tech products, and materials already existed, it would take a tremendous amount of capital and a great number of professional researchers to duplicate them.

There was even the possibility that some of the items were made of materials that didn’t exist on Earth.

Clearly, Su Mingcheng’s company didn’t lack capital.

Even if it did, after the news of their cooperation spread out, the company’s share price would soar, and money wouldn’t be a problem anymore!

Besides, with Ji Ye’s Fusion talent, he could definitely “duplicate” the items that were exchanged from the Land of Inheritance faster than other companies and grab the market earlier than other people!

Once he occupied the market, he would get not just money but also connections and influence on Earth through those items!

“However, I’m not cooperating with you in my own name, but as a representative of the Twin Dragon Mount fort!”

What Ji Ye said next stunned Su Mingcheng again.

Su Nongying, on the other hand, had glittering eyes.

“Master Ji, you are truly a man of integrity!”

After dazing out for several seconds, Su Mingcheng looked at Ji Ye with more respect and complicated feelings.

It was easy for Ji Ye to claim all the profit. Considering his leadership position in the Twin Dragon Mount fort and his personal strength that was implied in certain threads on the forum, he could’ve totally decided how to use the resources of the fort on his own, and nobody else would defy him!

However, Ji Ye didn’t do that but wanted to strike a partnership in the name of the Twin Dragon Mount fort instead.

Such a man could lead a team further away than those who kept the profit to themselves could. It made Su Mingcheng realize why so many heroes had been gathered in the Twin Dragon Mount fort.

“I wouldn’t really say that I’m a man of integrity. It’s probably because I’ve never been short of money since childhood…”

Ji Ye smiled.

He made the decision for his own reasons.

He wasn’t short of money at all, but not every player in the Twin Dragon Mount fort was as rich as him.

As far as he knew, Li Qing, for one, was in poor financial conditions. He became the head of securities in a company after he retired from the army. His income wasn’t exactly decent, and all the expenses of his wife and his two kids who were still in school counted on him.

When Li Qing entered the Land of Inheritance, the company he worked for even went bankrupt due to poor management. He worked so desperately on the Land of Inheritance exactly because he was unemployed.

It was also worth mentioning that Ji Ye was actually rather familiar with the company. Both of his parents used to be major shareholders that controlled the company.

However, after the plane crashed, he sold all their shares.

Their connection was probably why Li Qing was assigned to the settlement on the Twin Dragon Mount.

After he went offline, Li Qing simply sent an application to the Confederation Office stating that he needed to leave the base and check up on his wife and his children at home.

That was why he hadn’t been back yet!

Money wasn’t a big issue for Ji Ye, but it might pose a real problem for other people in the Twin Dragon Mount fort.

Therefore, it was necessary to cooperate with Su Mingcheng’s corporation in the Twin Dragon Mount fort’s name.

That way, the players who had financial problems would be more reassured to stay on the Land of Inheritance to develop the Twin Dragon Mount fort, and it would be easier for Ji Ye to accomplish his target step by step.

Of course, while the cooperation was made in the Twin Dragon Mount fort’s name, Ji Ye would have the final say on the distribution of the profit. There were also more specific details that needed discussing.

But it seemed that he didn’t need to care too much about that.

“My company is responsible for research, experiments, manufacturing, selling, and all the investment at the beginning phase. We should have more shares, don’t we?

“No, the items to be offered by the Twin Dragon Mount fort are irreplaceable, so we must have the controlling stakes. Also, we’ll establish an investment company on Earth to supervise our cooperation…”

Then, Ji Ye watched Su Nongying, as the “butler of the Twin Dragon Mount fort”, argue with her father about the details of the cooperation as well as the distribution of shares and management power with a red face, not giving in at all!

…

After the most important clauses in the agreement were finalized, Ji Ye left the reception tower and was ready to return to his residence and go online again.

“Remember, you must take pills on time after you go to the hospital.

“Also, don’t worry about money while you stay in the special ward in Longxi Hospital. I’m a beta tester who passed the trial. It’s free of charge for me to ask the specialists of Longxi Hospital to treat you!”

While he walked in the base, he saw a girl pushing a wheelchair and speaking to a woman who was sitting on the wheelchair.

“Don’t worry. You’ll be fine.

“Didn’t I ask you to check the forum? The items on the Land of Inheritance can be exchanged with Rare Honor on Earth. I’m doing well on the Land of Inheritance, and I’ve already gathered a lot of Rare Honor. Soon enough, I’ll be able to exchange for the medicine that can cure you!

“Okay, okay. Got it. Stop nagging!”

In the end, the girl apparently lost her temper.

When Ji Ye walked by, he noticed that the girl who was pushing the chair seemed to be Ning Ling.

However, her fashionable hairstyle in the past had been combed into short hair that was stuck to her forehead. She seemed exhausted too.

Sitting on the wheelchair that she was pushing was a woman whose face was 70% similar to hers. She was wearing a hat and a mask even though it was a hot day. Her face was apparently sickly pale too!

At this moment, the Honor System that the Confederate government established had already been implemented among the players!

Because of the return of the second batch of players, medical specialists had been very popular these days, and to hire a professional medical team would cost tremendous “Honor”.

On the other hand, Ning Ling had always asked for the help of specialists when her settlement was in a crisis, but it didn’t save her settlement in the end. She couldn’t have had much “Honor” left. She might even owe some “Honor”!

Even though she had been resurrected in another settlement immediately after her death, it had only been a few days, and it couldn’t be easy even for a beta tester to obtain a great deal of “Honor” so quickly!

She had probably spent the “Rare Honor”, which was the only thing that was kept after her resurrection, on certain items or technologies that were of a high research value. That was why she could afford to hire a professional medical team at such a moment!

But apparently, she would rather not tell the middle-aged woman in the wheelchair the truth. She kept it a secret from her and didn’t reveal her agitation until the end of the conversation.

When a person lied, they might not mean anything bad!