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Chapter 138: Double Protection (Subscribe)
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"Black Prison Claw, don't let me down," the bald man thought lazily as he leaned against a chair by the roadside.
With his status and position, he could easily issue a direct warning to the Black Prison Family.
However, doing so would not fulfill his little junior martial brother's request to continue cultivating on Canglan Star for a few more years.
If the Grand Peak Master of the Chi Qiu lineage were to issue a warning to the Black Prison Family, it would certainly attract the attention of numerous forces within this star domain and its surrounding areas.
For instance— What exactly happened to prompt the Grand Peak Master of the Chi Qiu lineage to personally intervene and warn the Black Prison Family?
It turned out to be because of Black Prison Mo's youngest son.
But why would such an insignificant figure catch the attention of the Grand Peak Master?
Oh, it's because this youngest son has been using the influence of the Black Prison Family to suppress a genius Evolver named Lin Yuan on Canglan Star.
Why would a mere genius Evolver from a medium-sized life planet warrant the attention of the esteemed Grand Peak Master of the Chi Qiu lineage?
Once they reach this conclusion, some people will inevitably associate Lin Yuan's true identity with the Thirteenth Peak Master of the Chi Qiu lineage, or even suspect that he is the Thirteenth Peak Master himself.
Of course, the above speculation is just one of many possibilities.
However, involving the mysterious Thirteenth Peak Master, even if it's just a possibility or speculation, is enough to attract the attention of other races once it is known. They would rather kill the wrong person than let a potential future Thirteenth Peak Master grow unchecked.
Of course, the bald man could also secretly warn the Black Prison Family and Black Prison Mo.
But if Black Prison Claw were to react in a way that doesn't align with normal logic afterward, such as suddenly letting Lin Yuan go or being suddenly recalled to the Black Prison Family, it would still arouse suspicion from others. Those 'divination' type Evolvers would deduce their own useful conclusions based on fragments of information.
Moreover...
The bald man didn't entirely trust the Black Prison Family either. While his secret warning might go unnoticed by others, the Black Prison Family would surely know about it. What if they harbored other intentions?
Therefore, the safest option for the bald man was to personally oversee matters on Canglan Star.
As long as he was there, no matter what changes occurred externally, even if Canglan Star collapsed and the nearby star system was destroyed, he was confident that he could ensure his little junior martial brother remained unharmed.
The body he currently inhabited was a clone he had recently condensed, and it was not much weaker than his original body.
Moreover, since he had never revealed himself, no one in the outside world knew about this clone, so using it to protect his junior martial brother would not arouse the suspicion of those insidious 'divination' type Evolvers.
In the Central Continent Estate...
Lin Yuan sat cross-legged in the underground training field.
"What a pity," he sighed. "Ever since I uploaded the 'Fifth-Tier' chapter of the Martial Evolution Path, the Goddess of Wisdom has lifted the information blockade on me and fabricated a normal growth trajectory."
Information blockade served as both protection and a warning. If someone wanted to target Lin Yuan and found that his information was blocked, they would definitely exercise more caution.
However, if the blocked information pertained to a citizen of significant importance, then the blockade itself would attract unwanted attention.
Indeed, citizens with information blockades were not limited to just the founder of the Evolution Path; they could be geniuses in various fields, such as the Evolution Domain, Culinary Domain, Scientific Research Domain, or Artistic Domain.
But now, as a Martial Evolver with the potential to advance to the Eighth Tier, Lin Yuan could become a new Evolution Grand Scholar in the future.
Such a valuable talent, coupled with an information blockade, would undoubtedly attract attention and curiosity, which could be dangerous.
How does one truly protect a talented individual? By ensuring they remain inconspicuous and blend in with the masses.
If anyone checked Lin Yuan's information, they would only see the fake information crafted by the Goddess of Wisdom, indicating that he was just an ordinary Fourth-Tier Evolver with some talent who might eventually enter the Fifth Tier.
That's all.
Even if he were targeted, it wouldn't be to a large extent, and it wouldn't be worth the huge cost for other races to send assassins.
Of course, for an Evolver to warrant the Goddess of Wisdom's personal intervention in fabricating information, their importance must be terrifyingly high, and they would undoubtedly be protected by other means as well.
On the other side of Canglan Star...
A dwarf-like man was enjoying a delicious meal.
"Hmm, the food on this planet is quite good, even if it is backward," he mumbled, walking nonchalantly as young and beautiful female citizens scurried out of his way, startled by his appearance.
"What's wrong?" he asked, patting his round belly. "Never seen a Magic Mouse before?"
The Magic Mouse race was one of the starry sky tribes that had completely submitted to human civilization. Over millions of years, they had fully integrated into the human race, though they were still rarely seen on medium-sized life planets.
"The women on this planet really don't suit my aesthetic tastes. They're no match for those little potato girls from the Magic Mouse race," the dwarf-like man continued, walking for a while before stopping and gazing in the direction of the Central Continent.
"The Goddess of Wisdom went through a lot of trouble to protect that person. She forcibly transferred me from the border battlefield, giving me a secret mission to come here to this planet and act as a bodyguard," he sighed.
As a proud Seventh-Tier powerhouse who could dominate the border battlefield, he felt a bit frustrated to find himself wandering idly on a medium-sized life planet.
"But the more this is the case, the more it proves that person's importance. The Goddess wouldn't do something meaningless, nor would she waste the Alliance's resources," he thought to himself.
"The task the Goddess gave me is to protect that genius Evolver named 'Lin Yuan' until he reaches the Sixth Tier," he reminded himself.
The dwarf-like man had also inquired about Lin Yuan's information, but of course, he could only access the fake information crafted by the Goddess of Wisdom.
There was only some superficial information available.
"This Lin Yuan is only at the Fourth Tier. While he has some talent and may enter the Fifth Tier, reaching the Sixth Tier..." The dwarf-like man felt that he might have to stay on this planet for a few hundred years.
"Oh well, I'll just take it as a break," he decided, no longer dwelling on the matter.
Half a month later...
The Black Prison Family gradually cut off trade with Canglan Star.
Panic spread among the numerous corporate groups on Canglan Star, as many of them relied on trade with the Black Prison Family for profits. Now, the Black Prison Family was willing to breach their contracts and pay compensation just to sever ties with Canglan Star.
Naturally, this caused concern among the corporate groups.
"What's going on?"
"Weren't we cooperating well before?"
"Our group has developed rare metals that only the Black Prison Family can consume. Who else can I partner with now that they're leaving?"
The merchant circles on Canglan Star were in an uproar, with discussions and speculations flying left and right.
"Lord Black Prison, we don't know why you want to cut off trade with our Canglan Star?" A director of a certain group contacted a member of the Black Prison family in charge of trade with Canglan Star.
If only one or two companies stopped cooperating, it might be due to unforeseen circumstances, but now, all business dealings between the Black Prison family and Canglan Star have been halted.
It was obvious that a powerful figure was targeting Canglan Star from behind the scenes.
"Don't you know?"
"You people from Canglan Star don't even know what you've done?"
Black Prison Zang's expression was proud and aloof as he furrowed his brows and asked.
"I really don't know," the group director said helplessly. "Can you please enlighten me so that we can see if there's any way to remedy this situation?"
"Do you have an Evolver named Lin Yuan on your planet?"
Black Prison Zang spoke with a strong tone, "This Lin Yuan dared to refuse Young Master Claw's recruitment. Our Young Master Claw showed such sincerity and offered such favorable treatment, yet he was rejected."
"Is this looking down on my Black Prison family? Your Canglan Star has actually produced such an audacious citizen. In that case, my Black Prison family sees no need to continue our cooperation with you."
After Black Prison Zang finished speaking, he directly cut off the connection.
"Lin Yuan?"
The group director's heart sank as he naturally knew who Lin Yuan was—the champion of the previous Ring Competition and a prominent figure on Canglan Star.
But now, Lin Yuan had offended the formidable Black Prison family? Lin Yuan was well aware of the changing public opinion on Canglan Star.
"This Black Prison Claw is definitely suppressing Canglan Star in trade and shifting all the public pressure onto me."
Lin Yuan browsed through the virtual world, a sneer playing on his lips as he thought to himself.
At present, public opinion on Canglan Star was beginning to blame Lin Yuan.
They blamed him for refusing Black Prison Claw's invitation, for bringing trouble to Canglan Star, and for not apologizing to Black Prison Claw yet.
All the blame and pressure fell squarely on Lin Yuan's shoulders.
Public condemnation.
The scorn of a thousand fingers pointing at him.
These phrases couldn't even begin to describe it.
"Does that Black Prison Claw think that I'm young, emotionally unstable, and unable to withstand the pressure of hundreds of millions of people? Does he think I'll eventually beg for his mercy?"
A mocking smile appeared on Lin Yuan's face.
In fact, ordinary people, or even fourth-tier Evolvers, might not be able to withstand such immense pressure.
But Lin Yuan wasn't ordinary; he had experienced four shuttlings and the passage of seven to eight hundred years. If he couldn't bear this pressure, then his journeys would have been for naught.
"Breaking free from this situation is simple."
"I just need to use the influence of the Chi Qiu lineage."
"However, if I do that, I'll have to go to the Chi Qiu main star earlier, and the secret of my cultivation of the Martial Evolution Path may be exposed."
Lin Yuan's expression remained calm as his thoughts raced.
Moreover, the best course of action was to simply ignore the external pressure. As long as he broke through to the sixth tier, all these problems would be easily solved.
Canglan Star's Virtual World.
Executive Officer Song Wuyang took the lead, discussing with the current directors of many groups about countermeasures regarding the Black Prison family's decision to cut off trade.
"Speak."
"What's the situation now?"
Song Wuyang sat in the main seat, looking at the participants.
"Executive Officer Song, the Black Prison Group proactively cut off contact. Although they compensated us with the standard breach of contract fee, this compensation can only solve our immediate problems."
"Now, the most important thing is to find new trading partners. However, the influence of the Black Prison family is too great. They are willing to pay the breach of contract fee and sever ties with Canglan Star. This move has made other forces afraid to get close to us."
The planet abandoned by the Black Prison family.
If other forces took over, would they be considered enemies of the Black Prison family?
It was precisely because of this concern that even if the groups on Canglan Star offered extremely low prices and gave up most of their profits, no other force would dare to take over.
In the Chi Qiu Star Domain, the Black Prison family was one of the five giant forces and even showed signs of surpassing the other four major forces.
"I'm afraid that as time passes, other forces that trade with our Canglan Star will also gradually withdraw."
An elderly man spoke up, expressing his worry.
When a wall collapses, everyone pushes it—an unchanging truth throughout the ages.
If this really happened, all of Canglan Star's trade channels would be blocked, and if the situation persisted for a long time, the planet might even fall to the level of a low-life planet.
"I understand."
"What are your solutions?"
Song Wuyang breathed a sigh of relief and continued, "What are your suggestions?"
"The simplest solution is, of course, to have that Lin Yuan apologize to Young Master Black Prison Claw of his own accord."
One of the attendees spoke up in a low voice.
As soon as these words were spoken, the others immediately nodded in agreement.
After all, if Lin Yuan yielded to Black Prison Claw, the crisis facing Canglan Star would naturally disappear, and trade with the Black Prison family would resume.
"If Mr. Lin is unwilling, what can I do to force him?"
"What are the other methods?"
Song Wuyang shook his head. This method was indeed the simplest, but it was also the most difficult.
Lin Yuan was a fourth-tier Evolver and the champion of the Ring Competition. If they pushed him too hard, he might just immigrate to another planet, and then Canglan Star would have lost both their talent and their investment.
"Another method is to continue searching for new trading partners. In the Chi Qiu Star Domain, there must be some forces that aren't afraid of the Black Prison family."
Someone sighed.
However, this method was easier said than done. Finding new trading partners wasn't as simple as snapping one's fingers.
Moreover, Canglan Star was now on the Black Prison family's blacklist, so to convince other forces to take the risk of offending the Black Prison family and come to cooperate, they would definitely have to offer extremely favorable terms.
Central Continent Estate.
Lin Yuan sat cross-legged.
He glanced at the main building outside.
Although he wasn't affected by public opinion, his parents and sister, Lin Yi, were naturally dispirited, probably because they had seen the online comments about Lin Yuan.
Cutting off someone's livelihood is like killing their parents.
Even though Lin Yuan was a fourth-tier Evolver and the champion of the Ring Competition.
There were still people daring enough to curse at Lin Yuan online.
Of course.
This was limited to the virtual world.
So far, Lin Yuan had not discovered any unknown citizens lurking near the estate.
With Lin Yuan's strength and status, they would only dare to curse at him online, but when it came to facing him in person? To confront a fourth-tier genius Evolver face-to-face?
That would require the strength of at least a fifth-tier Evolver.
And a fifth-tier Evolver wouldn't offend Lin Yuan over this matter.
"Wait a little longer."
Lin Yuan closed his eyes. As long as he reached the sixth tier, everything would be over.
Just as Lin Yuan was about to start his closed-door cultivation, his intelligent assistant suddenly reminded him.
"Master, someone is looking for you."
"Who is it?" Lin Yuan's eyebrows furrowed.
"It's Fang Qing."
Virtual World.
Personal Space.
Lin Yuan's figure appeared.
He immediately clicked the accept button.
Soon enough.
Fang Qing appeared before him.
But before Fang Qing's figure could fully materialize.
A stream of curses reached their ears.
"That dog-shit Black Prison Claw, how dare he suppress Canglan Star while I was away?"
"Who gave him the guts to do this?"
(End of Chapter)
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