Shen Yuanbao sneered. "Would a Super Enterprise really be so foolish as to willingly wrap itself in layer upon layer of shackles?"
"There would be."
Meng Chao spoke with utter confidence. "If the Nine Super Enterprises each had two or three God Realm Experts, with more than ten Peak Heaven Realm experts lining up to break through into the God Realm; if their core businesses were all thriving; if most of their shares were controlled by the same Lineage, and that Lineage was miraculously united—as the saying went, 'When brothers are of one mind, their strength can cut through gold'—
"Then I truly would not have much confidence in persuading such Super Enterprises to transform.
"But if a certain Super Enterprise had only one God Realm Expert holding the fort, and that God Realm Expert was severely wounded, fallen from his peak, and could breathe his last at any moment; if its talent pipeline was clearly inadequate, with only a scant few Peak Heaven Realm experts below the God Realm; if most of its shares were controlled by the same Lineage, yet the Lineage members were scheming against one another, each nursing their own hidden agenda; and if its core business involved the most sensitive strategic resources, making it a target of public criticism, condemned by thousands and surrounded by wolves—
"Then what reason would such a Super Enterprise have not to seek new allies, new paths forward, and new business models?"
Shen Yuanbao's face darkened.
His wounds began to throb faintly again.
He forcibly swallowed the blood rising to his throat, leaving only an icy metallic taste in his mouth.
"Oh, right, there's also the Blood Alliance."
Meng Chao slapped his forehead. "There are also those sinister and cunning Blood Alliance members lurking inside this Super Enterprise. The moment