With a touch of curiosity, I took Pandora to the entrance of the Fiya Li Void Conglomerate headquarters, which had only recently appeared before the citizens of Shadow City and was still shrouded in mystery. I wanted to see what that strange Queen was actually planning.
Not only had she brazenly used the Shilin Emperor's influence to register a business here, but she also seemed to be planning to build a commercial empire on the spot—Void Conglomerate, just listen to that name! It sounded stylish, mighty, and domineering. Just four words, and I could already smell the ambition to rule the business world. Did you know a good name could sometimes save the world? The first step in doing business was learning how to name things. If you named your company Wang Tiezhu Oil Factory, you wouldn't dare say it out loud even if you were selling oil in the Middle East. When I was a kid, there was a major corporation on the street. Its owner understood this principle well and named it Nairfu Alloy Processing and Advanced Research Company. The name was thunderous and renowned throughout the area—though all they sold were kitchen knives, and their license was later revoked for false advertising...
Judging by Filis's style, if she kept selling rocks while pretending they were high-energy minerals from another world, her license would be revoked sooner or later too...
"The storefront isn't bad." I looked up at the enormous building before me. The Fia Li People must have applied to the city construction department and had it custom-built. Its style differed somewhat from Shadow City's standard buildings, with hard lines and strict symmetry. It had an imposing main entrance, and a landing platform for city aircraft on its upper floors rather than on the roof like other