No Absolute Hatred, Only Eternal Interests

All the hustle and bustle in the world comes from the pursuit of profit; all the rushing about comes for the sake of profit. There was no absolute hatred, only eternal interests.

After all, money could make even ghosts turn a millstone. If something could not be done, it only meant that the price offered was not high enough.

It seemed that the old fox Du Kao had not spent all those years in Huaxia for nothing. He understood this principle deeply.

Ye Chen looked at the document in his hand. It was a general catalog of the technical materials, along with introductions.

After scanning through it, Ye Chen discovered that the technology level of these things was roughly equivalent to that of the twenty-first century in his previous life. Moreover, there were no manufacturing materials for the Peacebringer, that ultimate weapon.

Although the Peacebringer had little value after civilization entered the stars, back when civilization was still confined to its home star, it had been the most powerful weapon.

Clearly, the old fox Du Kao, together with that miser, had set the price according to the Yanhuang Empire's current level of development. At the same time, they were guarding against him.

Thinking of this, Ye Chen raised his head and looked at Du Kao's projection before him. He said coldly, "Du Kao, since you know that I am aware of many matters in the universe, you should understand how little this technical data is worth."

After speaking, Ye Chen looked at him expressionlessly. "Du Kao, are you insulting me by assuming I don't know how vast the world is?"

Seeing this, Du Kao's expression did not change, but he knew in his heart that the matter was settled.

As an old fox, Du Kao could not possibly reveal his trump card right away. This material was merely a test.

Ye Chen was simply dissatisfied because the things they had brought out were worth too little.

Next, it was merely a question of how much to raise the price.

At the same time, after meeting Ye Chen and speaking with him, Du Kao had begun guessing which spacefaring civilization stood behind and supported him.

Now that he saw Ye Chen knew so much about the universe, and even knew so much about the De Nuo Civilization,

Du Kao eventually set his sights on the Liesun Civilization.

The Liesun Civilization had reason to do so. After all, the former God of War of Nuo had destroyed more than half of Liesun Star with a single axe.

Furthermore, the Liesun Civilization's culture and system were very similar to those of the Yanhuang Empire. Both were civilizations ruled by feudal emperors. In addition, the Liesun Civilization had invaded Blue Star several centuries ago, only to be driven back because of Sun Wukong.

After analyzing all these factors, Du Kao became increasingly certain that the Yanhuang Empire was very likely an empire supported by the Liesun Civilization, while Ye Chen was merely a puppet emperor backed by Pan Zhen.

Thinking of this, Du Kao could not help laughing inwardly. Pan Zhen, Pan Zhen. I never thought that after all these years, you old fellow would still be plotting against Blue Star.

Still, this move of yours really is clever. You supported a native Blue Star power, and one that shared the same roots as Huaxia. That way, even Sun Wukong would have no way to interfere.

As the guardian deity of Huaxia in the Super God world, Sun Wukong protected the native people of Huaxia. As for how the people within Huaxia fought among themselves, even if they fought until their brains were beaten out, he would not interfere.

Because it was an internal struggle among his own people.

If Ye Chen had known that, in such a short time, the old fox Du Kao had imagined so much in his mind—and had even mistaken the empire he had established for a puppet empire supported by Pan Zhen of the Liesun Civilization—he would probably have admired the man's imagination.

Sometimes, wild imagination really was the most lethal thing. Du Kao had first decided that there must definitely be a spacefaring civilization supporting the Yanhuang Empire. Then, without anyone else telling him anything, he had used bits of information to imagine an enemy that did not exist.

After rapidly going over his thoughts, Du Kao, believing he knew everything, smiled and said, "My lord, please do not take offense. This material was merely a gift for our first meeting. I absolutely had no intention of insulting you."

"Now that my lord has unified Blue Star, it can be said to be the will of the greater trend. As the future master of Blue Star, what would you like in exchange for allowing us to remain and live on Blue Star?

"As long as the demand is not excessive, we can satisfy you."

Hearing Du Kao's words, Ye Chen noticed the change in his tone. He seemed much more confident now. What is going on with this old fellow? Why did his attitude suddenly change so drastically?

Ye Chen thought for a moment but could not figure out what had caused the sudden change in his attitude. After all, Du Kao was a thousand-year-old fox. Who knew how his mind worked?

Since he could not figure it out, Ye Chen could not be bothered to think about it. In any case, once the people of the De Nuo Civilization entered Blue Star, they should not even think about leaving. Even if Du Kao did not want to remain on Blue Star, Ye Chen would never agree.

After all, Blue Star was his territory. Once they had come to his territory, how could he let them go without squeezing every last bit of value out of them?

He immediately made an outrageous demand. "I want your super-soldier technology."

Hearing this, a sharp glint flashed through Du Kao's eyes. He had not expected Ye Chen's appetite to be so enormous.

Ye Chen actually wanted their super-soldier technology. This was their most important possession, and he absolutely could not allow it to leak.

Thinking of this, Du Kao immediately refused. "Impossible. Since you know so much about the universe, you should know that super-soldier technology is the most fundamental possession of every civilization. It absolutely cannot be leaked."

Seeing him refuse, Ye Chen did not care. Having read the original story, he naturally knew that Du Kao valued super-soldier technology tremendously.

Or rather, everyone in the Super God world regarded super-soldier technology as extremely important.

But Ye Chen was not a native of the Super God world. He did not value the super-soldier technology they cared about so much, because he was taking the path of advancing civilization as a whole, rather than placing the fate of an entire civilization in the hands of individual gods.

Thus, his goal from beginning to end had only been the interstellar civilization data in Du Kao's possession: controllable nuclear fusion technology, warp drive technology, antimatter weapon technology, weapons data applicable to battles in space, and other such materials.

In his system, he could also exchange for the technical data of interstellar civilizations, but those things cost a great many Civilization Points. Besides, now that he had Du Kao, this free source of supplies, why would he waste points exchanging for them through the system?

Would it not be better to use the points saved from exchanging for technical data to exchange for even better technology? After all, earning a few Civilization Points was not easy for him.

According to his plan, if he completely drained Du Kao, this experience piñata, it should be enough to help the Yanhuang Empire smoothly reach the level of a second-tier interstellar civilization.

By then, the Civilization Points he had saved could be used to exchange for weapons data from a second-tier interstellar civilization.

Afterward, Ye Chen began haggling back and forth with Du Kao. In the end, Ye Chen summoned A-Zhui down from space. When Du Kao learned that Ye Chen's wife was A-Zhui, the expression on his face became indescribably complicated.

He had not expected that Ye Chen was connected not only to the Liesun Civilization, but also to the Angel Civilization.

Ye Chen did not feel embarrassed in the slightest about using A-Zhui's identity to pressure the other side. After all, there were people who wanted to borrow such authority but could not.