Exchanging Information: The Third Expedition

The members of the Dragon Snake team reunited on Iron Wall Star. As usual, they went to Senior Sister Bian's Yu Jing Lou for a banquet and caught each other up on their experiences over the past few years.

By now, the news that the Star Alliance was about to launch a new Pioneer War was no longer much of a secret among its upper and middle ranks. Everyone present had known about it for some time, and had spent the past few years preparing for the war.

There was no need to mention Lü Yuetong and Xia Wujiu. They had major corporations like Shan De Lou and Bai Cao Group behind them, so they didn't have to worry about making preparations themselves. They only needed to follow their companies' instructions: purchase certain spirit materials on the market, appraise some magical treasures and Spirit Pills, or even refine pills and magical treasures as directed. That was all they had to do to prepare for the war.

Still, both came from major corporations, and had access to more of the market and more information than people like Liang Ji and Wu Shan, who were on their own. They also knew more details.

At the banquet, they shared inside information they'd picked up within their companies, talked about the preparations major corporations and conglomerates were making for the Pioneer War, and even passed along some vague reports of high-level agreements and arrangements. Liang Ji, Peng Yue, and Wu Shan were given quite an eye-opening glimpse into that world.

At the very least, those rumors offered some sense of how major corporations, conglomerates, and even the Star Alliance's upper ranks were preparing for the Pioneer War. They might not have much practical value, but they could at least point the way.

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