Nalan Fairy's expression turned serious. "Endless Shipping has deep roots. If Your Highness wants to make an enemy of them, think it through carefully."
"What do you mean?" Lu Yin asked.
Nalan Fairy considered for a moment. "Put it this way: for the same price, the same cargo, and the same transport ship, Endless Shipping can deliver the goods to their destination sooner than any other shipping company. The reason is that they control many secret routes through the stars. Those routes had to be explored by people, and Your Highness should know how costly it is to explore the stars. Endless Shipping controls far too many routes for a company without considerable strength and deep resources."
"Although Endless Shipping rarely gets involved in power struggles, no one dares underestimate them. Everyone who has made an enemy of them or tried to rob their cargo has disappeared. There have been no exceptions."
Lu Yin's gaze flickered. The starry sky was boundless, and routes were its greatest treasure. Humanity had paid a tremendous price to explore the stars, and what they gained were routes. Countless lives had been buried along every one of them. The fact that Endless Shipping had managed to explore the stars through its own strength chilled him. Even after uniting the Eastern Frontier Alliance, he wouldn't be confident of exploring the entire Outer Universe.
"Many forces in the Inner Universe want the secret routes controlled by Endless Shipping, but none have succeeded. They have the resources to resist the powerful forces of the Inner Universe. That's Endless Shipping for you. Making an enemy of them is far more terrifying than making an enemy of an entire territory," Nalan Fairy said gravely.
Lu Yin pondered this.
"However," Nalan Fairy continued, "no one in the Outer Universe has ever