Zhong Shenxiu put away his teasing expression as well, lightly tapping his fingers against the table.
"What else can we do? Take it slow."
"The Federation and Shrek hold the upper hand now. Yun Ming and Ya Li have both broken through, and Chen Xinjie is a True God. We definitely can't face them head-on."
"Your Holy Spirit Cult should lie low for now, lick its wounds, and recover its strength. Infiltrate where you should infiltrate, cause trouble where you should cause trouble. Just don't let the Federation get too comfortable."
He paused, then continued, "On my end, Doulong Technology will keep expanding. Soul-guided weapons, civilian products—we'll infiltrate the Federation step by step. Economically, technologically, we'll slowly eat away at them."
Lan Jinghe looked at Zhong Shenxiu in surprise. "Didn't they place you under blockade long ago? Can you still sell your products?"
Zhong Shenxiu grinned. "Demon Empress, even after spending so many years in human society, you still don't understand humans."
"Export the products, take them around the sea, then land them at any Sun-Moon Federation port in the west or south, and they can enter the market. Human greed is limitless."
"With ten percent profit, it will be used everywhere; with twenty percent profit, it becomes active; with fifty percent profit, it takes risks; for a hundred percent profit, it dares trample all human laws; with three hundred percent profit, it dares commit any crime, even risk the gallows."
Lan Jinghe rolled her eyes. "When it comes to cunning, humans really are unmatched!"
"Why rush? This is only the beginning."
The corners of Zhong Shenxiu's lips curved upward, and his pale golden vertical pupils gleamed with the confidence of someone who had everything under control.
"Once the Dragon Fighting Plane and Douluo Plane reach a higher degree of