Eat, Eat, Eat

"Very well, I will transfer the funds to you now..."

"Wait."

Lin Fan interrupted him and continued,

"I don't want a transfer for this money."

Manager Wang, who was just about to bring out his finest cigar to entertain this big client, paused mid-motion, a look of bewilderment crossing his face.

"No transfer?"

He looked at Lin Fan with some confusion. In this day and age, who still wanted to haul away three hundred million in cash?

"I need your HR Alliance to help me procure a batch of metal."

Lin Fan didn't leave Manager Wang to guess blindly, stating his requirements directly.

"Metal?"

Manager Wang was stunned, then suddenly realized,

"Do you need alloy blades of a certain series? Or combat suits? We have top-tier custom pieces from famous masters that are guaranteed to satisfy you."

In his view, it was perfectly normal for a martial artist to upgrade their equipment the moment they came into money.

A good blade and a top-tier combat suit often meant an extra life in the Wilderness Zone.

"No, I want raw materials."

But Lin Fan's words left Manager Wang somewhat dazed.

"I want high-density alloy raw materials of the fifth series, or scraps and dismantled parts of sixth-series materials. The fewer impurities, the better."

"I want the best cost-performance ratio and a large quantity. I want to spend all three hundred million on metal."

Manager Wang's mouth hung open, unable to close for a long time.

He had been in business for many years and had seen people buy sports cars, villas, beauties, and even private jets, but he had never seen anyone spend three hundred million on a pile of raw materials.

Unless he was planning to open an arms factory?

But looking at Lin Fan's serious expression, Manager Wang was sensible enough not to ask further.

Having reached his position, he knew clearly what should be asked and what should not.

Perhaps behind this young psychokinetic stood a family in need of massive resources, or some mysterious research institution.

Either way, it was not something a small manager like him could probe.

"No problem, Mr. Lin."

"Our HR Alliance has channels all over the world. Although the quantity you require is large, I can definitely gather it within two hours."

Manager Wang patted his chest in assurance, then immediately began dialing the numbers of various storage centers.

Soon, he hung up the phone and said with a smile,

"Mr. Lin, someone will deliver the items you requested shortly. Just leave an address."

"Good."

Yangzhou City, Bright Moon Residential Quarter.

Lin Fan had only been resting in his villa for a short while when he heard the doorbell.

"Ding-dong—"

The crisp sound of the doorbell broke the tranquility of the villa.

Lin Fan walked to the visual intercom screen and saw a heavy black armored transport vehicle parked outside the courtyard gate, the conspicuous logo of the HR Alliance printed on its body.

"They move quite fast."

Lin Fan's lips curled slightly. He pressed the door-opening button and walked out of the hall into the courtyard.

By now, the rear door of the armored vehicle had opened, and two fully armed security personnel stood guard on either side.

A middle-aged delivery man wearing an HR Alliance uniform and white gloves was struggling to push a hydraulic cart down.

On the cart sat a massive, high-tech silver-white metal case. The surface of the case had no seams, featuring only a biometric verification panel.

Seeing Lin Fan emerge, the delivery man immediately stopped and bowed respectfully.

"Hello, are you Mr. Lin Fan?"

"I am."

Lin Fan nodded, his gaze falling on the case.

The delivery man wiped the sweat from his forehead, appearing very professional:

"Mr. Lin, this case is extremely heavy. Where would you like it placed? I will help you move it inside."

"Follow me, take it to the Martial Arts Hall on the first floor."

The delivery man pressed the hydraulic assist button on the cart. Accompanied by the faint hum of an electric motor, he pushed the heavy metal case behind Lin Fan, passed through the spacious living room, and went straight to the Martial Arts Hall on one side of the villa.

"Just put it here."

Lin Fan pointed to an empty space in the center of the Martial Arts Hall.

"Alrighty."

The delivery man carefully maneuvered the cart to a stop and released the hydraulics. With a soft "hiss," the heavy metal case settled firmly onto the floor.

After finishing this, the delivery man straightened his back and handed over an electronic scanner with both hands.

"According to alliance regulations, the handover of valuable items requires verification of your fingerprint and iris. Please cooperate."

"Hmm."

Lin Fan extended his right thumb and pressed it onto the scanner while looking into the camera.

"Beep!"

"Fingerprint verification passed."

"Iris locked... identity confirmed."

Following the electronic tone, the silver-white metal case emitted a "click," and the red lock light on the top turned green, clearly disengaging the security lock.

"Verification correct, this case of goods is now yours."

The delivery man bowed respectfully once more.

"Thank you for your hard work."

Lin Fan nodded faintly.

Once the delivery man and the security personnel left, the villa's gate closed again.

Lin Fan stood in the center of the Martial Arts Hall, looking at the heavy case at his feet, and reached out to lift the lid.

Inside the case sat twenty dark gray, long, rectangular metal ingots, neatly arranged.

"These few pieces of metal bought with three hundred million should be enough for Calamity and Sky Splitter to take another step forward."

Lin Fan's thoughts stirred, and Calamity instantly appeared in his hand.

Hum!

As Lin Fan channeled his energy, an invisible ripple instantly spread out from Calamity, enveloping the twenty metal ingots.

[Devouring fifth-series high-density alloy]

[Conversion efficiency: extremely high]

Visible to the naked eye, the incredibly hard metal ingots seemed to meet a soldering iron, rapidly softening and decomposing.

The originally dark gray metal surfaces began to ripple, and soon these ingots transformed into wisps of gray mist.

This gray mist swirled and condensed in the air, forming streams of gray airflow vortices.

Then, as if possessed of life, these vortices surged madly into the blade of Calamity.

Calamity was like a bottomless pit, greedily devouring the mist.

As Calamity devoured the metal, a warm current, more refined than the one he had felt in the Wilderness Zone, flowed back into Lin Fan's body through the hilt.

At first, it was just a trickle, but as more metal was devoured, the warm current instantly turned into a rushing river.

"This feeling... it's truly refreshing."