Wang Yu Had Such High-End Connections?!

"I wouldn't dare deceive you, Director," Wang Yu answered calmly.

"The resources I procured are currently stored on my home planet, mainly Silver Fluid, Golden Flower Fruit, Mu Ya Crystals, and Comet Dew. These are the purchase prices and quantities."

Wang Yu displayed the casually fabricated purchase prices and quantities on a small screen. Lawrence glanced at them and smiled.

"Good! You managed to get hold of so much in just one year. You've got some skill! I admire talents like you the most!"

"You've passed the assessment! From now on, you're an external executive of the Commerce Department! Sign the contract."

With a point of Lawrence's finger, a document appeared before Wang Yu.

Wang Yu quickly scanned it over. Seeing no issues, he signed his name.

"Good!" Lawrence put away the document, then sent Wang Yu some more materials, all concerning the various details of Commerce Department work.

"Arrange for those resources to be delivered to the White Dragon Sea Empire as soon as possible. Where to send them and who to hand them over to are all written in those materials. Take a look yourself."

"Wang Yu, you've heard as well. A major campaign is about to begin on the Extraterritorial Battlefield. This time, especially, a new battlefield is being opened up. The scale of the war will be even greater, and naturally, the demand for resources will be greater too!"

"Our Commerce Department is responsible for resource logistics. As an external executive, your main duty is to get resources for me!"

"From now on, you don't need to ask me what I need or what we lack. I'll tell you directly: we lack everything, and we need everything!"

"As for you, the first thing you need to report to me is this: what can you get your hands on?"

Lawrence spoke rapidly. The words "I want it" seemed to faintly appear in his eyes as he stared fiercely at Wang Yu.

"Mm..." Wang Yu calmly met his gaze.

"Although you said there's no need to ask, I'd still like to ask one question..."

"Would you prefer a large amount of ordinary second- and third-tier resources, or a small amount of high-grade resources?"

"Oh?" Lawrence looked somewhat surprised and sized him up several times.

"High-grade resources? How high-grade?"

"Lanke Fruit, one hundred of them... I think that shouldn't be a problem, provided the price is reasonable," Wang Yu said after a moment of consideration.

"Lanke Fruit? And one hundred of them?" Lawrence's eyes widened abruptly, his surprise growing.

"You're not joking with me, are you? You can really get them?"

"As long as the price is reasonable, it shouldn't be a problem. In any case, at least half of that—fifty fruits—is absolutely no problem," Wang Yu answered seriously.

"At a time like this, everyone is fighting over good things, so the price is naturally negotiable! How about this... 2.5 billion Universe Coins per fruit?" Lawrence thought for a moment before naming his price.

"2.5 billion Universe Coins per fruit?" Ivan's heart immediately skipped a beat when he heard that price.

That was nearly forty to fifty percent higher than usual!

Resources were in high demand now, and Lanke Fruit was exceedingly rare, but Lawrence had named such a high price right away. The director truly had nerve!

And what shocked him even more was... Wang Yu's connections were actually this high-end?

Lanke Fruit was among the most precious and rare goods in the C-grade resource category. Even World Lords would be interested in it!

Mu Ya Crystals were treasures with exceptional efficiency for cultivating Star-level auxiliary lifeforms.

Lanke Fruit was a treasure with exceptional efficiency for cultivating Universe-level auxiliary lifeforms.

It also had an immensely powerful restorative effect. When used after a Universe-level being suffered severe injuries, it could quickly restore them completely. It could be called a Universe-level being's second life, the finest life-saving treasure!

Normally, buying even a single one was difficult. If dozens or even hundreds appeared at once, they would be worthy of becoming lots at a high-end auction, and even World Lords or Immortals would bid for them!

"When did he acquire such high-end connections?" Ivan looked at Wang Yu with uncertainty and amazement.

"Could it be because he crossed the threshold of the Origin Laws and connected with some great figure?"

"2.5 billion Universe Coins each... that price will do." After a brief consideration, Wang Yu nodded in agreement.

"Then I'll go negotiate as soon as possible. There shouldn't be any problem."

"Good!" Lawrence's eyes lit up, and his tone grew much more eager.

"Notify me as soon as you have news. The price is negotiable!"

"Hahahaha! Excellent! I never expected someone as capable as you to join my staff!"

Lawrence laughed heartily, looking at Wang Yu with admiration.

"If I had a few more subordinates like you, being director would be much easier. I could lie around every day and just look at the numbers!"

"Wang Yu, work hard. If there's anything good, as long as you can get it, bring it to me. Don't be afraid of owing favors or think it isn't worth using your connections too often!"

"The Virtual Universe Company's strength is incomparably vast. What you see now is only the tip of the iceberg!"

"Take a longer view. The foundations of Humanity's five great powers far exceed your imagination! Using your connections to get things done now is an investment, but the returns you reap in the future will definitely make it more than worthwhile!"

"Yes, Director!" Wang Yu nodded.

"Go on, go on!" Lawrence waved his hand, immediately turning his attention back to the dozens of flickering screens before him. He began muttering to himself again, instantly returning to being that frantically busy worker.

The two of them left the office.

Ivan let out a breath and looked at Wang Yu with amazement in his eyes.

"Lanke Fruit... You actually have the connections to obtain that, and you can negotiate for quantities of dozens or even hundreds. Your connections are far stronger than mine."

"Your Majesty flatters me. It was just luck—I happened to know a senior," Wang Yu said modestly with a smile, offering no further explanation.

"Without strength, no amount of luck would earn the favor of an eminent senior," Ivan said with a gentle smile.

"All right, congratulations on officially becoming a Commerce Department executive. From now on, we're colleagues, so we should look after each other and cooperate often."

"Certainly, certainly," Wang Yu replied humbly with a smile.

The two chatted as they walked, the atmosphere relaxed.

Wang Yu had passed the assessment and officially become an executive. From now on, they stood on equal footing. More importantly, Wang Yu seemed to have connected with some great figure and actually had channels to acquire large quantities of rare treasures.

Even if those channels were merely for trade, they were still extraordinary.

The Commerce Department managed resources, and an executive could be said to wield tremendous influence. Combined with Wang Yu's high-end connections, Ivan naturally became even more warm and friendly toward him.

Ivan had originally planned to head to the Extraterritorial Battlefield in the future. Now that there was news of a major campaign and the opening of a new battlefield...

He still had not abandoned that idea, but the battlefield would indeed become far more dangerous. Before setting out, he needed to find a way to make more preparations. He already had weapons and battle armor, but he possessed few important treasures that could serve as trump cards.

His enthusiasm now was naturally because he wanted to build a good relationship with Wang Yu and see whether he might be able to obtain more high-end treasures through Wang Yu's channels in the future.

His consciousness withdrew from the Virtual Universe.

"A war campaign among the races in a thousand years, and the Seventh Battlefield being opened in a hundred years?" Wang Yu stroked his chin as he pondered.

Wang Yu mulled it over. This was no small matter.

The Extraterritorial Battlefield was a training ground established by the four pinnacle races. Under normal circumstances, only Invincible Kings and below were permitted to enter; Universe Venerables were strictly forbidden from taking the field. But once every thousand epochs, the races would conduct a large-scale campaign, and at that time, even Universe Venerables had to enter battle.

That was nothing new. It was a regular event.

But opening a new battlefield, and the Seventh Battlefield at that...

That was far from ordinary!

In the future, Luo Feng would go to the Seventh Battlefield, where he would endure battle after battle and gain numerous great opportunities.

The greatest opportunity among them was naturally becoming the master of the Star Tower!

The Star Tower was located in the Seventh Battlefield!

"According to the course of historical events, the four pinnacle races selected a location to establish the Seventh Battlefield, then discovered the Star Tower. All of them wanted to seize it, but whether they attacked it or tried to claim it as its master, it was completely ineffective."

"Not only did that fail to make the four pinnacle races give up, it instead made them even more certain that the Star Tower had to be a supreme treasure. Their fighting over it became even more frenzied, and countless Universe Venerables fell in the fierce battles."

"Even beings of that level fought to such an extent. There's no need to mention those below them—it will only be even more frenzied and brutal!"

"This is going to cause a huge upheaval!"

Wang Yu secretly sighed to himself.

Don't be fooled by the fact that the struggle for the Star Tower seemed to involve matters at least at the level of Universe Venerables, something still unimaginably far from him.

When the upper levels were in chaos and instability, how could those below fare well?

The universe had never been peaceful, and the powerful beings at the upper levels had never valued peace even in ordinary times.

Even the Star-level geniuses selected through the Genius Battle—the humans with the greatest talent—were trained with no concern for how many died during their trials.

In Luo Feng's generation, twenty percent of the thousand geniuses died in Chaos City alone. Nine Swords Venerable, who led them, not only felt no heartache, but even rebuked them for being so useless. How had so many of them died?

If they did not care in the slightest even about those top geniuses, would they care about ordinary people?

To the powerful beings at the upper levels, rather than arranging for several Immortals to deal with a few heinous organizations and protect the lives of several galaxies, it was better to study the supreme treasure in their hands and figure out how to unleash a little more of its power.

Or they could study whether weak Universe Masters like Sky Wolf Master were sleeping soundly or wandering around the universe. Either option was more valuable than protecting the billions of ordinary lives in a few galaxies.

It was cruel, but that was how so-called powerful beings viewed ordinary lives.

Things were already like this in ordinary times. Once something major happened and the upper levels focused all their attention on fighting over the Star Tower...

Who knew how many people would take the opportunity to act even more recklessly? The environment below the Immortal level would become unimaginably chaotic...