The weakest martial artist? One punch and he's leveled up a whole realm!

Ye Xiao was unaware of the Crimson Abyss Rift breaking.

He just noticed it.

The world of Crimson Abyss is not entirely peaceful.

because.

Ye Xiao could feel a clear tremor coming from beneath his feet from time to time.

But he knew it wasn't an earthquake.

It was as if some powerful being had awakened.

Because Ye Xiao is located in the area between the Ash Plains and the Magic Iron Mine.

He studied the map for a while.

They decided to head towards the [Fel Iron Ore Vein].

This direction is closer to the passage between the Crimson Abyss World and the Human World.

But Ye Xiao knew that this was just a drop in the ocean.

It took him about 20 minutes.

We finally arrived at the outer edge of the [Fel Iron Ore Vein].

When I arrived here.

Ye Xiao was amazed by the sight of this mine.

The Demon Iron Vein is the largest open-pit Demon Iron deposit in the Crimson Abyss World, stretching for hundreds of miles!

The quality of the magic ore here isn't high, but the reserves are astonishing.

From Ye Xiao's location, it extends all the way to the vicinity of a tributary of the lava river.

From a distance, the entire land looked as if it had been plowed by the claws of a giant beast, revealing deep red mineral layers, layer upon layer, like congealed blood.

"What an amazing magic iron ore vein!"

Ye Xiao couldn't help but marvel inwardly, "I wonder what these magic iron ores can be used for?"

And in fact.

This is one of the most important sources of resources for the human world.

Miners worked day and night to mine and transport the ore back to the human world, where it was smelted into low-level magical artifacts, armor, and even building materials.

Moreover, every piece of magic iron ore mined can even be counted as military merit!

Just then.

As Ye Xiao approached, he was astonished to discover that there was a human construction base in the central flat area of ​​the magic iron ore vein!

Upon seeing this, a look of joy immediately appeared on Ye Xiao's face.

This also surprised him.

This is the very depths of the Crimson Abyss World!

It's incredible that humans were able to build such a massive mining base here.

What a magnificent thing this is!

Ye Xiao immediately wanted to run to the human base as soon as possible.

"Since these people dare to mine mineral veins and build bases so deep in the Crimson Abyss World."

"This means there must be some kind of long-distance transportation method here!"

"Not only can the excavated magic iron be transported back to the human world, but the miners can also be transported back."

Ye Xiao's guess was correct!

soon.

He saw a teleportation array with a diameter of more than 20 meters in the southeast of the mining base!

At that moment, a steady stream of magic ore was packed up and pushed into the teleportation array.

As the teleportation array was activated, a burst of blue light shot into the sky.

The magic iron ore in the teleportation array vanished instantly!

I saw this scene.

Ye Xiao's face lit up with joy, which meant that he had a chance to leave this place through the teleportation array.

At this moment, Ye Xiao was still thinking about it.

"As fellow human beings, these people certainly wouldn't stand by and watch me die."

But Ye Xiao would soon find his naiveté utterly laughable.

at this time.

Ye Xiao glanced over from afar.

The nearest mine, which is currently under construction, is bustling with people.

The miners, shirtless, swung their spirit pickaxes, the clanging sounds echoing across the scorched earth.

There are several huge warehouses at the edge of the ore vein, piled high with ore waiting to be transported.

There are even specialized transport machines that load up these newly mined magic iron ore pieces and then process them mechanically.

Everything seemed normal—prosperous, busy, and full of life.

But I don't know why

Ye Xiao felt that something was wrong.

He couldn't explain it; it was just a gut feeling.

He noticed that these miners could mine magic iron ore non-stop by swinging their spirit picks.

They didn't even get a break!

It's as if they've evolved into robots that never tire.

"Strange, don't these people ever get tired?"

A cloud of doubt immediately settled over Ye Xiao's mind.

But he didn't keep observing.

Instead, they secretly infiltrated the mining base.

After getting closer.

Ye Xiao was shocked to discover that this mining base seemed to have been built jointly by two companies.

Because he could see the signs of both companies.

Wanqi Heavy Industry

Taichu Pharmaceutical

These two companies are very famous and well-known.

Ye Xiao had also heard Wang Hou mention it.

In the human world, besides cultivators and various families, sects, and forces, there are others.

Five major business tycoons have also infiltrated every aspect of the cultivation process.

They operate under the guise of "companies," but in reality, they monopolize the market, controlling vital sectors such as elixirs, magical artifacts, cultivation techniques, information, and logistics.

It can be said that powerful families form the backbone of power, while corporations are the flesh and blood of the economy!

The two coexist and prosper, firmly locking ordinary cultivators into the bottom level.

These five core monopolistic companies are Taichu Pharmaceutical, Wanqi Heavy Industry, Jiutianling.com, Void Logistics, and Xingchen Finance.

among them.

Taichu Pharmaceuticals monopolizes fields such as elixir refining, medicinal herb cultivation, and medical rehabilitation.

Taichu Pharmaceutical controls 80% of the country's medicinal herb plantations and holds 80% of the patent rights to refine various elixirs.

In terms of elixirs and medicine, it is undoubtedly the lifeblood of the human world!

Wanqi Heavy Industry's monopolistic areas include spirit weapon forging, armor production, and rare ore mining.

They control 90% of the spiritual artifact mines in the human world, monopolize the forging technology of a large number of weapons and equipment, and provide customized equipment for the extraordinary and the elite.

The remaining Nine Heavens Spirit Network, Void Logistics, and Star Finance each have their own monopolistic areas.

The Nine Heavens Spirit Network monopolizes spiritual communication, the Spirit Network platform, and data intelligence.

Their technology is advanced enough to maintain communication with the human world even in the Rift World.

Simultaneously, control over the spiritual communication network of the entire human world.

Their business scope covers social networking, transactions, intelligence, education, and more.

There's nothing they can't find, only things you can't imagine.

As the name suggests, virtual logistics is a monopolistic field related to the transportation of goods, spatial storage, cross-world trade, and so on.

They control the transportation of goods and the spatial teleportation arrays between major cities.

Their most famous business is the monopoly on the production and sales of spatial storage bags and storage rings!

They also run the "Void Merchant Guild," which deals in auctions of rare items.

As for Star Finance, its monopolistic areas are spirit stone storage, loans, exchange, and investment.

Their core business is issuing universal "spirit tickets," which are linked to spirit stones.

They offer cultivation loans, allowing cultivators to borrow spirit stones to purchase elixirs and magical artifacts, but the interest rates are said to be extremely high!

Furthermore, they control the spirit stone exchange centers in major cities.

.......

For Ye Xiao, one thing that immediately aroused his suspicion was...

Logically speaking, magic iron ore is a raw material for Wanqi Heavy Industry and has nothing to do with Taichu Pharmaceutical.

So why did Taichu Pharmaceuticals spend so much money to partner with Wanqi Heavy Industry to develop this magic iron mine?

What medicinal herbs are in this magic iron ore that could become the target raw material for Taichu Pharmaceutical?

Ye Xiao wasn't stupid; capitalists are all profit-driven.

And just then...

Ye Xiao suddenly spotted a group of people in the distance.

They weren't miners, but people in black uniforms with the Taichu Pharmaceuticals logo on their chests.

They emerged from deep within the mine entrance.

Everyone was carrying bulging storage bags, walking hurriedly, and looking tense.

Ye Xiao hid in the shadows, watching the group of people.

"There's probably a big secret hidden in the magic iron mine!"

He suddenly remembered what the old man had told him before.

"The secret to increased spiritual energy!"

"Could it be related to these magic iron ore deposits in some way?"