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Kullene shrugged noncommittally, even looking a little proud and matter-of-fact.

"As a god, my greatest hobby is to tempt humans to fall, and then take advantage of the opportunity to impose sanctions as justice and take away the most important things from them. Don't let me find you."

Chapter 1498 Are You Ready?

Blaze was somewhat helpless about Hebi's fighting spirit against Kullene, he could understand it.

Herbie was very ambitious in the past and worked his way up from an ordinary clerk to become a senior partner. When he found out that Hermes' Traveling Hat actually had a mastermind behind it, he must have been very desperate.

Because this means that she has almost no chance of reaching the top of the Chamber of Commerce. No matter how hard she tries, she will ultimately be just a pawn used by the mastermind to achieve his own goals.

Luckily, the man behind this is Kullene, who is funny and lighthearted most of the time, so Herbie's goal becomes to beat Kullene in the area where he excels.

At present, Herbie's goal is still quite far away and there is even no possibility of success.

"Don't be discouraged, little guy. At least you are much better than me in relationships between men and women. Unlike me, I am always getting into emotional debts." Kullene added fuel to the fire.

"I should be the one saying this. If you say it yourself, it's just a mockery, okay?"

Blaze quickly held Herbie in his arms to prevent Herbie from being overly stimulated and having a fight with Kullene.

"Okay, okay, I won't tease you guys."

Culene raised her hands, conceded defeat and surrendered when she had won a great victory, and used a mean way to change the subject by talking about business.

"I showed up to see your situation. I know that the number of foreigners who landed on Drifting Island No. 0 is , not even one."

"This is indeed..."

Blaze smiled bitterly. The strangers were willing to help transform the salvage ship. They were also willing to go on the salvage ship to help salvage the [Ika Black Stone]. However, the expressions on their faces were quite awkward about this process.

For a stranger who can only stay in this world for a few hours, sea voyage requires a lot of time and faces a lot of repetitive scenery, which is a torture.

Even Greenland frowned when he learned about this, and even looked like he was going to kill his own spirit to get on board.

This really cannot be forced. On the voyage to find the fountain of youth, [Somado] can be said to have tried every possible means to make the voyage interesting. However, despite such efforts, it could not change the fact that in the last few days, every stranger smelled like dead fish.

As the saying goes, good news doesn't travel far, but bad news travels a thousand miles. The fact that sea voyage is really boring has also fallen into the ears of every stranger. The result, of course, is that no strangers land.

However, this was also because Hebi did not issue the commission. Instead of letting the strangers suffer in order to complete the commission, it would be better not to have the commission at all. They could finish the most boring part first and then contact the strangers when they encountered troubles.

"Without strangers here, you will always lack some inspiration, so I appear here to help you with reluctance."

"No, is it really okay for you to be here?" Herbie came back to his senses from the frustration of losing and said seriously, "Now that the transmission tower network has collapsed, the biggest support of [Hermes's Travel Hat] is gone. Those chaebols may appear at any time and try to replace it."

"You should stay at the headquarters and be ready to deal with the attacks of those chaebols at any time."

"The chaebols~" Kullene touched his chin, "They are indeed some difficult guys. Their roots are too deep to be completely removed. This period of time is indeed the best time for them to counterattack."

"So you still have time to stay here?"

"Yes." Kullene nodded unexpectedly, as if she was not worried at all that the tycoons who once led the dark ages would strike back.

Unlike Hebi's worries, Kullene was quite calm and indifferent.

"Herbie Hermes, can you guarantee that every gold coin you get is full of trust, love and hope?"

Herbie subconsciously straightened his back and answered the question he faced when he became the branch manager of [Hermes's Traveling Hat] seriously and earnestly.

"I can promise that."

"Then what do you have to worry about?" Kullene leaned against the wall and raised her chin calmly and arrogantly.

"The reason why [Hermes's Traveling Hat] was able to suppress these chaebols was not because we defeated them, but because they were outshined by us."

"We won in this way 20 years ago. If we lose 20 years later, it only means that the Chamber of Commerce is no longer the same Chamber of Commerce as it was 20 years ago. It has changed, and you have not done what you promised me."

"That [Hermes's Traveling Hat] has nothing to do with me anymore. Whether you live or die has nothing to do with me. Of course, I will also curse you as punishment."

"You old man are so heartless." Hebi stood in front of Kullene and showed a provocative smile without fear.

“The Chamber has certainly changed, and for the better.”

"Then learn from what I do, sit lazily on the high seat, and admire the expressions of those clowns."

"I will do that. I will also enjoy the wine and meat while I enjoy it!"

"Wait!" Blaze saw Hebi and Kullene fighting again and immediately interrupted them.

"Do you really not care what the chaebols do? You may not care, but the conflict between you will affect ordinary people. Should we take some measures to deal with it?"

Herbie and Kulene turned to look at the anxious Blaze at the same time. After they looked at each other, Kulene felt that she would be beaten for her frivolous attitude, so she winked and asked Herbie to explain.

"Ahem, Blaze, what do you think is the biggest benefit of [Hermes' Travel Cap]?" Herbie asked.

"Of course, the accumulation of small amounts eventually leads to qualitative change, and a large amount of small businesses come from everyone."

“…Wow.”

Blaze's answer made Hebi sigh, and even Kullene applauded Blaze with a look of disbelief on her face.

“Sometimes you have to be a vulgar person to keep the conversation going.”

Blaze was filled with black lines.

"You don't think my answer is that I'm a foreigner."

The two nodded. This was the answer that any normal person could think of. After all, every super sales of [Hermes' Traveling Hat] came from the support of strangers.

But it is ultimately just a vulgar performance.

"If those tycoons really intend to snatch the business of foreigners from [Hermes's Traveling Hat], then it's really..." Blaze's expression became strange.

"Well, let them fend for themselves. Let's first build Drifting Island No. 1 and create a convenient and interesting salvage spot for strangers."

"Those chaebols, well, at least the first ones that emerged, will soon destroy themselves."

Chapter 1499 The Rise of the Chaebol

The Glaucus Group is a chaebol with a history of more than 50 years. It is a typical family inheritance chaebol that originated from the territory of the Third Kingdom.

So far, he has completed five changes from the first generation entrepreneur to the current group leader, and is currently headquartered in the Aarhus territory in the Giant Kingdom Alliance.

Although 50 years seems like a long time, it is still relatively young among the chaebols. It was lucky enough to catch the last smooth sailing days of the chaebols before the appearance of the "Hermes Traveling Hat".

The Glaucus Group had witnessed the glory of the chaebols during the Dark Ages, and had seen the chaebols manipulating huge empires like puppets. Of course, they had also seen how these chaebols were kicked to death.

In the impact from the [Hermes's Brigade Hat], a large number of young chaebols such as the Glaucus Group died, and most of them were broken up by the [Hermes's Brigade Hat] or swallowed up by other chaebols.

As one of the surviving chaebols, the Glaucus Group is also one of the chaebols that is lurking, waiting for the [Hermes's Traveling Hat] to show a flaw.

In several world-class crises, [Hermes' Traveling Hat] successfully seized the opportunity, like a small boat in the stormy waves, surviving the crisis at the risk of its life and finally making a huge profit.

This made the current leader of the Glaucus Group, Eugene Glaucus, quite frightened. In his opinion, the [Hermes Traveling Hat] was like a destiny bestowed upon him, with infinite good fortune, and no matter what crisis it encountered, it would be able to overcome the danger in the end.

But the ship still capsized, the luck ran out, and the fate of [Hermes's Traveling Hat] came to an end.

During the crisis against the Tree of Life invasion, most of the vital transmission tower network was destroyed.

[Hermes' Travel Hat] is a huge giant, whose body covers almost every corner of the world, and the transmission tower network is the nerves that transmit its commands and the blood vessels that transport nutrients, allowing this huge giant to feel the state of his body at all times and keep his entire body healthy.

[Hermes' Industry] is extremely huge, and the reason why he can take care of it, get the content of each industry at the first time, give timely feedback, replenish goods or adjust operations is because of the transmission tower network.

Now that the teleportation tower network is destroyed, [Hermes's Travel Hat] is a piece of fat meat, and the only ones who can chew on this piece of fat meat are those who have been prepared.

Eugene Glaucus was very sure that their group was a well-prepared beast that had sharpened its claws and fangs long ago, and that the group would take this opportunity to bite off a piece of meat.

On the first day after the Anti-Tree of Life Crisis ended, Eugene Glaucus began his counterattack plan.

The first thing was to quietly use all the [Ika Black Stones] collected over the past 20 years to build teleportation towers, and first complete the teleportation tower network belonging to the Glaucus Group in the Ohuse area.

After that, he used the huge amount of funds that the Glaucus Group had accumulated for fifty years to purchase the goods from all the shops under the Hermes Travel Hat in the entire Aarhus territory, and then took over, opened his own shop, and put the goods on the shelves.

This plan seems very stupid. By helping [Hermes's Traveling Hat] to clear out all the goods at my own expense, isn't that actually helping [Hermes's Traveling Hat] in return?

But stupid methods are sometimes the best and most practical methods.

The territory of Aarhus was unfortunately destroyed during the Anti-Tree of Life Crisis, where all the transmission towers were destroyed. Communication can still be done by messenger birds, but the transportation of goods can only be done through long trade routes.

The territory of Aarhus is very large. If [Hermes's Traveling Hat] wants to replenish supplies to all the shops in the entire Aarhus territory, even with the fast-walking ostrich, even if the entire Aarhus territory is replenished at the same time, it will take at least ten days or half a month. If there are bandits and robbers in the middle, it may take two or three months.

No, as soon as [Hermes's Traveling Hat] starts to replenish its goods, it will be attacked by [Bandits].

This means that for at least two or three months, there will be no goods in the store of Hermes' Traveling Hat in the Aarhus territory, and their Glaucus Group will take its place.

Humans are creatures of habit. Once they get used to shopping in a store, they will hardly look at another store. Stores that have no goods for a long time are destined to be eliminated.

Of course, if only the Glaucus Group were to bite the flesh of [Hermes's Traveling Cap], they would be crushed quickly given their size.

But unfortunately, the tycoons of the dark ages were all watching in the dark, and this time the bite came from all directions.

[Hermes's Travel Hat] will be overwhelmed.

The most fatal blow will be the Ica Black Stones collected by various hidden tycoons in the past twenty years.

When [Hermes's Traveling Hat] rose to power with the help of the teleportation tower network, the major chaebols certainly would not sit idly by and watch. If they could not stop it, they could only do the same thing, constantly hoarding [Ika Black Stone] and waiting for the opportunity to replace it.

The Glaucus Group is just a young tycoon, and the [Ika Black Stone] they have stockpiled is only enough to build a network of transmission towers covering the territory of Ohuse.

But this is enough. If you stretch your hand too far, you will become a target like the [Hermes's Traveling Hat].

The surviving chaebols have a tacit understanding in the parties of all sizes over the past twenty years, that is, to return to the past where they can fight each other, but they must strike a balance in dividing up the world economy, only in this way can they maximize their interests.

Eugene Glaucus took a deep breath and, as the leader of the group, personally opened the storefront of a shop and announced the opening of the new store.

Although it is just a small shop, he still feels a little sad and touched when he thinks about it.

Even though the group was once a young chaebol, it still had countless shops and businesses, but under the monopoly of [Hermes's Traveling Hat], shops closed down one after another and business declined. This small shop was the first shop to reopen in twenty years.

"This is an opportunity God has given us. We must seize it no matter what!" As the leader of the group, Eugene Glaucus encouraged his subordinates whom he had supported for more than 20 years.

"Now, only our Glaucus Group has goods to sell in the Ohusian territory. In other words, we can sell them at any price we want. Our wealth will continue to flow thanks to our monopoly!"

"Don't worry about them not buying. If they want to buy goods outside of Ohuse territory, they have to use the teleportation tower we built. Using the teleportation tower is not free!"

Eugene Glaucus threw his arms wide and laughed.

"Ding-dong-"

The door of the new shop opened and a man wearing a straw hat and a vest walked in.

The man was shocked after taking a look at the prices of the goods on the shelf.

“Why is it so expensive?”

This sentence immediately triggered Eugene Glaucus's nerves. He recalled the Glaucus tycoon's arbitrary price hikes 20 years ago, and the common people dared not speak out in anger.

"This is the price starting today!" Eugene Glaucus raised his chin towards the man, and a Blessed One who was in charge of the situation whispered in his ear.

His expression became more arrogant.

He is just a Level 25 stranger named [Farmer's trumpet, in the process of pioneering].

Chapter 1500: I’ll rob you if I say so!

Eugene Glaucus was not worried about his attitude at all. The stranger in front of him, called Farmer Xiaohao Kaiyuan, was only LV25, which was extremely low.

Of course, this attitude is directed at low-level strangers. High-level strangers won’t even blink when paying for their purchases.

He once saw a very high-ranking and dignified stranger spend millions of gold coins in one go on buying eggs without blinking an eye.

What a generous move! In comparison, one has to be very picky when buying a bag of vegetable seeds. The stranger dressed as a farmer is so shabby that he even wants to bargain. It's obvious that he doesn't even have a backing.

"You can buy it if you want. If you think it's unreasonable, you can buy it in other territories."

Eugene Glaucus snatched a packet of seeds directly from Farmer Xiao's hand and threw it into the trash can in a humiliating manner.

During the whole process, Eugene Glaucus looked rosy and in a very good mood, as if he was twenty years younger.

That’s right, this is what it felt like when you were in your thirties and the world was still in the Dark Ages brought about by the chaebols. You could bully men and women at will, and even the laws of the kingdom couldn’t do anything about them!

Farmer Trumpet glanced at Eugene Glaucus dimly, then turned and left the shop.

"Sir, will that stranger be jealous of us and come to take revenge after reaching a higher level?" asked a blessed person's bodyguard worriedly. As a blessed person, he understood how fast the stranger would become stronger if he upgraded his level at the cost of his life.

"Don't worry, I didn't do this in the heat of the moment." Eugene Glaucus said leisurely with his hands behind his back.

"It would take at least four months for a lone wolf stranger of that level to rise to a level that would pose a threat to us. If all goes well, four months would be enough time for the group to take root in the Aarhus territory again, and become closely related to the normal operation of the entire territory."

"Stranger people are quite law-abiding and will not break the law impulsively and end up being wanted."

"But..." Eugene Glaucus calmed down a little and arranged, "You go and keep an eye on this stranger named Farmer Xiaohao. If he has any backers, we will immediately abandon this store and start a new business."