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"This is thanks to our Chamber of Commerce's monopoly on almost all product sales channels. From small necessities to large items like weapons and armor, as long as you contact the [Hermes's Traveling Hat], there is nothing you can't get."

"If those big chaebols want to shake the position of our chamber of commerce, they have no choice but to give away their exclusive possessions."

"The resources of the ocean world?" Blaze looked at the sparkling ocean in front of him. Beneath the azure blue was the abyss-like black, and in the black were incredible natural treasures.

"But that will only affect a portion of the products. The leader is still [Hermes's Traveling Hat]. You can't really want to monopolize all the business by yourself, right?"

"Is it not possible?" Cyrene asked back, and he took out a gold coin and let it roll and jump between his fingers.

"This is the revenue of a pair of high-quality iron swords. From contracting the mine, to hiring workers to mine the iron ore, to sending it to the blacksmith shop, and finally having the blacksmith forge it into a high-quality iron sword for sale, every link in the process is related to the [Hermes' Traveling Hat]."

"So I can be sure that this gold coin contains only hope, trust, sincerity and gain. But if other chambers of commerce, especially notorious chaebols, are involved, can the purity of this gold coin still be guaranteed?"

Culene threw the gold coin to Blaze, who raised his hand to catch it, and imitated the way Culene and Hebi played with the gold coins, using his nimble fingers to make the gold coin dance in his palm.

Honestly speaking, he had no way of seeing what Kullene had proudly described from this gold coin. Even if he identified it, he would only get a simple answer like [a gold coin].

But Cyrene was so sure.

This was like some kind of paranoia, and logically, he should stop it. Kullene had become the kind of paranoid villain that the strangers talked about, who was self-centered and believed that only he could do things well, so he had to take care of everything.

But Cyrene did a good job. For his own benefit, he wanted to ensure that every roll of the gold coin was good and could help his people.

This kind of harshness is like an invisible and intangible restriction. As long as Cyrene remains so harsh, there will be no problem with [Hermes' Traveling Hat].

With the emergence of the ocean world, it is inevitable that marine resources will flow into the market.

Now Kullene is somewhat anxious to involve marine resources, also to ensure that there will be no problems in every link of the future [Hermes' Travel Hat] business.

"Now that you've said this, there's no reason for me to refuse to help you." Blaze made up his mind and asked.

"what should I do?"

"Salvage the Ica Black Stone."

"Isn't this what we are doing now?" Blaze couldn't help rolling his eyes. He was a little skeptical now. Kullene was so nervous that she started talking nonsense.

But the person in front of him is Cyrene. He is too nervous. Cyrene would not be nervous, so there must be some deeper meaning.

"No, no, the purpose of salvaging the [Ika Black Stone] is to build a teleportation tower, and we are salvaging the [Ika Black Stone] now for..."

Kullene stretched out her voice, narrowed her eyes, and smiled.

"Becoming the legal heirs of Atlantis, the wealth of Atlantis will naturally belong to us."

"If someone comes to rob you, fighting back to protect your property is legally permitted."

Chapter 1508: Chaebol Meeting

In the dim space, facing the topic of "Treasure House of Atlantis", many people hiding in the dark fell silent.

In the past, they would have laughed loudly at the idea of ​​setting their sights on the Lost Kingdom.

The big tycoons with a long history have never been interested in finding treasures, and will even laugh at him, because no matter how much gold and silver treasures he finds, it is not as good as their mastery of market economy and sales.

They only need one sentence, mountains of gold and silver are nothing more than a pile of cheap forged metals that can be transformed from currency. No matter how noisy the holders are, they will buy them back at a low price.

Once it falls into their hands, mountains of gold and silver will be mountains of gold and silver again.

In their eyes, people who have nothing but passion, who hold a treasure map and think they can achieve class transition by finding the treasure are stupid. But even if they have dreams, they just can't see deeper.

Even more stupid are the people who follow behind and spend money and effort trying to intercept. These people have obviously reached a deeper level, but they are as naive as those who have nothing.

And they were the guests sitting in the audience and enjoying the show.

But the moment the huge gem was pushed onto the table, their hearts were moved.

The gem is not important. What is important is that it is an unknown gem. Neither the color nor the internal structure have ever been seen before.

The sense of mystery conveys only one message: this is something that does not exist on land.

This is what makes them excited.

They are all large chaebols with a long history. Even if their names are revealed now, they can still make many regions tremble.

But they have kept a low profile for twenty years, and the wealth they have will not be used up for hundreds of years. But will they really be willing to give up their glorious days, never be able to turn things around, and always be suppressed by the [Traveling Hat of Hermes]?

The ocean is a completely unknown world, hiding completely unknown resources that have never been mined. That is a new giant that can rival the huge market controlled by [Hermes' Traveling Hat].

Possessing wealth does not bring happiness. Only continuously possessing wealth can bring real happiness.

Although it was silent in the darkness, the sunlight shining through the window became increasingly hot.

That is a better answer than answer.

"It seems that everyone has agreed." The hand holding the unknown gem pushed the gem hard, allowing the gem to slide to the center of the long table.

This gem was like the prelude to a grand performance. The person who threw the gem stepped on the round table and walked gracefully into the sunlight, as if he was stepping onto the stage.

He was a young man in a suit, but the suit had been taken off, leaving him in only a white shirt. The sleeves were rolled up roughly to his arms, revealing his arms with scaly tattoos.

The chaebol representatives sitting in the shadows subconsciously snorted in derision.

The scale tattoo is a sign of a relatively young chaebol who is only twenty years old.

Fortunately, it completed the accumulation of capital and entered the ranks of chaebols. Unfortunately, the era of chaebols ended just as it entered.

"Abyssion Group, Naylan Abyssion." The young man made an awkward salute to the historic consortium around him with an arrogant expression, which naturally attracted more smacking of lips.

But the young man named Nailan was not afraid at all, and even teased him instead.

"If you really have no business to do, why not go to the kingdom and offer yourselves as etiquette teachers? I believe you will definitely find a new way to make money."

"You little brat, you'd better know your own worth!" A big man stood up from the shadows, staring at Nailan with eyes wide open.

What is more terrifying than his size is undoubtedly his strength. He is a blessed one and of a very high level.

"How scary! Logically, I should introduce your identity to you now, but since you all know each other, I won't waste my breath." Naylan teased with a smile, as if even the blessed one couldn't change his smile.

"Big guy, please sit down now. After all, only if you listen to me can you know what to do next, right?"

The big guy calmed down instead. Those who appeared here were not fools, and their violent reaction was just a test.

Since this annoying young man was not scared, he must have some ability. His arrogance might just be to leave an impression.

So just give it a listen.

"Everyone, it's not the first day we've known each other. We all know each other. Our alliance is meaningless, the contract is a joke, betrayal will be as natural as breathing, so why don't we speak frankly?"

"If I were to say here that the goal is to defeat [Hermes's Brigade Hat], there is no doubt that everyone here would agree on the surface, but then be ready to stab me in the back at any time and snatch the important information from me."

Naylan picked up the gem from the table and tossed it in his hands.

"Because those who think they can defeat [Hermes's Brigade Hat] are fools, so what we need to do is to open up a new battlefield and let [Hermes's Brigade Hat] challenge as a latecomer."

"The ocean is a very good area, with unlimited and unknown resources." Naylan paced back and forth on the long table holding the gem, and finally stopped in front of the big guy, and threw the gem down.

"This is a gem from the deep sea. There is nothing special about its effects. It can only be made into an ornament that allows one to breathe in water and resist water pressure to a certain extent."

Neylan's light words made the big guy stand up directly, and the people sitting in the shadows became restless.

Honestly speaking, being able to breathe underwater and resist water pressure is meaningless. As a land creature, who would go to the horrible environment of the deep sea for no reason? Are we living too comfortably?

Even if this gem can be used to mine deep-sea resources, no one would be willing to go there. Even a mentally ill person would be normally afraid in the deep sea.

Even if they were given a million loyal warriors, they would not dare to enter the deep sea world.

But there are strangers in this world. In the eyes of strangers, this gem is a convenient thing like a teleportation tower, which allows them to explore the deep sea world at will.

To be honest, just by relying on this gem, one can directly monopolize the ocean area without worrying about being threatened by anyone, because the foreigners who receive this gem and the foreigners who want to get this gem will become extremely reliable backers.

but……

The big guy calmed down and threw the gem back to Naylan.

“It’s a piece of trash.”

Chapter 1509: Race Against Time

That's right, if there is only one of this gem, it is garbage. A thousand, ten thousand, or even a hundred thousand of them are also garbage.

This is definitely not a derogatory statement made to deliberately lower the price, but an objective fact.

Because this gem has no [patent], as soon as this gem comes out, [Hermes' Traveling Hat] will mine it at a high speed with power several times greater than their combined strength, and they will hire foreigners to mine it.

Once this gem is exposed, neither the treasure house of Atlantis nor the marine resources will have anything to do with them.

Therefore, this gem is not only garbage, it may even be the final blow that strengthens [Hermes's Traveling Cap] and makes it impossible for them to turn the situation around.

Judging from the current situation, this gem and the related information should be destroyed.

The big guy looked at Naylan dimly, and finally sat down.

If it was when the ocean world first appeared, he would have done so without hesitation, but the current situation does not allow him to do so.

[Hermes' Traveling Hat] had not previously exploited marine resources, not only because they were developing the infinitely valuable Sea of ​​Golden Apple Trees, but the bigger reason was that even when [Hermes' Traveling Hat] was facing the infinite ocean world, it still needed to think carefully before exploiting it.

This is an investment in which the risk and reward are not proportional, and it can be regarded as a gamble with your life.

Normally, the decision to commit resources to exploit the ocean world would take years.

But now, in order to repair the teleportation tower, [Hermes's Traveling Hat] has to go to the ocean world to salvage the [Ika Black Stone]. It would be a daydream to say that [Hermes's Traveling Hat] only knows how to salvage the [Ika Black Stone].

Since we have already invested the resources, we might as well develop the marine resources as well.

So, needless to say, where is the origin of this gem that allows land creatures to breathe in the sea and resist water pressure.

This is a race against time with no choice. If they hesitate for a moment and let the [Hermes' Traveling Hat] discover the gem first, they will never be able to turn things around.

But neither the big guy nor the representatives of other chaebols made any movement. The more urgent the situation, the calmer and more indifferent they had to be.

If you miss an opportunity, you may never recover. But there is a saying that goes, "As long as you have the green mountains, you will never worry about having firewood." The wealth accumulated over hundreds of years is a huge green mountain.

But if they choose the opportunity, they will be gambling with Qingshan. They have the courage to gamble, but the prerequisite is that they must be able to see their cards.

"As expected of a wealthy tycoon, he is very patient. That's right, if he didn't even have this much sophistication, he would have become cannon fodder."

Naylan spread his hands, then changed the subject and asked a question.

"How much [Ica Black Stone] do you have in stock? This question should not be difficult to answer."

After a moment's silence, the representatives of the chaebols revealed their respective reserves of [Ika Black Stone].

"Only 15 tons? Ladies and gentlemen, you are the rebels who want to overthrow the king [Hermes's Brigade Cap]. [Ika Black Stone] is your only weapon, and you have only prepared this little?" Naylan shook his head.

The big guy didn't get angry, but explained in a low voice.

"While Hermes's Traveling Hat doesn't have a monopoly on the Ica Black Stone, mining this type of stone is inherently difficult. This quantity is all we've managed to obtain after investing as much resources as possible."

"We once disdained Hermes's Brigade Hat's plan to complete the teleportation tower network because of the difficulty involved."

"I'm sorry, but in order to complete my plan, you must invest resources at all costs and race against time to snatch the Ika Black Stone from the Ocean World from the Hermes' Traveling Cap." Naylan gave the big guy a provocative smile and put emphasis on "my plan".

It sounded like he was going to use the big chaebol as a tool, but the big guy who looked the most irritable didn't seem excited at all, and even raised his chin to let Naylan continue.

"You guys are so patient."

"We are businessmen, not wealthy aristocrats. We survive like businessmen. We propose plans, calculate risks and benefits, and then invest without hesitation." The big man crossed his fingers, and his rough face showed the calmness of a big businessman.

When wealth accumulates to a certain level, the chaebol will develop uncontrollably in the direction of wealthy aristocrats, and few people can refuse the title of "noble blood".

But at that moment, they were already dead as chaebols, and their thinking and way of life all turned into those of wealthy aristocrats.

Facts have proved that the mere accumulation of wealth cannot turn one into a true aristocrat. They will not have the pride of a true aristocrat. They will only eat feed like pigs in a pen, and then one day become a delicacy on the table.

Only by always using the greed and rationality of a businessman can you become a wild boar galloping in the wild.

"It seems that you are indeed a good partner, so I have to let you see my trump card."

"First." Naylan raised a finger and stopped being mysterious. "The salvage yield of the Ica Black Stone is in units of one nautical mile. The probability is completely random, but there is a pattern. I can increase the success rate to more than 75%."

"In this way, our mining efficiency and investment effect will be much higher than [Hermes's Travel Hat]."

The big guy nodded, but didn't ask Naylan what he could do. There was no way to be sure about this kind of thing, and you would know if it was true or not once you tried it.

"Second, the secret of the Ica Black Stone."

Naylan raised a second finger, and the smile on his face became strange.

"Everyone only knows that it can be used as the core of a teleportation tower, but it also has another identity, which is the fragment of the palace of the lost kingdom of Atlantis."

"Whoever possesses more Ica Black Stones will be the legitimate heir to the ocean kingdom of Atlantis. Do you want me to tell you the third trump card?"

"No, this is enough." The big guy stood up, representing his chaebol in joining the plan. Representatives of other chaebols also stood up one by one to symbolize their joining.