Published: February 8, 2025
“What’s wrong, Xiuying?”
Liang Chuyin had a good relationship with Teacher Park, and in fact, several of the female core members of Cloud Summit had strong ties. Seeing Park Soo-young’s increasingly gentle demeanor and saintly aura, they showed expressions of dissatisfaction; the internet celebrity girl was very curious about what had happened.
“Those Koreans are asking for too much.”
Park Soo-young's words made Ye Zhongming feel a bit irritated.
What he dreaded most in situations like this was encountering someone who took advantage of the chaos. If they knew your needs, they would extort you for their own gain. Otherwise, they would rather not gain anything themselves than let you benefit.
If possible, Ye Zhongming would avoid such a blatant approach. However, the reality was that Cloud Summit could not monopolize all the spins on the roulette; there would inevitably be others who had the opportunity to spin, which meant they could draw away the exclusive items he needed. Once that happened, in a situation where the rules didn’t allow for combat until challenges were complete, trading would be the only way to obtain those items.
But if someone was just raising the prices to make it uncomfortable for you, there really wasn’t much that could be done.
It was as if they were intentionally causing trouble for Cloud Summit Villa. During a battle in the ongoing second-level roulette challenge, a Korean evolver won, spun the roulette, and received an exclusive item. Upon returning and learning that someone on the Chinese side was looking to purchase it, the smirk on his face was incredibly lewd, looking at the Chinese people as if they were fools.
This kind of expression was something many Chinese people, who had interacted with developed countries during peacetime, had experienced. With the enhancement of China’s economic power and its capital investments abroad, many foreigners began to view Chinese people as naive with too much money. The vast nation of 9.6 million square kilometers seemed to them to be either extremely impoverished or filled with nouveau riche.
They interpreted their ignorance through the lens of their own prejudices and narrow-mindedness.
Others who went to negotiate also returned, and very few succeeded. Only some countries agreed to the request.
Ye Zhongming felt a bit displeased. If today he had brought four core teams instead of just two, he would have dominated the challenge.
But now, the numbers were too few, and he could not cover everything.
“Not exchanging? Then let’s force them to trade.” Ye Zhongming’s gaze turned cold. “For those countries that clearly refuse us or try to play games with exorbitant prices, implement the same sabotage strategy we used against the Japanese.”
“Bai Feng, Zhao Xingmei, and all the brothers from Ying City, you should join in too; consider it a favor owed by Cloud Summit.”
Upon hearing Ye Zhongming say this, the Ying City Alliance members became excited. A favor from Cloud Summit was indeed a significant matter, so even Bai Feng, who had some unpleasantness with Cloud Summit Villa, readily agreed and immediately began to arrange for strikes against those unfriendly forces.
The personnel from Cloud Summit Villa might not have enough numbers to monopolize all spins on the roulette, but with the Ying City Alliance joining, that possibility increased.
Other forces from the Chinese region didn’t react too much, as both sides were still in a cooperative state. Most of these people were targeting foreign entities; although it would increase their own difficulties, the impact wasn’t significant.
As the confrontation escalated, the second-level roulette challenge concluded, and the Chinese region, going all out, reaped the most benefits, obtaining seven out of ten rewards.
However, among these seven rewards, only three were exclusive items related to mutated lifeforms. Apart from Boiling Blood Ointment, there was also a piece of sea beast equipment. The other one, although an exclusive item, was a type of beast food that granted second-level mutated lifeforms the ability to run at high speed for a minute. Its usefulness was not very high, but after some thought, Ye Zhongming decided to purchase it from a Chinese evolver.