Chapter 12
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Chapter 12: The Bud of Change
At the headquarters of the Yiyao Group.
In the chairman’s office.
Outside the huge floor-to-ceiling windows, Lian Zhancheng quietly watched the clouds drift by.
"Chairman!"
A tall and stunningly beautiful female secretary pushed the door open.
What made her even more remarkable was that she belonged to the rare white race, nearly extinct after the Third World War.
However, Lian Zhancheng did not turn around.
"The stock price of Yiyao Group has begun to rebound. The statistics department, based on various feedback and information, has calculated that the stock price should be able to increase by about fifty percent," the female secretary reported.
Even if the stock price halved, the total assets of the Yiyao Group still exceeded one trillion, making it undeniably the top pharmaceutical group in the galaxy and one of the largest interstellar enterprises.
A fifty percent increase in stock price would mean over fifty trillion in assets.
Yet, Lian Zhancheng remained expressionless, showing no sign of concern.
It was not until a cloud drifted past and was blocked by another that he finally spoke, "How is the recruitment of talented practitioners going?"
The gorgeous female secretary was clearly not just beautiful; she was also highly capable.
Before coming, she had already gathered all necessary information.
As she opened the virtual network to check the data, she explained, "Five minutes ago, six talents were in video interviews. Right now…"
She seamlessly connected her speech and quickly located the information she needed: "Still six."
"Notify the human resources department to recruit throughout the galaxy. Anyone willing to join the research team of Yiyao Group will have their monthly salary raised to one million, with no limit on the number of hires! Furthermore, the contract duration will be determined by them!"
Lian Zhancheng decided firmly.
The female secretary was taken aback.
The Yiyao Group was never short on money; increasing the salaries of dozens, hundreds, or even thousands of individuals to one million wasn’t a big deal.
However, doing so would disrupt the internal salary balance of the group and cause many unnecessary impacts.
But she quickly regained her composure.
"Understood!"
Without questioning, she turned and left.
As a secretary, her job was simply to execute Lian Zhancheng’s orders.
Whether Lian Zhancheng’s decisions were right or whether they should be questioned or opposed was a matter for the board of directors.
Until the female secretary left, Lian Zhancheng’s gaze remained fixed outside the floor-to-ceiling windows.
He enjoyed the feeling of being above the clouds, towering over all beings.
For the directors of the Yiyao Group, Yi Chen’s sudden rise was a huge disaster in the history of medicine.
But for him, Yi Chen’s sudden emergence was a tremendous opportunity.
His plan was simple.
He aimed to hire a large number of talented individuals with high salaries, to develop a technique even better than the Chaos Technique, and then release it for free.
Along with the new technique, there would also be various potions developed by the Yiyao Group.
If successful, the stock price of the Yiyao Group could not only return to its peak but could even rise even higher.
All the shareholders would earn immense profits.
Yet, no one knew that Lian Zhancheng’s desire for wealth had long since vanished.
He was already one of humanity’s top billionaires.
Wealth was just a string of numbers to him.
He sought to pursue eternal life and unparalleled personal strength.
Decades ago, he had secretly begun to establish various laboratories or invest behind the scenes in research institutions focused on related abilities.
Unfortunately, there had been no significant breakthroughs.
Yi Chen’s sudden appearance reignited his hopes.
It filled his nearly desireless heart with fighting spirit once more.
At the same time, throughout the galaxy, there were at least dozens of top billionaires with similar thoughts to Lian Zhancheng.
Those with keen intuition began to sense that the entire upper society was brewing something.
The bud of change in humanity was being born!
…
In the Flame Mountain Tribe.
After nearly a month.
Yi Chen finally stepped out of the wooden house.
Counting the days, only three days remained until the three-month competition deadline set by the tribal chief of the Flame Mountain Tribe.
For him, this time was enough!
From the very beginning, he had already determined his plan.
He would practice diligently and break through to the Spirit Release stage.
Then, he would hunt the green leopards in the forest to the south of the valley.
These green leopards reached over ten meters in height, massive in size, and weighed hundreds of tons.
A single kill would far surpass the total weight of the prey Guli and Rog had.
Hundreds of tons of food would be enough to allow over a thousand members of the Flame Mountain Tribe to enjoy a bountiful winter.
Most importantly, the forest was teeming with wild beasts and low-level fierce beasts, making it an ideal hunting ground.
However, due to the presence of the powerful green leopards, no one from the Flame Mountain Tribe dared to step inside.
Even the strongest Guli and Rog felt this way.
If he defeated the green leopard, it would mean that all the beasts and low-level fierce beasts in the forest would be opened up to the entire Flame Mountain Tribe.
Ignoring tribal rules, not participating in hunting for nearly a month, and the controversy of being an outsider competing for the position of tribal chief would all be forgotten.
With his powerful strength, no one would dare question or oppose him becoming the new chief of the Flame Mountain Tribe.
Determined, Yi Chen left the valley where the Flame Mountain Tribe was located and walked toward the forest to the south.
…
“It’s strange, he rarely goes out, and instead of looking for Guli, this stunning beauty, he just leaves the tribe and the valley. What’s going on?”
“Looking at his route, it seems he is heading to the forest to the south.”
“Oh my gosh, everyone quickly check the map. In the southern forest, there’s a level 10 green leopard.”
“A level 10 fierce beast, according to military information, only genetic warriors can match it in single combat!”
“It’s over, this cursed luck! Why does he only go out when there are dangerous fierce beasts around?”
“Not necessarily. Just like last time, we thought he was doomed when he encountered the roaring tiger. But what happened? He avoided the roaring tiger with his speed.”
“This time, I even suspect he is deliberately going for the green leopard. I remember when Guli returned to the Flame Mountain Tribe, she mentioned the green leopard.”
“How could that be? This is a level 10 green leopard! In single combat, only genetic warriors can handle it.”
“No matter what, he shouldn’t be able to reach the strength of a genetic warrior in less than two months.”
“Training a genetic warrior requires hundreds of millions in funding and over a decade of time.”
The audience in the live room saw Yi Chen walking toward the southern part of the valley and immediately began to discuss heatedly.
Some felt he was just having bad luck, always encountering powerful fierce beasts when he went out.
Others believed he was likely going to seek out the green leopard himself.
But many others firmly believed he just had a knack for misfortune, randomly choosing a direction and ended up with the level 10 fierce beast in the south.
No matter who it was, everyone started to feel anxious.
Although after the Yiyao Group, many large corporations and top billionaires announced high salaries to recruit researchers and talented cultivators to work on better cultivation techniques, all willing to release them for free,
in theory, with such immense financial resources, materials, and more geniuses, these research institutions should be able to create better cultivation techniques.
However, they had not achieved that yet.
Thus, Yi Chen, as the founder, remained the pioneer and pathfinder of this cultivation method.
If he were to face any danger, it could easily mean the complete end of this cultivation method.
