Fox Has No Malicious Intent

"Landlord? The real native of Blue Star?"

When Lin Ying realized what had just come out of Master Fuli's mouth, her whole person froze on the spot.

"Hiss..."

Lin Bingyun's apricot eyes went round, staring at Master Fuli like she'd seen a ghost, sucking in a sharp breath of cold air.

Inside Blue Star's crust, there exists a plant lifeform that was born even earlier than the First Epoch?

The birth of the First Epoch—that was something like two to three billion years ago on Blue Star.

If something has lived for two to three billion years, can you still call it a lifeform?

Swap in some immortal cultivator, two to three billion years passing by and they'd be dead as well.

"Even though I know it sounds completely absurd, our Blue Star probably really does have an old-timer like that sitting around."

"But whether this 'Landlord' exists or not actually isn't that important, because, according to a certain little girl who didn't want her name mentioned, whoever stands at the top of the food chain on Blue Star, the 'Landlord' is their backing."

"Who knows, maybe one day when aliens attack, we'll get to watch the 'Landlord' put on a show and turn the earth-dragon over."

Ansheng patted Lin Ying on the shoulder, teasing with interest about the 'Landlord' he had just mentioned.

"But you said, it's setting up a game..." A faint gloom crossed Lin Ying's cheeks; as though thinking of something, her arms subconsciously tightened around Master Fuli's waist.

"Yeah."

Ansheng nodded lightly and said, "But its so-called game is more like a cleanup operation. As the recovery of Spiritual Particles progresses, Blue Star's landmass will gradually show its true face."

"It's like the ruins we're excavating now; they were actually built on land, it's just that they slowly sank into the earth to slumber along with geological changes."

"Some sank by accident, but there are also some Evil Beasts or other lifeforms that deliberately hid themselves underground, trying to lie low all the way until the next Spirit Grain Era."

Ansheng took a breath before continuing, "When I say the 'Landlord' is setting up a game, I'm talking about this."

"The Landlord acts like a minesweeper—while those surviving creatures are still weakened, it uses earthquakes to send them up to the surface, letting Blue Star's lifeforms encircle and wipe out those malice-filled Evil Beasts..."

Any creature that managed to survive all the way to the end of the Spirit Grain Era would definitely have strength and evolutionary progress far beyond later generations.

Once they recovered their peak condition, even if they couldn't wipe out the newborn civlizations of later eras, they could easily slaughter a few cities, or flatten one or two small countries.

They'd be like the King of the Universe—only, that guy's killing intent actually wasn't all that heavy.

In Sun Xingyao's account, the 'Landlord' senses the life potential of Blue Star's creatures, then triggers some hidden threats ahead of time, and by the way hands out some benefits to Blue Star's lifeforms.

What Master Fuli is getting ready to do now—putting points into stats—in plain terms, is kicking off a new round of controllable, self-directed evolution.

If Sun Xingyao wasn't lying, then after I finish evolving my Wisdom, the 'Landlord' really might send over a few ancient monsters for me as a little feast.

Of course.

Those ancient monsters aren't necessarily in Xia Country; where they end up depends entirely on where they were buried in the first place.

So before putting points with Wish Power, Ansheng specifically told Lin Bingyun to go to the Earthquake Bureau's official website and record the earthquake early-warning reports for the entire Xia Country.

Once he finished evolving with Wish Power, if some abnormal huge earthquake happened on Blue Star, that would prove two things.

First, the Landlord really does exist, and just like Sun Xingyao described, it's got love—just a bit of a heavy kind of love.

Second, it would once again prove that the Dragon People's moral standards are ridiculously high; after taking a beating, they were still willing to sincerely talk with him and the Security Bureau.

"Master Fuli's protection business, going global?"

After digesting what Master Fuli had said, Lin Ying fell into brief thought, then asked in a pondering tone, "Does Master Fuli need a bigger private plane?"

"No..."

Ansheng curled his lip and said, "It's not like our house is on fire, what's the rush? Whose house is on fire, they can be the ones freaking out!"

Even though those ancient monsters released by the 'Landlord' would definitely be walking piles of gold coins.

Ansheng wasn't anxious at all. Foxes might be part of the canid family, but Ansheng had no intention of playing the hot-face-against-cold-ass game.

Before he figured out who was Party A and who was Party B, he couldn't be bothered with any of that messy crap.

If they want his help, then they have to listen to him the whole way through and obey his arrangements.

Otherwise... whoever refreshes a world boss, that's their ancestral graves billowing black smoke.

"Got it..."

Lin Ying nodded lightly and said, "I'll call the Security Bureau now and ask for a detailed earthquake forecast record."

"And also..."

Lin Ying looked at Lin Bingyun and said, "Go get an ice bucket ready for Master Fuli, and chill some cola in it."

"Pick canned cola, prepare three cans. As soon as one goes flat, swap in a fresh one."

The information Master Fuli had brought really did shake Lin Ying's worldview a bit.

But there were plenty of things out there that could shatter your three views.

If it couldn't be used for her own purposes, she'd just treat it as non-existent, throw it out of her mind so it wouldn't mess with family time.

Right now, it was after work; a family day had no room for an outsider to hog their time.

"Master Fuli's fluffiness is amazing..."

Lin Ying picked up Master Fuli, smiling as she walked toward the hot spring pool in the backyard.

"But of course. When it comes to how I feel to the touch, I've always been a premium, pay-per-touch existence."

Nestled in Lin Ying's arms, Ansheng asked curiously, "By the way, what have you been busy with lately? Every time I call you, you sound like you're rushing around."

"Me? I should count as an Imperial Merchant now, right?" Lin Ying looked at Master Fuli and said:

"Simply put, we're representing a portion of private capital to integrate resources alongside state capital. One of our current projects is cosmic mining development..."

"It's not that I'm insanely busy, it's just that I'm often going in and out of areas with signal control and jamming."

What Lin Ying was busy with now was actually part of the Cosmic Celestial Palace plan.

The truly hard bones had already been gnawed through by the Academy of Sciences experts and the King of the Universe; they were now in the stage of turning achievements into applications.

The toughest part was already handled; what came next was refining supporting technologies and coordinating with upstream and downstream companies.

The business alliance led by Lin Ying played the role of throwing money in to push the industrial chain to maturity, while also skimming a solid profit off the top.

Anything that state capital wasn't convenient to do would be handled by these representatives of private capital.

For example, things like acquiring corporate shares.

When it came to closing deals quickly, private capital was still relatively wild.

In the early stage of a fast-developing industry, some relatively rough-and-tumble practices weren't unacceptable either; once the industry matured and regulation stepped in, that's when private capital led by Lin Ying would bow out.

"So you've been busy spending money! Treating company acquisitions like grocery shopping..."

"Isn't this basically a kind of trust monopoly?" Ansheng asked from the hot spring.

"In a sense, yes; more precisely, it's state capitalist monopolism..." Lin Ying said:

"It's just that we're targeting special industries, because time is tight and we can't wait for slow, organic growth."

"So we have to push and pressure it along; once the industrial chain is perfected and mature, we'll hand it back to the people."

"Mm... it's all schemes, huh." Ansheng sighed, raised a paw and patted Lin Ying on the head, saying:

"Scheming against each other every day, crunching economic numbers all the time—no wonder your mood's always low, all negative emotions..."

"I take my meds on time and get injections regularly..." Lin Ying smiled as she spoke to Master Fuli.

"What meds, we'll go fishing in a couple of days..."

Ansheng bumped Lin Ying's cheek with his muzzle, then conveniently picked up the cola Lin Bingyun had brought over.

"In a bit, you two should stand a little farther away. I've got a feeling the itch in my head today is off—itching like crazy."

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