Chapter 2020

Phoenix glanced at Levi and smiled. “I think what boss meant was to just let them acquire the six lands if they wanted them so badly.”

A wave of disagreement sparked amongst the crowd. “How can we let that happen? We can’t just give away Erudia’s property to those thieves!”

We will never allow this tragedy to happen!

“Please, calm down and listen to me. If we stop their plan right now, we might have a good chance of success. This, however, will alert the Cryptic Stream Corporation and the Lab of Gods, and they may do something terrible to stop us,” Phoenix calmly explained the situation to the crowd and continued, “Besides, we’ve only heard about sunstones; have any of us ever seen one in person to know what it looks like?”

Everyone shook their heads. Not even Levi had seen a sunstone up close to know its appearance.

As far as they knew, the Lab of Gods was probably the only organization in the world that could recognize a sunstone currently.

Phoenix continued to brief the audience on her analysis, “So, even if we successfully halt their activities this time, members of the Lab of Gods will undoubtedly steal the sunstones from us in the future. After all, they’re the only ones who have seen the minerals and understand how to mine them.”

Everyone else nodded their heads in agreement.

Phoenix had a solid point. A high level of skill and technology were required to mine minerals. The only way to retrieve the sunstones was probably through the Lab of Gods’ technology, anyway.

“So, what are boss’ thoughts on this?” The crowd stared at Phoenix in anticipation.

“Given that the sunstone is no longer a secret, it will be exploited eventually. I think the best way is to let Cryptic Stream Corporation mine them…” Phoenix paused, a sly grin appearing on her face.

“What comes next? Wouldn’t Cryptic Stream Corporation exploit all the sunstone and bring them back to Zarain?” The people were eager to learn how the plan would work out in their favor.

“The next step is simple. We’ll rob them halfway while the minerals are transported to Zarain. What is ours remains here. The sunstones may never leave the land of Erudia!” Phoenix grinned as she revealed the plan.

Phoenix’s words prompted Levi to correct her. “What do you mean by rob? We’re not robbing them. We’re simply taking back what is rightfully ours. I can take whatever I want that belongs to Erudia!”

“Pfft…” The crowd almost laughed out loud.

So that was Levi’s strategy all along!

What a peculiar plan! Levi allowed those people from Zarain to secure the land and even start mining the sunstones, as long as they could never leave Erudia with any of the minerals that belonged to the Erudians!

At the end of the day, the Lab of Gods’ primary focus was on the sunstones rather than the six plots of land, and Erudia’s forces were solely focused on preventing them from acquiring the sunstones.

Levi didn’t need to devise a backup plan because he could simply wait for them to mine the sunstones and loot them.

Subsequently, their goals would be achieved.

So that was why Levi stayed passive and waited for things to play out exactly the way he wanted.

“But this doesn’t seem to be right… They do have a legal permit allowing them to mine at the lands,” someone in the crowd mentioned worriedly.

Levi sneered. “Well, if they use that as their argument, we can say that I’m legally filed as a deceased man, too. Just blame it on a dead man! What are they going to do?”

The crowd was astonished by Levi’s statement. “Haha… You’re splendid, boss!”

“All right. For now, we only have to wait for them to mine the sunstones, then we’ll move on with our robbery!” Levi gave his orders promptly and continued, “However, I wouldn’t let them purchase those lands so easily. Phoenix, let them have a taste of misery!”

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Meanwhile, Bruce worried careless mistakes would be made and desperately dialed Ryker’s phone number at least seven times.

Most of the people involved hadn’t slept in a day because they were anxious about the response from the Four Heirs.

If the plan worked, they would officially obtain a century’s supply of sunstone.

On the following afternoon, they finally received a message from the Four Heirs permitting them to use and mine the resources from the six lands.

However, the deadline for usage was limited to five years only. Also, the price of the lease doubled to two hundred billion.

As long as each party involved could achieve a mutual agreement on these two terms, they could use the lands freely.

Although the Four Heirs’ families were wealthy, contributing fifty billion each in such a short period was still a financial strain for each family.

In fact, Levi was the one behind the establishment of the new terms and conditions.

“Will Mr. Wilkins agree with these conditions?” Levi pondered.