Years later, when Speaker Qixi Lei faces the impending natural disaster, she will reminisce about that afternoon on the Sodanland Great Prairie in the Border Abyss, when her decision to personally eliminate Li Aozi and Redd Gold led to the current situation.

However, history will prove countless times that those who play games with history and attempt to void it are destined to receive a void future.

Because of Qixi Lei's attack, she successfully divided Li Aozi and Leoz, seemingly greatly weakening Leoz's divinity and mandate, but in reality, Leoz was not fully recovered initially; Qixi Lei's move was in vain, leaving the forces carefully placed in Starry Abyss thin.

In short: it was a futile effort.

Trechet, with her unique Earthling arrogance, failed to remind Qixi Lei of one thing: Li Aozi and Leoz, though the same entity, have completely different personalities and thinking.

Leoz would be ruthless, focused solely on efficiency, ignoring potential allies, but Li Aozi would not.

After Li Aozi's main account was camped, he immediately carried out a comprehensive review, inventoried his advantageous assets, optimized the internal structure, reorganized the industry ecology, conducted precise screening of all tasks in "Starry Abyss", proposing a locomotive effect.

In plain language, he attained enlightenment.

Li Aozi immediately switched to his secondary account, the invincible True General, filled with a sense of security, and began contacting all his strengths.

At this point, the units he had previously dispersed had already rooted themselves in the Border Abyss.

The most notable was the genius Architect Banam, whose apprentice team, under Li Aozi's guidance, successfully found Fantasy Lord Bai Chuliu. Banam's talent was immediately highly esteemed by Bai Chuliu, who took him as a secret disciple.

Without any discrimination or provocation, absolute genius beyond doubt.

After contacting Banam, Banam was silent for a long time, repeatedly confirming Li Aozi's identity, and was extremely surprised:

"Lord Li Aozi, are you actually still alive? We thought you were dead!"

"I'm alive and well; however, it is not as carefree as before—this is the plan: spend some money, go to Whitburg, look for an uncle called Old Winchester, and tell him: 'You wouldn't want others to know you were once part of the Maple Forest Guerrillas, right?' Then he'll obediently give you a piece of turquoise; when you hold it, a person claiming to be Collector, actually a demon lord, named Benedicta will find you on your way out of the city and drag you into the demon realm. When you get there, say..."

Afraid of failing to explain clearly, Li Aozi simply made a PPT and sent it to Banam when replying.

Why handle tasks yourself? It's inefficient; better let subordinates take care of them.

Li Aozi sneered.

He had too many resources at his disposal; his time should be devoted to more important leveling up and key tasks.

During his meeting with Caramel Snail, Li Aozi constantly trained skills, sought out elite monsters, hunted them, acquired experience and materials, then sold them.

Finally, Banam gained valuable experience, and under Li Aozi's guidance, even to the extent of dealing with demon lord Benedicta for free.

The other party not only failed to take Banam's soul but was tricked into gifting Banam a succubus bodyguard, nominally to supervise Banam's contract fulfillment, but in reality, under Li Aozi's manipulation, Banam had long handed the contract to be destroyed by celestial beings.

Benedicta in Purgatory was unaware of this and lamented how gullible Banam was.

For Banam's joy, Li Aozi kindly included a Kidney Fortifying Tablet in the reply.

Side quest A completed – "Forest Path".

Rewards: A succubus (owned by Banam), one mysterious turquoise.

Li Aozi took the turquoise and, on his way to meet Caramel Snail, casually auctioned it at the Strange Hotel.

If anyone has been paying attention to the auction recently, they will be shocked to discover that the long-lost divine artifact material, Tears of the Sea Princess, has reappeared, and was ultimately bought by the Narrative Union for 2 million Border Abyss Kroner.

After commissions and taxes, the 2 million Border Abyss Kroner still left Li Aozi with a hefty 1.59 million, making the invincible True General a millionaire overnight.

Li Aozi did not directly opt for recruitment because what he truly needed was an army that would neither betray nor suffer losses—that's player power.

He deposited 700,000 into an account at the Strange Hotel, which no one dared to rob, and split the remaining 890,000 into two parts.

One part was spent on acquiring jewelries and raw materials in the newbie village zones across several future Border Abysses, using his secondary profession to craft numerous jewelry items to stockpile, anticipating that future players would inevitably come to purchase.

The monopoly profits came sooner than expected; a flood of local Border Abyss residents sought out Li Aozi to buy these rings, and Li Aozi, citing production shortages, maintained high pricing, occasionally selling some materials to keep the market active and avoid the scrutiny of Border Abyss's anti-monopoly institutions.

As for selling finished items, which might lead to local residents buying them in large quantities and competing with Li Aozi:

—That is impossible.

First of all, he had a vast inventory at hand. If anyone dared to rob him, Li Aozi could trigger a sell-off and engage in a price war across the market, driving his competitors to bankruptcy.

Secondly, any business group wishing to maintain its advantage must invest in research and development.

In Li Aozi's hands were all the jewelry design blueprints that every player needed up until version 14.0.

What version required attack stats, when dodge attributes were needed, when luck was most desired, when one hoped for pure and multi-porous types, when only appearance mattered...

These things couldn't be bought with money.

Moreover, the People of the Border Abyss couldn't even fathom how many players would flood into Border Abyss in the future, launching an overwhelming attack on the local market.

The absolute information gap meant that Li Aozi didn't need any R&D expenses.

While other jewelers urged craftsmen and R&D teams to keep up with trends, Li Aozi only had to rotate the goods on the shelf, and their internal competition would evaporate.

Li Aozi wasn't greedy; he simply didn't trust the future environment of the Border Abyss and wanted to concentrate some of Society's wealth. He's so kind-hearted that he would still help the People of the Border Abyss in the event of a crisis.

Only one or two percent would be enough.

If this doesn't qualify as Holy Mother, then who does?

The other portion was entirely given to Ms. N4.

You couldn't say Ms. N4's situation was better than Banam's; after all, she was leading a team, quite a challenge.

It should be said, Ms. N4 had already achieved great success.

Unlike the Layer Abyss' civilizations, which reject human experimentation and biochemical pollution and emphasize humane treatment, the Border Abyss' environment is extremely wild. In such a vast territory, even dumping nuclear waste into a well daily wouldn't affect future generations.

Back in Green Field City, Ms. N4 was relatively restrained, but after arriving in the Border Abyss nations, she realized she had truly come to the right place.

Because Ms. N4 brought with her a technology no kingdom lord could refuse: synthetic fertilizers.

In the Layer Abyss, civilizations all dabbled in fertilizer technology because of the simple environment, but in Border Abyss' harsh pioneering terrain, eight out of ten people developing land were hammered to death by sprites, earth dragons, or elemental monsters emerging from the soil.

The government couldn't support so many Farmers, so idle individuals could only hire armed mercenaries for assistance.

Ms. N4 used materials from magical beasts combined with local chemical technology to develop synthetic fertilizers, greatly increasing soil fertility in safe and limited cultivated lands, avoiding the need for ordinary Farmers to take risks developing wastelands.

When land productivity increases, so does the population, which in Border Abyss is a significant advantage.

There are Deities in Border Abyss; otherwise, Ms. N4 would easily receive the title of 'Saint N4.'

Compared to this, the pollution brought by Ms. N4 was negligible.

"It's quite unexpected. You, of all people, would give me such a large sum of money."

Upon receiving the letter, N4 uncharacteristically responded warmly to Li Aozi:

"You say this money is to support my career? Then, on behalf of all the personnel at Mingji Heavy Industries, I salute you. Frankly, I'm in a growth phase, and Mingji's external expansion needs funds."

"However, your purpose is..."

"Hmm... Taking the team to Ajala City to adopt a beggar boy named Kutiman. Soon after he's taken in, a purple-haired female Knight named Anya will confront me. After a fight and clearing up the misunderstanding, she will acknowledge you and join your team. Later, privately chat with her, frequently mentioning the saffron from her hometown; she will be particularly touched and eventually confide in me: the two of them were actually the son and retainer of a noble household secretly betrayed by the Empress Dowager of the Adar Duchy, forced to roam outside."

"Help Anya and Kutiman return home and clear their names, and you'll become Guest Elder of the Adar Duchy. At this point, the traitor Clint O'Doyle will try to poison the Duke; you only need to reveal the truth ahead to gain the Duke's trust and hold a banquet. Then he will tell you the truth: the Duke secretly favors men, and Kutiman is the biological son of his close friend, whom he allowed the Dowager to act against due to shame towards her."

"At this point, I cannot reveal the truth to both of them but instead follow the Duke's advice, assassinate the Empress Dowager, and help Kutiman ascend the throne. After the Task ends, the Duke will gift me a family heirloom sword..."

Click.

Li Aozi opened the mailbox, retrieved a long package, tore open the wrapping, and pulled out a scroll wrapped tightly in silk and gryphon leather.

He skillfully unfurled the scroll, and extracted a beautifully crafted two-handed Greatsword.

"Thank you, dear Ms. N4. I will put it to good use."

Hidden Task - "Freaks and Strangers" Completed

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