Chapter 2733 - 2725: Estimation

Chapter 2733: Chapter 2725: Estimation

Feng Jun’s journey to the Insect World this time not only resulted in deducing a solution for treating poison injuries but also brought back three battalions of warships.

In fact, for Huaxia at present, three battalions of warships don’t mean much, as long as they haven’t fully reproduced such weapons. After all, it’s only a partial impact on one or two battles.

What means the most to Feng Jun is that he has reconnected with the business in the Insect World, and it’s great that the other side can supply steadily.

As for buying with double the energy stones, he doesn’t feel it’s a loss. After all, his cost of collecting energy stones is not high, and when he made a fortune during the war, the other side also traded at several times the premium.

The market has changed, so it doesn’t matter if you gain or lose—being able to not affect your own Dao heart is the greatest gain.

After returning to White Pebble Beach, he didn’t even go to Earth for delivery. Instead, he helped Elder Bian Ji deduce the Feign Death Pill for a few days.

Five days later, it was time to collect the nanobots, but he didn’t rush to the Insect World—if he acted too eagerly, it would be like showing a weakness to the other side.

Two days later, new news came: the Wanhuan Sect was widely proclaiming at the mountain gate that Taixu and the Golden Crow Sect colluded with Clan Practitioners to harm Wanhuan’s disciples.

Taixu and the Golden Crow Sect still had disciples waiting at the Wanhuan Sect for the bandits, but once this news spread, the Wanhuan Sect’s disciples were furious, challenging the disciples of the two sects—they have to wash away the shame with blood.

The disciples from the two sects were truly a bit dumbfounded. They are not afraid of going up against Wanhuan Sect, but to go head-to-head without reason is foolish, especially when they are on Wanhuan Sect’s home ground.

The disciples of the two sects urgently discussed and decisively decided to first withdraw from Wanhuan Sect’s headquarters—it’s not a matter of whether they dare to fight, but rather provoking the host in their own nest, which carries the suspicion of challenging the main host.

As mentioned earlier, in the Tianqin Plane, home ground advantage objectively exists. For example, Feng Jun at White Pebble Beach, as the host, would show slightly less respect to high-ranked practitioners, which may not necessarily be considered "disrespect to superiors."

After the disciples of the two sects withdrew, they contacted the higher-ups in their sects to understand what happened—turns out it was Xuanyuan Buqi who took action in the Insect World, annihilating a Golden Core Battle Team led by a Nascent Soul.

This made the disciples of the two sects increasingly indignant—Feng Jun went to the Insect World to help Tianqin practitioners detoxify, and you guys actually blatantly reversed the situation!

Wanhuan Sect inverted right and wrong to such an extent, and their reputation was somewhat tarnished. However, Qian Zhong, upon hearing this news, surprisingly made a rare statement of fairness, "Even a villain needs to act at times, otherwise, the hearts of Wanhuan Sect’s people will truly disperse."

Xuanyuan Buqi disagreed with her view, "You are also a Clan Practitioner, you should have a stance, right? Honestly, if Mountain Master Feng goes to the Insect World for trade again, we must go along too... Wanhuan Sect has become shameless."

Qian Zhong had no objection to his suggestion and even specially greeted Feng Jun—never underestimate Wanhuan Sect’s vengeful spirit.

However, Feng Jun felt, since you all think it’s dangerous for me to go out alone, Wanhuan Sect is likely to think the same.

If that’s the case, he privately discussed with Yi Jue: how about we go to Xingzheng Star tonight?

Yi Jue was also a bit concerned about his safety, "It would be better to inform those two. I know you have your trump cards, but why take this risk?"

"I don’t want them to think that leaving the protection of True Lords is unsafe," Feng Jun had his own thoughts, "People can’t be overly pampered. I just want everyone to know... I can survive without anyone’s protection."

Yi Jue thought about it and felt that it was reasonable. She was someone who always put her sight above others and could deeply understand this sentiment, so she nodded slightly, "That’s fine, if we don’t inform those two, we can conveniently take a detour to the Amber Realm."

"Take me along~" The Big Boss’s mind emerged in Feng Jun’s sea of consciousness, "You finally decided to visit other Domains."

Feng Jun hesitated slightly, "It’s not that I don’t want to take you, the key is Wanhuan Sect might really have some means, I might be able to escape, but what if you’re wiped out by Weimian’s Force?"

"Doesn’t your companion have the same problem?" the Big Boss retorted without hesitation, "I think it would be safer to bring another female practitioner with a Spatial Physique."

Sure enough, this one’s cautiousness had truly reached a certain realm, never forgetting self-protection.

But for Feng Jun, this suggestion was not without reason. Yi Jue meant a lot to him. The last time he encountered attacks from Wanhuan Sect’s Nascent Souls, their intent was clear—besides him, the lives of others were irrelevant.

So protecting Yi Jue was very necessary. That night, he quietly summoned Liu Yiyi.

Yi Jue was rather puzzled about Liu Yiyi going along, "Why take her?"

"Because she can ensure you won’t be wiped out by Space Power," Feng Jun replied casually, and he emphasized he wasn’t seeking a discussion, "This is my decision."

Yi Jue remained silent. She was not quite used to his sudden firmness, but upon reconsideration, she accepted it... After all, he was doing it for her good, so if there’s no discussion, then there’s no discussion.

When the three of them arrived at Xingzheng Star, it was daytime in Youjing again—there’s no other way, they had to prioritize avoiding detection by the two True Lords. The time difference between White Pebble Beach and Youjing was just like that.

Fortunately, this wait was uneventful, and Feng Jun found Xuan Gao at night.

Xuan Gao didn’t question why the other party was late because he had already consciously lowered his own status. Being good at navigating society, he understood how to read subtle cues—if you don’t say anything, I won’t ask.

However, he still tactfully expressed, "You arrived a few days late, Your Excellency. I’ve acquired five million doses of nanobots and didn’t dare to continue purchasing... could it be a bit too much?"

"I already told you to keep purchasing; it’s not just five million doses, thirty million doses I can still handle," Feng Jun casually replied. "Double the energy stones, and if you don’t profit, you can’t blame me."

Double the energy stones, in fact, represent good profits. Currently, Xingzheng Star is trying to rebuild, and although the price of energy stones has returned to normal, the truth is, due to the massive amount of goods being transported to Xingzheng Star, the logistics are extremely tight.

Energy stones are definitely prioritized cargo, but they’re not the only important materials. The heavily damaged Xingzheng Star needs many things, and energy stones are just barely enough to maintain operations. Some factories can’t open due to the energy shortage.

But there’s no other choice; the primary task for Xingzheng Star is maintaining the livelihood of its people, and matters such as reopening factories should be postponed.

Feng Jun meant to emphasize providing unexpected profits—the energy stones are still in high demand.

Yet what Xuan Gao was considering was something else—thirty million doses can be handled, but... you didn’t mention five billion!

What does this signify? It suggests that handling millions of doses is easy, but billions... that’s questionable.

From this information, he could deduce how many "insignificant" mortals the other party controls.

Of course, this deduction might not be very accurate—it could even be off by orders of magnitude, but undoubtedly, even if erring by one or two degrees, it wouldn’t be off by three, right?

This was a last resort; for the Human Federation, understanding the scope of the other party’s influence is crucial, for they’re completely in the dark about its extent.

No matter how formidable the opponent is, if there are only three to five individuals, there are ways to act accordingly.

But with three to five hundred, it’s headache-inducing; if it’s three to five billion... it’s outright despair.

During Huaxia’s rise in the Earth Realm, they faced smearing and targeting because they had fewer Mohai weapons is a significant factor. If the numbers were not three hundred but three billion... let’s see who dares to confront them.

High-end combat strength is important, but scale matters more.

Xuan Gao has already decided to yield, yet this doesn’t mean he doesn’t want to probe the other party’s background. He lacks the courage to inquire actively, but when the other party speaks, he seizes the details for analysis.

So he automatically converts and deduces that... at least seven to eight billion mortals’ market is under their control?

Of course, maybe those seven to eight billion mortals are essentially his subordinates or personal property—who can say for sure?

In the Human Federation where Xuan Gao resides, there is a rough estimate of population, though not very precise, it should be around three to five trillion.

Given that the Human Federation has so many people, he doesn’t find understanding a group of seven to eight billion mortals difficult, anyway he can confirm, the other party controlling such a large market is definitely much stronger than he is.

In this star system, Xuan Gao’s influence doesn’t rank within the top fifty... actually, even in the top hundred is unlikely, and before the attack, the absolute population of this star system wouldn’t exceed six hundred million.

Anyway, he estimated the scale of the other party... just a rough estimation, but surely beyond his league, so he decisively continues to yield, "Then I’ll keep purchasing."

"This is doable," Feng Jun nodded, "You should acquire some of the holographic diagnostic equipment, too. Just having robots without equipment makes it difficult to use... twenty or thirty units should be fine, even a hundred isn’t a problem."

Purchasing like this feels a bit petty, right? Xuan Gao quickly calculated: a hundred units of equipment with fifty million doses of nanobot solution mean one unit accommodates five hundred thousand doses.

Yet one unit operating for a day won’t inspect more than thirty people, inspecting fifty million would take more than ten thousand days.

So the number of this equipment being purchased is somewhat insufficient.

Of course, this was his internal calculation, but he wouldn’t vocalize it, "This equipment is quite difficult to procure, especially now with Xingzheng Star trying to rebuild, transportation is very tight... and the shortage of holographic imaging equipment is not significant, totaling just a hundred or so machines."

With a total shortage of only a hundred-plus, the part that can be allocated to you... is really not much.

Feng Jun was unperturbed since he was only responsible for Huaxia, "Try to buy as many as you can, I’m willing to buy up to a hundred units. Over a hundred? Well, I don’t have that much money, considering the double energy stones!"

(Updated, summon monthly ticket.)