Leng Yan’s words caused Lu Yin’s gaze to tremble, as he quickly understood what she was saying. 

“The Outerverse’s four great conglomerates are able to lure in powerhouses as they please simply because they can recruit Enlighters at best. Things are no different for us. So what if we span both the Innerverse and Outerverse? The majority of the money that we earn still has to be given to those powerful clans, and we don’t have many experts who are able to escort our convoys. My Brightstar Corp. may span both the Innerverse and Outerverse and seem wealthy and powerful, but our strength is not as much of a deterrent to the Outerverse’s four financial titans. As soon as the Outerverse was isolated, Endless Borders was immediately able to swallow our business,” Leng Yan explained. 

Lu Yin remained silent. 

Leng Yan sighed. “Di Nuo just gave us their last diplomatic offer to purchase our business. If we refuse, we will be suppressed on all sides. Our Brightstar Corp. doesn’t even have an Enlighter here in the Outerverse, and we cannot contend against Endless Borders’ resources.” 

Lu Yin understood Leng Yan’s words, as those Innerverse powers were truly too overbearing. However, he still did not believe that the Innerverse financial powerhouses would have that bad a time, as many of them actually had some of the great powers backing them. 

He could always try to...