Forbidden Continent, somewhere.

Yang Zhao shouldered a backpack filled with equipment: "Chairman, I'll go back to investigate now."

Zhou Yi nodded: "Once you finish your investigation and records here, head to Lady Mei's Tri-Branch Slope. It's the company's base here, Hei Fu will come to pick you up."

"Okay."

Yang Zhao suddenly turned back: "Um, I still can't understand how my Carnivore trait is controlled? It's hard to imagine, the power of Meat Mountain seems to be completely suppressed."

"I know, Carnivores are actually foraging life forms sent by Meat Mountain, we're like worker ants going out to find food for the queen ant..."

Zhou Yi told him: "That's another world's Cave People technology, Cave People can control a type of medical Usurper Worm, stabilizing your brain's functions by suppressing the secretion and influence of special hormones. Physiologically, you still have that hunger and feeding desire, but Cave People use medical Usurper Worms to continuously eliminate and calm that strong urge."

"So it's the worms in my head helping out."

Yang Zhao showed a suddenly enlightened expression: "They're quite impressive."

Zhou Yi cautioned: "This is the company's confidential technology, do not mention it to anyone else."

"Understood, I won't tell anyone."

The Carnivore waved to Zhou Yi and then quickly disappeared ahead.

Beside Hei Fu.

Zhou Yi gazed into the distance, in front were the continuous black-brown mountains, that was the Meat Mountain region. You need to cut meat to enter the mountains; otherwise, they are like mirages, reachable but untouchable.

Now it's known that beyond being a biological manufacturing factory for Golden Elephant and Killer Rat, Meat Mountain also cultivates Carnivores.

The mission of the Carnivores is to continuously devour external flesh life forms, providing Meat Mountain with more diverse raw materials.

With Yang Zhao's help, investigating Meat Mountain becomes feasible.

Through the perspective of Light Core, Zhou Yi saw Meat Mountain emit diverse and powerful ripples, some like flames, some like huge vortices, some like rolling clouds.

The surrounding colors of the mountains were dark and heavy, like smudged with cool-colored oil paints, reminding him of Van Gogh's famous painting "Starry Night."

They were releasing some kind of invisible information.

Zhou Yi tried using extensive Consciousness Nerves, still unable to read it, and instead causing brain pain and even a brief blackout.

He estimated it was due to the high intensity of Meat Mountain itself.

Forget it.

Once Yang Zhao finishes the investigation there, he can also know what's inside.

...

Returning to Sand Port.

Zhou Yi called for the Lord of the Sea.

"Huh? Another delegation position has opened up?"

Even the well-informed Lord of the Sea was astonished at this moment.

"You again..."

Zhou Yi nodded: "The third delegate has already reached the Moon, just like the fourth."

The Lord of the Sea's eyes shifted: "Do you want to push another delegate up?"

Zhou Yi shook his head: "No. Competing with Dream Demon in this area is too difficult, purely because we have far fewer Light Seeds. Competing on the matured track cultivated by the Dream Demon Group is very hard for us. The previous example of Zhang Zhi has already demonstrated this point."

It's like competing with Mechanical Life in Light Imprint Technology, it's making things difficult for yourself; their long-term accumulation and head start advantage are obvious.

Need to find our own track.

In fact, although the outcome of the previous delegation election project was good, the overall strategy was a failure.

"I don't intend to continue delegation elections."

Zhou Yi said slowly: "What we want to do is delegation approval."

"The company doesn't push people up, but those who don't meet requirements can't stay in this position either."

"No matter who it is, pushed by Dream Demon or other forces... ultimately they have to pass our approval, otherwise, they'll be replaced, and there's never a shortage of delegates."

The Lord of the Sea's eyes suddenly became sharp: "Indeed."

"Our advantage is that delegates from all over can come to the stage, but we can always take them down."

"This area is the company's exclusive strong area."

He reacted quickly: "Chairman, do you want to negotiate cooperation with Dream Demon?"

"Smart."

Zhou Yi smiled faintly: "To avoid unnecessary internal friction, I want to reach a consensus with the Dream Demon group. So I need you to go and talk with them about this."

The Lord of the Sea hesitated for a moment: "Chairman, Dream Demon is always led by the Eighteen Weaving Lords, and I don't know what the situation is with the current generation, nor their inclinations."

"But personally, considering Dream Demon's consistent stance, in fields where they have long been monopolistic, they're unlikely to compromise easily."

Zhou Yi said: "It's alright, if not, we'll just change the delegate. We'll start with a courteous approach and resort to action if needed, if talks can happen, we'll talk, if not, everyone relies on their skills."

"Understood."

The Lord of the Sea returned the next day.

His expression was slightly awkward: "Chairman, this matter is not going very smoothly."

"I visited two acquaintances among the Weaving Lords and learned that the Dream Demons have adjusted their general direction. They are attempting to combine the power granted by the Heavenly People with secular governance to form a strong alliance. The main direction has clearly transformed from focusing solely on dream creation behind the scenes to now intervening in certain upfront affairs."

"Which means selecting high-quality and suitable candidates from the existing regional rulers and promoting them to become proxies. The benefit of doing this is that it can maintain a longer-lasting world order stability."

"The Slaughter Duke's successful election as proxy four is an example of their success. The Dream Demons have now stabilized the basic foundation of the Heavenly Kingdom and are trying to replicate this operation among other independent forces."

"When proxy three disappeared, they immediately confirmed this and have already pushed for the new proxy election to gain momentum."

The Governor paused: "Regarding the company's proposal, they rejected it."

"Their official response is that although the company has developed well and is very strong, the Heavenly People's proxy election is the Dream Demons' established domain... If the company needs it, they can participate in the election. If the personnel are suitable, they will support and sponsor."

Despite speaking diplomatically.

The Dream Demon group still sees the company as underlings from their selection, rather than a peer-level entity that can sit at the table.

This is also because the Governor did not mention that the current two proxies have already been taken by the company, only negotiating with them based on Zhang Zhi's matter.

Zhou Yi nodded: "It's fine. Let's first see what caliber the proxies they propose are."

"Yes."

The Governor hesitated: "Chairman, if... I mean if there's an inevitable direct conflict with the Dream Demon group, can I opt to avoid it?"

"You can."

Zhou Yi said with a smile: "However, in my view, it's better for you to do this task. You understand the Dream Demons and are part of the company, so you're the best candidate to mediate the relationship between both parties."

The Governor smiled bitterly: "They no longer consider me a part of the Dream Demons, thinking I'm already fully under your control."

"Don't mind it."

Zhou Yi said: "Time will prove everything."

"You're right."

The Governor also composed himself, regaining his previous composure: "But I always feel that the two acquaintances from the Weaving Lords I've met seem to be hiding some important matters..."

"I have a hypothesis that there appears to be some situation within the Dream Demon group causing them to transform. Because normally, they have no motivation to involve themselves in upfront affairs. As long as there's no large-scale war or destruction, the material side's development doesn't affect the Dream Demons' dream creation and acquisition of consciousness fragments."

"This requires further investigation, maybe we can gather some information from the dream realm."

"If you allow, I plan to enter the dream realm soon, to look for other Dream Demons and see if I can gather some clues."

Zhou Yi nodded: "Go ahead."

...

To Zhou Yi's surprise, the new proxy three was born just five days later.

Over on the Moon, Jue Mingzi identified this person.

The gemstone screen showed a woman's face.

Her eyes were bright and powerful, her chin slightly pointed, her lips thin, and she wore dagger earrings, exuding a strong sense of aggression in her personal aura.

Zhou Yi looked on with an odd expression.

It was Lady Mei.

However, upon careful thought.

Lady Mei rose from inheriting her husband Carnivore Mei Zhaotang's Tri-Branch Slope legacy. Operated until now, not only has she been recognized as a Governor by the Heavenly Kingdom, but she has also developed the pharmaceutical industry through exploiting Meat Mountain's strange meat and even created the exclusive secondary enhancement drug "Miris".

Her own strength is undeniable.

Zhou Yi immediately contacted her via communicator.

"Congratulations on becoming the proxy."

Hearing this, Lady Mei over there paused: "Mr. Zhou found out so quickly... Truly resourceful."

"After all, the company has also conducted proxy elections, so there's a bit of intelligence source."

Zhou Yi chuckled: "However, what I'm curious about is, I remember that the Heavenly People can't enter the Forbidden Continent, right? How will you handle the situation over there now?"

"I indeed cannot enter the Forbidden Continent now; a special constraint prevents me from approaching there."

Lady Mei replied candidly: "So, I've entrusted all of the Tri-Branch Slope business to Qin Xie for management."

Zhou Yi muttered to himself.

That kid Qin Xie, grabbing a rich wife's support was really successful this time.

Skipped several decades of detours.

"Is this the only reason Mr. Zhou called?"

"There's one more thing."

Zhou Yi said: "Lady Mei becoming proxy three, how do you plan to manage the ordinary human groups?"

This time, Lady Mei maintained a firm stance: "It's proxy affairs, no comment."

Zhou Yi said regrettably: "What a pity..."

"I hope you're prepared to pay the corresponding price for gaining power."

He silently thought to himself.

Do it.

"Sure!" The Night God immediately excited: "My company now has a new employee!"

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