Under the Forbidden Continent.

Enveloped by the surging Circular Flow, the ocean appeared deep and silent.

This is an extreme pressure region, with no sign of life or presence nearby, only occasional rising bubbles indicating some activity is taking place.

At this moment, a pinkish-white brain broke into this silent zone.

It slowly moved towards the trench below, where biological brains clung to the sea floor as if engaged in some sinister ritual.

Two high-level Dream Demons watched everything from afar.

Ephemeral Lord stared intently at the lone-riding Brain Ark: "The Company's Evil Brain, can it really transform its kin?"

Ocean Lord said indifferently: "You'll see soon enough."

Though they were old friends, Ephemeral Lord clearly felt that the person before him was very different from the past.

When Ocean Lord first came, he was both happy and puzzled.

If he was still alive, why didn't he contact the Weaving Lords?

How did he escape? What had he been doing all these years he was out of touch?

To all these questions.

Ocean Lord only said: "Company secret, can't be disclosed."

He had joined the thriving Wasteland Development Company.

Ephemeral Lord's first reaction was that Ocean Lord was being controlled. Dream Demons being controlled wasn't unheard of, but a Weaving Lord, a top decision-maker of the Dream Demon Clan, was a first.

No matter how Ephemeral Lord tried to probe, Ocean Lord remained tight-lipped.

His temperament was just the same.

If he was unwilling, nothing could make him change his mind.

Among the contemporaneous Eighteen Weaving Lords, Ocean Lord was renowned for his defiance and single-mindedness.

But this was not a bad thing.

Within the Weaving Lords, members like himself, who never got angry or acted rashly, were needed, and so were those with toughness and arrogance. Like the eighteen layers of dreams, interwoven with sweet dreams and nightmares, to make dreamers both love and fear.

Ephemeral Lord never expected Ocean Lord's character to yield to and subjugate to an outsider.

The power of the Wasteland Company was undeniable, Chairman Zhou Yi's strength was astonishing, even able to manipulate the Heavenly People's elections, making Lady Mei, whom the Dream Demon Clan had pushed up with difficulty, a prisoner in an instant.

It's understandable if Ocean Lord, trapped by the Evil Brain, joined out of gratitude after being rescued.

But even so, Ephemeral Lord felt something was off.

Because even if Ocean Lord were repaying a debt of gratitude, he shouldn't display such a low profile... Dream Demons are immortal beings, and Weaving Lords are the elites among them.

The Great Holy Spirit is a realm Zhou Yi cannot influence or control.

What kind of influence had Ocean Lord fallen under?

Ephemeral Lord was full of doubts.

He looked at this both familiar and unfamiliar old friend: "What are you doing at the Wasteland Company?"

Ocean Lord replied: "Chief physician of the Spiritual Consciousness Department at Maria Hospital, and also serve as the company's consciousness consultant."

"What did Zhou Yi promise you, to make you stand so firmly with the company?"

Ephemeral Lord was puzzled.

In this world, it's safe to say there's nothing the Dream Demon Clan cannot obtain.

Material wealth measured in terms of Light Seed, conscious wealth within the Great Holy Spirit, and nearly eternal life ecologies are things other beings dream of, yet the Weaving Lords are born possessing all these.

What exactly could bind Ocean Lord so firmly to this new ship?

The only thing Ephemeral Lord could think of was.

"You know the company has mastered a way to deal with Evil Brains, so you stayed?"

Ocean Lord adjusted his glasses: "That's one of the reasons, but it's not key. Let's focus on finishing the task at hand first."

Ephemeral Lord noticed.

The Company's Evil Brain had made contact with the other brains in the trench.

Time passed, minute by minute.

About two hours later.

One of the local brains that had been touched suddenly floated upwards, like some aquatic organism, and began to swim slowly.

Then came the second brain, the third brain...

These unique creatures attached to the trench, originally an inseparable front line, were quickly being dismantled and scattered.

They swam into the neighboring Hei Fu body, each being absorbed and taken away in turn.

This change left Ephemeral Lord both delighted and amazed.

Delighted that the company did indeed have a method to handle Evil Brains.

Amazed that the method was so effective, that such a large-scale Evil Brain colony could be breached from within by sending just one transformed Evil Brain from the company...

This showed the Wasteland Company had mastered the core technology in this area. If they used Evil Brains against Dream Demons, it would be even more dangerous than the current Evil Brain colony.

Ocean Lord suddenly said next to him: "Worried the company will use this against the Dream Demon Clan?"

Ephemeral Lord retorted: "Aren't you worried?"

"Worrying is useless."

Ocean Lord's expression was unchanged: "The most important thing for Dream Demons is to learn to adapt to the times, this hasn't changed from ancient times to the present. What's to change is the mindset of today's Dream Demons."

"If the company really planned to act against the Dream Demon community, do you think they'd let you see this?"

Ephemeral Lord frowned: "Whose side are you on, anyway? Ours, or the company's?"

"Of course on the company's side."

Ocean Lord's answer was without hesitation: "Act according to the position. I'm no longer a Weaving Lord, by standard procedure, I'm already retired; the affairs of Dream Demons and dreams are yours to handle, I have my mission."

"The company doesn't regard Dream Demons as enemies?"

Fei You Jun seemed to catch on to a thread.

"Of course not."

The old friend glanced at him: "Isn't this the main reason you came here? Are you relieved now?"

Fei You Jun knew he couldn't hide it from the other.

"That was the original thought... After all, a huge price was paid, and the cultivated Lady Mei vanished just like that... Besides Slaughter Duke, she was the most promising. Lady Mei excelled in business and had industry and experience on the Forbidden Continent. We always found it difficult to intervene there, originally thinking we could break the ice."

He said, "The field of Delegation was originally monopolized by Dream Demons, without any competitive benchmarking. Your chairman suddenly vaporized a Delegate, anyone would feel apprehensive and uneasy, wouldn't they?"

"But now things are good, everyone speaks frankly, saving us all from a lot of unnecessary probing and bargaining."

Fei You Jun smiled: "Personally, I like Mr. Zhou's style, doing big things decisively and swiftly, which makes negotiations much easier for me."

"However, Mr. Zhou has reserved technology enough to suppress Dream Demons, yet has been peaceful with us, without making outrageous demands... It's truly puzzling."

After some buildup.

Fei You Jun looked at the other: "What exactly are you doing? Or rather, what exactly is Mr. Zhou doing?"

Cang Hai Jun's response was unchanged: "Company secrets, not to be disclosed."

"Then let me guess."

"Though the company's scale doesn't rank among the top tier, its actual radiation ability, monopolized industries, and influence have reached the pinnacle of this world."

Fei You Jun organized his thoughts: "Due to the form of the company, it's not in direct conflict with the Heavenly Kingdom, and has already formed a factual alliance with the Legal Front... There's no sign of urgent rapid expansion or a pressing move to seize dominance."

"Even helping the Dream Demon Clan against the Evil Brain Group this time, they didn't demand Light Seed, but are investigating the Circular Flow outbreak, that is, records and information between the old human era and the Dead Sea era."

"Holding methods to report or impeach delegates... but not preparing to launch their own candidate."

As he spoke, the smile on his face gradually disappeared, and then became horrified.

Fei You Jun thought of something terrible.

If a strong and powerful beast is indifferent to prey sent to its mouth, there are only two possibilities: either it's already too full, or it has more important prey and doesn't want to startle it.

Beyond the Heavenly Kingdom and Legal Front's power, richer than Dream Demon Clan's wealth, and greater authority than Delegation... only the supreme rulers up above.

Fei You Jun swallowed.

"Let's pretend I never mentioned it."

Cang Hai Jun smiled for the first time: "Don't want to guess anymore?"

"Changing topics, I don't know, and I don't want to know."

Fei You Jun hurriedly waved his hand.

Cang Hai Jun showed a look of regret: "A matter that objectively exists, yet everyone dares not discuss it, nor even think about it... Such matters are inherently abnormal."

"Those behind the events are completely indifferent, yet the ones below feeling pressure are spontaneously blocking this matter. Don't you find it absurd?"

"Looking back now, the Delegation system is indeed formidable... years of subtle influence have locked in the vast majority of this world, including Delegation itself. The Dream Demon Clan thought it might be an exception, but an exception indeed? You see, claiming to be uncrowned kings, is merely self-deception, just perpetual retreat and evasion, self-numbing within the Great Holy Spirit."

"..."

Cang Hai Jun's sharp words made Fei You Jun feel somewhat stung.

But he held his stance.

"The Dream Demon Clan's ecology is to maintain hidden stability as much as possible."

Fei You Jun had returned to normal: "The world needs warriors, and also logistics, speakers, farmers, and merchants... But without the farmers providing food, there wouldn't be professional warriors. This principle runs through old human history, and Dream Demons are no different."

"True indeed."

Cang Hai Jun nodded: "I never thought the Dream Demon's principle of hiding was wrong. It's just a pity that the Dream Demon Clan has become accustomed to relying on dreams and money to solve all problems, forgetting how to use the purest violence to resist and defend their fundamental interests."

"If opponents neither fear dreaming nor care about money, and don't even need the Great Holy Spirit, then Dream Demons become utterly helpless."

"It was the same facing Heavenly People, and no different facing the company this time."

"What Dream Demons could achieve originally was beyond just this level."

"I just find this point regretful."

A trace of melancholy flashed in Cang Hai Jun's eyes: "It's also because of this reason, we are not gods, but known as demons."

"Clearly possessing the power to sway the world, the Heavenly Kingdom was once under our shroud, yet truly lacked respect and support from other life forms."

"Even though we truly helped many lives, allowing them to have beautiful dreams in despair, and even financially assisted them, their impression of us never changed."

"This is indeed somewhat sad."

Fei You Jun was silent.

"Sorry."

Cang Hai Jun suddenly said: "Being confined in the Evil Brain for those years, with nothing to do but repeatedly review my experiences and the development and encounters of the Dream Demon Clan. These are spontaneous complaints stemming from that."

"If I hadn't gone through the Evil Brain's impact, perhaps I wouldn't have wanted to make such a change."

He smiled a bit.

Fei You Jun originally intended to instinctively avoid this dangerous topic.

But upon seeing a large group of Evil Brains float up like schools of fish from the trench, then being collected by the company's Black Thorn.

The words he initially prepared to smooth things over suddenly changed on their own.

"Is there really an opportunity?"

"Yes, there is."

Cang Hai Jun smiled: "You ask why I follow Zhou Yi. Because I believe he can create that opportunity. Dream Demons have made dreams for others all their lives; now I want to create a dream for myself."

"In this dream."

He looked overhead.

"I want to compete with the noble Heavenly People."

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