Chapter 290

You…… what do you want?

Su Wan forced herself to calm down; her alluring peach-blossom eyes, for the first time, revealed a genuine solemnity,

Credit points? Resources? Or higher status? As long as you speak up, our four great conglomerates can satisfy all your demands.

She tried to understand the other party using the conglomerate's logic.

In her view, behind every action there must be a profit motive.

We don't want anything.

A cool, flat voice sounded in the office without any warning.

The four managers jerked their heads around.

Only see the air in the center of the office ripple like water.

A young man in white robes, handsome and graceful, stepped slowly out of the void.

Behind him followed the disheveled man who had just been showing off on the screen.

Gu Yuan's gaze swept over the four, finally landing on Lin Si.

I think we've met before.

Lin Si's brain froze for half a second.

He frantically searched his memory bank, but found no information about the young man before him.

There's your image in the Grey Crow's memory," Gu Yuan reminded.

Lin Si's pupils contracted sharply.

The Grey Crow's memory?

The cerebral crystal of the Internal Security Executive uses military‑grade top‑level physical encryption, unless…… unless the opponent can directly read the soul!

As soon as that thought arose, Lin Si felt his mechanical heart about to stop.

The old era…… immortals……

He squeezed these words out of his throat with difficulty.

I guess so.

Gu Yuan gave no confirmation, walking to the floor‑to‑ceiling window and looking down at the city below,

A very boring world. Spiritual energy is monopolized, cultivators are kept in captivity, everyone lives in a fixed framework, devoid of vitality.

He turned around, looking at the four managers whose faces were ashen.

I came to give this world a different way of life.

From today onward, Heavenly Pivot City Eleven will be taken over by the Ancient Immortal Sect.

Gu Yuan's tone was flat, yet carried an undeniable authority,

You four, and all your subordinate administrators, may live, but you only need to cooperate with us in our work.

He extended his palm.

First, immediately lift all blockades on the underground black market, restore material supplies, and, in the name of the four great conglomerates, issue a city‑wide announcement recognizing the Ancient Immortal Sect's legal status.

Second, fully promote the Reverse Spirit Technique. All factories, mines, and administrative departments must provide convenience for those cultivating this technique; any obstruction will be punished as rebellion.

Third……

Gu Yuan paused, then revealed a smile that made the four feel a chill run through their bodies,

Pack up the high‑grade crystals, rare alloys, and all research data hidden in your private vaults and send them to the air‑raid shelter. My technical advisor is very interested in those little trinkets.

Gu Xuan Ce nodded repeatedly beside him, his eyes flashing with fervent light:

Exactly! Not only level‑6, but 7, 8, even higher—if you have them, our Gu Family won't shortchange you.

Gu Xuan Ce and Gu Yuan exchanged a glance; seeing Gu Yuan had no objection, he knew what to do.

He then slowly raised his hand, and a strand of true‑immortal‑level primordial immortal light flowed from his fingertips.

This power surpassed the comprehension of everyone in the Heavenly Pivot Source Realm; it had no mechanical coldness or rigidity, only pure, vast, ever‑lasting Dao principles.

The office's gravity, space, and even time underwent a suffocating distortion and stagnation under that strand of immortal light.

Su Wan's bewitching peach-blossom eyes locked onto that strand of immortal light; the three‑hundred‑year‑old woman's mechanical heart pounded violently.

She was an extremely intelligent woman.

Instantly she realized this power could not be matched by any ancestor of the four great conglomerates.

She weighed the pros and cons in less than half a second, then without hesitation softened her knees and knelt before Gu Yuan and Gu Xuan Ce: "Su Wan of the Starlight Conglomerate, I am willing to lead all my forces in submission to the two of you, to be commanded at your will!"

Lin Si, Tie Mian, and Chen Jiuyuan, seeing this, turned pale.

Su Wan! Are you crazy?!

Chen Jiuyuan, leaning on his serpent staff, shouted angrily,

Do you think they can resist the ancestors? City Eleven has lost contact; the four great ancestors will soon react, and when the ancestors descend, we will still have a chance!

If you surrender now, when the ancestors settle accounts, you won't even qualify to be slag!

Tie Mian's mechanical head also emitted a cold synthetic tone:

Betray the conglomerate, and it's a dead end. You're seeking death.

Faced with the three's curses, Su Wan lowered her head without retort, but her body bowed even lower.

Not bad; he who knows the times is a true talent.

Gu Xuan Ce was very pleased with her attitude, stroking his chin,

Since you're so sensible, I'll give you a meeting gift. All that scrap copper and iron on you is truly an eyesore.

Having said that, Gu Xuan Ce flicked his finger, and that strand of primordial immortal light directly entered Su Wan's body.

Su Wan shuddered all over, instinctively feeling a hint of strangeness and fear.

Immediately afterward, she heard a grating metal‑peeling sound coming from within her.

She's proud of those high‑grade devices, yet under the wash of celestial light they melt away like ice and snow!

A weight drops in her heart; she thinks she is about to be discarded.

But in the next instant, an unprecedented, towering vitality erupts from deep within her marrow.

Gu Xuan Ce's true immortal power forcibly reshapes her body.

The flesh once replaced by machinery regrows, and the atrophied meridians are expanded to the utmost.

This requires expending a small portion of true immortal essence.

Moreover, Gu Xuan Ce casually imprints a seductive spell of the celestial realm onto her sea of consciousness, perfectly converting her original abilities.

The radiance fades.

Su Wan collapses onto the ground, staring blankly at her own hands.

There is no cold alloy, no mechanical seam, only flawless skin as white as jade, glowing with a pearly sheen.

She draws a deep breath; the flow within her is no longer the rigid energy that depended on chips, but pure spiritual Qi that lives eternally and resonates with heaven and earth!

She merely lifts her gaze slightly, the natural allure in her eyes causing the three officials scolding her nearby to momentarily lose focus of mind and spirit.

A perfect flesh body, strength of at least eighth rank, true transcendent power!

Su Wan's original doubts and terror are completely replaced by shock.

This is the true power, this is truly being alive!

In comparison, the mechanical ascension she pursued for three hundred years is nothing but a pile of stinking trash!

She trembles with excitement, repeatedly pounding her head hard onto the ground, her voice filled with fervor and absolute devotion: "I, servant Su Wan, bow in gratitude for the Lord's rebirth grace! I am willing to walk through fire and water for the Lord, never shirking death!"

This scene, like a heavy hammer, slams hard onto the hearts of Lin Si, Tie Mian and Chen Jiuyuan.

The entire office falls into a death‑like silence, leaving only the three's heavy, rapid breaths.

Chen Jiuyuan's murky old eyes stare fixedly at Su Wan's vibrant body, his withered facial skin convulsing violently.

He has lived too long; his flesh has long rotted, and even countless high‑grade prosthetics cannot halt the decay of soul and corpse.

At this moment, witnessing this supreme miracle that reverses death and reshapes flesh, his reverence for the financial conglomerate's patriarch is instantly crushed by an intense yearning for longevity and vitality.

"This… this is true destiny…"

Chen Jiuyuan trembles as he releases his grip, and the serpentine staff symbolizing Gui Xu Financial Conglomerate's authority clatters to the ground.

He kneels without hesitation, his withered forehead pressed against the cold floor, his voice altered by excitement:

"I, the old Chen Jiuyuan, pledge to lead all divisions of City No. 11 of the Gui Xu Financial Conglomerate, swearing death‑long loyalty to the two masters! I only ask the masters… to grant me celestial grace!"

Tie Mian hesitates three seconds: "To the Gu Family… we offer loyalty."

Lin Si draws a deep breath, cold sweat already soaking his back.

He is the chief steward of City No. 11, knowing the conglomerate's foundation better than anyone, yet he also knows the patriarch could never bestow such perfect life transmutation with a mere wave.

He looks at Gu Yuan's utterly calm eyes, realizing that a half‑second more hesitation would likely lead to a poor outcome.

Lin Si's knees give way, his whole body collapsing to the ground in kneel:

"Tian Yuan Financial Conglomerate's Lin Si, willing to surrender full control of City No. 11's Spirit‑Gathering Array! Whatever the masters desire, I shall give! From now on, City No. 11 shall have no four great conglomerates, only the Ancient Immortal Sect!"