I Have an All-Knowing Mirror

Chapter 112: Strategist Ming

"It is done."

Looking at the corpse on the ground, Su Yuan felt a sense of relief.

For Su Yuan, who possessed the gray mirror, it was very clear what Yuwen Sa desired most right now.

That was to successfully join the Galaxy Corporation branch and become a strategist for the Galaxy Corporation.

To achieve this goal, Yuwen Sa had continuously laid out plans over the past few centuries, not hesitating to exhaust his years of accumulated wealth.

The Galaxy Corporation was a top-tier faction within the Azure Surge Universal Human Empire. Joining the Galaxy Corporation would help Yuwen Sa enter the upper circles of the Azure Surge Universal Human Empire.

By then, the wealth Yuwen Sa could earn would be hundreds or thousands of times what he currently had.

Setting everything else aside, simply the status of a strategist for the Galaxy Corporation would be enough to attract numerous factions to request Yuwen Sa to strategize for them.

After all, without capability, how could anyone possibly join the Galaxy Corporation?

However, it was truly a pity.Yuwen Sa's chances of joining the Galaxy Corporation had been completely severed by Su Yuan.

Through the gray mirror, Su Yuan had formulated this current plan several months ago, even before the purple-haired woman—a recruitment staff member from the Galaxy Corporation branch—had entered the Void Shattering game world.

He disguised his appearance to closely resemble Yuwen Sa, and then, by killing the purple-haired woman, he made her develop a deep aversion to that face.

Finally, leveraging that aversion, he completely barred Yuwen Sa from entering the Galaxy Corporation.

Leaving the single-story house, Su Yuan walked along the streets of Liangzhou City.

This action would leave no hidden dangers. Even if that Galaxy Corporation staff member, the purple-haired woman, wanted to investigate afterward, she would not be able to find a single trace.

The other party had not even figured out whether Su Yuan was a powerful Native Resident of the Broken Void World or a citizen Player.

'Next, I need to go forge a Long Gun that suits me!'

Su Yuan thought to himself.

Coming to Liangzhou City this time to kill the purple-haired woman and crush Yuwen Sa's hopes.

That was only one of Su Yuan's goals.

His other goal was to forge a suitable Long Gun for himself.

In the Broken Void World, the upper limit of physical fitness was locked at level one.

Under this premise, the usefulness of weapons increased significantly.

And Liangzhou City was located in the province with the most fierce and valiant customs among the Nine Provinces of the Great Yong Dynasty, making its weapon forging industry extremely developed.

Over the past two months, Su Yuan had been at the helm of Green Xiang City's Money Gang, earning fifty to sixty thousand ounces of Silver. Although he had exchanged most of it for Azure Surge Coins in reality, the remainder was still a massive sum, more than enough to purchase a satisfactory Long Gun.

The Virtual Network.

Personal Space.

Although Yuwen Sa had suffered a loss in his schemes on Blue Star, he quickly forgot about it.

Because he had much more important things to do.

Joining the Galaxy Corporation branch.

"The Galaxy Corporation!"

Yuwen Sa felt a surge of excitement. To ensure a smooth onboarding, he had intervened and laid out plans multiple times. He spent a massive fortune to hire higher-level strategists from the Wisdom Clan to help kick out the rival strategists competing for the same position who were stronger than him, one by one.

After centuries of continuous scheming, his name had finally landed on the application list of the Galaxy Corporation's recruitment staff. His strategic abilities were absolutely among the strongest of those remaining.

Coupled with his Wisdom Clan background, as long as the Galaxy Corporation's recruitment staff were not blind, they were bound to choose him, Yuwen Sa.

Thinking of this, Yuwen Sa composed himself, constantly checking his inbox, waiting for the message from the Galaxy Corporation.

According to the recruitment process, the hiring list should be announced today.

Very soon.

Yuwen Sa received the email from the Galaxy Corporation.

"We are very sorry, but you do not meet the requirements..."

The contents of the email acted like a basin of cold water poured over the deeply excited Yuwen Sa.

"I didn't pass the recruitment?"

Yuwen Sa found it hard to believe. What was originally a sure thing had unexpectedly encountered a variable.

"Impossible!"

The very first thought in Yuwen Sa's mind was, 'Impossible.'

He even suspected that the email had been sent by mistake.

But after repeatedly checking and confirming that it was indeed from the Galaxy Corporation...

...Yuwen Sa finally became certain that he had indeed failed the recruitment process.

"The person who passed the recruitment is Gu Xiu?"

Yuwen Sa looked at the list of those recruited by the Galaxy Corporation branch.

Gu Xiu was also a relatively famous strategist, roughly on the same level as Yuwen Sa.

However, Gu Xiu's background was very ordinary.

Yuwen Sa, on the other hand, was a strategist from the Wisdom Clan.

The Wisdom Clan was a human faction that had birthed numerous strategists.

Over millions of years, strategists from the Wisdom Clan had spread across the thirty-six great cosmic human empires.

Furthermore, strategists of the Wisdom Clan loved to stick together. Hiring one Wisdom Clan strategist was equivalent to gaining a network of Wisdom Clan strategists; this had already become common knowledge in the strategist circles.

It was precisely because of this that Yuwen Sa had been confident he would definitely be chosen by the Galaxy Corporation.

Because his background was excellent.

But now?

"Is someone scheming against me? That Gu Xiu?"

Yuwen Sa frowned.

Those who benefit the most are the most suspicious.

The current result was that he, Yuwen Sa, had lost the election.

And Gu Xiu successfully joined the Galaxy Corporation, becoming the one who gained the maximum benefit.

Naturally, he became Yuwen Sa's prime suspect.

Realizing this, Yuwen Sa immediately mobilized his connections and began investigating Gu Xiu.

He wanted to figure out exactly what schemes Gu Xiu had carried out to make the Galaxy Corporation's recruiter abandon a strategist with a Wisdom Clan background and instead choose one with an ordinary background.

Half a day later.

Yuwen Sa's brows were tightly knit.

During this half-day of investigation, he hadn't found a single clue.

"Gu Xiu?"

The more Yuwen Sa thought about it, the angrier he became.

Now that the recruitment results were finalized and his centuries of planning had fallen through, he was naturally extremely unwilling to accept it.

Even if the situation was irreversible, Yuwen Sa wanted to figure out exactly how he had lost.

Thinking of this.

Yuwen Sa immediately contacted Gu Xiu.

He prepared to ask him clearly face-to-face.

Since they were both strategists, Gu Xiu's contact information was very easy to obtain.

Very soon.

Gu Xiu's figure condensed not far away.

The Virtual Network world enabled instant communication.

"Brother Yuwen."

Gu Xiu looked at Yuwen Sa and greeted him quite enthusiastically.

Even though he had successfully joined the Galaxy Corporation, Yuwen Sa was ultimately still a strategist of the Wisdom Clan.

Unless absolutely necessary, he definitely could not afford to offend him.

"Gu Xiu."

Yuwen Sa asked directly, "What methods did you use exactly to pass the Galaxy Corporation's recruitment?"

"What methods?"

Gu Xiu paused slightly, immediately understanding what Yuwen Sa meant by those words.

"Brother Yuwen, I really didn't use any special methods."

Gu Xiu shook his head and replied, "When I found out that Brother Yuwen was among the competitors, I never even thought about successfully joining the Galaxy Corporation."

"Brother Yuwen is stronger than me in all aspects and hails from the Wisdom Clan. I honestly have no idea why I was the one who passed the recruitment..."

Gu Xiu stated earnestly.

"Is that really the case?"

Yuwen Sa stared at Gu Xiu, seemingly trying to discern the truth.

"I have already passed the recruitment; there is no need for me to lie to you."

Gu Xiu stated solemnly. "Since that is the case, sorry for troubling you,"

Yuwen Sa replied.

"It's no trouble at all. If Brother Yuwen needs anything in the future, you can contact me anytime."

After Gu Xiu finished speaking, he stood up and left.

"Who exactly was it?"

Yuwen Sa watched Gu Xiu leave, the doubts in his heart deepening.

If this matter had nothing to do with Gu Xiu, whose handiwork was it?

Or was Gu Xiu lying to him?

After pondering for a long time, Yuwen Sa contacted an elder of his clan.

"Yuwen Sa."

A Wisdom Clan strategist with an equally massive head appeared not far from Yuwen Sa.

"Third Uncle," Yuwen Sa immediately stood up, his posture quite respectful.

This Third Uncle of his, Yuwen Pu, held a position within the Azure Surge Universal Human Empire, and his strategic abilities were far superior to his own.

"Speak, what is the matter?"

Third Uncle Yuwen Pu prompted.

Strategists of the Wisdom Clan loved to stick together and help one another.

This was also the reason why Wisdom Clan strategists were spread all across the thirty-six great cosmic human empires.

"My schemes over the recent centuries..."

Yuwen Sa immediately poured out all the information, not daring to conceal anything.

"That recruitment list... the overall qualifications of the other strategists besides you were not as good as yours, yet in the end, you were rejected."

A hint of astonishment surfaced on Yuwen Pu's face.

A strategist's actions exerted a Subtle and Pervasive Influence. For example, Yuwen Sa's scheme had taken centuries to gradually eliminate competitors who were superior to him, ensuring that everyone on the list presented to the Galaxy Corporation's recruiter was inferior to him.

With this setup, the final choice was almost entirely predictable.

This was far better than directly manipulating the Galaxy Corporation's recruiting staff.

By eliminating all other options, he left the corporation's recruiter with only one viable choice.

That way, the Galaxy Corporation recruiter probably still believed they possessed a keen eye for talent and had selected Yuwen Sa after careful consideration.

"I have already contacted Gu Xiu directly. He said he was completely unaware and hadn't used any schemes to influence this matter."

Yuwen Sa added.

"How interesting."

Yuwen Pu's interest was piqued. He closed his eyes and fell into deep thought.

An hour later.

Yuwen Pu opened his eyes again, a trace of confusion evident on his face.

Even using his Dimension of Wisdom and his extensive network to try to find out who was pushing this matter from the shadows...

He still found absolutely nothing.

"Third Uncle..."

Yuwen Sa called out from the side.

"No clues."

Yuwen Pu looked solemn. He gazed intently at Yuwen Sa and said in a low voice, "Do not continue investigating this matter. It will do you no good."

Yuwen Pu's words immediately jolted Yuwen Sa awake.

"Third Uncle, even you..."

Yuwen Sa found it hard to believe.

"There are only two possibilities for this incident. The first is that it was a complete accident. When we strategists operate, seven parts rely on our own efforts, and three parts rely on the heavens. No matter how much you scheme and plan, you can never guarantee that the outcome will be exactly what you desire."

"It is very normal for unexpected variables to occur."

Yuwen Pu explained.

Yuwen Sa nodded. This was also common knowledge among strategists.

"The other possibility..."

Yuwen Pu's tone grew heavy, "...is that there was indeed an external force pushing this matter. It might be the residual shockwave caused by a top-tier strategist casually placing a pawn, which inadvertently caused your scheme to fail."

"I have investigated every aspect and found no traces, which means that the top-tier strategist's methods are no longer limited to the level we can detect. It is best not to know about such top-tier strategists, otherwise, you might end up becoming their pawn."

Yuwen Pu's expression was grave.

The more top-tier a strategist was, the less trace they left when they made a move. To anyone other than themselves, it would simply seem like the natural progression of events.

"I understand."

Yuwen Sa's heart also trembled.

As a strategist, he knew all too well how terrifying those top-tier strategists were. Once seen as a pawn by such a person, even one's own destiny would be entirely at their mercy.

The Broken Void World.

"For five thousand ounces of Silver, you can forge a Long Gun according to my requirements?"

Su Yuan looked at the robustly built blacksmith in front of him and asked.

"That's right," the blacksmith nodded.

"Alright."

Su Yuan did not haggle and directly took out fifty ounces of Gold.

When traveling away from home, carrying Gold was much more convenient.

"Customer, please wait for two days. Come back to collect it then," the blacksmith said, taking out a wooden token as proof of purchase.

Su Yuan put away the wooden token and left the Blacksmith Shop.

'Next, I'll wait in this city for two days. I should stay at an inn,'

Su Yuan thought to himself.

In fact, the most money-saving method would be to simply sleep outside the city.

But Su Yuan was not short of money now. Two days of expenses at an inn would only cost a little over ten ounces of Silver; there was no need to wrong himself.

During the days waiting for the Long Gun to be forged, Su Yuan directly chose to "smart idle".

He himself then logged out of the game.

'Calculating the time, today is the day the Ten Thousand Layer Labyrinth resets,'

Su Yuan felt a slight stir in his heart.

The Ten Thousand Layer Labyrinth world was a game world specially created for strategists by the Azure Surge Universal Human Empire.

By clearing a certain number of layers, one would receive rich rewards. Su Yuan's first million Azure Surge Coins were obtained by clearing the first ten layers of the labyrinth.

And a million Azure Surge Coins was merely the lowest reward in the Ten Thousand Layer Labyrinth. The further one went, the richer the rewards became.

However, to prevent strategists from becoming overly addicted to the Ten Thousand Layer Labyrinth world, the game mechanics dictated that one could only clear a maximum of ten layers every two months of Blue Star time.

'Two months ago, I reached the tenth layer. Now I can continue the challenge.'

With a slight shift of his thoughts, Su Yuan arrived in the Ten Thousand Layer Labyrinth world.

However, Su Yuan did not directly enter the game world itself; instead, he went to its game community.

Compared to other games, the game community of the Ten Thousand Layer Labyrinth world was an enormous virtual space.

Numerous Players of the Ten Thousand Layer Labyrinth gathered here.

In addition, there were also many factions stationed within the Ten Thousand Layer Labyrinth's game community.

After all, the Ten Thousand Layer Labyrinth world was designed to cultivate strategists, and what factions loved most was to befriend strategists.

The purpose of many factions stationing themselves here was to recruit their ideal strategists.

Su Yuan descended into the community world and arrived at the central plaza.

Towering stone steles were erected here, with names engraved on them.

There were a total of ten thousand steles, each corresponding to one layer of the Ten Thousand Layer Labyrinth.

The name of any strategist who cleared a corresponding layer of the labyrinth would appear on the respective stele.

Of course, the names here were not real-life names, but aliases chosen by the strategists themselves.

Su Yuan walked over to the tenth stele and looked at one of the names.

Ming!

'Ming' was the alias Su Yuan had chosen for himself. It was incredibly common and ordinary, bearing absolutely no connection to his real identity information.

'The reward for the twentieth layer of the Ten Thousand Layer Labyrinth...'

Through the gray mirror, Su Yuan knew that the reward for clearing the twentieth layer of the labyrinth was one of the resources he needed most right now.

"Let's begin."

With a mere thought, Su Yuan immediately entered the eleventh layer of the labyrinth.