I Have an All-Knowing Mirror

Chapter 139: No Opponent

"Congratulations," Su Yuan said with a smile.

He had funded the Hometown Exploration Team entirely because he had seen their future.

If the Hometown Exploration Team's future did not hold such massive gains, Su Yuan would never have invested in them.

The two parties were strictly in a cooperative relationship.

"According to the contract Mr. Mirror originally signed, you are to receive a return of four billion Azure Surge Coins. To express my gratitude for your support, I will personally add another two hundred million. That makes a total of 4.2 billion Azure Surge Coins."

Captain Hu Ta of the Hometown Exploration Team spoke without hesitation, promptly transferring the 4.2 billion Azure Surge Coins to Su Yuan without dragging his feet.

This left the deputy captain standing beside him completely dumbfounded.

"Alright."

Su Yuan nodded slightly, not rejecting the offer.

"I wonder if Mr. Mirror has any thoughts of continuing to fund our exploration team?"Hu Ta asked tentatively.

"Continue funding?"

Su Yuan cast a glance at him.

In truth, according to the answers provided by the gray mirror, the Hometown Exploration Team's next expedition would yield absolutely nothing.

This was the norm for the vast majority of exploration teams. A successful harvest this time did not guarantee any gains the next time.

Only those top-tier exploration teams, having mastered the methods of entering and exiting specific resource planets deep within the Barren Star Sector, could go in and systematically plunder them during every expedition.

That was the only way to ensure a stable harvest.

"What percentage of the return are you prepared to give me?"

Su Yuan looked at Hu Ta with keen interest.

In the original future, the Hometown Exploration Team would return empty-handed.

However, if Su Yuan intervened, the future would naturally change.

Of course, if they wanted Su Yuan to intervene, the Hometown Exploration Team had to show sufficient sincerity.

Otherwise, why wouldn't Su Yuan just fund other exploration teams that were destined for a bountiful harvest on their next trip?

"Mr. Mirror only needs to invest three billion Azure Surge Coins, and you will receive a fifty percent return on the harvest from our next expedition!"

Hu Ta pondered for a moment before speaking cautiously.

"Fifty percent return?"

Su Yuan shook his head slightly and declared, "I will invest four billion and take seventy percent of the return."

A seventy percent return meant that the vast majority of the Hometown Exploration Team's next harvest would flow directly into Su Yuan's pockets.

"Seventy percent?"

Hu Ta gritted his teeth. "Then we will do exactly as Mr. Mirror says!"

"Good."

Su Yuan nodded. He flipped his right hand, and a massive star map materialized in front of him.

The top right corner of the star map displayed the Hometown Exploration Team's current location, while the other areas remained hazy, representing the uncharted regions of the Barren Star Sector.

A general star map of the Barren Star Sector was no secret. The truly valuable information was the detailed cartography of those unknown, desolate sectors.

"Where do you plan to go for your next expedition?"

Su Yuan inquired.

Seeing the map, Hu Ta immediately pointed at it and replied, "We intend to explore towards the west."

"The west?" Su Yuan shook his head. "The Barren Star Sector in that region has been explored countless times. The chances of you finding anything of value there are extremely slim."

After a brief pause, Su Yuan continued, "I suggest you explore towards the southwest."

"The southwest?" Hu Ta thought about it for a moment before nodding. "Then we shall follow Mr. Mirror's instructions."

"Mhm."

Su Yuan nodded.

Immediately after, deep within his sea of consciousness, he consulted the gray mirror.

'How much of a harvest will the Hometown Exploration Team bring back from their next expedition?'

The gray mirror's surface rippled with a hazy mist before providing an answer.

[A harvest worth 36 billion Azure Surge Coins]

A harvest of thirty-six billion Azure Surge Coins. Taking seventy percent of that meant a staggering fortune of over twenty-five billion Azure Surge Coins.

'The future has changed.'

Su Yuan silently noted the answer provided by the gray mirror.

If the Hometown Exploration Team had still headed towards the western Barren Star Sector, they would have found next to nothing.

But by following Su Yuan's instructions and exploring the southwest, they would bring back resources worth thirty-six billion Azure Surge Coins.

This was the drastic difference in outcomes brought about by a simple change in choice.

"Let us sign the contract."

Su Yuan immediately drafted a contract. Once signed, he transferred the four billion Azure Surge Coins of funding to Hu Ta.

"Until next time."

Su Yuan said with a warm smile before logging out of the Explorers World.

Only then did the deputy captain standing beside Hu Ta dare to speak. "Captain, that Mr. Mirror only invested four billion but took seventy percent of the return. Isn't that a bit too much..."

Based on the Hometown Exploration Team's past return on investment ratios, an investment of four billion Azure Surge Coins should have yielded a maximum return of forty to fifty percent.

Seventy percent?

Their exploration team would have to bring back at least twenty billion Azure Surge Coins worth of resources just to make a profit.

"Before our last expedition, Young Master Yalin of the Luoxing Family threatened us. Have you forgotten that it was Mr. Mirror who ignored Young Master Yalin's threats and funded our Hometown Exploration Team anyway?"

Hu Ta shot a sharp glance at the deputy captain as he spoke.

"I remember."

The deputy captain nodded, then asked in confusion, "Does that have anything to do with our current situation?"

"Of course it does."

Captain Hu Ta rolled his eyes. "Why do you think Mr. Mirror was able to disregard Young Master Yalin's threats and forcefully fund our Hometown Exploration Team?"

Hearing this, the deputy captain furrowed his brows.

"There are two possible reasons. The first is that Mr. Mirror simply does not care about the Luoxing Family at all, which means his background is terrifyingly powerful."

"The second is that Mr. Mirror possesses a profound understanding of the Barren Star Sector. He knew that the direction our exploration team was heading had a high probability of yielding a harvest, so he did not mind offending the Luoxing Family to get a piece of it."

Captain Hu Ta paused and threw another glance at his deputy. "Whichever of these two reasons it is, it is more than enough for our Hometown Exploration Team to curry favor with Mr. Mirror and align ourselves with him to the best of our ability." What Captain Hu Ta did not say aloud was that, although he did not understand why Su Yuan had just instructed him to explore towards the southwest.

He had a vague, nagging feeling that Su Yuan was absolutely correct.

This made him even more grateful for the decision he had just made.

"So that's how it is."

The deputy captain came to a sudden realization.

"That 'Mirror' has appeared again?"

At the other end of the tavern, Yalin Luoxing had also received the news.

"Young Master, that 'Mirror' is far from simple," a subordinate standing nearby could not help but remark.

"Nonsense, I already know he is not simple."

Yalin Luoxing's brows were tightly knitted.

According to the intelligence he currently possessed, 'Mirror' had funded a total of two exploration teams.

Namely, the Voyagers Exploration Team and the Hometown Exploration Team.

And both of these exploration teams had returned fully loaded from their last expeditions.

The Voyagers Exploration Team brought back a harvest worth ten billion Azure Surge Coins.

The Hometown Exploration Team had done even better, returning with a harvest worth twenty billion Azure Surge Coins.

Once could be written off as a coincidence.

But for it to happen twice?

Even if it truly was a coincidence, Yalin Luoxing was going to operate under the assumption that it was not.

'This Mirror must have an incredibly deep understanding of the Barren Star Sector. That is the only way he could so accurately select and fund two exploration teams with such a high probability of success.'

Yalin Luoxing thought to himself.

In order to ensure that each exploration team covered a broader area, the Empire required all teams to publicly announce the general direction of their upcoming expeditions.

All of this could be found in the detailed information within the Explorers World.

'But now, that Mirror has continued to fund the Hometown Exploration Team, yet he hasn't funded the Voyagers Exploration Team...'

Yalin Luoxing felt a sudden wave of panic rising in his chest.

A short while ago, when Su Yuan had refused to continue funding the Voyagers Exploration Team, Yalin Luoxing had stepped in and taken over the investment.

At the time, he hadn't seen any issues with the decision. After all, Captain Aofeng of the Voyagers Exploration Team had given him a highly detailed account of that special star sector they had accidentally stumbled into.

But now? Why wouldn't Mirror continue to fund the Voyagers Exploration Team?

As a direct descendant of the Luoxing Family, Yalin Luoxing might have been arrogant and spoiled on a normal day, but that did not mean he was an idiot.

From the simple fact that Su Yuan continued to back the Hometown Exploration Team while completely dropping the Voyagers Exploration Team, he could deduce that Su Yuan did not have high hopes for the latter.

"A coincidence. It must just be a coincidence."

Yalin Luoxing steadied his nerves. Because of the special star sector that Captain Aofeng of the Voyagers Exploration Team had described stumbling into...

He had invested nearly twenty billion Azure Surge Coins into the Voyagers Exploration Team.

Now that the Voyagers Exploration Team had already entered the Barren Star Sector for their expedition, if any mishaps occurred, his massive investment would be completely washed down the drain.

"That won't happen."

Yalin Luoxing comforted himself.

'The Hometown Exploration Team's return time will be in ten months.'

Su Yuan had asked the gray mirror and learned the exact time the Hometown Exploration Team would return from their next expedition.

When that time came, the Hometown Exploration Team would return with over thirty billion worth of resources, and Su Yuan would be able to walk away with a return of over twenty-five billion Azure Surge Coins.

'During the Starry Sky Lifeform stage, the cultivation resources required far exceed those of a Planetary Lifeform, especially since what I practice is the Six Dimensions Cultivation Method...'

Su Yuan thought to himself.

However, with his current speed of making money, it was more than enough to satisfy his cultivation needs.

"Power of Ultimate Yang..."

Su Yuan began to comprehend the Power of Ultimate Yang.

Void Shattering World.

Su Yuan walked out of his cultivation chamber.

"Gang Leader," Mad Saber Qin Mo immediately hurried over.

For the past two or three months, Su Yuan had essentially been in secluded cultivation, relying entirely on Mad Saber Qin Mo to handle all the miscellaneous affairs.

"Gang Leader, when do you think the Pavilion Master and the others will begin their operation?"

Mad Saber Qin Mo asked in a hushed voice.

Following the orders of the Azure Wave Pavilion Master, they had been lying in ambush on Vermilion Bird Street for three whole months, yet they had still not received the command to commence the operation.

Even though their primary purpose for ambushing this location was to secure an escape route for the Azure Wave Pavilion Master...

As long as the operation did not begin, they were forced to stand guard here.

"It should be soon."

Su Yuan replied casually.

In one day, that Transcendent First-Rank ancestor deep within the Imperial Palace would fall into a state of deep cultivation.

When that happened, the shift in his aura would be detected by that Post-Realm Starry Sky Lifeform outside the Capital City, which would then prompt the Azure Wave Pavilion Master to issue the command to begin the operation.

"Soon?"

Mad Saber Qin Mo's heart tightened.

He implicitly believed every word Su Yuan said. Since he said it would be soon, then it was definitely about to start.

"Do we need to prepare anything? Like practicing military formations?" Mad Saber Qin Mo could not help but ask.

Military formations were one of the unique features of the Void Shattering World. When a certain number of experts joined forces through a military formation, they gained the potential to contend against experts of a higher tier.

"There is no need."

Su Yuan said with a calm smile.

"No need?" Mad Saber Qin Mo pondered for a moment before whispering, "I've heard that the Great Yong Imperial Palace is filled with countless masters. Even Top Three Ranks experts are considered nothing out of the ordinary in there."

"You don't need to worry about any of that. Having me here is enough."

Su Yuan stated, his tone perfectly tranquil.

With his Combat Bonus now reaching a staggering one hundred and eighty times, was there truly anyone in this Void Shattering World who could be stronger than him?