Chapter 323: Chapter 72: AAA Fortress Wholesale! The Lambert Clan Great Once More? For Her..._2

"Such crucial intel, and for an entire day and night, I was kept completely in the dark!"

"What now?"

"Are you planning to pocket those 5.8 billion source points for yourself, and then abandon the Lambert Clan?"

The voice from the light screen grew increasingly stern.

Funi’s expression changed again and again.

In fact.

He knew his father-in-law’s personality—cautious, greedy, immensely ambitious.

Precisely because of this.

He’d never told the other man about Yu Jin, and in fact, had no intention of doing so in the future either.

Because he was worried...

That his father-in-law would be tempted by those 5.8 billion source points!

As the head of the family, of course he was cautious.

But it was also this kind of caution that, many times, made him seem strategic, willing to take massive risks and make bold moves!

"Father..."

Funi spoke in a low voice.

"Yu Jin is no ordinary man!"

"That money..."

"For the Lambert Clan, it’s a curse, not a blessing!"

As soon as he finished speaking.

The only response from the light screen was: "Coward!"

Funi was left speechless.

The head of the Lambert Clan then spoke with a commanding tone:

"In the coming days, keep that brat under control!"

"I know exactly what you’re worrying about!"

"Even if he truly is a scion of a federation elite family who’s stranded out here, even if he does have a heaven-defying background..."

"Do you really think this boundless star river has only the Ophelia Federation?"

"Don’t forget, Gangval Star is in the Rock Star Realm, and the Rock Star Realm is on the very fringe of the Federation!"

"5.8 billion source points is enough for us to run far, to leave the Ophelia Federation for another neighboring one!"

"So long as we take care of that brat..."

"The Lambert Clan will, under my leadership, become even brighter, even more glorious!"

Whoosh—

The light screen vanished.

His father-in-law’s words echoed eerily in the empty office.

For a long time, Funi said nothing.

All these thoughts, all these things, of course he’d considered them.

But...

His instincts, and his encounter with Yu Jin yesterday, both made him even more certain of his judgment.

Yu Jin, this man who seemed like ’a child carrying gold through a busy market’, absolutely possessed an unimaginably terrifying background.

Such a background—

Was nothing like his father-in-law’s ’the heavens are high and the emperor far away’ platitude.

The air of effortless confidence in Yu Jin—without some incredible backing, there’s simply no way anyone could fake that!

In the office.

Funi sat dry-mouthed for a long time, torn internally between heaven and man.

On one side was the Lambert Clan, his own father-in-law.

On the other was Yu Jin, this man who, in all likelihood, had a sky-piercing background.

"How should I choose?"

Funi’s heart grew ever heavier.

Until...

His gaze happened to land on the framed photo atop his desk—a picture of himself and his wife Erin.

...

...

Lambert Chamber of Commerce, Supreme Suite.

Yu Jin had spent the past day here.

From here, he had a commanding view of the whole city of Oak.

Here, too, he could enjoy the true definition of premium service arranged by Funi.

Just like this moment.

Yu Jin was simply lying on the sofa, letting a young, inexperienced girl knead and massage him with her delicate hands.

Of course.

Given Yu Jin’s current standards, there was no way any of these maids could unsettle him.

Still...

If you can enjoy life, who would willingly suffer?

Yu Jin hadn’t expected that this trip to the High Dimension would end up with a scene like this.

"Gave Funi a whole day..."

"Shouldn’t be a big problem?"

"Even if the number of fortress battleships falls a bit short, it’s still acceptable."

Yu Jin thought idly.

In truth.

Besides having Funi help him buy up fortress battleships en masse, Yu Jin had also specified another resource.

Attribute Awakening Stones!

This was a resource Yu Jin had valued tremendously since his days back on Blue Star.

But after advancing to the Star System Wasteland, the Dawn Fortress spent most of its time travelling through the starry sky, rarely stopping to develop planets—this made such resources extremely scarce.

In the Star System Wasteland’s Resource Mall, although Attribute Stones were for sale, they were strictly limited per day—completely insane.

Good thing...

In the Ophelia Federation, Attribute Stones were basically worthless ’trash’ on the market.

The reason was simple—

The High-Dimensional Federation had long since figured out the laws of attribute awakening.

Just as Yu Jin had guessed long ago, the attributes each person could awaken now and in the future were actually set—a kind of ’pool’.

You could think of it as genes, or bloodline.

If your pool includes the Space Attribute, then you’ll be able to awaken Space.

If not, you could use thousands or tens of thousands of awakening stones, but it’d be useless.

Besides that.

The High-Dimensional Federation had worked out another law—every person had a cap on how many attributes they could awaken.

Normally, 3–5 attributes is the upper limit.

Exceed 5, and either you have some special constitution, or your body explodes.

Moreover—

Because of the Limit-Breaking System, Attribute Stones had become even more of a chicken-rib—useless.

The only ones who still needed them were the ’newbies’ who hadn’t yet reached Tier Twenty Max Level or transcended the Evolver Extraordinary System.

But all of these problems—

Didn’t apply to Yu Jin.

"Speaking of..."

"Since I logged into ’Wasteland’ until now, quite some time has passed, yet I’ve barely got twenty attributes..."

"Slacking off, truly slacking..."

Yu Jin sighed again and again.

After all, he still had the ’Strongman’s Spoils’—that bug-like ability to plunder attributes...

"Better late than never."

"Come to think of it, this trip to the High Dimension has turned out to be quite fruitful!"

"Tier Twenty Max Level, fortress battleships wholesale, Attribute Stones wholesale..."

"By the time I return to Dawn Fortress, will it not be the day I clear Drake-3 Star System Wasteland?"

Thinking of this, Yu Jin’s spirits improved notably.

As for the next period—

All he needed to do was wait for Funi to finish the acquisitions in bulk.

As for how to transfer fortress battleships from ’Wasteland’ to the Drake-3 Server, he’d already gotten a concrete plan from Brother Tongzi.

Now—

Everything was ready, just waiting for the eastern wind!

Time ticked by slowly.

In front of the Supreme Suite’s giant floor-to-ceiling window—

The young girl bent over Yu Jin, working his muscles.

Her movements were gentle. As she kneaded, she was carefully gauging Yu Jin’s reaction.

The big boss, Funi, had especially reminded her—

This young man is a figure with a heavenly background!

He is, in all probability, a Second Generation of the Elite from the Federation Central Star Realm—the very pinnacle of the pyramid!

The young girl was actually a newcomer herself, promoted from Low Dimension just two years ago.

Her brother had once been a Civilization Lord.

Now...

Crushed by gambling debts, he had even sold his own sister to the Chamber of Commerce.

Although the girl hadn’t told her story, Yu Jin could see everything clearly through the Eye of Insight.

He didn’t know why—

But he suddenly remembered a joke from his old days on Blue Star.

He just hadn’t imagined he’d see the punchline play out here in the High-Dimensional Federation.

Time trickled by.

Yu Jin did not play the Good Samaritan to save a fallen girl; he simply enjoyed the gentle massage in silence.

Until—

Knock, knock—!

A knocking at the door.

"Come in."

Yu Jin spoke blandly. At the same time, under the girl’s service, he slowly rose from the sofa.

The one who came to the Supreme Suite was none other than the chairman of the Lambert Chamber of Commerce, Funi Lambert.

Except...

Yu Jin hadn’t expected this either.

Plop—!

The first thing Funi did upon entering was drop to his knees and slide forward...

"?"

Yu Jin was stunned.

"Mr. Yu Jin!"

"Please..."

"Show mercy—give the Lambert Clan a way out!"

Funi, that son-in-law of the Lambert Clan—

In the following few minutes, once again gave Yu Jin a lesson in ’extreme honesty’.

He actually spilled everything about his father-in-law contacting him and the plan to make a move against Yu Jin—all at once!

In the lounge before the sofa—

The timid, kneeling young girl, head bowed, listened with her mouth open in an O-shape.

Yu Jin, meanwhile, fell deep in thought.

What he was pondering was not the threat of the Lambert Clan—but...

"Why?"

Yu Jin voiced the question in his heart.

"Because..."

"Her."

Funi reached into his breast pocket and gingerly took out a photograph.

In the photo, he and his wife Erin leaned together, their faces beaming with happiness.

For his wife.

At this moment, Funi was willing to become a werewolf if that’s what it took...