Star Odyssey

one of the four major companies, I of course am also privy to certain details concerning their activities,” Madam Nalan answered cheerfully.
 

Lu Yin looked up, and his heart sank as soon as he saw the countless number of spacecraft belonging to Endless Borders. 

Lu Yin could ignore Armament Weave and Umbral Butterfly Weave, but the four major companies were different.
These four companies’ businesses spanned the entire Outerverse, so they held a massive influence over everything.
At first, Madam Nalan had asked for protection from the Great Yu Empire because the Enlighter who supported the Nalan family had been trapped within Tyranical Weave.
If the Nalan family had an Enlighter supporting them, then the other two companies probably had at least one as well.

This was especially true for Aegis, as they were weapons dealers and mercenaries.
With their participation, the situation on Sourcepeak Planet was more serious than Lu Yin had previously thought. 

It was no wonder why Felynn had been so confident during their meeting.
She was collaborating with two major corporations, and thus, she wasn’t afraid of any consequences. 

“Thank you for your advice, madam.
I now understand the situation,” Lu Yin said.

“You’re welcome.
I’m on Your Highness’s side,” Madam Nalan casually replied.

Lu Yin coughed.
“Why didn’t the Nalan family participate?”

“Sigh, our elder is trapped in Tyranical Weave, so they wouldn’t even consider us.” Madam Nalan sighed.

Lu Yin didn’t believe her excuse, as all four of the Outerverse’s major companies possessed vast amounts of resources, and nobody would dare to underestimate any one of them.
The reason why the Nalan family wouldn’t take part was either because they didn’t want to or because they actually were participating, but in another manner. 

“Are you currently on Sourcepeak Planet, madam?” Lu Yin asked.

Madam Nalan smiled.
“Your Highness, are you looking to meet me? I just bathed.”

Lu Yin pursed his lips.
“I’ll meet with you after the competition.”

“That’s fine.
Be careful, Your Highness,” Madam Nalan said.

Lu Yin agreed and hung up.

At this time, Lu Yin knew that Armament Weave, Umbral Butterfly Weave, Endless Borders, Aegis, Felynn, and possibly even more people were involved in the plan, which should be more than enough to deal with Saul.

It also seemed like Saul didn’t even know that he was being monitored, as otherwise, Sourcepeak Planet wouldn’t be so calm. 

This old fellow had been so blinded by his power and ambition that he didn’t even realize that people were plotting against him. 

After Saul was defeated, the Outerverse Lockbreaker Society would teeter on the edge of collapse.
Felynn was truly ruthless, but she also wasn’t capable of gathering this many people to her side, which meant that the collaborations had most likely been organized by Wei Rong. 

Fortunately, Lu Yin hadn’t stuck his neck out for Felynn.
She might not even be able to deliver on her promise considering that each of these forces had their own Enlighters and that they wouldn’t feel threatened by Lu Yin.
Thus, if he had followed her original plan, then he would have ended up offending both the Lockbreaker Society and Saul for nothing. 

Still, would Felynn be able to achieve her goal? Were all of these people really working together just to help her become the society president? Lu Yin didn’t believe it for a moment, but if that was the case, then just what were these people’s goals?

***

In an estate on Sourcepeak Planet, Wei Xin’er tried to sneak away, but she was stopped by a vague figure.
She raised her head, and her face fell.
“Brother.”

The young man in front of Wei Xin’er was a charming gentleman with a gentle, yet firm expression on his face.
He was Wei Rong.
“Xin’er, you’re too mischievous.”

Wei Xin’er bit her lip.
“Brother, I want to participate in the competition.”

“No,” Wei Rong objected. 

Wei Xin’er remained stubborn.
“Why?”

Wei Rong calmly replied, “You’re not even a one star Discerning Elementary Lockbreaker yet, so why would you join the competition? Are you trying to embarrass our Wei family?”

“I won’t! People will compliment the Wei family for our courage if I dare to compete against Perceptive Intermediate Lockbreakers without being even a one star Discerning Elementary Lockbreaker.
I’m making the Wei family proud!” 

“You’ll embarrass us.”

“I’ll make you proud!”

“Embarrassed.”

“I’m gonna tell Grandpa that you’re bullying me!,” Wei Xin’er glared at Wei Rong and turned around with great reluctance. 

Wei Rong laughed, his eyes shining with affection.

On the other side of Sourcepeak Planet, Felynn attempted to meet with Fiend Li, but she failed.
He merely delivered a simple reply, “The competition is starting soon, so don’t attract gossip.”

Felynn helplessly left and bowed before leaving.
“I hope that you will judge fairly in accordance with the Lockbreaker Society’s rules, Senior.
Thank you.”

After two days, Lu Yin received a notification, prompting him to leave his quarters.
He took Aden with him as he made his way towards the Hall of Insight, which was where the competition would take place.

At this moment, there was a huge crowd outside of the Hall of Insight.
Multiple screens in the sky displayed projections so that the competition could be seen from all over, even by people in outer space, above the planet. 

Lockbreaking was a respected profession, and all lockbreakers would have their actions closely watched by others.
Many forces would watch the competition and then later on try to recruit talented Lockbreakers. 

Lu Yin was surprised once he reached the outer perimeter of the Hall of Insight.
There were way too many people here, and he was surrounded by rune lines.
He could even see that there were five Hunters in the audience, and this was not even taking into account any Lockbreakers. 

“So that’s the Hall of Insight.
I’ve heard a lot of people mention it over the last two days, and it truly is majestic,” Aden commented. 

Lu Yin looked over and saw four towering trees protecting a hall.
The four trees rose high into the sky, and the hall was in the middle of the trees.
There were mountains to the north of the hall that started where the Lockbreakers’ living quarters were located, rising in three directions. 

This was the scenery that common people saw, but Lu Yin saw something completely different.
He saw a square shaped rune bordered by the four trees that shot high into the sky.
There were no runes outside the trees, but there were countless runes filling the area within the trees, and the Hall of Insight was also covered in runes.