Chapter 294 A Big Mess

After a few hours of negotiations, Su Mo successfully finalized deal after deal, agreed on delivery times and locations, and conveniently signed the contracts on the forum. This made it difficult to back out, as they were using the Star Ring City's contractual agreements.

"Of course, the amount of energy crystals sold by these individuals isn't much, but fortunately, there are many sellers. If nothing unexpected happens, I should be able to spend all the money on hand. Also, quite a few of these sellers are from the Empire military."

Su Mo also found it a bit absurd.

"Who cares which side they're on, we'll take the goods if they have them."

"Alright!"

Su Mo nodded.

Just when Su Mo thought everything was going smoothly, his private messages suddenly exploded.

Threatening private messages popped up one after another.

"Who are you? Are you looking for death? Do you think energy crystals aren't expensive enough? You're driving up prices here. Delete the post immediately!"

"Delete the post and cancel all transactions immediately, or you're dead."

"..."

"This can even be threatened? Are these people crazy?"

Su Mo was a little annoyed looking at these threatening messages.

"Obstructing someone's wealth is akin to killing their father. However much you offer to buy energy crystals, the price per unit will rise by that much. They can't afford it, so naturally they'll never be done with you. After all, everyone wants to buy goods at the cheapest price. I estimate that the price of energy crystals could have risen even higher, but they were deliberately suppressing it. After you entered the game, you smashed the market."

The Fake Creator·Devourer explained indifferently.

"I don't care, smash it if I smash it. I'll buy the goods first."

Su Mo didn't care. He was about to go to Ceres and needed to be well-prepared. There was no use in keeping the money.

However, an accident still occurred. The number of private messages from sellers decreased, and Su Mo started to not receive any goods.

"That shouldn't be."

Su Mo was a little puzzled. He searched the forum a little.

As a result, he found that many buyers also raised their prices, and even a little higher than his price.

"Damn, cursing me on one hand, and raising prices on the other. I'm really impressed by these old timers. I'll raise it too. I'll see who can outlast who."

Su Mo raised the price without saying a word.

He had no idea that his behavior was like a butterfly flapping its wings, causing a huge storm.

This night caused countless energy tycoons to go crazy.

It also alarmed the Twelve Civilized Nations.

The soaring price of energy materials directly led to a sharp increase in their expeditionary military expenses.

...

The next afternoon, Su Mo yawned and walked out of his room.

He had stayed up too late last night to snap up energy, so he was a little lacking in energy.

As a result, as he walked down the corridor, he ran into Sun Duoxiang, who was full of sorrow.

"Huh? Why are you back? Didn't I ask you to help Qian Chengxue set up a company?"

"Ugh~ Brother, don't mention it. Yesterday, some idiot posted an anonymous post and frantically bought up energy-related items, driving the price sky-high. It's simply killing us. I just finalized the shipping price with Xue-jie yesterday, and it was directly overturned. If I find out who that bastard is, I'll definitely slap him to death."

The more Sun Duoxiang said, the more annoyed he became.

"Ahem. Speak properly. The higher the price, the more money we make, so why do you still have a problem with it?"

Su Mo replied with a slightly unnatural expression.

"Brother, you don't understand. The higher the price, the better, but we're not purely a private enterprise after all. We also have to consider the transportation of federal goods. There's a limit to the price we can set. If the cost is too high, the profit won't be good."

Sun Duoxiang said through gritted teeth.

"There's some truth to that. But let's not talk about this. The price has already gone up, so there's no use in saying more. Complaining won't change anything."

Su Mo became more and more guilty.

"I'm back to bring some brothers to Star Ring City. I want to see if that guy is dead. Now people from all over the world are squatting around waiting for him. As long as he goes to pick up the goods, he'll be blocked to death!"

Sun Duoxiang said aggressively.

Su Mo coughed and said, "Coincidentally, I have something I need you to do in Star Ring City."

"Ah, that's great. What's the matter, Brother? Just tell me directly, and I'll take care of it on the way."

Sun Duoxiang asked suspiciously.

"I bought a large batch of energy crystals, and you're going to pick them up."

Su Mo said with a twitch at the corner of his mouth.

"Wow, Brother, you're so awesome. You actually predicted that the price of energy crystals would rise? You actually bought them in advance?"

Sun Duoxiang was so excited when he heard about the energy crystals that he started touting Su Mo.

However, Su Mo shook his head, indicating that it wasn't the case.

The smile on Sun Duoxiang's face suddenly froze. His heart felt inexplicably flustered, and his throat was a little dry. He braced himself and asked, "Brother, that idiot wouldn't be you, would it?"

"Who are you calling an idiot?"

Su Mo looked at Sun Duoxiang playfully.

Sun Duoxiang jumped up directly. He shouted in horror, "Brother, it's really you?"

Su Mo kicked him and said unhappily, "Can you not be so jumpy?"

"It's not that, Brother. Aren't you digging a hole for ourselves?"

Sun Duoxiang said with a wry smile.

"I have a use for it. Otherwise, why would I buy so many energy crystals? Alright, don't worry about so much. Go help me pick up the goods."

Su Mo didn't want to explain too much.

"It's not that, Brother, but I'm not going. You don't know! Several emperors on the Empire side were furious yesterday, and the Alliance countries were also in chaos. They were all clamoring to kill you, no, to kill that guy."

Sun Duoxiang shook his head like a rattle drum, retreating directly.

Su Mo slapped his forehead and said with a headache, "Then what should we do? Those goods have to be collected. I've already spent the money."

Sun Duoxiang squeezed out a smile that was uglier than crying and said to Su Mo, "Why don't you take a trip, Brother, and collect the goods?"

"What nonsense are you talking about? Me go out? If Speaker Arles knows that I did this, how am I going to explain it to him?"

Su Mo wasn't afraid of other people, but the problem was that it would be difficult to explain to his own people.

"Brother, if I go, wouldn't it be the same as exposing the truth?"

Sun Duoxiang muttered in a low voice.

"Then what should we do? That's right, didn't you used to do a lot of shady work? You should know how to collect goods quietly, right?"

After hearing this, Su Mo was speechless. It was really like that.

"The shady work I did in the past was done in a low-key manner, not poking a hornet's nest and committing crimes against the wind. Brother, the two of us are not on the same level."

Sun Duoxiang quickly flattered Su Mo.

Su Mo walked back and forth with his hands behind his back, feeling a little hesitant for a moment.

Suddenly, Sun Duoxiang's eyes lit up, and he thought of an idea. He said to Su Mo, "Brother, I have a way."

"What way?"

Su Mo asked.

"Isn't your prison friend still working in Star Ring City? Have him help you pick up that batch of goods. That way, everyone will see that it was bought by someone from Star Ring City. Who would dare to offend Star Ring City? I guarantee that no matter how fiercely those dogs bark, they will have to scatter away in disgrace."

Sun Duoxiang said excitedly.

"That's a good idea, but is it okay for you to say that? You didn't scold me a little less yesterday, did you?"

Su Mo looked at Sun Duoxiang strangely.

"Haha, Brother, ignorance is bliss. If I had known it was you who collected them, I would have helped you scold them."

Sun Duoxiang replied shamelessly.

"Alright, let's do it this way. I'll let An Jie pick up the goods and then have him store them in a hidden warehouse in Star Ring City. You go pick them up!"

Su Mo nodded. This was indeed the most appropriate method. He didn't want to get into any more trouble before setting off.

"Alright, Brother, then let's go to Star Ring City quickly."

"Why are you in such a hurry?"

"To watch the show, waiting to see those people who were clamoring getting their faces slapped! This is a large-scale live face-slapping scene."

Sun Duoxiang looked like he didn't mind the trouble at all.

"I'm impressed, let's go."

Su Mo sighed and replied.

But then again, he also wanted to see their faces slapped, after all, those guys didn't scold him a little yesterday.