"...That's not what I meant!"

Seeing even Captain Lian Jin remain silent, Liu Xia Hui instantly caved. Without allies, he dared not easily take that deadly thing.

"I'm just saying, you can't just take those extra five hundred level-nine mutated cores for free! Otherwise, how can we cooperate in the future?"

"We don't need to cooperate in the future!"

Li Chenzhou smiled, then suddenly his face darkened.

"You need to remember, mutated cores exist in every world, but evolutionary elixirs, in the worlds I know, only my world can create them!

Now, since you don't want them, then I'll just leave. And in the future, I won't come to Doro World again. For me, it's just one less customer!"

Saying that, Li Chenzhou took a step as if to leave!

Just then, a group of people suddenly appeared outside. The six in the front were all old men in their seventies or eighties, with dignified faces and an inexplicable aura about them, clearly the kind who had held high positions for many years.

"Just one less customer? So, you're trading with many worlds?"

One of the six old men looked at Li Chenzhou, with a hint of admiration in his eyes, and asked.

"Of course. Otherwise, how could a world like mine, with a maximum level of only three, have the opportunity to see level-nine mutated cores?"

Li Chenzhou spouted a lie without batting an eye, first to boost his own momentum. Because these guys looked like they would be difficult to deal with, and a single simulated thunderball might not be enough. So, he'd pull in some virtual allies first, at least to make them think twice.

Saying that, Li Chenzhou raised the thunderball in his hand and said,

"We use mutated elixirs to accumulate wealth, then research even more powerful weapons. Our goal is to deal with the Devourers!"

"So, you're deliberately suppressing the level of your own world in order to develop?"

The old man continued to ask,

"But in doing so, aren't you using other worlds as cannon fodder? Using evolutionary elixirs to increase the level of other worlds, so that the Devourers will focus their attention on those worlds, while you hide in the dark. A very clever idea!"

"Cannon fodder is not the right word!"

Li Chenzhou shook his head and said,

"Old sir, you need to understand that the Devourers weren't brought by us. As long as your world's strength increases, it becomes ripe for harvesting in the eyes of the Devourers. Whether I'm here or not, they will come!"

Li Chenzhou shook his head.

"So, our appearance only enhances your strength, allowing you to cause more trouble for the Devourers. At least, if the Devourers came to catch pigs before, now they'll be facing wild boars!

Of course, we don't deny that when we trade with other worlds, in addition to obtaining more mutated cores, we also want to rely on you, these worlds that are already in the harvest period, to wear down the Devourers and obtain more information about them!

But what we're doing is actually beneficial to all worlds. The Devourers are our common enemy. All the life-bearing planets in our universe are their hunting targets!

If there's a world that can destroy the Devourers, I think every world would be very happy, wouldn't it?

And we are now working towards that direction! Especially our evolutionary elixirs, which are useful to all worlds. It's not that we want you to increase your levels as quickly as possible to attract the attention of the Devourers.

Besides, it's up to you whether you use the evolutionary elixirs we trade to you. You should have mutated core reserves here, right? Wouldn't it be better to exchange them for evolutionary elixirs?

So, we are fighting the Devourers in our own way. It may be different from yours, but the damage we inflict on the Devourers may not be less than yours!"

"Humph! Empty words. Aren't you just hiding behind and afraid to show your face? A coward is a coward. Don't make so many excuses for yourself!"

Another old man snorted coldly. When he came in, he looked at Liu Bu Zhu and Liu Xia Hui, then his gaze towards Li Chenzhou remained unfriendly. Needless to say, this guy must be from the Liu family!

"Coward?"

Li Chenzhou smiled, looked at the old man, and said,

"I think you should be clear that, currently, all the worlds fighting the Devourers are passively defending. None of them are actively seeking them out.

For example, your world. If the Devourers had never come here, would you actively go looking for them? Definitely not. Your fight with the Devourers is completely passive, because they came to your world, they are the invaders, and you have no choice but to fight!!!

So, the battle with the Devourers has nothing to do with courage. There's no need to portray yourselves as so brave. And, old sir, if I'm not mistaken, you haven't personally fought the Devourers, have you?"

"You..."

The old man was so angry that his beard and hair stood on end, but he couldn't refute it, because everyone around knew that he had indeed never been on the battlefield. In fact, the people of the four great families, especially the direct descendants, rarely go to fight the Devourers.

According to the laws of this world, the people of the four great families belong to the nobility and are not subject to military service. So, those who join the army do so voluntarily, and there are only a very few of them.

Because the terror of the Devourers is well known in this world, not many people have the courage to face them. The poor join the army because of conscription, and because joining the army is their only way out. Only in the army can they exchange military merits for mutated cores! They have no choice but to join.

The nobles who have a choice rarely enter the army, so naturally, they have no opportunity to face the Devourers. In fact, almost half of the people in the four great families are like Liu Bu Zhu, with only level and no strength.

However, because they are usually surrounded by a group of people who flatter them, no one would point this out, so they all think that their strength is linked to their level!

"Humph! I have indeed not fought the Devourers, because that is not my responsibility. I have more important things to do!"

The old man said through gritted teeth,

"Besides, haven't you also not fought the Devourers? It's not appropriate to use that to criticize others, is it? Young man, it's best to wait until you've actually seen the Devourers before you say anything!"

"Sorry, I have really seen the Devourers, and I even killed one!"

Li Chenzhou smiled and said,

"Oh! Actually, he self-destructed, with that thing that popped out of his chest. But after all, I was the one who pushed him to that point, so it shouldn't be a problem to say that I killed him, right?"

"You said self-destruct? That's impossible! You're lying!!!"

What Li Chenzhou didn't expect was that after hearing his words, the faces of the people from Doro World changed drastically, and the old man who had been talking to Li Chenzhou even exclaimed in shock...