Great, I'm surrounded by villains.

Chapter 213 Star Sea Merchants
As Duan Mingyuan expected, after Xinghe contacted the Chamber of Commerce, the other party readily agreed to let him visit the underground exchange in Siyang City, on the condition that he bring Xing and Zheng Liu with him.

"It's time to make a clean break."

After learning about the Chamber of Commerce's requirements, Xing's eyes became determined. Before leaving, she told Duan Mingyuan and Zheng Liu all the skills she had.

Under the guidance of her master, she mastered her current abilities step by step. She can integrate her body into the surrounding environment. Later, after a long period of training, she can move freely between objects. This is also related to her character that does not like to fight with others.

She is a person who likes to escape, and when she meets the enemy, the first thing she thinks of is to avoid fighting.

"Let me introduce myself again. My name is Zheng Liu. I'm a rookie police officer who has just worked for a year. My abilities are driving and making coffee."

"Everyone can only awaken one ability."

Duan Mingyuan reminded him.

After careful consideration, Zheng Liu made his choice, "Let's drive."

He thought he was better at driving than at making coffee.

At this point, the three of them formally formed a temporary team.

The agreed time was after midnight. According to Xinghe, the underground exchange would only open after midnight, and everyone needed an admission ticket to enter. The card Duan Mingyuan received in the hotel was an invitation letter from the exchange, aimed at the lowest-level members. This was a means for the Chamber of Commerce to attract new customers.

After entering with the card, it will be much more difficult to enter the exchange again.

The atmosphere in the temporary team was a bit solemn. Duan Mingyuan bought three box lunches from the supermarket, and several people sat on a bench near the square, which seemed like they were having their last meal before execution.

"The wind is whistling and the Yi River is cold, brave man——"

Zheng Liu's attempt at a morale-boosting chant was interrupted by Xing, who inspected the plastic bag and asked, "What flavor do you want?"

"Strong man...I want braised beef rice."

He took the warm braised beef lunch box handed to him by Xing and couldn't help but feel emotional.

The sky is so blue, but life is so short. He still has many dreams to realize, and has not yet completed the legendary task issued by his grandparents to "bring his girlfriend home for the New Year."

He heard that completing this task would earn him a huge amount of experience and item rewards.

"apricot."

Zheng Liu thought about the packaging bag and asked casually, "Besides Master, do you have any other relatives or friends in Siyang City? Do you want to say goodbye to them?"

"No."

Xing's mood calmed down. She was no longer panicked after having narrowly escaped death on this trip. "But you, why don't you give them a call?"

"I do not know how to describe."

While the two were chatting casually, Duan Mingyuan demonstrated with practical actions how to report safety to their families before the battle.

He answered the video call from Jiu Yue. Jiu Yue on the other side of the video had already escorted the eldest princess back to Yunhai Academy and was now on the back mountain. From time to time, a few monsters passed by her.

Jiu Yue was also having dinner, holding a bowl with fried chicken and rice that she had cooked herself.

She deliberately filmed the tempting rice with gravy in the video to awaken Mr. Mingyuan's yearning for her cooking skills and urge him to finish his work in Siyang City as soon as possible and return to Yunhai Academy to find her.

Seeing this, Zheng Liu and Xing came over with their lunch boxes. "Fox demon!?"

Seeing Jiu Yue's pointed ears, Xing blurted out, and at the same time she was in awe of Duan Mingyuan, "There are some books about monsters in the master's collection, and fox monsters are mentioned among them."

The fact that he could marry a fox demon indirectly proves that Duan Mingyuan enjoys eating and is in good health.

Zheng Liu had a bewildered look on his face. He couldn't see through Jiu Yue's trick. He just felt that the girl on the other end of the video was extremely beautiful, much more beautiful than the big stars on TV. She must be the most beautiful person he had ever seen in his life.

"This is Jiuyue, the intelligence master of the Imperial Hunting Court, known as Intelligence September."

Duan Mingyuan introduced the two people.

Before leaving, he sent what he had learned from Xinghe to Jiuyue. Jiuyue called him via video at this time, presumably because he had found some clues.

"Let's get down to business first."

"Ah."

Jiu Yue nodded at the other end of the video and said seriously, "The lunch you are eating is not good. Eating this kind of lunch for a long time will cause malnutrition. Mr. Mingyuan, please finish your work as soon as possible. I will make chicken soup for you when you come back. I asked the monsters on the mountain to help raise many free-range chickens. They usually eat a lot of spiritual fruits, so they are big and fat."

?

The same question mark appeared above Xing and Zheng Liu's heads at the same time.

Obviously, this is not what they consider to be "serious business" at all.

"That's not what I'm referring to. It's about the underground exchange that I asked you to help investigate."

Duan Mingyuan corrected, and looking at Xing and Zheng Liu's expressions as if they had suffered a heavy blow, he could only say that he did not mean it, but just misjudged the ranking of "important things" in Jiu Yue's mind.

"Oh, about this matter." September said, "You are facing the most notorious Flash Flag Chamber of Commerce in the universe. Their footprints are all over the universe, and wherever they go, they are like locusts passing through. They are on different planets, but they do the same things - establishing exchanges, forming consortiums, and controlling entire cities and even planets behind the scenes."

The above is the sharp comments from their good friend, the Third Prince, on the Flash Flag Chamber of Commerce.

The Third Prince, who was known for his ability to get along with everyone, rarely showed obvious disgust towards a certain group of people, and he even disdained to pretend, "They are complete parasites. After blowing up their own planet, they began to wander among the stars. When you find traces of the Flash Flag Chamber of Commerce in a place, it means that the place has been contaminated by them."

The Third Prince sent a long review to Jiu Yue in a very proud manner, and she now read the Third Prince's evaluation of the Shanqi Chamber of Commerce to Duan Mingyuan verbatim.

The following paragraph is the evaluation she received from another good friend, Baptist.

Before leaving the Embers Consortium's flagship, September added Baptism as a friend.

"Having said that, the Flash Flag Chamber of Commerce should be considered the second largest force in the universe after the company. This group is very good at business. After the planet was destroyed, some of them joined the company. One-third of the Mandala Consortium are descendants of this group. The rest are wandering around various planets, trying to rebuild a larger business empire... The relationship between the company and the Flash Flag Chamber of Commerce is not good, so you don't have to worry about the company coming to Siyang City to find a place for the Flash Flag Chamber of Commerce.

"Inspector Baptist also believes that the reason why the Flash Flag Chamber of Commerce did not dare to expand in Siyang City before was because of the influence of the company. They do not have the strength to challenge the company openly for the time being. However, do not underestimate the mercenary organization hired by the Flash Flag Chamber of Commerce. It is said that there are several strong men in it who are no less powerful than "Long Branch".

"Finally, the Baptist Inspector also pointed out that white-feathered chicken and onion and lemon are a good combination. This refreshing taste may become a new trend in the future universe. The church's flagship captured a batch of adult white-feathered chickens... Uh, I made a mistake. This paragraph seems to have nothing to do with the Flash Flag Chamber of Commerce."

September coughed lightly.

The essence of intelligence is connections, and the intelligence expert Xiao Jiuyue’s connections have already gone beyond Blue Planet, and he has officially been promoted to a universe-level intelligence expert.

After reading the descriptions of the Third Prince and Jinli, Jiu Yue came to the conclusion, "In summary, they are a group of troublemakers comparable to cockroaches. If you encounter them, you must kill them, otherwise there will only be more and more of them."

(End of this chapter)