Cosmic Trading System

"Sure enough, this so-called Immortal World is nothing but a bane..."

"Fortunately, Qingyun Company is taking the brunt, or else the consequences for various countries would be more severe..."

At a certain official base in Huaxia, a middle-aged man watching the situation through video murmured.

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"How dare you! Don't you blame us for our rudeness!"

"Big Dipper Array!"

"Yin and Yang Opposite Combination Master Technique!"

"Rivers Reversing and Seas Overturning!"

"Raging Sea Of Flames!"

After witnessing the continuous fall of more than twenty of their people, anger dominated the representatives of major forces and elicited a bout of ironic laughter from them.

Subsequently, their attacks became more vigorous and structured.

Initially, due to the multitude of forces attacking Qingyun Company, some had thought to conserve their energy. Now, those thoughts had vanished substantially, and some forces began to attack full force.

"Their attacks have grown stronger..."

"It looks like they weren't giving their all before. This time, they've been forced to maximize their strengths..."

Inside Qingyun Building, Xia Qingqing and her team frowned.

This outcome had not been anticipated. However, since it had already occurred, they had to respond accordingly.

One hour...two hours...

Time continued to trickle by.

In the blink of an eye, half a day had passed.

Inside the protective barrier of Immortal Origin County, the Qingyun Building remained untouched. However, around the barrier's perimeter, several buildings which had been affected by the massive attacks were full of massive breaches.

The psychic forces of both the Eastern Immortal World and the Western Heavenly Realm had underestimated the toughness of this bone they had chosen to gnaw.

The collective strength of their allied forces couldn't even be casually contended by a formidable eighth-level Cultivator. Not to mention, their continuous attack had persisted for a lengthy period.

"These technological defenses are not ordinary. If it were a formation, there'd be a method to break it. If these protective barriers have sufficient energy, and they can't be broken quickly, they will effectively be indestructible..." a leader from the Golden Immortal Gate frowned and said.

"Are you implying that we'll have to keep attacking indefinitely if they have an abundant supply of energy?" said a leader from a Heavenly Realm force with a cold snort.

The time they had spent attacking didn't really count for much in the Immortal World or Heavenly Realm. Some psychic forces would plan sieges that lasted for months, and sometimes even a year and a half, to battle a single formidable array. This was a very common occurrence.

However, when they confronted such an array, they could clearly see its extent of damage and predict how long it would take to shatter it.

Right now, their assault on these protective barriers made them as clueless as ever. Whenever a barrier weakened, they would momentarily pause their attack, only to see the barrier quickly rejuvenate. This gave them no clue as to when they could break through.

Furthermore, from sources elsewhere, they learned that as long as the barriers were sufficiently powered, they would forever be incapable of breaking them.

This realization was hardly satisfying.

"Shall we send more reinforcements?" a leader of a force asked, deep in contemplation.

"There's no rush. According to our investigation, this Qingyun Company hasn't been around for that long. Even if it possesses the capability to power its shields, it can't have much energy reserves. Our attacks aren't weak, perhaps we can break these protective barriers soon?" a leader of another force shook his head and said.

"Indeed, sending a message back now and having it returned by various forces will probably take some time..."

"The spatial nodes to our respective realms haven't opened wide enough. Even strong reinforcements may find it difficult to come here..."

"Qingyun Company can only defensively resist for now. It's only a matter of time before we break these protective barriers. There's no need to drag other forces down here..."

The leaders of various forces nodded one after the other.

With the development of the current Earth and especially the progress of Qingyun Company, once they break these protective barriers and gain control over Qingyun Company, they stand to reap significant benefits.

This was an obvious fact.

In light of this situation, they wouldn't appreciate anyone else wanting a slice of the pie.

Subsequently, some leaders of forces arranged for their trusted people to station themselves at the two spatial nodes out of fear that others might clandestinely send messages back. They kept an eye on one another and did not allow anyone to return.

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One day...two days...three days...

In the blink of an eye, the siege on Qingyun Company by various forces from the Immortal World and Heavenly Realm extended for several days.

All forces made intermittent attempts and managed to break some of the protective layers outside Qingyun Company.

The sight of this progress filled the faces of the attacking psychic forces with hope and laughter.

Having adequately prepared themselves and seeing casualties only from the initial onslaught, Qingyun Company's counterattacks in these few days barely caused them any damage, with only a handful of personnel lost.

At this rate, all the protective layers around Qingyun Company were about to be breached.

Inside Qingyun Building.

"Had we known earlier, we would have only secured critical territories!"

"Indeed, there are almost three hundred Qingyun Buildings. That's too many! If we knew, we would have only guarded a few of the core ones and abandoned the rest, just as we did with the other Qingyun Buildings—they didn't suffer much damage anyway!"

Sighed Xia Qingqing and her team.

Guarding all these buildings had depleted a large portion of the protective array's power, which is why they had been breached so quickly.

"Who could have known it would turn out this way..."

After a while, Xia Qingqing shook her head.

It was too late now to retract the protection from other places.

They had resisted the opponents' attacks for several days and had killed dozens of them. Now, the enemy was ready to explode into a bitter rage. It was hard to tell if they would retaliate against the people inside the buildings once the protection was removed.

At present, people in the outer buildings of the Qingyun structures were terrified, seeing several layers of their protective shields broken.

Understandably, they too shared this concern.

As for relocating the people in those buildings to other ones, it would hardly make a dent in the grand scheme of things.

Each building housed too many people. Here in Immortal Origin County, the policy had always been to build as many buildings as there were new people. The ratio of residents to buildings was kept one-to-one in order to keep up with population growth.

If it were just about accommodation, squeezing a bit could save a lot of space.

But then, there was the issue of feeding everyone.

The nearly three hundred Qingyun Buildings had a combined population of about three hundred million. Feeding these people were already a significant problem.

Previously, food was being transported from various places. Now, that had been disrupted.

However, Lin Yun had long anticipated this situation. Therefore, every building had facilities for the rapid production of food.

Each building's facilities could just about support the residents of one building.

In the absence of external food supplies, if the number of buildings were reduced, there would be a food crisis.

If Lin Yun were here, he could simply use the Cosmic Trading System, and it wouldn't be a problem.

But currently, Lin Yun was absent.

"If the protective barriers fail, we'll have to call upon Cloud Three, Cloud Four, and Cloud Five..."
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Xia Qingqing fretted to herself.

The population in the Qingyun Buildings of Immortal Origin County consisted largely of staunch supporters of Qingyun Company, and they couldn't be lost carelessly.

"Beep, beep, beep..."

Just then, an emergency message arrived.

On hearing this sound, Xia Qingqing, Lin Mengmeng, and their team felt their hearts tighten and immediately checked it.

"A message from Brother Yun. He's already a million light-years away. He'll be back in about two to three days..."

After reading the message, Xia Qingqing immediately looked up at everyone and exclaimed excitedly.