From Abyssal Invasion to Bursting Stars with a Single Sword

The next day, Lu Heng received two pieces of intelligence on the Saville Consortium.

The first was delivered by the Liwei Mercenary Group, and the second by the Southern War Zone.

The simplest way to confirm the authenticity of intelligence is by obtaining it from different channels, then comparing and analyzing it.

From the content of the two intelligence records, several points can be confirmed.

First, the Saville Consortium is indeed one of the major shareholders of the Lion Heart Empire's Grace Quenching Service Company, with a significant financial investment.

Second, the Saville Consortium indeed controls a Spirit Communicator, and their level is not low.

Third, recently, the Saville Consortium has sent Superpower Users into the lands of Da Xia and has had contact with several Mercenary Organizations.

These three pieces of information are mentioned in both intelligence reports, so their accuracy is guaranteed.

Apart from these.

The intelligence provided by the Liwei Mercenary Group includes one piece of information that the Southern War Zone did not obtain.

The Spirit Communicator controlled by the Saville Consortium communicated with an Abyss-level Demigod existence.

From the timing, it was only after this Spirit Summoning that the Saville Consortium began to contact Mercenary Organizations within Da Xia and even reached out to Coastal's dark web brokers.

Regardless of whether what Ke Yiming said is true or not, one thing is certain: the Saville Consortium's attention is indeed focused on Coastal.

Adding to the incident of the missing Quenching Furnace from the Lion Heart Empire, which led to a significant loss for the Saville Consortium, their purpose for entering Coastal becomes quite clear.

However.

Lu Heng still had a key question to figure out, which was what enmity existed between Ke Yiming and the Saville Consortium?

If it were only this lifetime's experiences, suspicion would not fall on Ke Yiming.

So far, Ke Yiming's apparent aim is to use intelligence to exchange for the right to enter the Quenching Castle, and he's even inclined to have the Liwei Mercenary Group join forces with Lu Heng.

If Lu Heng agreed to let them become the second Flame Emblem, the Liwei Mercenary Group would effectively fall under Lu Heng's command.

After all, Lu Heng could revoke their qualification to enter the Quenching Castle at any time.

From this perspective, Ke Yiming presenting intelligence on the Saville Consortium seems quite reasonable.

However, due to the memories of reincarnation, Lu Heng gained an additional crucial clue.

In the previous life, it was after Ke Yiming attained the Fourth Transition Rank that he took down the Saville Consortium.

In this life, at the same time, Ke Yiming intended to target the Saville Consortium again, but this time he hadn't attained the Fourth Transition Rank. Perhaps lacking the strength, he didn't act directly but instead sought to use others to do his bidding, or manipulate others to fight each other.

From the two pieces of intelligence, there was no mention of any grudge between Ke Yiming and the Saville Consortium nor any connection.

Lu Heng couldn't shake the feeling that something more was happening, so he refrained from acting hastily and chose to observe quietly.

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After the Saville Consortium dispatched people to Coastal, they began contacting some Mercenary Organizations as well as dark web brokers.

It's not difficult to investigate their actions in Coastal with such a consortium entering the region.

Therefore, every move the Saville Consortium made after entering Coastal was under the surveillance of the Southern War Zone Intelligence Department.

Lu Heng received intelligence on the Saville Consortium's activities in Coastal daily.

The Saville Consortium not only contacted Mercenary Organizations but also reached out to the Flame Emblem.

Yes, the Saville Consortium hopes to station Quenching Masters.

Currently, only Da Xia has a Quenching Furnace. The Saville Consortium previously invested in the Lion Heart Empire's Quenching Service Company, maintaining many Quenching Masters.

Now that these Quenching Masters have no Quenching Furnace to use, redirecting their attention to the Flame Emblem seems very reasonable.

Moreover, the people dispatched by the Saville Consortium to contact the Flame Emblem engaged in normal business cooperation negotiations, leaving nothing reproachable.

As for whether the Saville Consortium has another agenda, that requires further investigation to discern.

Lu Heng did not like this cloud of mysteries and wanted to uncover the Saville Consortium's true intentions in coming to Coastal. The method was simple: control the high-ranking personnel of the Saville Consortium who arrived in Coastal and directly conduct Spiritual Torture.

For this reason, Lu Heng recalled Liao Zhenghong from the Lion Heart Empire.

After Liao Zhenghong completed the task of controlling the Planter family, Lu Heng rewarded him by upgrading his [Commanding Will] skill.

Now Liao Zhenghong's skill has been upgraded to A-level [Will Dominator], with stronger skill effects.

Upon being recalled, Liao Zhenghong performed [Will Dominator] on a high-ranking Saville Consortium member named Chad Edmund to question the purpose of their visit to Coastal.

The result of the inquiry surprised Lu Heng somewhat.

Chad Edmund's task in Coastal was to register a company and invest in the Quenching Service industry, before then reallocating Quenching Masters to Coastal.

As for contacting Coastal's Mercenary Organizations, it was to gain support from Superpower forces, facilitating business operations in Coastal.

Contacting dark web brokers was to purchase a way into the Quenching Castle and understand which member of the Flame Emblem management was easiest to infiltrate.

After extracting this information, Lu Heng was indeed quite surprised.

Because all of Chad Edmund's actions fell within the commercial domain. Though some involved unfair competition aspects, such gray areas are abundant in business.

From contacting Mercenary Organizations to interacting with dark web brokers, none of the behaviors appeared abnormal.

Could it be that the Saville Consortium truly came to Coastal to invest?