Picking Up Supreme Treasures in the Dream Realm

This turned the harsh words from the Azure Palace into a laughingstock worldwide.

But jokes aren't entirely without merit.

The global stock markets immediately saw a wave of gains.

Only the stock market in Carmenia took another hit, vividly demonstrating what "a patch of green among a sea of flowers" truly means.

The trends in the financial markets inherently reflect confidence in the economic fundamentals.

And the economic fundamentals directly represent the state of a country.

The Great Xia stock market not only stabilized but also reached new highs.

This means the entire world is optimistic about Great Xia's future, and thus, funds keep flowing in.

At the closing of the Tianfu Sea Exchange, Great Xia made a deliberate announcement, stating that the total market capitalization of enterprises listed on this exchange had reached a historical high and successfully topped the global rankings.

Just two days ago.

The Yokoni Stock Exchange in Carmenia had the highest total market capitalization globally.

Compared to it, the Tianfu Sea Exchange was still twenty percent behind.

But over the past two days, several major events occurred, including the "massive blood sacrifice incident," the outbreak of the "Heping Bullet war crisis," and the debut of the "Lingxiao Tower system," which not only closed the twenty percent gap but also put the Tianfu Sea Exchange ahead by more than thirty percent.

This event holds significant importance.

Media worldwide extensively reported on it, labeling it as "a milestone in world financial history" and "the ascent of Great Xia to the pinnacle of financial dominance on Canglan Star."

In a hotel in Xiumei City.

Yang Fan had just finished dinner when he received news from his female secretary.

"Celestial Star Agriculture's market value skyrocketed by 1,600 billion Xia Yuan today, with a total market value now exceeding 19 trillion, soon to break the 20 trillion mark.

"You hold a 17% stake, equivalent to 3,200 billion. The speed of earning is too fast."

Ling Shuiling added with a sigh, "Recently, so much money has flooded in from overseas, it's like earning while lying down."

Now the whole world is optimistic about Eastern Great Xia, and this strong confidence has pushed up asset prices in Great Xia.

Anyone with assets can literally wake up after a nap and find their net worth has increased significantly.

Yang Fan didn't find it surprising: "Great Xia has always been the Central Country since ancient times, and now it's merely returning to its rightful historical position."

Ling Shuiling mentioned a piece of information known only within the financial sector: "The most direct impact of Great Xia becoming the financial dominator is that all countries are figuring out ways to increase their reserves of Xia Yuan.

"Even many allies of the Carmenia Federation, like those in the Southern Cross Alliance, have decided to make Xia Yuan their primary foreign exchange reserve currency.

"According to estimates, the global demand for Xia Yuan increased by 25 trillion overnight.

"In other words, Great Xia simply needs to print 50 trillion to exchange for a massive amount of wealth from other countries.

"Currently, Great Xia's total population is 1.86 billion, up by more than 36 million from last year, which means every Great Xia citizen could receive 27,000 Xia Yuan.'

The female secretary marveled: "In the past, only Carmenians enjoyed the benefits of exchanging paper for goods, and now Great Xia people can enjoy it too."

Yang Fan felt it was only natural: "Great Xia people have struggled and worked hard for hundreds of years, not knowing how much blood and sweat we've shed. This is the reward we deserve."

Ling Shuiling initially found these words a bit shameless. Being powerful allows one to exploit financial advantages for plunder—what kind of logic is that?

But upon careful thought, she found they made sense.

This is essentially a jungle world. Any nation that makes extraordinary efforts and gains genuine influence can naturally set rules that favor itself.

The strong set the rules, and the weak obey them; that's the real logic of the world.

Moreover.

Great Xia quietly introduced a series of measures to enhance welfare.

In summary, Great Xia's acquisition of financial dominance genuinely benefited all its citizens.

However.

Amidst the media's cheers, there were some discordant notes.

That morning, a figure wrapped tightly approached the Diplomatic Mission of the Great Xia stationed at the Azik Alliance.

The Azik Alliance borders Carmenia and has long been its largest source of cheap labor.

The figure stepped into the checkpoint set up by the mission and was politely stopped by a guard: "Sir, please register first."

The person said nothing but first removed his thick mask.

The guard only glanced briefly before showing a look of horror.

For this man's face was as pale as a corpse, and his skin, resembling parched soil, was riddled with cracks that emitted a faint red glow.

The guard immediately sensed trouble, raising his weapon and retreating while loudly alerting, "A monster is here; we..."

The words weren't finished.

The figure suddenly smiled, and a bright red light emerged from his mouth.

The guard paused momentarily before decisively pulling the trigger.

"Bang!"

The figure was struck in the chest, his body shuddered, and the red light in his mouth grew brighter, lighting up the cracks on his skin.

After a moment.

"Boom!"

The figure exploded.

The guard, taking the brunt of it, was instantly scalded on the surface by the flame's high temperature.

An even more astonishing scene quickly unfolded.

A blazing fire snake emerged from where the figure exploded, swiftly darting toward the guard and exiting through his back.

The guard was instantly carbonized, falling to the ground with his weapon seemingly melted.

The fire snake paused not and quickly passed through the checkpoint area, setting ablaze the dozen or so civilians waiting there.

A second later.

The fire snake went into the mission.

"Boom!"

A greater explosion ensued.

Ten minutes later.

Local police personnel came rushing over.

Upon confirmation, nearly half of the over thirty Great Xia staff members within the mission perished instantly.

Of the fifty or more civilians conducting their business there, over half were killed.

Another five minutes passed.

Yang Fan, transformed as Mr. Ghost, watched the explosion video in Eastern City.

The Azik Alliance falls within the Land of Freedom's network coverage, allowing the videos from the mission's cameras to automatically sync within the Heaven Reaching Tower matrix, preserving the video footage completely.

Yang Fan only gave it a glance, his brows slightly furrowing: "I sense the presence of demons."

Standing beside him, Long Xingyun's expression changed upon hearing: "Mr. Ghost, do you mean this is another type of modified weapon created using secret techniques taught by demons?"

Yang Fan nodded: "Indeed!"

Long Xingyun took a sharp breath, being deeply alarmed by the demons' methods.

The commander further queried: "This must be revenge from the Carmenians, right? We've waited so long, and here it comes."

Great Xia had anticipated the situation before, predicting that after issuing the Dragon Claw Pursuit Order, both sides were likely to engage in a prolonged supernatural power war.

This wouldn't be a one-time battle but would persist for many years until one side fell.

Yang Fan shared his judgment: "I have a hunch that this attack can't be unrelated to the Clove Family."

Previously, during Great Xia's global emergency network meeting, the execution of Brother Lun, the fourth heir of the Clove Family, was broadcast live, thoroughly enraging the Clove Family; this was evidently their instigated retaliation.

He pondered briefly and ordered: "Activate the Lingxiao Hall system and launch a global strike on the Clove Family's assets, coincidentally testing the combat capabilities of the Lingxiao Hall system."

Throughout many past years, the Clove Family stood as one of the symbols of Carmenia.

In previous situations when Carmenia suppressed Great Xia many times, the Clove Family played a significant role.

So Great Xia specifically chose this target—to eliminate the Clove Family and assert its dominance to the world!