From Abyssal Invasion to Bursting Stars with a Single Sword-Chapter 346 - 258: Airborne

As time reached the twelfth month of the Abyss Descent, Flame Emblem secured absolute dominance in the three fields of Quenching, Forging, and Engraving.

Especially in the field of Quenching, the competition was extremely intense.

Due to the Lion Heart Empire possessing another Quenching Furnace, a large influx of capital had poured into the Lion Heart Empire two months prior, aiming to seize control of the Quenching Market.

However, the strategy that Lu Heng devised had made Flame Emblem become the unrivaled entity in the Quenching field.

This caused nations like the White Eagle Federation, the Lion Heart Empire, and Fusang to invest vast sums of money into the Quenching field, yet they did not receive the expected returns.

Transnational capital began to squeeze Flame Emblem through various means.

There was even capital lobbying certain power sectors in Da Xia, attempting to impose sanctions on Flame Emblem through legislation.

Quenching, Forging, and Engraving, these three fields, emerged as new industries after the Abyss Descent.

Many existing laws were not applicable to these three industries.

And the official stance of Da Xia had not legislated and regulated these industries, so there were situations outside the rules in many places.

For example, the Quenching Master Union, the Forge Master Guild, and the Engraving Master Guild, had a strong influence on the industry.

If Da Xia were to truly legislate and regulate Flame Emblem and the Quenching Castle, prohibiting the Flame Emblem Club from exclusively managing the beginner channels of Quenching Castle, then these transnational corporations could surge in and take control of the entrance channels of Quenching Castle.

However, there was a particular issue here.

Whether Quenching Castle belonged to Da Xia, if it should be under Da Xia's management?

This was a difficult question to answer.

Quenching Castle came from the Abyss World, and its lord was a Black Iron Dwarf.

Yet, the location of Quenching Castle belonged to the overlapping space between Coastal City and the Abyss.

The law had not yet defined whether overlapping spaces counted as territorial land.

Thus, there was a wiggle room on this point.

If Da Xia were indeed to legislate that overlapping spaces are part of the territory, freewebnoveℓ.com

Then, legally speaking, Quenching Castle would belong to Da Xia, and naturally, it should come under the supervision of Da Xia.

If Quenching Castle were to be regulated by Da Xia, and once it was prohibited for the Flame Emblem Club to exclusively manage the beginner channels of Quenching Castle, then those tycoons could, through various means, obtain the entrance powers of Quenching Castle.

As for Gulu opposing Da Xia's regulation of Quenching Castle,

Then the situation would become very delicate.

As long as the law defined that overlapping spaces are territory, the space where Quenching Castle is located would be considered territory.

If Quenching Castle resisted, it might lead to a situation where cannons blow open the castle gates.

Even without Da Xia taking action, those transnational tycoons would take the initiative and blast open the gates of Quenching Castle.

As for dealing with Gulu, those transnational tycoons might even consider killing him if it meant they could secure Quenching Castle.

At this time, it depended on who had the stronger fist.

If Da Xia resolutely decided to take over Quenching Castle, with Lu Heng's current Power, he wouldn't be able to confront the nation.

Should such a situation occur, would it mean rebellion?

Thus, when Lu Heng heard this news from Lin Zeyu, his heart skipped a beat.

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In the past life, Quenching Castle was not the same.

In the past life, Quenching Castle was in a semi-public state, controlled by multiple tycoons who managed the entry channels.

And there was official supervision by Da Xia, achieving a balance among the tycoons.

Moreover, Quenching Castle did not have a dominant position in the Quenching industry in the past life.

After another Quenching Furnace appeared in the Lion Heart Empire, capital from Western nations flooded into the Lion Heart Empire, recruiting Quenching Masters, even employing very despicable means to occupy the majority of the Quenching Market.

So, back then, Quenching Castle was not as envied as it is now.

This life was completely different.

Quenching Castle almost dominated the fields of Quenching, Forging, and Engraving, suffocating those tycoons trying to squeeze in, who spent massive funds yet saw no returns.

Lin Zeyu waved his hand in front of Lu Heng, interrupting his recollection, and said,

"I just received news that the country might legislate to incorporate overlapping spaces as part of the territory.

"And I heard that someone intends to use this legislation to take down Flame Emblem and seize control of Quenching Castle.

"And it's not just one tycoon aiming to do this, but all the tycoons, all the capital want to do it.

"We're holding such enormous wealth, drawing too much envy from many, just unsure if we can keep it."

This issue was indeed severe.

Those big tycoons, large capital, green with envy, it wouldn't be surprising if those in power in the government were also envious.

Monopolizing is indeed easy to draw hatred and is not a long-term plan.

Currently, the enormous wealth that Flame Emblem currently controlled was entirely reliant on the team of three people holding it down, as long as the Combat Power of Lu Heng and the two others didn't suppress the situation, trouble would immediately arise.

It was time to resolve this issue.

Lin Zeyu brought up another matter: "Additionally, the state has issued a new regulation, organizations and companies of Superpower Users that exceed a hundred people need to submit a review application to the regulatory department and accept supervision."

This was inevitable, as more and more organizations of Superpower Users emerged, the state could not ignore them.

Without regulation, these groups possessing Extraordinary Power could inevitably disrupt social order.

Lin Zeyu then added, "Also, if one wants to use high-powered thermal weapons, stricter approvals are needed."

This should be due to the recent frequent occurrence of severe cases involving Superpower Users, and the officials needed to step in to sort things out.

To maintain order, Extraordinary Power indeed needed supervision.