Super Invincible Battleship
Chapter 1415

Chapter 1415: Chapter 557: Underground Space Chapter 1415: Chapter 557: Underground Space The day after time and space travel, Lu Pingping did not come to look for Yan Fei; instead, she was secretly carrying out her own plans, waiting for the critical moment to astonish everyone and achieve her wishes. Similarly, Yan Fei did not meet with Lu Pingping, but returned to the deep underground of Dream Island, continuing his journey towards the depths of Earth's core.

Yan Fei had already met the basic upgrade requirements for the Drone, but he was unable to provide the next level upgrade template for the Drone, causing it to be unable to upgrade immediately. In the short term, the Drone was not helpful in enhancing Yan Fei's strength, nor could it help him against more powerful enemies. Yan Fei could only pin his hopes on the deep underground of Dream Island; there, a major discovery could potentially yield useful items to quickly enhance his strength.

Yan Fei had previously reached a depth of 4980 meters underground. To reach this depth, Yan Fei had spent a considerable amount of time and wasted countless energy points to dig out a vertical circular passage from above. At this depth, the rock not only became more compact, but its hardness reached an unimaginable level. Even with the Drone's powerful engines and sharp drill bits, the speed of burrowing through these hard rocks significantly decreased.

Even with the Drone's full firepower and continuous 24-hour operation, it could only advance thirty to forty meters per day at most. And as the Drone continued to burrow down, the surrounding rocks became even harder, and its burrowing speed further slowed down…

Despite facing such huge challenges, Yan Fei was not discouraged. He remained spirited and continued to burrow downwards. Facing significant threats, he urgently needed to gain an increase in strength. With other paths temporarily unviable, the deep underground of Dream Island became his last hope.

After reaching a depth of 5000 meters underground, Yan Fei encountered rocks whose hardness was of a qualitatively higher level, much more so than any alloy metal invented by human society. Just this realization had already overturned Yan Fei's previous knowledge. Therefore, he persisted in his belief that there were mysteries deep under Dream Island. By persevering, he might find items that could enhance his strength.

While Yan Fei repeated the monotonous drilling work underground, he did not completely disconnect from the outside world. Through the Artificial Intelligence “Dream,” Yan Fei still controlled everything happening in the outside world and made timely and critical decisions based on the situation.

Upon Yan Fei's strong insistence, the Dream Island Guard withstood enormous pressure from Xia Fan's fan team, defining her arrival on Dream Island as illegal entry, and repatriated her back to China. Xia Fan was very unhappy about being deported from Dream Island; she even felt somewhat wronged. However, she didn't complain about Yan Fei, instead directing her grievances against Lu Pingping.

In Xia Fan's view, all of this was deliberately arranged by Lu Pingping. Sensing the threat from Xia Fan, afraid she might steal Yan Fei away, Lu Pingping had made a pre-emptive move, using her authority to have Xia Fan driven off Dream Island. To avenge Lu Pingping's deportation action against her, Xia Fan was now using the power of her fan group to make Lu Pingping pay.

However, Yan Fei didn't think Xia Fan's fan group had any real power, as her fans were all adults and very rational. Although they might be infatuated with Xia Fan's appearance, they were unlikely to do too much for Xia Fan, let alone put themselves in an adversarial relationship with Lu Pingping on her behalf.

Then Yan Fei learned more about Xia Fan's childish temperament. He had already formally rejected her, and everything targeted at her was his own doing. Why was Xia Fan still fixated on him? Moreover, Lu Pingping did nothing in this matter, so why had she suddenly become the person Xia Fan hated the most?

As for Lu Pingping, she really didn't take Xia Fan seriously. During this time, apart from secretly arranging plans to return to Zhendan University with Yan Fei, she spent all other time dealing with the affairs on Dream Island. The destructive plan against the largest diamond producer, De Beers Company, which she was presiding over, had already entered its second phase.

Previously, Lu Pingping had put up for auction an anonymous piece of rough diamond weighing 100 kilograms through the world-renowned auction house Sotheby's. In this anonymous auction, thanks to the hype of the diamond being the world's largest rough diamond, the auction saw fierce bidding, but in the end, this piece of rough diamond was acquired by De Beers Company, with a record-breaking final bid of 15 billion US dollars.

After getting the rough diamond, De Beers Company intensified their promotion efforts, touting their image as the top brand in the diamond industry. Through their continuous promotion, they not only increased the company's visibility in a short time but also further monopolized the rough diamond market. They also ingrained the idea in young people that diamonds represent love, turning them into potential buyers for diamond products.

Just as De Beers Company dispatched its top experts to cut and polish this historically largest piece of rough diamond, expecting to multiply its auction price several times over, Lu Pingping released another enormous piece of rough diamond. This piece of rough diamond weighed 120 kilograms and far surpassed the previous one in both purity and color.

At this point, De Beers Company was still unaware of the danger and were even cheering for the appearance of this new diamond. In their view, naturally occurring rough diamonds were extremely rare and couldn't possibly exist in large quantities. Therefore, whether it was to monopolize the rough diamond market or to further expand the promotion of the diamond-as-symbol-of-love concept, they welcomed this new diamond auction. They began to gather funds from all over, aiming to acquire this even larger piece of rough diamond into their possession and continue their path of monopoly.

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