Chapter 269: Dark Web

Gu Tianyu was silent for a moment, and in the end, he could only sigh helplessly.

"What a pity."

"This deal could have earned quite a lot."

Just then, Yang Fan suddenly had a thought.

Several building cards appeared in his hand, which he then handed over.

"The Eternal Corpse Mine is not for sale."

"However, I wonder if Brother Gu is interested in these items?"

Gu Tianyu took the cards and glanced down at them.

The next second, his eyes lit up immediately.

"Of course I am interested!"

"An S-rank Void Realm Energy Core; this item has quite a market within the Human Race."

"As for the Land of the Undead… it is one of the strategic-level buildings most favored by the Undead Race."

"And with so many Skeleton Soldier barracks, Brother Yang has gained quite a lot this time."

Speaking of this, the smile on Gu Tianyu's Face became significantly more sincere.

"I wonder what price Brother Yang is prepared to sell them for?"

Yang Fan leaned back on the sofa, his expression calm.

"Brother Gu can just name the price."

"I don't understand the market conditions of the black market."

"And I have never come into contact with these channels before."

"As long as the price is reasonable, I will sell."

Gu Tianyu did not answer immediately, but instead tapped lightly on the table.

The crisp sound of the tabletop echoed slowly throughout the room.

He seemed to be weighing something.

After a long while, Gu Tianyu's movements suddenly stopped, and a hint of decisiveness appeared in his eyes.

"Brother Yang, I know of a special channel."

"With your status, you are already qualified to come into contact with it."

"I will do you a favor and tell you about it."

Yang Fan's eyes flickered slightly, "What channel?"

Gu Tianyu said, "The Dark Web."

Yang Fan frowned slightly.

Gu Tianyu did not explain too much, but simply continued:

"There are many special entities conducting transactions there."

"Some items are ignored when placed in the Federation Mall."

"But there, they can be sold for prices many times higher than the market rate."

"The buildings you have in your hand could perhaps be auctioned there."

Speaking of this, Gu Tianyu paused.

"Not only that."

"To ensure absolute security there."

"Ordinary high-level Intelligent Life cannot even connect; it must use the Divine Kingdom's highest Intelligent Life as a medium."

"Otherwise, it is impossible to establish a connection."

Upon hearing this, Yang Fan was even more surprised.

Gu Tianyu, however, had already stood up and walked to the desk.

He picked up a pen and paper and quickly wrote down a string of coordinates composed of special characters.

Those characters were very strange.

They looked neither like words nor numbers.

Instead, they looked more like some kind of encrypted rule symbols.

After finishing, Gu Tianyu pushed the paper toward Yang Fan.

"Brother Yang, I will not participate in this transaction."

"Consider it a gesture of friendship."

"I have two more meetings this afternoon, so I won't continue to disturb you."

Speaking of this, Gu Tianyu revealed a faint smile.

"However, when you go to the front lines in the future, if you have any good items, remember to prioritize me."

After Gu Tianyu finished speaking, without any hesitation, he turned and left the villa.

Swift and decisive, extremely straightforward.

…

After Gu Tianyu left, Yang Fan returned to the living room.

Gu Le had already freshly brewed a pot of Spirit Tea.

"Husband, are you done talking?"

Yang Fan nodded, then sat down beside her.

"How much do you know about Gu Tianyu?"

Gu Le was clearly stunned for a moment.

"Uncle Tianyu?"

"What's wrong?"

Yang Fan smiled.

"I'm just a bit curious."

Gu Le pondered for a moment, then spoke slowly.

"If we are talking about the strength of Divine Kingdom believers, he is actually not considered the strongest in the Gu Family."

"But if we are talking about the ability to make money, he is definitely one of the most legendary figures in the Gu Family."

"It is said that when he was over a hundred years old, he had already accumulated wealth that would make countless gods jealous."

"Moreover, in recent years, many big shots of the Gu Family have held shares in his businesses."

"The annual dividends alone are an astronomical figure."

"My father is one of them."

Speaking of this, even Gu Le couldn't help but sigh with emotion.

"Actually, when I saw him at the banquet back then, I was still a bit surprised."

"Although he is not very old, if we talk solely about influence and the resources he controls."

"Even people of my father's generation have to give him some Face."

Yang Fan nodded thoughtfully, then asked as if unintentionally:

"Have you heard of the Dark Web?"

Gu Le froze immediately.

"Dark Web?"

"What Dark Web?"

"The Virtual Universe Company, in conjunction with the federation highest intelligent life, built the current network system."

"It is impossible for any so-called Dark Web to exist."

"No data fluctuation can escape monitoring."

"At least, I have never heard of it."

Upon hearing this, Yang Fan's eyes flickered slightly, but he did not continue to press, simply smiling and waving his hand.

"It's nothing."

"Just asking."

But in his heart, waves were already rising.

Even a direct descendant of the Gu Family like Gu Le does not know of the existence of the Dark Web.

Then the string of coordinates left by Gu Tianyu is likely far more valuable than he imagined.

And there is one more point: Gu Tianyu specifically chose an in-person visit today, rather than contacting through the Virtual World.

This in itself already explains a lot.

Some things can be done, but cannot be spoken of.

Some transactions can exist, but cannot be recorded.

Yang Fan is not that kind of pedantic person.

He understands one truth very clearly.

The weak follow the rules; the strong make the rules.

And those who truly stand at the top of the world.

Often both make the rules and utilize the rules.

The Human Race is like this, and the alien races are the same.

Even those ordinary Divine Beings will find ways to avoid taxes through offline transactions.

Let alone a figure like Gu Tianyu who controls a massive commercial Empire.

The so-called rules are never meant to restrict everyone, but to filter people.

…

After returning to his room.

Yang Fan put on the virtual helmet directly.

At the same time.

Inside the Divine Kingdom, Yang Da had already received that string of special coordinates.

"Yang Da, based on these coordinates, take my consciousness and go there," Yang Fan ordered.

"As you command, Master."

The next moment.

Yang Fan suddenly felt his consciousness being gently touched by some force.

That feeling was completely different from ordinary virtual teleportation.

There was no space jump, nor was there any data stream traversal.

Instead, it felt like being slowly dragged into a deeper darkness by an invisible giant hand.

Constantly sinking, constantly going deeper.

As if detaching from the surface network and entering a more secretive area.

The surrounding data torrents became fewer and fewer.

The sense of rules belonging to the Virtual Universe even began to gradually fade.

Until a certain moment.

Whoosh!

The light suddenly returned before his eyes.

Yang Fan and Yang Da appeared simultaneously in a small room.

The room's furnishings were extremely simple, with only a table, chairs, and a huge floor-to-ceiling window.

Yang Fan walked slowly to the window.

The next moment, his pupils suddenly constricted.

Outside the window, countless small rooms identical to the one he was in were floating.

Layer after layer, circle after circle.

Spaces overlapped with each other, extending continuously into the distance, as if there was never an end.

And in the very center of all the houses, a huge, incomparably large sphere was floating.

That was not a real object, but rather constructed from countless numbers, symbols, and fragments of rules.

Just like a star composed of data.

Rotating slowly, emitting a mysterious and ancient aura.