Wang’s words were laced with amicable warmth, yet Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen felt a chilling dread creep into their bones.

“This fellow…” Zhang Yu thought to himself, “From beginning to end, he never intended to let us spend this money freely.”

“Even if we scraped together enough money to buy a Heavenly Spiritual Root months in advance, we’d still have to get past him.”

“So… in truth, from the moment he transferred the money to us nine months ago, we’ve had to get his approval, to be under his watchful eye if we wanted to achieve Foundation Establishment!”

“This guy has been playing us all along!”

“No wonder, no wonder he didn’t seek the attestation of a True God when signing the contract! He never intended to fully abide by it!”

“We thought this would give us more freedom, but in reality, it gave him the least constraint!”

Zhang Yu instantly understood. For the powerful clans of Songyang City, seeking the attestation of a True God for a contract was to ensure its enforcement!

But for an authority figure like Wang, his wealth and influence could already guarantee the contract’s execution on the First Layer. Having a True God attest to it would only restrict him!

And actions like monitoring their accounts and freezing their funds undoubtedly involved illicit operations. However, Wang clearly had the support of True Gods behind him to accomplish this!

At that moment, Zhang Yu felt as if the cultivation resources he had accumulated over the past nine months in pursuit of a Heavenly Spiritual Root for Foundation Establishment were now firmly gripped in Wang’s hands!

Zhang Yu suppressed his anger and explained, “Ah Zhen wanted to keep the money with me before changing bodies!”

President Wang dissuaded him, “It’s just a change of body, not death. There’s no need for so much trouble!”

“I’m keeping your accounts safe for you, no need to worry!”

Hanging up the phone, Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen felt an overwhelming pressure bearing down on them!

Over the past nine months, Wang had constantly influenced and guided them, as if leaving behind a series of chains on their bodies!

Now, those chains were tightening one by one, like layers of suffocating pressure, seeking to suppress them and control them firmly within his grasp!

But the more intense the pressure, the more Zhang Yu felt the fragmented bull he envisioned in his mind stirring to life!

Everything they had experienced today was like a thunderbolt, completely awakening the fragmented bull, causing it to struggle, writhe, and roar!

And in this familiar sensation, Zhang Yu felt his brain, muscles, and blood flow becoming increasingly active!

Oasis Building, 1111th floor!

After hanging up the phone, Wang thought to himself, “Zhang Yu, that kid! What is he trying to do?”

“I thought he had become obedient!”

“Now it seems, he has learned to playact in front of me!”

“Such a large transfer of funds suddenly, is he planning to achieve Foundation Establishment early and scheme behind my back?”

After a moment of contemplation, Wang was still uneasy about Bai Zhenzhen!

After all, Bai Zhenzhen was the commodity he had promised to deliver to the higher-ups, and he couldn’t afford to lose her!

So, he instructed Chi He outside, “Go to Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen’s apartment and bring Bai Zhenzhen here!”

Chi He nodded in agreement and respectfully withdrew.

Shortly after, he arrived at Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen’s luxurious apartment with a group of men!

With a casual swipe of his phone, the apartment door opened naturally, allowing them to enter without hindrance!

However, after a thorough search, Chi He’s brows furrowed immediately. He called Wang, “President Wang, Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen are gone!”

Wang’s eyes narrowed, and he said, “Dispatch men to guard all the entrances and exits of Songyang City!”

“You personally pursue them. Tell me if you need any support!”

On the street!

Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen were watching the surveillance footage on their phone, recorded by the security cameras they had placed in their apartment!

Seeing Chi He leading the team in the footage, Bai Zhenzhen frowned and said, “Wang has indeed become suspicious!”

“Now that they can’t find us, they will probably mobilize manpower to search the entire city!”

Zhang Yu pulled Bai Zhenzhen and ran towards the outskirts, “Let’s go! They have the assistance of True Gods and must already be tracking us!”

Bai Zhenzhen angrily said, “That Wang! Not only does he monitor and freeze accounts, but at the slightest hint of trouble, he sends people to arrest us!”

Fu Ji analyzed, “This fellow is different from Zhou Chechen, Zhou Yang, or Song Xu that you have encountered before!”

“Your previous opponents had to abide by the rules of the First Layer to some extent!”

“But this Wang, after descending to the First Layer, intends to trample it underfoot!”

“Many rules of the First Layer are mere paper to him!”

“Damn it! I think even Evil Gods are more law-abiding than him!”

At that moment, Zhang Yu deeply understood why Kunxu strictly controlled the descent of upper-level people to the lower levels!

Just one young master behaving so lawlessly was already this bad. Imagine what it would be like if more came down!

When the rules of the First Layer have limited effect on these people, then using the simplest and most direct means to achieve their goals often becomes their first choice!

In that instant, Zhang Yu felt that Wang was like a behemoth, closing in on him from behind, not intending to give him any chance!

But the more intense the pressure, the faster Zhang Yu felt his cultivation technique circulating, and the more excited the fragmented bull he envisioned in his mind seemed to become!

“We can’t sit still and wait for death. If we keep running like this, we’ll be caught sooner or later!”

“Let’s act immediately. Send all your personnel to Songyang City!”

Deng Bingding said, “The True Gods can only provide support on the network layer and cannot directly descend to participate in this battle!”

“The outsourced personnel who can participate in the battle are currently working overtime in various parts of the First Layer. It will take about 6 hours to gather effective combat power in Songyang City!”

Although Zhang Yu knew that gathering from the 20 million square kilometers of the First Layer within 6 hours was not slow, considering his current situation, he couldn’t help but mutter that it was too slow!

Zhang Yu couldn’t help but say, “I’m in trouble here. I’m being pursued by people from the Oasis Group!”

Deng Bingding frowned, thinking, “Could it be that Wang has discovered our plan? Did Zhang Yu slip up, or did someone on our side secretly leak information?”

Deng Bingding was uncertain for a moment, but she also knew that now was not the time to think about these things!

She said, “I’ll send the patrol team to cover you and delay them!”

“You must hold on until our personnel arrive before we act!”

Zhang Yu said, “Then I have a few additional requests!”
“The agreed-upon significant item, I require it now!”

“Furthermore, I need a secret account, and a sixty million interest-free loan!”

“I also need you to assist me in concealing my whereabouts!”

Listening to Zhang Yu’s outrageous demands, Deng Bingding calmly stated, “The secret account I can arrange for you, it will be done immediately, and I will also have people protect this account!”

“But as for the money!! Our recent expenditures have been rather substantial!”

As she spoke, Deng Bingding thought of Xinghuo Zhenren, who had recently earned a fortune in overtime pay, and the other numerous outsourced employees!

She continued, “I can only allocate a maximum of twenty-five million for an interest-free loan at this time. Any more than that would require approval, which would take approximately five to ten business days!”

Zhang Yu frowned slightly, thinking to himself that this was too slow!

“I cannot simply rely on the support of the true deities; that is akin to sitting and awaiting my doom!”

“I must find a way to establish my foundation quickly, to master greater combat prowess!”

“It seems that, as matters stand, I have no choice but to fully unleash the immortal potential within myself and Azhen, to aid me in my quest to achieve the Heaven-Spiritual Root Foundation Establishment!”

Meanwhile, Chi He, accompanied by over a dozen Qi Refining Peak experts, was relentlessly tracking Zhang Yu’s trail!

A deluge of surveillance screenshots, mobile signal data, and network data!! Constantly flowed before him, bringing Chi He ever closer to Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen!

Ye Mantian, within the team, was particularly excited. Though he knew not how Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen had offended Director Wang, the thought of their imminent capture filled him with the anticipation of finally avenging his humiliation!

Following the target’s movement data, they surrounded the location from all directions, only to discover that the place marked on their phones was completely empty!

Chi He frowned, “What is happening?”

A true deity’s voice echoed from his phone: “Another true deity is shielding them!”

“However, it matters not. The entirety of Songyang City is filled with my eyes and ears. The opponent can fabricate some false data, but they cannot fabricate all of it!”

“They cannot escape!”

Within the divine power network, amidst the true deities’ respective actions, a wealth of data containing traces of Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen flickered in and out of existence!

Though the data was a mixture of truth and falsehood, constantly shifting and changing, the verification from a plethora of surveillance data in Songyang City eventually pieced together Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen’s escape route!

Just then, a group of Songyang patrol officers intercepted them!

“Routine inspection, please cooperate!”

Chi He stated, “I am well acquainted with your team leader!”

The officer coldly replied, “Please cooperate!”

Chi He said, “Then I’ll make a call, is that alright?”

“To Director Wang!”

With that, disregarding the officer’s agreement, he dialed Director Wang’s number!

Upon hearing the name “Director Wang,” the patrol officers present all ceased their movements, silently awaiting Chi He’s call!

Within the sewers!

As the interest-free loan approved by Deng Bingding arrived, the funds in the secret account reached twenty-five million. However, this sum was still far short of the fifty-eight million required for the Heaven-Spiritual Root!

Thus, Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen, while rapidly moving through the sewers, incessantly manipulated their phones, downloading one loan platform after another!

Bai Zhenzhen’s fingertips created a series of afterimages as she operated, saying, “Yuzi, I’ve found another one here that can net us three hundred thousand!”

Zhang Yu, while opening the link she shared, replied, “Mm, I just got approved for two hundred and fifty thousand from ‘Anxin Loan,’ try it out!”

Last year, Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen’s immortal potential was exhausted, having reached nearly all borrowing limits!

However, with the acquisition of the Foundation Establishment Qualification Certificate, coupled with the Oasis Group’s promotion of their immortal potential, it experienced a surge, an explosion, a powerful increase.

At this moment, under their full sprint, that incomparably majestic immortal potential was continuously stimulated, converging toward Zhang Yu’s body!

As such, the funds representing Zhang Yu’s current immortal potential in the secret account also soared, quickly rising from twenty-five million to twenty-eight million!! Thirty million!!! Forty million!! Seeming to draw closer and closer to the requirements for Heaven-Spiritual Root Foundation Establishment!

But the number eventually halted at forty-three million!

Bai Zhenzhen, gazing at the forty-three million, frowned and said, “We’ve borrowed from all the platforms we can. If we want to buy Heaven-Spiritual Root Foundation Establishment, we’re still short at least fifteen million!”

Zhang Yu, beside her, furrowed his brows. After a moment, his eyes suddenly lit up: “No! There’s still more!”

“You forgot we still have a reserve of immortal potential!”

Within Bai Long High School!

Yu Xinghan glanced at his vibrating phone, seeing a message from Zhang Yu: I am Zhang Yu, the strongest high school student in the first level of Kunxu. I am facing an emergency and need to break through to Foundation Establishment and am short of cash. Lend me money now, and I will repay 1.3 times the amount in the future!

“Lunatic!”

Yu Xinghan cursed inwardly, turning off his phone screen!

However, after a moment, he still made a call, asking, “Hey, has your account been hacked?”

Hearing that the person on the other end of the phone was indeed Zhang Yu, and that it was indeed him who wanted to borrow money, Yu Xinghan then hung up the phone!

Then, after thinking about it, he finally picked up his phone: “You better really repay me 1.3 times the amount!”

“This one million is my hard-earned money!”

Within Ziyun High School!

Le Mulan looked at the message on her phone, stunned for a moment before also making a call to confirm its authenticity!

Then, while transferring the money, she thought: “If Zhang Yu really succeeds in Foundation Establishment, then the materials on him will be the materials of a Foundation Establishment Ancestor!”

Thinking of this, Le Mulan felt herself become slightly excited!

Qian Shen hung up the phone and looked at his parents, saying: “Dad, Mom, I want to lend some money to Zhang Yu!”

“You’re worried he’s scamming us?”

“How is that possible?”

“A student with a score below 550 might exaggerate things!”

“But a competition champion with a score above 660, a winner of the Foundation Establishment Exam, is unlikely to lie!”

“Investing in this strongest high school student in the college entrance examination system, I think it’s a surefire win!”

Within the Spiritual Realm!

Mo Tianyi sent a mass message: “I’ve confirmed it. Zhang Yu urgently needs a sum of money to break through to Foundation Establishment!”

“Everyone’s salary has been paid, right? Those who have money, lend a bit!”

“Zhang Yu is, after all, a genius who has managed to stand out amongst us poor people. It’s not easy for him to achieve Foundation Establishment!”

Within the Protection Zone!

Xiong Wenwu, who was leeching off the spiritual veins, looked at his phone and said: “An’an, I’ll transfer it to him, you can save your own money!”

An’an retorted unhappily: “I just received a salary of 2,500! 1.3 times that is 3,250!”
Inside the rented room!

Zhao Tianxing’s mother, gazing at the message sent by Zhang Yu, gradually calmed her initially excited expression.

Just then, Zhao Tianxing’s voice suddenly drifted from the nearby computer: “Mom, call and confirm if it’s real!”

“If it’s truly Zhang Yu asking to borrow money, then use the money you scraped together to redeem me and lend it to him!”

“I trust A’Yu’s character!”

“He will surely repay it 1.3 times over; we need that money!”

On the corporate battlefield!

True Immortal Xinghuo, after glancing at the message emerging from his dharma eye, expressed some surprise: “Borrowing money for Foundation Establishment… Could it be this fellow has truly broken ties with that King Wang of Oasis?”

After confirming the authenticity of the message, True Immortal Xinghuo mused, “This disciple of mine has some backbone after all!”

Just as he was about to transfer the funds, he remembered that most of his money was currently held by his daughter!

Thus, he sent a message to Li Xuelian: “Lend a sum of money to Zhang Yu!”