CHAPTER 382: 294. THE GREAT XIA PEOPLE ARE THE TRUE ELITES.

The expansion strategy implemented by Great Xia in the Five Countries in the Middle of East Continent is considered a major change for the people of these countries.

However, few people in the world are paying attention to these five countries.

To the vast majority, it’s not surprising at all that Great Xia would extend a hand to the Five Countries in the Middle of East Continent to showcase its grandeur as a major power.

In contrast, another major event occurring in the Southern East Continent has garnered high levels of international attention.

Because the "Black Sand Sea Exploration Alliance," established solely by Great Xia, was officially announced in Shapudian, Southern East Continent.

Originally, Great Xia only intended to play this game alone by forming a single development company.

But plans could not keep up with changes.

Many countries, upon learning that Great Xia had initiated a plan to explore the Sea of Death Black Sand in the Primordial World, expressed a strong interest in participating through various channels.

The high command of Great Xia, after numerous discussions, finally decided to bring some of these countries along.

And so.

The development company transformed into a Pioneer Alliance.

And according to unofficial sources, Great Xia is selling "seats" in the Pioneer Alliance to outsiders.

The fee for each seat reportedly reaches an astonishing 100 billion Xia Yuan.

If a country lacks Xia Yuan reserves, they can also barter with various resources such as coal, oil, iron ore, etc.

Besides the seat fee, countries participating in the alliance must pay Great Xia an additional annual fee.

This fee is also said to be in the "billions" range.

Great Xia provides the following reasons:

Every exploration mission to the Sea of Death Black Sand is organized entirely by Great Xia, hence the organizational charges.

Every entrance to the Primordial World’s portal is opened by Great Xia, so they charge an opening fee.

During each exploration mission, Great Xia provides the strongest security on Canglan Star, hence the security fee.

Although these reasons sound dignified, charging both the seat fee and annual fee seems highly redundant.

In short.

It’s outrageously expensive!

Nonetheless, countries eagerly apply to join the Pioneer Alliance without ceasing.

Rumor has it that even a few staunch allies of the Carmenia Federation have quietly submitted applications to Great Xia.

The Carmenia Federation is Great Xia’s number one adversary, and since the Superpower Era began, their relations have grown increasingly hostile, nearly to the point of open confrontation.

That the allies of the Carmenians want to join the Pioneer Alliance sounds intensely ironic.

This also indirectly shows that Eastern Great Xia’s influence on Canglan Star has already surpassed that of the Carmenia Federation.

At this moment.

Shapudian.

Eastern City.

This is a newly-built city.

The headquarters of the Black Sand Sea Exploration Alliance is located in Eastern City.

The place where the Celestial Mountain descended upon Canglan Star is right in the center of Eastern City.

Just from the name "Eastern," one can easily tell who the actual controller of this city is.

Although Eastern City is on the land of Shapudian, it is nominally under Shapudian’s jurisdiction.

Yet everyone here knows that everything in Eastern City is decided by the Great Xia People.

"Woo~"

The cold wind howled.

Anthony, carrying a briefcase, stood at the taxi stand at the airport and couldn’t help shivering for a moment.

He tightened his scarf and couldn’t resist cursing, "Damn cold wave!"

He is a Yilete person.

Yilete is a member state of the Southern Cross Alliance and has traditionally been a close ally of the Carmenia Federation.

However, the phrase "traditionally" is used because things are gradually changing.

As the Great Xia people have already left the Carmenians far behind in the competition within the Supernatural Domain.

More and more member countries of the Southern Cross Alliance are no longer steadfastly aligning with the Carmenians against Great Xia but are instead secretly engaging with Great Xia.

Yilete is one of them.

Anthony flew across half of Canglan Star to be involved in the booming "Primordial Economy."

The so-called "Primordial Economy" refers to the economy related to the Primordial World.

It’s currently the hottest buzzword globally.

If any large company fails to find ways to link itself with the Primordial Economy, its stock prices would plummet significantly.

Anthony was sent by a major company in his country to Eastern City for a preliminary reconnaissance, preparing for the establishment of a branch.

After all, Eastern City is the base of the Black Sand Sea Exploration Alliance, and the first docking point for Primordial resources from the Black Sand Sea to Canglan Star is Eastern City.

This location is more convenient for acquiring information related to the Primordial World.

It’s also faster to acquire goods from the Primordial World.

To a certain extent, Eastern City is undoubtedly the closest location to the Primordial Economy.

And the reason Anthony was able to get this opportunity goes beyond his rich management experience.

It’s also because he was fortunate enough to awaken some superpower traits, making his physique significantly stronger than that of an ordinary person.

Anthony waited in the cold wind for quite a while, but no taxi came by.

He glanced around, observing the few scattered figures at the taxi stand, then turned to look back at the airport, silently regretting not taking the airport shuttle to Eastern City.

Earlier, he considered it beneath him to squeeze with a crowd on the shuttle, which is why he decided to take a taxi, only to be left freezing.

On the other hand.

The airport shuttles don’t have many trips, and he was reluctant to wait for too long.

Anthony stomped his feet hard and decided to wait for five more minutes. If no taxi showed up, he would return to the airport shuttle stop.