Chapter 1 When Guo Huai Contacted Li Rui

When Guo Huai contacted Li Rui at Nie Yan's request, a thought flashed through Nie Yan's mind. Li Rui probably had some news to tell him. Li Rui had looked for him before, but he was too busy at the time.

Nie Yan contacted Li Rui.

"Where are you right now? I'll come find you," Nie Yan messaged Li Rui.

"I've noticed someone watching me. Let's not meet up. We'll just use private chat. Guild Leader Nie Yan, I have some important things I want to tell you." Li Rui paused for a moment before replying, sounding very cautious.

"Just call me Nie Yan. We're classmates, there's no need for such a formal tone." Nie Yan said. In fact, he had always regarded Li Rui and the others as his brothers. In his previous life, Zhai Hao, Li Rui, and the others had a very deep friendship with Nie Yan. Even though their statuses were very different now, he didn't want that brotherly bond to fade.

"There's something I've been wanting to say for a long time, I can't hold it in anymore. You were the one who brought me, Zhai Hao, and Liu Chengxu into the Ni Ren Guild back then. I'm grateful to you. I understand my talent can't compare to Zhai Hao and Liu Chengxu. My ability is only good enough to be a third-rate squad leader, and I accept that. I'm really not good at leveling, PK, or any of those skill-based things. Nobody in the Ni Ren Guild, including the executive guild leader, likes me very much, but that's all right. What I want to ask is, what do you think of me?" Li Rui said. Nie Yan's answer was very important to him.

Nie Yan smiled and said, "Faith is just a game. Everyone has their own strengths. Our talents in the game are different, that's normal. Ni Ren Guild has a strict set of rules, no favoritism allowed. I'm glad that Zhai Hao and Liu Chengxu were able to enter the Ni Ren Guild's leadership through their own strength. I can understand why you didn't get in. The game is just a game, in my opinion. Outside of the game, you, Zhai Hao, and Liu Chengxu are all equal, all my classmates, my brothers."

Nie Yan spoke with conviction. The reason he had always trusted Li Rui implicitly was because he had a sufficient understanding of Li Rui's character, personality, and so on. As brothers for seven or eight years in his previous life, Nie Yan refused to believe Guo Huai's suggestion that Li Rui might betray them.

"That's enough for me. Actually, being a squad leader is fine too, it's pretty good." Li Rui said with a gratified smile. Nie Yan's words touched him deeply. He sent a file to Nie Yan.

Nie Yan looked at the material Li Rui sent over and asked in confusion, "What's this?"

"It's all the data on the Century Financial Group that I've collected, it might be useful to you. I'm a little sorry. The reason Shaobing and the others left was because I provided some information to the Century Financial Group. The Century Financial Group knew Shaobing was a little dissatisfied with the Ni Ren Guild's salary, so they had me persuade him with all my might. I was forced to do so, I didn't expect it would cause such consequences. It was all to gain the trust of the Century Financial Group," Li Rui explained.

"People who want to leave will leave in the end, no matter what. Those who want to stay can't be held back. You don't have to worry about Shaobing," Nie Yan said. He casually flipped through the data Li Rui sent over, then he was stunned. The data contained a lot of highly classified secrets that were very difficult to collect. He really didn't know how Li Rui managed to get his hands on them. The Century Financial Group would never leak things like this.

"I feel much better hearing you say that." Li Rui said gratefully.

"Where did you get this information?" Nie Yan asked, the more he looked, the more shocked he became.

"Some of my brothers work at Century Financial Group, and later entered Faith with Century Financial Group. They are high-ranking executives in the game dispatched by Century Financial Group. It was easy for me to get this information from them. I hope it will be of some help to you." Li Rui said. Seeing Nie Yan's ecstatic expression, he revealed a gratified smile. His efforts during this period had not been in vain.

Nie Yan continued to look through the information. There were many messages in it that had never been revealed in his previous life. The entire operating status of the Century Financial Group within the Ni Ren Guild was described in detail. This information gave him a feeling of seeing the sun through the clouds.

Nie Yan finally understood the strength of the Century Financial Group. When he had contact with the Century Financial Group in the past, he didn't know much about them. It was like being covered by a mysterious veil. He knew the Century Financial Group was very strong, but he was somewhat confused about just how strong they were. This information was like completely stripping off the Century Financial Group's outer shell, revealing exactly what they were made of.

The information was organized very neatly, with several important pieces of information listed one by one. It could be seen that the person who organized this information was very careful.

After seeing this information, Nie Yan couldn't help but think that it wouldn't be bad to arrange for Li Rui to work in the intelligence department. He should be very good at this kind of work.

The data showed that the Century Financial Group currently had a total of eleven auction houses in the Grante Empire, located in different cities, including Flame City, Moonrise City, and so on, with a total of fifty-one pieces of land and more than twenty large shops. The specific income situation was unknown. The Mage Union and the Sacred Guardians were controlled by the Century Financial Group, which was a well-known fact. In fact, in addition to the Mage Union and the Sacred Guardians, the Century Financial Group secretly controlled sixteen guilds, whose strength should not be underestimated. In addition, they also had two gold farming groups of more than 100,000 people in the Grante Empire, providing the Century Financial Group with huge amounts of gold coins every day.

This was just the Century Financial Group's operations in the Grante Empire. When the Victorious Return Empire was defeated and the Century Financial Group tried to acquire the Ni Ren Guild but failed, the Century Financial Group transferred most of its financial resources to the Sartre Empire. The Century Financial Group controlled some shares of the Angel Corps in the Sartre Empire and could influence the Angel Corps' decisions. In addition, there were more than thirty guilds of all sizes under its banner, whose strength was immeasurable. They had relatively few virtual assets in the Sartre Empire, with a total of five auction houses, more than twenty pieces of land, and three gold farming groups of more than 100,000 people.

Nie Yan couldn't estimate how much the Century Financial Group could earn every day. The Century Financial Group's powerful strength shocked him. There was definitely a reason why the Century Financial Group was able to dominate the entire Grante Empire back then. This was strength!

"This information you gave me is very important, thank you, Li Rui." Nie Yan said sincerely.

"It's nothing. Also, there's another piece of news, I don't know if it's true or not. I heard the Century Financial Group is currently under a lot of pressure. A South American consortium has entered Faith and is recruiting people on a large scale. They have expanded six gold farming groups in the Grante Empire and the Sartre Empire and acquired a large number of shops. They are developing their own strength, but they are acting very secretly, I don't know what they are. In addition, there are several other forces whose actions are not small. They are fighting for the Century Financial Group's market. I'm not sure if these messages are true or if the people from the Century Financial Group were just talking about it casually." Li Rui said. His sources of information were limited after all, and he couldn't confirm these messages.

South America? Nie Yan raised his eyebrows. He suddenly remembered that guy named Qin Han, who had also said he was going to enter Faith. These forces were entering Faith one by one. It seemed that the Grante Empire and the Sartre Empire would be in for a lot of trouble in the future.

"Before, in order to gain the trust of the Century Financial Group, I gave them some unimportant information and received a total of 160,000 gold coins and some money. I had Zhai Hao hand them over to the guild warehouse." Li Rui said, he wouldn't take a penny of what he shouldn't.

"Keep that money, you might be able to use it someday. Just consider it an activity fund for collecting information." Nie Yan said. Li Rui's expenses for collecting information must have been considerable, he had to compensate Li Rui.

"That won't do. If I take that money, I'll really become a spy for the Century Financial Group." Li Rui said with a smile, politely refusing.

Nie Yan smiled. Li Rui was the same as in his previous life, he hadn't changed at all. He said to Li Rui, "I'll arrange it for you. Starting today, you'll assist Guo Huai in the intelligence department."

"That won't do." Li Rui quickly wanted to decline.

"I think it'll work, that's settled. I'll send a message to Guo Huai." Nie Yan said, sending a message to Guo Huai.

When Guo Huai heard Nie Yan say that he wanted Li Rui to assist him in managing the intelligence department, Guo Huai firmly disagreed, but after seeing the information Nie Yan took out, Guo Huai was completely convinced. Even if the entire Ni Ren Guild's intelligence agencies worked together, they wouldn't be able to obtain some of the top-secret information in it, especially the Century Financial Group. The Century Financial Group's organization was too strict and difficult to infiltrate. Therefore, Nie Yan and the others still didn't have a clear concept of the Century Financial Group. He didn't expect Li Rui to obtain it, and the entire set of information was clear at a glance.

"Are you sure he's trustworthy? Could it be a conspiracy by the Century Financial Group, using these things to infiltrate our ranks?" Guo Huai said his concerns. He still couldn't dispel his suspicion of Li Rui.

"I believe him." Nie Yan said with certainty. He believed Li Rui. What Guo Huai said, although not unreasonable, was somewhat untenable. There was a lot of information in this data that was unfavorable to the Century Financial Group, and it might even endanger the Century Financial Group's foundation. If it was just to allow Li Rui to infiltrate the Ni Ren Guild, the Century Financial Group didn't need to make such a big sacrifice. It would be better to spend some money to find a spy.

"Since you said so, I won't say anything. I believe your judgment. From now on, I won't doubt Li Rui anymore. Apologize to him for me. I had some prejudice against him before, so my attitude towards him wasn't very good." Guo Huai said. Li Rui might be working under him next, so the saying goes, "Use people without doubt, doubt people without use." If he continued to suspect Li Rui at work, then the intelligence department shouldn't even think about operating.

Nie Yan conveyed Guo Huai's words to Li Rui. Li Rui accepted with a smile. Guo Huai and Li Rui both had relatively easygoing personalities, they should get along. After Nie Yan gave Guo Huai and Li Rui some instructions, he left Li Rui to Guo Huai. If the two of them had a conflict, he could coordinate from the middle.

Guo Huai extracted some useful information from Li Rui's data. Immediately afterwards, the Ni Ren Guild began to take action against the Century Financial Group, including intercepting the Century Financial Group's commercial activities and so on. All plans were arranged in an orderly manner.