Liu Siqi heard this and quickly stepped forward, saying, "We just want to ask you a few simple questions. You can treat it as a chat between friends. It won't take up too much of your time."
"Why do you insist on wasting your time on me? I'm just an unknown nobody, and I don't want to be famous. I just want to be a lord in peace."
Zhou Yan still refused. He had no desire to chat with these reporters, nor did he want to say anything to them.
"Unknown nobody?" Hai Ning found it so ironic after hearing that.
You've caused a sensation worldwide, yet you call yourself an unknown nobody.
Then what does that make us?
Not even an unknown nobody?
"Zhou Yan, I, I can't move! Let me go. I just wanted to say a few words to you."
Liu Siqi found herself unable to move. She knew it was Zhou Yan's doing, but Zhou Yan was walking further and further away.
"You can't get within a hundred meters of me, so please leave," Zhou Yan's voice reached Liu Siqi's ears.
After Zhou Yan had moved far enough away from her, Liu Siqi indeed found that she could move again. This made Liu Siqi very unhappy. "What a strange person. I just wanted to have a chat, and he refused."
Then, Liu Siqi thought for a moment and smiled, "If you don't let me interview you, I can still interview you through others."
"That girl's father is from the television station. He has no malicious intent and genuinely just wants to interview you. Her character is acceptable," Hai Ning explained to Zhou Yan.
"I have no interest in knowing all of this." Zhou Yan continued to buy materials, still clearing out all the high-level materials. He bought every single item and scroll.
This astonishing financial capacity shocked many people.
Some people approached Zhou Yan and smiled, saying, "You must be Zhou Yan. I'm the CEO of Yixing Group. If you need any materials or anything else, I believe we can provide you with some services."
"Hello, I'm from Haoyuan Group. I hope to be friends with you."
"Hello, my name is Fei Xiang. I have a batch of goods. If you're interested, we can discuss it properly."
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There were many merchants today. Seeing Zhou Yan making such large purchases, they all took the initiative to approach him to get acquainted.
Zhou Yan did not refuse. He enjoyed doing business with these people and purchasing high-level materials and rare items from them.
The larger the territory, the more buildings needed to be constructed. With Zhou Yan's territory, it had already reached the area of a nation, requiring even more materials.
The most crucial condition for ascending to the Divine Realm was the development of one's territory.
However, because each person's territory was different in size, the requirements also varied.
Zhou Yan's territory had already reached level eighty-nine. The requirement to upgrade to the next level was to construct various buildings on ninety percent of the territory's area, with each building needing to reach level ninety or above.
Keep in mind, Zhou Yan's territory now spanned ten billion square meters. To build enough buildings on such a vast area was an immense undertaking!
It's important to note that Zhou Yan's territory buildings were all high-level, with no building below S-grade quality.
Because Zhou Yan had no low-level buildings at all, he couldn't construct any below S-grade quality.
Therefore, Zhou Yan was in dire need of a massive quantity of materials, like an ocean of materials.
Zhou Yan was currently a complete construction maniac. Fortunately, he had ample funds to support his construction efforts; otherwise, building such a large territory would have been impossible.
A larger territory also presented a significant challenge for him, which was why Zhou Yan was befriending these people from the corporations.
He genuinely lacked materials of all kinds.
As long as they had the materials, the price was negotiable.
Although Zhou Yan could now collect and purchase various materials from the myriad realms, his territory was simply too vast. Relying on his team of less than a hundred people was insufficient to acquire enough materials for the territory.
The [Myriad Realms Virtual Trading Mall] currently had its greatest function in generating wealth, as the territory required an exorbitant amount of money.
Whether it was for the territory's army, construction, material purchases, or the spiritual currency expenses of all its inhabitants, it amounted to an astronomical sum.
Fortunately, a substantial amount of funds and materials had been accumulated previously, but with the territory's comprehensive development and construction, resources of all aspects were in severe shortage.
Zhou Yan no longer needed to personally oversee the construction of the territory's buildings. Because his territory was unique, he only needed to designate a few individuals and grant them construction permissions. They could then proceed with building various structures according to the territory's design and needs.
However, the biggest issue for the territory remained the material problems across all aspects.
Top-tier materials had always been a challenge for all lords.
Especially materials of six stars and above, which had always been extremely precious and scarce.
If Zhou Yan had not recently acquired the territories of tens of thousands of lords, it would have taken him a much longer time to construct more buildings and expand the territory to such an extent.
But after reaching level ninety, further territory upgrades would truly not be an easy task.
Zhou Yan added these people as friends, exchanged contact information, and even conducted several on-the-spot transactions.
Zhou Yan's transactions with them were direct and decisive: money exchanged for goods. He never owed any of them a single spiritual currency.
This was very satisfactory to all the companies. They preferred to cooperate with people like him. These corporate groups all promised to gather more materials for future transactions.
This was because Zhou Yan was too generous and required a vast variety and quantity of materials.
Collaborating with a lord like Zhou Yan was likely the happiest thing for them.
Hai Ning also watched in amazement and couldn't help but ask, "Your territory needs so many materials. It's terrifying."
"Terrifying? You'll only know when you have a territory exceeding ten billion square meters. This is just a drop in the bucket," Zhou Yan replied.
"What did you say? Ten billion square meters? You, you, you're not joking, are you?" Hai Ning was completely stunned and didn't know what to say. She had never even heard of such a large territory.
The information she had investigated a few months ago did not indicate that Zhou Yan's territory was this large.
However, judging by Zhou Yan's demeanor, he was clearly not joking, which also explained why he needed so many materials and why he was seeking out so many merchants.
Ten billion square meters, what kind of concept was that?
The area of a normal, max-level territory was only around one million square meters. Zhou Yan's territory had already surpassed that of a normal lord by a hundredfold!
Ten billion square meters, equivalent to ten million square kilometers!
That was equivalent to the entire area of the Shenlong Kingdom.
Zhou Yan wasn't just building a territory; he was building a nation.
Zhou Yan was indeed building a nation, not merely establishing a territory.