Shamrock Enterprise had never even considered that Qiong Xi'er might already be on guard against them. Ever since she had first joined the Great Eastern Alliance, she had been secretly buying up and acquiring both large and small pharmaceutical companies. So, when Shamrock Enterprise finally bared their fangs against the alliance, Qiong Xi’er was already in control of hundreds of pharmaceutical companies that directly supplied their to the Great Eastern Alliance, while simultaneously cutting off their raw materials supply for Shamrock Enterprise.

No matter how powerful Shamrock Enterprise might be, they were unable to survive on their own. They needed to constantly buy all kinds of raw materials, whether it was for their pharmaceuticals or for their equipment, and these were the goods that Qiong Xi'er had deprived them of.

After losing their supply chain, Shamrock Enterprise’s production was abruptly sliced in half, though they were able to maintain production at 50%.

A pharmaceutical trade war had started in the Outerverse, and it was already starting to spread into the Innerverse.

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There was a calm expression on Qiong Xi'er's face. She kept her gadget open and activated as she spoke to someone.

Her maid, Nana, sent out various orders according to Qiong Xi’er’s instructions.

"Young Master, 27 companies of ours have already been paralyzed. Most of their raw materials for pharmaceutical production were being purchased from Shamrock Enterprise,...