Rumyantsev picked it up for a closer look with a deep frown on his face.

One billion was just above the bottom line of his mandate. Broadly speaking, the Russian Underworld’s GDP was in the region of 80 billion Yin spirit stones last year. They could make excuses and say that they had been unaware, and that everything was unintentional, but so long as it wasn’t an economic tussle or a full blown war, reparations of one billion Yin spirit stones was still something that they were willing to pay to make the problem go away.

But what astounded him most was the fact that the list of items sought was far too broad, so much so that… it didn’t even look like they were asking for reparations any longer. After all, if it was reparations they were looking for, they could easily have asked for Yin spirit stones and be done with it. That would be most convenient for both parties. Thus, he couldn’t quite understand what was going on.

Without saying a word, Rumyantsev handed the list to Liu Yu for his perusal, and Liu Yu immediately knew what was going on. Hell was still scrambling to get back on its feet, and there were naturally things that it desperately needed.

Unfortunately, this was the final ace up his sleeves. Unless Hell was bent on pushing him to his limits, he would never play this card.

That said, he could still give...