Chapter 32: Wound Of The Gold-devouring Rat
“no need.” xia ling watched lin qi leave and shook her head slightly. “he is just a small figure. crocodile fang rhinoceros beef at that level is something ordinary factions cannot obtain, much less sell. at most he is just running errands for people from those factions. there is no need for us to risk displeasing that faction’s people, or we might not be able to buy any when we want to.”
“miss, what if those vagrants picked it up?” the half-scale race guard asked unwillingly. “this is crocodile fang rhinoceros beef. it is a great help to you, miss. if we could get a large amount of this beef, then when it comes time to push for becoming a martial artist, it might not be impossible.”
“picked it up?” xia ling’s pitch-black tail patted the floor as she spoke with clear delight. “wouldn’t that be even better?”
“even better?” the half-scale race guard was very surprised and did not understand what was good about it at all.
the rules of their half-scale race were survival of the fittest. if a weakling obtained a treasure, would it not be better to just directly rob it? they were unregistered nomads anyway, not protected in this regard in the city of light chasing.
“i said it already, he is just a small figure.” xia ling shook her head, speechless toward the guard before her. “whether he picked it up or not, since he chose to sell in phosphor fire, it is very likely he will come again to trade in the future. if this transaction goes safely, then for the sake of safety he will also choose to come here to trade next time.”
“on the contrary, i definitely cannot let those good big brothers of mine know about this. there is only so much beef. instead of dividing it among so many people, it is better to give it all to me. that way the chances of a martial artist appearing in our family will be greater.”
“do you understand?”
as xia ling finished speaking, a pair of golden vertical pupils stared at the guard. the half-scale race guard instantly broke out in a cold sweat. just as he wanted to hurriedly say something, he saw xia ling lift her hand slightly.
“rest assured, your family will receive appropriate compensation.”
suddenly the half-scale race guard collapsed to the ground, vomiting blood, his whole body twitching, and his battle armor disintegrated along with him.
drip!
cleanup program has ended!
on the other side, lin qi quickly carried the battery for the tricycle and three sets of repair tools on his back, shuttling through densely populated streets under cover of night.
after turning through more than ten streets and repeatedly confirming that no one was following him, he finally returned all the way to the obsidian martial arts hall.
“seems it is just as i thought. the gangs operating in the suburbs are not that stupid and do not plan to just do this one trade.” lin qi touched the ninety thousand bit in his arms, his heart full of excitement.
actually in this transaction, he could have brought more crocodile fang rhinoceros beef. but considering the greed of these gang forces, over a hundred kilograms of crocodile fang rhinoceros beef was not enough to make gangs mixing in the suburbs so tempted that they would directly make a move.
secondly, these gangs doing business in the suburbs definitely understood that this monster meat was in short supply.
normally no one would sell it, especially individuals. is it not better to secretly eat it themselves? only major powers could get a lot of monster meat, and the people under them would secretly sneak some out to sell for money.
and the amount taken out for sale would neither alert the major powers, nor be insignificant. a bit over a hundred kilograms was about right. any less and it was not worth the risk, any more and it would be noticed. after all, a single monster weighed at least several tons. being short one or two hundred kilograms would not be noticed, and they could earn tens of thousands or even more than a hundred thousand bit this way.
considering this, as long as the people on the other side were not idiots, they would not do something like picking up sesame seeds and dropping a watermelon. even if they knew he had picked it up, they would instinctively gamble that he had stolen it from a major power, so they could have a long-term stable source of beef.
even if they lost the bet, they would only have spent money to buy it. it was a guaranteed profit trade.
and now that he had completed this first transaction successfully, the following trades would be much easier.
he might even use this to connect with the phosphor fire gang, which would make the future development of the obsidian martial arts hall much easier.
outside the obsidian martial arts hall, the sky was growing bright. it was a new day.
“next, with these ninety thousand bit, i can purchase some building materials and also hire some vagrants from the surrounding area to repair the martial arts hall together.”
looking at the obsidian martial arts hall less than a hundred meters away, lin qi had already figured out how to quickly repair the martial arts hall.
the obsidian martial arts hall was too large, covering as much as eighty thousand square meters, equivalent to the size of a stadium. if only ten players were to repair it, it would take forever.
but if there was money, it was different. the hiring price of unregistered nomads was very low. for just five hundred bit a month, they could be freely ordered around.
hiring one hundred people for a month would only cost fifty thousand bit, while the efficiency of repairing the martial arts hall would increase tenfold.
of course, to prevent the secret underground of the martial arts hall from being exposed, the hired vagrants only needed to repair the outer parts and walls of the martial arts hall. the interior could be entirely handed over to the players.
this way, it might not take even a month to get everything done.
just as lin qi walked only a few steps into the training ground of the martial arts hall, he saw metal boxes stacked in the center, almost piled into a small hill.
“these are…” lin qi looked at the suitcase-sized metal boxes, feeling they were extremely familiar.
“master of the pavilion, you are back.” twilight of the gods, next to the metal boxes, perked up as soon as he saw lin qi. without another word, he rushed over to greet him. “last time you said these treasure chests were useful to you, so this time we brought them all over for you. count them and see if any are missing.”
“brought them all?” lin qi was completely shocked when he heard this.
did they just clean out the gold-devouring unicorn rats’ home?
those were monsters that even quasi-martial artists found troublesome!
“yes. we did our best to move all these treasure chests over!” twilight of the gods nodded, wearing a look that said, hurry up and praise us.
“are you sure those gold-devouring unicorn rats have no objections?” lin qi asked with an ugly expression.
the gold-devouring unicorn rats had an extraordinary sense of smell for metal. now that these players had cleaned out their home, those rats would definitely frantically search for the treasure.
if they tracked it to the obsidian martial arts hall, there would be no need to wait for the white feather gang to find them; those gold-devouring unicorn rats alone could flatten the obsidian martial arts hall.
“rest assured, master of the pavilion, we thought of that too. after luring those gold-devouring unicorn rats away, we moved the treasure chests, then dug through an abandoned ditch and poured all the wastewater in. we also completely collapsed the top. that rift is gone now.” twilight of the gods explained with a smile. “when i left, i even saw several gold-devouring unicorn rats standing there motionless, as if they had been scared stiff by the cave-in. now they are all buried inside, so they probably will not come looking.”
“you all… did well.” after hearing this, lin qi did not know what to say for a moment.
he had to admit, when it came to dealing with monsters, players were the most professional.
for martial arts hall points, these players really went all out.
the gold-devouring unicorn rats that even quasi-martial artists were helpless against had been dealt with just like that.
those gold-devouring unicorn rats probably never imagined that for merely collecting some metal, they would not only have their home looted but also face extermination.
“master of the pavilion, count these treasure chests and see if any are missing.”
twilight of the gods pointed at the pile of 2214 college entrance examination textbooks on the ground, his words full of expectation.
