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Finding a spot, Ning Yuan placed his Shelter and hid underground.

He didn't rest, but instead took out the spoils he had obtained this time.

The most eye-catching items were the eight golden Gold Coins, which were forged using gold combined with specially processed high-level Pollution Beast bone powder, along with some sort of extraordinary craftsmanship.

Each Gold Coin was worth ten thousand yuan; there were eight of them in front of him, while a second level Gene Warrior potion only cost fifty thousand.

This meant he now had more than enough to purchase another second level Gene Warrior potion.

He wondered if the Crematorium sold second level Gene Warrior potions.

Besides the Gold Coins, there were forty-five Silver Coins and five Blood Crystals.

He didn't know what the Blood Crystals were used for, but they likely had some special effect on Mutants and were definitely worth a lot.

Now, the money in his hands, plus the thirteen thousand he had saved before, came to over ninety-seven thousand six hundred.

Besides that, there was this special scale soft armor that was clearly valuable, looking like some kind of snake skin.

Then there was the silk garment; it hadn't shown the slightest trace of burning under his flames, so it must be worth at least a few Gold Coins.

There were also those two pairs of shoes; although they had been worn, if he could take them to the black market, he could sell them for at least forty or fifty Silver Coins.

By that calculation, weren't his assets close to twenty Gold Coins!

Ning Yuan's breathing grew heavy; he had never imagined that he would possess so much money so quickly.

Indeed, killing and arson lead to riches.

Calming his mind, he packed everything up and placed it into a small cabinet inside the Shelter.

After his modifications, this room of only ten square meters was no longer empty.

A single bed took up about two square meters; he had also specially commissioned a set of furniture made of Purple-Veined Wood, including a cabinet as tall as the Shelter, placed flush against one wall.

The Shelter was 2.5 by 4 meters; the door was on the four-meter-long wall, and the cabinet was on the opposite wall, 0.5 meters wide and four meters long, with drawers of various sizes; this was for storing various materials collected during future trips to the Wasteland. Purple-Veined Wood could effectively insulate against the contamination of Pollution Beasts below Level Four, and since he was a Talent User, there wasn't much of an issue.

The door was on the left side of the long wall, and the bed was on the right, exactly two meters long, connecting with the cabinet.

Between the door and the wall was a desk, and in the desk drawer was a complete set of tools, all prepared bit by bit over the past half year.

"After I buy the Gene Warrior potion tomorrow and prepare some dry rations and water, I'll head out to the Wasteland to hunt Pollution Beasts."

With his pocket watch and his powerful Talent, he believed that as long as it wasn't a Pollution Beast above Level Three, he had the confidence to deal with it; then he could collect materials in large quantities, and upon returning, sell them all to exchange for a large sum of money to prepare for purchasing a Level Three Gene Warrior potion.

He didn't know when his Talent would reach Level Three, but if he could first become a Level Three Gene Warrior, he would have the strength to truly establish himself in the Outer City.

After packing his things, Ning Yuan continued to enter meditation training.

Just as dawn broke, the residents near the two corpses called the police after seeing the bodies.

The death of a Mutant was much more likely to attract the Guard Army than the death of an ordinary person.

A five-man team from the Guard Army arrived at the scene; upon seeing the corpses on the ground, their pupils constricted and their bodies instantly tensed up—Level Three, two Level Three Mutant corpses.

"Captain, it's a Level Three Mutant!"

A young man was holding a detection device; this youth was only a Level One Gene Warrior.

But the captain was second level and could clearly capture the trace of aura remaining in the air.

But this wasn't what chilled him; what terrified him was the state of the two corpses.

The man's entire head was gone, and the woman's upper body had vanished.

"Boss, it looks like they were burned to ashes!"

"Burned to ashes? It's impossible to only destroy part of them when trying to destroy the evidence, right?"

"I don't think it was burned afterwards."

"What do you mean?"

The captain said in a deep voice: "It's a Talent User."

"A Talent User!"

The other four exclaimed.

The Inner City did indeed have an awakening ceremony, but in the eyes of most people, it was just a formality.

In a school with thousands of students in the same year, perhaps not a single one would successfully awaken; that awakening crystal ball was like a mere decoration.

In fact, it wasn't a decoration, but because these artificially developed awakening crystal balls had been secretly downgraded; talents below C-grade simply wouldn't be detected. Originally, people who successfully awakened their Talent without the help of a shelter item were extremely rare, let alone the fact that those below C-grade couldn't trigger awakening at all.

But precisely because of this situation, many people were even more in awe and fear of Talent Users. Those people were extremely powerful and almost immune to contamination. Once they successfully awakened, they could directly become Level Four Gene Warriors within just one month by using Gene Warrior potions.

Once their Talent improved, they could continue to break through!

Combined with the extraordinary power they controlled, their combat strength far exceeded Gene Warriors and Mutants of the same level; they could almost fight ten against one, or even stronger.

"Captain, should we continue the investigation?"

"Record everything here and report it up. This matter is no longer something we can handle. Not to mention that Talent User, even these two people have identities that aren't simple."

"Captain, what other special identities do these two have?"

"The Old Days."

...

Ning Yuan arrived at the Crematorium.

"Uncle Xu, this is the money for the potion."

"Haha, you kid, I knew you would come extra early today. Here, this is the Gene Warrior potion you wanted. This is an official genuine product, even harder to get than those from the corporations."

Official genuine product. Ning Yuan's eyes flickered. Although he didn't have a good impression of the Guard Army, any item carrying the official label definitely had quality that went without saying.

"Thank you, Uncle Xu."

Ning Yuan hesitated for a moment, then leaned in and asked: "Uncle Xu, can you get second level Gene Warrior potions in the Crematorium?"

Captain Xu Anbao looked at him meaningfully: "Of course the Crematorium doesn't have second level Gene Warrior potions. That kind of thing is far more precious than a Level One Gene Warrior potion."

The anticipation in Ning Yuan's eyes faded. As expected, he had already mentally prepared himself, so he wasn't surprised.

"However, while the Crematorium doesn't have them, I do have a way to help you get one."

"Really!"

"Of course, but you also know that the market price for this second level Gene Warrior potion is fifty thousand yuan. What, you kid have that much money?"

"I do! Uncle Xu, as long as you can help me get it, I'm willing to pay seventy thousand!"

This time, it was Captain Xu Anbao's turn to be surprised. Seventy thousand—this was no small sum, it was even a huge sum! Even in the Inner City, this was a well-off family's income.

Captain Xu Anbao sized up the teenager again. Suddenly, he felt that perhaps this teenager's future achievements would not be limited to just a Level Three Gene Warrior.

He made a decision in his heart.

"I can help you get it, but I won't take seventy thousand from you. Just the market price, fifty thousand."

Ning Yuan's heart sank. He believed that there was no such thing as a free lunch in this world. Did the other party have some other condition?

"What condition do you have?"

"Condition? None." Captain Xu Anbao shook his head. This middle-aged man just looked at the teenager with appreciation. "If you want to go to the Inner City in the future, I can be your guarantor. Although I am only a Level Three Gene Warrior, I do have some connections."

"Thank you, Uncle Xu." Ning Yuan took a deep breath and bowed to him.

"You don't need to work today. I guess you won't be coming here after this, so go back and absorb this bottle of Level One Gene Warrior potion to avoid any complications."

"Yeah!"

Leaving the Crematorium, Ning Yuan took several detours, then found an ordinary hotel, rented a room on the first floor, placed the Shelter, and after entering, began to absorb the Level One Gene Warrior potion.