190: Chapter 190 Original Mimicry! Spending 300,000 mass points to start anew!

At the edge of the empty drill ground, a gentle breeze blew through the smoke rings exhaled by Lieutenant Colonel Chu Feng.

Su Ming leaned back tactically, his face full of disgust.

"Brother Chu, this extortion scheme of yours is quite Advanced."

He had a look on his face that said, "Are you trying to blackmail me?"

"A dignified Tier 5 Lieutenant Colonel, calling a newly of-age Captain like me 'big brother'?"

"Let me tell you, I'm going to take the college entrance exams. I don't take overaged, high school dropout lackeys."

Lieutenant Colonel Chu Feng almost choked on his smoke.

That brat, his mouth is so damn sassy.

He flicked away the cigarette butt, stamped it out, and scolded with a laugh.

"Get lost! I'm doing this because I cherish talent!"

Su Ming reached out directly and patted Lieutenant Colonel Chu Feng on the shoulder with casual familiarity, controlling his strength perfectly.

"Alright, alright, seeing how sincere you are," he drawled, "when I go to the Northern Border for college in the future, if I run into any blind Ice-type Source Beasts, I'll definitely bring you back some local specialties!"

"You kid..."

The two looked at each other and smiled, saying nothing more.

To the side, Ye Xiao was already dumbfounded.

The second-in-command of the Jiangcheng City Defense Army, Lieutenant Colonel Chu Feng... was just recruited by Brother Ming in a few sentences?

After joking around, the smile on Lieutenant Colonel Chu Feng's face faded, and his expression turned solemn.

He raised his wrist, swiped a few times on his military terminal, and pushed a newly received encrypted briefing in front of Su Ming.

"There's one more serious matter before I go. The trouble you've gotten into recently is bigger than I imagined."

Su Ming looked down.

On the pitch-black screen, there was only a crimson bounty order.

[Bounty Target: Su Ming]

[Issuer: Tongyuan Society]

[Bounty Amount: 10 Billion Federal Coins]

[Additional Bounty: One Elemental Class Law Fragment]

[Mission Rank: Heaven's Condemnation]

Ten billion...

Su Ming smacked his lips.

Seeing that string of zeros hit his retinas, it would be a lie to say he wasn't tempted. But more than that, it was a sense of absurdity.

So it turns out I'm worth ten billion?

And a Law Fragment!

Lieutenant Colonel Chu Feng lowered his voice.

"This briefing was intercepted three days ago by the Southern Military Region's Intelligence Division."

"It has already begun spreading through the Tongyuan Society's internal channels. Currently, it is confirmed that at least three independent assassin organizations of S-Rank or above have accepted the contract."

"Those bastards from the Tongyuan Society are really going all out," Su Ming muttered, rubbing his chin, his focus clearly drifting.

"Brother Chu, do you think there's a possibility... that I find someone to 'kill' me, and then we split the money?"

Lieutenant Colonel Chu Feng's eye twitched violently.

"Can you fucking be serious for once?! This bounty order is already fermenting on the dark web! In the near future, top assassins, mercenaries, and even some madmen hiding in the shadows across the entire south will swarm over like sharks smelling blood!"

Su Ming waved his hand nonchalantly.

"What's there to be afraid of!"

But in his heart, he was thinking of something else.

Finding someone to partner up with to scam the bounty... the feasibility of this is actually quite high!

"Lieutenant Colonel Chu Feng's strength is too low, so he won't do."

"City Defense Commander Qin Luo? He probably can't handle it either."

"Commander Huangfu Jing and Shen Qingci are even less worth mentioning."

Then that only leaves...

Kong Ming.

Or my father-in-Law.

With Shen Hongyuan's sly, scheming nature, this kind of underhanded trick might actually suit his taste. To put on a big show and fleece the Tongyuan Society until they don't even have their underpants left...

What a pity, my father-in-Law is away on a long trip.

Next time we meet, I definitely have to add him on WeChat!

Seeing Su Ming lower his head in deep thought, Lieutenant Colonel Chu Feng thought he was worried about his own safety.

He wiped the expression off his face, his tone becoming incredibly solemn.

"Don't worry. I've already reported this to Commander Qin. As long as you are in Jiangcheng, the entire Jiangcheng City Defense Army will be your strongest shield!"

He paused, lowering his voice.

"Also, an internal directive just came from the headquarters of the Southern Military Region's Vermilion Bird Legion. Your authority as an active-duty Captain has been secretly raised to the highest sequence by the upper echelon. From now on, within the defense zone of the Southern Military Region, all resource allocation will be green-lit."

Hearing this, Su Ming put away his playful grin.

The military high command's intention was clear—his personal strategic value had already surpassed the potential risks brought by the bounty order.

He looked at Lieutenant Colonel Chu Feng and nodded seriously.

"Thanks, Brother Chu. I'll remember this favor."

"Cut the pleasantries," Lieutenant Colonel Chu Feng waved his hand. "Hurry up and get lost. Looking at you gives me a headache."

Su Ming chuckled, gestured to Ye Xiao with his finger, and turned to stride away.

...

Returning to the penthouse suite of Heaven on Earth.

As soon as Ye Xiao entered the elevator, he covered his face.

It was too embarrassing.

Wearing striped shorts and a camouflage top, shuffling in military slippers, he had walked all the way through the magnificent lobby of a five-star hotel.

He felt like the waiters were looking at him as if he were a freak who had just escaped from a mental asylum.

"Hurry up and take a shower to wash off that smell," Su Ming kicked him into the bathroom.

He then sank into the soft sofa and opened the System panel.

[Host: Su Ming]

[Life Form: Star Core Embryo]

[True Mass: 135 Tons (+)]

[mass points: 136,932]

Looking at his mass points balance, a thought crossed his mind.

"System, evaluate the value of that Thunder Horn Rhino's corpse and its thunder horn."

[Ding! Detected Tier 6 Peak Thunder Horn Rhino remains (fully intact). Estimated convertible mass points: 260,000!]

[Ding! Detected Tier 6 Peak Thunder Horn Rhino horn (contains embryonic Thunder Law). Estimated convertible mass points: 90,000!]

A total of three hundred and fifty thousand!

Recycling a Tier 6 actually yielded nearly ten times more than a Tier 5!

Su Ming's breathing turned heavy for a moment.

I'm rich! This is a massive profit!

He did some calculations.

As for that horn, Young Master Gu Lingfeng was eyeing it eagerly as a betrothal gift for his future wife. Giving it to him was fine; after all, he could go back to the Source Abyss to restock at any time.

Ninety thousand mass points in exchange for a favor and future channels from the Hunter Association's Young Lord—not a bad deal.

As for the Thunder Beast crystal core inside the corpse...

Su Ming glanced in the direction of the bathroom.

That kid Ye Xiao, with his SS-Rank [Nine Heavens Thunder Body], was a perfect match for this thing.

"System, if I extract the Thunder Horn Rhino's crystal core, how many mass points will be left in the remaining corpse?"

[After extracting the core crystal, the remaining carcass is estimated to convert into mass points: 200,000.]

Sixty thousand mass points for one crystal core.

Converted into True Mass, that's sixty tons.

Su Ming calculated his current growth rate. At 3% per day, he could gain thirty-four tons a day.

Sixty tons was only about two days' worth of growth for him.

Using it as an investment in that kid Ye Xiao to help him quickly break through to Tier 4 would make him a qualified follower in the future.

Alright, it's settled!

Su Ming had always been a man of action, so he immediately gave the order to the System.

"Butler, extract the Thunder Horn Rhino's crystal core and store it separately. Devour the rest of the carcass!"

[Instruction confirmed.]

[Extracting Tier 6 Peak Thunder Beast crystal core... Extraction complete.]

[Beginning devourment...]

A majestic, pure torrent of energy instantly surged from the System Space into Su Ming's Star Core Embryo.

Every single cell cheered in jubilation.

The numbers on the panel began to jump frantically.

[mass points +200,000!]

[Current mass points Balance: 336,932!]

Looking at the number that broke through the three hundred thousand mark, Su Ming was so excited he almost leaped up from the sofa to perform a set of military boxing on the spot.

It's here, it's here!

He clenched his fists and released them, repeating it three times before finally forcing down the wild joy that had rushed to his throat.

"System! Exchange!"

"I want to exchange for [Origin Mimicry]!"

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