156: Military invitation

Almost everyone present had an ugly expression after hearing those words, and even the Beer-bellied Man from before had stood up, pressing on the table.

He looked at Gu Qinghan and said with a fake smile, “I understand young people are arrogant, but by doing this, you’ve offended more than half of our Stone City’s Gathering Places.

Is it worth it for a moment of verbal satisfaction?”

Gu Qinghan looked at him strangely and said, “You are the ones who want to exchange Professionals from me, not me begging you for an exchange, understand?”

The atmosphere instantly became a bit stiff, and several people exchanged glances, wondering what they were thinking.

At this moment, the military personnel finally spoke.

He was the highest commander of the Shicheng Military, named Sun Liancheng.

Sun Liancheng first suppressed a smile as he looked at Gu Qinghan, then said to everyone, “Everyone, please don’t get agitated.

Since we are sitting together, we are all friends. Since this matter also concerns our military, we will help mediate it for everyone.”

Gu Qinghan didn’t speak; he silently sat back down, waiting for what was next.

And the leaders of the several Gathering Places from before looked at Sun Liancheng, their expressions improving slightly, and said, “General Sun, you also know that food is very scarce in every Gathering Place right now, and we simply cannot spare that much.”

Sun Liancheng nodded, then said, “Food is indeed hard to find, but we can use other things to substitute, can’t we?

Didn’t this game give everyone 5 magic crystals? Everyone can use magic crystals as payment to Gu Qinghan.

After all, at this stage, Professionals are also considered one of the most important resources.”

As he said this, he subtly glanced at Gu Qinghan.

And from his eyes, Gu Qinghan saw a look of affirmation.

“Is he hinting that I should use magic crystals to settle the bill?”

This thought suddenly appeared in Gu Qinghan’s mind, and then he heard Sun Liancheng continue, “Afterward, I will help Gu Qinghan collect some magic crystals as payment from those who were rescued.

Isn’t this thing perfect as currency right now?”

But as soon as Sun Liancheng finished speaking, Gu Qinghan saw the expressions of the several people opposite him stiffen slightly.

Instantly, Gu Qinghan realized that these people wanted to take in Professionals not just to expand their Gathering Places.

There was also a very important factor: they might want to collect the magic crystals from these survivors.

And Gu Qinghan had been thinking about Chen Yuting’s matter just now, temporarily forgetting about this.

Thinking of this, Gu Qinghan couldn’t help but cast a subtle, grateful glance at Sun Liancheng.

Sun Liancheng didn’t say anything, just smiled at everyone.

It was as if what he had just said was merely unintentional.

Time passed by, minute by minute, and just as Gu Qinghan was getting a bit impatient, a female Professional who had remained silent spoke up: “Our Gathering Place recently experienced a monster horde attack a while ago and is currently in a developmental stage, so we cannot spare that much food.

Two magic crystals per Professional, is that acceptable?”

Gu Qinghan thought for a moment; a Professional could receive a reward of five magic crystals, and it would be good if Sun Liancheng could help him collect half of that.

Adding the extra two magic crystals from these Gathering Places, it meant that each Professional he saved could provide him with four or five!

This deal was not a loss!

Although the mall had not updated its goods yet, Gu Qinghan remembered that an auction system would appear later.

It went without saying that the currency used for auctions would definitely be these magic crystals.

Thinking of this, Gu Qinghan nodded slightly and said, “Yes, just tell General Sun how many Professionals you need.

General Sun, what do you think?”

Handing over the docking matters to the military, Gu Qinghan naturally had an element of showing goodwill.

Sun Liancheng was also slightly surprised, but he quickly stroked his beard and nodded with a smile.

And as the first person spoke, another person who had not opposed Gu Qinghan earlier also spoke up, saying, “Our Gathering Place is in a similar situation; can we also exchange one Professional for two magic crystals?”

“Yes!”

Gu Qinghan nodded and looked at the remaining few, saying, “I gave you a chance just now, but you didn’t speak, so your price is three magic crystals per Professional.”

His words instantly startled everyone, then immediately caused dissatisfaction among a few people.

However, some people still immediately reached a deal with Gu Qinghan.

They also realized that this guy named Gu Qinghan seemed to have a somewhat ambiguous relationship with the military.

In the end, only the Beer-bellied Man and two others remained silent.

They had discussed before coming that they must stand on the same front to gain more benefits.

They knew the strength of the other Gathering Places and that it was impossible for them to take all the Professionals.

For the remaining people, even if they lowered the price a bit, there should be no problem.

They were waiting for Gu Qinghan to ask them, but they didn’t expect Gu Qinghan to not even spare them a glance.

Gu Qinghan smiled at Sun Liancheng and politely said, “General Sun, I’ll trouble you to manage the remaining Professionals for me for now.

Of course, if you find it troublesome, you can also tell me.”

Sun Liancheng’s eyes lit up, and he immediately laughed heartily, saying, “No, no, I will coordinate the numbers with you then; just tell me whenever you need people.”

No kidding, the military is also vigorously expanding the safe zone now, and its demand for Professionals is greater than that of other Gathering Places.

And according to Sun Liancheng’s estimation, it would be good if these Gathering Places combined could take away ten thousand Professionals.

In this way, the military would gain a large number of Professionals in a short period, and its development speed would greatly increase!

The Beer-bellied Man suddenly became anxious; he stood up and called out to Gu Qinghan, who was about to leave, saying, “What about us? The three of us haven’t said whether we want to trade or not!”

Gu Qinghan looked at him, smiled, and softly uttered two words: “Not selling.”

After leaving the meeting room, Gu Qinghan was led to a separate room.

Inside the room, Kong Yan was sitting, covered in bruises.

He looked at Gu Qinghan and asked, “What’s the word? Those Gathering Place leaders didn’t make things difficult for you, did they?”

Gu Qinghan shook his head; making things difficult for him, there really weren’t many people who could do that now.

However, he looked at Kong Yan curiously and asked, “Why did you call me over? Your injuries should still need recovery, right?”

Kong Yan chuckled, saying mysteriously, “I helped you and the military secure some benefits—many rewards obtained from us clearing a large gate of calamity.”

Gu Qinghan was stunned; a large gate of calamity had appeared here too.

Just as he was in a daze, the door was suddenly pushed open, and Ren Tianqi and Sun Liancheng walked in from outside.

Both of them looked at Gu Qinghan with great satisfaction, and after a long while, they suddenly blurted out something that almost made Kong Yan jump: “Gu Qinghan, we have already received approval from the Shangjing Military.

Do you want to join us? As for the military rank... Major General, interested?”