148: Chapter 148: Scattered all the ashes of the Wild Wolf Adventure Team
Summit City.
Yun Zhuo, who was having breakfast with everyone, received a message from Jiang Jingjing that the people on the other side had arrived.
Sure enough, a moment later, he received a message on his bracelet from Li Jianrong, asking where he was.
Yun Zhuo didn't hide anything and said he was at the city gate.
Both sides chuckled. After about half an hour, Li Jianrong finally appeared before Yun Zhuo, leading his people in their vehicles.
"Brother Yun is guarding this spot. Are you afraid we'll take the money and run?"
"Regiment Leader Li, what are you saying? This is mainly to put your minds at ease."
Li Jianrong was stunned for a moment before quickly realizing that if they made the exchange at the bridgehead, everyone would surely be afraid that this kid would refuse to acknowledge them after getting the money and kill everyone.
The city gate was different. Walking forward a few steps would take them out of the cyber bodhisattva's range, so they didn't have to worry about Yun Zhuo backing out on his word.
The two had just exchanged a few pleasantries when the sound of armored vehicle engines came from the distance.
In the wilderness, armored vehicles were standard equipment. Not all War Princesses were like Teacher Su, willing to serve as a mount for a War Spirit Master.
Everyone arrived in vehicles, meaning they intended to leave as soon as they split the money.
A dense line of armored vehicles lined up on the main road. Of the eighteen representatives who had previously met to make decisions, only ten remained.
The others hadn't come, which naturally meant they were dead.
Sabowang was the first to open his door and get out. "Brother Yun, sorry to keep you waiting."
He walked over with a smile, acting like an old acquaintance, as if he wanted to let bygones be bygones with Yun Zhuo.
"Didn't you want to swallow my forty percent and leave from somewhere else? Why did you come back?"
Sabowang's smile instantly froze on his face, and he subconsciously looked toward Li Jianrong.
It must be that scoundrel wagging his tongue.
"Brother Yun, don't listen to the nonsense of some petty people. Everyone on the streets knows that I, Sabowang, value loyalty above all and have the most integrity.
We agreed on forty percent for you, brother, so it's forty percent. If anyone dares to object, I'll be the first to deal with them."
Seeing no reaction from Yun Zhuo, he quickly added, "Speaking of which, we really have to thank Brother Yun this time. If you hadn't taken the lead, those scumbags from Dongji Company would have run off long ago, and we wouldn't have gained a single hair.
So it's only right that you take forty percent, right brothers?"
He shouted to those behind him, but there was dead silence; everyone looked at him like he was an idiot.
No one was a fool. If Yun Zhuo dared to say that, he definitely wasn't speaking without cause; he must have caught wind of something.
Whether it was Li Jianrong snitching or some other means of detection he had...
In short, if Sabowang died, it would benefit everyone.
Because the more people died, the more those who survived would get. Not to mention, this guy had demanded ten percent for himself earlier.
If he died, wouldn't it be better to split his ten percent among everyone?
The silence made Sabowang a bit awkward. Looking at Yun Zhuo, he swallowed hard, unable to find the words to speak for a moment.
He was currently on Yun Zhuo's turf; Yun Zhuo could kill him in minutes if he wanted to.
His heart was filled with regret; why had he been so impulsive to follow Li Jianrong here?
If he had stayed at the Abandoned Well, the Nun Village's cyber bodhisattva wouldn't have been able to reach him. In a real fight with swords and guns, he wouldn't have feared him at all.
Although he couldn't get down the mountain from there, mountains are fixed while people are flexible.
As long as he had time, he could have dug out a path with his bare hands.
But now, in Summit City, the thought of the cyber bodhisattva that had turned the Rattlesnake Adventure Group into ash made him swallow again, trying to moisten his parched throat.
He looked at Li Jianrong beside him, hoping Li Jianrong would say a few good words for him. He didn't want to die yet.
"Don't look at him," Yun Zhuo said expressionlessly. "No one can save you today."
"Do you really want to fight to the death with me?"
"Fight to the death? You overestimate yourself."
As soon as he finished speaking, a red light of death shot out from the direction of Nun Village.
Sabowang was startled. Without looking back, he subconsciously reached out to grab Yun Zhuo. Even if he was going to die, he would take Yun Zhuo with him.
His movements were fast, and before anyone could react—bang—he was obliterated.
Because the speed of light is faster.
The white bone ash was blown by the wind, covering Yun Zhuo's face.
Then, over a hundred beams of death light scanned through the crowd like laser engraving, picking out the members of the Wild Wolf Adventure Group one by one. In less than a minute, they were all burned to ash.
"Pui, pui, pui..." Yun Zhuo spat out the bone ash from his mouth. His whole body was covered in white, looking like he had fallen into a flour bin.
He patted the bone ash off himself. "Regiment Leader Li, hurry up and divide the money. I want to go back and take a shower."
Li Jianrong smiled slightly and organized everyone to bring out all the spoils of war.
Yun Zhuo didn't stand on ceremony and demanded all the purple essence stones, fifty-seven in total.
This item was an essential material for upgrading wingman skills. Consequently, it was one of the key controlled materials of the Federation government, and its sale to civilians was prohibited.
The only civilians who could easily purchase this item were students of Super-First-Class Martial Arts Universities, such as Imperial Capital Martial Arts University.
If he didn't get them now, once this opportunity passed, it would never come again.
As for the black market, it wasn't that they were completely non-existent, but one might not encounter a single one in years.
Despite Li Jianrong bringing two wingmen, not a single one had any skills.
The others didn't know exactly how much a purple essence stone was worth, including Li Jianrong. He had only heard that in Tianding City, a student had sold one on the black market for around ten million.
But the next day, that student and his entire family had vanished from the face of the earth.
From then until now, nearly ten years later, there had been no news of purple essence stones.
To be honest, he was truly reluctant to let Yun Zhuo take all the purple essence stones at once.
But there was no choice. This was the man's territory; whoever objected would die.
Yun Zhuo calculated the price according to his university's academic credits. One purple essence stone was worth one thousand credits, which converted to ten million corrosion crystals. Fifty-seven stones amounted to five hundred and seventy million.
The remaining one billion four hundred and thirty million was taken entirely in corrosion crystals.
Nun Village's money had already been drained when upgrading their talents.
Now, building farms and towns required money.
As for the crystal ores, their price fluctuated. Holding them could lead to a loss or a profit. Whether the others lost or gained would depend on their own abilities.
"Regiment Leader Li, I'm going back to shower first. After you're done dividing the money, come to our village. I have a deal I want to discuss with you."
"A deal?"
"You'll know when you get there."
With that, Yun Zhuo led the group of nuns back to the village.
On the way, Teacher Su asked curiously, "You're so young, yet you're already learning how to do business?"
Yun Zhuo smiled. "Well, one has to learn to grow up eventually."
"What kind of deal?"
"A deal that can lead to wealth and prosperity, of course."
"Heh, you're actually playing coy with me? Fine, don't tell me. You want to do business with him, but he might not even dare to come, do you believe me?"
"I do. But if he comes, it means I haven't picked the wrong person."
"Hey, what exactly is the deal?"
"I haven't thought of it yet."
"You haven't thought of it? Then what are you going to talk to him about?"
"Isn't that what I'm thinking about right now?"
After Yun Zhuo finished speaking, he turned to look at Di Zhenzhen. "Sister Zhenzhen, do many people usually come to Summit City?"