101: Chapter 99 Blackwater Town

Chapter 99: Heishui Town

Heishui Town, located so far away, had actually secretly come to Huangyan Town to stir up trouble.

Wang Ting could tell right away that there was something shady going on. Coming all this way, what they were scheming for was definitely more than just ordinary resources—it was either deep blood hatred or something Huangyan Town had that Heishui Town wanted.

"Is it a Rank 2 potion, or does Huangyan Town's Infinite Building have something even better?"

Wang Ting had a faint guess in his heart, but he didn't probe any further.

For one, Heishui Town was indeed quite far from Huangyan Town, and Old Man Lu at the tavern didn't know much either. He only knew that the two Shelter towns had competed over resources in some Infinite Buildings a long time ago, but he didn't know anything beyond that.

Wang Ting was in no rush either. After exchanging for the Extraordinary Core, he stayed in the tavern to drink, ordering a vodka and sitting in the bar for a while.

Although he hadn't exchanged for the Bat-bee's sonic perception, with his physique, he still overheard a lot of news in this noisy tavern.

Among this group of people drinking, quite a few seemed to be drinking on the surface while recruiting each other to form exploration teams.

They frequently mentioned Zombie Town and the Jungle Ruins.

Both places were products of the real world being affected by projections after the Infinite Building accumulated a large amount of extraordinary factors and triggered an abnormal outbreak.

The monsters within were countless, with no shortage of powerful elite individuals or even leader-level ones.

Teaming up to hunt these monsters became a source of resources and wealth for many explorers.

If one hunted a leader-level monster and obtained a full set of monster materials, extraordinary materials, and an Extraordinary Core, there would be no need to attend this damn auction—taking the items directly to Jumu City allowed for trading leader-level materials with them.

Some had already secretly agreed that if they couldn't grab anything at tomorrow's auction, they would pool their money to buy a large number of bombs to kill a leader-level monster.

Some were naturally incited by these words, but even more people watched cold-eyed from the sidelines.

Especially people like Wang Ting and Zhao Kun who possessed their own forces; playing it safe was always better than risking their lives on a gamble.

Furthermore, while some spoke sweetly about teaming up to search for high-value supplies in the projected town, who knew if their teammates were actually eyeing their inheritance.

Finishing the vodka in his glass, Wang Ting stood up and strode out.

Just as he stepped out of Pig Head Tavern and turned into an alley, stepping step by step into the shadows, footsteps came from behind him.

"Hurry, follow him! This guy went straight to Old Man Lu as soon as he arrived, acting all secretive. He definitely has plenty of extraordinary materials on him!"

The two quickly followed. Just as they caught up into the alley Wang Ting had entered, shadows enveloped their bodies.

Suddenly, a figure appeared behind them.

Their hair stood on end as a pair of large hands gripped their necks. They struggled and counterattacked fiercely, only to find the large hands around their necks were like iron hoops.

Crack.

Before they even had time to beg for mercy, these two warriors who had broken through the limit once had their necks snapped directly.

"Coming out to commit robbery without opening your eyes, even daring to target someone wearing a mask right off the bat—lacking experience, aren't you?"

Wang Ting tossed the two corpses onto the ground, crouched down, and searched their bodies up and down.

Save where one should, spend where one must; since they came to rob him, searching their bodies was just returning the courtesy.

Suddenly, Wang Ting felt a hard object at their waists. Pulling it out to look, his expression turned odd.

Two dark shotguns were tucked into their waists like iron rods.

Wang Ting shook his head slightly. "No wonder you dared to follow me. I misjudged you."

In these narrow alleys, dodging was extremely difficult, let alone when facing large-caliber shotguns. Even if ordinary people held guns, as long as both fired together, unless an Extraordinary showed up, even a warrior who had broken through the limit twice would find taking a few shots at close range unbearable.

Wang Ting walked to the deepest part along the alley. Following the information he gleaned from Ren Chuan and the experienced veterans in the tavern, he found a small inn without a sign.

He strode inside. The front desk was a plump woman with heavy makeup.

Seeing Wang Ting wearing a mask like a malevolent ghost, she was startled at first, but soon patted her full chest: "Sir, you gave me quite a scare! Are you staying the night?"

"One room."

Hearing Wang Ting's words, the smile on the woman's face grew broader as she murmured in her heart: What a sturdy body.

A bit of warmth seemed to appear in her eyes.

"A standard room is 5 bullets, and a better one is 10. Do you need service? We have fine girls here, only 20 bullets for a night."

The woman was blunt and held back nothing.

Her demeanor suggested not just that there were girls here; her flirtatious look implied it wouldn't be a problem if she stepped in herself.

She wasn't scared at all; after all, the Wild Wolf Gang was behind this small inn.

"A large room. No service needed."

Wang Ting tossed out 10 bullets, which clinked on the front desk counter.

A hint of disappointment involuntarily surfaced in the woman's eyes before she led Wang Ting up the wooden stairs to the second floor with a thudding sound.

Wang Ting was brought to the room at the very end. Opening the door, there wasn't even a lock. In sight was a room that looked barely clean.

"Here's the room. No blankets, no water. If you need anything, figure it out yourself."

The woman left after speaking and went back down to her front desk on the first floor.

In a hotel in such an environment, not providing pillows and blankets was, in a way, actually cleaner than providing them.

Wang Ting shut the room door, ignoring the woman's actions.

The room was just for a temporary night's rest. Tomorrow was the auction, and it might be as lively as could be.

As the night deepened, settlement information surfaced in Wang Ting's mind.

[Successfully survived for one day. Beginning today's monster points settlement.]

[Low-level Aberration Bat-bee +2 monster points]

[Low-level Aberration Night Demon +3 monster points]

[Low-level Aberration Giant Claw Night Demon +6 monster points]

[Total settlement for today: 56 monster points]

Current monster points: 267 points.

"Exchanges for ordinary monsters only require 100–150 monster points; one can be exchanged every two days. If I had this speed before, why would I have needed to wait slowly?"

Wang Ting smiled, but did not intend to prioritize spending the daily settled monster points on exchange items for ordinary monsters.

"Good steel should be used on the blade; it's about time to exchange for a Servant Beasts."

Looking at his monster points settlement, the plan in Wang Ting's heart gradually grew clear.

Exchanging all the items for ordinary monsters was something to be done only after having a surplus of monster points later on.

What he needed to do now was exchange for Servant Beastss to gather a powerful monster army.

Then advance on two fronts. The first path was for himself to conquer and explore those powerful Infinite Buildings, hunting the powerful monsters within—elite individuals, leader individuals, and so on.

Placed right before him were two of the most obvious targets—Zombie Town and the Jungle Ruins.

The monsters in both places were extremely powerful and very close to them, making them perfect hunting grounds for Wang Ting.

The second path was to exchange for small amounts of useful items, such as Night Demon Twin Blades or Grafted Demon Vine Trees, to boost the strength of his subordinates.

As long as he raised the strength of Feng Bo, Dong Hu, and the others, then rapidly absorbed more population, the Outpost Camp would become larger and more prosperous.

Then, through trade and exploration teams, they could influence and control surrounding Shelters and Shelter towns, drawing vast amounts of supplies and using them as a hub to acquire large quantities of low-to-mid-tier monsters.

This would enrich the exchange item list while continuously stacking the daily settlement amount, gradually creating a snowball effect.

Only by walking on two legs like this could Wang Ting and the Outpost Camp complement each other and grow stronger at maximum speed.

Early the next morning, the auction hall doors opened, and people wearing jackets or combat suits walked inside in large strides.

The greeters guided them one after another, leading everyone up to the second floor.

Wearing a mask, Wang Ting naturally followed the flow of people all the way to the second floor.

The layout on the second floor was extremely crude; rather than a seating area, it was more like rusty iron chairs temporarily placed beneath the venue.

—

All seats faced a raised stage about half a meter high and three meters long and wide. It wasn't very wide, but there was enough space above to display auction items.

The aura of everyone present was not weak, each exuding a hint of ferocity—they were at least warriors who had broken through the limit twice.

Some didn't cover their faces, easily recognized at a glance as the leader of some Shelter.

While others, like Wang Ting, covered themselves tightly. Such people usually sat in the corners of the auction venue like out-of-place lone wolves.

Soon, the incoming people thinned out, and it gradually quieted down.

Wang Ting's peripheral vision swept across the whole venue; there were roughly 30-some people sitting here.

Clack, clack, clack—

Footsteps sounded, and Deputy Commander Liu Song walked in from outside, chest puffed out as he strode onto the stage.

"Since everyone is here, I won't say much more. For this auction, we have a total of four extraordinary potions, five enhancement potions, an Ironwood SUV produced by Jumu City, two rocket launchers, three extraordinary items—"