freeallnovels Chapter 409 - 394: Someone’s Getting Anxious
Chapter 409 - 394: Someone’s Getting Anxious
Tang You had just left the city when Liu Bo received the news.
Although the Liu Family’s power had been severely suppressed recently, their influence was crumbling, and their followers were scattering.
But as the old saying goes, even a wrecked ship has some good iron left. The Liu Family had, after all, operated in A City Base for many years. The power they held was far more than what was publicly visible.
What’s more, Liu Bo had always been a calculating man. Over the years, he’d used his uncle’s influence to secretly cultivate a power base of his own.
However, to avoid arousing the suspicions of other family members, Liu Bo had kept his privately cultivated forces out of sight, letting them blend into the underbelly of City A.
....He had lived in such an environment for eight years in his youth and understood better than anyone the terrifying nature of the streets.
If used well, they would be the sharpest knife he had hidden in the shadows.
It had to be said that Liu Bo was, in fact, a very clever man.
’What a pity... he was born into the Liu Family.’
Tang You sighed internally as he looked at the man. He then got out of the vehicle, huffing and puffing as he hauled the two large burlap sacks of Crystal Cores that Gu Xi had Wei Heng deliver. This stuff was too important; no matter how tired or sore he was, he wouldn’t dare let anyone else carry it.
Liu Bo stood by the car, and when he saw Tang You’s state, he was genuinely stunned for a good while.
"Mr. Tang, what is all this...?" Liu Bo’s gaze circled the two colorful burlap sacks on Tang You’s shoulders.
"Oh, this..." Tang You dropped the heavy sacks from his shoulders, casually wiped the sweat from his forehead, and patted the two bags. He didn’t bother hiding anything and said bluntly, "Miss Gu mentioned that the farm is short on superpowered individuals. I figured there are plenty of them here, so I came to see if I could recruit some to help out."
"But you can’t just ask for help with empty words, can you?" As he spoke, he opened the two burlap sacks in front of everyone. "So, Miss Gu had me bring these."
The moment he finished speaking, the sacks were pulled open. Instantly, Crystal Cores of all different attributes refracted the sunlight into a dazzling, multicolored radiance, nearly blinding everyone nearby!
’God, so many Crystal Cores!’
Forget the ordinary people; even Liu Bo had never seen so many Crystal Cores in his entire life.
And another thing... He glanced at the grinning Tang You, feeling that his words had been a bit passive-aggressive. ’A few days ago, I did ask Tang You to help me probe Miss Gu’s attitude, but it’s not like I said I wouldn’t reward him, right?’
’...It’s just that money’s a bit tight lately, isn’t it?’
’The head of the family packed up most of the Liu Family’s supplies and took them back to the Central Base! With the little that’s left, I still have to support tens of thousands of people under me. Of course I have to be frugal!’
’And to top it off, I can’t even get my hands on the farm, which used to be the most profitable venture...’ Liu Bo was indeed in a tight spot financially.
He couldn’t help but steal another glance at the colorful Crystal Cores in the sacks. Miss Gu was certainly generous, but... as his gaze swept over the superpowered individuals who were constantly being drawn in by the Crystal Cores, Liu Bo didn’t think Tang You would be able to take many people with him today.
Crystal Cores were certainly tempting, but compared to the Superpower Seed... they just couldn’t compete.
But Tang You didn’t see it that way.
A legendary treasure like the Superpower Seed was undeniably attractive, but one mustn’t forget there was only one. Everyone seemed frenzied right now, but deep down, they knew their chances of obtaining it were almost zero. The only reason they weren’t leaving was to try their luck.
It came back to the same old thing—who didn’t dream of being the chosen one?
But dreaming forever wasn’t realistic.
These were people who had survived the crucible of the apocalypse; no one would give up on a tangible benefit right in front of them.
That’s why Tang You was very confident in himself (and the two large sacks of Crystal Cores he’d brought).
Seeing more and more superpowered individuals being drawn in by the Crystal Cores, Tang You thought for a moment and decided to hold an on-the-spot recruitment drive!
With heaps of Crystal Cores to pave the way, he wasn’t worried about finding people.
As for whether the farm could keep them after they were recruited?
’That’s not my problem. After all, Miss Gu only asked me to recruit people.’
Tang You was making his own little calculations.
Liu Bo stood to the side, watching coolly as Tang You stood in the crowd, enthusiastically shouting and recruiting. ’This Tang You is certainly adaptable,’ he thought. ’A dignified base leader, yet he can turn into such a toady. No wonder he’s managed to hold on to his position as the leader of A City Base.’
Seeing the number of people coming to inquire grow, Liu Bo summoned his trusted subordinate and gave a few quiet instructions.
’Since that Miss Gu wants to recruit superpowered individuals and is acting like she’ll take anyone who comes, I might as well send a few more her way.’
’If nothing else, the Liu Family used to support quite a few of them.’
’We have been operating in A City Base for all these years, after all.’
’Now that my so-called dear uncle has taken most of the Liu Family’s resources to the Central Base to further his own ambitions, it’s not easy for me to support such a large group with the scraps that are left. Besides, not all of them are loyal to me.’
’You have to understand, there are dozens of cousins in my branch of the Liu Family alone. Who knows who is loyal to whom?’
’I might as well just send the whole lot over to Miss Gu.’
’Using someone else’s resources to support my own people, and maybe even find some other use for them down the line... why wouldn’t I take this opportunity?’
’Even if Miss Gu finds out later, it’s no big deal. After all, I’m just helping her solve a problem. She needs superpowered individuals, so I’m proactively sending them over.’
’It can also be considered a test, a way of showing goodwill.’
And Liu Bo had no intention of hiding it. Once his subordinate brought the people over, he simply led them directly to Tang You.
After a round of friendly (probing) exchanges, Tang You took the people and returned to the base that evening.
Just as Tang You and Liu Bo were pondering how to send the people to the farm, Mr. Zhou had already uploaded the information Gu Xi provided to Farm 0101’s internal forum and published it.
The survivors at Farm 0101 were already in high spirits. They had recently been allocated land and received fruit tree saplings from South City, giving them an unprecedented level of motivation. Now, seeing a steady stream of superpowered individuals arriving to help, they felt that their lives finally had a promising future.
As for the superpowered individuals who had come to help with the farming, to be honest, a large portion of them looked down on these ordinary people. They had originally come with the intention of making a quick profit and leaving. But they never expected... that the farm’s forum would publicly release such precious information!
It was as if someone had pushed open a window for them, and through that window, they could see so much more... Overnight, this handwritten information from Gu Xi spread through various channels among the superpowered community.
At first, when the higher-ups received the news, they paid it no mind. They just assumed Gu Xi was releasing this information as a publicity stunt to win people over.
After all, everyone knew it wasn’t that easy for a superpowered individual, especially a mid- or high-level one, to upgrade their abilities.
But soon, news spread that someone had upgraded their superpower not long after reading the document!
As more and more superpowered individuals began to flood into A City Base and flock to Farm 0101, some people finally started to get anxious....