Chapter 388 (2/2)

“My relatives used to live there. I am looking for them. But they were just ordinary people…” Chu Yunsheng randomly made an excuse.

The aunt with the northern accent thought for a second and said, “the swarm has already surrounded three sides of the city. Only the west side of the city was not surrounded at the moment, because it is the side that is mostly covered by mountains. Every couple of weeks, some ‘Combat Units’ will take small mountain paths to leave the city and use insect’s meat to buy some ‘Energy Appendages’ from us. If you can afford enough energy, they may be able to help you to sneak into the city for a couple of days. ”

“Combat unit?” Chu Yunsheng was a bit confused, and it seemed like that there was a stable and unique new social structure inside Shu Du City, there was even a new labor system.

“Yes, some of them are energy manipulation masters, some are ordinary people, but they all have weapons. They also sell weapons. But most people just want food at the moment. Not many people want to buy weapons. People inside Shu Du City always want energy appendages, the more the better. Those ‘combat units’ just like those merchants that go everywhere to sell and buy stuff…” the leader aunt said.

‘It would be great if I could sneak into the city. But what are the energy appendages?’ Chu Yunsheng was confused.

Suddenly, there was a commotion behind the crowd.

“The Overseer Shen is here! Quick! Make the way, and get ready to start working!” a voice appeared at the back of the group.

Before the voice disappeared, a tall and muscular man with a height of nearly 1.9 meters walked towards Chu Yunsheng and a group of old women with a big strange green machine on his back, “You all already know that the price of meat in the city has gone up, so the cost of hiring me also need to be raised as well. I won’t charge you guys a lot, just raise 10%!”

“Brother Shen, we will have nothing left if you raise another 10%.” said the man who was leading the male group.

“But the overseer also needs to eat.” the muscular man touched his belly and said, “I am already very kind. The price of meat has risen by 50%, but I only raised by 10%.”

“But you have already taken 70%. If there is another 10% raise, the remaining 20% won’t be able to feed our family.” The leader of the male group begged.

“That’s not my problem. Besides, that 70% is not just for me. If you don’t like it, you can try to find the energy appendages by yourself.” The muscular man said resolutely.

This time, the group of aunts also didn’t know what to do. They all gathered together and whispered to each other hoping they could come up with some solutions.

The overseer was sent here by the people from the top, they couldn’t afford to offend him at all.

“I don’t want to waste my time here. Lao w.a.n.g Ba is still waiting for me. If you don’t want to pay me the additional 10%, I’m leaving now.” The man said loudly.

“How… How about 5%? Please, we really need to…” The leader of the male group gritted his teeth and said.

“5%? What?! You think I am a beggar?” the muscular man’s face suddenly dropped. He immediately turned around and pretended that he wanted to leave.

“Brother… brother Shen… please, don’t get angry. I think we can still negotiate…” The leader of the male group immediately smiled apologetically.

“No negotiation. 80%, take it or leave it. And don’t try to stop me ever again. My time is money!” The muscular said angrily.

“Brother Shen… how about… About…” The man’s forehead began to sweat a lot.

“No! 80% is 80%. Let me know if you change your mind. You can find me at Lao w.a.n.g Ba’s place!” The muscular man said and then left.

Seeing the man left without any hesitations, everyone at the place felt utterly dispirited.

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“I think… we just accept it. It is better than nothing.” Said the leader aunt.

“Mothef.u.c.ker…” a young man cursed.

“Sigh… we don’t have any other choice.” Said the leader of the male group. Other people in his group also didn’t seem to object to this decision.

“Young man, what are you doing?” the aunt with the northern Chinese accent said with concern when she noticed that Chu Yunsheng was checking the rocks in a man’s basket in her group.

In this mountain, there were too many people robbing and stealing energy appendages from each other.

Chu Yunsheng picked up a rock, and after a few seconds of close examination, he said, “I think I might be able to help. I just need to take the amount that is enough for the trip to the city. The rest is all yours.”

This type of rock was like floating rocks in the yellow mountain area. It contained a lot of chaotic Yuan Qi energies.

Since he learned the knowledge from the ancient book, he has been extremely sensitive to Yuan Qi energy, so he was able to feel this type of energy appendages from far away. It didn’t matter if it was a rock or a tree or even deeper under the ground. He thought that he would be able to find them easily.

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