Chapter 386 Contac (1/2)

The three black men and their familiars were now back in the ruins of the city. Even though they were no strangers to death, none of them were in the mood to talk, especially after seeing their comrades being turned into frozen popsicles.

Despite being completely frozen, the corpses, which were laid out in the car under a camouflage tarp, still exuded a faint smell of decay in the air.

”We're lucky to still be alive,” said one of them, frowning and letting out a sigh. ”Who knew that such a powerful trainer existed in the Huaxia region? I don't think someone like that even exists in the African region.”

”What about Kokang's Lion King?” asked one of his companions.

”I don't think even the Lion King would be a match for the likes of him,” said Ciwey grimly.

”Well, it's not a total loss for us.” Ciwey suddenly realized something. By opening a trade route in the other world, the Huaxia region would be able to bring all kinds of resources into the Lusaka base city through the Spatial Rifts. He had to let his brother know about this so that he could make the necessary preparations.

Ciwey glanced at his comrade sitting on the passenger seat, who just so happened to be from Zimbabwe. ”A trade route between the Spatial Rifts in Lusaka and Huaxia would definitely bring in a lot of profit for us. I don't think the Black Wolverine group or your group in Zimbabwe would be able to handle all that profit alone without raising a few eyebrows. What do you say we work together to figure this thing out?”

”That would be great,” said the man from Zimbabwe with a sigh. He smiled a toothy smile at Ciwey, revealing a set of pristine teeth.

When Ciwey turned his gaze away, the man from Zimbabwe sighed inwardly. He had been worried that Ciwey would go as far as to kill everyone there in order to keep this trade route all to himself. Thank god things didn't turn out that way...

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”Don't worry, we mean you no harm.” At the foot of the Black Phoenix Mountain Range, a group of familiars had formed a ring around what appeared to be a tortoise-like monster.

Gao Peng stepped forward and squatted beside the monster. He rapped his knuckles against its shell, making a hollow, metallic sound.

The Golden-Striped Tortoise's head remained stubbornly inside its shell. Two gleaming black eyes peered at Gao Peng warily from within.

”We really mean you no harm. We just wanted to ask you something,” said Gao Peng, desperately trying to show his more affable side to the tortoise.

In a corner, Da Zi was acting as Gao Peng's translator, relaying his words by baring its mandibles and claws menacingly at the tortoise.

Like a rock, the Golden-Striped Tortoise remained unmovable. No matter how much these people tried to sweet-talk it, it wouldn't budge from its shell.

It wasn't like the other, younger tortoises. It was an ancient tortoise who had seen and heard much in this world.

Goldie yawned as he listened to Gao Peng trying to coax the tortoise out of its shell. After yawning three times, it stepped forward and gave the shell a good kick, flipping it over so that the tortoise's white underbelly was now facing upward.

”Come out, you b*stard! My boss is talking to you here!” shouted Goldie angrily, before smacking the tortoise's shell with its wing. The Golden-Striped Tortoise's heart beat rapidly, worried that the duck might reach into its shell and pull its head out.

That is one violent duck, it thought.

”Oi, Goldie, stop it,” said Gao Peng. ”We're the good guys here. We don't push people around like common thugs.”

”Gao Peng, this guy's just outright disrespecting you. That's the same as disrespecting me, and anyone who disrespects me...” Goldie balled its right wing into a fist and ground it against its left wing.

”Well, you heard Goldie. It has quite a temper. Not even I can control it sometimes,” said Gao Peng with a sigh. ”We just wanted to ask you something. Do you know where the Guise Fruit is in the Black Phoenix Mountain Range? It's a fruit that grows on a tree. It has a white, speckled surface, and it can shrink anyone who eats it.”

After a period of silence, a dull moan could be heard from inside the shell.