Chapter 525: Dawn City of “All Nations Come to Pay Homage”

  Chapter 525: Dawn City of “All Nations Come to Pay Homage”

  In the north of Jinchuan Province, surrounded by mountains and jungles, there is an old ruin.

  Its name is Jinhe City, which is about 700 to 800 kilometers away from Qingquan City, which is equivalent to the distance from Jiangcheng to Shancheng in reality.

  In the suburbs of Jinhe City, on the gentle slope at the edge of the forest, there is a small settlement called “Dust Town”. There are

  two or three hundred families living here. The town is surrounded by a circle of one-meter-high low walls. Inside the town is a granite turret.

  This type of settlement is very common in Jinchuan Province.

  After all, this place is not like Luoxia Province, where there are deserts and riverbanks as natural barriers to limit the migration and predation of alien species.

  On the contrary, because it is located in the subtropics, the climate is humid, warm and rainy, so that a large number of alien species migrate here from other provinces.

  Here, the mutant slime mold is not the most dangerous. The most dangerous are the mutants who migrated here from the east coast and the radioactive waste scattered on this land.

  About a month ago, when the Alliance’s army was fighting fiercely with the Legion in Luoxia Province, this remote town of Dust was still making a fortune quietly. The mayor made a lot of silver coins by doing business with the Alliance.

  Then he used the silver coins to buy a lot of LD-47 and Maxim exchanged from the front line, replacing the original iron-tube rifle and rusty short knife, and hired some vicious thugs as bodyguards, so that he could further exploit the old farmers working in the fields and keep the silver coins he hoarded in the turret.

  However, the good times did not last long.

  The mayor was a man with ideas, and coincidentally, the thugs who were invited were also so.

  Seeing that there were mountains, water and fields here, and that they could make money by doing business with the rich people who opened factories in the north, these thugs, who had already had a bad record, immediately hit it off and decisively returned to their old business, holding the mayor’s gun and slaughtering the mayor’s family.

  This was the first time that the town of Dust changed hands.

  Those thugs had been bullying men and women for a while, and most of the merchants didn’t care about it. If nothing unexpected happened, after a few years, when most of the people who could work were killed, one day a ruthless person would become bold and this place would become a new looters’ camp.

  Unfortunately, a talking lizard, a talking mouse, and a dumb human read the map wrong and came here by chance.

  Originally, they just wanted to ask for directions to the beach, so they sent the only guy who looked the most like a human to ask.

  However, when the thugs heard the brainless speech of the newbie, they laughed out loud, and they were thinking about the silver coins in his pocket, so they had the idea of ​​killing people and robbing. If

  you want to kill people and rob,

  you have to be a looter.

  Then what happened was logical.

  More than 20 looters were no match for this group of ruthless people. Not to mention the new human, Garbage Man and Qiangrensunan were old players of the Alpha version. One was a searcher and the other was a damage dealer. They killed all the looters in the town as famous monsters without even using a gun.

  The townspeople were really scared at first, but after finding out that the Deathclaw could talk, they were no longer afraid.

  After all, there were too many strange things in the wasteland.

  It was not surprising that the Deathclaw could speak. And it was not surprising that the Deathclaw could talk, so it was even less surprising that the rat could talk.

  The survivors in the town liked these two guys.

  Compared with the mayor who levied heavy taxes and the robbers who bullied them, the lizard who called himself Garbage Man and the rat called Qiangrensunan were just a little ugly, but not that scary.

  In order to thank these three good “people” who saw injustice and helped, the villagers built statues for them and even built a ancestral hall to worship them.

  At first, the three little players refused, but they couldn’t resist the feeling of being worshipped, so they half-heartedly accepted it with a smile.

  Then, the big lizard promised them that he would ensure the safety of the villagers. The mouse even said that with it, no other mouse would dare to steal the grain in the barn.

  The townspeople promised to give them 20% of the grain as an offering… This is much less than the 70% collected by the old mayor and the 90% collected by the thugs! The players

  were flattered.

  20% of the output of a town of two or three hundred households, even if the garbage man is a big eater, he can’t eat so much.

  So the three “people” decided to sell the uneaten grain to the passing merchants, and then use some of the silver coins earned to help these poor people buy some tractors and fertilizers from the alliance to increase the output of farmland, and buy some tools for digging wells and repairing houses, so that they can have more offerings.

  In order to facilitate management, they let the survivors vote to elect a new mayor, and then find a few respected people to manage the militia and weapons, money and food.

  This was the second change of ownership of Dust Town.

  Although it was only a short month, everything seemed to be getting better.

  Until a strange patient appeared in the town.

  He had sores on his hands and feet, pus in the sores, fever, runny nose, and looked like he was terminally ill. However, strangely, these symptoms did not make him lie weakly in bed and wail, but instead made him uncharacteristically strong and eat an amazing amount of food.

  Such a strange thing has never happened in this area.

  The survivors in the town were terrified, so they locked up this healthy patient and immediately reported it to the three gods who protected them.

  After questioning, the man confessed that he had caught a cold some time ago. He listened to a hunter from another village and ate a green fruit that was said to cure all diseases. His condition did improve.

  However, the good times did not last long.

  After some time, the cold showed no signs of recovery, and even became more and more severe. In order to suppress the pain and not affect his daily work, he could only keep eating the green fruit, and even secretly planted it in his yard.

  In the end, his body seemed to have reached a certain reconciliation with the virus. As long as he kept eating the green fruit, he would be free from the torture of the disease and become stronger in infinite joy… even if his body had become a breeding ground for the virus.

  But if he stopped eating the fruit, the reconciliation between the body and the virus would end, and his health would take a sharp turn for the worse, gradually rotting away like a rotten wood.

  After understanding what happened, the three little players immediately took it seriously. It didn’t take much effort to find the hunter mentioned by the patient, and quickly locked on the source of the green fruit.

  It was a place called Hope Town…

  …

  Dust Town.

  A temple dedicated to the “gods”.

  ”By the way, do you still remember…we originally planned to go to the south to see the sea?” I was sitting on a wooden chair and I wanted to be quiet, and suddenly sighed and said.

  Picking up garbage level 99 yawned.

  ”Remember.”

  ”Then when are we going to go?”

  ”Emm…”

  ”Damn! Are you addicted to being a savior?”

  Looking at the nonsense, I want to be quiet, and the garbage picker 99 rolled his eyes.

  ”Tsk, aren’t you enjoying it yourself?”

  I want to be quiet and said with a smile.

  ”I… That’s just one person’s help! Besides, we haven’t saved the game for more than a month. Is it really okay?”

  Before he entered the game, he talked a lot on the forum every day, saying that he wanted to explore the border of the map. When he really entered the game, he found it was as difficult as climbing to the sky.

  The first one is the language problem.

  At present, even the old players of the Alpha version can only speak fluent “human language”. The translation function of VM in offline mode is too obvious. Some things are not understood even if they are translated, and some are simply not translated.

  Until now, he can only communicate in daily life.

  Relying on this half-baked human language to want to venture into the wasteland, it is simply looking down on those man-eating things in the wasteland.

  However, Junji was indifferent to his words.

  Save?

  What do you need that thing for?

  Human things are just weak!

  ”Well, it’s nothing if you don’t have a save file. You’ll know after playing this game for a long time that level is actually just a very small part of all the elements of this game, just like the dragon in Elder Scrolls 5, the wizard in Gwent 3 and the rainbow in Rainbow Six.”

  ”Pfft, what the hell is the rainbow in Rainbow Six!”

  The garbage picker 99 said proudly: “It’s the same idea. What the hell is the sequence level in Wasteland OL? Is it important? Does my low level affect my pretense? Is it that the NPCs here are not realistic enough? Or is it not exciting enough to let you live again with another identity?”

  ”Oh… I really envy you alien players.” I want to say quietly with envy.

  If you are an alien player, you can probably walk freely in the wasteland.

  After all, most aliens will walk around when they see the death claws, and ordinary survivors will rarely provoke them when they see them.

  ”Calm down, it’s like having a QQ account with a serial number, that’s the treatment only the European emperors have.” Looking at the newbie’s envious expression, Garbage laughed, but tears were flowing in his heart.

  He is very strong.

  And there is no doubt that he is strong.

  But unfortunately, no matter how strong he is, he has no penis.

  At least he has a group of spiritual wives, but he will only be laughed at by other Death Claws.

  Yes.

  Other Death Claws look down on him as a “stunted” guy from the bottom of their hearts. Even White Bear can be liked by other local bears because of his white hair.

  Every time he thought of Neeko’s contemptuous eyes, he was so angry that he grimaced, but he couldn’t do anything.

  Damn…

  this damn game setting!

  It was precisely because of this that when the new mayor of Dust Town carefully asked him if he wanted to prepare a priestess to serve the gods for the ancestral temple, he almost refused without hesitation.

  Just kidding.

  I was the one who started the fight, why should the newbie next to me enjoy it!

  The tail of this feudal era must be cut off!

  At this moment, Jingjing didn’t know what wonderful show he missed. His attention was completely attracted by the rats that slipped in from the door.

  A fat rat was calling a few rat brothers, carrying a sack in and throwing it on the ground.

  Jingjing walked forward, opened the mouth of the sack and took a look inside, and was immediately choked by the stench that hit her face.

  ”Damn! What is this? It stinks!”

  ”Emerald fruit! The locals call this thing, it grows on a kind of tree, and it is said that eating it can cure all diseases,” Qiangrensuan raised his slender arm to wipe the sweat, shaking his long beard and said, “Go to hell and get this thing back, and I’ll kill several of my brothers.” It is

  the nature of rats to be sneaky and slippery. Those little rats that succumb to his force do not completely listen to his orders, especially in places out of his sight.

  Cheating is a common thing, not to mention cheating, his “harem” often gets pregnant suddenly for no reason.

  In the end, the one who obeyed his orders the most was not the pure mouse, but a groundhog who had been with him for a long time.

  Ever since he ordered a set of steel claws from Mosquito for that grandson, it has bitten many traitors in the tribe to death for him.

  Holding back the stench, I quietly opened the sack again and studied the emerald fruit inside. He found that it was not the fruit itself that was smelly, but the layer of dark green mucus attached to the surface of the fruit and the soil soaked in green.

  Junji also stared at the things in the sack curiously for a while, and then looked at the fat mouse sitting on the stool to rest.

  ”Don’t you have an iron stomach? Have a bite.”

  ”Get lost! I have an iron stomach, but it doesn’t mean I have a high resistance to poison!” The strong man rolled his eyes, “You have a high physique, why don’t you have a bite!”

  Junji smiled and scratched his head with his thick claws.

  ”Just because I have a strong physique doesn’t mean I like to eat shit… Let’s be frank, I can see that this thing doesn’t look like a good thing!”

  Looking at the green.

  As a pure love warrior, he felt physically uncomfortable.

  Qiangrensunan coughed lightly.

  ”In short… the information is accurate, just as the patient confessed, this thing suddenly appeared in Hope Town. At first, only a few people planted this fruit, and later the land that had been planted with fruit trees could only plant this thing, and the local landlords were greedy for this thing to sell for money, so more and more people planted it.”

  I want to ask Jingjing curiously.

  ”Is this thing expensive?”

  Qiangrensunan continued.

  ”It must be more expensive than food. Although there are not many merchants who collect it, I heard from the local survivors themselves that they did plant it to make money at first, but as they planted it, they felt that it didn’t matter whether they made money or not… Eating it will not be afraid of illness, you don’t need to wear clothes, you don’t need to be cold, and you can see the paradise. Money is like dirt in front of it.”

  Hearing this, Jingjing’s expression gradually became serious.

  ”If you eat this thing, you will lose all hope… This thing is undoubtedly poisonous.”

  ”Nonsense, do you even need to tell me that?” After patting the back of the newbie’s head, Lajijun looked at Qiangren Suonan and asked, “So this thing came out of that Hope Town?”

  To his surprise, Qiangren Suonan shook his head.

  ”No, they also got the tree species from someone else. It is said that the first fruit tree seedling came from a mutant tribe called ‘Qi’, in an abandoned urban area about 20 kilometers away from us.”

  I heard it quietly and my eyes widened.

  ”Mutants?!”

  He smiled.

  ”Surprised, right… But if you look at the observations and descriptions of mutants on the official website, it’s not difficult to understand.”

  ”Mutants are a special group. In the first stage, they will live in tribes and obtain food and reproduce through ‘hunting’. In the second stage, they will develop a certain ‘civilization’ from violence. The specific manifestation is the birth of the concepts of ‘farming’ and ‘captivity’, such as planting mutant fruits as food, raising a certain number of human females and a small number of males, allowing livestock to reproduce autonomously, and then ‘using’ and slaughtering them in a planned way. I heard that there is a third stage, but this is just a guess at present.”

  ”The ‘Black Stone’ tribe discovered by other players in the Great Desert before was probably between the first and second stages, and this ‘Qi’ was probably in the late second stage, and is even transitioning to the third stage…”

  Jun Laji touched his chin.

  ”What about the evidence?”

  ”Evidence? Isn’t it obvious? I heard that there are tens of thousands of mutants there, even tens of thousands! It is impossible to maintain a group of 10,000 people by violence alone. They must have given birth to something else… just like Gul’dan of the orcs.” As he spoke, excitement flashed in his eyes.

  Perhaps he could learn from some sociological experience and find a way to build a huge rat empire.

  I thought Jingjing’s expression became serious.

  ”…This is not a small problem. The mutant tribe of tens of thousands of people is only 20 kilometers away from us, but we have been here for so long and have not heard any news.”

  Trash also nodded and said seriously.

  ”Well, this group of mutants are not interested in plundering the surrounding small villages. This is too abnormal…”

  Whether anyone cares or not, they have to synchronize this noteworthy news to the official website of “Wasteland OL”.

  Whether it is a story about “strange”.

  Or about that strange “Emerald Fruit”…

  …

  Just when the “pioneers” in the south were having a headache about how to deal with the patients in the village and how to send the samples of “Emerald Fruit” back to the Alliance for testing, the preparations for the triumphal celebration had entered the final countdown.

  The streets and alleys were decorated with lights and people were bustling on the streets. The holiday started yesterday. The shops on the street started discount promotions one after another. The number of stalls in the market was more than doubled than before.

  Not only the local residents of Dawn City set up stalls here, but also merchants from other survivor settlements such as Dawn City, Fallen Leaf City, and even Garbage City, Red River Alliance, etc. The

  dazzling array of goods and business opportunities everywhere not only turned Dawn City into a living expo center, but also made silver coins a hot commodity in the eyes of countless merchants passing by. Only

  those who came and wanted to come again would keep silver coins in their pockets as currency. Looking at the warehouses and shelves filled with supplies, people had no doubt that the purchasing power of silver coins would remain as strong as ever in the future.

  Especially as the residents of the shelter returned from the front line, they not only brought back the rare treasures of Luoxia Province, but also brought back the excitement they took away from here a few months ago.

  Since the large army went to Luoxia Province, Dawn City has not been as lively as it is today for a long time.

  Such a grand occasion can be described as “all nations come to pay tribute”!

  ”It’s so lively here!”

  Looking at the people coming and going around, Alyssa was as excited as a bird out of a cage. Her pale face, which had not seen the sun for a long time, was now flushed with excitement.

  Looking at his cheerful daughter, Melvin couldn’t help but smile with relief.

  ”So you have to hold on to your father’s hand.”

  ”Yeah!”

  Alyssa nodded vigorously and held her father’s hand tightly.

  This was her first time in Dawn City.

  Although it was only more than 20 kilometers away from their home, at least 10 kilometers of the road was difficult to walk.

  For these 10 kilometers, his father brought at least 50 bodyguards, and the uncle who didn’t speak seemed to be a bionic man produced by Giant Stone Military Industry.

  Since she entered this settlement, she has been looking around curiously.

  Everything here is full of novelty to her.

  Those men and women who are picking and choosing on the street and the salesmen who are smiling and welcoming are actually not much older than her. Most of them are 17 or 18 years old, and it is rare to see elderly faces.

  When passing by a stall, she couldn’t help but stop and her eyes stopped on a beautiful hair.

  To be precise, it was a fishbone-shaped hairpin pinned on that hair.

  The small fishbone looked like it was gnawed by a cat, which was very cute. In the stores in Boulder City, she had never seen such a cute accessory.

  The sister wearing the hairpin was also very beautiful.

  Her skin color was slightly darker, like wheat exposed to the autumn sun, with a wild charm, but the smile on her face was soft, which formed a sharp contrast with her skin color.

  Noticing Alyssa’s gaze, Qiu Cao immediately realized that she was looking at the hairpin on her head, so she smiled slightly and looked at the little customer and said.

  ”Do you like it?”

  Alyssa nodded.

  ”Yeah, I like it…”

  Qiu Cao blinked and looked at the lovely girl in front of him.

  ”Because the customer is very cute, it only costs 1 silver coin.”

  So cheap!

  And…

  this sister speaks very nicely.

  Alyssa’s cheeks flushed, and she always felt that she would be sorry for this sister if she didn’t pay, so she looked at her father pleadingly and pulled his sleeve.

  Seeing that his daughter liked it so much, Melvin, who originally thought that the hairpin was a bit cheap, didn’t say anything, and waved to his bodyguard with a smile.

  The latter nodded silently, took out a silver coin from his arms and put it on the stall, completing the transaction.

  Melvin looked at his happy daughter and warned her.

  ”Don’t wear it in front of your mother.”

  ”Yeah!”

  Alyssa nodded obediently.

  Melvin smiled and rubbed her hair, picked up the hairpin in her hand, and personally helped his daughter pin it on one side of her hair.

  The delicate and small fish bone with a head of golden hair is very cute.

  Of course, he knew very well that it was not because of how cute the hairpin was or how skilled the country bumpkins in the northern suburbs were, but because her daughter had noble blood.

  Their destination was the most magnificent Embassy Street in Dawn City. He had already booked a VIP suite at the Ideal Hotel on that street in advance.

  It was the most famous hotel in the vicinity, invested and built by the Ideal Group. It only supported Cr payments and was mainly for residents visiting Ideal City, but others could also book it if they could afford Cr.

  The entire hotel had twenty floors, standing out from the crowd in Dawn City. The full set of furniture and even the cement for repairing the walls were shipped from Ideal City, and the waiters were one hundred bionic maids produced by Kangmao Group.

  Whether it was living or talking about things, it was the first choice.

  The Alliance’s cameras were running around in the sky, but they would never drill into the hotel in Ideal City. He knew this very well.

  On the way to the hotel, Alyssa looked around curiously and suddenly said something.

  ”Why do they all look so happy?”

  Melvin said with a smile.

  ”Because the celebration is coming soon.”

  ”What about us?” Alyssa tilted her head and looked at her father, “Why don’t we also have a celebration? There will be a lot of interesting things.”

  ”We?” Melvin was stunned for a moment, then he regained his smile and looked at his daughter and said gently, “We don’t need that kind of thing, there will be a lot of interesting things. Remember the store I took you to?”

  ”Is it in the inner city?”

  ”Yes, all the good things in the whole settlement are there. We can even buy bionic prostheses imported from Ideal City. There is no need to go to the market to compete with those people.”

  Noticing that his daughter’s expression was a little regretful, Melvin touched her head lovingly.

  ”My child, why would you envy those people… It’s just a hairpin. If you like, I can ask someone to make you any hairpin, and it’s a unique style. You should know that your life is much better than theirs.”

  Alyssa said sullenly.

  ”But in Boulder City, people always lower their heads when they look at us.”

  Melvin sighed and said patiently.

  ”That’s because they respect us.”

  Alyssa looked at her father in confusion.

  ”But… you can’t see their eyes, how do you know whether it’s respect or hatred in their eyes?”

  Hatred?

  Melvin frowned.

  ”Who taught you these things?”

  He was really angry this time.

  He has always been very careful to maintain the fairy-tale world in his daughter’s heart. He doesn’t expect to live in that beautiful world, but he at least hopes that his beloved little daughter will never touch the things he usually touches.

  But there are always some annoying things that get into his house and blow open the curtains he hung up again and again.

  Hatred?

  How can that word appear in his daughter’s dictionary!

  Seeing her father’s unhappy look, Alyssa closed her mouth, a trace of fear appeared on her face, she dared not say a word, and did not answer.

  Realizing that his expression scared his daughter, Melvin quickly put on a warm smile and touched her beautiful hair lovingly.

  ”My baby daughter… I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to emphasize my tone. Please forgive Dad for occasionally bringing negative emotions from work back home, and please believe Dad, Dad will never hurt you.”

  After a pause, he said patiently.

  ”Your shoes, skirts, and beautiful dolls are not made out of thin air. The world has been destroyed for a long time. Those humble guys worked hard to present all the beauty to you, not because they love you as much as Dad does, but because of your dad, Uncle Dulong, and the shareholders who support us… all of us working together. You don’t need to sympathize with those losers whose lives are bleak. If you really understand them, you will know that those people are not worthy of sympathy at all… Starting tomorrow, you don’t need to read the “Survivor Daily”. “Maybe I

  should say hello to Dulong after I go back.

  He supports those newspapers, radio and other entertainment. For example, Mr. House’s channel is very good. In addition to teasing the ugly wastelanders to relieve boredom, it also teaches the surrounding survivor settlements to grow some economic crops… But the premise is that these things must be entertainment.

  But now it seems that the “Survivor Daily” is obviously not that kind of thing.

  Although the “Playboy” sub-publication is all about provocative fantasy, those harmless jokes always make him feel that he is the one who is offended after laughing. Are the nobles in the inner city so impatient? What kind of beauties have they not seen? How could they get angry because they can’t tear the stockings made of devil silk!

  What’s more hateful is the Workers’ Newspaper. Why are those serialized novels all about the rise of the poor grassroots? Don’t those guys whose brains are damaged by beer know that this is illogical? No matter how powerful a mercenary is, he is still a lackey even if he bursts through the sky. Even if he is an awakened person, what can he do? Can he bump fists with power armor?

  Thinking of those workers holding the same newspaper, Melvin’s heart suddenly surged with a faint chill.

  Maybe his daughter is right.

  How can he know whether the hidden eyes of those people are filled with love or hate? People are much more complicated than mutants.

  But this matter can be delayed.

  The most urgent thing he has to solve is the circulation problem of chips.

  They have earned too much “local currency”.

  This won’t work!

  The essence of trade is mutual benefit, but now it seems that only the alliance can drink beer, and they drink a belly full of foam.

  There must be a stable channel to exchange the excess chips for silver coins, or better yet, to exchange them directly for Cr

  instead of the garbage silver coins! If he can solve this problem, all the nobles in the inner city will thank him, even if they are not his core customers! No matter

  how good life is in the inner city, it can’t be more comfortable than in the ideal city.

  If they can exchange a large amount of chips for Cr, they can take the Cr they exchanged for the chips and go to the ideal city to live a fairy-like life that they never dared to think of before. The factories in the Boulder City are running non-stop, and the excess chips are pouring into a pool that never runs dry.

  Thank God, the alliance has done what he wanted to do most in his life but never had the chance to do – solving the Cr exchange problem.

  It’s not the exchange of listing and consignment at the exchange.

  The soup and water spilled by those merchants when they shook the bottles and cans was not enough for them to share, and he had to carefully control the market even to raise tuition for his son.

  But the companies were too generous to the alliance.

  I heard that in order to support the alliance, the profiteers on the East Coast gave the alliance a preferential exchange rate of 1:3! 3 silver coins can be exchanged for 1 Cr!

  It is not clear what the upper limit of the exchange is, but even if it is only one hundred million, it is enough for the nobles in the inner city to dance with joy.

  Boulder City is also a victorious country. He has to help the residents of Boulder City to get a share of this real honeypot!

  The alliance will become a bridge!

  Just at this time, he met an unexpected person at the entrance of Embassy Street.

  The iconic azure power armor, he can guess who it is without asking!

  Motioning the bodyguards behind him to stay where they are, Melvin immediately walked up with his daughter and greeted them cheerfully.

  ”Dear Mr. Manager, I am very happy to meet you here!”

  Hearing someone calling his name, Chu Guang turned around and saw a man with a big show holding a little girl, greeting him.

  ”Who are you?”

  ”I’m Melvin, the president of Boulder City Bank! I’ve heard of you for a long time!” After gracefully performing aristocratic etiquette, Melvin looked at Chu Guang with a smile on his face and introduced his little daughter beside him, “This is my daughter, Alyssa… Alyssa, come and say hello to this gentleman.”

  ”Hello, respected Mr. Manager,” Alyssa imitated her father’s movements and also performed an elegant etiquette, looking at Chu Guang and blinking, “You look much younger than the legend says, I thought you and my father were of the same generation.”

  Chu Guang laughed when he heard this, looked at the little girl, and said in a joking tone.

  ”It seems that I am not mature enough. I need to learn more from your father.”

  ”You are joking!” Melvin took over the conversation from his daughter with ease and said respectfully, “Of all the settlement leaders I have ever met, you are the one who impressed me the most. Please forgive my rudeness.”

  ”How can it be rude? Youth is the morning sunshine and the hope shining on the door of the shelter. This should be the best compliment,” looking at the little girl with a blushing face, Chu Guang smiled gently and said, “I have a hunch that you have a pair of smart eyes and you should become a very outstanding person.”

  Alyssa’s eyes lit up and she said flattered.

  ”Really?”

  ”Of course,” Chu Guang nodded, glanced at her hairpin, and said with a smile, “Your hairpin is very beautiful.”

  ”I hope my daughter can live a peaceful life,” Melvin smiled, looked at Chu Guang and continued, “I came here to send you congratulations from all the shareholders of Boulder City Bank. Congratulations on your victory over that barbaric legion and bringing the light of order to the River Valley Province! Our future is brighter than ever! A common light!”

  Chu Guang also smiled and said politely.

  ”Thank you, on behalf of the residents of the alliance, I thank you for your blessings, and welcome you to visit Dawn City. There are fine wines and delicious food to welcome friends. Everyone who comes is a guest and a friend!”

  Chu Guang also met Melvin for the first time. Before, it was Luca who communicated with him, and he did not participate.

  In fact, this encounter itself was also a coincidence. He just went to Embassy Street to visit and comfort Yi Chuan who was still missing his brother. By the way, he found Li Changkong, the representative of Ideal Group, to discuss the recent infrastructure projects.

  He now holds a subsidy of 1 billion Cr, and the five major groups are very interested in the money allocated to him by the Council.

  While Chu Guang was curiously looking at the richest man in Giant Stone City, Melvin was also carefully observing the man in front of him.

  Young, tall, and full of energy, this guy has everything he envied… especially those eyes that were as sharp as a torch.

  He didn’t know what the man was thinking, but when he looked at that man, he couldn’t help but want to move his eyes away.

  Sometimes he couldn’t help but think that it would be better if his eldest daughter and second daughter didn’t get married.

  Betting on both sides is a good choice.

  With the “appreciation” of the inner city nobles for this political strongman who can help them make a fortune, even if he behaves a little shaky, they will feel that he is pretending to be submissive for the benefit of everyone. After all, it takes a little courage to marry a noble bloodline to the land of the barbarians.

  ”Then… I have to take my daughter to the hotel to stay in a while. I want to talk to you alone later. I wonder if it is convenient for you?” Melvin knew that his time was precious and was embarrassed to delay him for too long.

  According to the procedure, he had to talk to Luca first, and then make an appointment with this gentleman for negotiation. This is a procedure and also a courtesy.

  Chu Guang smiled and nodded.

  ”Of course, but it may be difficult before the celebration… Can it wait until after the celebration?”

  He couldn’t wait to stuff the bonds into the pocket of the pot-bellied man in front of him, but before that he had to make some necessary preparations.

  Preparations that would help him sell the bonds at a better price.

  After all, talking about this now would make him misunderstand that he was in urgent need of money… This was something he must not show.

  Melvin was slightly stunned.

  Chu Guang’s reaction was indeed beyond his expectations.

  He thought Chu Guang would make an appointment immediately, but he didn’t expect that he was not in a hurry at all, as if he already had a rough idea of ​​the principal and interest of the tens of millions of chips to be paid.

  That’s ten million chips.

  At least 50 chips are spread out to each resident of the alliance.

  Is this guy not going to default on his debt?

  Melvin had doubts in his heart. Although he instinctively felt that this was unlikely, and an ambitious guy would not do such a short-sighted thing, he couldn’t help but wonder where this guy was going to get the money from.

  The chips were not printed randomly.

  After all, they were made by the casino before the war.

  ”Okay, then I’ll follow your arrangements!” Melvin patted his daughter’s back gently and said with a smile, “It just so happens that I’m also taking little Alyssa for a walk around the neighborhood… I’ve been in meetings these days, and I haven’t spent time with my baby daughter for too long.”

  Looking at the father and daughter, Chu Guang smiled and nodded and said.

  ”Well, I wish you all have fun at the celebration.”

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  (Thanks to “Xue Liu” for the leader’s reward!!!)

  (End of this chapter)