Chapter 648: I Will Save You!
In the end, ng Chao managed to persuade Su Mulian to take up the task.
After all, Leprosy Village had suffered the worst damage in the disaster. One-third of its buildings had been affected by the flas, and the remaining two-thirds had been enveloped by smog, causing the poison to enter the walls. Thus, the structures had entirely beco really brittle.
Instead of trying to repair them, it would be more worthwhile to demolish them and reconstruct them.
During the reconstruction period, the villagers would have to appear in front of the public.
Su Mulian promised ng Chao that the villagers would first appear before Broken Star Club and Blue Ho, which were two small groups compared with the whole of Dragon City. That was because ng Chao was hoping to gather so reconstruction funds for Leprosy Village.
At the sa ti, many of the villagers in Leprosy Village were skilled craftsn who worked in forgeries that made dangerous weapons. They had plenty of experience and were willing to work hard. So of them had awakened to all kinds of strange skills, and they were the best labor force in the city.
On top of that, quite a number of mbers in Broken Star Club and Blue Ho were owners of middle or small private businesses, or they were self-employed individuals who worked in their own workshops. If they could win the pitched battle at the borders of Dragon City, everyone would definitely want to expand their business scale and territory. They would not reject good workers.
In the past, small or dium firms and grassroots workers had been sandwiched between the ga corporations and gangs. As such their work had been introduced to them by the ga corporations and gangs.
If ng Chao introduced these people to the mbers, the mbers would not have to pay an extra fee for the middleman, and he believed that everyone would be able to find business opportunities together.
If they had a good ti working together, Broken Star Club and Blue Ho could serve as promoters. Then, they could spread the story of Leprosy Village to the entire city. In fact, Su Mulian would have the chance to stand in the Survival Committee’s eting hall and ask the supre politicians to take care of the grassroots citizens.
Right then, Blue Ho politicians were taking up more seats in the Survival Committee.
The reconstruction of Leprosy Village and the lair was a good starting point for the Ho Party to get more fees and power from the Colonization Party.
ng Chao believed that the Ho Party politicians would not miss this God-given chance.
Once Su Mulian finished listening to ng Chao describing the situation to her, Su Mulian felt happy for the villagers as well.
She thanked ng Chao once again. “I-I don’t know how I can thank you. Everything that has happened over the past forty-eight hours seems like a dream that still makes want to faint. I... Mr. ng, I will definitely save you!
“That’s right, it doesn’t matter what the future looks like, I will do everything I can to save you!” she mumbled.
As if she thought that she did not sound polite enough, she even nodded.
ng Chao smiled. “I told you, I’m just feeling a little weak. Plus, I drank too much gene dicine, so I’m having digestion problems. You don’t have to say sothing as over the top as doing everything you can to save , right?
“Also, I rember telling you before that we’re in the sa age group, so you don’t have to call Mr. ng. It sounds too serious. You can call ng Chao, Chao, or be like A’Ji and call Big Brother Chao. Mr. ng sounds strange. It’s as if you’re deliberately keeping your distance from .”
“N-No, of course not.” Su Mulian nodded obediently. “I will rember it, Mr. ng.”
ng Chao scratched his head and still could not hold back from asking, “From the mont we first t, I’ve always wanted to ask you a question. Are you scared of ?”
Su Mulian’s muscles tensed, and she stuttered, “H-How can that be? I’m not afraid of you at all. Th-There’s no reason for to be scared of you at all.”
“That’s right.” ng Chao could not figure it out either. “We’ve never known each other before this, and reviews about in the circle might not be perfect, but at the very least, they say that I’m full of justice, I’m considerate, kind, and basically a model for thousands of young adults in Dragon City. Why would you need to be scared of ?”
However, ng Chao soon pushed the question to the back of his mind.
His eyelids started falling.
Over the past forty-eight hours, he had drained too many brain cells and used up too much energy. Any other normal superhuman brain would have burned out a long ti ago.
As Su Mulian treated him gently, ng Chao fell asleep before long.
He had a good sleep and did not have any nightmares about the apocalypse or dreams about him “making friends” with girls of the other races.
It was as if he was a fetus in his mother’s womb, and he was being nurtured and allowed to grow without having to worry about anything.
When he woke up, it was as though a gauze that surrounded his body had been lifted, and his vision was so clear that it felt like his world had been renewed.
ng Chao stretched his back and sensed that the originally restless and rampaging Hell’s Blood had been bound. Now, it was flowing at a regular pace between his blood vessels and spirit ridians.
It was as if more than one hundred wild and fierce Hell Beasts had been tad and turned into a disciplined army that would carry out every order without fail. They lurked quietly in his cells and just waited for ng Chao’s orders.
“Feels good!”
ng Chao took a deep breath. His limbs and spine were akin to a monstrous python that had just finished hibernating. They released thunderous roars, and the movent stirred up beautiful ripples in the dicinal fluid, which was now as clear as water.
The ripples then turned into wisps of white mist that rose into the air like thousands of aquatic dragons.
ng Chao exhaled, and his breath was like white silk. He smiled and felt satisfied.
As he attempted to climb out of the dical cabin, he noticed that Su Mulian had left at so point in ti.
Instead, Lu Siya was crouching beside the dical cabin and staring at him. Her gaze was strange, and she appeared to be in deep thought.
“Big Sis Ya, you’re back?” ng Chao was stunned. “How long have I been sleeping? Are you done dealing with the gangs?”
“You slept for a total of six hours. Ms. Mulian said that you’ve severely drained your body over the past two days, and you stuffed a large amount of dicine with vicious effects into your system. She had a hard ti temporarily calming down the chaotic spirit energy in your body and making it harmonize with your body. Hence, she asked us not to bother you so that you could wake up naturally.”
Lu Siya took out a docunt covered in red fingerprints and said, “I’ve helped you handle the gangs, including Golden Tooth, Black Bone, Poison Scorpion, and Wild Wolves. Forty-one of the more influential gangs in the lair have agreed to form the Lair Reconstruction Committee, and they will handle the effects and consequences caused by the Vortex’s ambush. They also unanimously elected you as the committee leader who will be in charge of representing the lair to communicate with the outside world.”
“That’s good. With this docunt, we can legally help the lair with its reconstruction!”
ng Chao took the docunt from Lu Siya’s hands and looked at it carefully. In the end, he heaved a long sigh and said with a happy smile, “I didn’t expect the plan that we cooked up in the secret lab to actually work! Big Sis Ya, it must have been hard for you to convince those ambitious and wild gang leaders to let be the gang leader! Thank you for your hard work!”
“It wasn’t that difficult. In fact, it was easy,” Lu Siya said coolly. “When it cos to true power and authority, you definitely aren’t fit for the position, but it’s precisely because of that you’re the most suitable candidate for it.
“To the outside world, since Jin Wanhao is already dead, the governnt will not want another master of the lair who is just as aggressive as the Underground Emperor. They would rather choose soone who is weaker, rather cooperative, and has closer connections with the outside world.
“To the gangs, the more unfit you are for the position, the more you’ll need to rely on the gang leaders to maintain their interests and even increase their profit.
“You are the ‘greatest common divisor’ between the outside world and the gangs. You were coincidentally dragged into this sche, but you killed the Vortex, prevented the lair from being destroyed, and even gained Jin Wanhao’s legacy. The position as the committee leader for the Lair Reconstruction Committee can only be for you.
“But I have to give you a reminder. This docunt might be filled with bloody fingerprints, but it’s not a legal piece of docunt that will let your words bear weight. You can even say that it’s just a scrap of paper. You have to rely on your strength and performance in the future for them to listen to you.
“I believe that plenty of the gang mbers, including the senior gang mbers of Golden Tooth, think of you solely as an image spokesperson and a mascot. They gave you this position for you to clean up the ss, that’s all. We have to rely on ourselves to see whether we can really gain the control that Jin Wanhao had through the Lair Reconstruction Committee!”
“I understand, that’s only natural.” ng Chao grinned and spread his fingers before he slowly curled his hand into a fist. It was as if he was holding an invisible ball of fire. “The old foxes have been in the lair for decades. They’re certain that I was just lucky to be able to inherit Jin Wanhao’s legacy. Even though I’ve learned Celestial Tyrant’s Star Shattering Slash, I can only use it to fight in battlefields. I don’t know how to manage the lair and the secrets behind it.
“They could hang up like I’m so golden signboard and carry out illegal dealings in my na. In fact, they could beco even more fearless and do worse things. In any case, no matter what happens, they can just shove to the front, because I’m the committee leader of the Lair Reconstruction Committee.
“In their eyes, I’m just a university student in my early twenties who is pretty good at martial arts and intelligent to so degree. As long as they flatter properly and use riches and won to blind my sight, they can toy with however they want.
“Heh, unfortunately, these old foxes would never have expected that we have a trump card called A’Ji in our hands. Besides...”
Besides, only half of ng Chao’s soul was that of a native university student, the other half was of a true veteran from apocalyptic tis!
Compared with the sches and deceit between the races in the Other World, the tricks from the gangs were just child’s play to him.
“Don’t worry, Big Sis Ya. Before long, we will definitely deliver a major ‘surprise’ to the gang leaders.” ng Chao grinned and said, “No matter what, we have a good start. It’s worth a small celebration. There’s no need for you to be so troubled and think so hard over it, right?”
Lu Siya frowned a little. “Do I look like I’m very troubled and thinking hard over this?”
“Of course, not only do you look troubled and look like you’re thinking hard over it, but you’re also staring at with a really strange gaze,” ng Chao said. “Speaking of which, how long has it been since you entered? It can’t be since I laid down in the dical cabin to sleep, right? Have you been watching by the side all this ti? That’s too weird!”
“Five minutes. I’ve been in here for five minutes,” Lu Siya said. “And as for why I’ve been staring at you for five minutes, it’s because before I entered, Su Mulian was staring at you with the sa posture, sa expression, and sa gaze. It’s as if she was thinking about sothing while watching you. I have no idea how long it had been going on.”
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