Super Gene Hunting Ground

Yang Xiao has been very busy these days, always arranging the integration of five cities and the post-war reconstruction of the City of Hope.

The original expansion work was delayed because tens of thousands of houses in the city needed rebuilding. The only fortunate feeling was that now there was no worry about money.

There are many staff available; Titan City and the City of Hope combined have nearly a million people, and now everyone doesn’t need to go hunting, so they can focus the main labor force on the construction of the city.

Some parts of the city’s defense light screen system were also damaged and need to invite array rune masters from outside to repair them.

At night, Yang Xiao sat in the office of the City Lord Mansion, reviewing the information Elder Qi gathered for him about the Central Continent.

Though the Central Continent is a vast land with fragmented leadership, among over 300 cities, there are three extremely powerful factions.

The leaders of these three factions each have a nickname, namely Ba Tianhu, Guo Jianglong, and Pangolin. The trio is collectively known as the Three Great Demons of the Central Continent, each controlling dozens of cities.

They themselves have cultivation above the Emperor Middle Level Realm, with powerful forces, belonging to the first power faction of the Central Continent, and no one dares to challenge their authority.

The Vulture Chamber of Commerce, as the largest trade union in the Central Continent, has branches in various cities. They sell goods like magic weapons, armor, genetic potion, elixir medicine, and more from outside the continent, making huge profits.

The Vulture Chamber of Commerce can monopolize over 70% of the Central Continent’s commerce due to the support of the Three Great Demons.

Each year, the Vulture Chamber of Commerce pays a huge tribute to these three powerful factions in exchange for their support.

The Vulture Chamber of Commerce has its own city named Wind Eagle City.

Currently, a crisis meeting is being held in Wind Eagle City.

The president, Duan Jinjiang, is a slightly wealthy-looking middle-aged man; he is also the Chief Elder among the ten elders of the chamber.

Attendees of this meeting include nine of the ten elders and several dozen senior leaders of the chamber, as well as two guards who fled back from the City of Hope.

The two guards briefly described the course of the war in the City of Hope.

"Great Elder, fellow elders, we lost this battle so miserably. Originally, it was expected that the opponent would have at most ten thousand guards, but unexpectedly, there were one or two thousand Empire Level experts among the city’s residents, and they all came out to join the battle.

They had thirty thousand people against our fifteen thousand, plus the city’s defense light screen; we fought desperately, but ultimately we were not opponents.

Even worse, they even bought the nearby demon beasts; tens of thousands of demon beasts also came out to help Yang Xiao besiege us. Out of the fifteen thousand alliance army, more than half were killed or injured, leaving fewer than seven thousand in the end. The city lord of Shuize City, Eight-clawed Lady, and the city lord of Firebird City, Duan Shi, were killed, and we... we were all captured, including Elder Ma and Captain of Guards Liu Quan, severely injured and captured."

The two guards exaggerated about Yang Xiao’s military strength to reduce their responsibility for the battle, turning two thousand guards into three thousand, and adding tens of thousands of demon beasts.

Such a war, though lost, was quite honorable!

The atmosphere in the meeting hall was solemn, and the nine elders along with several dozen senior executives were all shocked after hearing this.

"A small city lord can possess such powerful influence, even persuading the nearby demon beasts?"

"So, Yang Xiao now not only owns Titan City and Death Castle but also recaptured three cities, Shugze City, Firebird City, and Cold Wind Valley, becoming the city lord of five cities at once."

"What on earth is Yang Xiao’s background? Why have we never heard of such a person before?"

"What should we do first? Yang Xiao captured Elder Ma, Captain Liu Quan, and over a thousand guards, what does he mean?"

The two guards who returned took a glance at everyone timidly and said:

"Yang Xiao let us come back, sending a message to the Great Elder."

Both were hesitant.

Great Elder Duan Jinjiang spoke sternly:

"What message did Yang Xiao send with you? Speak quickly!"

"Yang Xiao said to the Great Elder, bring ten billion crystal disks to redeem Elder Ma and the brothers, otherwise..."

"Bang!"

Eighth Elder, with a bad temper, slapped the meeting table, shouting angrily:

"Such audacity, daring to make our Vulture Chamber of Commerce redeem people and demanding ten billion crystal disks! This kid is simply too arrogant, not knowing the height of the sky and the depth of the earth.

Leader, let us bring people to wipe him out!"

"If we really take money to redeem people, wouldn’t the whole Central Continent laugh at us?"

"This kid is just too arrogant; does he not know the relationship between our Vulture Chamber of Commerce and the Three Great Demons? How dare he provoke us!"

"Leader, we must seriously teach Yang Xiao a lesson, let him know how insignificant he is, daring to openly confront our Vulture Chamber of Commerce."

...

The room was full of indignation.

It’s no wonder; on the Central Continent, apart from the Three Great Demons, the strongest organization is the Vulture Chamber of Commerce, which usually bullies others; how can they be humiliated?

Which little city lord isn’t courteous when seeing people from the Vulture Chamber of Commerce?

They control the majority of goods supply.

Everyone looked at President Duan Jinjiang.

Duan Jinjiang’s face was serious; he pondered for a moment and gestured to quiet everyone before speaking to the two guards returned:

"You haven’t finished speaking yet, if we don’t redeem them, what did Yang Xiao say he would do?"

The two guards swallowed, glanced at everyone, and said:

"Yang Xiao said if we don’t redeem them, he will kill Elder Ma and the guards."

"Bang, bang, bang!"

Simultaneously, three or four elders slammed the table.

"Revolt!"

"Arrogant!"

"Seeking death!"

"Leader, we don’t need to consider it, just wipe out Yang Xiao; otherwise, how will our Vulture Chamber of Commerce establish itself on the Central Continent?

This kid is now fostering his commercial transport team, selling goods from outside, already touching our fundamental interests. If other cities emulate Yang Xiao, our Vulture Chamber of Commerce would have to disband; we absolutely cannot give Yang Xiao a chance, we must destroy him."

"Right, we must destroy him."

...

Despite the anger of everyone, the Great Elder Duan Jinjiang appeared particularly calm.

He adhered to the saying that the angrier you are, the calmer you must be, otherwise, you may be consumed by anger.

President Duan Jinjiang gestured to the crowd to quiet down, as they awaited his command.

Duan Jinjiang glanced at everyone and said:

"How many guard teams do we have in total now, how many can be mobilized?"

The Second Elder sitting beside him immediately said:

"Great Elder, we have twelve thousand guard teams, the Central Continent is full of fierce demon beasts, our transportation routes lengthy, most of the guards are running along various commercial routes.

Last time Elder Ma led three thousand guards, which was most of the people I could mobilize."

"So, even if we gather all the guards, it won’t exceed ten thousand, right?"

"Yes."

"Our ten thousand guards attacking Yang Xiao, with Yang Xiao now owning five cities and at least over two thousand Empire Level guards, what is our chance of winning?"

"This?"

The second elder was momentarily speechless, looking at Duan Jinjiang.

The Third Elder then said,

"Among our nine elders, three are Emperor Level Transcendent Realm, and three guard captains are also Emperor Level Realm, totaling six Emperor Level experts, capable of holding off thousands."

In the Vulture Chamber of Commerce, being an elder isn’t necessarily attributed to the highest genetic evolution level, but to those with business acumen, making the greatest contribution in commercial planning.

For instance, President Duan Jinjiang isn’t an Emperor Level but possesses calm thinking, excellent business acumen, and is the soul of the Vulture Chamber of Commerce.

Duan Jinjiang smiled slightly, asking:

"According to the two guards, Yang Xiao recaptured three cities on the spot, meaning Yang Xiao originally had four Emperor Level experts, plus the newly recruited four Emperor Level experts, he now owns eight Emperor Level experts, while we have only six. Are you assured of winning this battle?"

The meeting hall was silent, those who were enraged moments ago now looked at Duan Jinjiang in shock.

In their minds, no small city lord ever possessed such exaggerated strength; that’s why they disregarded Yang Xiao earlier.

President Duan Jinjiang, with a few simple words, dragged everyone back into chilling realization.

Fifth Elder suddenly said,

"Leader, if it’s impossible, ask the Three Great Demons for help. We pay them so many crystal disks for tribute every year, they should exert effort to help us with something. To deal with Yang Xiao should be a cinch for them?"