Super Gene Hunting Ground

Eight hundred kilometers away from the City of Hope, there is a city called Shuize City, named so because it is situated by a large lake.

At this moment, the City Lord of Shuize City, an enchanting young woman known as the Eight-clawed Lady, is listening to a report from her subordinates.

"City Lord Madam, since the Death Castle was renamed as City of Hope, a series of new policies have been enacted, and these policies have significantly impacted our Shuize City,

according to our incomplete statistics, at least 30,000 residents have immigrated to the City of Hope, and this is in the context of the City of Hope temporarily halting immigration due to limited housing supply,

they are currently expanding the city on a large scale, accepting immigration reservations, and reportedly have accepted reservations for 100,000 houses. Once their new city construction is completed, it is estimated that tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands more from our Shuize City will relocate to the City of Hope, which poses a big impact on our Shuize City,

what’s more, the prices of goods in Death City are only about 60% of what they are here, causing our Shuize City residents to flock to the City of Hope for shopping, making local business difficult as vendors complain incessantly."

The Eight-clawed Lady, her beautiful face icy, said coldly,

"The City Lord of the City of Hope acts so brazenly, openly seizing our residents and business, this will surely anger all. How is the situation in the surrounding cities?"

"Within a thousand kilometers of the City of Hope, there are four cities, and one of them, Titan City, has already been annexed by them. According to our investigation, the entire population of Titan City will relocate to the City of Hope,

besides our Shuize City, the other two cities, Cold Wind Valley and Firebird City, are facing similar significant impacts as we are."

A sinister glint flashed in the Eight-clawed Lady’s eyes as she spoke mildly,

"This Yang Xiao, such an impudent brat, openly challenging us like this; does he think himself invincible? General Zuo, go to Cold Wind Valley and Firebird City, invite the two City Lords to Shuize City for a discussion on dealing with Yang Xiao of the City of Hope."

"Yes, City Lord Madam."

...

Three days later, the City Lord Suonan of Cold Wind Valley and the City Lord Duan Shi of Firebird City, each led a thousand elite guards to Shuize City.

The City Lord of Shuize City, Eight-clawed Lady, personally went outside the city to welcome them.

With a charming smile and coquettish movements, the Eight-clawed Lady said,

"Oh my, Brother Suo and Brother Duan brought so many guards with them this time, are you afraid I’ll eat you up?"

Suonan and Duan Shi, both around a hundred years old, considered middle-aged according to the Emperor Level Transcendent Realm’s lifespan of two to three hundred years.

Suonan smiled faintly,

"Madam, ever since Yang Xiao of the City of Hope killed Da E, defeated Black Wood, and annexed Titan City, we dare not be careless. If we were ambushed by Yang Xiao on the way, the consequences would be unimaginable."

Duan Shi also said,

"Exactly, now that Yang Xiao has annexed Titan City, with ten thousand elite guards, and Black Wood’s aid, his forces are formidable, we must be cautious."

The Eight-clawed Lady snorted coldly,

"You two big men, scared to death of that boy Yang Xiao, truly disappoint me. I was relying on you to be my support."

Suonan and Duan Shi exchanged a glance and laughed,

"Madam, don’t be anxious, didn’t you call us here to discuss a way? If our three cities unite, our strength will naturally surpass Yang Xiao’s, so why fear him?"

"If he dares to lay a finger on Madam, I, Duan, will be the first to defend you with my life."

The Eight-clawed Lady smiled charmingly,

"I knew I wasn’t wrong to make friends with you two brothers, come, let’s enter the city, and discuss it thoroughly."

The three entered Shuize City and arrived at the City Lord Mansion.

"Eight-clawed Lady, you called us here, does it mean you have a good plan to deal with Yang Xiao? Tell us about it."

With a charming smile, the Eight-clawed Lady said,

"I have two plans here, one is to fight head-on, the other is to use cunning. Which one do you want to hear first?"

Suonan said,

"Please tell us about the cunning strategy first, how should we go about it?"

"The City of Hope is currently expanding its city scale. It is said that Yang Xiao’s goal is to have a big city with a population of five million. Have you thought about it, five million people? His current two cities only have one million, our three cities combined only have a bit over a million,

which means our three cities’ population has already been included in his city planning. If we don’t act, sooner or later, we will be annexed by him."

Suonan and Duan Shi nodded, slapping the table furiously and saying,

"This Yang Xiao is simply outrageous, just became City Lord and already has such ambition."

"Eight-clawed Lady, you haven’t said how to use cunning yet?"

"Haha, the cunning strategy is simple, the City of Hope is continuously absorbing immigrants, we can go along with their strategy, dispatch some guards to disguise as immigrants, enter the City of Hope, and when the day comes when we attack the City of Hope, collaborate from inside and outside to destroy Yang Xiao in one fell swoop."

Suonan slapped his thigh,

"What a great strategy! Madam is extraordinary!"

Duan Shi nodded in agreement,

"This strategy is excellent, our three cities dispatch a thousand guards each, disguise them as immigrants to enter the City of Hope, at the critical moment, launch the attack, then victory will be ours!"

The Eight-clawed Lady smiled faintly and said,

"However, this cunning plan also carries risks."

"Risks?"

Suonan and Duan Shi looked at the Eight-clawed Lady.

"If there are too many spies dispatched, if any guard has a loose tongue and leaks the plan, alerting Yang Xiao, it will all be for nothing,

besides, this plan has a long time span. It’s said that the City of Hope is currently fully populated with immigrants, there are no more houses available for them, and the new houses are still under construction,

the immigrants who reserved houses already exceed one hundred thousand, with a timeline scheduled a year ahead,

even if we dispatch personnel now disguised as immigrants to reserve houses, the plan will still have to wait until a year later to implement. What changes might occur within this year, no one can control."

"Madam analyzed it well, then what about the method of fighting head-on?"

"Haha, fighting head-on is naturally simple, our three cities lead troops to jointly besiege the City of Hope for a bloody battle,

Yang Xiao has just annexed Titan City, his strength is limited, our combined military forces should overpower his, a victory is possible, however,"

"However, what?"

"This head-on fight also has risks; it’s said that Yang Xiao’s combat power is formidable, defeated Black Wood of Titan City in two moves, forcing Black Wood to surrender and donate two billion crystal disks,

consider for yourselves, compared to Black Wood, how many moves can you withstand against Yang Xiao?"

Suonan said,

"Our three cities combined have six Emperor Level Transcendent Realm experts, Yang Xiao only has four, six against four, we should have a chance of winning."

Duan Shi’s expression was grave,

"Even if we win, it will likely be a pyrrhic victory, the opponent has ten thousand guards, even if we all mobilize, we only have around fifteen thousand, fighting to the death will leave us severely weakened and unworthy of the gains,

don’t forget how many people are waiting to take advantage once we are weakened."

The Eight-clawed Lady looked appreciatively at Duan Shi,

"Brother Duan is right, after a bloody struggle, both sides might get exhausted, and we could become someone else’s prey."

Suonan glanced at the two and sighed,

"So, does this mean we can only watch Yang Xiao grow stronger, and finally get annexed by him?"

"Absolutely not!"

The Eight-clawed Lady waved her hand and said coldly,

"I have been running Shuize City for fifty years, whoever dares to snatch my Shuize City, I will fight them to the death, we have another way,"

"What way?"

Suonan and Duan Shi looked at the Eight-clawed Lady together.

The Eight-clawed Lady smiled mysteriously,

"The Vulture Chamber of Commerce."

"The Vulture Chamber of Commerce?"

The two were stunned, bewildered.

"What does this have to do with the Vulture Chamber of Commerce?"

"Yeah, the Vulture Chamber of Commerce has always remained neutral, not interfering in battles between castles."

The Eight-clawed Lady smiled charmingly,

"Yang Xiao’s self-established trading fleet has already monopolized the business between the City of Hope and Titan City, and is affecting the business in our three cities and even further cities. Do you think the Vulture Chamber of Commerce will stand idly by?"