Super Gene Hunting Ground

Chapter 188: Chapter 188 Submission of Star City

Yang Xiao told Wang Le and the other former subordinates of Chen Jun to discuss among themselves and give him a response before dawn; then, he left them in the room and took his people to the controlled warm room next door to rest.

”The boss, this heating room feels really comfortable, much more so than our cellar.”

Long Yongjun said.

Yang Xiao smiled and said:

”Indeed, this warm room is quite cozy, but if you stay in it too long, it can become a curse like boiling a frog in warm water. It’s easy to go from frugality to luxury, and difficult to revert back.”

...

Wang Le and the others discussed. With Chen Jun dead, they were out of options. If the severe winter, as Yang Xiao said, continues for two or three years, they would eventually either freeze or starve to death in the underground mall.

Wang Le said:

”Brothers, I’m not going to hide it from you. A few days ago, Brother Jun asked me to check the diesel storage for the generator in the underground mall. There’s not much left, at most enough for half a year.”

A few people who knew the inside story immediately confirmed Wang Le’s words.

”If it’s true, as they said, that Xianan University has surrendered to Yang Xiao, and that they also defeated an invasion from the city, then it wouldn’t be bad for us to join Yang Xiao. In fact, it would be our good fortune.”

”Hehe, the map at the Genetic Store shows that the city’s genetic evolution level has reached 9. Can Yang Xiao really defeat them? He must be bluffing! If he is that powerful, why would he care about such a half-dead place like ours?”

”If we could go to Xianan University tomorrow to see for ourselves and clear things up, we would then have peace of mind.”

”We need to find a way to survive. Yang Xiao says he can get each of us a piece of Hard Armor for warmth within a month. If he can actually do that, I’ll be the first one to agree to surrender.”

”This is the key point. I’m just afraid that he’s putting on a front to cheat us out of our food.”

”If others come tomorrow to rob us of food, do we have the power to resist?”

...

The next day, Wang Le summarized everyone’s opinions and exchanged them with Yang Xiao. Under threat, they agreed in principle to surrender, but deep down, they were still reluctant.

Yang Xiao laughed and said:

”I’m not in a hurry. Take some people to Xianan University to see the situation, and you will understand. You can also go to Kongming Academy to check whether everyone has Hard Armor for the cold and if everyone is free to come and go.”

Wang Le was startled and said:

”If you really let us go to verify it in person, I assure you that everyone will willingly surrender and obey your management.”

”Hehe, that’s no trouble at all. I had already instructed Xianan University and Kongming Academy to connect their Transmission Arrays with Star City before coming here. We’re just waiting for this side to open. You are still acting on behalf of Chen Jun; you go and establish it, take more people, it’s best to take a hundred people to see the situation on the ground.”

”Really?”

Wang Le had not expected Yang Xiao to agree to his request to take people to verify the situation.

Yang Xiao nodded.

Wang Le suddenly asked:

”Brother Yang, forgive me for asking a question I shouldn’t, but why are you doing this?”

Yang Xiao gave a slight smile and said:

”For myself, and for you as well.”

Wang Le shook his head, indicating he didn’t understand.

”For myself, to have a stronger team force to better survive and thrive in this apocalypse, and incidentally for you, to preserve a breeding population of humanity. Do you understand?”

Wang Le understood the first half but was not quite clear about the second half. Still, he nodded and said:

”I understand!”

Yang Xiao gave Wang Le 56 pieces of Fish Skin Armor, plus 10 pieces of Snow Wolf Armor from Star City, making a total of 66 people. They went to Xianan University and then Kongming Academy, before finally returning to Star City.

Wang Le and his companions were excited; they couldn’t imagine that everyone at Xianan University and Kongming Academy was now wearing Hard Armor, which allowed them to move freely in the snowy landscape.

They had an endless supply of Snow Wolf Meat and Ice Fish, which were simply left in the snow to freeze.

Wang Le also met with Xia Luo and Zhou Qiang, and personally confirmed the alliance between the two schools, as well as their victory against the city’s invasion.

Xia Luo was rather restrained in speaking, but Wang Le and others, after privately interacting with people from Xianan University, heard nothing but praises for Yang Xiao.

”If Yang Xiao can truly help us out of the underground mall, then we will accept this surrender.”

After returning, Wang Le and his companions shared their experiences from both places with the others. In the end, most people had no major objections to surrendering.

The situation was stronger than people. With Chen Jun dead, they needed to find a new backer.

Finally, everyone agreed to accept Yang Xiao’s leadership and confirmed this new allegiance at the Genetic Store.

The Genetic Store owner saw Yang Xiao and smiled, saying:

”I heard that your Kongming Academy base has been doing a good trade volume recently with the Genetic Store. You’ll have to look after my business in the future too. I haven’t opened for several months now.”

Since entering the winter, Chen Jun’s people had rarely traded in the Genetic Store.

According to Yang Xiao’s understanding, although these Genetic Stores were networked, they still independently accounted for profits and losses, and their profits were likely related to some reward material they received.

Yang Xiao said:

”Of course, trade for goods at the Star City base will naturally be done through your store. Thank you for showing mercy last night!”

Yang Xiao finished speaking and bowed to the middle-aged store owner.

The middle-aged store owner smiled slightly and said:

”My name is Gu Xing, pleased to meet you.”

Yang Xiao laughed and said:

”Nice to meet you. The owner of the Genetic Store at Kongming Academy is named Gu Bo, and the one at Xianan University is named Gu Yue. You all are from the same family, right?”

Gu Xing gave a slight smile and said:

”We all belong to the Gu family; Gu Bo is our elder.”

At this point, it seemed as if Gu Xing regretted speaking too much and promptly fell silent.

Yang Xiao didn’t dare to ask more. As for the secrets behind the Genetic Store, it wasn’t yet time for him to probe.

The two chatted for a bit, and then Gu Xing casually mentioned that he could provide Artifact Refining services for the tusks of the mutated wild boars in the suburbs. He told Yang Xiao to just find him for business in the future, clearly angling for more deals.

Yang Xiao immediately agreed.

Yang Xiao appointed Wang Le to be in charge of the day-to-day affairs at Star City, while he arranged for Zhao Gang to lead two Primary Stage experts with Primordial Genes and a hundred Elite guards to stay in Star City as his personal overseers.

Without Yang Xiao’s personal authorization, the Transmission Array could not be closed again. Every hour, a team from Kongming Academy would use the Transmission Array to check on the situation in Star City.

”The 56 pieces of Hard Armor are lent to you by Star City; everyone must be self-sufficient. Starting now, every day you must send people to Xianan University to join our team to dig ice at Star River, get Fish Skin Armor, and bring back Ice Fish as your future food.”