Super Gene Hunting Ground

Wildman Valley awoke in the dawn light.

Miners had breakfast, cleaned up, and lined up in the square, boarding the spaceships to head to the mining base.

Yang Xiao felt that the three spaceships were not enough and planned to purchase a few more.

A spaceship costing one hundred million Crystal Coins was not a big deal for Yang Xiao now.

He intended to have Du Tianxing, Gu Beifeng, and others learn to pilot spaceships, as maybe one day in the future they would have the opportunity to pilot a large spaceship back to Earth.

The three spaceships shuttled back and forth, transporting miners.

Yang Xiao was the last trip back to the mining base.

There were few people on this trip, and Yang Xiao personally piloted the spaceship, carrying Qin Lu, the Wildman King, Ah Bao, and others.

”Yang Xiao, where are we going?”

Qin Lu looked through the liquid crystal display inside the spaceship, observed the situation outside in the Primitive Forest, and noticed the flight path was different than before, so he asked.

”Going out for a stroll elsewhere, you’ll find out soon.”

Yang Xiao piloted the spaceship and quickly located the first mining base.

From the sky above, there wasn’t much change to the mining base, just that the houses seemed to be out of sight; moreover, there was none of the usual bustling activity of miners scurrying to work.

When Yang Xiao flew the spaceship closer, everyone could clearly see from the spaceship’s monitors that it seemed the mining base had faced some kind of disaster, a blanket of deathly stillness.

Yang Xiao landed the spaceship.

”Let’s go out and take a look.”

Qin Lu opened the hatch and was the first to jump out of the spaceship, seeing with his own eyes the barracks in the distance crushed into pieces, the ground marked with huge footprints of various monsters, which, like floodwaters sweeping through, dashed off in one direction.

Qin Lu was shocked. He flew to several mines and shouted loudly into them:

”Is anyone there? Is anyone there?”

”Stop shouting; they’re all dead!”

Yang Xiao said indifferently.

Qin Lu looked up at Yang Xiao,

”Brother Yang, what happened here?”

Qin Lu had been paying attention to Yang Xiao since last night. As usual, Yang Xiao had a barbecue and drinks with everyone last night, before retiring with his three wives.

The Wildman King and other wildmen were also in Wildman Valley; no army was formed to go out.

Qin Lu had always been worried about an attack from the wildman tribes, but now he found that another force seemed to have attacked the mining base.

Yang Xiao gave Qin Lu a look and said:

”Qin Lu, you must want to know what happened. I can only tell you that last night, it might have been a Demon Beast attack on the mining base, and if I’m not wrong, all the mining bases could have suffered attacks, there probably are no survivors.”

”Ah?”

Qin Lu’s eyes widened as he looked at Yang Xiao, his mind naturally thinking of his father’s mining base.

”Your father should have left by now, right?”

Yang Xiao’s voice was indifferent,

”Next time you go back, tell your father that this time I’m telling you early because of you. If we still have these issues in future collaborations, then don’t partner with me anymore.”

In starting a business partnership, the biggest taboo is distrust of each other, so this time Yang Xiao had to make this issue clear.

More importantly, for the sake of Elder Qin, he had to reveal the action plan prematurely. If Elder Qin couldn’t keep his mouth shut, leading to the spread of the information, the consequences would be hard to predict.

Cold sweat broke out on Qin Lu’s forehead. Although he usually had a harmonious relationship with Yang Xiao and treated each other like brothers, he naturally knew that his father had not handled things well when faced with such a problem.

The group boarded the spaceship again, and Yang Xiao piloted it, checking over twenty bases as indicated on the map from above, before heading back to the base.

The workers at the base had started mining as usual, no one knew what happened last night; after all, the nearest mining base was several tens of kilometers away from Yang Xiao’s location.

Yang Xiao had just arrived at the base to inspect the mining field when a spaceship flew in from the sky. After the spaceship landed, David and Elder Qin emerged.

Both men looked stern. Upon seeing Yang Xiao, they called out:

”Master Yang, I heard that the mines in the Primitive Forest Protection Zone were all attacked by demon beasts, is everything okay here?”

Yang Xiao chuckled and replied:

”What do you think?”

David glanced around, the entire mine was bustling with activity, showing no signs of being attacked.

He was taken aback inside.

Elder Qin hurriedly added:

”What, could the information be false?”

”The information is true. All the mines were attacked by demon beasts except for ours, including your three mines, Elder Qin, not a single survivor left.”

Elder Qin felt a jolt in his heart and looked at Yang Xiao with an embarrassed expression.

”Yang Xiao, I…?”

”There’s no need to explain, Elder Qin. I’ve already spoken to Qin Lu just now. I hope in the future you can stick to our cooperation agreement. If there is a next time, I’ll return the money you invested and you can withdraw from the partnership—don’t blame me for not being sentimental.”

This was the first time Yang Xiao spoke so bluntly to Elder Qin’s face.

Elder Qin knew he was in the wrong and understood even more that the Yang Xiao of now was completely different from the Yang Xiao of a few months ago—it was a groundbreaking change.

Presently, Yang Xiao had the background of the Wildman Tribes, owned vast mining fields, and the mines under him were coining in huge profits daily. He had become a powerful entity that could not be provoked lightly.

Elder Qin wiped the sweat from his forehead and quickly apologized:

”Yang Xiao, I’m sorry, it was all my fault, Qin Lu had nothing to do with it. I was misled by friends, acting behind Qin Lu’s back and secretly taking people prospecting. I hope you can forgive me this once, I won’t dare do it again.”

Standing aside and listening, David realized why Elder Qin had suddenly rushed over in such a panic—it turned out he had secretly invested in three mines himself.

David looked at Elder Qin and sighed:

”Elder Qin, what should I even say? Can’t you trust Master Yang? I’ve been mining in these border areas for years; am I not aware of the dangers of the Wildman Tribes and the demon beasts?

I’ve always felt something was off when these mines were not attacked...

Master Yang, give us the lowdown, was it your secret arrangement?”

Yang Xiao smiled and said:

”This has nothing to do with me. Our mine’s survival is entirely thanks to the protection of the orange light screen from the Genetic Store, understand? Haha...”

Even the not-so-smart David and Elder Qin could guess Yang Xiao’s intention. How could he possibly take the blame for this? Otherwise, wouldn’t he become the public enemy?

Although Elder Qin lost quite a bit, thinking about owning 20% of the Primitive Forest in the future, his concerns turned to joy.

”Yang Xiao, there is still something you may need to pay attention to.”

Elder Qin lowered his voice.

”What is it?”

”When I was coming from Karachi City, many people had petitioned the Jino City Lord, hoping that he would send troops to attack Wildman Valley, but the Jino City Lord denied the request, stating that Wildman Valley is not within the Great Dragon Empire’s jurisdiction, so he would not intervene.”

”Then there’s no problem, right?” David interjected.

”Sigh, these 100+ private mine owners invested over 200 billion Crystal Coins here, how could they just let it go? If it were you, would you swallow this bitterness?”

”So what do they plan to do?”

”They’re planning to form their own team and hire a Mercenary Army to attack Wildman Valley.”

Hearing this, Yang Xiao laughed:

”They haven’t given up yet? Let them come then. Only by truly hurting them will they completely lose hope. It’s also a good opportunity to showcase the might of our Wildman Valley!”