Super Gene Hunting Ground

”I’ve already invited the person in charge of the Vulture Chamber of Commerce here in Shuize City, he’ll be here any moment.”

Eight-clawed Lady smiled slightly and beckoned to the General on her left behind her,

”General Zuo, what about the person I told you to invite?”

”Boss Qin said he went to pick someone up and will be right back.”

As he spoke, a guard brought in two middle‑aged men, one tall and skinny, the other short and chubby.

The tall, skinny man walked in and bowed to Eight-clawed Lady,

”Greetings, Lady.”

Eight-clawed Lady nodded slightly, glanced at the short, chubby man beside him and asked,

”Boss Qin, and this is?”

Boss Qin hurriedly introduced,

”My Lady, this is Elder Ma, one of the Top Ten Elders of our Vulture Chamber of Commerce headquarters. I specially invited him here to negotiate this matter with you.”

Eight-clawed Lady, Firebird City Lord Duan Shi, and Cold Wind Valley City Lord Suonan all stood up at once, cupped their fists to the short, chubby man and said,

”Oh, so it’s Elder Ma, we’ve been discourteous, we’ve been discourteous!”

Elder Ma’s plump face carried a charming smile, looking completely harmless, his face beaming as he said,

”Ma has met the three City Lords, I’ve long heard of your reputations, long heard, long heard!”

Eight-clawed Lady quickly said,

”Elder Ma, please, have a seat. Serve tea!”

”Many thanks, My Lady. I’ve long heard that Shuize City’s Eight-clawed Lady is stunningly beautiful; seeing you today, your reputation is truly well-deserved!”

”Giggle, I’m just a half-old woman now, how could I still catch your eyes, you’re making fun of me.”

Suonan chuckled,

”My Lady, you’re being modest. Among the women of Shuize City, I think you’re the most beautiful and the most flavorful one, haha!”

”You’re awful!”

”Hahaha...”

The main hall was filled with suggestive laughter.

The four of them joked with each other for a few more lines, then returned to the main topic.

”Elder Ma, do you already know what’s happened here?”

Elder Ma nodded, still wearing that enigmatic smile, looking as kind and amiable as ever,

”I’ve already heard the general situation from Boss Qin, and I’ve also met with the former Trade Union heads in Death Castle and Titan City,

the Vulture Chamber of Commerce has completely withdrawn from its business in Death Castle and Titan City. Our business in Shuize City, Firebird City, and Cold Wind Valley has also dropped by about twenty to thirty percent, and business in two other cities has dropped by about ten percent.”

Suonan asked,

”Elder Ma, then what is your Trade Union planning to do? You can’t just let that brat Yang Xiao break the rules like this, right? He’s smashing your rice bowl!”

”Exactly, that brat Yang Xiao really doesn’t understand the rules, who smashes other people’s rice bowls like that?”

Duan Shi chimed in as well, looking all righteously indignant.

Elder Ma smiled faintly and said calmly,

”Actually, for our Vulture Chamber of Commerce, losing some business in a few cities doesn’t have much impact. We’ve got over a hundred cities in the Central Continent,

and our long-standing rule is not to interfere in the gang disputes between various cities. We’re just businessmen; what we value is harmony bringing wealth. No matter who becomes City Lord, they all have to do business, right?”

With just a few light words, Elder Ma kicked away the ball Suonan had tossed over.

Suonan and Duan Shi exchanged a glance and smiled awkwardly. The two of them had wanted to stir up conflict between the Vulture Chamber of Commerce and Yang Xiao, but hadn’t expected to run into a soft nail.

Off to the side, Eight-clawed Lady gave a charming smile,

”Elder Ma, have some tea.”

Elder Ma picked up the teacup, took a light sip, and praised repeatedly,

”Good tea, good tea!”

Eight-clawed Lady smiled charmingly,

”Elder Ma, I know the Vulture Chamber of Commerce does massive business and is filthy rich, but if you let Yang Xiao carry on like this, over time it might bring you some very unfavorable consequences.”

”Oh? My Lady, how do you mean?”

”That Yang Xiao has no small ambition. He’s already swallowed up the nearby Titan City and plans to move Titan City’s entire population to his City of Hope,

Yang Xiao is building nuclear power, tap water, and schools in the City of Hope, waiving protection fees, and completely exempting merchants from protection fees and transaction taxes,

today he’s at least affected your business in several cities, but as time goes on, I’m afraid he’ll impact business in even more cities,

Once Yang Xiao gains enough momentum, when your Vulture Chamber of Commerce wants to reverse the situation, I’m afraid it’ll be too late.”

As soon as Suonan and Duan Shi heard that, they immediately chimed in,

”Yeah, Elder Ma, we can’t let our guard down!”

”If you let Yang Xiao go today, it’ll definitely turn into a huge disaster later.”

Although Elder Ma still had a smile on his face, in his heart he couldn’t help being full of admiration for the Eight-clawed Lady.

The reason he’d come this time was precisely because he felt the situation had become serious. The Trade Union headquarters had sent him over and given him full authority to handle the matter. Just now, he’d been pretending not to care because he didn’t want Suonan and the others to use him as their gun.

Elder Ma cupped his hands toward the Eight-clawed Lady,

”My Lady, with your keen insight, how should we proceed?”

The Eight-clawed Lady’s eyes curved with a smile as she swept a glance over the three of them, then her expression suddenly turned frosty as she said,

”We’re all on the same boat now. Yang Xiao currently has a population of a million, ten thousand elite guards, and four Emperor Level Transcendent Realm experts,

if we want to defeat Yang Xiao, we absolutely have to unite and trust one another. Otherwise, just take tonight as my treat, everyone eats, drinks, and has some fun, and tomorrow you three pat your butts and walk away, as if nothing ever happened.”

Suonan, Duan Shi, and Elder Ma all felt their hearts jolt as they looked at the Eight-clawed Lady.

The three of them pondered briefly, then said,

”My Lady is right, we should unite and deal with Yang Xiao together.”

”Alright, I support My Lady’s proposal.”

”My Lady, if you have any brilliant plan, please speak.”

The Eight-clawed Lady cast the three of them a satisfied look and said:

”Right now Yang Xiao has disrupted our rhythm. He’s using a pile of preferential policies to constantly lure our residents to immigrate over. That part, we can’t block,

at the same time, the trade caravans Yang Xiao set up himself are step by step devouring the profits of the Vulture Chamber of Commerce. If we don’t put a stop to this, think about it—within three years, the populations of the surrounding cities will be heavily drawn away by Yang Xiao’s City of Hope, and naturally all the business will belong to him. What will we have left?

An empty city!

At that point, Yang Xiao won’t even need to send troops to attack us—we’ll have wiped ourselves out,

At first I couldn’t see through Yang Xiao’s intentions, but after settling down these past days and putting all of Yang Xiao’s actions together to study them, I finally realized just how formidable he is—vision far-reaching, methods vicious,

and more importantly, his Combat Power is extremely strong. He’s definitely not someone a single city’s strength can defeat,

so if we want to stop Yang Xiao and salvage our own interests, we have to join forces against him.”

”Good!”

Suonan slapped the table and said loudly,

”My Lady’s analysis is spot on. We’ll follow your lead.”

Duan Shi’s eyes flashed with viciousness as he said through gritted teeth,

”I didn’t expect that brat Yang Xiao to be this ruthless. He’s practically not leaving us any way to live!”

”Elder Ma, what do you think?”

Suonan looked at Elder Ma.

The smile was already gone from Elder Ma’s face. He lightly bit his fine teeth, a trace of sinister cruelty flashing across his features as he nodded and said,

”My Lady’s analysis is very accurate. I, Ma, agree with her opinion. Before I came, the Trade Union headquarters convened a meeting and granted me full authority over this matter. I can mobilize three thousand elite guards from the Vulture caravans to participate in this war, as well as a Captain of Guards at the Emperor Level Realm.”

The Vulture caravans had their own dedicated Guard Team in order to transport goods through deep mountains and forests and prevent attacks from Demon Beasts and robber bands.

Hearing this, the Eight-clawed Lady shot Elder Ma a charming smile,

”Hehe, I knew Elder Ma wouldn’t come unprepared. Good, with the assistance of the Vulture Chamber of Commerce, we’ll have an eighty percent chance of defeating Yang Xiao in this battle,

once we defeat Yang Xiao, Titan City and Death Castle will be jointly managed by the three of us, and all business will belong to the Vulture Chamber of Commerce. How about it?”

”Alright, I agree!”

”I agree!”

”I agree as well!”

The Eight-clawed Lady giggled,

”Since that’s the case, then it’s settled. Each of our three sides will send four thousand guards and two Emperor Level Transcendent Experts, plus the Vulture Chamber of Commerce’s three thousand guards and two Emperor Level Transcendent Experts. That way, we’ll have absolute superiority to crush Yang Xiao,

hmph, just a snot-nosed little brat, and he actually dreams of swallowing us whole. Does he really take me, the Eight-clawed Lady, for some brainless little girl?”

”My Lady, you could practically be Yang Xiao’s grandma. You’ve got to properly discipline this ’grandson’, haha...”

”My Lady, you can’t just give us tea. It’s rare for Elder Ma to visit—you’ve got to arrange some fine wine for him!”

”Relax, this old lady has long prepared everything for you. Not only fine wine, but beauties too. I guarantee you’ll be satisfied. Come, let’s head to the banquet hall.”

”Many thanks, My Lady. Tonight we’re not leaving till we’re drunk.”

”That brat Yang Xiao has been stifling me for months. Now I finally feel relieved. Tonight we’re going to let loose, really have a blast.”