Chapter 59: I Will Choose Suicide

Chapter 59: I Would Choose Suicide

With the business concluded, Xia Qing felt much more relaxed. She took a sip of tea to moisten her dry lips and asked Luo Pei, "Brother Luo, am I coming to learn how to use firearms from you in five days?"

"Alright." Luo Pei smiled and negotiated with her, "Can I purchase the surplus vegetables from your fields? That way, we won't have to have Hu Zifeng risk traveling here to deliver them. The transaction points can be paid upfront, or they can be recorded in the Azure Dragon Team's ledger."

Xia Qing nodded with a smile, "Of course."

Yang Jin raised his wrist to check the time. "Do you see anything else that needs to be negotiated?"

Xia Qing wanted to ask how he had discovered her triple-attribute evolution, but on second thought, she felt it was unnecessary. If Luo Pei, the Azure Dragon Team's third-ranked combatant, was a dual-attribute evolver, how could Yang Jin, their top combatant, be a single-attribute one?

Thus, Xia Qing looked at Yang Jin earnestly and asked a very practical question, "Captain Yang, are there any edible evolved creatures like chickens, ducks, or geese on Mountain 49?"

*You've been scouring the mountain with your team for half a month; you should know exactly what animals are up there, right?*

Yang Jin: "..."

Luo Pei burst into laughter.

Yang Jin smiled as well. "When I led the team up the mountain to test the water sources, I didn't pay much attention to the animal species. However, there seem to be evolved wild chickens; I didn't see any ducks or geese."

Evolved wild chickens would work! A wild chicken is still a chicken, and if it's a chicken, it can lay eggs! Just as Xia Qing was about to ask where they were found and how many there were, there was a knock on the closed door.

Wei Chengdong walked in. "Brother Yang, Xu Pin, Tang Lu, and Tang Zheng have entered Territory No. 2 via helicopter."

As expected, wherever Yang Jin went, Tang Lu followed. Xia Qing tactfully stopped asking questions and put on an expression of a curious bystander.

Yang Jin glanced at her and stood up. "If there is nothing else, I'll head back first?"

"No." Xia Qing offered a sincere final thanks, "Thank you, Captain Yang."

After Yang Jin left Territory No. 3 through the tunnel, Xia Qing sincerely thanked Luo Pei, "Brother Luo, with the Azure Dragon Team stationing people to guard Mountain 49, the security of my territory has improved significantly. Thank you, Brother Luo."

Luo Pei reminded her, "The Azure Dragon Team only promises to block large, high-risk evolved beasts to prevent them from entering the territory from Mountain 49. As for the non-rental areas you have demarcated yourself, you are responsible for those."

"That is enough." Xia Qing had never expected anyone to shoulder all her risks. If she couldn't withstand even a hint of danger, she wouldn't have left the safety zone. "It's getting late. Get some rest, Brother Luo. I'll head back now."

"Xia Qing."

Xia Qing, who already had one leg out the door, turned around to find Luo Pei standing straight by the table, looking at her with a solemn expression. Xia Qing couldn't help but stand up straight to listen intently.

"When I teach you, I will teach you everything I know. Besides marksmanship, I can teach you reconnaissance, hunting, and demolition—any technique you wish to learn."

"I will definitely study hard. Thank you, Brother Luo." Xia Qing knew how rare such an opportunity was. She bowed to Luo Pei and added, "Even without my spring, Captain Yang and Captain Xie would find a way to bring spring water from elsewhere to save you."

Luo Pei replied calmly, "I know. But that would severely drag down the Azure Dragon Team. I would choose suicide."

As Xia Qing walked out of the basement, she was still thinking about Luo Pei's words. She believed he meant it sincerely. While shaken, she also envied the camaraderie between the three leaders of the Azure Dragon Team.

Fortunately, she now had Boss Yang; otherwise, she would be even more envious.

"Xia Qing." Wei Chengdong, who had escorted her to the door of her shack, reminded her, "Brother Luo is the most well-rounded and outstanding special forces instructor from China's number one military academy. You must learn well from him. Don't fear the hardship; more skills never hurt. Even if you don't want to join the team, learning more skills for self-preservation is good. It will be a long time before the world returns to peace and order."

Xia Qing nodded solemnly. She would certainly learn seriously—not just for self-preservation, but to kill Tang Zhengsu and avenge her father. Putting on her night-vision goggles, Xia Qing looked around and noticed two dazzling white lights shining from the direction of Territory No. 2.

*They really aren't afraid of attracting insects.*

The eldest Miss Tang, Tang Lu, flew over to chase Yang Jin, but what about the second Miss Tang, Tang Zheng? Xia Qing strolled back to her own home and shut her doors and windows tightly.

The next morning, while patrolling the mountain, Xia Qing learned Tang Zheng's purpose—she had come for Mountain 49.

Leading a team of well-equipped core members of the Sufeng Team, Tang Zheng, dressed in a light pink protective suit, tilted her delicate, fair face and negotiated with the blocking Hu Zifeng in a humble manner, "I heard from Chen Dongyang that there are Green-Light Bamboo Shoots in this mountain. My grandmother is ill and has no appetite, so I wish to enter the mountain to dig some. Please, Captain Hu, show some leniency."

Hu Zifeng's face was dark and grim. "I will emphasize this once more: this mountain has been purchased by our Azure Dragon Team to serve as a training base. Non-members of the Azure Dragon Team are not permitted to enter."

Unexpectedly, Hu Zifeng was being so uncooperative. Tang Zheng's face darkened, and as she arched her exquisite brows, her aura of sharp oppression surged. "And what if I insist on entering?"

"It is not impossible for Miss Tang to enter."

Dressed in camouflage protective gear, Yang Jin walked from the No. 1 buffer forest into the isolation zone, stepping in front of Hu Zifeng. His expression was murderous, as if he were facing a group of annoying evolved animals rather than people. "The Azure Dragon Team didn't just buy this mountain to train members; we also open it for business. We simply haven't had time to inform the brothers guarding the mountain. To enter Mountain 49 as a guest, each person must pay an entry fee of two thousand points. Any resources guests harvest from the mountain must be paid to the Azure Dragon Team in points at market price."

In front of the Azure Dragon Captain, Yang Jin, Tang Zheng tried her best to restrain her emotions. "Isn't Captain Yang being a bit excessive?"

Yang Jin handled it professionally. "There is no other way. I had to pay Deputy Base Commander Tang 1.1 million points to buy this mountain; the team's entire reserve has been emptied."

In the safety zone, everyone addressed her father as "Mayor Tang." Now that Yang Jin referred to her father as "Deputy Base Commander," it was clear he was highly dissatisfied and would no longer give the Tang family face.

Tang Zheng could only grit her teeth and nod. "I'll pay!"

Yang Jin gave a stern sweep of the team behind Tang Zheng. "Thank you, Miss Tang, for supporting the Azure Dragon Team's business. For your twenty people, the total entry fee is forty thousand points."

After the Tang family transferred the points to Hu Zifeng, Yang Jin "kindly" reminded them, "There are two precautions I must inform Miss Tang of beforehand: First, this mountain is a training ground. There are a large number of high-risk evolved creatures here. If you or your people are injured or killed, the Azure Dragon Team bears no responsibility. Second, all resources in the mountain belong to the Azure Dragon Team. Please do not intentionally damage anything, or you will be required to compensate at market price. If even one of the three Green-Light Bamboos in the bamboo forest is damaged, Miss Tang will need to pay the Azure Dragon Team five thousand points in compensation."

Tang Zheng, who had come to investigate why the Azure Dragon Team had bought Mountain 49, couldn't help but sneer, "Captain Yang certainly knows how to do business."

Yang Jin nodded, accepting the compliment without hesitation, and then instructed Hu Zifeng, "Zifeng, Miss Tang is our training base's first guest. Lead the way for the guests. Liangzi, go make a sign and write down the rules for Mountain 49's business, so guests know how many points they need to pay when they arrive."

"Yes!" Hu Zifeng and Wang Liang, the Azure Dragon Team's Level 4 Speed-Evolved Squad Leader, responded loudly.

As expected of the Azure Dragon Team's number one miser—simply incredible!

Standing in the No. 3 buffer forest, Xia Qing gave a thumbs-up for a few seconds before feeling a pang of regret. When she signed the mountain lease with Yang Jin, she never imagined the Azure Dragon Team would be operating commercially.

This business is quite lucrative; could she get a share of this income?

Is it too late to sign a supplementary contract now...?