socalfunplaces Chapter 3867 Minor Trouble
Chapter 3867 Minor Trouble
“We would be responsible for the daily operation of the mine, and at the end of each month we would hand over a sum of materials to the guild as the monthly supply quota. Everything was going smoothly until we arrived at the mine and found that the mining area had been occupied by others.”
Fang Heng frowned and asked, "It's been taken by someone else? What do you mean?"
"The mine is occupied by another chamber of commerce in the city. They said they had rented the mine in advance and even showed us the lease certificate, which confirmed that it was the guild's seal and signed by Mr. Batu."
Who is Batu?
"Mr. Batu is the head of the Rust City Gang in this city."
"So what did he say?"
“I went to see him several times, but Mr. Batu kept making excuses to avoid meeting us or giving us all sorts of excuses. We didn’t dare to actually take action and clash with the Fang Merchants to forcibly take back the mine, so the matter has been deadlocked.”
“Unexpectedly, a few days ago, Mr. Batu suddenly sent someone to say that we had not submitted our monthly ore supply quota for last month and needed to submit an additional 30% delay fee. We had three days to complete the quota. If we did not complete the quota within three days, we would be expelled from the Rust City Gang.”
Su Zhou took a deep breath, his face full of helplessness.
Fang Heng thought for a moment and asked, "What are your thoughts?"
“We’ve discussed it and think there are roughly three possibilities. First, this is a test that Mr. Batu has given us. Only if we successfully take back the mining area from the Fang Chamber of Commerce can we pass the test and officially obtain this mining area.”
"The second possibility is that Batu is deliberately trying to trick us."
Su Zhou coughed lightly as he spoke, "We only found out afterward. Batu has a terrible reputation in the city. Rumors are circulating that we are already the third owner of this mining area. Two other small merchant guilds have encountered similar situations before. Batu secretly sold the mine to the Fang Merchant Guild, knowing that we wouldn't dare to take action."
"As for the third one..." Su Zhou thought for a moment and said, "The Fang Chamber of Commerce is also backed by the Rift Alliance, one of the seven major city forces. For some reason, Batu wants to use us to cause a bigger conflict between the gang and the Fang Chamber of Commerce."
"I see."
Fang Heng thought about it quickly, but soon became too lazy to continue calculating.
Why think so much?
It's just a gang.
We can break the deadlock directly with force.
"Alright, let's go to the mining area together and meet outside the west gate in two hours. Oh, and bring all your men with you. Get as many trucks as possible, the more the better. If you can't find any, borrow some first. I need them."
Fang Heng thought that since he was going to go out and farm some resources anyway, he might as well take back the mining area while he was at it.
Who cares if there's a conspiracy involved?
"Okay! I'll have someone prepare it right away."
Su Zhou was overjoyed upon hearing this.
If Fang Heng were willing to lend a hand, this little thing wouldn't be a problem at all.
But what does Fang Heng need so many trucks for?
Although Su Zhou didn't react immediately, he went to do as instructed.
Meanwhile, on a low building outside the city.
Anna sat at the low table.
Through the window beside me, I could see the city gate on the west side of the city.
A servant stepped forward and reported, "My lord, we have investigated and found that Fang Heng is a mysterious figure. No one has ever seen him before today."
“I understand, there’s no need to investigate any further.” Anna glanced at the city gate and said, “Batu is greedy and short-sighted, and he acts arrogantly. The various forces in the city are only tolerating him because of his uncle.”
“Fang Heng is at least a seventh-level martial artist. A person with strength would not easily swallow this insult when faced with such a situation.”
Anna smiled slightly and said, "This time Batu has probably bitten off more than he can chew. He's in for a rough time."
The guard's heart skipped a beat, and he asked, "Are you trying to recruit Fang Heng for the gang? Shall we go and help now?"
"No rush, it's not the right time yet. We'll wait until Fang Heng and Batu have a complete falling out before we step in to help him resolve his troubles and recruit him."
The guard nodded slightly, then suddenly paused.
"Sir, do you see, is that Mr. Fang Heng? He left the city alone?"
"Hmm? Leaving the city alone?"
Anna looked out the window.
Fang Heng walked out of the city alone and gradually disappeared into the dark fog.
Are you crazy?
Even a seventh-level martial artist wouldn't dare to leave the city alone!
He didn't even bring a lantern to dispel the dark fog!
……
At the city gate.
Several guards watched Fang Heng from afar, seeing him enter the wilderness alone and gradually disappear into the dark fog, and couldn't help but sigh inwardly.
Another one has gone mad!
Entering the dark fog without a lantern is practically suicide.
Fang Heng walked step by step into the depths of the dark fog, slowly stopping as he silently counted down in his mind.
"Three, two, one..."
"Hiss, hiss..."
A faint rustling sound came from the ground.
One by one, the Licker clones struggled to crawl out of the muddy ground and quickly gathered in front of Fang Heng.
Alchemy runes cannot be used in the Aberrant World, so Lickers cannot be summoned using sealed rune paper.
Fang Heng could only use the primitive method of summoning zombie clones by remotely commanding them to commit suicide and then naturally revive.
Furthermore, he discovered that modified entities such as the God of the Underworld could not be summoned in this world.
Whatever.
It's not a big problem.
Fang Heng quickly manipulated the Lickers to scatter in all directions, disappearing into the dark mist and turning into ethereal shadows.
This move is nothing more than an attempt to expand one's sensory area by using zombie clones.
But soon, a series of game notifications came in succession.
[Hint: Your zombie clone has been swallowed by the dark fog.]
[Hint: Your zombie clone has been swallowed by the dark mist...]
Fang Heng frowned slightly.
Not good.
Once the zombie clone enters the dark fog and is out of his sight for a period of time, he will completely lose the mental connection with the zombie clone, and the zombie clone will die instantly.
Dark fog has this effect?
A little troublesome.
This significantly reduces the usability of zombie clones.
As Fang Heng was pondering, he turned around and saw several armored vehicles driving out of the city behind him.
This time of day is approaching the countryside, and there aren't many vehicles leaving the city.
Su Zhou sat in the driver's seat, looking around.
Weird.
Where is Fang Hengren?
Su Zhou was still wondering why he hadn't seen Fang Heng when he soon saw a figure walking towards him from the dark fog.
"Mr. Fang Heng".
When Su Zhou saw Fang Heng, and then the hundreds of Licker creatures emerging from the dark mist behind him, his heart skipped a beat, and his eyelids twitched involuntarily. He pushed open the car door, feeling a surge of excitement.
So many lickers!
He had previously seen videos about lickers inside the federal government.
In his opinion, the Lickers were far more terrifying than the monsters in the dark fog!
And it summoned so many Lickers all at once!
Mr. Fang Heng must have gone to settle scores with them! (End of Chapter)