Super Gene Hunting Ground

Yang Xiao walked out of the Genetic Store angrily, patted the Flame Horse's head, and stroked the feathers of the Giant Eagle, taking out a Monster's corpse from his Space Ring to feed them.

"Be good, you two just stay near the Genetic Store, no one dares to touch you, I'll be back soon after a quick trip home."

Currently, Yang Xiao could make about 100,000 Crystal Coins a day by hunting Mutant Monsters for Genetic Balls and equipment. The Mutant Monsters here were of a higher Level than those near the desert edge, so they were worth much more. Even though he hunted alone now, he earned more than when he teamed up with Huang Wen and others.

However, spending 2 million Crystal Coins for two pets was indeed painful.

Yang Xiao walked to a nearby teleportation station and returned to Nanmu City.

As soon as he stepped out of the teleportation station, he was spotted by Gu Bo from the Genetic Store.

"Hey, little Yang Xiao, come here for a sec."

Yang Xiao walked into the store.

"Old man, are you just waiting here every day to buy stuff from me?"

Gu Bo smiled,

"I have some good news for you."

"Good news? For me?"

Yang Xiao was startled, he really couldn't think of any good news the Genetic Store could have for him, though he and Gu Bo were quite familiar. However, Gu Bo always maintained a neutral stance, dealing only in transactions and never offering any special favors.

The primary purpose of opening the desert outpost early was also to make money from Yang Xiao.

"In one month, Xuanming Country will convene a meeting, and all the City Kings must attend. Haven't you always wanted to visit Wentian City?"

Yang Xiao was shocked,

"Really?"

"Why would I lie to you? It's been over half a year since Earth entered the apocalypse. Although we belong to the Xuanming district and it's freezing here, it's still necessary to gather all the city leaders to help everyone understand the future development direction of the world."

Yang Xiao looked at Gu Bo, intrigued, and asked,

"Who is convening this meeting? Is it your Genetic Store?"

Gu Bo chuckled and said,

"Our Genetic Store is only responsible for doing business. Someone else is organizing the meeting; you'll find out when the time comes."

"Where will it be?"

"Magic City."

"Magic City?"

Yang Xiao was startled again, as going to Magic City might mean he could meet Gong Yu. However, he was soon troubled again.

"It's thousands of kilometers from Nanmu City to Magic City. How am I supposed to get there? It's freezing cold, even if I could fly, I'd freeze to death on the way!"

"Hehe, you don't need to worry about that. A temporary teleportation channel from Nanmu City to Magic City will be opened then. I'm telling you beforehand so you can prepare."

"Prepare? Prepare for what?"

Yang Xiao spread his hands, wondering if he needed to bring any luggage or local products.

Gu Bo said seriously:

"This is Xuanming Country's first City King gathering after entering the apocalypse. At that time, the differences in Genetic Evolution Levels among cities, their populations, strengths, and weaknesses, will all impact those attending the meeting.

For example, if an Xuanming District is going to be established, what position could you, as the City King of Nanmu City, occupy in this new administrative structure?"

Yang Xiao stared at Gu Bo, his mind in turmoil.

This mysterious Outer Star Mysterious Civilization was finally about to officially appear. If Gu Bo was right, the Xuanming District would become a new regional organization, and everyone would have a new leadership structure to coordinate development or establish new competitive rules.

Nanmu City now has a population of just over 20,000, and it's a Level 11 city. In this new administrative structure, it naturally could not occupy an important position.

"Thanks for the heads-up, old Gu."

"You're a smart man, I didn't say anything, haha…"

Gu Bo laughed heartily.

Yang Xiao left the Genetic Store and arrived at the Century Commercial Building.

The four guards at the door immediately bowed and greeted:

"Boss, hello!"

These guards were all directly from Kongming Academy and were acquaintances of Yang Xiao.

Xiao Zhe is a cautious person; he only employs people from Kongming Academy for many key departments, not even using people from Xianan University. People from Xianan University are almost entirely assigned to Xia Luo now, to defend Star Moon Town and, incidentally, to mine Ice Fish.

Xiao Zhe even selected about 200 of the relatively excellent individuals from the previous logistics group of Kongming Academy, enhanced their Genetic Evolution, and let them join the guard ranks.

In any case, he would take good care of his own people from Kongming Academy since they are reliable.

Xu Nanqiang now leads the logistics group that controls all the logistical resources of Nanmu City.

Yang Xiao nodded to the guards and said:

"Send someone to fetch Xiao Zhe for me."

"Alright, boss, I will go immediately."

One of them immediately ran off.

"Also, keep an eye out. If Huang Wen and others come back, tell them not to go back to the desert and say I need to see them."

"Alright, boss."

Yang Xiao went to the office on the second floor, closed the door, took out the black bottle, and directly placed it in the Space Ring. Using his consciousness, he moved the monster corpses one by one into the black bottle; it was done in a moment.

Yang Xiao took out the black bottle; it was now filled with more than half a bottle of milky white liquid.

Since he was waiting for Xiao Zhe to come over, it was not suitable to consume these white liquids yet; he placed the black bottle back into the Space Ring and began to plan for the future in his mind.

Half an hour later, Xiao Zhe hurried over.

"Yang Xiao, you're back. What do you need me for?"

Although Yang Xiao brought monster corpses back every day, he was always in a hurry and wouldn't seek Xiao Zhe without something special, and Xiao Zhe was now managing the entire city with many tedious matters, so their meeting times were rare.

After briefly exchanging pleasantries, Yang Xiao asked:

"How is Nanmu City doing?"

"Everything is mostly running smoothly. By now, everyone basically owns a Fish Skin Armor to withstand the cold, allowing them all to move freely outdoors. Most people are participating in mining Ice Fish in Star River and Star Moon Lake. We're now getting about 200,000 Genetic Fragments every day."

Yang Xiao nodded; it was feasible for over ten thousand people from Nanmu City, involved in the Ice Fish mining activities, to obtain 200,000 Genetic Fragments a day.

"However, Star River will be mined out after a while, and then we will have to move everything to Star Moon Lake. Star Moon Town is too small; logistics might not keep up."

"Yeah, we can think of a way to develop Star Moon Town a bit, expand the logistics supply properly, and the several bases near Star Moon Town could also take some of the load. It looks like this winter is still going to be a long one."

Xiao Zhe nodded.

"How are things on Xia Luo's end?"

"I check Star Moon Town every other day, everything at Xia Luo's side is progressing well, everyone is working enthusiastically, and the people from Shanyun City across the river haven't disturbed us. By the way, boss, since the last time our city was upgraded to Level 11, Shanyun City seems to have accelerated its development, now they have reached Level 14 already, isn't that odd?"

"Not odd at all, Yue Ying fears that our rapid development will lead to an attack on him, so he consolidated all resources, prioritized a number of people, and the city's level division is greatly influenced by the population with advanced Genetic Evolution, just like the depiction in novels of Martial Arts Sects where the leader's unmatched Martial Arts grants a certain Jianghu status to the entire sect."

"Boss, what about us?"

"Hehe, don't worry. The reason I called you here is to discuss taking down Shanyun City."

"What?"

Xiao Zhe felt a sudden jolt inside.

(The fifth update has to be pushed to tomorrow; I'm truly sorry, got off work too late, too many things to do. Thanks to Magic Emperor for the 500 Qidian Coins and Moment of Love and Painting for the 1000 Qidian Coins, thank you everyone for your support)