When system cheat becomes rampant!

Elder Luo had explained last time that the Wufu Desolate Beast Research Company obtains resources by hunting desolate beasts and functions like a desolate beast energy company, but he hadn't expected that they also dealt in selling desolate beast meat.

It seems that the company's operations are quite extensive, not only producing energy but also responsible for supplying food.

Xiang Beifei had searched for this research institute on the internet and found that not much was recorded about it, only that the company had made quite an accomplishment in many areas and was a very proper large company.

Their business was broad, utilizing desolate beasts to produce energy for various aspects of life, with their own hunting teams that would often go out to hunt desolate beasts, bring them back as ingredients, helping to solve the food and warmth problems of the Jiuzhou people, and were a key company supported by the alliance.

Such a company conducted all of its operations strictly in accordance with alliance trading, and there was basically no occurrence of situations like Liu Da, where they force buy or force sell and take advantage of old customers.

However, the more Xiang Beifei looked into the company, the more he felt that something was off.

Not for any other reason, but because of this familiar aura!

——

Xiang Beifei decided to first investigate the company.

A sales guide was introducing Xiang Qingde to a type of edible desolate beast recently discovered, planning to recommend this beast for Kong's Mansion feast.

Xiang Qingde was weighing the value of this desolate beast, asking the guide about related matters, while Xiang Beifei quietly approached the Wufu Desolate Beast Research Company's office when they were not paying attention.

The office seemed rather small, and since it pertained to researching desolate beasts, the likelihood was that the office was established here to monitor the desolate beast meat sold and be responsible for various after-sales services.

If there were any related poisoning issues, they would be held accountable by the alliance, so they had to be cautious in this regard.

The main door of the office was tightly locked, with a layer of system encryption on top, a high-level lock.

Xiang Beifei looked around and noticed many cameras here, but fortunately, he sensed that every camera was from the system manufacturer.

Just then, the office door opened, and Xiang Beifei immediately walked away, pretending to be examining a bullfrog.

The person who came out was named Feng Kang, an early stage S-rank Awakener with a "Beast Spirit System" awakening, a system that could communicate with desolate beasts and soothe their emotions.

Feng Kang glanced at his watch and then surveyed the warehouse customers, as if looking for someone, and after a moment, he stepped outside the counter, beckoned a clerk over, and asked, "Has Xiang Qingde, the purchaser for the Kong's Mansion feast, arrived?"

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"Didn't I ask you to keep an eye out? They are opening tomorrow, and by my calculations, he should have already arrived by now. He is our regular customer."

"I don't know, I've been keeping watch, I do recognize the elder gentleman, but I haven't seen him. Maybe something delayed him."

"Let me know immediately when you see him."

"Alright, understood," the clerk promptly responded.

Feng Kang hurried back into the warehouse, scrutinizing the face of each customer, wondering if he overlooked anyone. He even walked past where Xiang Qingde was inquiring about the desolate beast's prices, took a look to see if Xiang Qingde was the person he was searching for, but then his gaze shifted away quickly.

Xiang Beifei had used Ye Changfeng's Ronin Sword to disguise both him and his grandfather just to hide their identities and had yet to undo it, which obviously Feng Kang couldn't see through.

After a while, Feng Kang turned and entered the office again. As the door closed, Xiang Beifei caught a glimpse inside, where only Feng Kang was present.

He pondered for a moment and decided to see what the "Wufu Desolate Beast Research Company" was really about. Given that his grandfather was a regular customer, appearing here was unobjectionable, which could serve as a cover for him.

"Elder gentleman, if you're planning a bulk purchase, giving you a discount isn't a problem, but the Spotted Nose Beast is priced at fifty yuan per pound, which is already a loss for us! This cost price, labor fees, plus alliance tariffs, processing fees, and everything added together is quite a significant amount—fifty yuan per pound is already rock bottom!"

The sales guide was bargaining with Xiang Qingde; these guides worked on commission, so securing a long-term customer meant they would get a decent cut from every deal made. Xiang Qingde's restaurant purchasing was very important to them.

But Xiang Qingde was clearly no pushover, stating, "These mid-Qi-Controlling Spotted Nose Beasts are everywhere in the outer desolate zones. Two months ago, when I bought from here, the price was capped at forty yuan. The alliance tariffs haven't increased, market prices haven't fluctuated, and with such low costs and labor, you dare to quote me so high? Do you think I'm unaware of the market post?"

The sales guide certainly didn't expect Xiang Qingde to be a tough customer, and he inwardly grumbled, wondering how this elder who looked unfamiliar knew so much about their store's pricing.

Xiang Beifei quickly removed the Ronin Sword disguise from his grandfather.

"Alright then! For the sake of your good face, we'll make it forty. Elder gentleman, let me tell you, there's hardly any profit in this deal for me. I'm definitely going to get scolded by the manager."

The sales guide was looking down at the list in his hand, wearing a professional expression of pain, but internally he was quite happy; forty yuan per pound was the normal price, yet with a restaurant customer ordering in large quantities, there was still a decent profit to be had.

He was pleased about closing this big deal when, looking up, he found a stranger standing in front of him.

"Eh? Where did the elder gentleman from just now go?"

The sales guide looked around restlessly, about to sell the newly slaughtered desolate beast, wondering how the elder gentleman had disappeared just as they were finalizing the deal?

He overlooked Xiang Qingde standing before him, feeling anxious—had the deal they had just struck collapsed?

"What are you talking about?"

Xiang Qingde frowned, not very pleased with the guide's attitude, but at that moment, another guide recognized Xiang Qingde, his eyes brightened, and he hurried to knock on the door of Feng Kang's office.

"Mr. Feng, Mr. Xiang Qingde has arrived,"

"Good! Right away."

Feng Kang quickly came out and saw Xiang Qingde from a distance, hastily making his way toward him.

"Xiaohei," Xiang Beifei called out.

"Woof?"

Xiaohei sat on his shoulder, gnawing on a chicken leg that Xiang Beifei had just bought for him.

"Help me shield those cameras."

Although Xiang Beifei lacked the ability to become invisible, he could prevent himself from appearing on surveillance, thus sneaking into someone else's office wasn't a big issue.

"Woof!"

Xiaohei spat out a bubble toward the direction of the cameras, effectively shielding those that could have seen Xiang Beifei. All high-end cameras were generally summoned by the system and were quite convenient to use.

As Feng Kang's door closed, Xiaohei quickly pressed against the door gap. Seeing that no one noticed him around, Xiang Beifei stealthily flashed past and entered the office before quietly closing the door again.

"Keep an eye on the door for me, and if he comes back, beat him up," Xiang Beifei instructed.

"Woof!"

Xiaohei, holding the chicken leg, sat on the door handle, signaling no problem.

There were also many system items inside the office. In this system society, one had to face system surveillance almost everywhere. Fortunately, as an anomaly within the system, Xiang Beifei simply ignored these system security measures.

The office was not too large, with a row of bookshelves stacked with various files and records, tidily categorized and labeled.

Xiang Beifei casually picked up a file, glanced through it briefly, and found it contained records of various hunted desolate beasts, including detailed accounts of their hunting times, when they passed alliance quarantine, and when they were delivered to the wholesale market, each desolate beast meticulously documented in a thick stack.

He replaced the file and moved on to another set of shelves, which displayed not documents but various desolate beast corpses submerged in liquids along with different organ specimens attached to tubes.

Then he sensed where that faint, almost imperceptible scent was coming from.

A heart excavated from an unknown desolate beast rested in a glass tank, still pulsing with vitality, slowly contracting and releasing strings of bubbles as if it were breathing.

"This heart... indeed!"

He recognized the heart!

One-Armed Crab!

It made sense for One-Armed Crab to be sold in the desolate beast wholesale market as it was poisonous yet edible after detoxification, a relatively common find.

But why would such a common One-Armed Crab's heart be cultivated within an incubator?

"When the One-Armed Crab caused turmoil last time, weren't the crabs served in the numerous restaurants on that street sourced from this particular company?" Xiang Beifei pondered.

He opened the lid of the incubator, stirred the incubation fluid with his fingers, which looked disgusting with its sticky appearance and emitted an odd smell.

Xiang Beifei took out breath soil and transformed it into a long stick, then reached into the incubation fluid to gently poke the heart.

The heart, as if stimulated, trembled fiercely, began moving rapidly, and the severed blood vessels spewed out a stream of air like a nozzle. Using the reaction force of these air streams, the heart zipped around like a jet.

"Why is this heart so active?"

Xiang Beifei frowned slightly; he had dissected One-Armed Crab hearts at school, but the hearts should not possess such vitality under normal circumstances.

While the heart continued to dart around, Xiang Beifei's breath soil turned into a large claw which clamped down on it, firmly seizing hold.

As the heart struggled relentlessly, Xiang Beifei mulled it over. He had initially planned to dissect the heart to see if there was another Beast Pill inside, but then he considered what to do when Feng Kang returned?

Feng Kang's awakening was of the "S-level Beast Spirit System," which was about communicating with desolate beasts. For Xiang Beifei to intervene would be quite troublesome, meaning he couldn't easily monitor Feng Kang's actions through his system tasks in the short term.

Xiang Beifei decided against dissecting the heart and instead extended his spiritual power into its interior, carefully sensing it. He quickly discovered that the One-Armed Crab's heart contained only one Beast Pill.

Based on the Beast Pill's aura, it was merely in the late stages of Qi-Controlling.

It was undoubtedly the Beast Pill of the One-Armed Crab.

That was strange.

Unlike the previously mutated One-Armed Crab that possessed two Beast Pills, this heart was more active than a usual One-Armed Crab's.