Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations
Luo En watched the people who had resumed mining and muttered, “To go further away to mine ores, we need to find a safe place… Otherwise, it’s too dangerous. But where is this safe place… Looks like I’ll need to find someone to scout around first!”
Just as Luo En was about to turn and leave, Wang Yun walked over from nearby and hurriedly said, “City Lord! I have just checked out the surroundings. I know of a safe place.”
Clearly, Wang Yun had heard Luo En’s muttering.
Luo En looked at Wang Yun calmly and said, “Oh? Why have you gone alone to scout around? It’s too dangerous!”
Although he did not like him and even wanted to get rid of him, he still had to put on a show. After all, there were many people here and he had to at least take care of his repute.
“That’s right, that’s right! Commander Wang should have asked us to accompany you! Fortunately, nothing happened!” At this moment, Zhang Bo, who was on the side, also noticed the commotion, and hurried forward and said.
Wang Yun said with a smile, “It’s fine! I saw all of you mining ores, so I didn’t want to trouble you all. Thus, I went alone to scout around. In the end, I’ve really found a place that is relatively safe. Even if it is night time, the place is still relatively safe.”
Upon hearing, Luo En said in surprise, “Is there such a place?!”
Zhang Bo, who was at the side, was also very surprised; he asked, “Commander Wang, is there really such a place?”
Wang Yun knew that it was impossible for Luo En and the others to believe him. Hence, he said, “City Lord! It’s absolutely true! I can bring all of you there to take a look!”
Luo En nodded and replied, “Well! Lead the way! Zhang Bo, you come along too!”
“Yes, City Lord!” The two replied.
Thus, Wang Yun led Luo En and Zhang Bo to a place a few kilometers away from the Black Dragon Mobile City.
It was a basin-like place with high elevations around but a depression in the middle. From the look of it, the place could indeed resist the mutated creatures at night, to a certain extent.
As the mutated creatures would only charge at the living things within sight, people in the basin could not be seen by the mutated creatures. Of course, it could not be ruled out that some mutated creatures might be of comparatively higher intelligence. They would not just charge at the living things within sight but would also go around searching for them, unlike other mutated creatures which would keep wandering about a certain place.
“How is it, City Lord? How is this place?” Wang Yun asked with a smile.
“It’s fine! This place is indeed very suitable as the target site for us to mine ores!” Luo En looked at the basin before him and replied happily.
Although he was happy, Luo En did not forget that the person before him had harmed him previously. He kept glancing at Wang Yun from the corner of his eyes, observing his expression.
Indeed, a strange smile appeared on Wang Yun’s face. Although it was not obvious, it was still noticed by Luo En who had been observing carefully.
What is this Wang Yun thinking… He’s definitely up to no good… I’ll have to be careful!
Luo En thought.
Then, Luo En looked at Zhang Bo and said, “Zhang Bo! Go back and bring a small detector to check if there are any ores here!”
“Yes!”
Upon receiving the order, Zhang Bo quickly took his leave and went back to get the small detector.
Luo En and Wang Yun waited.
Luo En continued to walk around the basin, carefully inspecting every area to see if there was anything amiss. And at this moment, Wang Yun, who had his back to Luo En, took out a small token with his left hand; it had the words “Black Dragon Mobile City” engraved on it. After tapping it a few times with his right hand, he placed the small token back into his pocket.
The small token was a kind of information transmission token. It looked like a token, so it was also called a token. It was also one of the technologies left behind by the rich.
Its function was to allow two persons with the same tokens, no matter how far apart they were, to communicate with each other. The mobile city engraved on the token was the mobile city to which the token belonged.
If others wanted to use it, they would have to obtain the approval from the City Lord of the relevant mobile city. Otherwise, the token would be useless.
Wang Yun’s moves were smooth and natural. He was so swift that Luo En, who had been watching him from the corner of his eyes, also did not see Wang Yun’s furtive actions.
Soon, Zhang Bo came over hurriedly from a distance with a small detector.
“Let’s begin!” Luo En said.
Upon receiving the order, Zhang Bo turned on the power switch of the small detector. After setting the distance on it, he placed it at a designated location.
The small detector let out a buzz, and the power source emitted a yellow light. This indicated that the power of the small detector was already insufficient. The small detector’s battery life was relatively short; it could only be used for eight hours if fully charged!
Soon, the small detector began to probe along the designated path.
Not long after it started probing, the detector sounded an alarm. This meant that the basin had a lot of ore resources.
When Zhang Bo heard the alarm, he happily said, “City Lord! The alarm has sounded so soon. This means that this place is rich with ore resources!”
Indeed, not long after, yet another alarm sounded. When the small detector had finished probing, there were a total of six times that sites with ore presence were detected. Yet, the size of the area which had been probed by the small detector was only one-eighth the size of the basin. It was hard to imagine how much ores the basin could yield.
When Luo En saw the results, he laughed and said, “Very good! Zhang Bo! When the last bit of ores has been mined over there, come over here to mine! Wang Yun, well done this time! You have done a great job! You will be handsomely rewarded!”
“I wouldn’t dare! It’s my duty to serve the City Lord!” Wang Yun lowered his head and replied respectfully.
With such an attitude and such expression, only Luo En would know that Wang Yun had no good intentions. Others would have thought that he was very loyal and humble!
“Alright! I’m in a good mood today. We’ll have extra food tonight! Let’s go back! Oh yes, Zhang Bo, have you marked the sites we detected earlier?” Luo En said quietly as he turned to leave.
“City Lord! They have all been marked!” Zhang Bo respectfully replied.
Then, he followed closely behind Luo En and they departed together, leaving Wang Yun alone there.
At this moment, Wang Yun sat down and waited. As he watched Luo En’s back view departing in the distance, he laughed coldly and thought to himself, I’ll let you be arrogant for a few more days!
After a while, several people were walking over from the other side of Wang Yun. They were all dressed in black. They were none other than Black Dragon Mobile City’s Hei Long and his men!
“It’s really a small detector! Unbelievable!”
“I didn’t expect this tiny Luo Yang Mobile City to have such a rare item!”
At this moment, Hei Long’s men were chattering.
“All be quiet!” Hei Long yelled.
When Wang Yun saw Hei Long and his men arrive, he stood up and said with a smile, “How was it? Have all of you seen it? I didn’t lie to you!”
“Eh! This is really unbelievable! I didn’t expect your Luo Yang Mobile City to really have small detectors! It looks like there are more than one unit and that would mean that they must already have the blueprints for the small detectors. Otherwise, how could a small mobile city have so many small detectors!” Hei Long analyzed as he walked over.
Hei Long and his men had seen everything clearly from the side, and they were shocked beyond words. Soon, their faces became filled with delight; they were already fantasizing about a good life in future.
Wang Yun had seen the shocked expressions of Hei Long and his men; he laughed as he said, “Then, the deal between us has officially started! I will think of a way to lure the City Lord and as many of his men here as possible. All of you just need to hide in the blind spots above the basin. When the time comes, I will send you all a message and then, all of you can come down and fight!”
Hei Long also laughed and replied, “Alright! I’ll also get the men ready!
“I’ll take my leave first! Contact me if anything happens!” Hei Long then said.
Wang Yun nodded and replied calmly, “Don’t worry! I’ll contact you when the time comes!
“If there’s a situation, I’ll definitely inform. However, whether all of you can defeat them may not be certain… I can’t wait for you all to fight to death. Only then can I reap the benefits …” Wang Yun muttered to himself as he watched Hei Long and his men leave.
Then, he too laughed as he departed..