Just as Qu Jianlei and the others were preparing to set out, Wu Zhen came looking for them again.
He stated frankly, "I can now provide the whereabouts of four artifacts, and I can also promise one Divine Script Treasure."
This man's ability to execute was extraordinary. After realizing that the other team would not budge no matter what, he decisively changed his approach.
He sent a message to everyone in the shelter: there was now a chance to escape, but they needed everyone's help.
First, who could produce a complete artifact? There were fewer than ten thousand Military Factory personnel and family members in the shelter. The remaining thirty thousand or so were refugees who had flooded in from outside.
Those who had fled here for refuge would not have carried much with them.
But if anyone truly had a complete artifact—even an artifact fragment—they definitely would not have left it behind.
Yet unfortunately, or perhaps unsurprisingly, no one could produce an artifact.
Anyone capable of producing an artifact was basically unlikely to still be on Baozhi Star.
Wu Zhen settled for the next best thing and asked who knew the whereabouts of any artifacts. He actually got some results from that question. Among more than forty thousand people, there were always some with one connection or another.
After compiling the information and adding the two he already knew about, he could provide the whereabouts of four artifacts in total.
As for the Divine Script Treasure, it was part of a friend of Wu Zhen's collection.
That friend treasured the item greatly, and the chance of him being willing to part with it was minuscule.
But Wu Zhen had already made up his mind. Even if he had to throw away all his pride, he would get it no