Chapter 1479: Victory Has Its Problems
"Giant Tooth Crocodile?"
Meng Chao searched his memories. "That name is unfamiliar!"
Because of Nest City and the Golden Tooth Gang, Meng Chao was quite familiar with Dragon City's underground order.
In fact, both he and Lü Siya were important members of the Nest City Reconstruction Committee and had countless tangled connections with the major gangs that had once been based in Nest City.
They had even shared life-and-death bonds with the former Nest City Master, the God Realm Expert, and the boss of the Golden Tooth Gang.
But Meng Chao did not remember there ever being a black-market tycoon in the old Dragon City who had commanded the winds and clouds by the name of "Giant Tooth Crocodile."
What rotten fish and shrimp had crawled out from under some rock?
Ai Lei tactfully told Meng Chao that his database ought to be updated in time—during the year since the Monster War ended, Dragon City's underworld had seen one king's banner replace another atop the city walls, becoming completely different from before.
First of all, with Nest City's demolition and reconstruction, what had once been a smoke-filled cesspit that harbored filth and evil had taken on an entirely new look, gradually developing into a mass-market leisure and entertainment district for ordinary citizens, as well as an incubator for small and micro businesses.
The major gangs of the former Nest City had also gradually transformed toward corporatization, standardization, and legalization.
At the root of it all, what kind of people had originally lived in Nest City?
They were all people who could no longer make it outside!
Certainly, a small handful of utterly vicious criminals had hidden among them, but the overwhelming majority of Nest City's residents had been weak ordinary people.
Even among those