Unexpected Joy

Gu Ming, the business manager of Nine Xin Resource Recycling Company, was the direct superior of all Harvesters.

In Meng Chao's fragmented memories, this guy colluded with Shen Rongfa in his previous life and did a lot of wicked things.

And the burly man in the blood-colored cloak behind him was the company's big boss, the Superhuman known as "Descending Mountain Tiger," Qin Hu, who had slain countless monsters!

"Who beat Manager Shen like this?" Gu Ming shouted, hopping on the spot.

"Wuwu!"

Seeing his brother-in-law, Shen Rongfa was like a dog with a broken leg finding its master, ignoring the severe pain, he rolled and crawled to Qin Hu's feet.

The two bodyguards also caught their breath and ran over in a panic, exaggerating the story.

"Damaging rare materials, smashing the company's computer, and daring to hit people!" Gu Ming glared fiercely at Meng Yishan, "Did your son do this?"

Meng Yishan didn't even look at this grasshopper, only staring at "Descending Mountain Tiger."

The bloodiness honed in the army in the past emanated from the middle-aged man again.

For his son's future, he could endure many things.

But once his bottom line was touched, even if facing a Superhuman, he would never back down!

Meng Yishan stepped forward and said loudly, "President Qin, it was a conflict between Manager Shen and me. I will take responsibility for any losses caused. This matter has nothing to do with my son!"

Many old brothers couldn't stand it anymore.

"Jiu Xin" was usually harsh to them, and now they were even reversing black and white. What was the point of continuing this job!

"It was Manager Shen's bodyguard who attacked first, and the things weren't necessarily broken by Brother Meng!"

"That's right, I don't believe that Dragon City has no laws, and the Superhuman Tower and the Survival Committee are deaf and blind, with nowhere to reason?"

The Harvesters stood up to protect the Meng family, talking all at once, telling the truth.

"You..." Gu Ming's face was gloomy.

Half of the Harvesters in the company were making noise, and things were a bit troublesome.

He secretly glanced at Qin Hu, and seeing that "Descending Mountain Tiger" still didn't speak, he cursed Shen Rongfa a few times in his heart, and said with a straight face, "What are you arguing about? Of course, the company is reasonable. Let's not talk about anything else, at least Manager Shen was indeed beaten by this kid, right?"

He stared at Meng Chao and sneered, "Young man, I heard you are still in high school and about to take the college entrance examination? But now you have beaten someone so badly, you will be sentenced if you are caught, and a few years in prison will ruin your whole life."

"Don't arrest him!" Meng Yishan said anxiously.

"Old Meng, this is not an ordinary fight. Look at Manager Shen's injuries yourself. Your son has committed a crime. You can't just say don't arrest him and we won't?" Gu Ming scolded.

Meng Yishan and the Harvesters looked at each other.

"Young man, you are too impulsive. This is not how you handle things." Gu Ming shook his head with a sneer, pointing at Meng Chao.

Meng Chao said nonchalantly, "If you want to call the police, hurry up and send the Shen guy to the hospital to see how many degrees of serious injury can be identified."

Gu Ming was at a loss. Was there such a stubborn kid?

In the blood-colored cloak, Qin Hu snorted, stretched out two fingers, and picked up his brother-in-law.

"What beautiful Ripple Force."

"Descending Mountain Tiger" dangled the two-hundred-plus-pound Shen Rongfa like a piece of stinking meat, but the fierce glint in his eyes brightened slightly, "The surface looks like a tragic beating, making the recipient wish they were dead, the hidden force can linger for days, making them writhe in pain even when drinking cold water, yet, not a single bone or vital organ is injured, not even half a tooth is knocked out, if you send him for an examination, it won't even count as a minor injury."

Saying that, he tossed his brother-in-law back onto the ground.

Shen Rongfa screamed miserably, rolling around.

"These high school students nowadays are getting more and more extraordinary," Qin Hu stared at Meng Chao.

His killing intent was like a knife, pressing down.

Any ordinary high school student, no matter how outstanding, would have been scared witless by Qin Hu's killing intent.

Meng Chao remained calm: "So, Tiger Lord is interested and wants to beat up this high school student to avenge his brother-in-law?"

Qin Hu chuckled: "What kind of person do you take Tiger Lord for?"

Of course, he couldn't attack Meng Chao.

Although Dragon City was a martial-minded, iron-blooded society where citizens preferred to settle disputes with their fists rather than reporting to the authorities.

But there was a principle: soldiers against soldiers, generals against generals, ordinary people against ordinary people, Superhumans against Superhumans. If they fought to the point of bloodshed and broken bones, everyone would accept their losses.

If a Superhuman used their strength to bully the weak and beat up ordinary people, they would be violating the heavenly rules.

Shen Rongfa and his bodyguards were all ordinary people. If they had a brawl with Meng Chao and beat each other half to death, the police would at most step in to resolve the situation.

If Qin Hu directly attacked Meng Chao, the nature of the matter would change, and the Superhuman Tower would naturally send experts to suppress him like a monster.

Thinking of this, Qin Hu said lightly: "Little guy, you're not practicing ordinary Ripple Force, but a secret Ripple Force taught by a famous master. I've roughly understood the situation. For the sake of your Ripple Force, you can decide how you want to resolve this."

"Ugh, ugh!"

Shen Rongfa cried out anxiously, which aggravated the damaged dental nerves, causing him to leak urine again in pain.

Many Harvesters didn't expect that the usually tyrannical Tiger Lord would be so reasonable today.

Meng Chao knew that Qin Hu had seen the extraordinary nature of the future version of Ripple Force he was using, and that this guy couldn't figure out his background, so he was pretending to be generous.

He didn't stand on ceremony: "It's not clear who damaged the rare materials. Both sides will bear half of the losses. You estimate a price, and I'll transfer the money immediately."

"Also, after this incident, we definitely can't work at 'Jiu Xin' anymore. Remember that the guy surnamed Shen still owes my dad and his harvesting team a lot of performance bonuses, so let's settle that as well, while we're at it?"

Qin Hu frowned.

Gu Ming immediately said: "What are you talking about? You beat someone up like this, even if no injuries can be verified, shouldn't you pay for medical expenses?"

"The guy surnamed Shen was injured, but my dad was also injured," Meng Chao said. "The guy surnamed Shen's bodyguard used a lost ancient martial art heavy technique to push my dad out hard, sending him crashing down like a kite with a broken string. Who knows if my dad's internal organs have shifted or his bones have shattered?"

Ancient martial art heavy technique?

Including Meng Yishan, everyone's faces showed the same classic dumbfounded expression as Ning Shewo and his grandson.

"Even if my dad is fine, this injury of mine was definitely caused by them, right?"

Meng Chao pulled open his collar, revealing the marks on his shoulder where he had been shocked by the electric baton.

In fact, the bodyguard's electric baton was just to scare people, and he didn't dare to turn it up to the maximum power. It would only hurt for a moment when used on someone.

But the electric shock injuries would leave some traces after all, and coupled with the Harvester's testimony, it would be troublesome if Meng Chao insisted that he was so shocked that he couldn't take care of himself.

"Good kid." Qin Hu chuckled, "Today's high school students are interesting, really interesting!"

"President Qin, if you feel it's inappropriate, then tell me, how do you want to resolve this?" Meng Chao ignored the increasingly fierce killing intent from Qin Hu, asking for the sky-high price, and settling for a reasonable one.

Qin Hu glanced at Gu Ming.

Gu Ming calculated for a moment and whispered, "Tiger Lord, recently on the market, the Golden Ghost's Spirit Transformation Nerve Balls, if they are in perfect condition, are worth around 300,000."

"Then 300,000 it is."

Qin Hu said, "Little guy, if you take out 300,000, this matter will be resolved. You can leave as you please. Tiger Lord will definitely not cause any more trouble. If anyone at Jiu Xin dares to touch you, Tiger Lord will chop them up."

Meng Chao didn't appreciate it at all: "Half of 300,000 is 150,000."

Qin Hu said in a deep voice, "I don't care who damaged the Spirit Transformation Nerve Ball, nor do I lack these 150,000, but no matter how useless Shen Rongfa is, he's still my man. Isn't my, 'Descending Mountain Tiger's,' face worth 150,000?"

Meng Chao was silent.

"If you can't take it out temporarily, it's okay, you can write an IOU. Tiger Lord doesn't lack your little bit of money."

Qin Hu's eyes flashed fiercely, and his voice turned cold, "But if you don't take me, 'Descending Mountain Tiger,' seriously, even if I don't move a finger, I still have ways to crush you like an ant!"

With one sentence, the whole place became silent and filled with killing intent.

Everyone's eyes blurred, as if they really saw a colorful tiger staring at the teenager.

Meng Chao sighed: "President Qin, is there really no negotiation? You can only sell this rare material to me completely?"

Qin Hu was impatient: "I'll say it one last time, 300,000, take the thing and get out."

"Okay, let's not sign any contracts. With so many people watching, I believe in President Qin's credibility." Meng Chao took out his phone, "Let's transfer the money."

"Ah Chao?" Meng Yishan was dumbfounded.

"You have money?" Gu Ming was surprised. He knew a little about the Meng family's situation and didn't believe that Meng Chao could take out 300,000 without changing his expression.

"Wuwu!" Shen Rongfa, regardless of the pain, screamed like a pig being slaughtered, It's fake, it must be fake.

"Dad, I'll explain to you later, it's all clean money." Meng Chao's face was full of calmness.

Qin Hu frowned slightly.

In the North City Battlefield, many Superhumans and Harvesters were working, and there were eyes everywhere. He wouldn't publicly bully an ordinary teenager.

"Manager Gu, collect the money."

Qin Hu didn't care about two or three hundred thousand small change.

Gu Ming was dubious until the transfer was completed, and he still couldn't figure out the situation looking at the five zeros behind the number.

"President Qin, I've already given you 300,000. Now this rare material belongs to me, right?" Meng Chao confirmed.

Qin Hu glared: "Would Tiger Lord go back on his word over a mere Spirit Transformation Nerve Ball? Have your dad come to the company tomorrow to complete the formalities. Jiu Xin doesn't want his harvesting team anymore."

"Ah Chao, this is..." A full 300,000, to buy a potentially scrap material, Meng Yishan was both confused and heartbroken.

Many Harvesters were also somewhat at a loss, and for a time, they became even more silent.

"Dad, uncles, don't just stand there, quickly help me mix a silver nitrate solution with anhydrous ethanol!" Meng Chao, suppressing the tension in his heart, held up the dark material and carefully observed it.

Meng Yishan was taken aback.

Silver nitrate solution is a common reagent with slight corrosive and antibacterial properties, often used to clean the rotten flesh around the eyes of monsters, so that the eyeballs can be completely peeled off.

This wasn't a monster's eyeball, so what did his son want silver nitrate solution for?

His son had really brought too much shock to everyone tonight, and Meng Yishan faintly felt a sense of trust. Without asking too much, he quickly prepared a solution of silver nitrate in anhydrous ethanol.

Meng Chao held his breath and used tweezers to place the rare material into the silver nitrate solution.

"Ah!" someone exclaimed. How could a fragile Spirit Transformation Nerve Ball be placed in a corrosive liquid?

Before they could stop him, an incredible scene unfolded.

The outer shell of the rare material was rapidly corroded, emitting tiny bubbles, and slowly rotated in the silver nitrate solution.

With each rotation, the black oxidation marks on its surface peeled off a little, and its light shone even brighter.

In less than half a minute, the outer shell was completely peeled off, and the rare material turned into a "diamond" resembling a cat's eye, a hundred times more dazzling than an ordinary Spirit Transformation Nerve Ball.

"This is—"

Everyone's eyes were dazzled by this mysterious cat's eye diamond.

Meng Chao breathed a sigh of relief, his protective suit soaked in cold sweat.

"This is a 'Crystallized Nerve Ball', even rarer and more precious than a Spirit Transformation Nerve Ball, with a market price of about... one million." He held his father's hand and said softly.

If it were an ordinary Spirit Transformation Nerve Ball, Meng Chao wouldn't have been so surprised. He would have explained it clearly at the time, so as not to worry his father.

But how to identify a variant of the Spirit Transformation Nerve Ball, the "Crystallized Nerve Ball" that appears with a probability of less than 1%, was definitely not a skill that a high school student could learn from a biology teacher or the internet.

If his dad wanted to get to the bottom of it, it would be really difficult to explain.

Having found a suitable way, Meng Chao didn't mind sharing some secrets with his family.

In fact, he was indeed planning to talk to his family after the day was over and he had sorted out his thoughts, so that his family wouldn't always worry about his injuries.

But at that time, there were still so many Harvesters watching.

Moreover, Meng Chao's memory fragments were mottled, and many skills were fragmented. He wasn't sure whether it was a "Spirit Transformation Nerve Ball" or a "Crystallized Nerve Ball".

He only had a 10% certainty about the latter.

Therefore, he planned to rest for a while, and then find an excuse, such as... he was so scared that he wet himself and needed to wear a diaper, to get his dad to a corner, so the two of them could communicate privately and take a closer look.

Who knew that at this time, he heard the dying roar of the "Seven-Star Dragon Wolf Spider". He was eager to dig up his first pot of gold, so he naturally couldn't care about this rare material that didn't belong to him.

After all, even the harvesting fee for a Crystallized Nerve Ball was only tens of thousands of yuan.

Unexpectedly, after so many twists and turns, this rare material was really a Crystallized Nerve Ball, and it fell into his hands!