Dug Up by the Roots

"One million!"

Hearing this number, all the Harvesters were shocked.

Qin Hu's face darkened, and Gu Ming and Shen Rongfa both shivered.

Meng Chao completely ignored them, earnestly explaining to his father, "Dad, I admit, I was indeed tempted to study it at the time. After all, I had only heard of something like a 'Crystallized Nerve Ball' and wasn't sure what it was, so I really wanted to learn about it.

"However, Dad, you taught me well. One should be upright. We can't take what isn't ours. Let Manager Gu and Manager Shen worry about what this thing is.

"Including just now, we had a conflict with Manager Shen, but one thing is separate from another. The material belongs to them, and I can't steal it. That's why I suggested splitting it in half. If it really is a Crystallized Nerve Ball, we could each earn hundreds of thousands, wouldn't that be great?

"Who knew Manager Shen wouldn't accept my proposal at all, and Manager Gu didn't even bother to look at the material. I had no choice but to buy the material back at great risk. If I lose, I'll accept it. If I win, I'll win fair and square, right?"

Hearing this, Meng Yishan finally breathed a sigh of relief. He and his old brothers looked at each other, their wrinkled faces filled with smiles.

Shen Rongfa and Manager Gu felt worse than if they had eaten three pounds of fly dung.

The two didn't dare to look at Qin Hu's expression at all, and could only glare at Meng Chao.

Qin Hu laughed in anger.

"Your name is Meng Chao, a very interesting high school student. Tiger Lord will remember you." He looked at the increasing number of onlookers around him, his face twitching, and said in a deep voice, "Take your Crystallized Nerve Ball and leave!"

The Crystallized Nerve Ball gave the Harvesters confidence. They were no longer as lost as before, and followed the Meng family, father and son, out with their heads held high.

"Wait!"

Just then, the leader of another harvesting team affiliated with Jiu Xin called out, "Old Meng, what are you planning to do next?"

"Old Li, you..." Meng Yishan was a little surprised.

Meng Chao blinked and interjected, "My dad has found a new corpse source, and now we have start-up capital. We're going to do it ourselves!"

"Really have a new corpse source?" The leader Li's eyes lit up. After pondering for a moment, he gritted his teeth and said, "Brother Meng, how many corpse sources do you have? Can you take us with you?"

Meng Yishan was slightly stunned. After thinking about it carefully, it wasn't surprising.

Under Shen Rongfa's management, Jiu Xin was very harsh on the affiliated harvesting teams, and everyone dared to be angry but didn't dare to speak out.

But there is a limit to patience. If it really exceeds the bottom line, who wouldn't work for someone else? A man with hands and feet wouldn't starve to death, would he?

Today's incident, even if the material was really broken by Meng Yishan, is very common during harvesting—originally, if Meng Chao hadn't been quick, the Golden Ghost would have rotted, and no material would have been salvaged.

At this time, a manager who knows how to behave would often wave his hand and say a few words, at most symbolically deduct a few performance bonuses. How could someone with the surname Shen be so stubborn?

Many Harvesters had deep grievances against Shen Rongfa. This leader Li had complained a lot while drinking together. Today's incident was the last straw that broke the camel's back. He really couldn't bear it anymore.

Meng Yishan understood leader Li's feelings, but it concerned the livelihoods of many Harvesters, so he had to carefully consider his son's words. A new corpse source?

Meng Chao went all out.

If it wasn't necessary, he didn't want to provoke Qin Hu, this Superhuman.

Therefore, he had proposed that everyone split it in half, so that if they really opened a "Crystallized Nerve Ball", they wouldn't have to go too far.

After buying the material, if he hadn't been afraid of delaying too long and affecting the quality, he wouldn't have chosen to open it in front of Qin Hu.

But he'd already offended the man, so what was there to fear?

War was about to escalate, and what would be most lacking then wouldn't be corpse sources, but skilled Harvesters.

If he wanted to grow bigger and stronger, he had to fight with all his might every time an opportunity arose. How could a mere Qin Hu stop him from firmly grasping his destiny in his own hands!

"Uncle Li, we definitely don't lack corpse sources here. Don't even mention your Harvester team; even if three or five more teams came, everyone would have work to do, money to earn, and live a hundred times more comfortably!" Meng Chao said decisively.

Meng Yishan didn't know what was going on with his son, but he knew that his son would never speak without purpose, so he nodded and stood behind his son.

"Good!"

Team Leader Li might not really believe Meng Chao, but he definitely couldn't stay at Jiu Xin any longer. He tore open his protective suit and said loudly, "Tiger Lord, my Harvester team has been affiliated with your company for several years. During this time, thanks to you and Manager Shen's care, we've gotten along well. But all good things must come to an end. We'll stay until the end of this month. Is that okay with you?"

"Old Meng and Old Li are leaving?"

The other Harvester teams affiliated with Jiu Xin, although they didn't openly tear up the relationship like Meng Yishan and Team Leader Li, the team leaders and their men were also whispering to each other, their eyes flickering uncertainly.

It seemed that if Meng Chao could really find enough new corpse sources, they might very well jump ship.

Shen Rongfa and Manager Gu didn't expect that Meng Chao, a teenager who hadn't even graduated from high school, could stir up such a big wave.

The two of them felt a wave of darkness before their eyes, not knowing what to do.

Qin Hu's eyes, on the other hand, revealed a fierce light.

He could endure the matter of a mere Crystallized Nerve Ball for a few more days.

But this kid, with just a few words, might pull away more than half of the skilled workers in his company.

This little bastard was trying to dig up his roots!

"Kid, Tiger Lord already let you walk away with the Crystallized Nerve Ball, but you don't know the principle of knowing when to stop. Relying on you guys to do it yourselves? Heh, it seems you don't know how deep the water is here!"

Qin Hu chuckled strangely, and a series of firecracker-like bone explosions came from his cloak.

Meng Yishan and the others suddenly changed color.

The power of a Superhuman was truly astonishing.

Meng Chao, however, remained unmoved, certain that Qin Hu wouldn't dare to make a move in public.

As for a few days later?

In a few days, he would contribute more to this society, his strength would skyrocket, and he would still be afraid of a Descending Mountain Tiger?

Qin Hu indeed didn't dare to act rashly in public.

He could only condense his killing intent, stabbing towards Meng Chao's face like a blade.

In his heart, he was secretly surprised. What material was this kid's nerves made of? How could he have no reaction at all? Was he really that slow?

After building up tension for so long without being able to scare Meng Chao, and feeling a bit awkward, he suddenly heard an old, laughing voice, "Little friend Meng, we're here."

Qin Hu was furious, "Who is it!"

He saw an old man and a young man strolling over from the street corner, unhurriedly, not at all intimidated by his aura, but instead staring at him with curiosity, as if sizing up a violent wild boar.

Qin Hu was about to explode when Gu Ming pulled him back.

"Ning, Ning..." Gu Ming stammered.

"What 'Ning, Ning'? What's wrong with you again?" Qin Hu roared.

"White-Haired Ghost Hand, Ning Shewo, Master Ning!" Gu Ming exclaimed excitedly.

"Ghost Hand Ning?" Qin Hu stared intently.

He didn't recognize Ning Shewo.

But he recognized the handsome man with slightly flirtatious eyes, wearing a white biochemical combat suit and carrying a long sword behind the grandfather and grandson.

Qin Hu gasped, his face full of excess fat with nowhere to put it. He trembled for a long time before managing a fawning smile and trotting over, "Brother Peng, what brings you here!"

Zhang Yupeng, the vice-captain of the Thunder Battle Team, looked at him for a long time, then recalled, "Tiger, is that you?"

"Little Tiger, just call me Little Tiger. How dare I be called 'Tiger' in front of Brother Peng?"

Qin Hu rubbed his hands, bent his waist, and smiled obsequiously, "I was fortunate enough to hunt the Hell Beast 'Nine-Winged Golden Eagle' with the Thunder Battle Team last year. Brother Peng's earth-shattering sword was simply amazing. I didn't expect Brother Peng to remember me. Really, ah, really..."

Zhang Yupeng smiled, "I'm fine. It's just that Old Ning said he has a young friend here, and I'm accompanying Old Ning to see if there's an opportunity for cooperation."

Ghost Hand Ning's young friend!

Qin Hu looked at Meng Chao with suspicion.

Seeing Meng Chao chatting and laughing with Ning Shewo, and even very familiarly asking Ning Shewo to appraise the Crystallized Nerve Ball, like a friendship that transcended generations.

Qin Hu felt like he'd been punched hard in the face, and only then did he realize he was blind.

No, it wasn't that he was blind, it was that Gu Ming and Shen Rongfa, these two good-for-nothing, counterproductive wastes, especially Shen Rongfa!

Qin Hu glared fiercely at Shen Rongfa.

Shen Rongfa shivered, wishing he could find a crack in the ground to hide in.

Now that things had come to this, Qin Hu naturally couldn't use force.

Both were Superhuman battle teams that hunted monsters, but the "Thunder Battle Team" was several times larger than their "Mad Blade Squad," and he couldn't afford to make an enemy of them head-on.

He could only suppress the bleeding knife in his heart, put on a smiling face, and wish Meng Chao all the best.

Meng Chao pinched Meng Yishan's waist, bringing his father back to his senses.

"Let's go, we'll find a quiet place with Old Ning and Captain Zhang to chat."

Just as everyone was about to leave, Meng Chao suddenly thought of something, turned back, and strode towards Shen Rongfa.

Shen Rongfa was so frightened that he burrowed into the ground like an earthworm.

"Manager Shen, don't be afraid, I'm quite gentle, I just want to get back what's mine."

Meng Chao reached out and raised his voice, "In order for me to work at Jiu Xin, you took 10,000 yuan in shopping cards from my dad. Originally, if it was voluntary, that would be fine, but now I don't plan to work at Jiu Xin for even a minute. Please return the shopping cards to me!"

Shen Rongfa was dumbfounded.

He had completely forgotten about this.

Qin Hu was also dumbfounded.

In front of the Thunder Battle Team's vice-captain, he was haggling over a ten thousand yuan shopping card. Didn't "Descending Mountain Tiger" need to save face?

Ning Xueshi couldn't hold it in and burst out laughing.

The silver bell-like laughter drilled into Qin Hu's ears, like thunder, making his tiger eyes crack: "Shen, Rongfa!"

Shen Rongfa trembled as he presented the shopping card.

Meng Chao snatched it away, completely satisfied, and thought for a moment: "Oh, there's one more thing. Tomorrow, my dad and the other uncles will come to the company to settle everything. I remember you've always deducted insurance from their wages, saying that it's all paid according to the highest standards for high-risk jobs, so you must have the original insurance policies here, right?

"Please prepare all the documents. We'll pay it ourselves from now on. Come over tomorrow, and everyone will check them one by one. The accounts will be clear, with evidence, to avoid future disputes.

"That's all. Sorry for the trouble, Manager Shen, and thank you, President Qin."

Meng Chao stuffed the shopping card into his pocket and strode away without looking back.

Watching the backs of the departing group, Qin Hu's eyebrows furrowed so tightly that he could squeeze gasoline out of them.

Turning his head to look at his brother-in-law's panicked expression, he thought for a moment and asked in disbelief, "You son of a bitch, you wouldn't have even cheated on the employee insurance, would you?"

"Brother-in-law, let me explain."

Shen Rongfa was scared out of his wits. Ignoring the severe pain in his cheeks, he said with snot and tears, "I, I was just confused for a moment..."

"What use do I have for you!"

Qin Hu slapped Shen Rongfa's swollen, pig-like head.

Ten times louder than Meng Chao's slap.

Shen Rongfa screamed, spun around seven or eight times, and the blood he spat out was a white mess.

The teeth that Meng Chao had kindly left for him were all knocked out by Qin Hu.