You Have No Right to Ask

"Two choices." After glancing at the well-dressed staff officer beside Lu Yi, Yang Tian spoke first. "First, your group pays the standard admission fee. Second, since your Jianyi Base lies within Anluo City, meaning it falls under General Chu Han's jurisdiction, you can sign a contract of submission with our Wolf Fang Base. Then we'll treat you as residents of Anluo City and give you a fifty percent discount."

Upon hearing those two conditions, the group of Tier 2 New Humans who had come from Jianyi Base all revealed surprised expressions, and uneasy discussion immediately broke out.

"We still have to pay admission?"

"This is the first time I've heard of that."

"We came with the commander. They aren't going to make us pay out of our own pockets, are they?"

"The question is, how much is the admission fee?"

"Wind Flower Snow Moon City is built so luxuriously. It looks expensive. It probably won't be cheap."

Lu Yi cleared his throat and was just about to respond—

"How is the admission fee calculated?" someone beside Lu Yi suddenly spoke first. He was dressed in clothes that were clearly quite expensive, spotless from head to toe, entirely unlike the dusty, bedraggled New Humans around him. As soon as he spoke, his eyes carried arrogance and an air of entitlement, as if he did not regard Lu Yi, the true leader of Jianyi Base, as worthy of notice.

Yang Tian gave the man a meaningful glance, then turned his smiling gaze toward Lu Yi. "Lieutenant General Lu, this gentleman wouldn't happen to be some general, would he?"

The implication in Yang Tian's words was obvious. A mere lieutenant general's staff officer had actually stolen the spotlight and interrupted him. Was he some general, to have such authority?

Lu Yi was thrilled