Perhaps moved by Xu Nan's steadfast attitude toward contributing to the organization, Ophy quickly secured sufficient compensation for him.
The long-delayed first batch of aid supplies from Lost Paradise also arrived the following day.
First came a huge batch of sturdy, durable high-grade humanoid alchemical items—actually, ten thousand mid-grade Inflatable Puppets!
When Xu Nan first received those ten thousand Inflatable Puppets, he thought Lost Paradise's officials had made a mistake. What use did he have for Inflatable Puppets?
Not to mention that these Inflatable Puppets seemed to vary wildly in quality. No matter how he looked at them, they seemed like defective products eliminated for failing quality inspection.
Xu Nan figured Lost Paradise's officials were trying to pull one over on him. But very quickly, he realized what these Inflatable Puppets were good for!
Though the puppets themselves were not particularly valuable, these ten thousand Inflatable Puppets were genuinely useful alchemical items for Xu Nan right now.
"From an operating-cost perspective, Inflatable Puppets are practically a one-time investment. Activating this batch will barely consume any energy."
"Anonymous City and Wildfire City have only just fallen under Stephenson's banner. My control over the Northern Ice Plains is far too weak. That simply doesn't live up to Stephenson's name, and problems will inevitably arise if this continues."
"But with this batch of puppets, things will be much better... So that's why Ophy kept using these ugly freaks to make up the numbers."
Having figured it out, Xu Nan quickly activated five thousand Inflatable Puppets and deployed them into the endless underground spaces near Anonymous City!
Especially around several planned mining sites, he set the puppets to wander and patrol. That meant that as long as nothing unexpected happened, these puppets would be his most loyal patrol soldiers!
Imagine it: in a dark