Distributing Star Fruits

Chapter 38: Distributing Star Fruit

On the screen at the long conference table, the Satellite Department's footage showed the current situation in Yun City.

Lin Manjiao, the head of the Satellite Department, stood up and said, "Mr. Gu, according to satellite scans, Yun City currently has a total of 365 small Star Trees. Each small Star Tree grows approximately one thousand Fourth Order Star Monsters and one Fifth Order Star Monster every hour. As time passes, their growth rate will slow down, but their level will also increase."

She didn't know how to address Gu Qijue, so she could only call him Mr. Gu.

Li Yue, the head of the Information Department, said, "Once these Star Monsters detach from the trees, they head straight for our shelter, as if something is commanding them. Their target is very clear."

Ji Shang said, "We'll block the soldiers when they come and cover the water when it floods. How long can the food in our shelter sustain all the survivors?"

Times have changed; even a high school student could sit here and issue orders.

"The shelter has rice paddies and vegetable patches, along with our stored food. We can last for about a year at most."

Gao Luo, the head of the Collection Department, sighed and said, "After a year, we'll have to worry about food. The grain grown in the shelter's rice paddies simply can't support so many survivors."

In this apocalypse, food cannot regenerate, and the meat of mutated creatures is inedible. Every bit consumed is a bit less.

Gu Qijue listened to their reports, tapping his fingers lightly on the table, and said calmly, "Then turn Mu Qingxue's shelter into rice paddies. Dispatch a group of Super Martial Artists to guard it."

"This plan is feasible!"

Everyone's eyes lit up upon hearing this, and they nodded in agreement.

Gu Qijue lit a cigarette for himself and said indifferently:

"Where is Lin Zhengxiao? Bring him in to see me."

"Also, Chu Mengxi, bring her up too."

"Someone, bring Lin Zhengxiao in."

Ye Zhanguo immediately shouted outside the door, then gave a wry smile, "Chu Mengxi... committed suicide!!"

"Yes!"

A deputy waiting outside the door responded and left.

Before Gu Qijue could speak, Wu Jiao snorted, "She got off easy. She had a bright future ahead of her and chose to court death instead!"

"Boss, what about her family... how should we handle them?"

Ji Shang hesitated and said, "Her Younger Sister, Chu Yue, is my classmate... could we..."

"Oh, you have a relationship with her Younger Sister?" Gu Qijue looked at him with interest.

Ji Shang scratched his head. "A little... I'm an orphan, many people look down on me, only she..."

"Forget it. Just get rid of Chu Beixuan. As for her Younger Sister and mother, it's up to you how you handle them!"

Gu Qijue had originally wanted to kill her entire family in front of Chu Mengxi, but since she was already dead, killing her family wouldn't bring him any satisfaction.

Of course, the biggest reason was due to Ji Shang's connection.

"Thank you, Boss!" Ji Shang said gratefully.

"Gu Qijue, you beast, I'm going to kill you!!"

Suddenly, at this moment, a man wearing red Super Martial Armor barged in from outside, roaring.

"Xiao Chen, don't be rude!" Lin Manjiao was so scared she almost lost her soul.

This was her only son!

"Courting death!"

Gu Qijue looked up and flicked his cigarette butt, which, enveloped in a bolt of lightning, shot through the air.

Bang! Thwip--

The cigarette butt, crackling with lightning, forcefully shattered the man's helmet and pierced through his forehead.

In an instant, he was dead.

"Ah!!!"

Seeing this, Lin Manjiao couldn't accept it and fainted with a scream.

"Who is this person, and why did he want to kill me?" Gu Qijue asked expressionlessly, as if he had just crushed an ant.

"Ahem! He was Chu Mengxi's boyfriend, and also Minister Lin's son..." Ye Zhanguo coughed lightly and said.

Gu Qijue said calmly, "He's quite devoted. Take this body and Minister Lin away. If Minister Lin resents me for killing her son, then kill her too."

As several soldiers came in to carry Lin Manjiao and her son out.

Bai Jingyi quickly entered from outside and reported to Gu Qijue, "Director Gu, all Super Martial Artists have been assembled in the combat hall, waiting for you."

"In that case, Lin Zhengxiao is missing. Just throw him out to feed the monsters!"

Gu Qijue heard this, stood up, and walked outside.

Bai Jingyi, Wu Jiao, Ji Shang, and Bai Fox followed closely behind.

Watching them leave, Ye Zhanguo said, "Although he's brutal, he's fair to his own people. Li Yun, go and talk to Lin Manjiao. If she dares to resent Mr. Gu, then..."

He made a throat-slitting gesture at the end.

"Yes!"

Li Yun, the head of the Collection Department, nodded and left.

In the Operations Hall, a total of 3,052 Super Martial Artists were seated neatly.

In addition, there were over a hundred strange creatures, about a hundred Evil Seeds, and Calamity-tier mutated evolvers.

Shortly after, Gu Qijue walked out from the backstage with the White Fox and others.

"Director Gu!"

Seeing Gu Qijue arrive, the more than three thousand Super Martial Artists present all stood up and shouted with immense respect.

In their hearts, Gu Qijue had become a god-like existence.

Gu Qijue took his seat at the head of the hall.

He raised his hand to signal everyone to sit down before speaking, "You are all the pillars of humanity's future, and I am very pleased that you do not look at me, an anomaly who is neither human nor monster, with strange eyes."

"In our eyes, Director Gu has never been an anomaly!"

Upon hearing this, everyone responded loudly and earnestly.

Gu Qijue nodded slightly at the voices around him and said, "However, some so-called high-ranking officials in Shangdu do not think so. If you continue to follow me, you might one day become enemies with all of humanity. I wonder... are you all prepared?"

"We will not actively oppose humanity, but if they target Director Gu, then they are targeting us." The more than three thousand Super Martial Artists shouted with murderous intent.

Gu Qijue smiled slightly, "Very good, excellent. We have harvested quite a few Star Fruits this time. Each person gets one hundred and ten. Line up to collect them!"

Upon hearing this, everyone lined up, taking out their sacks to prepare for the fruit.

A total of 580,000.

Each person received 120.

Adding the 121 strange creatures and 153 mutated evolvers.

The total number was 3,326.

580,000 Star Fruits were distributed, totaling 365,860.

Over 220,000 remained, which would be allocated to the high-tier combatants later.

Everyone was already content to receive over a hundred.

It took more than two hours to complete the distribution.

Then, Gu Qijue took out another 40,000 Star Fruits and distributed them to the Emperor Tier Super Martial Artists present.

There were a total of 210 Emperor Tier Super Martial Artists.

The Saint Tier Super Martial Artists were: Ji Shang, Zhu Hongyu, Xu Qing, Zhang Rui, and Situ Bao.

The Calamity-tier included: Meng Bao, Scarlet Emperor, Tiger Emperor, Insect Emperor, Eagle Emperor, and Ant Emperor, all of whom were top-tier Calamity-tier beings.

"Are you willing to follow me?" Gu Qijue asked the Tiger Emperor, Insect Emperor, Eagle Emperor, and Ant Emperor, speaking softly.

"Willing! The outside world is very dangerous now."

The four Emperors stepped forward in unison.

"Very good, here are an extra thousand for each of you!"

Gu Qijue waved his hand, and a pile of Star Fruits appeared before them.

"Thank you, Director Gu!" The four Emperors were overjoyed and expressed their gratitude.

"Heh heh! Director Gu, we'll just take these hundred or so, as we can devour those Star Monsters outside."

When Gu Qijue's gaze fell upon the more than one hundred strange creatures, they indicated they did not need any more allocations.

On their way back, they had tried devouring Star Creatures and were surprised to find them even more delicious than humans.

"Is that so? I haven't tried it yet..."

Hearing them say this, Gu Qijue also wanted to go out and try devouring Star Monsters to see if he could evolve.

"Yes! Director Gu, we'll be going now. From now on, we will not devour humans, and we ask that you do not hunt us."

"Go ahead!"

Gu Qijue did not force them to stay.

"Heh, farewell!"

The hundred or so strange creatures left in a grand procession.

Afterward, Gu Qijue also gave an extra thousand Star Fruits to Zhu Hongyu, Xu Qing, Zhang Rui, and Situ Bao.

Only Gu Qijue's close confidants remained here.

Zhao Hu, White Fox, Bai Jingyi, Su Qian, Ji Shang, Tang Huang, Wu Jiao, Meng Bao, Lu Hao, Wu Hai. Unfortunately, Zhang Feng, Li Si, and several other student Super Martial Artists had died.

They had all faced the test of death.

Only Zhao Hu, White Fox, Bai Jingyi, Su Qian, Ji Shang, Tang Huang, Wu Jiao, Meng Bao, Lu Hao, and Wu Hai were alive now. Gu Qijue would certainly not be stingy with them.

He gave each of them an additional five thousand coins.

Gu Qijue now only had a little over 107,000 Star Fruits left on him.

After distributing the fruits, everyone excitedly returned to consume them and cultivate.

After this day, the overall strength of all Super Martial Artists in this shelter would increase by several levels.

In the future, Gu Qijue might face a joint pursuit from Super Martial Artists, Ancient Martial Artists, Vampires, Werewolves, Ninjas, Superhumans, and even strange creatures and mutated creatures from all of humanity.

The result predicted by that old turtle, which consumed thousands of years of its lifespan, was definitely not wrong.

Gu Qijue returned to his residence, a three-story detached villa.

He called out in his heart, "Xiao Yao, are you there? Answer me."

Ever since the second day of the apocalypse, after picking some mutation fruits, Xiao Yao had been as good as gone.

It had been almost two days, and he hadn't received any response.

Still getting no response, Gu Qijue shook his head, unfurled the Twin Dragons on his back, and consumed Star Fruits to evolve...

He just assumed it was sleeping.

Do you guys think Xiao Yao is still inside Gu Qijue!

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