At the Supply Base, Villa A6 had temporarily become a resting place for the Phantom Squad.
"Brother Zhou!" Captain Chu Tian sat on the sofa and asked with a smile, "That Wang Tianxing just now wanted to buy monster materials, right? So, did you agree?"
"Captain!" Zhou Zheng nodded, then told Yang Wu and the others what Wang Tianxing had said.
"The Black Wind Squad?" Chu Tian thought for a moment. "I remember they're affiliated with the HR Alliance. Weren't they always active in City 031? Why have they come to City 023 now?"
Zhou Zheng nodded. "The Black Wind Squad is indeed part of the HR Alliance. They've probably come to City 023 because their strength has improved!"
"In that case, Brother Zhou, take the materials from an Elementary Beast General-level monster over to them!" Chu Tian said after a moment's thought. "They came away empty-handed this time, partly because of us. Tell them I, Chu Tian, am inviting them for a drink!"
At Chu Tian's words, everyone except Yang Wu smiled knowingly.
In the Wilderness Area, more friends meant more options, while more enemies meant more danger.
An Elementary Beast General was nothing special to either the Phantom Squad or the Black Wind Squad. But the gesture showed the Phantom Squad's attitude, and as long as the Black Wind Squad wasn't stupid, they wouldn't blame the Phantom Squad over this matter.
"Yes, Captain!" Zhou Zheng took out the intact materials from an Elementary Beast General-level Tiger Mastiff and headed to the Black Wind Squad's resting place.
When Zhou Zheng returned, everyone was having lunch.
"Captain!" Zhou Zheng said with a smile. "The people from the Black Wind Squad were pretty polite. At first, they refused to accept the monster materials no matter what. They only took them after I kept insisting!"
Clearly, there were no fools in the Black Wind Squad. The matter was settled.
After lunch.
"Let's not talk about the Black Wind Squad. Let's eat first! Once we're done, we'll sort out the monster materials from this trip to the Wilderness Area!" Chu Tian said with a smile. "We were out for more than half a month this time and hunted a total of eight Advanced Beast General-level monsters, 28 Intermediate Beast General-level monsters, and 146 Elementary Beast General-level monsters. We made a tidy profit!"
When the Phantom Squad went to the Wilderness Area, they usually hunted only five or six Advanced Beast General-level monsters. Although they had encountered an attack from a Lord-level Monster this time, they had also gained the materials from three more Advanced Beast Generals.
In terms of value alone, an Advanced Beast General could be worth dozens of times as much as an Elementary Beast General!
"The total value of these monster materials is around five billion Huaxia Currency!"
"Everyone worked hard on this hunt! Here's what I suggest: Zheng Tao, Wang Zhi, Yang Wu, and Xiao Qing each get 13%, which is 650 million apiece. Zhou Zheng gets 18%, or 900 million. I'll take a little more—30%, or 1.5 billion." Chu Tian smiled at them. "Does anyone have a problem with that?"
Zhou Zheng and the others all nodded.
What was there to complain about?
Their shares were only 2% lower than before, while Captain Chu Tian's was down by 5%. In other words, most of Yang Wu's share came out of Captain Chu Tian's own portion.
"Captain!" Yang Wu called softly.
"Yang Wu, what is it?" Chu Tian asked with a smile when he heard him.
"Captain, I'm the weakest, yet I'm getting the same share as Brother Zheng, Brother Wang, and Sister Qing. Doesn't that seem unfair?" Yang Wu asked.
Although Yang Wu had worked hard to hunt monsters in the Wilderness Area, everyone had instinctively looked out for him during fights, leaving the weakest monsters for him to deal with or having him protect Lu Qing, who served as their firepower specialist.
So, when it came to the team's contributions, Yang Wu knew very well that his were undoubtedly the lowest.
"Haha!" Chu Tian laughed happily.
At first, Chu Tian had thought Yang Wu was unhappy because he and Zhou Zheng were getting bigger shares than the others, especially since Chu Tian's share was more than twice Yang Wu's.
He hadn't expected Yang Wu to think he was getting too much.
"Yang Wu!" Zhou Zheng said from beside them. "You joined the Phantom Squad and earned everyone's approval. That makes you our brother, someone we'd face life and death alongside. Why quibble over so much when we risk our lives together in the Wilderness Area? If you don't believe me, ask Zheng Tao and the other two whether they have a problem with it."
"Yang Wu, what's the big deal? Maybe in a year or so, you'll be stronger than me. If I get the same amount of money as you then, will I be getting too much?" Zheng Tao teased from the side.
Lu Qing smiled faintly as well. "Yang Wu, Tian's split is perfectly fair. Just accept it!"
Wang Zhi shook his head from beside them. "I don't mind."
Seeing this, Yang Wu could only accept their kindness.
Before long, Yang Wu and the others brought a large quantity of monster materials to the bearded officer Wang Tianxing's buying station and sold him more than half of it. Even so, they still had just under half of the materials left.
Under Wang Tianxing's reluctant gaze, the Phantom Squad members boarded the train back to the Base City with the remaining materials.
On the train.
Yang Wu couldn't help asking, "Brother Zhou, why didn't we sell all the monster materials to him just now?"
The price Wang Tianxing had offered was definitely above the usual market rate. Even if they took the remaining materials back to the Base City, they would only get about the same price. Besides, all the remaining materials in the Phantom Squad's hands were from Elementary Beast Generals; they didn't have a single Advanced or Intermediate Beast General's materials left.
"Take a guess!" Zhou Zheng joked, an unusual move for him.
The other members of the Phantom Squad only smiled without answering.
"Captain!" Yang Wu turned directly to Chu Tian.
"Yang Wu," Chu Tian said with a smile, "didn't you only buy the first level of World Destroyer before? Now that you've mastered it, aren't you planning to buy the rest of the manual?"
"This..." Yang Wu felt deeply moved.
He hadn't even thought about buying the manual, but the captain and the others had already considered it for him. Of course, that was also because he already had the first three levels of the manual.
Chu Tian continued, "To buy a manual at half price, you need to reach the required Contribution level. And you can't have someone else buy a manual on your behalf. I kept these monster materials so you could sell them to the Martial Arts Hall and earn Contribution Points!"
"But..." Yang Wu hesitated. "These monster materials are far too much!"
The share Yang Wu had been given was worth around 650 million Huaxia Currency, but the monster materials the Phantom Squad still had were worth far more than a billion.
"What would that little bit of monster material get you? It wouldn't even be enough for Two-Star Contribution! Besides, what you'd get from selling it to the Extreme Martial Arts Hall wouldn't be enough to buy the manual either!" Chu Tian said with a smile.
Yang Wu was stunned.
What could 500 or 600 million Huaxia Currency buy?
An Advanced Warrior-level martial artist might earn only that much after risking his life in the Wilderness Area for more than ten years.
Still, it was only natural for Chu Tian, an Advanced War General-level Spiritual Master who could go toe-to-toe with a Primary Lord Level monster, to say something like that.
"Yang Wu," Chu Tian said with a smile, "I set aside monster materials worth a billion Huaxia Currency from my own share to lend you. When we get back from the Wilderness Area next time, you'll have to pay me back!"
Monster materials worth a billion Huaxia Currency!
That fortune was enough to bankrupt an Advanced Warrior, though it was easy for Chu Tian to produce.
When the major factions had tried to recruit Yang Wu, Zhuge Tao had offered 150 million Huaxia Currency, and no one had challenged him.
But now Chu Tian was lending Yang Wu a full billion Huaxia Currency. He expected it to be paid back, of course, but such trust was rare. After all, Yang Wu had joined the Phantom Squad less than a month ago.
"Captain, I..." Yang Wu tried to refuse.
"Why are you being so fussy?" Chu Tian waved a hand. "It's not as if you, Yang Wu, would skip out on your debt!"
Wang Zhi watched from the side, finding the scene strangely familiar.
Because when he had first joined the Phantom Squad, he'd been treated the same way.
Having a captain like this really was great!
"No wonder all the materials were from Elementary Beast General-level monsters!"
Looking at the large quantity of monster materials in his backpack, Yang Wu felt a surge of emotion.
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