Several days later.
Zhu Yanbing lay in the grass some distance away, looking through his monocular at the "ruins" of Mingzhu City. "Talk about a letdown. An Infinite-Tier Ability User... and this is what he does? Is scavenging that much fun?"
"Maybe he just likes scavenging," Zhu Sanchi said with a laugh.
"Don't let your guard down, either of you," Zhu Rina said flatly. "If he spots us, we're all dead!"
They were there mainly because the Beast-Taming Zhu Family's information had fallen badly behind. Zhu Taihao and Zhu Chengmian had agreed that once Zhang Ping dealt with Situ Shibai, Zhu Taihao would allow Zhu Chengmian to blast Zhang Ping to death with the Flare Cannon.
The problem was that no one knew when Zhang Ping would finish dealing with Situ Shibai.
At first, the Beast-Taming Zhu Family had assigned only a logistics team to the task. Then a torrential downpour blocked their view, and by the time it stopped, Zhang Ping had vanished.
When the team finally found him again, Zhang Ping was already hunting for treasure in the Mingzhu City Ruins.
One thing needed explaining.
Sunfire Base had an ironclad rule: the Flare Cannon could strike anywhere on the planet except one place. It could not target Mingzhu City!
The reason was simple. When the Fire of the Sun was built, the Beast-Taming Zhu Family's headquarters had been in Mingzhu City, along with all its direct-line members.
What ruler of the Beast-Taming Zhu Family would allow a weapon to be aimed at himself?
So the Flare Cannon at Sunfire Base could neither target nor attack Mingzhu City. That restriction had been built in from the start, and even Zhu Taihao could not change it unless he tore down the entire base and rebuilt it.
If Zhu Chengmian wanted