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Seeing that Tan Yashuang had been held in check for the moment, Chen Zhang steered the discussion back on course at just the right time. "Since Brother Tang is frank by nature and prefers to open the skylight and speak plainly, I'll lay out our position and proposals directly."
He paused and raised one finger.
"Option one: keep the existing structure largely unchanged, but integrate it into the new order. The Rusty Brotherhood can continue maintaining everyday order and defending the Rust-Eaten Corridor. You've operated here for years, know the environment and its potential risks, and have extensive experience."
Chen Zhang deliberately emphasized their role before changing tack. "However, our four families-the Chen, Yang, Ximen, and Ma-will formally establish a presence in the Rust-Eaten Corridor, setting up representative offices and gaining inspection rights."
"In exchange, the Rusty Brotherhood must no longer charge tolls or protection fees of any kind when caravans, personnel, or supplies affiliated with our Soul Fighting City faction pass through the Rust-Eaten Corridor."
"At the same time, our four families will take thirty percent of the corridor's toll revenue and other associated profits."
As the central trunk route of the Canopy District's underground network, the Rust-Eaten Corridor was no mere tunnel.
Most of it followed naturally formed underground caverns, networks of fissures, and surviving ancient mine passages, painstakingly connected, widened, and reinforced through the enormous expenditure of manpower and resources by successive occupants.
It connected vital underground hubs and Underground Black Markets across several nearby areas, making it a genuine "major artery" of transportation for the Underworld of the Canopy District, and even Heaven Dou City as a whole.
In a world dominated by soul power like the Douluo Continent, there were no astonishingly