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Tian Man spotted the notoriously burly man in the community, and beads of sweat immediately rolled down his forehead. "Liuzi, run!"
Luo Liuzi couldn't utter a single word and followed Tian Man, running wildly towards the logging camp.
Cui Jiao spotted it immediately and roared, "Chase!"
After saying that, five or six thugs followed him and chased after Tian Man and Luo Liuzi.
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Song Xiaozhu and Qiu Shuyu walked out of the logging camp. After taking only a few steps, Song Xiaozhu suddenly stopped. Qiu Shuyu stopped a couple of beats later. "Xiaozhu, what's wrong?"
Song Xiaozhu remained silent, listening to the sudden notification sound:
"To trigger Growth Quest 5, please select:"
"Task A: Head quickly to Liu Family Village, avoid pursuers, reward 10 Quantum Coin, 20 Repair Points."
"Task B: Rescue 2 employees, reward 20 Quantum Coin, 10 Repair Points."
The notification tone contained a great deal of information, and Song Xiaozhu understood what was going on in a flash.
Mission A, which seems straightforward, actually requires sacrificing two lives to escape alive.
Task B, on the other hand, is the opposite.
Whether it's task A or task B, they are essentially facing the same issue, only the responses are different.
After a little thought, Song Xiaozhu knew who this so-called employee *2 was.
Tian Man and Luo Liuzi.
Her already meager Leadership Value were all boosted by the two of them.
Are they in danger?
Old Madam Hu discovered the axe and sent people to arrest them.
Or something else, like Polluted Beast.
Qiu Shuyu: "Xiaozhu?"
Song Xiaozhu gritted her teeth and chose task B.
Putting everything else aside, for the Leadership Value, we can't just stand by and watch someone die.
Song Xiaozhu: "Sister Shuyu, let's wait a bit before we leave."
Qiu Shuyu: "?"
Song Xiaozhu: "I have a feeling that Tian Man and Luo Liuzi will come. If they happen to come, we'll go to Liu Family Village together."
Qiu Shuyu blinked, full of doubts, but trusting Song Xiaozhu, she didn't ask anything more.
In terms of judging people, Song Xiaozhu is far superior to her.
She must have figured out what Tian Man and Luo Liuzi were thinking, knowing they would come...
Song Xiaozhu turned and went back to the logging camp. Mu Qing was still there and saw her coming from behind. "What's wrong? Is there still a problem with the contract?"
Song Xiaozhu shook her head, looked at him, and said, "Mr. Mu, I'll give you the first week's orders for free."
Mu Qing: "What happened?"
Song Xiaozhu naturally couldn't reveal her "foresight," she only said, "I have two friends, um, Tian Man and Luo Liuzi, who helped me sell the axe. They're still in the community... I was thinking, since Mr. Mu discovered the difference in the axe, I guess District Chief Hu has also noticed it."
Mu Qing: "Don't worry, with Hu Yuan's limited knowledge, there's no way she would know about the ' All-Purpose Craftsman '."
This point Song Xiao
Bamboo knows what's going on.
She already knew this from her conversation with Bai Jing: the secrets of All-Purpose Category Awakened are extremely high. Not to mention the area below this Garbage Mountain, even within the Ink City Fortress, there are probably not many people who know about it.
Bai Jing and Mu Qing are both extremely special individuals.
The former's identity is unknown, while the latter's identity is of high rank.
Despite being a local tyrant in the community, Old Madam Hu is just a low-level clerk in Ink City.
Song Xiaozhu shook her head. "What I'm worried about is that she'll make things difficult for Tian Man and Luo Liuzi."
Mu Qing, who lived at the Garbage Mountain, had heard about Old Madam Hu's personality. "Possibly."
Song Xiaozhu looked at him and said, "I would like to ask Mr. Mu, if they run to the logging camp, could you step in and stop them?"
Mu Qing understood her meaning and replied, "It's their job; they are lumberyard workers."
Just as the two finished their conversation, footsteps could be heard outside.
Mu Qing had keen hearing. The reason he didn't move was because the footsteps of the approaching people were chaotic, indicating that they were just a group of ordinary people and posed no danger.
Qiu Shuyu spotted them immediately and called out, "Tian Man, Liuzi, why are you running?"
When Tian Man and Luo Liuzi saw Qiu Shuyu, they almost burst into tears of joy. "Xiao Qiu, Song... Song... cough, it was Cui Jiao who chased us. He said we violated the community rules and wanted to take us back to the detention center..."
Hearing the commotion outside, Song Xiaozhu breathed a sigh of relief.
Fortunately, it was Old Madam Hu's people, not the Polluted Beast.
Mu Qing said to Song Xiaozhu, "Wait."
Song Xiaozhu nodded vigorously.
Mu Qing pushed open the door and went out, only to see Qiu Shuyu holding an iron axe, facing Cui Jiao and the five or six burly men behind him.
Cui Jiao was Old Madam Hu's confidant, and his main responsibility was managing the gang of thugs that Old Madam Hu kept.
He was tall and muscular, with a hard and fierce expression on his face; he was intimidating just by standing there.
Even Qiu Shuyu seemed less imposing when facing him.
When Cui Jiao saw Mu Qing, he was very polite. "Boss Mu."
Mu Qing said, "Manager Cui, this is a logging camp. Leave everything to me."
Cui Jiao: "The district head ordered that these two people violated the community rules and must be taken back."
Mu Qing cut to the chase and said bluntly, "They are my workers. If District Chief Hu wants to interrogate them, we'll talk about it when they get back."
The implication is that...
They were his men at the logging camp, and unless they returned to the community, they weren't considered residents of the community.
Old Madam Hu can interrogate community residents, but she can't interrogate the lumberyard workers.
Cui Jiao looked like a rough man, but having risen to this position, he wasn't entirely without tact. He cupped his hands and said, "In that case, we'll head back first. With Boss Mu's words, we can report back."
Cui Jiao turned around and whispered to the person beside him, "Go!"
After saying that, the group left the logging camp.
With a thud, Luo Liuzi collapsed to the ground, utterly disregarding his image.