Gu Ming was the business manager of Prosperous Resource Recovery Company. He was the boss of all the harvesters.
In Meng Chao's memories, this person worked together with Shen Rongfa in his previous life and did a lot of immoral things.
The man in the bloody cloak behind him was the boss of the company. He was a superhuman known as Tiger Descended the Mountain, and he killed countless monsters, Qin Hu!
"Who beat Manager Shen up like this?!" Gu Ming jumped on his toes.
"Whimper!"
When he saw his brother-in-law, Shen Rongfa looked like a broken dog that had found its master. He ignored the pain and crawled to Qin Hu's feet.
The two bodyguards finally caught their breaths. They ran over in panic and told him what had happened with some embellishments.
"You destroyed rare materials, destroyed the company's computer, and even hit someone?!" Gu Ming glared at Meng Yishan. "Is it your son's doing?"
Meng Yishan did not even look at the snake. He just stared at Tiger Descended the Mountain.
The bloodthirstiness he gained from being in the army spread out from the middle-aged man.
For his son's future, there were plenty of things he could tolerate.
But once someone touched his bottom line, even if he faced a superhuman, he would not back down!
Meng Yishan took a step forward and said loudly, "President Qin, I got into a conflict with Manager Shen. I'll take responsibility for all the losses I caused. This has nothing to do with my son!"
His friends could not stand it anymore.
Prosperous was usually harsh to them, and now, it was distorting the truth. There was no point in continuing with this job!
"Manager Shen's bodyguards were the ones who attacked first. Besides, Big Brother Meng might not have been the one who broke the items!"
"That's right. I don't believe that there's no law in Dragon City anymore. Are the Supernatural Tower and the Survival Committee deaf and blind?
The harvesters stood up to protect Meng Yishan and Meng Chao. They spoke at the same time and told the truth.
"You …" Gu Ming's expression was dark.
Half of the harvesters in the company were making a ruckus, so things were a little troublesome.
He snuck a glance at Qin Hu. When he saw that Tiger Descended the Mountain was still not speaking, he cursed Shen Rongfa in his heart and braced himself. "Why are you arguing? The company is definitely reasonable. Let's not talk about anything else. At the very least, Manager Shen was beaten by this brat, right?"
He stared at Meng Chao and smiled coldly. "Young man, I heard that you're still in high school and are about to get into university. But now that you've beaten him up so badly, if you're arrested, you'll be sentenced. After a few years in prison, your whole life will be ruined. "
"You can't!" Meng Yishan said anxiously.
"Elder Meng, this is not an ordinary fight. Look at Manager Shen's injuries. Your son is committing a crime. Do you really think you can stop him just because you say so?" Gu Ming scolded.
Meng Yishan and the harvesters looked at each other at a loss.
"Young man, you're too rash. That's not how you should handle things." Gu Ming smiled coldly and shook his head.
But Meng Chao acted as if nothing had happened. "If you want to call the police, hurry up and send Shen Liangchao to the hospital. We'll see how severe his injuries are."
Gu Ming was at a loss. Is there such an iron-headed kid?
Qin Hu snorted under the blood-red cloak. He extended two fingers and picked up his brother-in-law.
"What a beautiful Ripple Force."
Tiger Down the Mountain lifted Shen Rongfa, who weighed more than one hundred kilograms, as if he was carrying a piece of rotten meat. The fierce light in his eyes lit up a little. "On the surface, he was beaten up so badly that he was in so much pain that he wanted to die. The hidden force will linger in his body for a few days, and when he drinks cold water, he'll be in so much pain that he'll roll on the ground. But not a single bone or important organ is injured. Not even a single tooth is knocked out.
As he spoke, he tossed his brother-in-law back to the ground.
Shen Rongfa screamed and rolled around.
"High school students nowadays are getting more and more complicated." Qin Hu stared at Meng Chao.
His killing intent was like a saber that came charging at him.
If he were a normal high school student, no matter how outstanding he was, he would have wet his pants in fear from Qin Hu's killing intent.
Meng Chao remained calm. "So, you're interested in beating up a high school student like me to take revenge for your brother-in-law?"
Qin Hu laughed in spite of himself. "What do you think I am?"
Of course he would not attack Meng Chao.
Even though Dragon City was an iron-blooded society where everyone worshiped martial arts and the citizens did not like to report any conflicts to the authorities, they were more used to using their fists to solve their problems.
But there was a principle. Soldiers fought against soldiers, generals fought against generals, normal people fought against normal people, and superhumans fought against superhumans. Even if they were beaten until their heads bled and their tendons were broken, everyone had to accept their losses.
If superhumans used their strength to bully the weak and beat up normal people, they would be breaking the laws of heaven.
Shen Rongfa and his bodyguards were normal people. If they fought against Meng Chao and were beaten half to death, at most, the police would come forward to solve the problem.
If Qin Hu attacked Meng Chao, the nature of the situation would change. The Supernatural Tower would naturally send out elites to suppress him like a monster.
With this thought in mind, Qin Hu said faintly, "Boy, you're not practicing the normal Ripple Force. You're practicing the secret Ripple Force taught by a famous teacher. I have a general idea of what happened, so I'll show respect to your Ripple Force. Tell me, how do you want to solve this problem?"
"Urgh! Urgh!"
Shen Rongfa was so anxious that he screamed. Then, he affected his damaged dental nerve, and it hurt so much that he peed his pants again.
Many of the harvesters did not expect that Mr. Hu, who had always been domineering and domineering, would be so easy to talk to.
Meng Chao knew that the future version of Ripple Force he used had been seen as extraordinary by Qin Hu. This person could not tell just how strong Meng Chao was, which was why he was pretending to be generous.
Meng Chao did not hold back. "We can't tell just who damaged the rare material right now. Both sides will bear half of the losses. Come up with a price, and I'll immediately send the money over.
"Also, since this happened, we can't work in Prosperous anymore. I remember that Shen Rongfa still owes my dad and his harvesting team quite a lot of performance bonuses. We should use the chance to settle our accounts."
Qin Hu frowned.
Gu Ming immediately said, "What are you saying? You beat him up to this extent. Even if we can't find his injuries, shouldn't you pay for his medical fees?"
"Shen Rongfa is injured, but so is my dad," Meng Chao said. "Shen Rongfa's bodyguard used an ancient martial art that has been lost for a long time to push my dad away. He landed heavily on the ground like a kite with its string snapped. Who knows whether my dad's organs have shifted and whether his bones have cracked?"
'Ancient martial art?'
Everyone, including Meng Yishan, had the same dumbfounded expression that Ning Shewo and his grandson had on their faces.
"Even if my dad is fine, they're the ones who injured me, right?"
Meng Chao tugged at his collar and revealed the wound on his shoulder left by the stun baton.
In truth, the bodyguard's stun baton was only used to scare people. He did not dare to use the highest power, so if he stabbed someone, they would only feel pain for a moment.
But the electric shock would still leave behind some marks, and with the harvester's testimony, if Meng Chao insisted on saying that he was electrocuted to the point that he could not take care of himself, it would be troublesome.
"Good job, boy." Qin Hu cackled strangely. "High school students nowadays are interesting. Really interesting!"
"President Qin, if you think that it's not right, then tell me, how do you want to solve this?" Meng Chao ignored Qin Hu's increasingly fierce killing intent. He asked for an exorbitant price and returned the favor.
Qin Hu cast Gu Ming a glance.
Gu Ming made some calculations and whispered, "Mr. Hu, the Golden Spirits' etherealized neurospheres in the market recently are worth around three hundred thousand if they're in perfect condition."
"Then three hundred thousand," Qin Hu said.
"Boy, take out three hundred thousand, and we'll solve this matter. You can leave. I won't cause trouble for you anymore. If anyone from Prosperous dares to touch you, I'll cut them up."
Meng Chao did not appreciate his kindness. "Half of three hundred thousand is one hundred and fifty thousand."
"I don't care who broke the etherealized neurosphere, and I don't lack one hundred and fifty thousand, but no matter how much of a scum Shen Rongfa is, he's still one of my people. Isn't my reputation worth one hundred and fifty thousand?"
Meng Chao fell silent.
"I can't bring it out for the time being, but it's fine. You can write an IOU. I don't lack that bit of money."
A fierce light shone in Qin Hu's eyes, and his voice turned cold. "But if you don't treat me as someone important, even if I don't move a finger, I will still have ways to crush you like an ant!"
With that one sentence, the atmosphere in the area turned grim.
Everyone's vision blurred. They felt as if they were really looking at a colorful tiger staring at the teenager.
Meng Chao sighed. "President Qin, is there really no room for negotiation? Are you going to sell all of this rare material to me?"
Qin Hu grew impatient. "I'll say it one last time. Three hundred thousand. Take it and get lost."
"Alright, let's not sign any contracts. There are so many people watching, and I believe in President Qin's reputation." Meng Chao brought out his phone. "Transfer the money."
"A 'chao?" Meng Yishan was dumbfounded.
"You have money?" Gu Ming was surprised. He knew a thing or two about the Meng family's situation, and he did not believe that Meng Chao could bring out three hundred thousand without batting an eyelid.
Shen Rongfa did not care about the pain and started moaning like a pig being slaughtered. 'It's fake. It's definitely fake.'
"Dad, I'll explain it to you later. It's clean money." Meng Chao looked completely at ease.
Qin Hu frowned a little.
There were plenty of superhumans and harvesters working in the battlefield to the north of the city, and there were eyes everywhere. He would not go as far as to bully a normal teenager in public.
"Supervisor Gu, take the money."
Qin Hu did not pay much attention to the two hundred thousand or three hundred thousand.
Gu Ming was skeptical. When he completed the transfer and saw the five zeros behind the number, he still could not understand what was going on.
"President Qin, I've already given you three hundred thousand. Now, this rare material belongs to me, right?" Meng Chao asked for confirmation.
Qin Hu glared at him. "It's just an etherealized neurosphere. I won't go back on my word. Tomorrow, have your dad come to the company to do the paperwork. Prosperous doesn't want his harvester team anymore."
"A 'chao, this is …" Meng Yishan was puzzled and his heart ached when he spent three hundred thousand on a material that might be useless.
Many of the harvesters were also puzzled. For a period of time, they fell even more silent.
"Dad, uncles, don't just stand there. Hurry up and help me make a portion of silver nitrate with absolute ethanol!" Meng Chao suppressed the nervousness in his heart and lifted the black material to observe it carefully.
Meng Yishan was stunned.
Silver nitrate was a commonly used medicine that was slightly corrosive and had antibacterial properties. It was often used to clean the rotten flesh around the monster's eyes so that the eyeballs could be completely removed.
This was not a monster's eyeball, so why did his son want silver nitrate?
His son had brought too much shock to everyone that night, and Meng Yishan began to trust him. He did not ask too many questions and quickly made a portion of absolute ethanol silver nitrate.
Meng Chao held his breath and used a pair of forceps to put the rare material into the silver nitrate solution.
"Ah!" someone cried out in surprise. How could the fragile etherealized neurosphere be put into a corrosive liquid?
It was too late to stop it, and an unbelievable scene appeared.
The outer shell of the rare material was swiftly corroded, and fine bubbles rose. It started spinning slowly in the silver nitrate solution.
Every time it spun, the black oxidized marks on its surface would peel off a little, and it would shine even brighter.
In less than half a minute, the outer shell completely fell off, and the rare material turned into a diamond that looked like a cat's eye. It was one hundred times more dazzling than a normal etherealized neurosphere.
"This is …"
Everyone's eyes sparkled when they saw the mysterious and unfathomable cat's eye diamond.
Meng Chao released a sigh of relief, as if a huge burden had been lifted from his shoulders. His protective suit was drenched in cold sweat.
"This is a crystalized neurosphere, which is even rarer and more valuable than an etherealized neurosphere. Its market price is … one million," he said softly while holding his father's hand.
If it were a normal etherealized neurosphere, Meng Chao would not have been so surprised. He would have told his father about it at that time so that his father would not worry about it.
But how did he identify a mutated etherealized neurosphere? The probability of a crystalized neurosphere appearing was less than 1%. No matter what, this was not something a high school student could learn from his biology teacher or from the internet.
If his father wanted to get to the bottom of the matter, he could only tell him the secret of returning to the past.
Meng Chao did not mind sharing the joy of returning to the past with his family.
In truth, he had indeed planned to sort out his thoughts at the end of the day and have a good talk with his family.
He was not a hooligan after he returned to the past. So what if he told his family about it and made them happy?
But at that time, there had been a lot of harvesters watching.
Besides, Meng Chao's memories were all over the place, and many of his skills were in a mess. He could not be certain whether it was an etherealized neurosphere or a crystalized neurosphere.
He was only 10% certain about the latter.
So, he decided to sit down and rest for a while. He wanted to find an excuse like … he peed his pants in fear and needed to wear a diaper. He wanted his father to go to a corner so that the father and son could talk about everything in private.
But at that moment, he heard the Seven-star Dragon Wolf Spider's screech before it died. He was in a hurry to get his first bucket of gold, so he naturally could not care about the rare material that did not belong to him.
After all, even the cost of harvesting a crystalized neurosphere was only tens of thousands of RMB.
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