On his way there, he saw quite a number of citizens sitting in front of their houses and carefully polishing the monster bones in their hands. They turned the monster ribs and leg bones into daggers, blades, or all sorts of tools.
Many of the monster bones were very sturdy and tenacious, so they could be used differently from metal.
But the growth of each monster's bones was different, so it was difficult for them to be processed on a large scale on an assembly line.
Coincidentally, Dragon City had a surplus of labor force, so they decided to carry out simple training for the idle citizens at home and assign them to work.
Superstar was mainly in the monster material gathering business. Most of the jobs did not require high skills and were not dangerous. They were complicated and repetitive, so they were subcontracted to normal citizens. It could be considered as them answering the call and helping the city solve the problem of employment.
Of course, this sort of work could not satisfy the needs of all the workers.
On his way there, Meng Chao still saw quite a number of strong laborers who had nothing to do. They looked angry and looked like they were about to cause trouble at the slightest disagreement.
But they had no choice. Dragon City had just started expanding. It was impossible for them to provide a lot of jobs in the wild.
Once there was a lot of idle labor force in society, all sorts of internal problems would definitely appear.
And these internal problems would be used by abnormal beasts with ulterior motives. They would turn into all sorts of intense conflicts, which would slow down Dragon City's expansion.
Once their expansion slowed down, the internal problems would become worse.
This was the vicious cycle the abnormal beasts wanted to see.
It was also the reason why Dragon City paid a devastating price during the later stage of the Monster War in his previous life.
In this life, Meng Chao had given Dragon City a good start, but it was far from the time for them to relax. They had to break the vicious cycle in one go to completely suppress the monster civilization.
With that thought in mind, Meng Chao arrived at Donglin Fourth Zone 233.
It was a gray six-story building. Its structure was much simpler than that of a normal residential building. It looked like containers had been stacked on top of each other. The stairs and corridors were exposed. Each family had a big, square room, just like the dormitories in construction sites.
At that moment, the corridor on the first floor was filled with people.
Angry shouts came from one of the rooms, along with the sound of things being smashed.
Not long after, seven or eight burly, ferocious-looking men strode out.
The onlookers quickly dodged them. The murderous men did not even look at them. They pushed their way past them and pushed a few of the residents to the ground. They did not show any intention to help them up.
The residents did not dare to let them help them. They got up silently and moved to the side to whisper to each other.
Meng Chao was about to go upstairs when the men came crashing down.
The stairs were too narrow, so Meng Chao bumped into the shoulder of the man in front of him.
Meng Chao felt like he had been bitten by a mosquito.
The burly man sat down on the stairs.
Meng Chao cast a casual glance at the men and did not sense any powerful spirit energy fluctuations from them. By the looks of it, they were just normal people.
Unless they stopped the vicious crimes committed by ordinary people, it would be very troublesome for Extraordinaires to attack ordinary people.
Meng Chao pushed up his sunglasses and did not say anything. He just walked through the path the men created.
The men could sense the faint scent of blood coming from Meng Chao.
Their perception of danger was much higher than that of ordinary citizens.
Even the strong man sitting on the stairs didn't dare to provoke this mysterious expert. After whispering to each other for a moment, they hurriedly left the place.
Meng Chao arrived at the door to Room 204.
He realized that it was the room that the brawny men had just rushed out of.
He couldn't help but feel vexed. If he had known this would happen, he would have stopped the strong men and questioned them.
But it didn't matter. With his current strength, if he wanted to find out the identities of the men, they would not be able to hide.
When he stood at the entrance, he could see everything in the room.
After all, this was a temporary settlement. It was already good enough that they could upgrade their tents to something like a container that could shelter them from the wind and rain. Inside, it could be said to be "bare walls". Other than a few camp beds and bunk beds, the most valuable furniture was a small dining table and four chairs.
At that moment, the words "Pay up" were sprayed all over the walls with red paint. They looked like streams of red blood flowing down the walls.
All the furniture had been flipped over, and a few ceramic bowls and glasses had been smashed.
A middle-aged woman who coughed nonstop and a short-haired girl who bit her lip with a stubborn expression were squatting on the ground and picking up the items quietly.
Meng Chao looked at the neighbors who were watching the commotion from both sides of the corridor. He walked in and closed the door behind him.
The girl and the woman looked up and stared at the unwelcome guest in slight puzzlement.
Meng Chao took off his sunglasses and smiled brilliantly, revealing his white teeth.
The girl stared at him for a long time, and her eyes widened. In the end, she cheered excitedly. "Big Brother Chao!"
The girl was naturally Ning Xing, a good seedling whom Meng Chao had taught in the martial arts refresher course.
The martial arts refresher course in the temporary settlement in the Eastern District was originally managed by Ms. Xiao Fanghua. Meng Chao occasionally came to help, but he did not have a teaching license.
Besides, he was still a university student. He was at most seven or eight years older than the children, so he did not like being called a teacher.
Since he had brought the Broken Star Club members to organize a few public welfare activities, many people called him Club Leader Meng.
He did not like that title. Qin Hu was the director of the Broken Star Club, and Meng Chao was the one in charge of everything in the club. At most, he was the middleman, so he did not live up to his name.
No matter how he thought about it, he still felt that being called Big Brother Chao was the most comfortable. Of course, being called Ace Student Chao was pretty good too.
Ning Xing quickly explained Meng Chao's identity to her mother.
Mrs. Ning had clearly heard Meng Chao's name countless times before. She stood up in excitement, but then started coughing loudly. Her face turned red, and she did not know what to say.
"Auntie, don't be so agitated. I was just passing by and came to see how Ning Xing's cultivation is going."
Meng Chao helped them put away the tables, chairs, benches, and camp beds. Then, he helped Mrs. Ning to the bed with Ning Xing. He originally wanted to pour her a cup of water, but all the cups had been smashed, so he could only give Ning Xing the Tyrant Mammoth's trunk and the Demonic Halberd Pig's leg.
"The Demonic Halberd Pig's leg is yours. Have your mom make soup for you. It'll be hard for us to deal with the elephant's trunk. You can bring it to the martial arts refresher course. I'll tell the kitchen over there, and they'll prepare it carefully so that you can nourish yourselves."
"Thank you, Big Brother Chao." Ning Xing stood up and bowed deeply to Meng Chao.
Mrs. Ning rubbed her hands and said, "T-This isn't right. Over the past few months, Superstar's Manager Qin has been taking care of us a lot. He even gave us two scholarships. You're being too polite. Leader Meng, you're being too polite!"
"It's what I should do. Ning Xing has a lot of talent in cultivation. She just lacks some resources and opportunities. If we give her some help now, I believe that in the near future, she will be able to give Superstar back one hundred times. This is a standard operation for many of the businesses in Dragon City. It's a fair trade, and there's no need to talk about who owes the other or who has to thank the other."
Meng Chao was afraid that she would refuse, so he said with a smile, "In truth, there's no need for you to say in the near future. In a few days, there will be a tournament for middle school students' maximum punching strength in the city. Ning Xing can wear Superstar's fighting robes and go on stage. As long as she succeeds in her challenge and becomes the champion of the arena for a few rounds, the advertising effect will be enough for us to earn back all of our sponsorship.
"Don't worry, Big Brother Chao!"
Ning Xing had always been a tomboy. Over the past few months, her punching strength had increased by leaps and bounds, and she became even more confident. She jumped up and swung her fists. "I'll definitely become the champion of the arena!"
"There's always someone stronger than you. Your opponents aren't just the students in the training class. You'll also be facing your peers from the key schools and private schools. Many of them have ultimate skills, so you can't underestimate them!"
Meng Chao looked around and changed the topic. "Over the past three months, I've been training in the wild, so I didn't have time to visit you in the training class. Today, I came over to know whether you ran into any problems so that I can protect you and solve them."
Even a blind person could see the terrifying words "Pay Your Debt" on the wall and the glass shards all over the floor.
Mrs. Ning sighed. Ning Xing knew that Meng Chao was very powerful, but she could not help but say, "Big Brother Chao, I-I didn't run into any trouble, but my brother seems to have gotten into trouble. I wonder … Can you help us find him?"
Meng Chao was a little stunned.
Ning Lang went missing?
"What's going on exactly? Who were those fierce people just now?" Meng Chao asked.
Ning Xing's story was about the same as Qin Hu's, but there were a lot more details.
She said that her big brother, Ning Lang, was not a bad person. When he was young, he was the pride of the entire family and even the entire community.
Then, in high school, he went through spirit energy deviation and was heavily injured. He lost his hope of awakening to supernatural abilities, which made him hot-tempered and unreasonable. He also made a lot of friends from society and caused trouble every day, which made his family really worried.
Last year, he excitedly told his family that he wanted to go to the wild as pathfinders. As long as he succeeded, he would become rich overnight, and his family would live a good life without having to worry about food or clothing. Naturally, the problem of his younger sister's cultivation resources would also be solved.
There was nothing wrong with being a pathfinder.
Even though it was very dangerous, Dragon Citizens had to face all sorts of dangers from the moment they were born. They were indifferent to life and death, and if they were not happy with something, they would fight. No one was afraid of death.
Of all the things he should not have done, he was too greedy. He did not join other people's pathfinders as a normal pathfinder.
Instead, he borrowed a lot of money in secret and bought a lot of weapons, equipment, and construction machines on credit. Then, he used the connections he had built up over the years to gather a group of friends and "start his own business".
It has to be known that aside from skill and fighting strength, luck was also important when it came to pathfinders.
If they were lucky and there were not many powerful monsters around the developing land, they would discover a water source with a lot of spirit energy, a rare metal mine, or a crystal mine. Soon, they would gain the favor of the mega corporations, and they would turn from a "guerilla squad" into a "regular army".
Or, the news would spread, and more pathfinders would gather together to build their developing land into a new town. They would be strong in numbers, and the monsters would not dare to provoke them easily.
At that time, they would develop all sorts of resources in the wild and have the chance to rise to power.
But Ning Lang's luck was really bad.
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