The good news was that the reapers and security guards on his side were fine. Although a few of them were badly burned, their lives were not in danger.
The medical field in Dragon City was much more developed than on Earth. If they used all sorts of valuable medicine gathered from monsters, they might not even leave a scar.
The bad news was that apart from Ning Lang, the other three robbers had been engulfed by the fire. Also, all the materials in the warehouse had been burnt to a crisp.
As for the rest, Meng Chao did not know much more than the other three.
He was in a terrible mood.
It wasn't just a matter of the warehouse fire and heavy losses.
In truth, while the warehouse was filled with a dazzling array of cultivation resources, most of them were the flesh and bones of normal monsters and Nightmarish Beasts.
Even the raw crystal ores and the stock solution of the gene medicine were all beginner-level cheap goods.
After all, Superstar was still based in the middle-tier and low-tier market. It had just started moving into the high-end market.
The Tyrant Mammoth Meng Chao had killed in the wild during the day was a Grade Six Hell Beast. It was only one step away from becoming an Apocalyptic Beast.
Forget about everything else, just the thing that was even thicker than Meng Chao's thigh was worth half the materials in the warehouse.
But it's not about money.
He could afford it, but he couldn't afford to lose face!
Ever since he appeared in the game, he had always been the one to fight against monsters above his level. He had jumped around in front of enemies who were far stronger than him, like Lin Chuan, Gao Ye, the White Spirit, Earthquake, and the Demonic Abyss Eye. They were all enemies who were far stronger than him, and he had been courting death madly. But no matter how hard he tried, he never died. In the end, he managed to counterattack.
He did not expect that after he reached Heaven Realm and trained hard in the wild for three months, during his first battle after returning to Dragon City, he would nearly lose to … an opponent who could not even be considered a proper superhuman.
He was the youngest Heaven Realm superhuman in Dragon City. Did he not care about his dignity?
"Dad, isn't the security in our company's warehouse too lax?"
Meng Chao's nose twitched. He could smell a lot of valuable materials burning in the fire, and he said in a slightly angry tone, "Silver Dragon Grass, Multicolored Bronze Stone, Lightning Dragon's spine … There are so many valuable materials stored here, but there's only one one-star superhuman among the guards, and he's …"
Meng Chao originally wanted to say that he was a retired person who came over to lend his strength, but when he thought about it, he did not say it.
"Meng Chao, you can't blame CEO Meng for this. It's my fault."
Xie Xiaolei explained with a grim expression.
He was originally the president of Spirit Creations Creatures and Gao Ye's partner.
After Gao Ye turned into the Supernatural Entity Earthquake, the first thing he destroyed was Spirit Creation Creatures' lab and nearly killed him. Fortunately, Meng Chao saved him in time.
Because of Gao Ye's interference, even if Spirit Creation Creatures did not go bankrupt, it would not be suitable for them to come into contact with the core biochemical modifications and basic construction work. They could not carry out their business at all.
With the abnormal beast research department acting as a middleman, Meng Chao's family's Superstar took over the core assets of Spirit Creation Creatures.
Speaking of which, Spirit Creations Creatures' collapse could be considered as a crime that was not caused by war. Xie Xiaolei's ability to manage his business and expand his business was still top-notch.
The father, son, and Qin Hu came up with a plan. As Superstar continued expanding, it gradually surpassed their control, so they decided to let Xie Xiaolei have full control over the company and let him use his abilities freely.
In any case, the core value of Superstar was mainly Meng Chao's strength and connections.
As long as his fighting strength continued increasing, he believed that someone as smart as Xie Xiaolei would not do anything under the nose of the youngest Heaven Realm superhuman in Dragon City.
Xie Xiaolei was indeed an elite in the business world who could devise strategies.
Superstar had been able to occupy half of the middle-grade and low-grade harvesting market in Dragon City because of his hard work.
Recently, he had been ambitious and wanted to enter the high-end market. This was what Meng Chao and the others supported.
After all, after Meng Chao reached Heaven Realm, he needed more cultivation resources, and they were also of a higher grade.
He did not have his own source of materials, so he could only buy them from the market or rely on the abnormal beast research department's support. He felt like he was being controlled by others.
High-grade materials and middle-grade and low-grade materials needed different environments when it came to harvesting, processing, storage, and other aspects.
The warehouses that were originally used to store middle-grade and low-grade materials might not be suitable for storing middle-grade and high-end materials.
Hence, under Xie Xiaolei's management, Superstar bought or rented five new material warehouses in one go.
The one in front of them was one of them.
The company was expanding too quickly. Upgrading the material warehouses also involved a series of complicated technical problems. The higher-ups in Superstar, including Xie Xiaolei, were so busy that they did not manage to keep up with the development of their security measures. It was indeed a fatal oversight.
"Meng Chao, you can't blame President Xie for this. It's mainly my fault."
Qin Hu also went forward to explain with an awkward expression.
He was originally the boss of Prosperous. After Prosperous was taken over by Superstar, he became the second shareholder of Superstar, but his focus was on the Broken Star Club and he usually did not pay much attention to Superstar's matters.
But since he was a veteran hunter, he knew many of the powerful fighters who had retired. Hence, he had always been in charge of Superstar's security.
Qin Hu told Meng Chao that it was difficult to find suitable security personnel.
Normal security personnel were naturally not a problem. The unemployment rate in Dragon City was high, and all the citizens practiced martial arts. It was like the innate masters or grandmasters in wuxia novels. They only needed three thousand RMB per month to hire a reinforced company.
But it was incredibly difficult to hire superhumans to be security managers.
It was not just a problem of money.
More importantly, it was cultivation and fighting experience.
To superhumans, when they still had room to grow, money was always the last thing they considered.
The most important thing was whether there was potential for development in a job and whether they could continue accumulating experience, refine their fighting skills, increase their cultivation realms, and achieve a breakthrough.
For example, if they joined a superhuman fighting squad and went into the wild to hunt monsters, they could earn money, and they could also kill monsters to level up. They could also get to know powerful people and expand their connections. If they were careless and killed a high-grade superbeast or discovered a new crystal mine, they could become rich overnight and soar to the top.
Even if the starting salary for this sort of job was lower, the danger factor was higher, and the working environment was a little difficult, there were still countless superhumans who flocked to it.
But to become a security manager and guard a warehouse?
He could not see any room to grow!
If the warehouse was not attacked by monsters or lost people for a year, would the security manager not have the chance to fight for a year?
The path of cultivation was like rowing a boat against the current. If he really did not fight for a year, his fighting strength would have long since plummeted!
Besides, the current climate in Dragon City was a tactical counterattack.
The Red Dragon Army, the four great research centers, the nine great mega corporations, Dragon City University, the alliance of the five universities, and all the forces of power were actively expanding. They set up countless forward operating bases in the wild.
The unlicensed private pathfinders were also like a school of fish in a river.
The superhumans with the slightest bit of ambition would either join the various forces of power or recruit their own soldiers to form pathfinders to try their luck in the wild.
Even if he was a one-star superhuman, he would be very popular no matter where he went.
Even the starting salary of the university graduates this year was 30% higher than in previous years.
Superstar had no choice but to face this sort of premium. It did not have the strength to find enough superhumans to protect its warehouses either.
"Of course, it's not that we didn't look for them, but that we haven't found them yet."
Qin Hu paused for a moment before he said, "More accurately speaking, we've already recruited a suitable security team, and they're going to take up their posts three days later. We've also signed a cooperation agreement with Zhao Feixuan. He's going to fully upgrade the defense system of Superstar's warehouses. Who would have thought that someone would take advantage of the situation at this critical moment?"
"That's right. That person has a really good grasp of where it hurts."
Xie Xiaolei smiled wanly. "Our company has a lot of warehouses. Either the defense system has been fully upgraded, and we've recruited elites to guard them, or the warehouses are filled with large and heavy normal materials like Demonic Halberd Pigs and Iron-armored Rhinoceros Meat. Even if we snatch them, he won't be able to take them away!
"But this warehouse has a lot of valuable but light rare materials in it. We haven't had time to upgrade the security system, but someone already targeted it!"
As Meng Chao listened, his expression turned even graver.
"So you're saying that we have a lot of warehouses that are worth more than this one and have tighter security, so there's no possibility of us robbing them? But the warehouses that have less security and are worth less than this one, so there's no need for us to rob them, but this one is the most suitable?"
Meng Chao thought about it for a while before he asked, "How many people know about the specifics of this warehouse?"
Xie Xiaolei and Qin Hu looked at each other before he said, "Not many. Aside from the higher-ups of the company, it's the frontline harvesters and security personnel. Of course, some of our business partners also know about it. After all, it's not a trade secret, so we didn't pay too much attention to it."
Meng Chao frowned and mumbled to himself, "But no matter how much we didn't pay attention to it, this information shouldn't be something that just any Tom, Dick, or Harry would know.
Meng Chao frowned and mumbled to himself, "That's strange. Ning Lang and his companions are just normal people who took Deification Capsules and temporarily awakened to supernatural abilities. They came from a temporary settlement, so how could they have such accurate information?"
No, it wasn't just a matter of information.
The building blueprint and the topographic map of the streets around them were not hand-drawn. They were printed by machines, and they were very detailed and standard.
Only powerful organizations like construction companies, city construction management departments, adjudicator courts, research departments, and the Red Dragon Army could store this sort of building blueprint. It was already pretty good for normal robbers to be able to hand-draw a sketch.
Ning Lang also used a lot of equipment.
Even though Dragon City did not forbid the use of weapons of mass destruction, as resources gradually increased, home-made rocket launchers became something that could be bought in supermarkets.
But Ning Lang had set up napalm bombs beforehand, cut off the warehouse's communications to the outside, and even set up landmines along the retreat route.
His tactical attainments far surpassed that of normal robbers.
Of course, the most important thing was the Deification Capsules.
This was a medicine that could allow normal people to temporarily control supernatural abilities. It contained top-tier technology that surpassed the current era, so where did it come from?
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