My Monster Fuses Everything-Chapter 397 - 310: Confused Lu Changshan

Chapter 397: Chapter 310: Confused Lu Changshan

Feeling Lu Changshan’s gaze, Zhu Xiong still wore a face beaming with enthusiasm and said with extreme modesty, “We do have an abundance of Ancient Tree Crystals. The more, the better, right? Do you not have enough of them?”

Is this even a matter of not having enough?

Lu Changshan and Lone Wolf’s expressions darkened. The issue here was not about having too few but about wastefulness, a blatant squandering of heaven’s gifts.

Lamp Tree Crystals aren’t just for dispersing fog, providing plants with the light and energy they need to grow.

They’re also a precious experimental resource. Some potions, weapons, and so on all require Lamp Tree Crystals as raw materials.

According to the big shots at the Tang City Research Center, for the further development of Spirit Energy Technology, materials like Lamp Tree Crystals and Spiritual Energy mines will be foundational.

Thus, even the 117th Battalion of the Southwest Military Preparedness Force, backed by a large population that can support many Lamp Trees to grow and produce more Crystals,

Wouldn’t use the Lamp Tree Crystals to illuminate the entire city, as such a method would be too wasteful.

“You, if you like them, that’s good,”

Lu Changshan choked for a moment before he finally replied faintly. By this manner, it was clear that Huiyuan City had not been recently reclaimed or, in other words, Su Han’s power was certainly not as the bastard Zhou Shanying had scouted.

Besides the shock of the Ancient Tree Crystals, as they walked further in, they encountered numerous Blood-winged Tigers and Vine Giant Rats.

At this time, it was the stage of reclaiming Huiyuan City and clearing the city’s resources. The survivors were organized by logistics staff to tidy up useful things bit by bit, naturally employing a large number of cars and Vine Giant Rats.

These mounts, almost on par with cars in size, were difficult to ignore.

Lu Changshan originally thought that these were exclusive mounts for the cavalry, that Huiyuan City controlled some monster colony that was constantly being bred as combat Angels.

However, when he saw an old man summoning a Vine Giant Rat, as if driving an ox cart, slowly dragging a large carriage full of goods towards the distance, with humanoid Angels and Contractors responsible for loading it,

It was strange yet appeared extraordinarily calm.

Even a man in his sixties could make a Contract, wasn’t that a bit too much?

“Captain Zhu, you have a lot of these monsters here?”

Lone Wolf couldn’t help but ask. As a special forces captain who had executed numerous missions in the wilderness, he knew very well the importance of mounts.

In the post-apocalyptic world, vehicles’ supply and even durability were actually no match for certain monsters. If special forces could have such Apostles that were fit for both combat and riding, their field mobility would be greatly enhanced.

The simplest example was their journey from the Southwest Armed Forces to Linshui County. Although they were fast, it still took them several days. In case of any unforeseen events, a week wouldn’t be surprising at all.

“Which type are you talking about? Vine Giant Rats, perhaps?”

Zhu Xiong grinned and said, “There’s quite a few of them, along with a good number of Blood-winged Tigers. You mean those that can fly. Our lord has raised their groups. Captain Zhao, are you interested?”

His eyes gleamed cunningly as he smiled like a plump tiger, taking careful note of this information.

‘The Southwest Armed Forces, or Linshui City for that matter, lack monster mounts, and even vehicles are a shortcoming.’

No matter how many vehicles there are, military vehicles are not in endless supply, inherently a weak point in combat.

Zhu Xiong had some plans in mind, confident that if the other party showed interest, he could get more out of them, aiming for a trade surplus.

For the Tree Domain, trade with outlying tribes was the least of their concerns.

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Trading with tribes, besides swapping for resources, was fundamentally a form of infiltration.

If all your Angels belonged to the Ancient Tree lineage and a conflict broke out, would you use your head to fight?

Zhu Xiong’s smile instinctively made Lone Wolf feel uneasy, as if he was being targeted, but it was not appropriate to not respond.

“Having mounts during operations would certainly be convenient. Lord Su must be truly outstanding to be able to rear so many Vine Giant Rats.”

The Southwest Armed Forces had tried to raise certain species of monsters, but achieving a substantial scale was too difficult.

It was not like before the apocalypse, where building a huge, safe breeding area was unimaginable in terms of complexity.

The Armed Forces couldn’t possibly invest such massive human and material resources into this, so the scale had to be controlled within certain limits to satisfy experimental needs only.

As for deploying them as custom Angels, that was wishful thinking.

As they spoke, they arrived at the center of Huiyuan City. Tianyi Building, the tallest, served as the temporary administrative center.

After glancing at the convoy, Zhu Xiong said, “Commander Lu, if you are at ease, let your warriors rest for a while in the hall. I’ll have the affairs department bring water and food. For the four of you, shall we go upstairs?”

“I’ll stay down here to keep an eye on them,”

Xiao Zishan, who had been silent, spoke again. Although sudden, his words gave Lu Changshan an out.

“That works, Captain Zhu, what do you think?”

“No problem, Zhao Yimin, you handle this,”

Zhu Xiong instructed Zhao Yimin and then took Lu Changshan upstairs. By the time they reached the meeting room, tea and fruits were already prepared, as well as various snacks.

The governmental affairs department, having received prior notice, made preparations. The fruits were also grown by the Tree Domain themselves, even though such things were rare in the post-apocalyptic era.

After all, with resources to grow crops, who would have the extra to plant fruits?

Seeing this, Lu Changshan couldn’t help but once again be struck by the fact that Huiyuan City seemed much more opulent than Linshui City.

As soon as the three of them were seated, there was a knock on the door outside the meeting room.