Chapter 401

After all, two hundred Tier-0 magical beasts were a breeze for him.

Moreover, being able to pick his own enemies made every day's fighting very pleasant.

However, that was only for himself.

But for the clan chief and several uncles, and even some of the older clan brothers, these extra quotas were no easy matter.

They were even difficult and deadly.

Before, he had found it hard to imagine.

But last night, he had experienced it firsthand.

A high-tier magical beast invasion was no fun at all, and not easy in the slightest.

Yesterday, Clan Chief Zhao Shizhang's strength dropped by twenty-five percent.

Today, he still had to deal with the regular daily quota missions.

If these extra-quota magical beasts were added on top, it would truly be dire.

Moreover, yesterday several uncles had also lost a considerable amount of strength rescuing the clan chief.

As a result, the entire Zhao family's overall strength had now dropped by around fifteen percent.

Most importantly, against those high-tier magical beasts, juniors like Zhao Chi couldn't be of any help.

They could only rely on those elders to bear it themselves.

Now that these extra quotas could be cancelled, it was also a timely help for the Zhao family.

It would let everyone breathe a sigh of relief.

But thinking of this, Zhao Chi suddenly had a question.

Why had the extra quotas been stopped?

Originally, these quotas existed because the nobles of District 7 needed to capture the Resistance, so they pulled out manpower, leading to a reduction in the nobles' hands available to fight magical beasts.

Therefore, these magical beasts had to be spread out below.

And then spread down to Brook Village.

Could it be that those nobles had already captured the Resistance?

Even if they had, shouldn't the cancellation of the quotas have been notified in advance?

How could it be cancelled so suddenly?

Zhao Chi couldn't figure it out.

However, Zhao Chi inevitably thought of what had just happened at Thick Fragrance Food Street.

Although Thick Fragrance Food Street was a black market, the black market's existence was originally to resist the current rules.

It was naturally hostile to those nobles.

If Resistance members were hiding inside, that wouldn't be surprising at all.

It would even be perfectly reasonable.

That's why the nobles of District 7 had come to the scene in person.

No wonder those nobles were willing to endure the stench outside the septic tank.

It was for the Resistance.

Thinking of it this way, everything made sense.

But how exactly was Thick Fragrance Food Street discovered?

It had clearly been operating for several years.

Yet in just one night, it was finished.

Still, something wasn't right…

Even if there were Resistance members inside Thick Fragrance Food Street, and they were caught.

That was only something over two hours ago.

Even if those nobles were efficient, they couldn't possibly be that efficient, right?

The moment they caught the Resistance, they would withdraw the quotas? And then let those nobles continue to handle the quota magical beasts?

How could that be?

So the cancellation of Brook Village's quotas was absolutely not a temporary situation.

It should have been decided beforehand.

Perhaps… there was one possibility.

That was, someone knew the situation at Thick Fragrance Food Street and reported it to the nobles.

As a condition of exchange, or rather as a reward, Brook Village's extra quotas were cancelled.

If that were the case, everything would make sense.

And this person… was most likely someone from the Zhao family.

After all, the Zhao family had the most motive.

Now that the entire Zhao family's strength had declined, they truly could not continue to hold on.

Every extra day they held on, their strength would drop another fraction.

It wouldn't take long before the Zhao family completely collapsed.

So this kind of decision was definitely better made sooner rather than later.

Zhao Chi felt his heart was in turmoil.

Emotionally, he supported the black market and those resisters.

But from a practical standpoint, he was also unwilling to let the Zhao family collapse.

If it really was done by someone from the Zhao family, he could understand it too.

Only...

He feared this would drag the Zhao family from one abyss into another.

Zhao Chi still remembered the small stone hut at the entrance of the Thick Fragrance Food Street, and the one-eyed old man.

On his very first visit, that old man had issued a warning.

If anyone betrayed them, they would track that person down through their self-created information network.

And it would be to the death, no rest until one side was destroyed.

If that were true...

Then the Zhao family had likely already offended the Resistance Army.

The Resistance Army, though lurking in the shadows and not daring to show themselves openly, were precisely dangerous because they stayed hidden.

And Zhao Chi truly did not wish to make enemies of them.

Zhao Chi's brows knitted tightly.

He had no proof.

Everything was merely his own speculation.

But that speculation had been deduced step by step, link by link — and it was very reasonable.