Chapter 3338

The scene that appeared now was perfectly normal. Those who can own or rent a T5-level fortress are basically local snakes or have connections within the three major forces.

The six robbed fortress leaders locked onto the Doomsday Fortress through the destination of the Pig-headed Men, and they immediately came to the door.

Facing scavengers, the fortress leaders were submissive—those were desperate people who didn't reason—but facing their peers, they decided to strike hard.

"Look, that's the collision car, the scavenger on it..."

A Kin wearing small round sunglasses shouted. Halfway through his sentence, he realized that Su Xiao and the others were not dressed as scavengers.

Several scavenger corpses were thrown off the car by Amu, along with a mutated canine creature. Among these five scavenger corpses, there were two human males, one human female, and two Pig-headed Men.

As a vast ethnic group, some Pig-headed Men are also free, but they don't have many ways out. The threshold to become a hunter is too high, and becoming a scavenger is their best choice.

These scavengers were not specifically sought out by Su Xiao. Along the way, he encountered at least two dozen scavenger squads, more than the rodents seen along the way.

The so-called scavengers include humans, Kin, Pig-headed Men, high-intelligence mutated beasts, etc. All intelligent races on the continent are among them.

Scavengers initially explored everywhere, collecting valuable things from ruins—that is, picking up trash. But after the number of people in this group became too large, there wasn't enough trash to pick up, and this group gradually became raiders, growing at an astonishing speed.

"Open your eyes wide, it was them who robbed you, not me!"

Li Xiniwei spat at the six fortress leaders. He was so angry that he trembled, as if he had suffered a great injustice. In terms of acting, Li Xiniwei was impeccable.

Xiniwei's attitude toward the outside world was very simple: these Pig-headed Men were all bought by him. He admitted that they were bought at a low price, but they were bought nonetheless, from a group of scavengers.

Using this as an excuse, Xiniwei's slick operation came. He took the six fortress leaders, that is, Ao Niya and others, to the top floor of the fortress and talked to these six people in the general control room.

Xiniwei's story was that when he bought these Pig-headed Men before, he indeed felt something was wrong, so he secretly sent people to follow that group of scavengers and took the opportunity to kill them.

His idea was to eliminate these scavengers and take back the active ore used to buy these six batches of Pig-headed Men. The problem lay here: although these scavengers who robbed the six fortresses were eliminated, no active ore was found at their hideout.

Xiniwei meant that he was also a victim. If he could get back the 4065 kilograms of active ore he paid, he would immediately, right away, return this batch of Pig-headed Men to the six fortress leaders.

Hearing him say this, the expressions of Ao Niya and the others looked much better, but after a while, Ao Niya was furious.

Xiniwei meant that since he paid a large amount of active ore, this was business. Returning this batch of Pig-headed Men was possible, but the six fortress leaders had to raise 4065 kilograms of active ore to make a refund.

Ao Niya immediately felt Xiniwei's shamelessness and was so angry she almost slapped the table. Xiniwei had an indifferent attitude. Anyway, he was also a "victim" in this matter. Whether it was the Kin Alliance, the Lighthouse, or the Aurora Council, none of them stipulated that one could not buy Pig-headed Men from scavengers.

The unsolvable part of the whole thing was that none of the six fortress leaders died. That is to say, the small forces they owned were attacked, not destroyed. The death or survival of the fortress leader caused the event to differentiate into two concepts.

If they didn't die, it was just an attack. If this matter was reported to the "Tribunal," the Tribunal would indeed manage it, but because the Tribunal had many affairs, this kind of thing would be ranked very low. The meaning was basically: bring benefits, otherwise, we will help you deal with it in a year or a half.

To make those people in the Tribunal satisfied, the price paid would be at least about one-fifth of the losses caused by the robbery. What was worse was that even if the Tribunal handled it, at most, it would judge that group of scavengers guilty and then order a few squads of Kin soldiers to catch people.

The problem is, there are too many scavengers. Among those few squads of Kin soldiers, if there is no Sherlock Holmes reincarnated or Conan possessed, it is basically impossible to catch the main culprit. It is more likely to just find a few scavengers to take the blame.

What was worse was that even if the main culprit was caught, the property lost by the fortress leader would have to be returned after being pledged in the Tribunal for 6–10 months. If the file was accidentally lost one day, or the stolen goods warehouse caught fire, then there was no way.

The Tribunal's stolen goods warehouse catches fire a dozen times a year. The explanation to the outside world is that what is stored inside are stolen goods, dangerous chemicals, and high-intensity weapons, so of course, it is easy to catch fire.

In general, in the case of a fortress being robbed, as long as the leader is not dead, don't think about going to the Tribunal.

Right now, the six fortress leaders were in this situation. The huge profits obtained from exploiting Pig-headed Men in the past were suddenly gone. Of course, they wouldn't let it go.

Xiniwei didn't deny the account either. He could return the Pig-headed Men, but the six fortress leaders had to come up with 4065 kilograms of active ore.

Hearing Xiniwei say this, the six fortress leaders were almost angered to death. Except for Ao Niya, who could still maintain some backbone when meeting Su Xiao, the other five fortress leaders were all frightened by Su Xiao's previous ruthless methods.

At that time, in order to survive, these five fortress leaders almost took off their pants to shake them, proving that they didn't have a single grain of active ore left.

Letting them come up with 4065 kilograms of active ore on the spot was absolutely impossible.

"Everyone, I am also in a difficult position. Why don't you go back first? After you raise the active ore, I will return this batch of Pig-headed Men..."

Xiniwei pushed the rimless glasses on the bridge of his nose, his tone sincere. He meant that he didn't dare to sell this batch of Pig-headed Men to the outside world.

Regarding this point, the six fortress leaders all believed it. Under these circumstances, if he sold this batch of Pig-headed Men to the outside world, the Tribunal would immediately intervene and clean Xiniwei out until he was bankrupt.

If used for mining, the number of Pig-headed Men is too large, which not only wastes a lot of food but the fortress also cannot accommodate them. Sooner or later, it will attract the attention of a large group of scavengers.

Under the combined effect of these circumstances, the six fortress leaders chose to leave first to prepare active ore to stop the losses.

As soon as the six fortress leaders left, Su Xiao walked out from the secret door of the general command room.

"Bai Ye, suppress this matter for the time being. They won't give up. After they bring the active ore, we can only hand over this batch of Pig-headed Men. At that time, we can use the obtained active ore to buy Pig-headed Men in the market of the fortress city. The quantity is a bit small, but there is no other way. Once the Tribunal intervenes, it will be very unfavorable for us."

"..."

Su Xiao didn't speak. He didn't plan to hand over this large batch of Pig-headed Men in his hands. This is the foundation of development.

"Bahar."

"Here."

"You and Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang go and watch those six fortress leaders. After they get the active ore, take the opportunity to act."

Su Xiao's meaning was very simple. Since the six fortress leaders couldn't be easily moved, don't let them prepare enough active ore. Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang would go and intercept it. No matter how much they raised, Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang would steal it all.

In this way, those six fortress leaders would have no way to buy back this batch of Pig-headed Men.

Su Xiao leaned back on the sofa and checked the current data of the Doomsday Fortress.

Name: Doomsday Fortress (Living).

Level: T5-level (Fortress is T0–T5 level).

Total population: 4581 people (4561 Pig-headed Men, 20 Kin).

Ordinary Pig-headed Men: 4561.

Active energy reserve: 14781 points (can be converted into 14781 kilograms of active ore).

High-quality food: 391 units (1 unit can guarantee 100 Pig-headed Men to eat for 1 day).

Fresh water: 46 units (can be obtained from nearby water sources through filtering devices).

The fortress has initially taken shape, but for Su Xiao, the number of Pig-headed Men is still not enough—only 4561, and this is not the number of combat personnel.

There are many things to do right now. First, get 【Cataclysm Solution Type V】, which is something that must be used for the fortress to be promoted from T5-level to T4-level.

After the fortress completes the promotion, its body size will become larger, and the internal space will be larger. Correspondingly, residences, etc., must be created inside.

Excluding these two points, the number of Pig-headed Men also needs to be expanded, and one can consider buying a batch of female Pig-headed Men, as they are about to enter the warrior selection stage.

To do these things, one must go to the fortress city. There are a total of three fortress cities, and the three major forces of the Kin each control one. After weighing it, Su Xiao decided to go to the neutral fortress city of the "Watchtower" and set off now.