Chapter 20 An Olive Branch from City Hall!
As the night deepened, the normal city streets gradually became deserted.
Machete Street, which is covered with graffiti and garbage, is still bustling.
At the end of the street, in a house converted from a garage, a bearded man with a cigar in his mouth and wearing an expensive watch, stuffed bundles of banknotes into a money counting machine with a casual look on his face.
While clicking, take notes on paper with a pen.
Soon, his inventory work was finally completed.
Today’s profit is over 900,000!
Even if converted into Blood Moon Coins, there would be nearly ten thousand of them.
"Business has been getting better and better recently." He laughed.
Seeing this, a younger brother at the side flattered him: "The reason why you were able to escape the government's crackdown on gangs five years ago and develop to this scale today is all thanks to you, Brother Taozi!"
"Heh." Ma Tao took off his cigar and flicked it, then said, "Things are different now. After the big gangs were broken up, the remnants of the gangs around the world were divided into countless small gangs, each struggling to survive. But no one expected that I could rely on my own strength to attract more than ten B-level players to join the gang."
"With this kind of strength, even the mayor of Dolphin City has to give in."
What Ma Tao said was neither entirely right nor entirely wrong.
Whether it is Dolphin City’s heavy firepower weapons or elite troops, it is easy to wipe out a small gang.
If the order is really given, Machete Street would be razed to the ground in an instant.
It’s just that considering issues such as human rights and people’s livelihood, we are afraid that a real fight will break out and innocent people will be hurt.
Therefore, as long as the people in Kandao Street don't go too far, the Lord of Dolphin City can only turn a blind eye.
"That's right, everyone in the city has to give me, Brother Taozi, some face."
"Okay, stop flattering me. Call everyone over later. We need to hold a meeting to discuss the issue of territory expansion."
"Still expanding ..." Hearing this, the younger brother panicked: "Brother Taozi, we have expanded from a few stores to an entire street. If we expand further, I'm afraid..."
"What are you afraid of? Those cops don't dare to touch us. They've been here many times before, but I never saw them do anything."
BANG!!!
Just as he finished speaking, a loud noise was heard from outside the street.
Then, mixed and disorderly screams were heard, countless footsteps were heard in a chaotic manner, and the guests all scattered out into the street like birds and beasts.
Ma Tao frowned, opened the drawer and took out a 0.45 caliber USP
Not long after, another younger brother rushed in with a panicked look on his face.
"Brother Tao, something bad has happened!"
"Don't be so damn surprised! Are the cops coming?"
"no……"
"That's... a colleague?" Ma Tao frowned even deeper.
"No... just one person. I've never seen him before, but he shouldn't be from the same industry. Brother Zhang just used his scanning glasses to take a look and he's a B-level player..."
"One person? Level B?" Ma Tao's expression was extremely strange.
He has been running this place for three or four years, and he has never seen a passerby come and mess up the place for no reason.
What's wrong? Is your brain not working?
"Call Zhang San, Li Si and the others over." Ma Tao commanded calmly.
All of his thugs are B-level dungeon players, with an average strength of 20+, which is more than four times that of ordinary people.
A group of ten or so people rushed up, let alone Class B.
Even if an A-level player comes, if he comes unarmed, he will probably be in trouble.
Soon, the younger brother went out to convey Ma Tao's order.
Just when Ma Tao thought that things could be settled quickly.
“Bang!”
“Bang!”
"Bang!"
The sound of fists hitting flesh could be heard from the street!
Immediately afterwards, a shadow flew backwards and slammed heavily into the wall opposite the garage.
The force was so great that the man was smashed into the wall.
Ma Tao took a closer look.
Isn’t this my little brother?
If the B-level player was not in a stronger physical condition, this attack would have probably killed him directly!
at the same time.
A man in a white windbreaker and a hawk-beak hood slowly stopped at the garage door.
The outfit is weird and the face is not clear.
Ma Tao's eyes twitched wildly. No matter how arrogant he was, he had already realized that something was wrong.
The fact that this guy showed up here meant that all of his dozen thugs had been dealt with by him...
While signaling with his eyes to his subordinates to go to the underground armory to get the weapons, he raised the USP and aimed it at the man in white robe in front of him.
"Stop, kid! Don't come any closer! Do you know what you are doing now? You are destroying my brother Tao's place on Machete Street!"
After thinking about it, Ma Tao felt that this seemed not safe enough.
The whole place is about to be destroyed, and you are still afraid of me?
He paused for a moment, then shouted again, "Even if you don't know me, you must have heard of the name of Lord Gou, right? Lord Gou is the president of the Fang Guild, the top guild in Dolphin City! He is even a councillor in Dolphin City! He is my backer and an A-level dungeon player! I hope you will consider this!"
"If there is any grudge, it must be a misunderstanding. We can sit down and talk about it. There is nothing that cannot be discussed!"
Xu Mu was really fed up with this guy's nonsense.
He just came here to test his strength by beating the sandbags. These guys weren't good people, so he could practice with them.
He took a step forward.
Ma Tao, who was already extremely nervous, couldn't help but pull the trigger.
But.
The next moment after the gunshot!
The figure of the man in white robe disappeared from the spot in an instant like a ghost!
Even Ma Tao, who was also of B-level strength, could only catch a glimpse of a shadow with his peripheral vision!
The white afterimage was like lightning, leaving a Z-shaped mark in the space and instantly appeared behind Ma Tao.
He snatched the gun and kicked Ma Tao hard on the back.
Ma Tao took off like a rubber man and was kicked out of the garage door at high speed.
BANG!!!
There was a dull sound, and some dust fell from the outside of the wall. Ma Tao was also stuck to the wall and felt that seven or eight of his ribs were broken.
He stared at the man in white robe and spoke intermittently.
"Today I... I, Ma Tao, admit defeat... But I just want to know... Which big boss did I offend? Do you dare to tell me clearly..."
"Oh, don't get me wrong, I'm just a passerby, just here to practice." Xu Mu replied expressionlessly.
Practice?
You cleared our entire fucking street! You told me you were just here for practice?
This answer made the already weak Ma Tao so angry that he spat out a mouthful of blood and hung on the wall unconscious.
The younger brother who had just taken a rifle from the armory in the basement rushed up, but when he saw that this guy had almost cleared the entire street by himself, he dared not fight back.
He threw the gun away, stabbed himself in the neck, and fell to the ground.
Boss, you don't have to do anything, I'll faint on my own!
Xu Mu looked around and found that no one was awake within the range of Qingkong's eyes.
"Not bad." He looked down at the texture on his palm, then clenched his fist and murmured.
Ten minutes.
From being bustling with activity, the whole street was now completely silent.
It only took Xu Mu ten minutes to quickly pass through this machete street.
Those B-level dungeon players were like pieces of tofu in his hands, breaking into pieces at the slightest touch. C-level players could even be knocked unconscious with just a flick of his sleeve.
Moreover, Xu Mu also verified a fact.
After the agility soars to 80+, you can really dodge bullets by running at full speed!
This kind of thing, which seemed like a fairy tale to him before, is now actually happening, making Xu Mu secretly happy.
Judging from the actual combat results, the most basic life-saving ability has been acquired.
I am already invincible at the same level and can fight across levels.
I can’t say about other provinces and cities, but at least in Dolphin City, no one can pose a threat to him.
At this time, Xu Mu's eyes swept over the safe placed on the table, which had not yet been closed.
After a little brainstorming, they were able to easily count the amount in the box.
Less than a million.
It's black money anyway, so don't waste it.
They adopted the policy of taking what is available.
This wave of tooth sacrifice was quite successful.
Not only did I test my physical fitness, but I also received some start-up capital.
As for being chivalrous and righteous...
It cannot be said that something is better than nothing, it can only be said that there is nothing at all.
When Xu Mu was young, he had a chivalrous heart that wanted to help the weak and fight for justice, and travel the world with a sword.
But as I get older, the shitty life gradually smooths out my edges.
He took the cell phone from Ma Tao and dialed the police number.
"Machete Street, come and claim your merit."
After saying that, he hung up the phone.
After doing all this, Xu Mu walked out of the door carrying the safe, identified the direction and jumped.
He jumped onto the second-floor roof with ease.
After a few jumps, the figure disappeared into the night.
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town Hall.
The city lord's office.
It was late at night, but the lights were still on in the house.
Liu Hailang was wearing a coat and writing something at his desk.
As the lord of Dolphin City, Liu Hailang is worried about all the big and small affairs in his city.
Among the hundreds of cities, big and small, in Haizhou Province, Dolphin City ranks almost at the bottom in terms of overall player strength.
Even the dungeon clearance rate is pitifully low, only 3.11%
what does that mean?
It means that in a city with a permanent population of about 5 million.
Before each red moon arrives, only less than 160,000 players can clear the dungeon.
Among them, 70% of the dungeon clearance rate was contributed by D-level players...
The clearance rate for advanced dungeons is even pitifully low.
If the overall strength is not good, the welfare benefits issued by the province and state will be reduced every month.
The benefits distributed to each player are further reduced.
Their level improves more slowly than players in other cities.
If this vicious cycle continues, Liu Hailang feels that the city of Dolphin will sooner or later be incorporated into the neighboring city of Haibin.
As the lord of a city, Liu Hailang had to swallow his pride and win over a group of presidents of the city's top guilds.
And they were given the status of "parliamentarian".
They are notified every time a government meeting is held.
They also have voting rights in the planning and construction of the city.
This is how we managed to win over a few guild presidents.
With these top guilds, we now have a source of dungeon strategies.
Then spend money to buy some C-level copy strategies from them.
Then, in the name of the government, it will be published on the copy forum for free and open to all players.
It can be said that he is really worried about the better growth of players.
Just now, he purchased a decent strategy guide for "Slay the Spire" from Tengu, the president of the Fang Guild, for 20 million.
The strategies are divided into five levels.
Perfect, Excellent, Very Good, Good, and Fairly Good
Corresponding to the five copy ratings of SSS, SS, S, A, and B.
Among them, the perfect strategy has reached 100% exploration of the copy, and all the details will be marked in the strategy. If you strictly follow the strategy, you can easily get the SS rating. If you work hard to pass the level a few more times, the SSS level is not a dream.
Secondly, the excellent strategy is slightly inferior, with the exploration degree of the dungeon being 90%~99%, and some deeply hidden props or treasures have not been discovered.
For excellent strategies, it is 80%~89%.
Good, 70%~79%
A good strategy can also reach more than 60% of the dungeon exploration degree.
With this kind of strategy, it is relatively easy for players to get a B-level rating.
The "Slay the Spire" strategy guide that he bought at a high price this time was just weak enough.
Normally, if a strategy of this level were sold by an individual, it would not be sold at a high price of 20 million yuan.
But being bought by the government means it will be fully open to players.
This means that this guide will no longer be of any value.
It is equivalent to a one-time buyout by the government, so the price is naturally dozens of times higher.
At this time, Liu Hailang was working at his desk to modify the text of the guide to make it look more easy to understand and easier to be absorbed and digested by the whole people.
Suddenly, the phone on the desk rang.
Someone called in the middle of the night and Liu Hailang, who was concentrating on his work, was startled.
After answering the phone, he was about to scold.
After hearing the report from the other end, his eyes widened.
"What did you say??"
"All the gangs on Machete Street were wiped out in one fell swoop??"
"hiss!!!"
“Impossible?!!!”
Liu Hailang thought he had heard it wrong for a moment, but after confirming it several times, he finally breathed a sigh of relief.
He leaned heavily on the seat.
Machete Street has always been a thorn in his side because of its historical issues.
Although those gangs were dispersed by troops sent by various governments five years ago.
But due to the huge quantity, it was divided into multiple shares.
They hide in dark sewers like rats, and it is not easy to eradicate them completely.
After they lay dormant for a few years and developed some power, things started to become difficult.
Of course, violent eradication is possible, but times have changed and their armed forces have become stronger.
A head-on confrontation would hurt many innocent people and the cost would outweigh the gain.
After several unsuccessful attempts at confrontation, Liu Hailang could only put the matter aside for the time being. As long as their level of danger was not that high, he would grit his teeth and endure it, and focus on developing the overall level of the players first.
But this does not mean that Liu Hailang has forgotten these gangs.
The group of guys that I dreamed of getting rid of were actually caught in one fell swoop today?
After asking for the details, Liu Hailang was even more surprised.
Judging from the reports from subordinates, this operation was not carried out by the Dolphin City police, but by a guy whose origins were unknown.
From the grainy footage captured by street cameras, a man in a white windbreaker entered Machete Street in the early hours of the morning.
Then ten minutes later, it jumped onto the roof and quickly disappeared.
He was also the one who called the police.
"Where does this person come from?" Liu Hailang asked excitedly.
In ten minutes, he single-handedly hacked down an entire street...
You know, there are more than ten B-level players on that street.
In other words, this person has at least A-level strength!
Looking at the entire Dolphin District, there are only about five A-level players.
Even one more is a considerable improvement!
"We are checking..."
"Check it out right now! I want all his information in one night! It would be best if we could invite him to the City Hall as a guest. For a city hero like this, I want to receive him personally!"
"Yes." The subordinate replied seriously.
After a pause, he continued.
"By the way, City Lord Liu."
"you say."
"Today, a C+-level dungeon in Dolphin City was rated SSS. After investigation, it was found that it was won by a passerby player in our city. Did you know about this?"
“What???” Liu Hailang suddenly stood up from his seat with blood rushing to his brain.
First there was the city hero’s violent suppression of bandits, and then there came the SSS-level rating!
But soon he sat down again.
I'm old and can't stand this kind of stimulation.
The SSS-level evaluation of the C+-level copy...
This means a perfect, 100% detailed guide!
If we can get this strategy, it will be equivalent to ensuring that all players in Dolphin City have C-level strength at least.
It can instantly make Dolphin City rush from the bottom of Haizhou Province to a medium-sized city!
Tell me, which cadre can withstand such a test?
"Contact! Immediately... no, contact tomorrow! Invite this player to the City Hall tomorrow. I want to meet them both at the same time!" Liu Hailang was in a good mood and laughed heartily a few times.
A city hero, an SSS-level perfect strategy expert.
If Dolphin City can get help from these two people, it will be even more powerful!
