"My God! Is this a crystal chip of the Rock Giant Beast!? Did you hunt a Level Four Ruined Beast?"
The female staff member stared at Ren Zhong in shock, exclaiming loudly.
Her voice was so loud that it instantly captured the attention of other staff in the square, as well as the scavengers waiting in line to sell their goods.
The noisy square immediately fell into an eerie silence.
Ren Zhong smiled and nodded, "Yes, it’s a Level Four Ruined Beast."
About five seconds later, it was unclear who spoke first, but then whispers and discussions buzzed incessantly, merging into a whole, like a locust plague passing by.
Even though they were just whispering, the volume was louder than the previous loud conversations.
In such a noisy environment, Ren Zhong’s "old acquaintance," the female staff member, couldn’t help but ask while calculating the price, "How did you guys do it?"
Ren Zhong smiled again, shrugged, "Details aren’t important, the result is. Hmm... it was strong, very scary. But we won."
Three minutes later, today’s haul was completely settled.
One Level Four crystal chip of the Rock Giant Beast, worth exactly 1000 points.
Third Level Ruined Beast crystal chips and carcasses, totaling 6 sets, a total of 750 points.
Second Level Ruined Beast crystal chips and carcasses, totaling 12 sets, a total of 420 points.
Total income 2170 points.
Today, he used special equipment, including Low Temperature Cloud Bombs and Second Level Air Burst Bombs, along with other miscellaneous energy, ammunition, and minor equipment repair costs, bringing the total team cost to 170 points, netting a profit of 2000 points.
Ren Zhong took 50%, earning 1000 points.
When distributing the loot, Ren Zhong was very open about it in front of other teams, even reporting the number, causing the scavengers nearby to drool with envy, their eyes turning green with jealousy.
Especially when they heard Ren Zhong state that he was not the captain, and Zheng Tian was, the admiration in the eyes of the team members immediately turned to Zheng Tian.
Zheng Tian’s team was already quite famous among the scavengers, and many people knew her, aware that her team originally consisted of only five people.
In the past, Zheng Tian’s team was only known to deal with First Level Ruined Beasts, rarely succeeding in challenging Second Level ones.
But now, being able to hunt Level Four Ruined Beasts must have been because of the decisive role of the new male member.
This Zheng Tian has some skills!
No one knows just how alluring she had to be to gather such a person into her team.
I feel like I could...
As the crowd focused so intently on her, Zheng Tian felt both worried and couldn’t help but hold her head high in pride.
This was probably the feeling she had always wanted, of standing out and being noticed.
However, as fortune and disaster may intertwine, before everyone left the square, the female staff member responsible for the settlement had chased after them, loudly saying, "Mr. Ren, the boss wants you to go upstairs to his office for a chat. The rest of you wait here."
Ren Zhong nodded, got out of the car, and followed her upstairs.
After Ren Zhong left, sitting in the driver’s seat of the Thunderbolt Car, Zheng Tian recalled today’s events and vaguely realized something.
The proud expression on her face was instantly frozen.
She suddenly became both nervous and uneasy.
She knew that every move Ren Zhong made must have deep meaning.
Zheng Tian started to contemplate.
What exactly was the purpose of Mr. Ren’s display of strength today?
Did he want to catch the attention of Mr. Yang and sign with a professional team?
That would surely be a good thing, meaning everyone could soar alongside him.
Or was he planning to join Lin Wang’s team soon, providing a feast for everyone before saying goodbye, as a farewell dinner?
Hanyu’s hand reached over and grabbed Zheng Tian’s hand, squeezing it slightly, and whispered, "No matter what happens next, you have to believe, Mr. Ren must have the best plan, don’t let your mind wander. He once said he only trusts us among all the scavengers in the small town. We have to have confidence in ourselves."
Zheng Tian still felt downcast and lowered her head, replying, "Yeah."
Despite Hanyu’s comfort, her concerns about the future couldn’t help but engulf her in a sense of powerlessness.
In Yang Bingzhong’s office.
Ren Zhong "for the first time" met the real steering man behind Starfire Resources.
Although the timing was completely different, and the internal causes driving the events were slightly different, the scene was almost identical to the "last time."
Yang Bingzhong, leaning slightly on the back of the chair, with his legs crossed, hands spread open in a casual and relaxed manner, an expressionless poker face gradually relaxing to show a gentle smile upon seeing someone...
Even the tiny details in the placement of his fingers were identical to last time.
This was clearly no coincidence.
Ren Zhong understood.
This was Yang Bingzhong’s way of exercising authority.
The other party’s body language was carefully designed to look both relaxed and commanding.
He exuded confidence and seemed to have no guard against someone he was meeting for the first time.
This was Yang Bingzhong’s technique used to declare authority to new subordinates, while slightly closing the distance between them, always successful and undefeated.
But having interacted with top-level entrepreneurs, notable local government figures, and other big names multiple times in the 21st century, Ren Zhong also knew that truly charismatic top political and business leaders don’t need to deliberately design their body language this way.
If those people really wanted to win someone over, every gesture would carry warmth and familiarity, closing any distance with ease through casual conversations, effortlessly and gracefully.
Yang Bingzhong clearly couldn’t do that, hence the need for meticulous design.
The more standard his body language was at this moment, the more it appeared as mere bluster in Ren Zhong’s eyes.
So, the real controller behind the lives of twenty thousand scavengers—this Yang Bingzhong—was nothing more than this.
Your acting skills, I can only give 60 points.
Even if you try your hardest, Yang Bingzhong would never imagine that within just "five seconds" of their first meeting, Ren Zhong had labeled him as a weakling hiding behind a facade of power.
He had lost everything, worse than Dou E.
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