Chapter 131: Chapter 131: Worsening Situation

"Third Huang, you’d better not be joking!" Cripple Liu knew this guy wouldn’t spout nonsense. Since he was bringing it up, he must be fairly certain.

"We’ve known each other for over a hundred years. I wouldn’t lie to you. It’s just that I feel uncertain myself," Third Huang said, nodding.

"Why don’t you tell me first? Two heads are better than one," Cripple Liu said, observing Third Huang’s expression.

Since Third Huang originally intended to pull someone in to share the burden, he obliged. "I knew the news two hours before you notified us to meet with the pirate leaders."

Cripple Liu spat out another mouthful of water. He had just heard the message from the Ash Organization!

"I met a mysterious person," Third Huang explained slowly. "He knew that this entire incident was actually a conspiracy orchestrated by certain individuals. Think about it: the Pirates suffered heavy losses, we suffered heavy losses, and the Alliance Fleet suffered heavy losses. So who actually benefits from this?

"Certain individuals tried to win me over in the past. I don’t know if they approached you, but I rejected them at the time. Thankfully, I managed to dodge a bullet this time. But doesn’t it seem strange when you look at those who escaped with barely a scratch? We all mobilized together, yet these guys somehow avoided major casualties for ’various reasons’?"

Cripple Liu’s expression drastically changed as he listened. He pondered this silently before a ferocious look overtook his face. "I knew something was off! How did things end up like this? Plus, teaming up with Pirates to ambush the Alliance Regular Fleet—only they could get other leaders to agree to such an absurd idea.

"Now I get it. Someone wanted to weaken our forces so we’d have to rely on them even more," Cripple Liu continued.

"That’s not all," Third Huang whispered. "I just heard that a certain Biological Mecha Manufacturing Base was completely wiped out. Strangely, everyone inside is fine, but all the supplies and equipment were looted by four or five surrounding tribes. Even the Main Energy Room was emptied out."

"What are you getting at?"

"The person I met—I don’t know his background, but he proposed that we seek autonomy.

"He wants us to open a direct dialogue with the Alliance Council and cut out the backstabbing middlemen. Do you think we could finally build cities openly on the surface if we did that?" Third Huang continued.

Cripple Liu’s eyes widened at this, darting back and forth before he finally asked, "What do we need to do?"

"That’s the part that confuses me. He told us not to do anything, just to step forward when the crucial moment arrives. But I feel like it’s wrong to just sit on our hands. This guy’s background is incredibly mysterious. I’ve never seen him before, and I completely couldn’t see through his strength," Third Huang said with a shake of his head.

Cripple Liu fell into deep thought before saying, "Could he be someone from the Alliance? A lot of people over there are jealous of the profits here, but they don’t have a way to interfere directly."

"It’s possible."

"Let’s wait and see, then. Try to exchange more intel with him. Meanwhile, we’ll contact a few trusted friends. When the time comes, several of our factions can form an alliance to build cities on the surface. Those two-faced scumbags and those brainless native locals won’t be on the same path as us anymore.

"Besides, we have nothing to lose. We’ll play it by ear anyway; we’re all individual tribes," Cripple Liu concluded.

Yang Bo sneaked in two more times and figured out the situations inside two of the corridors. Setting aside the one where the Pirates lived, the adjacent corridor housed humans. These appeared to be personnel from various organizations or institutions stationed here.

More than half of them were employees from the recently destroyed Biological Mecha base. The rest came from all sorts of backgrounds—some were here on inspection tours, while others were conducting experiments.

Another area was designated for personnel from several major organizations. Among them, Yang Bo spotted his mortal enemies: over twenty people from the Four Seas Gene Potion Manufacturing Company. According to rumors, they also had a hidden research institute somewhere else with over a hundred staff members. Their primary focus was testing whether Mutant Animals could be used as raw materials for Genetic Potions. The residents captured by the Mutants were actually sold to this company for drug testing.

At the same time, Yang Bo learned about the effects of the Interference Potion. It was mainly used to help Mutants reproduce; with the Interference Potion, the offspring of Mutants were essentially guaranteed not to have deformities.

As for the meeting between the Pirates and the Mutant leaders, Yang Bo didn’t attend. He couldn’t be sure if anyone on the other side possessed Invisibility. After all, he hadn’t forgotten how he acquired his own Invisibility.

The person in charge of the Ash Organization looked grim. He had organized this meeting between the Pirates and the Mutant leaders in hopes that they would start fighting amongst themselves. He hadn’t expected them to unite against him first.

"Return everything we handed over to you and compensate us for our losses! If our tribe can’t survive, none of you will have a good life either!" a Mutant leader stood up and shouted.

Third Huang nodded from the sidelines. The one who spoke was a local Mutant—someone who had never lived in a high-tech society, part of the second or third generation.

These guys operated purely on the law of the jungle and didn’t care about anything else.

"Exactly, give us back our stuff first! Our tribe members risked their lives for it! Furthermore, our tribe lost over thirty Warriors this time, all of whom had Biological Mechas. You must compensate us with at least fifty sets of Biological Mechas!"

"That’s right! Our tribe also lost forty Warriors, all equipped with Biological Mechas. The Alliance warplanes targeted the Biological Mechas first!" The other Mutant leaders voiced their demands one after another, though a portion of them remained silent.

The Ash Organization leader’s expression darkened. Why hadn’t he received any news about this? He glanced at the few Mutant leaders aligned with him, but they seemed equally clueless. This was absolutely not good news. It appeared some unexpected changes had occurred among the Mutants as well.

The One-Eyed Pirate and Baldy originally thought the Mutants would argue with them. They hadn’t expected the Mutants to have some brains. So, they chimed in too. "You provided false intelligence, which led to the loss of two of our Warships. That needs to be addressed right now! Not to mention, our two factions lost tens of thousands of brothers. Who knows how many actually managed to escape?"

"I find this quite strange," another Mutant leader spoke up. "In this transaction, we Mutants suffered losses, and you Pirates suffered losses. So, who exactly profited from this?"

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone turned their eyes to the Ash Organization. The organization had brokered this incident and, naturally, taken a cut of the profits.

"Everyone, don’t look at us like that. We built our reputation bit by bit. This time, it truly was an intelligence error on our part, and we won’t shirk our responsibility regarding the relevant compensation. In fact, I have a mission right now: help me find this person. There will be a hefty reward for whoever finds him." The person in charge of the Ash Organization pulled out a photo. It was a picture of a Biological Mecha.

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