CHAPTER 315: CHAPTER 195: MELEE—CHAPTER 196: STORAGE TALISMAN? (END OF FOURTH UPDATE)

A crisp voice suddenly sounded outside the door, "Report!"

The middle-aged man continued to stare at the screen, casually responding, "Come in!"

Though it was casual, there was a slight dominance in his voice, the kind of aura that a superior inadvertently develops over time.

A young woman in uniform walked in, with a pleasant appearance—by Wasteland standards, she could be considered stunning.

The woman’s figure was upright as she walked to the table, bent to place a stack of files, and then spoke up.

"Last night, there was a skirmish in the canyon’s marketplace, and the reserve depot was robbed."

The middle-aged man finally withdrew his gaze from the screen.

He closed his eyes, raised his hand to pinch the bridge of his nose, and murmured lightly, "Truly annoying... continue."

The woman puffed her chest high and reported loudly.

"It’s suspected that among the three involved in the attack were the deserter warrior Mo Huaitian and the Wasteland survivor Jian Lei..."

The canyon hadn’t realized that the woman might be Youyou; was it really that easy for two deserters to connect?

They had a psychological profile of Youyou, believing she should be hiding now, incapable of creating such chaos in the short term.

The woman recounted the events verbatim, speculating if the Wood Attribute female warrior could be Yellow Scorpion.

How Jian Lei’s group traveled from Central City to the canyon wasn’t the main focus.

Besides the direct passage, there are other routes from Central City to the canyon, albeit more time-consuming and labor-intensive.

The crucial point was that Jian Lei and his group not only robbed the depot but also killed many in the canyon.

After she finished, the middle-aged man was silent for a long while before clicking his tongue, "Tsk, so does this mean... Jian Lei must die?"

The woman replied crisply, "The canyon has made a request; they believe... not killing him wouldn’t deter the villains."

"Simply ridiculous!" the middle-aged man muttered quietly, "Couldn’t they handle things more discreetly without reaching this point?"

The woman kept her lips tight and eyes straight, pretending not to hear his complaints.

"Sigh," the middle-aged man sighed again, "Don’t they know what an Attributeless Warrior signifies?"

The woman thought for a moment and answered seriously, "They might know but not clearly enough."

The middle-aged man snorted discontentedly, "Humph, I don’t know clearly either, but can we deny the importance of attributeless?"

His voice grew angrier, "Not to mention attributeless, but just look at his altered Cultivation Method... doesn’t that qualify him as a genius?"

The woman kept her lips sealed, knowing the man wasn’t taking out his anger on her, yet the situation was truly frustrating.

The middle-aged man fell silent, then suddenly asked, "Do we have any reason to intervene forcefully?"

The woman hesitated before answering, "If Sander were still alive... intervention could be considered, but now it’s not suitable."

"Sander was a fool!" the man cursed mercilessly.

He then sighed lightly, "These guys should never have been allowed to manage the canyon... What does Mr. Collins think?"

For the first time, emotion appeared on the woman’s face as she gave a wry smile, "You know, without his support..."

"Old fool!" the man cursed with a grim face.

Eventually, he sighed, "Try to capture him alive. I believe some in the canyon don’t want him dead."

The woman hesitated before speaking, "Doesn’t this require a meeting approval?"

The middle-aged man waved his hand, speaking blandly, "It’s just a mere B-level... Do you have anything else?"

The woman replied, "They hope we can dispatch two Supreme Warriors to assist in capturing Jian Lei."

"Don’t even think about it!" The man resolutely refused, "This is probing... Canyon’s Supreme Warriors are also to remain put!"

The woman hesitated, indicating, "Actually, they intend to send Supreme Warriors to Central City."

"Nonsense!" the man replied without hesitation, "They ask us to follow rules, yet they don’t want to follow them?"

The woman hesitated again before saying, "They suspect Jian Lei stole Transformation Potions to cultivate rebel forces."

"Let them rebel," the man chuckled upon hearing this, "Ha, they’ve actually learned to threaten us?"

The woman asked again, "They hope to reduce this month’s A-level Crystal supplies."

"I won’t agree!" the middle-aged man stated bluntly, "Tell them to know their limits; my patience is not boundless!"

While this conversation was taking place at the base, the canyon already launched an exhaustive search.

This was also under a Level One alert, and it was announced at that moment... with no specified end date!

The issue mainly lay in Qu Jianlei being too ruthless, and also... the losses in the canyon were too severe.

Just the Gold alone lost amounted to nearly five tons, along with over four hundred A-level Crystals and more than six thousand B-levels.

Other things were also plentiful, like rare metals and... Limb Regeneration Potions.

This Limb Regeneration Potion was highly coveted.

Many warriors above B-level had their eyes on it.

But using the Limb Regeneration Potion requires a significant amount of money and a substantial number of Merit Points.

Both of these are not easily attainable, especially the latter.

Everyone was painstakingly accumulating money and merit, only to suddenly hear about the reduction of Limb Regeneration Potions, leading to understandable anger.

Qu Jianlei and his group had already regrouped and hidden away, entirely unaware of the chaos outside.

Fortunately, he and Xiao Moshan had previously dug out a refuge, which was now being put to use.

Qu Jianlei then enthusiastically began to open treasure chests.