"Mr . Liu, congratulations on your promotion," said a young man wearing a pair of silver-rimmed glasses as soon as everyone came out of the meeting room .
Zheng Tiezhuang and Liu Changhao stopped talking at the same time and turned to face the young man behind them .
With a strained smile, Liu Changwu said, "Mr . Han, the decision's already been made by the young Chairman Gao . There's nothing we can do . "
Han Xing shook his head . "No, you misunderstand . I'm not here to change the young chairman's decision . In fact, I do think that my brother should be punished for his actions . "
Liu Changhao's face relaxed somewhat . "I see . So, is there something we can help you with?"
"I was wondering if you two would like to join me for dinner? I've already made a reservation," said Han Xing .
Zheng Tiezhuang shook his head . "No, thanks . My daughter-in-law's making beef stew tonight . I'll probably have an earful if I miss dinner again . "
"Sorry, but I'm afraid I won't feel comfortable going by myself without old Zheng here," said Liu Changhao apologetically .
Han Xing sighed and waved his hand . "No worries . Another time, perhaps . "
. . .
A day passed . The matters with the suburban area were finally settled .
The Allied Government had just announced that the region was now on red alert . In truth, rumors about what was going on were already making the rounds among the people . They simply hadn't gained official recognition from the government until now .
A couple of neighboring cities were already aware of the situation at hand .
Some of the coastal cities had recently been hit by monster onslaughts of varying degrees, including Pengcheng City, which wasn't too far away from Yangcheng City .
"Young master, both Yangcheng and Pengcheng have already sent a team to investigate the coastal waters," said Hou Mu as he entered Gao Peng's office . He found the latter reading a book by the window .
Gao Peng closed his book, then stood up and looked out of the window into the distance . A dark blue sky stretched out before him into the horizon .
"Have they found out where the monsters are coming from?"
"From Nanhe Village . "
"Nanhe Village?" repeated Gao Peng, frowning .
"Yes . Nanhe Village isn't far from here . Two of our employees are from there . It's a coastal village, and they even have sentries with their own familiars patrolling the place, which apparently wasn't enough to ensure everyone's safety when disaster struck . "
Gao Peng let out a deep breath . He then narrowed his eyes as he looked back out into the distance . "Call Liu Changhao in . Let's start bringing all our factories back into operation . We'll pay everyone the overtime rate for the next few days . "
"Understood," said Hou Mu before walking out of the office and closing the door behind him .
A few minutes later, Liu Changhao entered the room . Gao Peng turned to him and said, "Take the investigative division with you to patrol our surroundings . Let me know if you find any signs of an imminent monster attack in the area . "
"Don't worry, sir . I won't let you down," said Liu Chanhao confidently . He paused for a moment, then said, "Before I forget, Han Xing from the sales division wanted to know if he could be transferred to the investigative division . "
Han Xing? Gao Peng frowned . The name sounded familiar . He had just skimmed through the company's personnel files not too long ago .
If he remembered correctly, Han Xing was the younger brother of Han Fu, one of the security division members who had been punished the day before . He had specially marked Han Fu's profile in the personnel files . However, Gao Peng was a reasonable man . He knew that Han Xing wasn't his brother and shouldn't be held responsible for his brother's mistakes .
After a moment's thought, Gao Peng said flatly, "What grade are his familiars?"
"Commander-tier, sir," said Liu Changwu, eyeing Gao Peng warily .
"Give him elite member status in the investigative division . We'll see how he fares later on," said Gao Peng .
Later, Gao Peng exited his office and called Flamy and Da Zi over . He decided to leave Dumby and Goldie there in the Southern Sky building . Both Flamy and Da Zi were well-equipped to take on huge packs of monsters . However, Flamy was the only familiar whom Gao Peng could fly on comfortably . Da Zi's wings tended to make a lot of noise as they beat in the air . Riding the winged centipede was like riding an extremely noisy motorcycle through the air .
Gao Peng flew south on Flamy . The suburban roads rushed past beneath him . He could also see a couple of utility poles and lampposts on both sides of the road that had fallen to the ground .
Five minutes later, they could see the outlines of a few buildings in the distance .
The buildings seemed somewhat small, scattered in a helter-skelter fashion behind a hill . There was a main road that ran through the village . However, it didn't seem as if anyone was living there right now .
Gao Peng gave Flamy a pat on the back, and it slowly began its descent to the ground .
Da Zi was the first to land on the ground . As soon as its feet touched the ground, it immediately took off into the village's alleys .
"Da Zi!" shouted Gao Peng through his Blood Contract .
Da Zi stopped in its tracks . It was now clinging to a wall like a huge gecko .
Its dark purple exoskeleton and golden wings stood in stark contrast to the dull grey wall . It had scraped layers of dust off the wall in its wake . Its 20-foot-long body covered more than half of the wall .
Not a soul stirred in the village . Fresh blood stains still glistened on the ground .
Gao Peng hadn't been able to tell how bad the situation was from the air . However, as soon as they landed, they could see that most of the buildings were reduced to rubble . Their walls had collapsed, revealing all the ruined furniture inside the buildings . There were even pieces of what used to be a thermos scattered across the ground in one of them .
The village had been completely ravaged by the monsters .
This was like a nightmarish walk down memory lane . The same thing had happened to Gao Peng four years earlier . He still remembered hiding behind a curtain and peeking out at the people fleeing from the mutant creatures that were chasing after them on the street .
One was usually reminded of just how powerless he or she was when confronted by a more powerful presence . . .
Suddenly, Gao Peng's ears pricked to the sound of something being dropped to the ground in the distance . It resounded awfully loudly in the silence of the village .
Da Zi quickly rushed towards the source of the sound, its wings a purple shimmer in the air .
Gao Peng could see a translucent figure flitting through the rubble in one of the collapsed buildings in the distance .
Boom! A purple figure crashed through what remained of the building's wall . Pieces of brick showered over Da Zi as it made a beeline towards the translucent shrimp-like creature and caught it in its pincer .
Da Zi brought the shrimp back to Gao Peng, who estimated that the shrimp was approximately two feet long based on Da Zi's size . In truth, the shrimp was at least a foot long and had quite a lot of meat to it, at least for a shrimp .
The shrimp wiggled its feelers about in the air and waved its pincers at Gao Peng aggressively .
[Monster Name]: Land Camoshrimp (Multilegged variant)
[Monster Level]: Level 8
[Monster Grade]: Excellent
[Monster Attribute]: Wind
[Monster Status]: Healthy (Aggressive on the outside, timid on the inside)
Realizing that Gao Peng was looking at it, the Land Camoshrimp snapped its pincers threateningly at him .
This elicited only a bored look from its captors .
Flamy yawned . This thing doesn't look filling at all .
Chapter end
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