Chapter 114 That kid has been found
In her previous life, when she was hungry and cold and had nightmares in the middle of the night, she always thought that it would be great if she had a space like the protagonist in a novel. She would hide in the space forever, with endless delicacies to eat, and the outside world would be irrelevant to her.
Now she has Lu An and Xu Nanwei. She used to only want to stay out of trouble, but now that she has met and come into contact with so many people, she is starting to lose her resolve.
She wanted more than just basic sustenance and stability; she wanted more people to be happy.
Faced with sheer numbers and terrifying energy, no one can be invincible, so cooperating with the dungeon is a win-win situation for her.
Pulling herself out of her thoughts, Yu Miaomiao continued speaking to the group of people who were deep in thought, "Actually, this matter is very easy to handle. If there is no reason, then create one. If there are no other underground bases, then create one. Create a mission that requires digging an underground base. With a generous reward, there will surely be brave men."
With resources scarce in the dungeons, offering generous conditions and the fact that digging bases isn't a life-threatening task for most ability users—they can earn substantial rewards for their labor—there's bound to be a lot of people willing to go.
"That's true, but the dungeon can't offer any particularly attractive terms right now," Ye Jian said with a worried expression. If they could offer more attractive terms, his suggestion to launch a mission to search for equipment wouldn't have been rejected last time.
The reason for rejection was that non-essential needs should be postponed, and the chip should be used as is for now if it can continue to be used.
The dungeon is currently facing severe financial difficulties...
Yu Miaomiao frowned slightly. From Ye Jian's worried expression, she understood his helplessness and exhaustion.
However, this kind of thing is nothing to her after her rebirth and the return of her spatial ability, and it is not unsolvable. She already has a plan in mind, but the bullets must be fired one by one.
"Resources in the underground city may be scarce, but safety and hope are probably more important to the survivors. We are still lacking a push, so we need to spread some rumors…" Yu Miaomiao had already heard a lot of gossip on her way here. She roughly knew where these rumors came from, and now she could use them to her advantage.
"Academician Ye, isn't there a young master in your institute who does nothing all day? I heard he's quite popular within the institute and is a very upright person. You should make good use of his abilities. Why don't you promote the important task of getting the superhumans to move out of the underground city in batches and entrust it to him?"
Yu Miaomiao recalled Ni Youyuan's impassioned speech that day, saying that he was upright, but with a hint of sarcasm.
Yang Silu had clearly picked out the key point from Yu Miaomiao's words. The plague spread so rapidly and suddenly that he didn't believe there was no one behind it. And that young master had been quite active in the research institute recently. Let him be the whistleblower; perhaps there would be unexpected gains.
However, Yang Silu was indeed a cunning old fox.
Yu Miaomiao shivered involuntarily. After thinking about it, she realized that she didn't seem to have any leverage over this person, so she straightened her back.
Inside the villa area, Ni Chongyang held a wine glass, looking to be in a good mood.
"The virus has spread everywhere." Scarface, one of his underlings, pushed open the door, his face beaming with joy. "Boss, you're truly a master strategist. Those old men in the dungeon must be frantic with worry."
"Hmph, since you won't listen, then you can all die." Ni Chongyang swirled his wine glass, his face full of malice. A few days ago, he and that old fox had asked for ten escape pods, but were ruthlessly rejected, which made him lose face.
He and his family cannot perish so easily. Since the old fox is not giving them face, it's time to change the ruler of this underground city.
"By the way, boss, I have some news that you'll definitely be interested in." Scarface was happy to see his boss so happy, and he had just learned some news that made him even more eager to share it with Ni Chongyang.
Ni Chongyang casually fiddled with his wine glass, showing no emotion whatsoever.
"explain."
"Do you remember that kid who went missing a while ago? Isn't it a coincidence? Turns out he was taken in by that woman across the street. She's been hiding him really well."
Scarface didn't know if Ni Chongyang still remembered that kid. Ni Chongyang closed his eyes slightly and recalled for a while, and he did remember that there was such a person.
He seemed to be a kid with illusion-type superpowers. He was initially moved by pity when he rescued him. He also noticed that the kid was quite good-looking and about the same age as his daughter, Marilyn. At the time, his daughter had taken a liking to the dog next to the kid, and he thought that since the kid was good-looking, he could bring him back and raise him as a son-in-law for his daughter. He didn't pay much attention to him.
"I haven't seen that kid in a long time. When did he run away?" Ni Chongyang didn't really care that such a person ran away, but he would deal with that woman sooner or later.
"Hehe, Miss told us not to say, he's been on the run for a while, but recently one of our brothers saw him at the weapons factory. We saved his life, it was that gardener Old Zhang who rescued him, isn't that good news?"
Scarface smiled obsequiously. It was normal for Miss Marilyn to accidentally kill a few slaves sometimes; countless slaves had been lost or died, and the boss wouldn't care, so he wasn't afraid of the boss getting angry.
Moreover, that kid was always by the side of the wheelchair-bound person at the weapons factory, which shows he had the factory owner's deep trust. This morning, they were suddenly disqualified from purchasing weapons, and the people at the weapons factory beat them to death. Their bodies were then quietly dumped in the boss's villa, and the boss is having a headache over this.
This good thing just came to us. Let Old Zhang, the gardener, talk to Ji Mu. Maybe the weapons supply will be restored.
"That's really good news."
Ni Chongyang was planning something much bigger. He had Old Zhang, the gardener, under his control, and he remembered that Old Zhang had been really good to that kid. But just to be on the safe side, he looked out the window at Yu Miaomiao's villa. If he could also capture those women and bring them under his control, that would be even better.
"Go and fetch Yu-won for me." If those bitches don't give him any face, he shouldn't blame him.
He hatched a plan. He had invited this neighbor several times before, but she had refused. At that time, he had just entered the underground city and was too busy to get a foothold. Now that the plan was almost in progress, it was time to teach these arrogant women a lesson.
"Dad, what's up? I'm busy here."
Ni Youyuan has been making connections and cultivating relationships within the research institute recently, and he's doing very well there. Moreover, the base seems to have a high opinion of his abilities, as Yang Silu just personally met with him and entrusted him with important responsibilities.