Chapter 381 Dragon City Secrets

Standing on top of the world?

Su Xia did not agree, saying there was still some way to go.

Granted, this group of scammers is just a kid compared to the mechanical tribe, but it's not that easy to deal with them.

Compared with the mechanical people, Su Xia is also a child.

He and this group of scammers are evenly matched opponents.

"What do you want to do by cheating so much money?" Su Xia continued to ask.

"Continue to develop the business and expand it around the world." Andrew answered honestly.

“What other businesses are there?”

"That's a lot..."

Andrew thought about it, organized his thoughts, and told what he knew.

As far as he said, the group's business is quite broad, of which investment accounts for a large part. Their group is a major shareholder of many post-war companies and has also acquired and merged many companies. Their group can be seen in more than half of the unicorn companies.

Just looking at the entertainment industry, their group has a huge influence and has created many now-popular stars.

The number of industries on the surface is so numerous that it is hard for ordinary people to imagine.

There are so many things behind it that it makes your scalp tingle.

There are many gray industries. For example, the cloning that Su Xia knows about has extended to more than ten gray area transactions. They existed before the war, and it is just more convenient now.

"For example, if someone wants to clone their deceased family members, no matter what channel they use, they will basically find us in the end." Andrew talked about one of them.

"It's meaningless. The dead can never be resurrected." Su Xia shook his head.

"Sir, it's obvious that you are not suitable for business," said Andrew.

"Don't say that too soon."

Su Xia looked calm. His pharmacy was still making money, and it was the most profitable pharmacy in the entire Coral City.

Andrew explained, “Sir, you need to understand the psychology of your customers, just like I told you before.”

"Tell me more specifically."

"Many times, customers know that the product may not be useful, but they just want to buy a hope. When they call to consult, their needs are already in front of you."

Andrew talked eloquently about many simple rules in the industry.

In his words, in this business, what they sell is not products but customer needs.

No matter how good the product is, it is useless if customers don’t demand it.

At this time, it is necessary to create demand for customers.

"Demand can be created out of thin air. Even if I just stop a passerby on the street, I can create suitable demand for him," said Andrew.

"That makes sense... What is the core business of your group? You make so much money, which specific business are you developing?" Su Xia suddenly asked.

"This... doesn't seem to have any specific core projects."

"Everything?"

"What I have told you, sir, is the main thing."

Andrew explained seriously: "To be honest, the group has always been like this. Whether before or after the war, the projects are almost the same. It's just that the world after the war is more chaotic. For a period of time, most parts of the world were implementing 'shock therapy', and the mechanical race didn't manage it, which gave our group the opportunity to grow rapidly."

"Well, the mechanical clan really doesn't care." Su Xia nodded.

"But this time it's different. The Mechanical Tribe actually captured our group's employees."

"oh?"

"It is Kaiba City. Those bases must have been destroyed by your own hands. Some of the escaped employees were captured by the Machine Tribe and will be sent to the United Court for trial."

"Oh, I see."

Su Xia seemed to be thinking about something. Logically speaking, the mechanical race would not care about such things.

In the eyes of those mechanical creatures, human affairs are trivial matters, and management will only waste time and energy. Most of the time, they look down on the development of the human world from a high position.

Unless this matter touches their interests or emotions...

Could it be that reporter's mechanical friend?

Su Xia thought about it and decided that this was probably the only way.

At that time, the mechanical tribe came too quickly and reacted too quickly beyond everyone's imagination, so that he had no time to deal with the follow-up matters, and he didn't know what was happening with the several bases in Seahorse City.

I think Ding Can will not let him down.

"Is there really no specific core project? The top management hasn't expressed any intention?" Su Xia asked again.

"My Lord, I cannot yet reach the top level," Andrew replied.

"I thought you were of sufficient status."

"I... am just a humble product after all. Although I have a lot of responsibilities, I am not considered a human being in the eyes of the top management. I am not qualified to get involved in anything too deep."

Andrew told the truth that his position was like a conveyor belt on a huge industrial machine, which was slightly stronger than an ordinary screw, but not much stronger.

Throughout the history of this planet, there have been countless organizations similar to their group.

Looking back, as early as thousands of years ago, people proposed the concept of maintaining eternal youth by "drinking the blood of young people".

Later, some of these organizations were submerged by the waves of time and completely became the dust of history.

Some organizations retreated behind the scenes, and used the money accumulated from those bloody transactions to become some of the current prominent families, with connections to many nobles and even royal families in the Western Continent.

Their group is just a gathering of powerful people of the new era. They replaced the old organizations in the wars and became the masterminds behind this era.

Andrew then said: "However, I once heard some gossip when I was working for some people at the headquarters."

"Tell me more specifically."

"It's just... a guess..."

Andrew touched his head and continued, "It seems that someone in the upper echelons wants to create a new world and destroy the existing human world."

Su Xia became interested and asked, "Why?"

"That's unknown. From what I know, there are two explanations."

"Which two?"

"The first one is about human race." Andrew said, "Someone in the upper echelons seems to think that most of the existing humans are inferior and must be eliminated to preserve the remaining superior humans."

"Oh, it's an old rumor. I've heard that too."

Su Xia nodded, this was nothing new.

He asked, "What's the other news?"

Andrew replied, "Another thing is...some people in the upper echelons think that all human beings today are inferior. No matter what race they are, every natural person has defects in their genes. They must all be eliminated, and then through genetic technology, a world with only clones with perfect genes can be created."

"Wait a minute, aren't the senior executives of your group natural persons?" Su Xia asked.

"Yes."

"If you say so, won't they destroy themselves?"

"That's right." Andrew nodded. "But, it is said that they all left behind clones with perfect genes. When the time comes, they will transfer their memories into the clones, and then destroy their old bodies with genetic defects, and lead all mankind in the new era."

“That’s ridiculous…”

Su Xia touched his chin and thought that this rumor was too weird.

The current world is ruled by the mechanical race. Will those mechanical creatures just watch all this happen?

The mechanical race doesn't care about the petty quarrels among humans. They keep humans in captivity like pets and tolerate any quarrels among humans on a daily basis.

But once a small number of pets want to destroy the majority of pets, the mechanical tribe can kill them without anyone else taking action.

"Sir, this is all I know." Andrew said that if he knew more, he would have to arrest the top executives of the group.

"Well, there's another question."

"Your Excellency, please speak."

"Have you handled any munitions lately?"

"Yes."

"Where exactly are you going to sell it to?" Su Xia asked.

"In the southwest of this continent, there is a large human settlement called 'Dragon City'." Andrew answered truthfully.

This answer was the same as Su Xia had guessed before.

At that time in the manor, when the manor owner told this news, Su Xia thought of the current situation in Longcheng.

Now rumors are spreading inside Longcheng, the situation is chaotic and unstable, it seems like someone is deliberately spreading false information in secret, trying to provoke the division of the entire Longcheng.

He said to Andrew, "Dragon City has its own arsenal. Even if it needs to purchase supplies, it will purchase them from the central or northern parts of the continent. The supplies you handle should not be sold to the Dragon City government."

"Yes, sir, you are right."

Andrew nodded. "I was just the middleman for those military supplies. The other party sent the goods over, and I was responsible for meeting them at the Conch City Pier, and then delivering them to a temporary coordinate near Dragon City... They couldn't be delivered directly to Dragon City, so they were probably not purchased by Dragon City officials."

"Who sold it? Who bought it?" Su Xia asked.

"This... I'm not sure..."

"If you don't even know this, what kind of business are you in?"

"Sir, in this kind of business, both parties are basically confidential." Andrew looked embarrassed. "For a middleman like me, I just need to make money and not ask too many questions."

He mentioned that these transactions were basically assigned to him by the group.

The group itself only acts as a middleman.

"Like the Zero Point Tavern." Andrew explained: "You, sir, came from the Zero Point Tavern, so you must know that the tavern itself is just a task trading station. Many people will issue tasks anonymously, and then another group of people will accept the tasks anonymously."

Before each transaction, he would contact the seller anonymously through network equipment to verify details such as the quantity of materials, arrival time, transaction location, etc.

He couldn't and didn't dare to ask who the seller was, and he didn't even dare to investigate secretly.

Apart from the Mechanical Clan, there are only about a dozen sellers in the world that can provide large quantities of arms.

Even if the other party doesn't say it, he can basically guess it.

After all, the goods were sent from the continent across the sea, and on that continent, only the human settlement with an eagle as its symbol could provide so many arms.

"The Dragon City settlement has a conflict with the large human settlement across the ocean. Your Excellency should know that it has existed for a long time," said Andrew.

"What conflict?" Su Xia asked with a frown.

"Eh? Your Excellency, don't you know?"

"I have been training alone in the mountains and forests for the past few years and have not paid attention to these things."

"It's like this... There are conflicts among the large human settlements such as the Dragon City Settlement, the Eagle Settlement, the White Bear Settlement, and the Golden Lion Settlement. Two years ago, there seemed to be a big fight, and they almost came to blows. Later, under the threat of the mechanical race, they had to put aside their disputes and unite temporarily."

"Under the threat of the mechanical race..."

Su Xia felt like laughing for some reason. It turned out that the unity of the human race could only rely on this kind of sci-fi setting, which was really unrealistic.

According to Andrew, after that incident, there wasn't much contact between the several large human gathering places.

The place where eagles gather that he mentioned is called Meirui on the game map, and the place where polar bears gather is called Lucy on the game map... Probably to avoid getting into trouble, Andrew is used to calling by aliases and doesn't dare to call by their names directly.

As for the cause of the conflict, it seems to be a dispute about the correct path. Within this, there are struggles between factions such as the fighting faction, the surrender faction, the moderation faction, and the faction of seeking another way out. It is quite complicated and difficult to explain in a few words.

"On the other side of the sea, on another continent, the leaders of several human settlements seem to think... that we can coexist with the mechanical race in a special state. They want to ease relations."

"Submit directly?"

"No..."

Andrew shook his head, indicating that he didn't know either: "What they proposed was not submission, but 'co-existence'. I am just a puppet controlled by the group. I can't understand these things, and I don't know much."

"I don't understand either." Su Xia said.

"Sir, you are a fighter, so you will definitely have something in common with those people in Dragon City."

"I am a militant?"

"You can tell by your behavior."

Andrew said seriously: "The reason why so many people support you is not only because of your attitude towards the lower class, but also because of your attitude towards the mechanical race. Now there are people from the fighting faction all over the world, and many of them have already regarded you as one of their own."

Su Xia suddenly realized: "So that's it."

No wonder the situation in the southwest region is so serious this time. Every city is in chaos and it has become a mess.

Logically speaking, what Su Xia has done during this period of time is not enough to earn him so much support.

There must be some old-line forces secretly working to muddy the waters.

It's a battle of attitude and future path.

There is no shortage of people in this world who persist in fighting.

Su Xia's attitude was clear enough to attract the attention of those people.

Andrew added: "I'm just guessing that the Eagle Gathering Area may want to dissolve the Dragon City Gathering Area, or support a new spokesperson to drive out the current Dragon City Lord, so as to get the support of Dragon City at the next gathering area conference."

"Have you seen the current Lord of Dragon City?" Su Xia asked him.

"No, I've heard a little bit."

"Are you familiar with his background?"

"I'm not sure. I heard that he gradually came to power over the past decade or so."

"All right."

Su Xia was about to ask some other questions when her expression suddenly changed and she looked outside.

He sensed that some complex metal objects were approaching his location.

"Don't talk, the patrol soldiers of the Mechanical Clan are here!"

Su Xia waved his hand, and dense swarms of nanorobots climbed onto his and Andrew's bodies, covering them all and making them completely invisible.

Then he simply put away the stool he had sat on and pulled out the two pieces of floorboards Andrew had sat on.

Then he took Andrew and flew out of the window at the back of the house.

“Buzz——”