Chapter 14: Gold
The lord's mansion, which had been somewhat quiet in the morning, was now bustling with many servants. Even chefs, gardeners, and others had been fully recruited. Within an hour of the group of chief administrators and security captains leaving, servants began arriving one after another to apply for positions.
Su Xiao accepted everyone without exception. There were certainly enemy spies among them. Compared to letting the enemy infiltrate covertly, letting them in directly and using this to trace the clues back was undoubtedly the better choice.
As the villainous big boss from the perspective of others, one of Su Xiao's conveniences was that he didn't need to find evidence to eliminate traitors. So, with the cooperation of Bubu Wang, Amu, and Baha, in one afternoon, ninety percent of the gangs in Muyu City were cleared out, and the few administrators who hadn't attended the council all died suddenly.
This kind of utterly unreasonable brutality made the newly enriched Chief Administrator Gilbers, who had been harboring all sorts of schemes, immediately settle down. After all, the towering flames from those luxurious mansions indicated that the new lord was neither a pushover nor a sucker.
The invitation at noon was an opportunity. Since the opportunity was rejected, there was no time for a handshake before goodbye. This was the Lord's Continent, a dark forest where kindness and tolerance were twisted and misunderstood as weakness.
What Su Xiao did was equivalent to an ultra-extreme version of combining favor with authority. As a result, around three in the afternoon, the administrator of District 12, Mel Torrey, came to visit with a complicated expression.
Mel Torrey stated that he would definitely find a way to solve the food and fresh water problems for the residents of District 12 himself, and would never trouble the Lord. He also mentioned how outstanding his son was, how obedient his little daughter was, and that his mother had passed away many years ago, leaving only him to support his elderly father.
A family photo, taken just an hour ago, rushed to be developed, and so warm that even the family's big dog was in the frame, was also displayed. The overflowing will to survive was felt even by the newly appointed, stern-eyed, full-figured head maid waiting outside the door.
Was this Mel Torrey just a coward? Obviously not. After quickly purging the various gangs in the city, Amu transformed into the executioner of Muyu City. At the execution ground east of the city, with a bloodthirsty battle axe, he beheaded all the former big shots of Muyu City.
Once the pile of heads at the eastern execution ground was high enough, Mel Torrey, who was already low in status among the high-ranking officials, naturally became afraid. He felt the double malice from the new lord and his former colleagues, who were ready to use him as cannon fodder.
Su Xiao, who was usually taciturn, found dealing with the ruthless administrators easier than handling Mel Torrey, who was already wiping his tears with a handkerchief. Baha, perched on his shoulder, comforted him for a long time before Mel Torrey was convinced that the Lord wouldn't kill him to establish authority, and that the food/water approval documents from the council weren't a test.
Mel Torrey was moved to tears. After a lengthy pledge of loyalty, he left. One could only say that everyone has their own talents. Mel Torrey's survival ability might have already maxed out at X.
After dealing with the trivial matters, Su Xiao checked the lord list and found that the food stock had increased from the previous 5 units to 628 units, and the growth rate was still rising. Through his temporary contract with the Silver Queen, he issued mental commands to several thousand worker scorpions, ordering them to deliver the stored "Food" to the Core Maw.
Inside the underground mother nest at this moment, worker scorpions were transporting dark purple flesh through the tunnels, leaving fluorescent bloodstains along the way. This was the lord core "Food" produced by the insect nest. Currently, the mother nest was in its development stage, so the hourly "Food Production" was limited.
Amidst the sounds of carapace collisions and rustling, large amounts of "Food" were transported along the tunnels to the Core Maw. This place was like a pitch-black circular sinkhole, completely dark inside. The worker scorpions threw the "Food" down and then orderly returned to the storage room.
In just a few minutes, Su Xiao received a related notification.
[Notification: You have paid 300 units of "Food". The Lord Core is expected to be activated in 5 hours and 20 minutes.]
[When the Hunter successfully activates the Lord Core, you will have two income modes each time you upgrade the Lord Core.]