Chapter 659: Chapter 535, requires the leader's blood sample Chapter 659: Chapter 535, requires the leader's blood sample Mackintosh's expression was a mix of shock and disbelief, and he stood still, hesitating to approach.
Leaving Gold and Silver Island, getting away from the Emerald Sea, it all went smoothly.
How could it be…someone knew he was still alive.
And had delivered a blank envelope into his hands.
After hesitating for quite a while.
He finally took slow steps forward, picked up the envelope, tore it open, and held the letter in his hand.
Blood-red writing appeared before his eyes.
“Mrs. Mackintosh:
I wonder when you open this letter, whether you will recall, like I do, our life on Gold and Silver Island.
You needn't worry too much, this is merely a reply, a reply to the story of the shark pod.
Time flies, and Gold and Silver Island is undergoing earth-shaking changes.
The residential area is being expanded, the port's marketplace has grown several times over, merchant caravans from various countries flooded into Gold and Silver Island with goods and representatives, turning it into a veritable 'Gold and Silver Island.'
The Old Barrel Tavern has changed its sign; now it's a very common tavern, yet business has cooled down a great deal since your time. Black Crow's Nest and the newly formed local gangs have had some strife over the business of the port before, but they didn't unite the port, faring much worse compared to you.
Today's Gold and Silver Island is no longer a tumultuous pirate haven but a true trade hub, trade and development are bound for immeasurable growth.
Similarly, some fugitives and criminals have also set their sights here, and from time to time, squads are mobilized to apprehend them.
Sometimes I think, if you were still on the island, you would surely make its security much better.
After all, you appear indifferent but carry a strong sense of responsibility, more than us outsiders, you love the island more and wish for its improvement.
If you wish to return, the Island Lord's Mansion will support you, helping you rebuild the Old Barrel Tavern.
I hope we'll have the opportunity to meet again.
–Your friend.”
Mackintosh looked at the letter, his eyes gradually widening.
A letter sent to him by Wu Heng.
Because of the shark pod story, she only wrote to Wu Heng.
It was still somewhat cryptic; if one hadn't dealt with the affairs of the Pirate King and the Prophet Pirates, even seeing the letter wouldn't allow them to deduce any useful information.
Moreover, at that time, the plan of the Pirate King was already in its final stage, and by the time one realized it, it would be too late to succeed.
But clearly, he had underestimated the association, and he had underestimated Wu Heng.
When he obtained some intelligence that the association had triumphed, cleaned up all the pirates in the Emerald Sea, and that Wu Heng had become the Island Master, Xi Ligui the Steward, he too was somewhat shocked and incredulous.
He took a deep breath, his gaze swiftly scanning the letter again as the blood-red writing began to fade.
His eyes landed on the phrase “If you wish to return, the Island Lord's Mansion will support you,” lingering there.
His eyes narrowed slightly, “Is this an invitation to return to Gold and Silver Island? Indeed, different from others.”
The letter completely disappeared by itself.
Casually, he threw the letter into the fireplace, burning it to ashes.
He walked over to the side, poured himself a glass of wine, and sat beside the fireplace, watching the flames burn.
The tavern he had just purchased.
How come things had found their way to him again.
“How did he know that I wrote the shark story?”
“Did he know all along about my faked death?”
Thinking it over, the one responsible for the investigation after his fake death was Wu Heng.
“Gold and Silver Island…”
Mackintosh murmured to himself.
“If I went back, I fear it would surprise quite a few people.”
The next day, early morning.
Wu Heng first went to check at the association to confirm that nothing special had happened, then arranged for the armored vehicle that was deployed to return to the manor.
Then, through the boundary door in the study, he proceeded to Zombie World.
On the other side was still his own dormitory.
He opened the windows of the room to air it out, then took out the walkie-talkie and called for Qi Hancai.
But after waiting for a long time, no one responded through the walkie-talkie.
This made Wu Heng frown, but he could still see the Skeletons guarding outside and the working members of the base.
There were no problems with the base; Qi Hancai wasn't here.
Stepping out of the dormitory, he saw a member of the base passing by and inquired, “Where is Qi Hancai?”
Seeing that it was Wu Heng, the base member immediately became respectful.
“Leader, the control desk sent over some blueprints this morning, and Sister Qi went with the convoy early on.”
The blueprints from the control desk were here!
A few days ago, Qi Hancai did mention that the blueprints from the control desk were nearing completion.
He, due to matters concerning Gold and Silver Island, had nearly forgotten about it.
After contemplating for a moment.
He decided, “Prepare a vehicle for me, I'm going to check out the airport area.”
“Right away, Leader,” the base member promptly replied.
Before long, an off-road vehicle was driven over.
Wu Heng brought a Skeleton driver and his skeleton attendant, leaving the factory.
Heading towards the airport.
At the airport.
Inside the room, Qi Hancai sat in an office chair, her straight legs clad in leather boots propped upon the desk in front of her.
Having started the journey at dawn, she yawned one after another.
Boom boom~!
The wide-open door was knocked, and someone said, “Sister Qi, there's a message from the radio. It's from the transport plane's captain, asking about landing conditions.”
We're here!
Qi Hancai immediately perked up, “Let's go over there and take a look.”
Together, they went to the radio room.
As soon as they entered, they heard a voice from the radio, “This is YS202 transport plane, calling Xinfu City Base-Yangtong City Airport.”
“This is Yangtong City Airport, please speak.”
“We are nearing the airport airspace and have spotted some weird creatures hovering, we are about to return.”
Everyone in the radio room was taken aback.
Qi Hancai immediately picked up the microphone and said, “Don't turn back, those are our flying troops conducting aerial inspections, you may land normally.”
There was a brief silence on the other end.
Then, with a hint of doubt, “Those flying beasts are yours?”
“Yes, they are our dragon-type troops. I'll have them leave the airspace now, you can land normally.” Saying this, she turned to the Big Head Skull behind her and said, “Have the Skeleton Flying Dragons leave that area.”
In the sky, the hovering Flying Dragons departed.
From the radio came the voice again, “YS202 requesting to land.”
“You are clear to land, the runway has been prepared.”
“Received!”
After ending the communication, Qi Hancai walked out with a few people.
The people behind her whispered, “They don't have much courage, they were about to turn around and go back.”
“Nonsense, with those things flying in the sky, who would dare to approach? And they actually notified us, that's quite considerate.”
“Why wasn't there any fighter jet escort or something?”
“Having just one of these, and still able to come out to trade for supplies, they're already quite impressive. If they had all the equipment, they wouldn't need to come here to trade for food.”
“You have a point.”
They walked out of the hall.
From a distance, they could see a transport plane descending from the sky.
After a short distance, it slowly came to a stop.
The cargo door opened, and several figures walked down from it.
Qi Hancai led her people over to greet them quickly.
In total, five people disembarked from the plane.
The leader was a man in his forties, with short hair and a square face, wearing a long down jacket, mature and steady.
Following him were four people: three in short sleeves with empty hands, and one carrying a black briefcase.
The five of them were observing the surroundings of the airport, full of skepticism and surprise.
Skeleton soldiers armed with rifles, wearing leather armor, skeleton drivers clearing debris with forklifts, and mechanic skeletons changing tires on vehicles.
The entire airport seemed like a base made up of skeletons.
It seemed that skeletons were capable of handling all kinds of work.
This was completely different from the information they had gathered from the radio.
Qi Hancai hurried over with her people, “Qi Hancai, Vice Leader of Xinfu City, welcome the leadership from the Headquarters.”
“Haha!” The middle-aged man laughed, shaking hands with her while saying, “Lv Chang'an, currently serving as third-grade commander in the Disaster Relief Headquarters, responsible for discussing cooperation with Xinfu City Base.”
“Commander Lv, hello.”
“Don't be formal, just call me by my name.”
Qi Hancai smiled, “Please come inside, let's go in and talk.”
“Sure!”
The group entered the airport lobby and moved into the conference room that had been prepared in advance.
Hot tea and pastries were served on the slender white conference table.
A bit modest, but in the End of the World, presenting these to guests was already quite generous.
Qi Hancai and Lv Chang'an sat on opposite sides of the wooden table, with the others taking seats further back.
Lv Chang'an directly said, “We've brought one set of thermal power plant blueprints, 520 kilograms of gold, and 728 kilograms of silver.”
Qi Hancai nodded slightly, the blueprints, and the gold were delivered.
Though the amount of gold seemed significant, with the commercial streets full of gold shops in the province, it was enough to accumulate such quantities.
There was nothing too surprising there.
“Okay, the terms of the exchange remain as we previously negotiated,” Qi Hancai said.
Lv Chang'an also smiled, fearing that he had come all this way only for the other party to not have food to offer.
Glancing back, “The people cooperating with Leader Qi, go unload the goods and check them.”
One of them stood up and followed Qi Hancai's people out of the conference room.
Lv Chang'an turned his head to look at another side, “Show Leader Qi the list.”
The briefcase was opened, and a list was pushed across the table.
“This is our list of items available for trade; you can order whatever you need from this, and we can discuss the prices.”
Qi Hancai looked down at the list.
Rifles, machine guns, machine cannons, rocket launchers.
Radios and bulletproof vests were also on the list.
It looked like an armament procurement order.
“Has the Headquarters been able to normally produce so much already?” Qi Hancai asked curiously.
This selection was far greater than what was offered during the trade with the provincial rescue team.
Lv Chang'an hesitated for a moment before explaining, “Not exactly, we just have sufficient stock, and taking some out for exchange also supports the combat capabilities of various places.”
“Oh, I understand. I'll need to go back and discuss what we need, so I'll keep this paper with me for now.”
“Certainly!” Lv Chang'an nodded and then took out two more papers from the briefcase.
He pushed them in front of Qi Hancai and introduced, “These are two other matters I want to discuss. The first is the inspection of Superpowered Men. We have enough scientific personnel to conduct some checks on those who have awakened superpowers.”
Qi Hancai's brow furrowed instantly.
Lv Chang'an quickly said, “It's not anything too complicated; we just need some blood samples. It will help us better understand what kind of changes are taking place that have caused so many people to develop superpowers.”
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