There is a "small mound" on the inside of the cave entrance.

A group of Black Armored Warriors stands guard by the cave entrance with guns in hand.

Among them, a Black Armored Warrior who has lifted his helmet's visor, Ren Zhong recognizes.

It's Jiang Yong, the Guard Captain of Mengdu Group's Liao Yuan branch.

Beside the cave entrance, seven or eight corpses lie scattered.

The owners of these corpses are dressed in tattered clothes, yet the armor on their bodies and the weapons scattered on the ground appear relatively sophisticated.

The tops of the heads of the corpses have been opened.

Clearly, the Hunters have been here before.

At this moment, flying vehicles outfitted with high-performance anti-gravity generators are lifting people out of the cave one by one, loading them into trucks.

Those being lifted are men and women, young and middle-aged, and children, but no elderly.

These people are in a deep sleep.

The scene resembles ants moving house.

The flying vehicles are the diligent ants, and the people being lifted are the grains of rice.

Ren Zhong quickly comprehended the situation in just a few seconds.

This is undoubtedly a primal settlement similar to the Qi Mountain Tribe.

To be able to take root and grow here, the population of this tribe may not be large, but they are undoubtedly elite.

But while they could withstand the threat of Ruined Beasts, they couldn't resist Mengdu Group's nocturnal raid.

This primal settlement has been raided, and the people in the tribe became "volunteers" in their sleep.

As for Mengdu Group's motive, it's not hard to guess; it's clearly written in Tianlong High-tech's quarterly financial report.

Just as Ren Zhong had sorted out his thoughts and was pondering whether to "greet" them, the "ant moving" operation was complete, and no more flying vehicles emerged from the cave.

The Black Armored Warriors swiftly jumped into the trucks.

The twenty trucks quickly ascended into the sky, vanishing without a trace in the blink of an eye.

Ren Zhong made a rough estimate of the number of primal people taken away.

On average, each truck carried fifty people, bringing the total to a thousand primal people taken.

After waiting for three more minutes, ensuring that they weren't returning and that his investigation wouldn't stir up the situation, Ren Zhong quietly moved in.

Then, he stood directly in front of the "small mound" and froze.

At this moment, he only felt the extreme night was chilling.

The cold wind stabbed to the bone.

This "small mound" was a heap of corpses of "elders" with an average age of over 35.

There were at least a thousand "elder" skeletons here.

The brains of all the remains had been taken.

This was a ruthless harvest. Ren Zhong stood here silently for a long time.

Time flowed slowly.

Gradually, many Ruined Beasts, having sniffed the scent of human blood, appeared silently from nearby.

At this point, his armor activated its camouflage mode, so the Ruined Beasts did not perceive his presence as a major threat and dared to approach.

Watching as the Ruined Beasts began devouring the corpses eagerly, Ren Zhong turned and left.

...

At six fifteen in the morning, Ren Zhong, sporting dark circles under his eyes, summoned Wang Zhaofu and Shi Xuan to the Starfire Resources office.

At this moment, although the two had just woken up, their sleep quality was good, and they were in decent spirits.

"Mr. Ren, what is so urgent?"

Brother Wang asked, slightly puzzled.

As the Ren Group expanded in scale, although Ren Zhong never deliberately set rules, Wang Zhaofu, being a professional businessman, developed the habit of addressing him as "Mr. Ren" rather than "Brother Ren" when others were present.

Ren Zhong showed them a video.

It was footage he had secretly recorded earlier of Mengdu Group's "abduction" operation.

The two were stunned.

Ren Zhong calmly recounted the sequence of events.

After listening, Wang Zhaofu and Shi Xuan reacted differently.

Old Wang appeared somewhat grave.

Shi Xuan, on the other hand, tightly clenched his jaw, temples taut, and eyes beginning to show red lines, as if suppressing immense anger.

Once Ren Zhong saw they had mostly absorbed the information, he slowly said, "I can't intervene in Mengdu Group abducting people elsewhere. But the primal people near Starfire Town or Liao Yuan County are my potential employees. I am determined to develop Starfire Town, so our human resource needs will definitely continue to rise. We already have two thousand positions unfilled, and I absolutely will not permit that when the day comes that I need people, I find all the surrounding wildlands empty of primal people."

Wang Zhaofu: "So...?"

Shi Xuan, however, already stated, "Mr. Ren, just give the order, and I'll take the lead courageously!"

Ren Zhong nodded, "I want to compete with Mengdu Group for people."

In fact, he had an unspoken implication.

Perhaps, in every county, Mengdu Group had a fixed quota of volunteers needed.

For example, in Liao Yuan County, this quota should originally be filled by the primal people from Starfire Town.

However, things changed, and Starfire Town was preserved, which led Mengdu Group to turn their attention to the Qi Mountain Tribe only to be thwarted by Ren Zhong, returning empty-handed.

Consequently, Mengdu Group's Liao Yuan branch straightforwardly tore off their mask, choosing to sweep through the primal settlements within the borders of Liao Yuan County!

In a sense, the primal people who were taken or killed yesterday were "scapegoats" for the people of Starfire Town and the primal people of Qi Mountain Tribe.

This point, he didn't express out loud, but Shi Xuan certainly understood, which is why Shi Xuan made an early declaration.

Wang Zhaofu, upon hearing this, shook his head like a rattle drum, "Boss, are you kidding? Aren't you clearly setting yourself against Mengdu Group?"

Ren Zhong grinned, "So what if I am? Am I breaking the law? Do I know their plans? I don't! I'm just planning ahead to gather all the primal people of Liao Yuan County into the town as my reserve talent pool, is there a problem?"

Wang Zhaofu: "But the survey quota for next year..."

"We'll discuss next year's matters next year. At least according to Source Star's laws, I can do whatever I want this year! My mind is made up, no more discussion! Shi Xuan, you were once the largest tribal leader and have a good reputation among the primal settlements in Liao Yuan County. Old Wang, you used to traverse as a traveling merchant and are very familiar with the county's primal settlements. I order both of you to devise a complete recruitment plan within an hour."

"I will assign Zheng Tian's Hunting Team along with all professional and semi-professional teams to you. You must depart immediately before eight o'clock this morning. Divide into eight groups, and within a day, cover all the primal settlements, no matter the size; not a single one can be overlooked. Also, Old Wang, contact the transportation rental company now; logistics must not be an issue. I want to see all the wild primal people of Liao Yuan County in Starfire Town by nightfall today!"

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