Swallowing the Stars: Sacrifice to Become Stronger, Fiancée is Alluring

Chapter 33 Supply Base

Just now, Jiang Lan suddenly realized that it would be a bit unreasonable for him to go to the supply base after being away for three days without taking any materials.

Of course, it wouldn't make sense to only take back materials from one lion mastiff.

Although it's highly unlikely that anyone will notice him, the best solution, as I said before, is to avoid potential trouble and leave no room for criticism.

Jiang Lan pulled the halberd from the lion-dog's corpse and slashed the blade down at the dog's claws.

"Clang clang clang clang—"

With four muffled thuds, Jiang Lan chopped off all four of the mastiff's paws.

He reached behind him, took off the empty tactical backpack, unzipped it, and tossed the lion mastiff's four paws into the backpack.

Jiang Lan stood up again, pondering what to do.

Having only one mastiff is definitely not enough. It seems we can't go straight back. We'll have to hunt some monsters along the way to at least fill our backpacks.

Moreover, these monsters weren't killed for nothing.

After returning to the supply base, you can exchange them for a considerable amount of money.

Although Jiang Lan has plenty of money, the more the merrier.

Having made up his mind, Jiang Lan headed towards the supply base.

Because he wanted to find more monsters, Jiang Lan's pace was not fast, just the speed of a normal person running.

However, he had already cleared out most of the monsters in the vicinity, so after walking for nearly two minutes, Jiang Lan still hadn't found a single monster.

With a slight smirk, Jiang Lan suddenly increased her speed, her figure becoming a blur as she sped off towards the highway outside the city, accompanied by a booming sonic boom.

If we can't find it in the city, then let's not look for it in the city.

This county-level city, number 0201, doesn't have a very large area to begin with, and because it's not far from the Southeast Military Region's supply base, many martial arts teams often come here to visit.

Over time, the density of monsters here has become increasingly sparse.

However, as long as there are no martial artists, it won't be long before the monster density explodes.

After all, the only advantage that monster fighters have left is their ability to reproduce.

One birth produces eighteen offspring, and six births are enough to complete the Heavenly Gang and Earthly Fiends.

Of course, this only applies to low-level monsters. Once they reach the lord level, it becomes even more difficult for them to breed baby monsters than for humans.

……

……

Three hours later.

Jiang Lan stopped at the entrance of a guard post.

Beyond the checkpoint lies the Southeast Military Region's supply base.

The base is surrounded by a solid wall more than ten meters high. On top of the wall stand rows of cannons, densely packed together, which looks quite oppressive.

If it gets hit by a few shells, it'll be covered in bruises, won't it?

Several staff members in military uniforms stood in front of the checkpoint.

"Hello sir, please show me your identification."

Jiang Lan took out his martial arts certificate and handed it to the staff member.

"drop--"

The staff member swiped the martial arts certificate on a black machine next to him and quickly handed the certificate and a set of keys to Jiang Lan.

"Your residence is in Villa G8. Here is the key."

Zhuge Tao had already explained the supply base to him before.

Staying at the supply base for no more than a month is free, and villas are also provided free of charge.

Firstly, the military region doesn't rely on this to make money, and secondly, as long as martial artists are at the supply base, they will definitely spend money.

A martial artist can obtain materials worth millions or tens of millions from killing a monster, so they are naturally much more generous with their money than ordinary people.

Order a couple of dishes, buy some groceries, and you'll have everything you need.

Jiang Lan took the key, passed through the checkpoint, and arrived at the supply base.

To Jiang Lan's surprise, the base was unusually lively, with martial artists everywhere.

You can see someone drinking and bragging every few steps.

Not far from Jiang Lan, a gaunt middle-aged man in military uniform saw the backpack behind Jiang Lan and his eyes lit up.

Immediately, he strode forward and came to Jiang Lan's side.

"Young man, you look unfamiliar. You don't come to this supply base often, do you?"

Jiang Lan: "..."

Dude, I'm wearing a helmet. If you're trying to pick me up, can't you come up with a more plausible excuse?

Seeing that Jiang Lan ignored him, the middle-aged man wasn't embarrassed. He took out a business card from his pocket and handed it to Jiang Lan, saying:

"I'm from the HR Alliance. If you have any monster materials to sell, come find me. Don't worry, the HR Alliance's prices are always the highest of all factions, and we're completely honest!"

Jiang Lan raised an eyebrow.

He did know about the HR Alliance.

The HR Alliance, also known as the Underground Alliance, is one of the largest organizations in the world, possessing the largest number of martial artists and the greatest wealth.

After the RR virus outbreak, many small countries perished, and major powers were preoccupied with their own problems, resulting in extremely strong military control.

At this time, some ancient and powerful families around the world, fearing suppression by government forces, joined forces to form the HR Alliance, or Human Rights Alliance.

Over time, the HR Alliance has grown larger and larger, almost becoming a global hegemon.

The only comparable institutions are the Limitless Martial Arts School founded by Hong and the Thunder Martial Arts School founded by Thor.

Having amassed such power, their businesses span the globe and encompass everything.

The HR Alliance also engages in the trade of materials from recycled monster corpses.

Moreover, what the gaunt middle-aged man said was true.

The HR Alliance's offer was indeed the highest outside of the black market.

The martial arts school has a contribution value system. If Jiang Lan sells materials to the Limit Martial Arts School, a portion of the contribution value will be calculated, and the remaining portion will be converted into money for him.

Jiang Lan didn't dwell on it too much. Anyway, his backpack was full of materials from junk monsters. The strongest ones were only low-level beast generals, so it didn't matter who he sold them to.

He was just trying to avoid arousing suspicion.

Jiang Lan took the tactical backpack off his back and threw it at the gaunt middle-aged man.

The middle-aged man was slightly taken aback, then quickly took the backpack.

Jiang Lan said calmly, "Let's calculate the price."

The gaunt middle-aged man was overjoyed. He had only wanted to try his luck, but suddenly he landed a business deal. Wasn't this a windfall?

He quickly said:

"Okay, okay, young man, come this way."

The two followed the middle-aged man into a building.

After taking the elevator upstairs, the man led Jiang Lan into an office.

"Wait a moment, I'll check the goods now."

"Hmm." Jiang Lan sat on the sofa and gave a faint reply.

……

Half an hour later.

The middle-aged man tapped on the calculator, then handed over a slip of paper.

"12 pieces of medium-grade beast soldier materials, 23 pieces of high-grade beast soldier materials, and 2 pieces of low-grade beast general materials. The total value is 2320 million. I've written down all the details on a piece of paper. Young man, please check if there's anything wrong."

Jiang Lan glanced at it casually and said:

"no problem."

(End of this chapter)