The tyrannical father was so intimidated when his own daughter was found during the raid.

At the entrance to Yanwang Gorge, the firelight illuminated the area as bright as day.

Three thousand ruthless bandits, armed with broadswords and spears, surrounded the gleaming golden carriage.

The air was thick with the stench of sweat and the aura of menace.

The bandits, blinded by the searchlight, rubbed their tear-filled eyes and glared fiercely at the carriage.

They were panting heavily, as if they were staring at a piece of fatty meat that smelled incredibly tempting.

Three thousand gleaming steel knives reflected a chilling glint in the night wind.

Any normal person surrounded by such a force would probably be so terrified that they would wet their pants and beg for mercy on their knees.

However, inside this ostentatious carriage, it was unusually quiet.

There was no screaming or begging for mercy.

You can't even hear their frantic breathing.

Inside the train carriage.

Su Zhen sat on the cushion with an air of nonchalance, not even lifting his eyelids.

He slowly reached out and casually lifted the expensive carriage curtain embroidered with peonies in gold thread.

The night wind outside, carrying dust kicked up by the bandits as they ran, blew into the carriage.

Su Zhen frowned, raised his hand in disgust, and fanned himself in front of his nose.

"Cough cough! Cough cough cough!"

Su Zhen looked displeased.

He looked down at his heavy, expensive mink coat from Northeast China.

A thin layer of dust had settled on the glossy mink fur.

Su Zhen patted the mink fur with heartache, his face darkening.

His gaze swept over the three thousand steel knives.

He coldly surveyed the bandits around him.

The tone was reproachful and disdainful.

"Where did all these ignorant savages come from in this remote and impoverished place?"

"Running around like that, kicking up so much dust, it's choking me!"

"Do you even know how expensive this mink coat I'm wearing is?"

"If it gets dirty and can't be washed off, we couldn't afford to pay for it even if we sold all of you peasants!"

Su Zhen's words sounded just like the unreasonable tantrums of an ordinary nouveau riche.

In the tense encirclement, it sounded so jarring, so absurd.

All three thousand ruthless bandits present were stunned.

The leader was so stunned by Su Zhen's words that he didn't recover for a long time.

He has been running rampant for so many years, and has robbed at least eighty or a hundred caravans.

Who wouldn't cry and beg for mercy when they see them?

This old madman in his mink coat, on the verge of death, is actually distressed that his coat has gathered dust.

The leader's cheek muscles twitched violently a few times.

I was actually ignored and disliked!

The dignity of the number one bandit in the Great Yan Kingdom!

It was severely trampled!

"You old bastard! Are you blind as a bat?"

The leader roared and pointed his heavy nine-ringed broadsword, weighing over a hundred pounds, forward.

The blade rings clashed, producing a loud, grating sound.

"Look carefully, you bastard! This is Yama's Canyon!"

"I am the leader of Yama's Stronghold! Behind me are three thousand ruthless brothers who kill without blinking an eye!"

The leader, spitting as he spoke, introduced himself at the top of his lungs.

"Our Yama's Village specializes in murder and robbery!"

"The number of innocent souls who died by my blade is at least eight hundred, if not a thousand!"

"You dare to be so concerned about your shabby clothes in front of me?"

"Believe it or not, I'll skin you alive right now and use your skin as footrests for the brothers!"

Despite the chief's frantic roars and threats, the father and daughter inside the carriage remained unmoved.

Su Yaoyao sat cross-legged next to her father, holding a large piece of braised beef that she hadn't finished eating.

Her clear, innocent eyes peered through the crack in the car window at the three thousand ruthless bandits outside.

A fleeting moment unnoticed by anyone.

A blue light flashed deep within her pupils.

Miniature bio-scanner, start!

A row of green data analysis panels immediately appeared in Su Yaoyao's field of vision.

[Target quantity: 3,000.]

[Physical fitness assessment: Muscular, strong physique, no major illnesses, suitable for high-intensity physical labor.]

Looking at these figures, Su Yaoyao's face broke into a smug smile, like a ruthless foreman seeing a fresh-faced newcomer to the workforce.

She quickly started making plans in her mind.

A crisp, excited voice boomed in the tyrant father's mind:

[What a spectacle!]

Three thousand able-bodied men in their prime! Bandits? Clearly, it's an untapped gold mine!

These guys run around in the mountains every day; their stamina must be top-notch!

Let me do the math. A strong laborer can carry an average of 500 bricks a day on a construction site.

Three thousand people, that's 1.5 million bricks a day!

[If we were to send them all to build city walls, dig canals, and reclaim wasteland for farming...]

[All you need to do is provide two meals of cornbread a day, and you don't even need to be paid!]

Su Yaoyao became more and more excited as she calculated, her eyes shining.

If this were converted into labor costs, think of how much money we could save every day!

This is like a windfall, a high-quality asset with no risk of loss!

[We're rich! We're rich! This wave of business coming our way is guaranteed!]

Sitting in the carriage, Su Zhen was preparing to secretly circulate his inner energy to shatter all three thousand people.

Upon hearing his daughter's astonishing calculations, he paused in his actions.

Three thousand free laborers?

Can you move 1.5 million bricks a day?

No wages needed, just two meals of cornbread?!

In Su Zhen's mind, a magnificent infrastructure blueprint was being drawn up.

The look in his eyes, which was originally filled with murderous intent and regarded bandits as if they were dead, underwent a complete transformation.

The murderous aura vanished without a trace in an instant.

Their gazes turned to one of intense longing, as if they were looking at a priceless treasure or a money tree.

Su Zhen flung open the heavy carriage curtain and jumped down from the carriage.

He walked with his hands behind his back, swaggering, to the three thousand steel knives.

Ignore the knife tip that's about to poke his nose.

Su Zhen strolled around in front of the bandits' formation like a seasoned slave trader.

He moved closer to a young bandit in the front row.

He reached out and patted the bandit's thick arm.

"Hmm, not bad, those muscles are quite firm, he looks like a good candidate for hard labor."

The young bandit was stunned by his slap, forgetting to thrust his knife forward.

Su Zhen then walked up to another bandit who was staring blankly with his mouth agape.

Like choosing livestock, he leaned closer to examine the bandit's mouth.

"Tsk tsk, those teeth are pretty good too, no cavities, they must have a lot of strength to chew cornbread."

Su Zhen nodded with great satisfaction as he inspected the area.

The gloom on his face vanished, replaced by a kind smile.

I'm extremely satisfied!

This batch of free labor is of exceptionally high quality!

Killing them all would be a terrible waste!

They must all be captured alive and sent to the Great Abyss Kingdom to do hard labor!

The leader stood at the front, watching this old madman who was not afraid of death.

He even went to his camp and touched and criticized his men!

That look in his eyes was like someone picking out cabbages at a market!

His reputation as the leader and the prestige of Yama Village were trampled underfoot by this father and daughter!

The enraged flames shot straight up to the top of the leader's head.

He felt like his lungs were about to explode with anger.

"Enough!!!"

The leader let out a wild, beast-like roar, his eyes bloodshot.

He gripped the heavy nine-ringed broadsword tightly with both hands and raised it high.

Filled with boundless anger.

A loud crash!

He slammed the nine-ringed broadsword hard onto the hard rocky ground, sparks flying everywhere.

A powerful burst of true energy erupted from the blade, causing the surrounding bandits to take a half-step back.

The leader pointed at Su Zhen, his arrogant laughter echoing through the mountains and forests.

"I am a disciple of the Grandmaster of the Great Yan Kingdom, invulnerable to swords and spears! Old man, kneel down and kowtow now, and leave this girl here as my wife, and I'll grant you a whole corpse!"