Sir! Don't close the net!

Pollutants are different from human sacrifices. Human sacrifices are fragile, have their own consciousness, are very inconvenient to move, and are not urgently needed resources.

The pollutants are very dangerous; to exaggerate a bit, they are like a reactor, constantly undergoing extremely dangerous reactions. However, with sufficient preparation, they can be perfectly concealed for a period of time. They are easy to transport and are a resource that is always in short supply and urgently needed.

[Things like pollutants, which are hot commodities with many buyers, should be disposed of as soon as possible; the longer they remain in your possession, the more dangerous they become.]

Of course, you should act immediately after you get your hands on it.

Yunzhong, which has been smuggling pollutants, should be very clear about this principle: tracking pollutants is meaningless.

But now it's clear he's been too overconfident. Al-Qiong's ability to cause trouble is far greater than he anticipated. If Al-Qiong really finds the location where he hid the contaminants, things will be very serious. It's not just the contaminants that were moved in this month, but all the contaminants he's taken away since March.

For the current black goat calves, this is practically a luxury gift package.

He could secretly remove the pollutants behind the scenes, but if this lavish gift package were to appear in front of all the young black goats, the young black goats would probably tear him apart if he made even the slightest move.

As for how the black goat's offspring will use this lavish gift package, given Al Chorno's modus operandi, it's quite possible they'll simply sacrifice the entire Goweton.

"Damn it—I was planning to deal with those dangerous things slowly after everything was over!"

As the fork in the road drew closer, Li Yili gripped the reins tightly. Since most of the residents of Guoweidun had gone to his large ranch to watch the excitement, the journey had been smooth, and he should now consider where to go next.

He didn't believe that Al-Jeanor could find the location where he hid the contaminants so easily. Perhaps it was a trick to make him think that the location had been discovered, so that he would rush over and tell others where he had hidden the contaminants.

Li Yili pulled hard on the reins and rushed all the way to the foot of the Sheep Village Building.

"Wait here for me."

Because of the urgency, Li Yili simply handed the reins to the black horse. The black horse, quite intelligently, bit the reins and obediently stood at the foot of the Sheep Village Building. Li Yili then strode into the Sheep Village Building, rushing up to Al-Qiao's office and frantically flipping through the unorganized documents on the desk.

As she flipped through the documents, Li Yili's expression gradually darkened. She forcefully threw the documents aside, turned and rushed downstairs, grabbed the reins, mounted her horse, and kicked the horse's belly hard.

"Damn it!"

Al-Jiong held the door shut with both hands, looked around warily, and after confirming that no one was around, pulled the warehouse door shut. He then took out matches and candles from his briefcase.

"Thorn-"

The faint light illuminated the darkness that had been barely dispelled. El-Jiong shook the still-smoking match in his hand, stuffed it into his pocket, and walked along the edge of the warehouse with the candle in hand, his eyes scrutinizing the rows of black shelves with sharp eyes, without rushing to search.

At first glance, this place was just an ordinary warehouse, without any trace of pollutants or even materials to prevent their spread. It seemed like he had come up empty-handed, but Al-Qiong had a strong feeling that he had come to the right place.

The handling of contaminants is quite complicated. Once the contaminants are sealed off, they cannot be opened again. Once opened, the container itself will be corroded by the contaminants and lose its original effect. Therefore, contaminants cannot be disposed of like ordinary goods by simply throwing them into a warehouse.

El-Jiong paused, then handed the candle to the black shelf on his right. The faint candlelight illuminated the wooden box on the shelf. Apparently, it hadn't been noticed during the move, as a piece of the edge of the box was missing, and the cushioning straw was showing through. The candlelight pierced through the straw, and a pale green light flowed out from it.

As the CEO of Cloudwise, Al-Chonno knew very well what that pale green light was.

That's the distinctive luster of gorgonianite, which is the best mineral to serve as a shell for isolating contaminants.

Al-Jiong's lips curled into a smile. He held a candle in his left hand and stretched his right hand toward the wooden crate in front of him. "Found it!"

Li Yili rolled over and landed, panting as she stood in front of the door. She gripped the sides of the door with both hands, and with a creaking sound, the door slid to the sides, letting in sunlight mixed with a strange halo into the dark space.

"boom--"

The door slid open heavily, and Li Yili, panting, straightened up and looked down at the "goods" bathed in sunlight, a slight smile playing on her lips.

"What...?"

The candle shattered on the ground with a snap, and El-Jonor slowly opened his eyes, his trembling pupils reflecting the empty box.

"I was overthinking it. I was so scared I almost peed my pants."

After making a round and confirming that there were no problems, Li Yili scratched the back of her head and left the warehouse. She laboriously pulled the warehouse door shut, yawned, mounted her horse, and shook her head. "Let's go, let's go back and settle the accounts."

The black horse raised its head and trotted its hooves with a rather arrogant gait.

Heading towards the large ranch.

"How is that possible!"

Al-Jonor, losing his usual composure, forcefully swept the wooden crate off the shelf. The crate shattered with a crash, and dark green metallic ore, tangled with dry grass, scattered all over the ground.

We have a concealed hiding place, and we have materials to block the contaminants, but we don't have the key contaminant!

"It should be here! Why isn't it here!"

Al-Chonno didn't care about revealing that he had been here and about the pollutant leak. He turned around, grabbed the entire shelf, and pulled it backward with all his might. The wooden boxes on the shelf smashed to the ground and disintegrated, and the flames of the candles that fell to the ground were blown out.

No! No! Why not?

As if he had gone mad, Al-Qiong fell to his knees with a thud, searching frantically. But the more he struggled, the more desperate he became. He found the hiding place, and he found the scarlet leaf mineral that blocked the pollutants, but he didn't find the most crucial pollutant.

Did you go to the wrong place?

But where else can it be placed besides here?

Al-Chonno sat blankly on the ground, staring down at the scarlet leaf mine.

Guoweidun isn't big, just a few warehouses. That batch of pollutants represents all the pollutants that have been lost since March. Where could Li Yili possibly hide such a large quantity? Without using these orchid leaf ore, how did Li Yili manage to block the pollutants?

Then, there's only one possibility left.

He was overthinking it. The pollutants had already been resold by Li Yili. The warehouse he found was just a place where Li Yili hid these excess blocking materials, like a child who steals candy and throws the wrapper away in a corner.

Li Yili, riding on the black horse, leisurely whistled.

Chapter 41 Heirloom Jewelry

Thanks to the kind advice of the residents of Guoweidun, Yunzhong's executive officer, who intended to vent his resentment towards Li Yili, had to pretend to be a simpleton who was bad at dealing with poultry and could only cover his head and run away after being pecked. Because of the past image of Sheep Village, the residents of Guoweidun did not associate the messy scene with anything, and simply assumed that Yunzhong was not good at dealing with poultry, and even helped him while joking.

However, quite a few people also sneaked into Li Yili's residence, peeking into the door that had been kicked open.

"Look at how this house is built, it's so different from ours."

“Of course! The one living here is Levi’s Est. Richard, the confidant of the Sheep Village Minister. This pasture was bought from me by the Sheep Village Minister.”

"Did your family used to have a ranch this big?"

"Uh, my family contributed a portion," the short, hunched-over man with narrow eyes and a shrewd look cracked his knuckles and gave an awkward laugh.

“No wonder you were suddenly living a life of luxury for a while this year,” the man with a lump on his chin said, standing on tiptoe to look at the door that had been kicked open. “I heard that Mr. Li Yili saw that you were pitiful because you sold your only source of income and gave you advice to set up a scrap metal recycling station. Now you’re barely making ends meet by recycling scrap metal, but I heard that you’re not very diligent. You just collect Mr. Li Yili’s garbage.”

"It's a partnership! A partnership!" the short man whispered, his face flushed. "A part-time partnership with a few other people. Part-time, you know? It's the kind where you can do whatever you want."

“Oh right, right—so what do you want from us?” the other man said impatiently.

"cough--"

The short man lowered his voice, "Do you really think these people from Sheep Village are here to help? You even kicked down this door."

"what do you mean?"

"Cough cough cough—" The short man lowered his voice even further, "Isn't Yang Village a logistics company? I bet Mr. Li Yili might have smuggled something valuable, and now they've discovered it and come to investigate!"

Upon hearing the short man's words, the eyes of the people around him lit up. They looked at the chaotic farm in the distance, then at the door that had been kicked open in front of them. The more they thought about it, the more they realized what the short man was talking about.

"Cough cough cough... So if anything valuable is missing in this whole thing, then it's all..."

The short man pointed to the chaotic farm in the distance, then to Li Yili's house in front of him, and gave a knowing look.

"This……"

The others hesitated.

“It’s alright. There are so many of us, no one will know it was us. And to be honest,” the short man rubbed his fingers together, “they can’t possibly turn against all of us. Once it’s already happened, the one who strikes first gets the most valuable stuff and gets out of there quickly.”

The others hesitated, but the short man simply shouted, "I'll help you with the executive inside!"

The short man's shout startled several people nearby, who nervously looked around as if their treasure had been discovered. Even the residents of Guoweidun who hadn't gone to the farm and were aimlessly wandering around Li Yili's house stopped and looked in their direction.

Time seemed to stand still, but they could clearly sense that something big was coming.

Because it was so sudden, all they could think of was the short man's words.

Those who act first get the most valuable assets and can extricate themselves quickly.

Everyone sprang into action at that moment, rushing straight towards Li Yili's house.

The large door, wide enough for two people to walk side by side, was burst open by the crowd. The house, meticulously designed and built by the carpenter, was on the verge of collapse. Abu Rang, who was busy searching for a mechanism that he didn't know if it existed, stared blankly at the surging crowd and was swallowed up before he could react.

"This is mine!"

"You let go!"

"Don't push! Don't push!"

"Second floor! There's a second floor!"

Someone shouted something, and the residents of Guoweiton, who were scrambling for the carpet, all turned their heads toward the staircase leading to the second floor not far away, their eyes gleaming. However, before they could act, a spirited woman's voice came from the second floor.

"It's really lively."

Wearing a long dress that reached past her ankles and a thick coat draped over her shoulders, Valkyrie walked down the stairs slowly, holding onto the handrail. Her striking eyes and beautiful appearance made everyone hold their breath, but only for a few seconds before an even more intense flame ignited in their eyes.

In the crowded throng, someone muttered something first.

"That dress looks very expensive..."

The flames suddenly seemed even more glaring to the crowded residents of Guoweidun, and many of them even swallowed hard.

Valkyrie tilted her head, suddenly realizing what was going on, and pulled out a long, exquisitely crafted box from her coat, which looked like a work of art.

Just as everyone was full of questions, Valkyrie calmly opened the box. Instantly, a strange mist overflowed from the opening, and everyone present felt a tightness in their bodies, as if something invisible filled the entire space and squeezed their bodies.

Valkyrie was completely unaffected and opened the box completely, revealing what was inside: a beautifully crafted silver bracelet.

Valkyrie leisurely put the bracelet on her wrist, swayed it from side to side, and as the clear bell rang, everyone's minds went blank, leaving only Valkyrie's voice.

"Put down what you're carrying, then leave and close the door behind you."

After saying that, Valkyrie casually tossed the bracelet's packaging box aside, turned around and went upstairs. The residents of Guoweiton, who had just been looking like they were about to smash everything, turned around and retreated in an orderly fashion.

As the last person left, the loose door slammed against the frame with a loud crash. Everyone relaxed, snapped back to reality, and recalled what had happened in just a few seconds. Many of them broke out in a cold sweat, filled with genuine regret for having been driven by greed.

“That’s…heirloom jewelry…” Abu Jean murmured, looking up from the crowd.

The short man was taken aback. He raised his hand and scratched his head, his fingers tightening little by little, the movement becoming more and more exaggerated, and his pupils trembling in his narrow eyes.

The crisp sound of horses' hooves came with the wind. Abu Jang's expression froze, and he stiffly looked up to see Li Yili, riding on horseback, looking down at him with a cold smile.

"It seems you haven't found what you're looking for."

"You too..."

Abu Rang's heart skipped a beat as he realized something.

"Al-Jonor is fine too."