Novel Full Chapter 322: A Stunning Reversal at the Delivery Site!
Chapter 322: Chapter 322: A Stunning Reversal at the Delivery Site!
At high noon, the sun bore straight down on the teleportation array in the center of the square.
Suddenly, the array shuddered violently.
A blue energy vortex spun wildly at its core.
Its scale far exceeded everyone’s expectations—a tidal wave of energy weighing millions of tons.
The technical officer in charge of operating the array panicked in an instant.
“The teleportation gate is overloaded; it can’t hold much longer!”
His words hadn’t even finished echoing when the first black torrent gushed out of the gate. It was S-level energy crystals at 99% purity, each roughly the size of a human head. Under the sunlight, they flashed with a deep blue gleam.
More and more crystals poured out, quickly piling up in the square. In moments, they formed a small hill ten meters high.
But this was only the beginning.
The second torrent surged out immediately.
Bundles of spirit herbs were flung from the gate—nine-leaf sword grass cultivated over ten thousand years, dragon blood vines grown for five millennia.
There were also three-thousand-year-old Ice Soul Flowers and various rare herbs, spreading across more than half the square.
A dense medicinal aroma instantly filled the entire Pinocchini downtown area.
The onlookers merely inhaled that scent and felt their internal energy surge wildly.
Several cultivators who had been stuck at a bottleneck for years broke through to the next small stage right there on the spot.
“What the heck, I broke through!”
“Damn it, I broke through too!”
The whole square fell into a deathly silence.
Stripline sprang to his feet from his chair. His massive body moved too quickly and knocked over the table behind him.
Staring at the mountains of ten-thousand-year-old spirit herbs piled in the square, he cried out in disbelief: “Impossible, absolutely impossible!”
“The World Tree’s herb gardens can only produce herbs up to five hundred years old. Where did all these thousand-year herbs come from?”
Before he could finish his sentence, a third torrent gushed out of the gate, leaving the entire crowd breathless.
It was a wave of tamed Legend-stage ferocious beasts. Each beast radiated an aura far stronger than the Legend stage.
With the intelligent awareness left after taming, they stood in orderly ranks and marched out of the teleportation gate.
One hundred thousand Legend-stage ferocious beasts lined up perfectly on the square. Though huge in size, they maintained strict discipline and made not a single unnecessary sound.
All of these were the result of the Ashen Dragon Legion’s successful capture and taming efforts. In Pinocchini’s history, no one had ever managed to present one hundred thousand tamed Legend-stage beasts at once.
A final flash of teleportation light appeared.
Logan stepped out of the gate, walking calmly.
Behind him stood three mountain-sized peaks made entirely of pure energy crystals, each a hundred meters tall.
There were also thirty-six archways woven from ten-thousand-year-old spirit herbs.
A thick mist formed by the medicinal scent blanketed the entire square.
Logan’s voice, amplified by energy, echoed through every corner of the city.
“Submitting deliveries every month is too much trouble. Here’s three months’ tribute: ten million tons of S-level energy crystals. I’ll throw in an extra two million tons as a bonus.”
“One million spirit herbs over a thousand years old, all starting at five thousand years. Plus, as a gift, thirty-six ten-thousand-year-old herbs.”
“One hundred thousand Legend-stage ferocious beasts have all been tamed and are ready to be integrated into the army to form a fighting force.”
“Besides that, I’m adding three more months’ share on top. That makes six months’ tribute in total, delivered all at once today.”
“And for the next half year, I want absolutely no one to come bothering me in the World Tree’s fiefdom.”
Logan’s gaze swept over the ashen faces of Colin and Stripline. He asked, “Colin, Family Leader, Stripline, Representative—does this tribute meet your expectations?”
The square remained deathly silent.
Colin crushed the ceramic teacup in his hand until it turned to dust. Scalding tea spilled all over him, but he didn’t even flinch.
His eyes were locked on the mountain of resources in the square, his pupils shrinking violently.
Elena from the Rimer family couldn’t control the shadows swirling uncontrollably around her.
Modekaiser of the Toredo family pushed his Eye of Chaos to its limit, staring fixedly at those resources, desperately trying to find any sign of an illusion. But everything before his eyes was utterly real.
Every gram of crystals…
Every single spirit herb…
Every ferocious beast…
They were all genuine, not a single falsehood. The purity of the crystals, the age of the herbs, and the quality of the beasts all far exceeded the best production standards of Pinocchini itself.
Sweat beaded densely on Stripline’s forehead. His legs gave out as if they belonged to someone else, nearly collapsing him to the ground. “Satisfied? Absolutely! Logan City Lord truly keeps his word.”
Inside his heart, Stripline was rocked by a violent storm. He finally realized that what Logan possessed wasn’t just a mine, but an endless river of resources, flowing without cease.
His previous schemes now looked laughably ridiculous in the face of such overwhelming power and resources.
But this wasn’t even the end.
Logan raised his hand and snapped his fingers.
Fischl stepped slowly out of the shadows of the square. In her hand, she held a memory crystal.
She tossed the crystal into the air. It projected a clear image—the interrogation records of the Shadow Wolfman captured alive earlier.
The footage clearly showed the contact between Reno, the captain of the Shadow Guards from the Vanzo family, and the Shadow Wolfman leader.
The entire process of their transaction, along with their dialogue, was recorded clearly.
The content on the screen laid everything bare.
The three great families—Vanzo, Rimer, and Toredo—were secretly colluding with alien bandits.
They planned to let the aliens sabotage the construction of Dawn City, creating the false impression that Logan’s defenses were weak.
Once Logan failed to deliver the tribute, they would have the perfect excuse to take over all the World Tree’s territories.
As the recording ended, Logan’s voice turned ice cold. “The Vanzo, Rimer, and Toredo families are suspected of colluding with alien bandits and attempting to sabotage Dawn City’s construction.”
“The evidence is now clear and undeniable for all to see.”
“According to Pinocchini’s laws, those who collude with aliens shall have their family’s core mineral veins’ mining rights stripped for three years. All illegal gains will be confiscated and handed over to the Latio family as compensation for this incident.”
“I suppose no one has any objections, right?”
Colin’s face turned iron-gray. He shot to his feet, ready to argue.
But the evidence in the recording was too conclusive. The Vanzo family crest on Reno’s person was clearly visible.
The whole process had been broadcast live to every citizen in the entire city.
Against the backdrop of the mountainous piles of resources in the square, the three families’ conspiracy seemed both laughable and despicable.
The onlookers immediately erupted into angry denunciations.
Pinocchini was already facing the threat of Lost World aliens.
Yet, for their own selfish gains, these three families had colluded with outsiders to harm their own fellow citizens.
This crossed the line for every single citizen.
Just then, Turing’s data form suddenly materialized in the sky above the square.
Pale blue data streams raced across the air, covering the entire square.
Turing’s voice spread through the crowd, utterly emotionless.
“The Committee has verified the footage. All evidence is genuine and valid, with no signs of forgery.”
“According to the Dream Committee’s emergency decree, effective immediately, jurisdiction over the districts where the Vanzo, Rimer, and Toredo families reside is revoked.”
“Jurisdiction is now officially transferred to the Latio family and City Lord Logan.”
“Additionally, three core mineral veins belonging to the Vanzo family are confiscated as compensation for City Lord Logan. This resolution takes effect now.”
The crowd in the square erupted instantly. Onlookers stared at the three towering peaks of crystals in the square, the tamed Legend-stage beasts standing in orderly ranks, and Logan’s display of crushing the three families’ conspiracy single-handedly.
Everyone felt a deep sense of shock and awe.
Soon, more and more people joined in shouting their support.
Even several citizens fell to their knees right there, worshipping Logan.
Many young people loudly declared their desire to emigrate to Dawn City on the spot.
Logan ignored the commotion around him. He turned and walked toward the teleportation array.
His voice carried far across the distance: “Remember, don’t come bothering me for six months.”
On the way back to Dawn City, Green Vine sat on a flying mount, full of excitement. “The three families are completely finished this time.”
“The Vanzo family lost three core mineral veins, and the Rimer and Toredo families had their core districts stripped of jurisdiction.”
“They certainly won’t give up easily. We need to stay extra vigilant.”
Logan leaned back in his seat and replied in a calm tone. “This is just the beginning. Of course, they won’t give up so easily.”
“Send out the order to significantly boost Dawn City’s defenses. There must be no slackening whatsoever.”
“In the future, I will be entering seclusion to break through to the 47-star level. Dawn City is left in your hands.”
Sitting nearby, Hiyua nodded immediately. “Brother, don’t worry. Everything you need for your seclusion is already ready.”
“We will guard everything in Dawn City perfectly. No accidents will happen.”
The second day of Logan’s seclusion, Dawn City entered its highest state of alert.
The very top of the World Tree was firmly enclosed by a emerald-green energy shield. This was a Life Blood Cultivation Realm jointly created by Green Vine and the five leaders.
Right at the core of the Blood Cultivation Realm, Logan was focusing all his efforts to break through to 47 stars.
Inside the underground tunnels outside the city, Gilded Rat Tony led a squad of one hundred rat scouts moving through the darkness.
These tunnels were a byproduct of the Black Ant Army’s mining operations.
Now, it has become Dawn City’s tightest underground intelligence network.
Tony stopped in his tracks. His tiny pink nose twitched rapidly. He immediately sent a report via mind link to Hiyua: “Reporting to Lady Hiyua, everything is normal in the eastern mine district. No abnormal energy fluctuations detected.”
“But something is wrong in the Western Bone Canyon!”
Hiyua was sitting in the main chair of the Dawn Hall, staring at the starry abacus before her.
Hearing Tony’s report, she immediately looked up, her tone serious. “What’s happening? Speak slowly, don’t panic.”
Tony’s voice came through the mind link again: “There is an unusual tremor on the ground. It’s not an earthquake; something is moving.”
“The energy reaction is strange. Whoever it is is deliberately hiding their tracks.”
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