Chapter 374 - 349: This is Too Extravagant

Chapter 374: Chapter 349: This is Too Extravagant

Boya officially joined the Xuanfeng Alliance.

With Yasna arriving in Wind Capital to begin his work, the Xuanfeng Alliance dispatched a group of high-level executives, including Chen Bo, to take up posts in Bo Asia. They would oversee the establishment of the Dream-Returning Wine and Xuanfeng Branch Factories, employee recruitment, material acquisition, and the construction of a natural harbor.

Everything proceeded in an orderly manner. Boya’s integration into the Xuanfeng Alliance went smoothly, as did the process of its people registering for citizenship. There were no issues.

With the addition of Boya, the Xuanfeng Alliance’s population saw a significant increase.

But compared to the size of their territory, the population was still far too small.

’I’ll have to set my sights on other countries when the opportunity arises.’

With no more trouble on the horizon and everything calm, Lu Feng once again resumed his role as a hands-off boss.

「Inside Wind Manor.」

Lu Feng frowned at the game screen, then began moving the camera to check on the situation in various parts of Celestial Sea City.

Ever since the last time Chen Lin led a group to kite monsters—only for those monsters to inexplicably turn and surge into a nearby forest—the number of zombies throughout Celestial Sea City seemed to have dwindled in a very short period.

Chen Lin had intended to lead his men to other zombie-dense areas to investigate and kite monsters again.

But at the several locations they visited, places that should have been teeming with zombies, they found very few.

It was as if the zombies had all vanished and gone into hiding.

And it wasn’t just the zombies; the number of Mutant Beasts also seemed to have decreased.

This led many to believe that Celestial Sea City’s hardships were over. Some even proclaimed the apocalypse was coming to an end.

Lu Feng knew the backstory; he knew this was the calm before the storm. The quieter things were, the more it meant that the berserk zombie tide caused by the Hexagonal Beast was drawing near.

The City East Alliance had apparently also sensed that this was abnormal, so the Flame Emperor had already dispatched numerous people to investigate.

After learning this upon entering the game, he didn’t get involved himself, simply instructing Lin Jiao to have her people keep a close eye on the City East Alliance.

’If the Flame Emperor discovers anything, especially the start of the zombie tide, he’ll definitely notify me and the East Suburb Fortress.’

’After all, he wouldn’t ignore a master with second-stage unlocked abilities, not to mention all the ability users at the East Suburb Fortress.’

Lu Feng then turned his attention to his own status panel.

With the zombies missing and no zombie tide to be found, the traps he’d set up at the Red Leaf Base had become useless.

As a result, he hadn’t gained any experience in some time.

Level: 20

Strength: 31 (Average Human: 5)

Agility: 39 (Average Human: 5)

Stamina: 31 (Average Human: 5)

Spiritual Power: 40 (Second-Stage Ability Unlocked!)

Combat Skills: Basic Combat Arts, Vintage Firearm Proficiency!

Special Abilities: Energy Barrier, Speed Ability, Cang Hu Beastification, Summoned Beast Ability

Energy: 400

Experience: 22,235,676 / 104,857,602

After he had leveled up consecutively by using a small nuclear bomb to wipe out the Beastman Race army, his next level-up now required over one hundred million experience points.

He only had 22.23 million experience right now; the one-hundred-million-plus requirement seemed impossibly far away.

With an experience requirement this high, if he had to hunt zombies or Mutant Beasts himself, there was no telling how long it would take to level up, even if he worked tirelessly without sleep or rest.

At this point, he was actually looking forward to the berserk zombie tide.

Then he could finally use the other small nuclear bomb he had in his inventory.

’That should give me a chance to level up again, right?’

’As for when to use this small nuke... I’ll have to think about that carefully.’

’And then there’s the matter of the Flame Emperor...’

’As long as the Flame Emperor is alive, the City East Alliance won’t splinter. Without the ensuing infighting between factions, I probably won’t get a chance to take complete control of the alliance.’

Lu Feng looked away from the screen, deciding not to dwell on the issue.

He then left the main hall of Wind Manor.

The moment he stepped outside, Black Snake respectfully approached him. "Sir, where are you headed?"

Lu Feng smiled. "To the nutritional supplement factory. Yasna is there, isn’t he?"

’Yasna is definitely the type of person who, if you provide him with guidance and clear orders, will get the job done exceptionally well.’

’After Baguda put him in charge of managing several products, he got up to speed in no time at all.’

’Crucially, he’s a hard worker.’

’Once the nutritional supplements went into production, he stayed at the factory day and night, supervising the process. He hasn’t even been back to his living quarters, personally overseeing every detail, terrified of making a single mistake.’

"Understood. I’ll make the arrangements at once." Black Snake nodded and immediately took out his radio to organize the transport.

A moment later, a car pulled up in front of Lu Feng and drove him away from Wind Manor.

The nutritional supplement factory was in the suburbs, outside the city proper. After an hour’s drive, the car stopped at the factory entrance.

After Lu Feng and Black Snake got out of the car, they were stopped by the factory guards as they walked toward the entrance.

The guards were elite soldiers assigned by Red Lizard; no one could stir up trouble under their watch.

Of course, being loyal to Lu Feng, they recognized him at once and respectfully welcomed him inside.

Black Snake, however, was another matter. He was stopped and required to go through a security check.

Alliance regulations stipulated that anyone entering or exiting the factory had to undergo facial and retinal verification. The equipment, purchased from Dragon Country, was the most advanced available.

Lu Feng was the Governor, so they could let him pass, but not Black Snake. It didn’t matter that he had arrived with the Governor.

Resigned, Black Snake had no choice but to go over and let the machine scan him to complete the identity verification.

’It’s as if they think I could actually kidnap the Governor,’ Black Snake thought with some exasperation. ’They might not trust me, but they should at least have faith in the Governor’s power.’

’Is he really someone who could be kidnapped?’

But rules were rules. In the Xuanfeng Alliance, no one was exempt—aside from one person who held special privileges.

Once his identity was verified, the elite soldier on guard gave him a military salute and respectfully stepped aside.

As he entered the factory, Lu Feng saw Yasna hurrying out to greet him. "His Excellency the Governor, you’ve come?"

"Just came to have a look," Lu Feng said with a nod. Then he asked, "Yasna, how many nutritional supplements have we produced?"

Yasna explained, "A total of 50,000 cases. The test subjects Baguda found showed excellent results, but I didn’t dare produce too many before we’ve done any marketing or sales."

"Fifty thousand cases is nowhere near enough." Lu Feng shook his head.

’These nutritional supplements... one case is about 200 vials. Fifty thousand cases is only 10 million vials. After distributing them among various countries, each would be lucky to get a few hundred thousand. At three vials a day, that’s 90 a month.’

’Do the math... how many people can that possibly supply?’

’Besides, we’ve only produced 10 million vials. Even if we price them at 1,000 Xuanfeng Coins each, that’s only 10 billion Xuanfeng Coins, which is just 1 billion in Dragon Country currency.’

’That’s practically peanuts.’

’There are over 2.1 billion overweight people in the world. With such a massive potential market and a product this effective, this amount is barely a drop in the ocean.’

So, Lu Feng gave his orders. "Ramp up production. Even producing a hundred times this amount won’t be a problem. If production capacity is insufficient, expand the factory. If the workforce in Wind Capital is at capacity, expand outward. We can also add another nutritional supplement branch factory over in Boya."

"As for funding, if you don’t have enough, go get a loan from Xuanfeng Bank. I’ll sign off on it and have the bank approve your request."

"Governor, if we produce that much, I’m afraid we won’t be able to sell it all." Yasna was getting a real taste of the Governor’s swift and decisive style.

But even knowing how effective the supplement was, hearing the order to increase production one-hundredfold made him panic a little.

"Don’t worry, Yasna. People will be scrambling to buy it," Lu Feng said nonchalantly. "Setting aside the reputation our Xuanfeng Alliance products already have, no one can resist an effect this good." He then added, "By the way, you’ve already produced fifty thousand cases, right? We’re going to give them all away. Come to Wind Manor tomorrow, and I’ll give you the recipient list."

"Give them away?" Yasna was stunned.

’This shipment is worth over ten billion Xuanfeng Coins! With that money, we could fund so much construction in Boya!’

’And now the Governor wants to give it all away?’

’This is unbelievably wasteful... ’

"That’s right, give them away." Lu Feng nodded. "Although the nutritional supplement helps with weight loss, its effects aren’t immediate like Dream-Returning Wine or the Xuanfeng Facial Mask."

"So, we have to think of another way, a different promotional strategy."