The Feeling of Having a Home

Denial? Playing dumb? Claiming ignorance?

Since the other party could precisely locate and deal with Tu Dou Bro, they must have held evidence. Denying it would only make him look more ridiculous and further enrage them.

Begging for mercy? Would that even work?

Based on his shallow understanding of Crow Takes Flight, she was a person of decisive action, certainly not one to be soft-hearted!

His behavior was equivalent to espionage and provocation. Could begging for mercy truly buy forgiveness?

Broken Iron was so full of regret that his guts were turning blue.

He had originally thought this was just a covert probe; if it succeeded, it would be a huge profit, and if it failed, he would only lose a special card and an insignificant subordinate.

Besides, he had arranged a backup plan!

With Soft Little Puff present, the other party couldn't use a designated player duel card on him.

To kill him, they would have to declare war!

Before the matter came to light, Broken Iron had always harbored wishful thinking. Declaring war was the worst and most disadvantageous path, and Crow would absolutely not walk that road rashly.

But now that he truly had to face this possibility, Broken Iron realized that he couldn't even bear the prospect of a declaration of war.

Dark Star simply didn't have the strength to fight against Black Feather!

Not to mention that the leader of Black Feather was number one on the leaderboard, one could see the difference just from their recruitment strategies.

Black Feather followed an all-elite path, while Dark Star had every Tom, Dick, and Harry imaginable. How could he possibly fight this?

And... there would surely be a separate battle between the leaders. For him to go and duel Crow one-on-one...?

Just thinking about it made Broken Iron tremble, and fear instantly gripped him.

He looked at Cheng Shuili's message, his fingers shaking, unable to type a single word for a long time.

Admit his mistake? Express a willingness to compensate?

That was perhaps his only glimmer of hope...

He took a deep breath, trying his best to make his wording sound humble and sincere.

【Broken Iron】: Boss Crow... you, you know everything? This matter was my confusion! I was possessed by a ghost! I... I was just curious for a moment; I absolutely had no intention of truly harming the interests of Black Feather! I am willing to compensate! Double... no! Triple compensation for your losses! I only ask that you raise your hand high and let me go this one time!

The message was sent, but it sank into the sea without a trace.

Cheng Shuili did not reply.

This silence was even more suffocating to Broken Iron than a direct verbal lashing.

He felt as if he were being roasted on a fire, every second an agony.

What he didn't know was that Cheng Shuili had only glanced at this show of cowardly begging, sneered, and had no intention of replying immediately.

Letting him guess and fear slowly was the best punishment for someone who thought himself clever.

The other party was quite smart, knowing to find someone in advance to occupy the slot for the duel card.

But someone with the habit of thinking several steps ahead would surely realize that if Cheng Shuili were to retaliate, it would definitely be a declaration of war!

He was still alive, but he was living in endless anxiety and fear.

As for Cheng Shuili, she was naturally in no rush.

She closed the private message and said to Su Rui, who was driving: "Drive faster, let's cover more ground before dark."

Judging by her tone, she seemed to be in quite a good mood.

Su Rui was a little curious but didn't ask further, simply pressing down on the accelerator.

The engine let out a low roar, and the off-road vehicle accelerated rapidly down the desolate highway.

Cheng Shuili stood behind her for a while, then leisurely returned to the carriage and sat down on the sofa.

She opened the group chat and took a look; Xinxue and Aimili had been exceptionally fast, and the people had already been added.

Now in the group chat, everyone was asking why a new group had to be created, and some of the smarter ones had discovered that Tu Dou Bro was no longer in the chat.

Among these messages, Cheng Shuili spotted Glory's message at a glance.

This guy must have been tired of driving and was just chatting here.

Cheng Shuili had originally planned to find someone to verify the group chat list, and looking at it now, wasn't this a ready-made candidate?

Glory had only just sent a message when he received a new task from the boss.

【Crow Takes Flight】: Go and verify the group chat list.

Verify...

The boss is really cautious.

But Glory was worthy of being the best workhorse; although he grumbled in his heart, he had already started checking the list one by one.

His speed was fast, and in less than ten minutes, he finished: "Boss, not one missing and not one extra!"

This was the first good news Cheng Shuili had received this afternoon. She curled the corners of her lips and opened the group chat to begin announcing the information.

【Crow Takes Flight】: Tomorrow is the start of a new week. Although you haven't been in Black Feather for long, after this afternoon's adjustment, we are already partners moving forward together. Since we are partners, information should naturally be shared. I am informing you all in advance: the disaster type for next week is toxic mist.

After Cheng Shuili sent the message, she stared at her ID for a while. Now there was no 【Faction Leader】 badge after her name...

It was actually quite a pity.

"Toxic mist?! Holy crap! This thing is much harder to deal with than the previous disaster! Thanks for the warning, Boss!"

"Boss is awesome! (Voice crack)"

"How much supplies could this information sell for outside... and the boss just told us like that..."

"Nothing more to say, I'm following the boss from now on! Through fire and water, I will not refuse!"

There were also more pragmatic ones: "Received. Toxic mist... need to prepare gas masks in advance. I'm going to the regional channel to buy some now!"

Xinxue had also been keeping an eye on the messages in the group; seeing this, she realized it was time for her to make an appearance.

【Xinxue Chu Ji】: Everyone don't worry, and there is no need to prepare gas masks yourself. The gas masks with normal prices on the regional channel are all in my hands. Later, I will list them in the warehouse. But this item is a rigid necessity for next week, so each person is limited to one purchase, and I will only charge ten points.

"Am I seeing this right? I can buy one for ten points?!!"

"A single basic supply can be exchanged for one point; is it actually only ten basic supplies?"

"Is this the feeling of having a home? Black Feather is awesome!"

"Wait a second... who is this? Xinxue Chu Ji?!"

"I thought I was the only one who cared about who said that... seeing that everyone is surprised, I feel much better."

"Although I knew Xinxue was following Boss Crow, it's still so strange to suddenly become colleagues!"

"I feel you, upstairs! It's because I've seen Xinxue's profiteer face too much, and it's strange to suddenly become one of our own!"

【Xinxue Chu Ji】: What face?

"Ah, phooey! What profiteer face! Xinxue is a great philanthropist!"

【Xinxue Chu Ji】: It was all instructed by the boss; go praise the boss instead."

And so, a Crow-praising campaign began in the group chat again.

But Cheng Shuili couldn't be bothered with that.

The disaster next week is toxic mist. Producing the emergency oxygen circulation device after midnight would be too rushed, so she simply handed the matter to 001 now.

And then... it was time to check the monster data that Glory had consolidated.

The organization had already summarized a portion previously.

These things should have been sent out long ago, but because Su Rui had also summarized quite a bit during this period, Cheng Shuili simply handed everything over to Glory to consolidate.