The foreman froze. "Ho... how much?"
The men spoke in unison, their voices laced with shock. They had never heard of such a unit of measurement before.
For a moment, they couldn't even process the word.
“What, you don’t know what a mountain is?” Xu Mo asked nonchalantly.
“The young master of the Huang family doesn't want to light candles for his celebration; he plans to light a volcano. Since there are no volcanoes in Dawn City, he’s going to build a mountain out of coal.”
The foremen stared at “Bai Feifei,” their eyes nearly bulging out of their sockets at the fantastical statement.
This was pure, unadulterated nonsense, wasn't it?!
Even a fool shouldn't believe such a thing, yet the luxury and absurdity of the big shots in the Inner City were already beyond their imagination. What if it was true?
Moreover, this woman was incredibly arrogant and wore the uniform of a Scavenger...
At the thought, the foremen swallowed hard, deciding to play it safe. If this deal were real, they would be credited with a monumental achievement.
“Are you... from the Huang family?”
“The Imperial family? Hmm, that’s possible too.” Xu Mo didn't bother to deny it. The future developments of this game were varied; perhaps he really would become an emperor.
Hearing that this eccentric woman was related to the Huang family, the foremen sat up a little straighter.
With fawning smiles, they pushed the wine and meat on the table toward Bai Feifei.
“Hehe, please eat, ma’am. We were being ignorant just now.”
“Well, we can’t make the final call on a deal of this magnitude. Why don't you tell us the requirements first, and we’ll take notes?”
Xu Mo braced himself against the table and sat cross-legged right on top of it, causing the foremen to lean back in surprise.
Picking up a pair of chopsticks, he spoke while eating.
“For a celebration, you need firecrackers and fireworks. I recall you produce gunpowder here as well, don’t you?”
“Yes, yes, we do. How much do you need?”
Xu Mo continued to pick up meat, extending a single finger once more.
“How... how much is this?”
“Set them off continuously, let them bang without end,” Xu Mo said.
“For an entire day, the fireworks over Dawn City must not stop, and the sound of firecrackers must be constant!”
Hearing this, the foremen’s hands trembled involuntarily.
How much would that damn well take?!
They couldn't fathom the scale, but they didn't care. They just focused on writing it down.
Consequently, the way they looked at Bai Feifei changed; it was as if they were looking at a celestial being from the heavens. Today, they were truly witnessing a glimpse of the high life!
As expected of someone from the Inner City, she had seen the world! Even her way of eating was so elegant and striking—sitting on the table and grabbing meat with her hands...
“Hehe, miss, your sense of scale is truly grand. We never could have imagined it. But don't worry, we’ve noted it all down and will report it as soon as we return.”
“Also, for such a large ceremony, do you need any manual labor? We have plenty of miners here. Coal is heavy and dirty to move; let them handle it.”
Xu Mo gave them an approving look, as if acknowledging their sensibility, and once again extended a single finger.
After three consecutive times, the foremen had grown accustomed to this girl’s habit of speaking in riddles, as if this was the style people from the Inner City ought to have.
“A hundred people? ...No, a thousand!”
The foremen’s guesses began to run wild, but Xu Mo simply shook his head with a disdainful smile.
“No. One piece of coal, one worker.”
“How could the Huang family's young master's celebration be sloppy? The coal mountain must be stacked perfectly level—it must be a work of art!”
The foremen: ?
Their expressions twisted. If they could attribute the previous demands to the extravagant absurdity of the Inner City, this was now simply impossible to accept.
One worker per piece of coal? Then there would have to be several mountains of people next to the mountain of coal! Could the Inner City even hold that many people?!
“This... ma’am, this is truly...”
“Shut up. Don’t talk to me about difficulties.” Xu Mo didn't even look at them, continuing to gorge on the meat.
“Additionally, the celebration might need some decorations. You know what I mean?”
At this question from “Bai Feifei,” the foremen stood up reflexively, glancing around warily before whispering, “Are you saying... you need human bones?”
This time, Bai Feifei, who had been listening silently in her mind, couldn't help but speak up.
“What do you mean by human bones?!”
Previously, she hadn't understood why this Evil God had such a twisted sense of humor, talking nonsense with these thugs.
But now, she began to sense that something was wrong.
The corners of Xu Mo’s mouth curled slightly. Ignoring the voice in his head, he continued to the foreman, “Yeah. Do you have any from children?”
“We do, but based on the volume you requested earlier, it’s unlikely we’ll have enough.”
“And those from children are even scarcer. These past few years, the miners haven't been having many children...”
“That’s your problem. Also, how are the research results coming along here? I need to take some with me.”
At these words, the foreman’s expression changed instantly.
“Are you referring to... those aberration potions? That...”
Another foreman beside him quickly covered his mouth, looking at “Bai Feifei” with suspicion.
As the topic became increasingly outrageous, some of them finally began to notice something was off. One of them questioned cautiously, “Discussing such things is always handled by specific people.”
“Ma’am, may I ask what the occasion is for the Huang family young master's big day?”
“If it’s a birthday or a wedding, it doesn't seem to have anything to do with the research.”
By now, Xu Mo had finished his feast. He pushed away the plate of scraps and said calmly, “The occasion? It’s his seventh-day memorial.”
“Seventh-day memorial?” The foremen froze, and then their voices rose an octave. “He’s dead?!”
Hadn't she said it was a day for celebration?
“Ho... how did it happen?” they asked subconsciously.
“I killed him. Otherwise, how would I know? Counting the days, it should be about time.”
Xu Mo wiped his hands and raised his hand, flaunting the shimmering storage ring on his finger.
“See? I took this ring from his body.”
With that, he looked up and shouted toward the restaurant’s kitchen, “Shopkeeper! Cancel the rest of the dishes I ordered. I’m full!”
At that moment, the four foremen finally realized that this woman was 100% here to cause trouble!
The foreman who had been the most excited earlier, thinking he had stumbled into a deal with the elite, saw red. He slammed his hand on the table, about to stand up.
But Xu Mo was faster. He slammed his hand onto the man's crown like a steel vice, pinning his head back to the table even faster than it had risen.
On the table, a chopstick happened to be standing upright. It was perfectly aligned with the foreman’s chin, and it drove straight through!
Squelch—
A sickening sound rang out. The foreman’s eyes instantly turned bloodshot. With the chopstick piercing his jaw and his head pinned to the table, his body trembled slightly, unable to make a sound.
“In fact, you’re quite lucky today.”
“I didn't use to talk this much when I started killing. These extra few minutes of life are my gift to you.”
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