25: Great Plan

Along the coast at night, gusts of sea breeze blew through Wei He's hair.

On the red alert interface, Wei He watched Captain Kurt lead the twelve guards from the city gate earlier that day toward the coast, followed by three horse-drawn carriages filled with goods.

"Captain, where are we going?" Lu Sheng asked with a face full of smiles. It wasn't just because the captain had praised him; the captain had also given each of the twelve men a bonus, and there was an extra red envelope waiting for them after this job. He just didn't know where they were headed. Looking at the direction they were going, there was only the coast over there!

"Don't ask so much. You'll get your share of benefits!" Captain Kurt said in a half-joking, half-serious tone.

"Yes, sir! Understood, Captain!" Lu Sheng said sheepishly. What he didn't know was that this was the beginning of his nightmare.

Soon, the group drove the carriages to the coast. The moment he saw Wei He, Lu Sheng's eyes suddenly lit up.

"Isn't that the fool who gave me twenty gold coins? Hahahaha!" Lu Sheng laughed mockingly.

"Ah—" While he was laughing, Lu Sheng was struck by a burly man who appeared out of nowhere. With a scream of pain, he blacked out.

The remaining eleven men instantly became alert. Although Huang Yichen was currently injured, how could they be a match for a Control Level Ability User? Before they could even see Huang Yichen's figure clearly, they had already been knocked unconscious.

"Lord Commander, according to your requirements, these twelve people and the property have been brought here. There is more property to follow, but we could only bring this much today!" Captain Kurt said to Wei He with utmost respect. Now, there was only one thought in his heart: to be loyal to the Lord Commander.

"Fine, you may return!" Wei He was not polite, as Captain Kurt had already become his puppet.

After loading the property and the twelve guards onto the armored personnel carrier, Wei He and the others began their return voyage toward the Danga Archipelago.

On the Danga Archipelago, Lu Sheng had just woken up in a daze when he saw strange buildings before him and strangely-featured humans around him. He had no idea how he had ended up here.

He only knew that he had been following Captain Kurt to transport goods last night, and just as he saw that silly boy Wei He, he was hit by something.

Just as he wanted to run, he was surrounded by a pack of wolves. Their howling scared him into retreating back.

Seeing his other brothers on the ground, he quickly shook them awake.

Seeing that these people were all awake, the door of that strange metal building opened, and a figure slowly walked out from inside.

Lu Sheng looked closely and saw that it was the silly boy who had given him twenty gold coins at the city gate yesterday. Suddenly, he understood everything. He had been blind and offended someone he shouldn't have. Looking at them, they might even be from the Demon Race; he had heard that people from the Demon Race didn't even look human.

"My Lord, I was wrong! I failed to recognize your greatness! I'm not a human, please let me go! I still have a wife at home, ah—!" Lu Sheng fell to his knees with a thud, wailing in pain.

When the other guards saw Lu Sheng like this and then looked at Wei He, they understood what was going on. They also knelt on the ground together, pleading with Wei He.

"Enough, enough. I'm not going to kill you, what are you afraid of?" Wei He said with extreme arrogance, just as they had yesterday, sitting down in a chair as he spoke.

"Thank you, My Lord! Thank you, My Lord! After we go back, we will definitely serve you well!" Several people spoke and prepared to leave.

"This is an island. How are you going to get back? Swim?" Wei He said with a calm face.

"Ah— then what should we do? This won't do, My Lord! My wife will be scared being home alone, My Lord!" Lu Sheng quickly begged for mercy.

"Me too, me too!" Several people began to air their grievances.

"What's the rush? I have something I need your help with, so you'll stay here. As for your wives, I'll help take care of them!" Wei He laughed with a smug, mischievous grin.

"Go to the mountain and chisel stones for me, then transport them back. Do you hear me!" Wei He said in a commanding tone.

"But My Lord, we don't have any tools!" Several people had been wailing just a moment ago, but seeing Wei He's serious face and knowing there was no hope of returning, they had no choice but to agree for now and figure something out later. As long as they didn't die, there was still a chance to go back.

"As for tools, figure it out yourselves. Also, I don't provide food or housing here; you have to handle that yourselves. However, you must not slack off on the work. I will check every day!" After Wei He finished speaking, he strode into the base, leaving the group of guards staring at each other in dismay and wailing incessantly.

Wei He made them do this because he didn't want Du Yu to work too hard. After all, Du Yu was his treasure; with Du Yu, he had infinite energy. Moreover, he could punish these unruly soldiers at the same time, so why not?

On the red alert interface, Wei He watched as these dozen or so guards walked toward the mountains, grumbling and cursing.

"Big brother, do we really have to stay here? I just got married!" a round-faced guard said with an anxious look.

"What's the rush? We'll definitely be able to go back. Besides, wasn't that little wife of yours kidnapped anyway!" Lu Sheng said impatiently.

"Even if she was kidnapped, she's still my wife!" the round-faced guard said aggrievedly.

"It's fine, I will definitely lead you all back!" Lu Sheng said with certainty.

After speaking, they began to gather materials in the mountains to make tools. Wei He watched them and knew that while they appeared to be making quarrying tools, they were actually planning to build a raft. However, it didn't matter; they wouldn't be able to get out anyway.

The group was busy from dawn to dusk. Fortunately, they had a clear division of labor, as some had to cook while others built simple shelters to deceive Wei He.

At the same time, they were building the raft. Half a month passed like this, and the raft was finally completed. They thought they could avoid Wei He's inspection, but they didn't know that Wei He saw everything as if he had a divine eye.

During this half-month, besides enjoying the show of punishing them, Wei He was even happier that Captain Kurt delivered several wagonloads of gold and silver treasures every day. People in power certainly made money quickly.

This gave Wei He a bold idea. Using the delivered treasures, he quickly gained a large amount of economic points and began to frantically produce Yuris. In just half a month, he had produced over 500 Yuris.

After half a month of recovery, Huang Yichen's injuries were mostly healed. As a Control Level Ability User, he recovered quite quickly.

Through the Nanshan Town incident, Wei He realized that his economic points grew too slowly just through mining. Furthermore, large mining areas were in the hands of various countries. Even with Du Yu as an infinite energy source, staying on this small island wouldn't yield many resources; after all, even stones were limited and would eventually run out.

Since large cities were guarded by high-level Ability Users and Mages, he could start with small towns like Nanshan Town. After all, he had Huang Yichen and the Yuris. For those the Yuris couldn't control, he could have Huang Yichen defeat them first before letting a Yuri take control. Lower-level targets could be controlled directly by Yuris, just like Captain Kurt in Nanshan Town. This way, he could occupy the economy of an entire city.

Even if the countries on the continent noticed a decrease in tax revenue, they would just assume it was corruption by city officials; they wouldn't be able to trace it here for a while.

Thinking of this, Wei He began to mobilize all the Yuris who had not yet controlled any humans. They boarded the armored personnel carrier one after another to formally implement this great plan.

"I congratulate you on getting rich, I congratulate you on being brilliant..." Looking at this spectacular Yuri army, Wei He beamed with joy and began to hum a little tune, as if he could see gold rushing toward him.