Upon receiving this news, Chen Yu was not particularly surprised. It was as he expected. Since he had posted recruitment notices in the region, it was unavoidable that someone would send in moles. He had already anticipated this. After careful consideration, he believed he could handle it, which was why he made this decision.
"Do you know who they are?" Chen Yu narrowed his eyes slightly. Jiang Yaqing frowned and raised her hand, likely checking the private message records on her wristband. After about half a minute, Jiang Yaqing looked down at her wristband.
"Some of the top-ranked individuals in our region, Zhao Zhi joining forces with Sun Ye and Xu Sheng, along with a few other strong small groups, are all involved," Jiang Yaqing licked her lips and whispered. "It seems they've joined forces in secret and are preparing to send some people to probe your capabilities."
Chen Yu casually opened the leaderboard.
**Comprehensive Ranking Leaderboard**
1. Chen Yu, Comprehensive Score 204584
2. Jiang Yaqing, Comprehensive Score 165458
3. Yu Pu, Comprehensive Score 68888
4. Guang Chu, Comprehensive Score 24440
5. Sun Ye, Comprehensive Score 23240
6. Zhao Zhi, Comprehensive Score 22678
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9. Xu Sheng, Comprehensive Score 20459
Chen Yu was somewhat surprised that Yu Pu had made it onto the list, ranking third. It seemed that mining a lot of coal during this period had caused his comprehensive score to surge. Jiang Yaqing's total points had also increased considerably; Chen Yu vaguely recalled that she was not even at 100,000 when the comprehensive list first came out.
Judging from the leaderboard, the individuals who had joined forces were all among the top ten on the comprehensive list, although there was still a significant gap between them and Chen Yu and Jiang Yaqing.
But—why would Chen Yu fear them? They were nothing more than a motley crew. The top three on the comprehensive leaderboard were all his people. There was no comparison between the two sides. If they wanted to send people to probe his strength, let them come. It would be even better if they were foolish enough to attack him, allowing him to annex all those camps and plunder their resources. He would then get rich again.
"Let them come if they want, I can't stop them." Chen Yu spread his hands nonchalantly. Seeing that Chen Yu showed no signs of worry, Jiang Yaqing couldn't help but frown. "Have you already thought of a countermeasure?"
"No."
"Then you..."
"Classmate Jiang, do you really think they can threaten me?" Chen Yu said with a wry smile. "If I can't even deal with these insignificant pests, how can I possibly establish a foothold in the underground in the future?"
"That seems right too." Jiang Yaqing in the projection pursed her lips.
"Hey, why are you suddenly recruiting employees? Don't give me that nonsense about brainwashing them; I know you very well."
"I'm planning to take over a city-state."
"And then?"
"To take over a city-state, I'll need personnel to operate it. People are definitely needed. I can't just take over the city and leave it an empty shell to serve as my vegetable patch, can I?" Chen Yu spread his hands.
"So you're planning to attack a city." Jiang Yaqing mumbled subconsciously. The moment she finished speaking, she suddenly stopped, her almond-shaped eyes widening as she stared intently at Chen Yu in the wristband projection.
"What did you say? You're planning to attack a city?!"
"Yes."
"..."
Jiang Yaqing in the projection looked stunned. She parted her lips, but couldn't speak for a long time. She instinctively glanced back at the vast expanse of white ice crystal ore behind her. Not long ago, she had been overjoyed by her discovery of the ice crystal ore vein. Ice crystal ore was an absolute rare resource. With the ability to mine this ore, her future development was immeasurable. Within her circle, if the ice crystal ore was included, she would undoubtedly be the most successful. Compared to other ordinary survivors, everything she possessed was something many people could not achieve in a lifetime. She was a high-end survivor. Although she knew that Chen Yu was even a level above high-end survivors like them, she had not expected him to be at the stage of preparing to conquer territories.
"You're a bit surprised, aren't you? I'm quite surprised myself." Chen Yu spread his hands. If he hadn't used the targeted scroll of the necromancer and seen the various aspects of Black City, he might not have had such an idea in such a short time. Attacking a city! It was too unbelievable. For them at this stage, simply surviving was already difficult enough. Attacking a city was something they dared not even think about. But— he was indeed going to do it now, and with great confidence.
"Chen Yu, you're already preparing to attack a city?" Jiang Yaqing was full of shock. Chen Yu nodded slightly. "It's just a matter of days. I plan to send troops to take the city in the next day or two. My enterprise has grown too large, and I really need an independent branch camp, both for storing supplies and for better future development."
"Amazing!" After a long silence, Jiang Yaqing, who was full of shock, could only utter one word. What else could she say? Attacking a city! She hadn't even encountered a few natives yet, and Chen Yu was already preparing to attack a city-state. The levels of both sides were not the same, and her suggestions might not be useful to Chen Yu.
"Do you need any help?"
"Oh?" Chen Yu raised an eyebrow.
"I can lend you some fighters. They are all very strong, with combat power above the Bronze realm, and several in the Silver realm. If you lack manpower for the city attack, I can lend them to you."
"That would be great." Chen Yu's eyes lit up. Although he now had a group of militia, their combat effectiveness was much weaker. Even if he gave them blood pills to become blood pill warriors, most of them were only at the Black Iron realm, and Bronze realm was already rare. Not to mention Silver realm. If Jiang Yaqing could really lend him some fighters, his confidence in attacking the city would be even greater.
"How many Silver realm individuals do you have? Lend them all to me," Chen Yu said seriously. "Once I've conquered the city, I'll send them back."
"No problem, how much rent do you want to pay?"
"?!" Rent. Instantly, Chen Yu couldn't help but laugh. Stealing his ideas. "Alright, I won't use your people for free. I'll give you 100,000 resource points per day for a Silver realm fighter." Chen Yu raised his eyebrows slightly. "What do you think? This price isn't low."
"Heh."
"What? You think it's too little?"
"Chen Yu, you're really too shrewd!" Jiang Yaqing frowned. "Ten thousand resource points per day for a Silver realm fighter. Do you know how much resources they gather for me outside in a single day, which amounts to hundreds of thousands? You're treating Silver realm fighters like Bronze or Black Iron ones; they are powerhouses capable of fighting even demonic beasts."
"Then how much do you want?" Fortunately, Chen Yu didn't bargain further.
"At least 500,000," Jiang Yaqing extended five fingers, then felt it might be a bit too little. "No, I want three sets of Adventure Tri-piece suits and a Gale Sword."
"No problem, it will be as you say." Almost the moment Jiang Yaqing finished speaking, Chen Yu sealed the deal as if he was afraid she would change her mind. "One set of equipment, I agree."