"Yangshan!"

Ma Gaoxuan’s heart stirred immediately, and he asked calmly, "What are you going to Yangshan for?"

Hu Peigang chuckled and said, "There’s no need to discuss that, right?"

Upon hearing this, Ma Gaoxuan quickly said with a smile, "Yes, yes, I’m being presumptuous."

"Yangshan isn’t far from here, and quite a few people from around here go to Yangshan for transactions."

"I was just thinking, if you’re not familiar with the way, maybe my people can help guide you."

"I mean nothing else, as you know, the great flood has submerged the land, everywhere is covered in fine snow, and without any road signs, it’s very easy to get lost."

Nowadays, even a compass is useless, as Superpower Energy is spread globally; the magnetic field is chaotic, and communication devices no longer work.

Searching for things on the vast snowy plains is an extremely difficult task.

That’s why Wu Yaobang has a replication left in Linjiang City; relying on the sensing between replicas, he can quickly find Linjiang City, crossing nearly 500 kilometers.

However, once reaching Linjiang City, finding Yangshan would still take some time.

Thinking of this, Hu Peigang pondered for a moment and said, "This matter isn’t urgent; let’s complete the supply transaction first."

"Our list provides clear exchange standards for materials; you can take a look and choose what you accept for trading."

Ma Gaoxuan glanced through quickly and found that many materials were measured in terms of Seed Points.

For instance, the Rune Walkie-Talkie uses Rune Technology to transmit information via Superpower factors, avoiding interference from chaotic magnetic fields.

This device can achieve short-distance communication, roughly within a range of five kilometers, valued at 500 Seed Points.

Whereas one kilogram of Mutated Beast meat is worth only one point.

Meaning a Rune Walkie-Talkie is worth 500 kilograms of Mutated Beast flesh.

That’s not cheap.

Especially now in winter, Mutant Beasts have retreated, making them difficult to hunt.

However, it’s fortunate that there are also quite a few cheap items, and Ma Gaoxuan selectively picked mainly some Superpower Technology items.

He thought very clearly, once these Superpower Technology items are exchanged into his possession, he could attempt to disassemble and study them.

If he can replicate them, he could trade them elsewhere later, ensuring profitability without loss.

Thus, both sides traded nearly 5000 kilograms of materials.

Of course, these included some rather precious Superpower Stones.

The price of Superpower Stones is definitely not comparable to Mutated Beast flesh.

Vegetable prices were also not low.

At this moment, Xiaojing walked over and whispered a few words to Hu Peigang.

Hu Peigang nodded slightly; after completing the transaction, he smiled and said, "Just now, our manager Wu expressed intentions of hiring a guide, do you know anyone here who is familiar with the route to Yangshan?"

Upon hearing this, Ma Gaoxuan immediately laughed and said, "We have a Mercenary Corps here that has long traded with Yangshan and is very familiar with this commercial route."

"Oh? Would Valley Master Ma please introduce us?" Hu Peigang smiled.

"Of course, no problem."

Ma Gaoxuan turned to Shen Yan and said, "Shen Yan, go call the leader of the Hope Mercenary Corps over."

"Okay."

Shen Yan nodded quickly and left.

Ma Gaoxuan smiled and said, "This Mercenary Corps is called Hope Mercenary Corps, established by a pair of siblings. They have a fixed shop over at Yangshan and have territory here, doing some trading of goods and are very familiar with the routes."

"Hope Mercenary Corps? Haha, it quite aligns with our Mengya, indeed seems like there’s some fate."

Hu Peigang laughed.

Mengya represents hope; the two indeed sound quite fateful together.

Not long after, Shen Yan brought Lin Jingtang over hurriedly.

Lin Jingtang greeted the counterpart respectfully, feeling somewhat nervous.

Don’t let the fact that his Main Attribute has improved and he has formed a Genetic Species, becoming a powerful Superpower User now.

But he knows well that Valley Master Ma Gaoxuan has already written a Genetic Map and is in the gene recombination stage.

Even Ma Gaoxuan is courteous to this armored group, so he naturally wouldn’t dare to be negligent.

"This is the leader of the Hope Mercenary Corps, Lin Jingtang."

Ma Gaoxuan introduced, "Lin Jingtang, this is Mr. Hu Peigang from the Armored Team at Mengya Company’s Combat Department. He wants to hire a guide to Yangshan."

"Here, no one is more familiar with the way to Yangshan than you and your sister, so you can have a talk with Mr. Hu."

Upon hearing this, Lin Jingtang was relieved, realizing they only needed a guide.

He was somewhat curious and asked, "Excuse me, Captain Hu, are you going to Yangshan for a transaction?"

Hu Peigang’s eyes flickered as he smiled and said, "You could say that, Mr. Lin. How much is the straight-line distance from Furong Valley to Yangshan?"

"Uh, the straight-line distance isn’t too far, just over 60 kilometers, but as you know, the heavy snow makes it difficult to find any reference objects on the snowy plains, making it nearly impossible to walk in a straight line."

"Then how do you traverse this route?"

"That’s our core secret, sorry." Lin Jingtang said with a smile.

Hearing this, Hu Peigang also smiled and said, "I was being presumptuous then. We could pay generously to have Mr. Lin help guide us; Mr. Lin, what are your conditions?"

Lin Jingtang’s heart stirred slightly, "To be honest, our Hope Mercenary leaders have been doing business for some time; we’re not short on food and drink, but we have some troubles with Cultivation. Does your company happen to have Mutated Fruits that enhance Main Attributes?"

Lin Jingtang is a clever person; he could deduce the extraordinary origin of this group from Ma Gaoxuan’s attitude towards them.

So he didn’t ask for other things, only those that could enhance Main Attributes, such as Mutated Fruits.

Hu Peigang thought for a moment and said, "Please wait."

He picked up the walkie-talkie and walked away, seemingly communicating with someone.

Moments later, Hu Peigang returned, smiling and said, "Mr. Lin, we don’t have any Mutated Fruits. However, our company has a newly launched attribute-enhancement potion."

"The raw materials used in this attribute-enhancement potion are also Mutated Fruits, but with our formulation, its effectiveness has greatly increased."

"This attribute-enhancement potion has a miraculous effect even on Genetic Species experts, able to enhance Main Attributes by five to six points, which takes 10,000 Seed Points to redeem within our Mengya."

"Our manager Wu said he could pay you with a vial of this potion as compensation. How do you feel about that?"

Lin Jingtao was shocked. There’s actually such a potion?

Once again, he was intimidated by the power behind the other party and couldn’t help but ask, "Is there an attribute-enhancing potion with water attributes?"

"There is," Hu Peigang smiled and nodded.

Lin Jingtao immediately said, "Alright, let’s make this deal."

Hu Peigang reminded him, "The potion will be provided only after we enter Linjiang City’s territory."

"No problem, that seems fair," Lin Jingtao felt that wasn’t an issue.

Otherwise, if he hasn’t even led the way and the other party gives him the potion already, it would feel a bit off to him.

The transaction was finalized between both parties, establishing a basic foundation of trust.

Ma Gaoxuan intended to invite this group to Hibiscus Valley as guests, wanting to meet the manager Wu who hadn’t shown up yet.

However, Hu Peigang politely declined, stating that company regulations require the combat department to adhere to discipline when outside.

This further impressed Ma Gaoxuan regarding the other party’s sophistication.

After some politeness, Hu Peigang and his group eventually camped out on the snowfield, resting on-site.

Ma Gaoxuan, meanwhile, sent people to prepare resources for the transaction.

Lin Jingtao quickly returned to his team and found his sister Lin Miaomiao.

"Brother, why did they ask for you?" 𝒇𝒓𝒆𝒆𝙬𝒆𝒃𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝙡.𝒄𝓸𝒎

Lin Jingtao promptly recounted the situation.

Lin Miaomiao frowned, saying, "The Mengya Company is far in Yu Province, at least 500 to 600 kilometers away from us. How did they know about Yangshan?"

"Brother, what are they heading to Yangshan for?"

Lin Jingtao shook his head, "They only mentioned going to make a deal, but didn’t specify what for."

"Making a deal? That sounds like a cover. Traveling all the way from Yu Province to Jiangnan Province, crossing over 500 to 600 kilometers, is probably not simple."

Lin Miaomiao thought for a moment, then asked, "Brother, are they from that Mengya Company’s combat department?"

"Yes, that’s what they said."

"Combat department... Brother, I think we should notify Yangshan about this matter in advance."

"You’re worried that this group might have other intentions in Yangshan?"

"Yes, it’s suspicious for a combat department to travel so far just for a transaction. It doesn’t seem right."

Lin Miaomiao’s expression was serious, "No matter what, we should pass the news ahead so the people in Yangshan can prepare."

"Even if we take them there later, if there’s truly a problem, Mr. Liang won’t blame us for it, right?"

Upon hearing this, Lin Jingtao’s expression became solemn, nodding, "You’re right. Better safe than sorry."

"If these people indeed harbor ill intentions towards Yangshan, leading them there proactively would certainly cause misunderstandings with Mr. Liang."

"It’s better to inform Mr. Liang and the others first."

Lin Miaomiao immediately said, "I’ll go ahead with some people to deliver the message to Yangshan. Take this group slower."

"Alright, they don’t know the route anyway. I’ll take them on a tour."

The siblings discussed and decided to act separately.

Truthfully, the reason they could find Yangshan accurately was that before the floods froze, Lin Jingtao and Lin Miaomiao had been using the underwater city ruins to navigate.

When winter arrived, the surface began to freeze.

The Lin siblings thought of using buoys to set up markers in advance.

Once the surface was completely frozen and heavy snow fell, the siblings simply reinforced the buoy locations, continuing to establish new markers on the snowfield.

That’s their secret to accurately reaching Linjiang and finding Yangshan.

At this very moment, up on Yangshan.

Liang Yuan opened his eyes inside the Spirit Gathering Tower on the third floor.

After more than half a month, the third floor of the Spirit Gathering Tower had set up two or three rooms.

It’s not that constructing the rooms was slow, but the task of engraving hundreds of runes for spiritual energy vortexes in the rooms was substantial.

The three rooms consumed half a month.

Currently, these three rooms were equally filled to capacity, with many people exchanging points for the opportunity to cultivate superpowers here.

Liang Yuan recovered his internal superpower at this moment, opening the attribute panel again.

Host: Liang Yuan

Constitution: 111

Power: 114

Agility: 112

Spirit: 111

Free Gene Points: 0

Genetic Species: Hundred-Change Demon Ape, Ice Bear, Sumeru Cyan Ant, Dark Abyss Shadow Dragon

Genetic Map: Hundred-Change Demon Ape (10%), Ice Bear (Middle Tier), Sumeru Cyan Ant (10%), Dark Abyss Shadow Dragon (10%)

Talents: Genetic Transformation, Sumeru Space, Dark Abyss Mouth, Ice Star Collision

Skills: [Muscle Burst]...

Points: 460104

"Gene recombination progress has finally reached 10%."

Liang Yuan’s eyes flashed with brilliance. Besides the gene recombination progress finally breaking 10%, the points also experienced a surge. Within just ten days, they soared back to 460,000!

Everything was steadily improving, and Liang Yuan liked this feeling.

"Gene attribute enhancement isn’t that substantial."

"The gene recombination degree of ten percent only added 10 gene attribute points."