Wow! The item-dropping rate is really high!

Nova didn't even glance in that direction, just carelessly pursed her lips, her small hand rested on her knee, patting it with "pats". "What's it to us? Whenever Bai decides to come, he'll come, he'll come..."

It was as if a demon's chant filled their ears.

The acting team leader had never imagined that their own leader could be such a chatterbox.

But just as the leader had said, what was it to them?

Only if the other party wouldn't actively cause trouble, would they be bothered to pay any attention to anything like local customs around Blackwater City.

And if they really were looking to pick a fight... against the formidable special squad leader of Blackwater City, they might stand no chance of retaliating, but against ordinary people, they had never been intimidated.

So, after one last glance in that direction, the two from Grey Iron City stopped paying attention and let the others surveil them.

...

"Did they notice us?"

"Could they be enforcers sent by some other power?"

Kuang Xin and his group lay hidden in the bushes, peering through the dense foliage at three distant figures fragmented by the evening shadows.

They were there to complete a task.

Black Street was undergoing major construction and development.

It wasn't just from their own boss that they could accept tasks; they could receive various assignments from many residents of Black Street, even including the spokespeople for the "Black Street" power.

The spokesperson wasn't just the old butler—many ongoing projects had their own main person in charge, who were key NPCs they could interact with on a regular basis.

Of course, even if their roles had already reversed, and even if when they met in Black Street, almost all the residents, including those project managers, had to respectfully address them with a title of honor.

But just as players find it hard to truly revere the game world, they didn't have much genuine feeling of respect or fear for game characters.

As long as one could assign tasks, that made for a qualified NPC.

Completing additional tasks from other NPCs to supplement their experiences and skills, as well as to unlock new content, was all part of the game for them when their own boss wasn't around or after they had completed his missions.

Not to mention, Black Street was, in some psychological sense, their own property.

Since it was all work that needed to be done, having their own people issue tasks to their own people, and then rewarding their own people, offered a certain privilege and thrill of the left hand passing to the right.

Right now, they had returned to their old profession—chopping wood.

But it seemed there might be an unexpected new find.

"They don't look like good people..."

"Their uniforms are uniform; they look like part of a significant power."

Since Black Street came under the jurisdiction of the adults, its main style had changed drastically, and this naturally attracted the attention of forces from nearby, even farther away gathering spots.

The endless tests of various sizes, and the possible unrest from the "outside" in the tasks released by the adults, came from those ambitious grey forces.

After all, in this barbaric age of production, reason is never as effective as a fist.

In recent days, they had already repelled quite a few "enemies" who had been provocatively keen.

Now, whenever they encountered someone suspicious, labeling them an "enemy" was almost never wrong.

And now, was this another group of strangers they had not encountered before?

With the way they eyed Black Street with that despicable look, were they secretly hatching some vile plan against it?

Kuang Xin tightened his grip on the axe, unwilling to wait any longer, "Who cares what they're planning, let's just go up and ask!"

"But the adult instructed us not to start trouble." Gong Yan gently advised from behind.

This wasn't Black Street territory; they weren't so brazen as to impose their will out in the wild.

Kuang Xin waved his hand dismissively, "We'll definitely start with courtesy before resorting to force, if talks fail, then we'll fight."

"I actually agree with that," Gu Lan rose to her feet, her slender legs faintly visible amid the shade, "A chat isn't stirring trouble."

"Exactly!" Kuang Xin, hefting his axe, strode out, "Hey, buddy!"

To avoid any misunderstanding, he revealed his presence from afar with a loud voice, "What are you looking at over there?"

...

"They're coming out..."
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"What should we do now?"

"Bai said not to talk to strangers arbitrarily."

... The two from Grey Iron City looked at their own team leader with strange expressions.

Were the leader's words an instruction? Or an instruction? Or an instruction?

In fact, when it came to dealing with their current leader, they were uncertain of how to proceed.

The fact that their leader seemed to switch personalities at the drop of a hat was already baffling, but this new personality was even more unpredictable than their usual erratic one.

In fact, compared to the team leader of Blackwater City, it was these two who had spent more time with their own leader since the change, so they felt they had a deeper understanding of their leader than others.

To say she was dumb... there were occasions where she seemed quite the opposite.

To say she wasn't dumb... her behavior always resembled that of a simple and naive child.

What mattered most, though, was power.

As long as the leader's power wasn't stripped away, she'd always be the leader; that was an unchanging truth.

When the leader was indecisive, they could naturally do as they wished.

But now that the leader had spoken, it seemed they had to follow orders.

"Ignore them," the acting team leader instructed the little boy.

The boy nodded, "Yeah! Ignore them."