Reborn Cave Queen of the End Times novel Chapter 181

Chapter 181 The Power Players

Chapter 181 The Power Players

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The guard quickly stuffed the bag of inmillet inside his jacket. He only gave their belongings a cursory glance before waving them through. “All right, go on in.”

The people behind them immediately started shouting, “How come they didn’t have to hand over any supplies!”

“Are you an idiot? They’re locals! They just went out to gather supplies,” the guard snapped before kicking the man to the ground “Just those protective suits they’re wearing cost more than a hundred people like you could ever afford! Get lost! Come in if you want, or don’t!”

The man who had been kicked didn’t dare say another word.

“When we came here last time, it wasn’t this bad,” one of the assistants said. “Back then, you still had to hand over supplies to get in, but they were much more lenient. As long as you brought something decent, they’d usually let you through.”

“It looks like the city’s already packed,” Leonel said. “And they’ve probably collected just about everything they needed, so they’re back to squeezing people again.”

Beckett smiled. “It’s fine. They’ll be running short on supplies again soon enough.”

As soon as he finished speaking, everyone laughed.

One of the men stationed at the gate spotted the person beside Leonel and immediately hurried over. “Why did only a few of you come this time? The order is huge this round.”

“Don’t worry. We’ve got plenty of merchandise. Where’s Silas?” Autumn asked.

“And you are…?”

Autumn pulled down her mask, and Leonel and the others did the same. The man took one look at them and his face lit up with delight. “Mr. Wright! Asher! Chief Bauer! Why are the three of you here? Come with me, quickly! This isn’t a good place to stay

He glanced around cautiously before leading the group through a maze of side streets. After several twists and turns, they arrived at a three-story building.

He knocked rapidly on the door before pulling out a key and unlocking it.

The moment the door opened, he hurried everyone inside and immediately locked it again behind them

Several people were already waiting inside. The moment they saw the group, they were overjoyed “Mi Wright Why are dit of you

here?

Hearing the commotion, Silas hurried out and asked, “Did something happen at Aurora Base Why did all of youvene ti

sudden?

“We’ll talk inside,” Autumn said “The acid rain was especially strong today These protective suits doc pitiably for sthest

As Silas led them farther inside, he said, “Protective suits are in extremely short supply right now. The wealthy, dont can about the cost. They place orders starting at hundreds or even thousands at a time The biggest order came from a busile din sacied Thompson He wanted ten thousand suits. There are only a few of you How much merchandise could you possibly torze brought We don’t even have enough to fill the existing orders

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Chapter 181 The Power Players

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“Relax We brought enough. Definitely enough. The rest is coming behind us,” Autumn lied. “We came ahead first to check on the

situation.”

By the time everyone had gone inside, taken off their protective suits, and thoroughly cleaned themselves inside and out, another hour had passed.

Everyone sat down, and someone served tea.

“Oh, top-quality Earl Grey.” Leonel smiled. “Looks like you’re living pretty well.”

Silas quickly waved his hands. “There’s no way I could afford this. One of the clients who wanted priority delivery gave it to me as a gift. I don’t really drink tea, so I don’t know much about it.”

“Tell us what’s been happening over the past few days,” Autumn interrupted their small talk. “I noticed security at the city gates was incredibly strict today. Are they no longer short on supplies?”

“There wasn’t much they could do. The shelter is already full. The rent for this little building we’re staying in has gone from the equivalent of 550 pounds of grain to 1,650 pounds. It’s tripled,” Silas said. “The city is overcrowded. Everyone who gets in now has to hand over a huge amount of supplies, so the people at the top have gotten even richer.”

‘Then it’s time to butcher the fat sheep,” Beckett joked. “We showed up at exactly the right time.”

Autumn turned to Silas. “This time, we’re here for two reasons. First, to make money. Second, to stir things up. Tell us everything about the situation inside the city. For example, which wealthy families have the most money, which ones control the most supplies, and which ones have access to new technology.”

Silas immediately perked up. “I actually know all of that. To make my sales more efficient, I had people investigate every wealthy amily in the city, from the biggest to the smallest.”

Silas stood up, went into another room, returned with a notebook, and handed it to Leonel. “I recorded everything in detail.”

Leonel accepted the notebook, opened it, and immediately grinned. “Not bad, Silas. You did a great job.”

Autumn leaned over to look through it as well and nodded in approval. “You organized everything by category… This is really wel

jone.”

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