Chapter 575
Chapter 575 - 555: A Significant Decision
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Most local special agents have quite complicated feelings towards the "Trading Land."
On the one hand, it is obviously an unstable factor, and the "trading of profession abnormalities" would create new unstable factors. A 2-tier professional criminal might accidentally become third-tier, and their destructive power might suddenly increase tenfold.
On the other hand, its inclination towards "security" and "order" is quite apparent. Not to mention the previous tendency to select local special agents (for the first batch of personnel), this time, only identified special agents were given the opportunity to try out the Beastification Cathedral.
The result? It was amazing.
Unlike Lu Ping’an and his team, who looked down on the four major corps, most ordinary special agents here were at the second-tier level, and over 70% were pure battle-professionals. How could they possibly refuse the blessing of Beastification Talent!
"It feels like getting a free first-tier battle profession... No, even more practical. It doesn’t conflict with the promotion of battle professions, but rather improves more fundamental and comprehensive aspects."
The advantages of the Secret Realm allowed those who accepted Beastification to quickly comprehend their changes.
People like Lu Ping’an, who had seen better powers like Xue En’s Iron-Eating Beast and the outrageous Nightmare Beast, just belittled the four major corps.
But for ordinary professionals, acquiring a Beastification physique for free, with a high probability of being a combat-type Beastman, was undoubtedly a great advantage.
Due to the limited life-points in hand, a large number of the four major corps emerged. Since Lu Ping’an had previously limited the number of participants, 90% belonged to official forces. It could be said that if you saw a high-ranking newborn Beastman in the city these days, they were most likely a special agent warrior.
This friendliness was naturally received by the Bureau of Anomaly Management. However, they also knew that such "preferential treatment" was bound to be limited and would eventually become regularized. They had to respond to this goodwill in a timely manner to avoid further chaos.
"Hello, Mr. Peace Dove."
"Hello, Mr. Bronze Candle, or perhaps you’d prefer me to call you Mr. Two-headed Wolf."
Lu Ping’an greeted the other party with a smile. The man had transformed into a two-headed wolf-beast.
And Lu Ping’an noticed that when he mentioned "Two-headed Wolf," the other party seemed relieved. So, Lu Ping’an also smiled.
"Did you think that even though I’m a supervisor, I wouldn’t know what you really are? Well, it seems that this Captain is a martial fighter, not good at hiding his thoughts," said Lu Ping’an.
Although the captain in front of him had two heads, he was actually a single organism—a demonic beast species called "Frumo." The two wolf heads were just its superficial characteristics. The real trouble came from its various demon-like abilities.
As Da Mao said, this Mythical Species wasn’t for trolling, but quite the opposite. Its strength should be higher than Wang Hai’s Inner Demon, and there was no need to worry about losing control.
It could fight with its demon body while employing tactics or even biting with one head as it muttered filthy curses to limit the opponent’s abilities. It was a powerful demon-like combat unit capable of both magic and martial arts.
"...Can a demon also be considered a Mythical Species? Whatever, even pandas got included."
Lu Ping’an didn’t really care about the lucky ones because, with a large sample size, there would always be a number of winners. However, seeing the man with two wolf heads speaking so casually, without any intention of washing away his talent, made him sigh at how he indeed lived up to being a wolf-man.
What interested him more was why the other party sought him out and asked him to open the Trading Land. He wondered what their intentions were.
"I have several things here..."
Tong WuYi, the Captain of the Original Blue District’s First Team and a famous martial fighter locally, was no stranger to Lu Ping’an, who was only pretending not to know.
Martial fighters were straightforward in their negotiations - either it worked or it didn’t.
At this point in time, the negotiations were easy, without having to guess at intent.
"Can the Beastification Talent be exclusively limited to our side for a short period? By ’our side,’ I mean official forces."
The first thing was not to make this Beastification Talent available to everyone. Lu Ping’an couldn’t accept this condition, as no holder would accept crippling themselves.
Apart from that, Lu Ping’an commanded a large number of Beastification Soldiers. Though most of them were currently inside the courtyard, they wouldn’t be able to venture out if there weren’t enough "Beastification people" in the city. Otherwise, they might be found and targeted.
Lu Ping’an stroked his chin in silence.
Without a response, he waited for the other party to present persuasive enough conditions, or else there was no point in talking.
"Sincerity?"
"Three months should be enough. In return, we will ignore your operation in the city... No, it’s negotiable, negotiable."
Lu Ping’an almost walked away immediately, but Mr. Two-headed Wolf stopped him.
"Let’s talk about the matters later, they are actually related. Of course, we won’t let you suffer any losses. We are about to issue promotional brochures to attract talents from the Foreign Domain. If you are willing, we can give you a separate page, so you will be an officially recognized trading platform. After that, you need to maintain strict supervision."
Upon hearing this, Lu Ping’an was stunned.
Not because Mr. Peace Dove was going to bluff him empty-handed, but because the condition was so generous that he wondered if he had heard wrong.
"Promotional brochure? Talent recruitment?"
"Don’t you know? Now all the cities and state governments have launched their own preferential policies to attract talents. It seems that our Ancient City doesn’t have much to offer."
With the other party’s explanation, Lu Ping’an gradually understood their real purpose.
𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝙬𝙚𝓫𝒏𝓸𝓿𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝙤𝓶
Now, talents from the Foreign Domain were pouring in. Although the talent seemed plentiful, the quality varied. The top tier naturally went to the big cities with the best conditions. There was no difference between this time and any other, as talents and resources from the Foreign Domain had no attachment to their hometowns.
In this wave of demographic dividend, remote cities and small towns needed to fight for their share. Once they fell behind, it would become even harder to attract people when other cities formed a clustering effect and vacuumed up resources.
"This is a chance for the Ancient City. Maybe in five or six years, we will become the new State capital. It is the pride of every citizen of the Ancient City."
These words could be taken lightly, but the other party seemed anxious.
Writing the Trading Land into the talent recruitment brochure would be equivalent to using official authority to endorse it. This could lead to a significant security risk since it was a desperate move.
But Lu Ping’an understood because if they missed this golden opportunity, there would not be a second chance in their lifetime. It was worth betting on the possibility of losing everything now rather than failing to gamble and forever being known as a backwater.
"Pfft, so the theme is Village Revitalization..." After the shock, Lu Ping’an fell silent. This was an important decision that needed serious consideration.
— End of Chapter 575 —