My Chaotic City

Chapter 29 A Group of Middle-Aged Women

Li Hanqiang, his face dark with anger, gritted his teeth and continued to question the master thief: "What's your profession? Ranged or melee? What skills do you have?"

The master thief patted his chest: "Just a thief, only has stealth skills, melee combat! What's wrong with that?"

"What? What the hell? My mission notice said it only accepts ranged attacks!" Li Hanqiang shouted. At this moment, he wished he could control the defensive tower and instantly kill the little thief and the group of old ladies in front of him.

"Didn't see the announcement clearly." The Master Thief remained calm and composed. So what if you, City Lord Li Hanqiang, are invincible? You think you can kill me with a defensive tower? Even if you kill me, the system won't allow other players to come to my aid. That's the setting!

"Alright!" Li Hanqiang sighed, levitated, and stepped into the air. He glanced at the group of middle-aged women and shouted, "Attention everyone! I'm finished preparing for the battle. The siege monsters will appear soon. Do as much as you can. Also, a heads-up: there's a mysterious shop on the Chaos Slab. It has potions and can repair equipment. Spend money if you need to!"

"Mystery Shop? What's that?" The master thief frowned. He had never heard of this kind of building during the closed beta. He turned his head and saw the words "Mystery Shop" floating in the corner of the Chaos Stone Slab behind him. With a little attention, the product window popped up.

"This must be a rare building," the master thief couldn't help but examine it.

At this moment, the siege monsters also appeared from the spacetime wormhole. They were a group of level 12 mountain wolves with 1000-1400 health and a movement speed of 3 meters per second.

Li Hanqiang silently calculated for a moment and felt that the defensive pressure was not too great. He was actually looking forward to the upgrade of the Beast Catcher.

The Beast Tamer gains experience by killing a monster. It's currently level 2 with 20/200 experience points, which should be enough to level up one or even two levels during this monster siege, depending on its success rate in capturing the Mountain Wolf.

However, that group of middle-aged women was really an eyesore, and Li Hanqiang felt uneasy, having no intention of sitting still in his fishing boat.

The master thief had secretly given orders to the group of middle-aged women, forbidding anyone from attacking. When he saw the Flame Tower, he had a look of sudden realization.

"That must be the level 2 Flame Tower. No wonder Li Hanqiang is doing so well; he got the early-game god tower!" He nodded to himself, then glanced at the Sword Tower in the distance and frowned.

He didn't recognize the Sword Tower, but its extraordinary design told him that it was no ordinary defensive tower.

Then he saw the Beast Catcher and was immediately filled with confusion.

"What is this? How did Li Hanqiang manage to have so many strange and wonderful things in Chaos City, not only a level 2 tower? Is he cheating?" The Divine Thief found it hard to understand.

Standing in mid-air, Li Hanqiang clearly saw the expression on the master thief's face and thought to himself, "This coward has absolutely no intention of fighting monsters. He just brought a bunch of old ladies here to disgust me! He's really burning money!"

He snorted coldly, strode towards the group of middle-aged women, and shouted, "Middle-aged women, why aren't you fighting monsters? Fighting monsters gives you experience, and with experience you can level up."

"Young man!"

The middle-aged woman, nicknamed "Sister Pomegranate," waved at Li Hanqiang. "Do you need to tell me all this? When I was playing online games, you weren't even born yet. It's just that I'm too old now and don't have the energy for it anymore. I just play online games to enjoy the scenery, chat, and earn some extra money on the side."

"Isn't that right? Back in the day, we were a force to be reckoned with in online games!" Auntie [Red Wine Rose] said with a nostalgic look. "But back then, technology wasn't as advanced, and online games weren't as good as they are now."

"Standing around like this is pretty boring, ladies. Let's stretch our muscles and do some square dancing or something." [Tianya Fangcao] shouted at Li Hanqiang, "Young man, can you play music in your Chaos City? Play 'The Most Dazzling Square Dance'! Without music, what kind of city lord are you?!"

Upon hearing this, Li Hanqiang nearly fell headfirst from mid-air. He had been playing virtual online games for over a decade, and this was the first time he had encountered something like this.

Seeing that the group of middle-aged women had actually started dancing in the square, Li Hanqiang couldn't hold back any longer and roared, "Hey ladies, why don't you log off and start dancing or chatting? Monsters are attacking my city, so don't come here unless you're defending it!"

"Young man!" A group of middle-aged women looked at Li Hanqiang. Sister Pomegranate said, "That's different. It's 80 yuan a day. Life is not easy. He's just trying to earn a little money to support his family."

Hearing this, Li Hanqiang finally understood that these middle-aged women were indeed hired and paid 80 yuan a day!

"Who the hell is so strong? I can accept it if you hire a pro to kill me, but you hire a bunch of old ladies to disgust me!" Li Hanqiang's first thought was the Emperor Guild. After all, since he entered the game, he had only had conflicts with A-list celebrities and Zhen Dejun.

"That coward wearing the dog helmet is probably the manager of this group of aunties." Li Hanqiang suppressed the urge to "tower kill" the Divine Thief, stepped into the air again, and shouted, "Listen up, everyone! As the saying goes, meeting is fate. In order to increase everyone's enthusiasm for defending the city, I, the city lord, have decided to provide a benefit for everyone. As long as you buy potions in the Mysterious Shop, no matter how many you buy, I, the city lord, will subsidize you with gold coins. I guarantee that you can buy potions at 90% of the system price. I will cash out on the spot and will never go back on my word. Everyone, hurry up and fight the monsters!"

Upon hearing this, the group of middle-aged women immediately began to whisper among themselves.

The master thief chuckled to himself, thinking that even if Li Hanqiang were to distribute potions, these old ladies wouldn't know how to fight monsters. Who would care about a mere 10% discount on potions?

The group of middle-aged women, however, were much quicker-witted than the master thief. Sister Pomegranate exclaimed, "Really? 10% off the system price! If I resell it, I can make a profit!"

Li Hanqiang nodded: "This is the benefit I'm giving everyone. I'll personally lose a little, and you all will make a little. Just help me defend the city well."

"You're not lying?" The master thief asked, looking up as if waking from a dream.

"If I'm lying, I'm a dog!" Li Hanqiang said resolutely. "A promise made is a promise kept, never to be taken back!"

"Then come here!" The master thief beckoned to Li Hanqiang. "Let's try making a deal."

"Let's give it a try!" Li Hanqiang laughed and floated over to the Divine Thief.

The master thief was quite clever; he first bought a bottle of basic life potion, and Li Hanqiang immediately gave him a subsidy of three silver coins.

He then bought ten more bottles, and Li Hanqiang gave him a subsidy of thirty silver coins without hesitation.

He asked Li Hanqiang to buy another hundred bottles, and without batting an eye, Li Hanqiang directly traded three gold coins to him.

The master thief took 100 gold coins from Zhen Deqiang, used 15 of them to buy tickets for a group of elderly women, and still had 85 left!

He used all 85 gold coins to buy basic potions, and Li Hanqiang actually received the subsidy. In total, he received a subsidy of more than 21 gold coins!

"Could this Li Hanqiang be a simpleton?" The master thief felt he had discovered a way to make money. If he could resell these potions from the storage space, wouldn't he be able to earn at least ten gold coins!

As for reselling, it's easy! There are thirty middle-aged women with nothing to do!