Chapter 1502 Old Friend
Meng Chao held Giant-toothed Crocodile in his hand as if it were his life. It was highly likely that it would shake the nine great cultivation families or even the entire superhuman circle.
However, his focus was not on the bag of doc.u.ments.
Instead, it was on Giant-toothed Crocodile’s face.
He recognized this face.
“Gao Chuang, how could it be you?”
Meng Chao was just as shocked as Gao Chuang.
The black market boss, nicknamed “Giant-toothed Crocodile,” used to be a ruthless person with outstanding battle achievements in the hunter’s circle. He had also saved the lives of several thousand ordinary citizens in close-quarter street battles many times during the beast horde.
He had debuted very early, and he was at the peak of his fame more than ten years ago.
When Meng Chao was in junior high school, he had heard of Gao Chuang’s name. At that time, Meng Chao’s middle school had specially invited him to Meng Chao’s school to give a lecture.
Perhaps it was because Meng Chao was still young at that time and had to stand on his tiptoes, as well as raise his head high so that he could see Gao Chuang’s silhouette amidst the sea of people…
At that time, he really felt that Gao Chuang was a superhero whose entire body was shrouded in a halo.
After he had debuted, Meng Chao had also come into contact with Gao Chuang several times.
One time was when they were cultivating in the wilderness, and the two of them met by chance.
It just so happened that Lu Siya had a mission in the Abnormal Beast Research Department that time, so Meng Chao and Gao Chuang fought side by side. The two of them destroyed seven monster nests together, killing each other to their heart’s content.
As both of them had a good impression of each other, Meng Chao invited Gao Chuang to shoot a commercial for his battle Saber brand.
He also invited Gao Chuang to the Remnant Star Society to give two special reports on how extraordinary individuals recovered from serious injuries and sequelae.
Gao Chuang was a tough man who was famous for his injuries but was unyielding.
He had suffered more injuries in the wilderness, the jungle, and the torrential beast tide than the ten remnant star extraordinary individuals combined.
Up until now, there were still several pieces of the claws and teeth of the monsters embedded near Gao Chuang’s spinal cord and central nerve. It was extremely difficult to remove them by surgery.
Every time the weather changed and the spiritual magnetic interference increased, Gao Chuang would be drenched in cold sweat and in excruciating pain.
His treatment and rehabilitation experience, as well as the experience of how to adjust his state of mind and face the incurable sequelae optimistically, were of great benefit to the remnant star society members.
Right, Meng Chao remembered that when he was in university, he had also read a popular science monograph, Monster Footprints, written by Gao Chuang. It was humorous and profound.
From this, it could be seen that even if Gao Chuang did not have too deep an academic foundation, he was not a valiant warrior with well-developed limbs and a simple mind.
In short, Meng Chao had a very good impression of Gao Chuang.
Most importantly, Gao Chuang was the same as him, born from a humble family.
Without a background and backing, without being able to receive astronomical cultivation resources and the personal guidance of a peerless expert from his mother’s womb, he had no connections and connections after he first showed his prowess. He could only act like a headless fly, relying on his hot blood, he charged recklessly and carved out a b.l.o.o.d.y path in the midst of thousands of soldiers and horses.
With the same background, Meng Chao vaguely regarded Gao Chuang as one of his own.
He had even specially hired Gao Chuang as a consultant for the Broken Star Society and introduced Gao Chuang’s intention to join the blue homeland.
It was only because he had fallen into the raging Tiger River and ended up in Tulanze that the matter had been temporarily delayed.
He didn’t expect that the iron-and-steel tough guy who was brave enough to stab his fist all the way from the throat of the monster to the sphincter to save the ordinary citizens would become a h.o.a.rder after the end of the Monster War, the black market boss who manipulated the price and stirred up trouble.
Meng Chao’s emotions were extremely complicated.
His goal wasn’t to barge in.
He just wanted to find the tailless monkey through the giant-toothed crocodile and then find the informant who targeted Shen Yulin. Finally, he wanted to uproot the blood union.
However, what he saw and heard in the monster market and the underground black market made him change his mind.
Dragon City was sick.
The Blood Union was just a festering pustule when the disease took effect.
If the lesion could not be found and completely removed, what was the use of just gouging out the pustule on the surface?
“A low-level extraordinaire from a humble family can not even obtain a gene medicine that is necessary for cultivation.
“The sons of the wealthy families have not even killed a monster, but they can treat the heavenly materials and earthly treasures worth dozens of boxes of gene medicine as a toy for the beauty to laugh at.
“Even a former hero like Gao Chuang, who has made great contributions, has turned into a big shot of the black market who is blinded by greed.
“If this is the real circle of extraordinary individuals.
“How Can Dragon City, which is guarded by such extraordinary individuals, defeat the Holy Light Camp and avoid the arrival of the Apocalypse?”
Meng Chao’s knuckles, which were gripping the file bag, turned white inch by inch. Cracking, cracking, cracking sounds of bones rubbing could be heard.
Gao Chuang seemed to have realized something when he saw Meng Chao’s heartbroken expression.
In the next second, shock, confusion, viciousness, shame, and all kinds of complicated and even contradictory expressions flashed across the black market boss’s face.
In the end, it turned into a self-deprecating magnanimity.
“It seems that I’ve run into an old friend.”
Gao Chuang said, “It’s a pity that during the Monster Wars, my brain was corroded by poison many times and my memory isn’t very good. I didn’t remember my old friend’s name. From the looks of it, you don’t plan to tell me your real name?”
As he said that, Gao Chuang sat on the ground and let out a long sigh of relief. His taut muscles all relaxed.
It was like a wanted criminal who had escaped for many years had finally fallen into the law and was relieved of a heavy burden.
Everyone was smart.
From the short exchange of a few seconds just now, they were able to gauge the difference in strength between them.
Gao Chuang really did not need to struggle on the verge of death anymore. He was asking for humiliation.
Meng Chao did not dare to believe his eyes. He stared at Gao Chuang’s face, trying to get the tiniest trace of disguise on it. In the end, he muttered, “You should be a hero!”
“So What?”
Gao Chuang rubbed his hands, which had almost been shot through by Meng Chaowu, and looked at the densely packed wounds on his hands, which could not even be wiped away by top-grade genetic medicine. He laughed at himself, “There are too many heroes in Dragon City. Anything more is not worth much. Besides, the war is over. The monsters are finished. What’s the use of being a hero?”
“Why?”
Meng Chao raised the doc.u.ment bag and shook it. “Are you going to do such a Thing?”
“You know the Answer!”
Gao Chuang snorted, “For money, for status, for women, for luxury, for wealth, for astronomical cultivation resources, for continuous improvement and breaking through the limits of the human body, for everyone to respect and fear me, for those who hate me the most and look down on me the most, they can only swallow their anger and obediently lie at my feet!
“Anyway, I’m just doing what others are doing for. There’s nothing special about it, is there?”
He fumbled around in the wreckage of his broken desk.
To his surprise, he found a box of cigars that had been cut in half.
He picked up half of the crumpled cigar and fumbled in his pocket for a long time.
Since he did not find the lighter carved out of crystals, he simply rubbed a ball of flame with his fingers and took a breath in delight.
“You are from the humble cla.s.s, too.”
Meng Chao’s eyes tore apart the smoke in front of Gao Chuang like a scalpel. “You should know the consequences of doing such a thing
“It is exactly because I am from the humble cla.s.s that I have no choice!”
Gao Chuang grasped the burning cigar in his hand and gnashed his teeth, “The nine n.o.ble families of cultivation and their super enterprises have ruled Dragon City for so many years. They have long monopolized the most important posts and the best resources. Even the newly rising red dragon army, the martial G.o.d Temple, the Remnant Star a.s.sociation, the Superstars Group, and the blue homeland would not be able to seize all the power and resources from the nine n.o.ble families in such a short period of time.
“I didn’t have such good luck to be born into one of the nine great families and become the rightful owner of this city.
“Before I was born, my mother’s throat was bitten off by a zombie. My father cut open her stomach with a dagger and dug me out, who was as wrinkled as a mouse.
“As soon as my father dug me out, my mother turned into a zombie and pounced on us.
“So, on the day I was born, I became an orphan in the most tragic way.
“Hehe, other people are the children of n.o.ble families who are loved by thousands of people, but I’m the son of a zombie. I’ve been bullied and humiliated since I was young.
“I once thought of walking on the right path. With my hands, brain, and hot blood, I would work hard and make a name for myself.
“Every time the Beast Tide came, I would imagine myself as a burning bullet that was thrown far into the depths of the beast tide by the trebuchets.
“I would treat every battle as my last battle. In any case, my life was terrible. I had nothing to lose in the first place. If I couldn’t make a name for myself, what was the point of living like a coward?
“Since you can call out my name, you should know how hard I fought when I was a monster hunter, how many times I was seriously injured, how many times I was unconscious, and even how many times my breathing and heartbeat stopped.
“Until today, my body is still embedded with a large number of pieces of monster’s claws and teeth, as well as the lingering venom. It’s like a gangrene that attaches to my bones. Every night, when it’s quiet, it always makes me fall into a nightmare that’s worse than death.
“However, is it useful for me to give up so much? Can I be considered to be ‘outstanding’?”
“You’re already outstanding.”
Meng Chao said, “Everyone in the Hunter Circle knows your name.” “So What?”
Gao Chuang snorted. “Compared to ordinary people, of course, I can be considered to be ‘outstanding’.
“However, compared to those rich people, the children of those rich people, and the children of those rich people, what am I?
“Moreover, the war is over. Whether it’s a hero or a monster hunter, they are no longer useful. Injuries, sickness, and aging are tormenting me all the time, reminding me of the reality that I’m gradually weakening.
“Just to maintain my strength, the daily expenses are astronomical. If this goes on, my savings will soon be completely spent. At that time, I’ll be beaten back to my original state at any moment!
“Under such circ.u.mstances, what choice do I have other than this path?”