Game: Civilization Paradise

Chapter 250: Chapter 250: Profiteer

「The next day.」

Under Rein’s cover, Long Ming and the others retreated all the way back, finally reaching Buo City.

"We finally made it back alive!"

Jing Chuan and the others were ecstatic, their faces etched with the raw relief of having survived a catastrophe.

Long Ming also let out a quiet sigh of relief, his taut nerves finally relaxing.

"Quick, treat the wounded!"

Luoxue immediately shouted to Zhihan and the others.

Zhihan and the others snapped to attention, quickly carrying the wounded off the vehicles.

In their haste to retreat, they had only been able to perform the most basic first aid on their injured teammates.

Ugh~

Painful groans rose from the wounded.

Long Ming turned to look at the wounded, his expression turning somber.

Just then, Xiaopang trotted over, shouting excitedly.

"Boss, are you okay?!"

"I’m fine."

"That’s a relief. You have no idea—when I got your call for help, I was an absolute wreck. I’m just glad you finally made it back safely."

"Yes, you did a great job this time."

Long Ming reached out and clapped Xiaopang on the shoulder.

"Just doing what I’m supposed to do,"

Xiaopang replied with a wide grin.

Just then, anxious voices drifted over from the other side.

"Does anyone have any high-potency healing agents? Zhou Chen isn’t going to make it!"

...

Zhihan then ran to Luoxue’s side.

"Luoxue, we’re out of medical supplies."

"Everyone, transfer whatever 1D Coins you have left to me. I’m going to the Mechanical Pillar to buy more!"

Luoxue immediately called out to Zhihan and the others.

"No problem. But they’re selling for exorbitant prices at the Mechanical Pillar, and it sounds like you can’t even get your hands on them."

"We can’t worry about that now. We’ll buy as many as we can get."

"Right!"

Zhihan and the others all transferred their remaining 1D Coins to Luoxue.

Luoxue then hurried off toward the Mechanical Pillar.

Long Ming was about to call out to Luoxue, but she had already run off. He quickly grabbed Zhihan, who was about to follow her, and asked,

"What’s going on?"

"Zhou Chen is fading fast. Sister Luoxue went to buy medicine,"

Zhihan explained to Long Ming.

"I have some in my storage. Take this for him for now."

Long Ming said, pulling out a vial of high-potency healing agent and handing it to Zhihan.

"Okay!"

Zhihan took the vial and hurried away.

Long Ming then turned to Xiaopang.

"Xiaopang, let’s go."

"Huh? Where to?"

Xiaopang was taken aback.

"The Mechanical Pillar."

Long Ming then led Xiaopang toward the Mechanical Pillar.

Soon, they reached the center of the plaza, where the Mechanical Pillar stood tall.

The entire plaza was now crowded with people.

Long Ming raised his wristband and opened the marketplace, searching for high-potency healing agents. Only a few scattered healing injections were listed, and the price had already soared to 500,000 1D Coins each.

WHOOSH!

The next second, the healing injections on the marketplace were gone, completely bought out.

Long Ming frowned and said to Xiaopang,

"The healing injections are up to 500,000?"

"That’s right, Boss! You’re going to be rich! This stuff is a hot commodity right now. There’s only a tiny amount of stock on the market, and sellers are only accepting 1D Coins. No one’s selling for Mountain Coins!"

Xiaopang said to Long Ming, his face lit up with a huge grin.

Long Ming considered this for a moment before making a decision. He would keep 10,550 healing injections for himself and list the rest of his stock for 500,000 1D Coins each.

Xiaopang was shocked by Long Ming’s actions and quickly said,

"Boss, what are you doing?"

"Selling my stock."

"But... if we just hold onto them a little longer, the price will definitely soar again! At the very least, we could manipulate the market and drive the price up!"

"I’m not holding them. Normally, I’d ride the price all the way to the top. But when it comes to war profiteering, enough is enough. If the whole front collapses, we’ll all be dead anyway. This money would be useless then."

Long Ming said calmly to Xiaopang.

’With the defeat of the three cities, they must be desperate for high-potency healing agents. Every single one of these injections could save a soldier’s life.’

’That means more fighting strength for us, and a greater hope for survival.’

’There’s a saying for a reason: when the nest is overturned, no egg remains unbroken.’

"I guess you’re right,"

Xiaopang said, scratching his head.

Just then, a wave of curses suddenly erupted.

"Holy shit, those goddamn profiteers are finally willing to sell."

"Fuck, 500,000!"

...

"Let’s go."

Long Ming glanced at the grumbling crowd before leading Xiaopang away.

When they returned to their makeshift camp, they saw Luoxue handing five healing injections to Zhihan.

"This was all I could get. Take them to the soldiers for now. I’ll figure something else out!"

"Right!"

Zhihan immediately took the five injections to be distributed.

A medic rushed to Captain Xia Fei’s side with an injector, preparing to administer it.

Captain Xia Fei replied weakly,

"Give it to the more critical cases first. I can still hold on."

"But..."

"Go on."

"...Alright."

The medic had no choice but to give up on treating Xia Fei and hurried over to the other soldiers.

Just then, Long Ming walked over to Luoxue.

"Short on medicine?"

"Yeah. I went to the Mechanical Pillar just now and bought out the entire stock, but I only managed to get five,"

Luoxue said with a sigh.

"Those damn profiteers, hoarding the medicine and refusing to sell... they’re no better than animals,"

Jing Chuan cursed, grinding his teeth.

Hearing this, Long Ming looked a bit sheepish. He raised his wristband, tapped it a few times, and five hundred vials of the healing agent materialized on the ground.

"Take these and use them."

Luoxue, Jing Chuan, and the others stared at Long Ming in shock.

"Where did you get so many healing injections?"

"I’m a pretty cautious guy, so I stockpiled some a while back,"

Long Ming said with a smile.

"You’re a lifesaver!"

Jing Chuan exclaimed, throwing his arms out for a hug.

"Whoa, let’s skip the hug,"

Long Ming said with a laugh, holding up a hand to stop Jing Chuan.

BUZZ BUZZ~

At that moment, Long Ming’s wristband began to vibrate wildly.

"Long Ming, why is your wristband vibrating like that? Is it broken?"

Jing Chuan and the others asked, looking at him in confusion.

Long Ming glanced at his wristband, where notifications of successful sales were popping up one after another. He smiled at Luoxue and the others.

"Yeah, it’s acting up a little. I’ll get it fixed later. But that’s not important. You guys should hurry and get these to the wounded."

"Right!"

Luoxue and the others immediately took the vials and left.

Long Ming stood quietly, watching them tend to the wounded.

Just then, Legion Commander Rein walked up to Long Ming, giving him a thumbs-up as he spoke with deep admiration.

"Man, I’m seriously impressed. You guys actually dared to launch a blitz on Aniska’s royal city. That took some real guts!"

"Don’t make fun of us,"

Long Ming replied with a helpless look.

"I’m not. How did you guys even dare to try something like that?"

Rein genuinely couldn’t understand where they found the courage.

The intel they’d given Mountain City Mountain might have been incomplete, but it was everything they knew.

"We didn’t really have a choice,"

Long Ming said, not quite knowing how to answer the Legion Commander.

Just then, the Pomide Clan Leader hurried over.

"Mr. Long Ming, it’s wonderful to see you’ve returned safely!"

"Thank you for your concern, Clan Leader."

"Of course."

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