Now Ren Zhong understood, the elders were hesitating whether to register for suicide, transferring the priority temporary Scavenger spot to their family.
Ren Zhong furrowed his brow slightly and walked quickly into the town hall office.
At this moment, sitting behind the counter in the office hall was not the secretary, but Ma Dafu himself.
He wasn’t busy, merely resting his chubby chin on his elbow, frowning in deep thought, appearing full of concerns.
He had obviously noticed the group of elders lingering outside the door, currently tangled up in his thoughts.
He hadn’t even noticed until Ren Zhong stood in front of his counter.
Ren Zhong tapped the counter with his fingers, and Ma Dafu finally came back to his senses, slightly revving up his spirit, "Mr. Ren, what brings you here?"
Ren Zhong raised two fingers, "Two things. One business matter."
Ma Dafu: "Let’s hear the business matter first."
"I need to purchase a Fourth Level wrist watch, and I need Mayor Ma to issue an authorization."
Thirty seconds later, Ma Dafu sent an electronic authorization letter to Ren Zhong’s First Level wrist watch.
"The second thing is a personal matter, is this a convenient place to talk?"
Ren Zhong lowered his voice, indicating a touch of depth.
Ma Dafu glanced at the outside again, gritted his teeth, "Alright, then I’ll get off work early today, upstairs."
In the private reception room, Ren Zhong drank a cup of fragrant tea, and then, under Ma Dafu’s slightly puzzled gaze, performed a shocking revelation.
He cleared his throat, "Mayor Ma, I’ve received reliable intelligence that Yang Bingzhong, the boss of Starfire Resources, is planning an early relocation."
Ma Dafu’s hand holding the teacup trembled slightly, "Starfire Resources is the town’s pillar industry, producing abundantly. Around the town, besides Bone Valley, there are also Rat Cliff Mountain, abandoned mines, and other excellent hunting areas ranging from low level to high level. Scavengers provide Starfire Resources with large quantities of output daily. Even if Starfire Town is to be abolished, I can’t think of why Yang Bingzhong would need to relocate early. One, he would lose a significant amount of output. Two, if he leaves, the Scavengers in the town would immediately starve. Chaos would ensue in the town. This is no small matter. You can’t be joking."
Ren Zhong found Ma Dafu’s words somewhat familiar, but the same words from a different standpoint expressed a completely different meaning.
In the last resurrection, this was the evening of the thirtieth day, when comrade Ma first probed this matter and conveyed it to him.
Back then, Ma’s tone carried a sense of loss and depression, with a hint of unacceptable anger.
Now it was the evening of the fifteenth day, and the news was fed back to comrade Ma from Ren Zhong’s mouth.
Instead, he seemed a bit skeptical.
Ren Zhong sighed, "I wish I were joking, but it is the reality."
Ma Dafu locked his brows even tighter, "You were the first to inform me about the Pu Cha officer’s issue as well, where are you getting your information from?"
Ren Zhong waved his hand, "It’s inconvenient to disclose. But I can tell you, we’ve conducted a thorough investigation, and the intelligence is very accurate and reliable. If you don’t believe it, you can verify it yourself. Yang Bingzhong’s asset transfer actions should be starting soon."
Ma Dafu quickly noticed the key element again, "We?"
Ren Zhong sincerely looked into his eyes, nodding heavily, "Yes, we."
Ma Dafu’s expression swiftly transformed, with excitement and anger intertwining suddenly.
The clever Fat Ma understood again, Ren Zhong had confided in him.
Ren Zhong was not fighting alone.
There was indeed a team with considerable strength behind him and Sun Miao.
This was a good thing.
But upon confirming that the heartless Yang Bingzhong was indeed planning an early relocation, he also felt very angry.
After some time, Ma Dafu took a sip of his scalding tea, cursed, "Damn it! With Yang Bingzhong pulling such a stunt, I can’t even provide the Scavengers with a last moment of peace! Damn! This won’t do, there isn’t much time left."
Ren Zhong responded with an "Mm," "Yes, time is pressing."
"So how many Scavengers do you plan to take away?"
Ren Zhong: "As many as we can take, do our best, and leave the rest to fate."
Ma Dafu pondered for a moment, "That makes sense. But you need to act quickly, think of ways to boost your reputation among the Scavengers..."
The conversation reached this point, and everything fell under Ren Zhong’s control.
He successfully utilized the information shared by the past timeline’s Ma to create a stable persona of a "team spokesperson" in Ma’s heart this time.
At the same time, he further gained Ma’s trust through the shared enemy dynamic of information sharing.
Their network of relationships had drastically intensified in just a few words, even surpassing the fortieth day of the previous timeline when Ma Dafu first revealed the existence of the "Net" to him.