Chapter 63: Boss, Can the Subsidy Be Higher?

Little An arrived very quickly. Twelve minutes later, she was at the roadside bus stop. After getting on the bus, Chen Fengshi briefly explained the emergency that had just happened.

“From analyzing the verbal information of this Fungal Demon Parasite, it is very likely that there is also competition for survival resources among the same race of Fungal Demons. If this is the case, the chairman of the Saralilai Group in the park is very likely another Fungal Demon Main Body! If so, the purpose of Queen Huang cooperating with us can be confirmed, which is to use our Power of Life to eliminate the Fungal Demon Main Body that is stronger than her!” After finishing his guess, Chen Fengshi did not forget the basic facts on which these were based. “Of course, I am a novice, and I cannot rule out the possibility that the taxi driver’s behavior was not controlled by the Fungal Demon.”

“This guess should be the truth. Because the first Fungal Demon Main Body provided by Queen Huang was the chairman of the Saralilai Group.” The information provided by Little An made Chen Fengshi smile self-deprecatingly. “Queen Huang really has a way!”

Whether there were naive pacifists among the Fungal Demons, he did not know.

But both he and Little An were clear that Queen Huang was not. Because the situation at Hongye that day proved that Queen Huang absolutely intended to kill them at first, but later she was probably scared by the power they showed, and no longer had much certainty of defeating them, so she used the guise of pacifism to propose a cooperation that was beneficial to both sides.

“We can never let down our guard against Queen Huang. At this stage, she is using us, and we also need to use her. The chairman of the Saralilai Group is very likely the mastermind behind the murder of Little Family Beauty, look—” Little An opened her laptop, opened the Map Program, and zoomed in on an area of the city. The edge of the area covered by red dots was very close to where Little Family Beauty lived.

Little An told Chen Fengshi that according to the information provided by Queen Huang, the chairman of this Saralilai Group was very aggressive and had been constantly expanding the range of his control. Little Family Beauty was very likely discovered by a Tier 1 Demon Warrior sent out to expand his territory.

The chairman of Salari Lai belonged to the Hong Tribe among the Fungal Demons, which symbolized particularly strong aggressiveness. Fungal Demons belonging to the same Hong Tribe would not easily fight among themselves, but would instead join forces to expand their territory.

“The information provided by Queen Huang deliberately concealed the key information that the act of expanding territory and occupying more Parasite resources included attacking other Fungal Demon Main Bodies.” Among the information Little An revealed, this point was of course intentional on Queen Huang’s part, but the current cooperation indeed allowed them to understand many problems that were difficult to figure out in the past through Queen Huang.

Besides the conventional expansion methods and means of the Fungal Demons, there was also the crucial background of the Demon Generals.

A Fungal Demon Main Body needed to continuously gather energy for a month to be able to create two Tier 9 Demon Generals through division, which were also the strongest among what they called Half-Main Body Demon Generals. Different tiers meant the level of activity they possessed, as well as the absorption speed of Parasite energy, the level of control over reshaping energy, and so on.

“What tier does the noodle stall boss belong to?” Chen Fengshi’s deepest impression was of course that noodle stall boss, who was very strong and violent, and the most crucial point was: the muscles on that boss were not exaggerated, but his strength was even greater than Liu Shuzhi’s.

“Tier 9, an adult body of the strength-speed type. Originally, Queen Huang planned to deploy him to the periphery, responsible for the territory expansion of an area.” Little An swiped the screen, which listed neat graphic explanations.

Chen Fengshi did not expect that Little An and the others had organized and summarized so much information so quickly. The extraordinary strength of the Fungal Demon Parasite came from the enhancement of its body tissues. By mobilizing the activity of the fungi inside the body, it covered the internal organs with a tough tissue layer, and added filling tissue similar to a foam structure between the internal organs that could withstand strong impact forces; at the same time, it changed the nature of the muscles.

Therefore, this kind of enhancement would have individual differences. Some body tissues were particularly rigid in characteristics, so it was inevitable that they would form swollen muscle tissue; some muscle tissues achieved outstanding agility through special power transmission…

Chen Fengshi directly thought of Liu Shuzhi and Sister Yao, and then felt confused, because looking at it this way, Sister Yao and Liu Shuzhi were originally cultivated by that Fungal Demon Main Body in the way of the highest-level Demon General. But after the divided Fungal Demon Sub-body entered their two bodies, it had not yet absorbed enough ‘nutrients’, and had not yet formed the independent connection to an unequal number of Parasites like a Half-Demon General, so there was no independent nutrient supply network.

“In that case, Liu Shuzhi and Sister Yao should be treasures in the eyes of the Fungal Demon Main Body, right? If they are parasitized again, it only takes a relatively small price to turn them into Tier 9 Demon Generals?” Chen Fengshi then realized the reason for the strong combat power of Sister Yao and Liu Shuzhi. From the time they were transformed, it far exceeded the Fungal Demon intelligence agent and the Tier 1 Demon General who murdered Little Family Beauty, and it turned out this kind of reason was hidden behind it.

“The information provided by Queen Huang may not be without deviations, and we cannot completely believe her one-sided words. But if it is as she said, then we can completely use the Protoplast in our hands, and your power to devour Fungal Demons, to conduct experimental observations on animals. If we can get experimental data with enough persuasiveness, we can prove the existence of Fungal Demons, and at that time we can get the help of social power and national power!” When Little An said this, a rare look of joy revealed in her eyes.

This was really good news worth looking forward to. Obviously, they were fighting for the common standpoint of humanity, yet the ones who had to hide were them! This feeling of grievance, of course, they hoped to end as soon as possible. “About how long will it take?”

“…Not that fast. Contacting companions doing scientific research work in Peace City, conducting experimental observations, and getting data conclusions will take quite a bit of time. Before this, the analysis results of the Power of Life gene information segment took four months…” Before Little An could finish speaking, Chen Fengshi could not help but interrupt and asked: “I’ve wanted to ask for a long time, since the actual data of the Power of Life of various colors is incomplete, how are these probability and other data derived?”

“Preliminary speculations made from valid data, and the existence of color types of Power of Life that have not appeared are estimated through the characteristics of related gene information segments. The awakening of the Power of Life is quite complex, and the possibility of activation for this part of the information carried by the vast majority of people is already lost in childhood…” Little An was quite happy to explain the science at this moment, but Chen Fengshi raised his palm to signal her to stop. He had no interest in delving into semi-speculative results. “I’ll wait for reliable results.”

“It’s voluntary, so don’t ask for too much.” Little An was too lazy to go into detail. From Chen Fengshi’s perspective, he felt that such conclusions were too poorly reliable, but for partners with limited conditions, that was already doing their utmost to allocate resources, search for information, and invest a lot of time outside of work.

“I like this answer.” Chen Fengshi smiled very happily. This was what he said to Little An, and she replied very beautifully.

“You carry the computer with you, no need to emphasize—it’s just that this Association, out of the needs of cooperation, temporarily lends it to you for use!” Little An knew what he was going to say before Chen Fengshi could open his mouth.

“Okay, that’s how it should be. Then is there any subsidy for meal expenses, transportation expenses, lost work expenses, and so on?” Chen Fengshi saw Little An’s determination to compete, so, of course, he had to play along.

“This Association has limited financial resources and can only provide a subsidy of six hundred a day. If the great hero thinks it’s too little, this Association can only say sorry.” Little An held back a belly full of anger, enduring it, and maintained her usual calm posture.

Chen Fengshi counted on his fingers and said: “President, this is not generous! Three meals a day, now it’s not easy to find a bowl of noodles for twelve bucks, six hundred bucks is only enough for the cheapest three meals! You are a diplomatic ambassador after all, wouldn’t you feel it loses face for your Shen An if you say it out?”

“…Where did you hear that?” Little An was strange how he knew her nickname overnight, and couldn’t help but suspect that the lovestruck Canyue who threw herself at him had already hooked up with him.

“Is this related to our topic?” Chen Fengshi stuck closely to the theme.

“It’s easy if you want more, submit an application to join the Association, and after this Association approves it, a standard salary will be given.”

“The standard is too little.” Chen Fengshi did not want this way out, because this way out was equivalent to Little An winning.

“Then there’s no way…” Little An calmly shrugged slightly, with a little smugness that the initiative was completely in her hands.

“Six hundred is also fine, however much pay means however much work.” Chen Fengshi would not let her take the initiative so easily. The right to decide how much to give was in her hands, but the initiative of how much to do was in his hands, so, conversely, the initiative of how much to give was no longer just in her hands.

Little An originally did not expect to suppress Chen Fengshi so easily. This stage of competing ended in a draw again, so let it be like this for now. She pointed at the folder on the screen desktop and said: “The information of the Mutual Aid Association members is all inside. The President might not be easy to communicate with, a hypocrite with a head full of women; but the most influential person in the Association is not him. One is the Vice President Qingfeng, a pragmatic person who basically takes care of all the big and small affairs in the Association, and the committee members all obey him, because of personal relationships, he gave up being the President, otherwise the greatest chance would be his; then there is the Committee Chair ‘Copper Coin’, the financial backer of the Mutual Aid Association, things that the meager membership fees cannot handle, the shortfall is all provided by her.”

Regarding the matter of being responsible for contacting the Mutual Aid Association, Chen Fengshi would have accepted it anyway. Now that he had at least gotten a daily subsidy of six hundred, there was no need to keep putting on airs. He had actually heard of these three people from Juzi. She was also a member of the standing committee. In the standing committee, either they contributed a lot of money or a lot of effort, or they had social positions that helped everyone stay safe.

“The work of these three people needs to be done at the same time. Copper Coin’s opinion is decisive, and Qingfeng himself has a lot of ideas, but because of personal feelings, he can easily change his mind due to the President’s opposition. Also, I have been away for some time after all, and the personnel situation in the Association may have changed.”

At this time, Chen Fengshi saw Juzi’s message, and seeing her beautiful and bright smile in the photo, unconsciously, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

Little An saw it and struck him, saying: “Pretty, right? Perfect background, right? But I advise you it’s better to change your target, your EQ multiplied by two is still not enough to play with her.”

Chen Fengshi quite agreed with this sentence, but he was very curious about how Little An positioned herself, so he asked back: “How many times your EQ can compare to hers?”

Little An’s answer surprised him quite a bit. She looked at him very seriously and said: “I am still competing with you, which shows that my EQ is undoubtedly dragged down by you to the same level now.”

Chen Fengshi gave her a thumbs up, giving her a like. This was cursing without dirty words, very skillful, and he even felt amused after being scolded. “Humble, classy! But, you said it backwards, it’s my EQ that was dragged down by you.”