Starting Cultivation in Wasteland

Qu Jianlei learned through Bentley that his article had been plagiarized.

To be honest, he wasn't too concerned about it. Perhaps... he had heard too much of similar ugliness on Blue Star?

After all, the article was too easy to write; he was just summarizing the Blue Star's ideas, not the original creator.

Since it wasn't a painstaking creation, his anger wasn't that intensified.

If he was to hold a grudge over this, wouldn't it seem like... a plagiarizer accusing another plagiarizer of plagiarism?

Seriously, this served as a pretext to completely reject Dai Xingyan's commission moving forward, making him appear wronged instead, how great is that?

However, seeing Bentley and Flower Scorpion filled with righteous indignation, he felt he shouldn't detach from the crowd.

So then... he should display a bit more anger.

Yet, upon hearing Dai Xingyan's words now, he couldn't help but respond.

"What's there to do? Just wait. Can they stay in Central City forever?"

"Wait?" Dai Xingyan found it a bit strange. Is he really that patient?

Surprisingly, Bentley wasn't hastened either, he asked, "Where did the two of them go in Central City?"

Dai Xingyan replied, "Maintenance Master Headquarters... perhaps used official business as an excuse to flee."

"Then just wait," Bentley nodded, adding nothing more.

Flower Scorpion, being naturally cautious, nodded at this, "Hmm, I agree."

The next day, Dai Xingyan came again, "Tanaka Yoshi sent someone to negotiate, willing to pay five thousand silver coins as compensation."

Laying out such an amount right off the bat sounds rather substantial.

But if one is keen, with just casual inquiries, they would know that Celestial Craftsmanship paid at least eight thousand silver coins to reconcile with the two.

There were even rumors of amounts like ten thousand or even twenty thousand.

However, this is not the main point; the main point is, the two fled first and didn't agree to the preconditions, showing a lack of sincerity.

What's also quite disgusting is that they ran for so long, now ticking towards the final limits to negotiate compensation!

So after hearing this, all three showed no expression on their faces.

Finally, it was Flower Scorpion who spoke, "Do you think this price... is still worth negotiating?"

"No need to negotiate," Dai Xingyan straightly expressed, "I haven't seen anyone so bullying."

Flower Scorpion curiously inquired, "Do you have any good suggestions then?"

"Tanaka Yoshi has a family in Taikoo," a cold glint appeared in Dai Xingyan's eyes, "Are you interested?"

Bentley nodded, "Being so excessive, affecting the family is normal."

Flower Scorpion had a different opinion, "Let's wait a bit more. What if they pull strings in Taikoo while we are dealing with his family?"

"We're not afraid of them pulling strings, but why make simple matters so complicated? That would be quite troublesome."

"That's reasonable," while Dai Xingyan very much wanted them to clash with Tanaka Yoshi, she still made a fair evaluation.

She also had a family, so she agreed with this view, "Those two have the strongest capabilities, greatest influence..."

"Without dealing with those two first, killing others would only increase hatred."

"Why make it so complicated?" Qu Jianlei smiled indifferently, "Just take out two of his diehard subordinates."

"This method is good," a light flashed in Dai Xingyan's eyes, "Subordinates aren't family, it hurts but not as much."

After hesitating a bit, she spoke again, "But that old fellow... has strong forces in Taikoo, too many diehards."

Bentley's response was quick, "Kill the most diehard ones, or the highest level ones!"

"This... it's really hard to pick," Dai Xingyan frowned, "Who is the most diehard, the old fellow might not even understand."

When at a high position, who is the most trustworthy, this issue... fundamentally has no solution.

"This is easy to handle," Qu Jianlei firmly spoke, then said a few words.

After he finished speaking, Dai Xingyan's eyes lit up, "This method is good... leaving the killing to me!"

Bentley heard this and his eyes gleamed, "You engaged Modified Warriors?"

"Hired three," Dai Xingyan replied with pride, "I've already said, leave such trifling matters to me!"

Of course, killing isn't trifling, especially killing influential Maintenance Masters.

But Dai Xingyan considered herself to be more convenient for this job, after all, her family was in Taikoo, making cooperation easier.

Sure enough, Bentley nodded simply, "Okay, saves us the journey."

Dai Xingyan smiled, thinking to herself that the Ultimate Warrior really had style, even dismissing travel as a hassle.

Two days passed, rumors suddenly emerged in Taikoo City: Tanaka Yoshi, the president of the Maintenance Association, had offended people, possibly not coming back!

No one paid attention to this rumor initially, but soon enough, a variant of the rumor appeared.

Calling it a variant is actually the truth—it's not a virus, where do so many variants come from?

The truth was, Tanaka Yoshi's son, Tanaka Ichiro, plagiarized a Maintenance Master's article and published it in a heavyweight journal.

Unexpectedly, the Maintenance Master had a strong background, causing Tanaka Yoshi and his son to flee in fright.

This rumor was actually very restrained, it didn't mention Tanaka Ichiro took without asking, neither did it mention the matter sprang up in Houjing City Maintenance Association.

But even so, the Maintenance Masters in Taikoo were up in arms, vigorously denouncing this rumor, and declaring they would trace its source.

Some explicitly stated: Could just such a trashy recycling suggestion make Tanaka Ichiro do such a thing?

Actually, some Maintenance Masters saw the subtleties in the article, but without exception, chose to play dumb.

A few days passed, just when the rumor was slowly dying down, new rumors emerged again.