President Tu thought that Ling Lan was interested in the children when he saw her looking at them intently. He said, "The children here are all quite average. If you want to groom a good subordinate, you can wait for the auction at night. There will be better candidates then."
Speaking about this, President Tu sighed. "It's their luck to land in your hands. Leader Jiang, if you are interested, buy one. Save one while you can."
If his merchant team had the budget, he wanted to buy one of the children too. He wasn't planning to raise the child as his slave. He just wanted to accumulate some virtue for himself.
"They should be expensive." Ling Lan was in deep thought.
"Yes. But, it's worth it. The black market has the ability to make these people listen to you for life. They'll not betray you. That's why their business is so good. They have a good reputation," President Tu explained to her softly.Ling Lan nodded. That cadet that died in her hands had the ability to hypnotize people. Hence, they might be someone with similar abilities in the black market. That was how they could brainwash the people and let them serve their master faithfully.
Ling Lan was attracted by the items in the black market, but Ye Shao and Dibi Luya were not interested in them. They seemed to pay more attention to the people that came to the black market. From this point, they appeared more professional than Ling Lan. They didn't forget to remain vigilant of their surroundings after entering the black market.
President Tu was satisfied with their performance. However, since Ling Lan was the youngest among them, he felt that it was understandable. Thus, he didn't blame Ling Lan for her unprofessionalism.
While Ling Lan and the other two leaders accompanied President Tu to the black market to get what he wanted, the people who remained at the warehouse were having lunch. Most of the time, the merchant team would send them their food on time. But, this time, there was no sign of anyone from the merchant team.
The other two mercenary teams had their own food so they just calmly opened their food supply and started eating. However, Shadow Cat didn't have their own food supply. The Little Four Mercenary Team that always gave them some food was out for their mission so they could only wait patiently for the merchant team to provide them their meals.
A moment later, an unfamiliar muscular man wearing the uniform of the merchant clan they were guarding walked over and shouted, "The logisticians informed us that they are busy with the loading of the goods so they don't have the time to send food over. Please send someone from your team to get your food."
Tao Ying jumped up immediately. "I'll go"The muscular man looked at the other two teams. "Who is going from your team?"
Ma Yizhe scoffed and said, "Forget it. We won't die from hunger if we don't eat one meal. We don't want the food anymore."
Jiang Bizhi agreed and said coldly, "Do you really think that we need to rely on you for food? Hmph!"
The man's expression froze. He said to Tao Ying awkwardly, "Follow me."
Yuan Mulin wanted to reject arrogantly like the other two leaders but he looked at the hungry old people in his team and said, "Hurry up and go."
"I understand." Tao Ying nodded. He was thinking that since the other two teams didn't want their food, maybe he could get more servings for his members?
Tao Ying left with the muscular man. After a long time, he still hadn't come back. Yuan Mulin got worried. Finally, after waiting for an hour, he couldn't control his agitation and went to look for Tao Ying in the cafeteria.
When he reached the cafeteria, he was notified that the worker who was supposed to send the food over had left long ago. Yuan Mulin felt that something was amiss. He immediately searched through the place with the people from the merchant team. A while later, they told him that they found the corpse of the worker that went to send their food. It was predicted that he had died for more than two hours.
Yuan Mulin was shocked and furious. He knew that he got tricked. The muscular man that came to their warehouse wasn't from the merchant team. However, he didn't know why the person would sneak into the merchant's base and bring Little Tao away. There were no other casualties found and no goods were stolen. The person's target wasn't the product of the merchant. It seemed to be Little Tao.
However, they stayed beside their employer obediently all the time and never offended anyone. Yuan Mulin squatted on the ground and started crying furiously. He knew that the merchant wouldn't send people to look for Little Tao. Yet, with the six of them, they wouldn't have any chance of finding him in this chaotic region without any clues.
"My condolences. People who went missing in the Chaotic Lands were never found," Ma Yizhe pretended to console him.
Jiang Bizhi sneered and said, "This is the result of overestimating yourself. Don't come to this area again. It's not suitable for you."
"Leader, we can't leave without Little Tao. We watch him grow up," the old mercenary from Shadow Cat said in agony. If it wasn't for them, Little Tao could have joined a better mercenary team. He wouldn't have to come to this place and everything wouldn't have happened.
"I will. Even if I die, I will bring him back." Yuan Mulin's eyes were bloodshot but his gaze was firm. He wouldn't return to the Federation unless he found Little Tao.
Yuan Mulin calmed down after crying. He made friends with Luo Yi from the Little Four mercenary team as their age was similar. They exchanged their numbers too so he immediately contacted Luo Yi and told him that Little Tao was missing.
Yuan Mulin didn't know what to do so he could only plead the Little Four Mercenary Team to help him. Yuan Mulin decided that no matter what the results were, as long as the Little Four Mercenary Team were willing to help them, he was willing to do the toughest and most dangerous job for them. This was the only way he could think of repaying them.
Luo Yi was guarding the goods outside. He hung up the call with a serious face.
"What happened?" Liu Furong was startled. Ever since they left Planet Muyang, this was the first time he saw such a serious expression on Luo Yi's face.
"The leader of Shadow Cat called just now and told me that Tao Ying is missing," Luo Yi replied.
"Isn't Tao Ying always in the warehouse? How did he disappear?" Liu Furong was shocked.
Luo Yi briefly told him how Tao Ying disappeared. Liu Furong frowned. "It seemed like the person's target was Tao Ying from the start. But, why do they have to sneak in to take him away?"
Yuan Mulin had too little information on his hand. The two people thought for a long time but no conclusion was reached.
"We need to find our regiment commander." Liu Furong was helpless so he could only look for the most powerful person he knew.
