Humans Shrunk 100 Times

Chapter 201: Poaching

Thinking about the arrogant appearance of Tong Bin when he introduced that toad earlier, Chen Muqi felt very uncomfortable.

So when Du Jiajia appeared, he immediately suppressed the grudge and pretended to be friendly.

"You're just a small toad, and you dare to show off?"

"In this day and age, who dares to go out without two cats guarding them?"

Although he often called them "small cats" during normal times, it did not prevent Chen Muqi from using his power to intimidate.

Not only that, he continued to target Tong Bin, saying, "By the way, Du Jiajia is the chef here. If any of you have time, why not stay and have a meal?"

"A chef?"

On the other side, including Tong Bin, everyone was no longer as arrogant as before. The appearance of the two cats completely wiped out their thoughts of resistance, and they didn't even dare to escape for fear of being misunderstood by the cats.

The scene was somewhat bizarre.

Little Huang and Little Bai seemed to have noticed the group of humans on the ground, but perhaps due to Du Jiajia's influence, the two cats did not intentionally attack or play with the humans. This had already been proven by the other members of Qiming.

At first, Chen Muqi had thoughts of getting rid of Tong Bin and capturing the others, but it was clear that he couldn't do it alone.

Leaving aside the others, Tong Bin's abilities alone made him wary.

If he had the help of the two cats, it would be no problem, but unfortunately, Du Jiajia directly rejected his idea. If he pushed too hard, they might discover that the two cats weren't as obedient as they seemed.

On the other hand.

After thinking for a moment, he quickly abandoned the idea of killing these people.

Only now did the group of Qiming calm down.

"Hey, this matter has caused such a fuss. We just wanted to seek cooperation from both sides, but it seems we got carried away..." Tong Bin acted boldly as he spoke.

"Oh? Weren't you here to find someone named so-and-so?"

"That was just a side thing. Since Xiao An and the others are not here, we'll head back first."

"No need for a send-off."

Chen Muqi waved his hand to bid farewell.

This surprised the Qiming group. They didn't expect the other party to let them go so easily; they thought they would have to suffer at least a bit.

Perhaps the intention was to relax their guard while they turned around, and then let the cats go after them one by one?

Obviously, there was no need for that.

It seemed they really intended to let them go?

The Qiming group quickly felt relieved, after all, worrying wouldn't change anything if the two cats really wanted to kill them.

Tong Bin considered some other possibilities but didn't waste any more words. He quickly led the group to leave.

After they had all left their line of sight, Du Jiajia waved goodbye to the two cats and returned to the room with Chen Muqi.

Wei Dalei and the others had already gone down to the ground.

"Boss, you let them go just like that?"

"What do you think?"

"Um... How about making them stay and work for a few days as punishment?" Wei Dalei pondered for a long time and could only come up with this disciplinary measure.

"If they dare to stay, would you dare to accommodate them?"

"Well, that's also true."

Thinking about the dozen or so people on the other side, with their diverse abilities, it would be hard to defend against them if they stayed around, and we would even have to provide for their meals. Wei Dalei sighed, "We let them off too easily."

"But they haven't done anything excessive. In fact, we attacked them first," Chen Muqi chuckled.

"You can't put it that way. These people don't seem to have good intentions," He Ying said. "By the way, what did you talk about with them?"

"They want to take An Ruosu and Yang Li back."

An Ruosu and Yang Li visibly shivered.

"Good riddance!" Wei Dalei snorted.

Since having An Ruosu, even Old Wei's work had become much easier.

Although this girl's ability was not enough to make all surfaces smooth, she could reduce friction on some major cargo routes and easily push the goods.

For example, the slope leading to the shelves, etc.

Chen Muqi said with reassurance, "Rest assured, we won't agree to their request."

This was also a comfort to An Ruosu and Yang Li.

But then Chen Muqi asked, "Within Qiming, are the auxiliary ability users starting to complain?"

"Yes," An Ruosu nodded.

"If they had a choice, do you think they would be willing to come to our Qiming?"

"Of course," An Ruosu's eyes lit up. "In all aspects, Qiming is much better than Qibei, especially... especially because everyone here gets along harmoniously."

Actually, she wanted to say that people like Chen Muqi and Wei Dalei, the combat ability users, wouldn't oppress the others, but she didn't feel comfortable saying it in front of them.

Chen Muqi somewhat understood her meaning and smiled, "In that case, I think we should be more proactive for Qiming's development."

"Are you suggesting we go poach from Qibei?"

"How can you say it's poaching?" Chen Muqi retorted, "Let's just call it undermining their foundation."

"Then we shouldn't have let those people go just now."

"It's better to let them go than to keep them here."

"Why?"

"I think we may have underestimated Qibei," Chen Muqi said.

"How so?"

"We initially believed that Tong Bin was just a hot-tempered brute, but today, I realized that he can remain calm. Think about it; he was able to conceal his ability for such a long time, which means he's a patient person."

"There are at least three people like him in Qibei. They won't play themselves to death so quickly."

"But they have around two hundred people, and yet they turned their organization into such a mess. Isn't that a sign of incompetence? The principal used to seem quite astute," He Ying sighed.

At this moment, Tang Jing said, "Chen Muqi is right; Qibei is not as bad as we thought."

"It's not that good either," He Ying disagreed.

"Actually, people often make this mistake, which is to look at the problem only from their own perspective," Tang Jing said. "But if you were the principal or people like Tong Bin, and you wanted to develop the organization, what would you do?"

"Of course, I would provide the best living conditions, equality, mutual assistance, and love."

"No, that's just wishful thinking. For an organization with a monopoly position and a need for external expansion, that's actually the last thing they need," Tang Jing said.

"Why?"

"Because nobody competes with them. Even if the auxiliary ability users complain, they have nowhere else to go, and they certainly can't go to One Central," Tang Jing explained. "You're underestimating Principal Shi. He actually has foresight. He knows about the internal issues of the organization, but right now, during the expansion phase, the focus should naturally be on combat ability users."

"If it weren't for us, Qibei's internal issues would ultimately be a minor problem. Once they enter a stable development period, they will reorganize internally and stabilize the people. Before that happens, there's no need to worry about auxiliary ability users defecting because they have nowhere else to go."

"But now we are here," Dong Junwei said.

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