Chapter 2849  Inspection Department

Shilok had caught the sarcasm in Zoran’s tone and snickered inwardly, “Is that so?”

“What’s wrong, don’t you believe it?”

Zoran had never liked the Overseers, who were always pointing fingers and making decisions. He casually remarked, “Now that you mention it, I remember that exchanging energy from these mercenaries requires additional Federation contribution points. This contribution hasn’t been reviewed yet, and since it’s not much, how about your department provides it instead?”

Shilok sneered inwardly and naturally didn’t want to contribute any contribution points for free. He said, “Alright, but we have one condition. The rear section of the ship has been in a sealed-off state, and we’d like to enter the rear cabin for a simple on-site inspection. Can the captain accommodate this request?”

Zoran immediately felt a sense of amusement.

He had only casually mentioned it, and the other party actually agreed?

“Alright, I agree to this request. As for the contribution points, I’ll thank you all in advance,” Zoran said.

Hmm?!

Shilok’s heart sank upon hearing Zoran agree so easily.

This was bad!

This old dog was up to something!

Before, they had repeatedly tried to inspect the ship’s rear section, but Zoran had used various excuses to refuse. Now, he agreed so readily?

Shilok felt uneasy and looked down at the ship’s lower section.

After a brief rest, Wayne and his team of players began transporting another crate of energy ore from the cavern below.

Could they really have more?

Wayne’s team kept bringing out crate after crate, as if there was an endless supply of energy ore hidden in the underground passage.

Shilok looked up at Zoran.

Alright, even if he had underestimated these people, so what if they managed to get a few hundred crates of energy ore?

As long as they could inspect the rear cabin, paying some contribution points would be like a toll fee.

Zoran noticed Shilok’s gaze and, though his expression remained neutral, he was sneering inwardly.

He knew full well that Wayne’s group was working for Fang Heng.

With Fang Heng’s abilities, he could take all of Joachim’s ore and mine it by himself.

It was just some energy crystal ore, nothing too impressive.

Meanwhile, Fang Heng had already slowly made his way down the passage, deeper into the rear section of the ship.

Along the way, small worm-like creatures emerged from deep within, rapidly climbing towards Fang Heng, but they all exploded into blood mist within five meters of his body.

Just nice.

Fang Heng hadn’t known where the so-called crystal worms were, but now, these larvae were guiding him to the right location.

He continued to explore and entered a warehouse in the rear section of the ship.

The alloy metal door of the storehouse had been corroded, leaving a large hole.

From the slime traces, it seemed like the hole had been created by an explosion, causing a jet-like spray.

Fang Heng stepped forward and entered through the breach.

“Chi… Chi… Chi…!”

Fang Heng squinted as he looked deeper into the ship’s warehouse.

Found it!

In the deepest corner of the warehouse, a large flesh cocoon had formed in the upper-right corner of the room.

The flesh cocoon was covered in a layer of white frost, still full of vitality and metrically pulsing as though some life was growing inside.

Looking closely, small larvae occasionally scurried around the outside of the cocoon.

A few larvae dropped from the cocoon and swiftly crawled toward Fang Heng.

“Bang!”

As the larvae got within five meters of Fang Heng, they exploded into blood and flesh.

“Is this thing also a product of the Seed of Ouroboros?” Fang Heng wondered, not daring to be careless. He slowly raised his hand and aimed at the nearby flesh cocoon.

“Thud! Thud!!”

The flesh cocoon began to contract rapidly, stimulated by the strength of Fang Heng’s blood. Several shadows quickly emerged from the cocoon and lunged toward him.

“Boom!!!”

A muffled sound.

The mutant worm adults slammed heavily into the holy barrier that had automatically risen in front of Fang Heng.

Through the holy barrier, Fang Heng could clearly see the pincers of the worm’s body.

“Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!!!”

The next moment, the mutant worms attached to the holy barrier exploded one after another.

A highly corrosive liquid splattered onto the holy barrier, making a sizzling sound.

Fang Heng focused on the flesh cocoon.

“Again!”

Whoosh!!

The flesh cocoon seemed to be in a breeding state, with weak resistance to external forces. Under the influence of the vampire’s strength, it started to pulse even faster.

“Thud! Thud! Thud…!”

Ha!

Interesting!

Fang Heng focused on the outer layer of the flesh cocoon.

As the flesh cocoon contracted faster, the frost on the outer layer peeled off layer by layer. More and more larvae and adult worms crawled out from the outside, rapidly charging toward Fang Heng!

Whoosh!!!

The mutant worm larvae and adults kept slamming into the holy barrier, exploding one after another.

Consume?

Fine, let’s see how long you can keep this up!

Fang Heng remained patient, controlling the flesh cocoon remotely through the power of his lifeblood.

Under the influence of the lifeblood strength, the flesh cocoon’s contraction speed rapidly increased!

…

“This…”

On the external ship’s deck.

Seeing that nearly an hour had passed, but Wayne’s team of players was still moving crate after crate of ore, Shilok began to feel uneasy.

D*mn!

There must be over 300 crates of ore by now, right?

At first, Shilok thought that even if these players were skilled, they could only manage a hundred crates of energy ore at most.

That would only be a little contribution, nothing major.

But now, just a moment later, it had turned into 300 crates?

And judging by their speed, they seemed to be continuously moving crates, getting faster by the minute?

Who could keep up with this?

Sweat began to form on Shilok’s forehead.

The Federation Inspection Department’s budget was large, but it couldn’t handle this kind of depletion.

Zoran noticed the look on Shilok’s face and secretly laughed, saying, “Do you need me to send someone to ask how many more crates of ore they have left to transport?”

“No, no need,” Shilok wiped the sweat from his forehead, trying to remain calm. “This amount of contribution points, the Inspection Department can still afford it.”

Shilok gritted his teeth, preparing to give in.

In the worst-case scenario, even if they managed to get a thousand crates, he would just report the situation to his superiors.

As long as they could obtain intelligence about the Seed of Ouroboros from the ship, it wouldn’t be too much of a loss.

“Indeed.”

Zoran nodded with a smile.

“Captain!”

During their conversation, a Federation soldier hurried over and whispered something into Zoran’s ear.

After hearing it, Zoran’s expression immediately became strange.

Good heavens.

Fang Heng really gave him a big surprise!

Shilok, keenly noticing the change in Zoran’s expression, asked, “Captain, is there a problem?”

“No, nothing, it’s a good thing.”

Zoran chuckled.

A very good thing!

From the very beginning, the energy ore being transported by Wayne’s team was indeed ordinary.

However, later on, as more and more crates arrived, all the ores transported into the ship’s interior were checked and confirmed to be of the highest quality, high-tier blue crystal energy ore!