Full-Time Magician: Demon Mage

Chapter 373 One Fish, Four Ways (Thanks to reader Lingfeng for the 3332 book coins reward)

After inspecting the fiery mountain, Wang Teng immediately had an idea: he could seemingly gain another huge achievement for free.

The most threatening monster to Anjiao Town in the Taklamakan Desert is the Dust Monster, no, it should be called a mutated monster with high fire resistance.

Anjiao Town itself possesses a fire-linked barrier to resist the dust monsters. Without the attack of mutated monsters, it would be difficult to overcome the fire-linked barrier.

The mutated demonic grasshopper relies on this peculiar black rock volcano for its birth, using its high-quality pure flames to temper a mutated physique capable of resisting the flames of top-grade spiritual seeds.

In this way, the Fire-Binding Barrier of Anjiao Town will be unable to harm them, and the Dust Demon Grass Demon Clan will become even stronger. Embracing evolution is a win-win situation.

As long as he lets Little Flame Princess absorb that high-quality pure flame, those Dust Demons won't be able to undergo advanced evolution.

Even if it evolves into a fire-resistant constitution using the remaining flames, it will only be ordinary fire resistance and still cannot withstand the power of the fire barrier.

These two are fundamentally different.

As night approached, Wang Teng took Ding Yumin, who had been busy all day, back to the military camp temporarily. He then found Staff Officer Shao through Jiang Shaoxu.

canteen.

"Wang Teng~ I heard you wanted to see me?" Advisor Shao ate the scorpion meat, seemingly never getting tired of it.

"Yes~"

Wang Teng took a sip of soup, nodded, and then immediately said, "I went to Black Rock Volcano today and discovered some interesting things."

"Mutant demonic grasshoppers already exist on the mountaintop. They are not afraid of high temperatures and flames, so it seems they have already evolved."

Upon hearing this, Staff Officer Shao paused in his actions, a serious expression appearing on his face as he looked at him, waiting for his next words.

Wang Teng didn't intend to keep them in suspense, so he continued, "The number of mutated demonic grasshoppers is limited. I only discovered a small group, which has already been eliminated."

"But this only treats the symptoms, not the root cause..."

"Afterwards, I observed that peculiar black rock volcano and discovered that it contained a vast amount of pure flames that surpassed even the power of a Soul Seed, and that there was also a labyrinth surrounding it."

"I speculate that it's because of the mountain's unique structure, which has the function of automatically gathering energy, and the fire energy inside is probably accumulated in this way."

"I have a way to drain the pure flames inside Blackrock Volcano, interrupting the evolution of the Dust Demon Beetle, or more precisely, interrupting its advanced evolution."

"Without that high-quality flame, at most they will evolve some ordinary fire-resistant constitutions, which the fire barrier can completely block."

Staff Officer Shao perked up immediately after hearing the news; it was undoubtedly the best news she had heard all year.

In this way, she would not have to move away from the already established Anjiao Town, and could even continue to expand the town's area and increase resource collection efforts.

"I didn't expect you to gain so much from just one trip. I feel like I've wasted so many years here," Staff Officer Shao said with a wry smile.

Jiang Shaoxu's eyes darted around, and she immediately leaned close to Ding Yumin and whispered, "What did you guys do this afternoon?"

Ding Yumin paused while eating the sand crab meat, then explained to her about her fruitful harvest that afternoon.

"There are so many benefits?" Jiang Shaoxu was somewhat surprised, and directly picked up spirit seed fragments, magic stones, and alien insect crystals from the ground.

"Yes~" Ding Yumin nodded honestly in reply.

Wang Teng ignored the two people whispering beside him and looked at Staff Officer Shao, who seemed to be pretending to be confused.

"I need to report this matter to the military commander, and then he will contact you. After all, Anjiao Town is a rich resource point."

Staff Officer Shao naturally understood Wang Teng's meaning, and she immediately expressed her thoughts: the resource points here are quite important, which is why such a high-level garrison has been arranged.

"Hmm~ That's good too. I also need to tell the chief about this situation." Wang Teng smiled. Doing good deeds should be known by others.

Zhu Meng was one of the best among them. He devised a purge strategy and wanted the whole world to know about it so that others would understand his achievements.

Once they had something to do, they would quickly eat their fill and then immediately contact their respective leaders.

Wang Teng led the two women back to the detached small building, a place that Staff Officer Shao had specially prepared for them. Such treatment in the military camp was already quite good.

beep...

"Feed Wang Teng?" Pang Lai's voice came through the phone.

"It's me, Chief. I've unintentionally wandered into the Taklamakan Desert..."

Wang Teng explained the details to the other party, especially regarding the matter of dealing with the evolution of the Demon Grasshopper, which was no small matter.

"You did a great job... I'll contact the Western Army commander about this. I'll give you a major credit for now, and then calculate your contribution value later."

Pang Lai was very happy on the phone, hearing that Wang Teng had taken the initiative to resolve a major problem at an excellent resource point, which was a report he was extremely pleased to hear.

Wang Teng was also satisfied with Pang Lai's fairness. After exchanging a few pleasantries, the two hung up the phone.

This is the right way for a legislator to behave; he naturally doesn't need to proactively mention kickbacks, as that would make him seem low-class.

The majority of the revenue from resource points naturally belongs to the state, and then it is distributed according to the amount of contribution.

Wang Teng only needed to obtain his share from the Forbidden City; he didn't need to worry about the rest.

Even once this news spreads, those forces with a keen sense of smell will inevitably join in, wanting to get the largest share of what's left.

"How are you going to solve the Black Rock Volcano problem?" Jiang Shaoxu asked curiously, looking at Wang Teng's wide grin.

Hehe~

Wang Teng smiled but didn't answer her. Ding Yumin, who was standing to the side, burst out laughing. She hadn't expected that with this operation, Xiao Yanji could eat one fish in four ways.

"Little girl, you know, right? Tell me quickly!" Jiang Shaoxu pretended to be angry and immediately pulled Ding Yumin, reaching out to scratch her itch.

"Stop~stop~stop...of course, it's Little Flame Princess who's going to take action!" Ding Yumin couldn't resist her devilish hand and forced back her laughter, her face turning red from holding it in.

Jiang Shaoxu quickly realized what was going on and understood Wang Teng's plan. He had really got it figured out.

Xiao Yanji received the biggest benefit, Ding Yumin saved a lot of resources, Wang Teng helped Anjiao Town solve the problem of mutated demon grasshoppers, and also received mission merits and rewards from the former palace.

These are just the obvious benefits; there are also some hidden benefits, such as personal reputation and resume...

However, none of the things were faked; they were all traceable, verifiable, and genuine achievements.

The whole process is simply that Little Flame Princess runs to Blackrock Volcano and absorbs the pure flames inside!

What's the difference between this and getting something for free?

They absolutely won!

Jiang Shaoxu really wanted to say that this guy was just cheating the country out of its funds, but then she thought about it again and realized that it didn't make sense.

Anjiao Town truly benefited. Without the threat of the mutated demonic insects, they could slightly increase their development efforts, and their profits would naturally be even greater.

The resources here are already very abundant, and even a slight increase in mining intensity would result in exaggerated profits.

(End of this chapter)