Ma Yuanbai, however, seemed not to hear him and continued speaking to himself:
"People, when they were refugees, only needed to fill their stomachs. They only needed to eat a few seaweed sticks a day. So, with my abilities alone, I can make countless refugees follow me."
Ma Yuanbai then looked around at the Kangcheng Street area:
"But things are different now. The refugees not only eat the meat of strange beasts and become awakened beings, but they also have a new living environment. Once people's needs increase, a few algae sticks are no longer worth risking their lives for."
Ma Yuanbai turned around, looking at Li Yu with a deep gaze, his tone extremely serious:
"Even the most united team, with Li Yu's reputation to support it, will eventually run into problems in the long run."
Li Yu watched Ma Yuanbai's excellent performance, both singing and acting. Although she could tell that Ma Yuanbai's words had a hidden meaning, and she understood that people cannot remain unchanged, given his strength and the treatment he gave, it was unlikely that anyone would dare to raise objections now.
Ma Yuanbai stared at Li Yu, and Li Yu stared back.
Their eyes met in mid-air, and they stared at each other for a few seconds.
Seeing that Li Yu didn't react for a long time, still looking puzzled with an "So what?" expression, Ma Yuanbai finally couldn't hold back anymore. His lips moved, and he spat out three words through gritted teeth:
"I'm out of money."
Li Yu: "......"
Chen Hai, who was standing to the side, suddenly realized that what Ma Yuanbai had been regretting earlier was that he hadn't told Li Yu this!
Although Chen Hai also wanted to contribute money and effort, the finances were already stretched thin during the period when he was managing Kangcheng on his behalf, and the assistance from Zhongzhou was only enough to barely maintain the most basic operation of Kangcheng.
We don't have much money left, and we need to keep it for unforeseen circumstances.
With so many people from Li Yu moving to Kangcheng, expenses will inevitably skyrocket, and there will be even more places to spend money.
Moreover, they had already occupied Kangcheng without authorization, and the fact that the Central Plains military had not sent a large army to the border was already a great concession to Li Yu. Naturally, Kangcheng would not receive any further assistance from the Central Plains.
So when Ma Yuanbai suddenly mentioned money, Chen Hai had no choice but to shut up and stand aside pretending to be stupid, not intending to get involved, for fear that Ma Yuanbai would turn around and ask him for the remaining money in Kangcheng.
The scene froze for several seconds.
Li Yu stared at Ma Yuanbai's tense face, which seemed to scream "Give me the money quickly," and then glanced down at his hand, which was still gripping her arm tightly.
"Out of money?"
Ma Yuanbai nodded, his grip remaining firm as if afraid that if he loosened his hold, Li Yu would vanish instantly.
Li Yu looked helpless. Why was he so nervous about asking for a little money?
Li Yu casually raised his right hand, causing the space in front of him to ripple, and then produced a jar out of thin air.
Chen Hai's pupils dilated instantly! Spatial ability!
Li Yu is not only exceptionally strong, but he also possesses spatial abilities!
Add to that the unique pair of eyes that previously suppressed the dense fog and ghosts... How could one person possess so many powerful supernatural abilities? This completely overturned his understanding!
Li Yu first took a burlap sack from the jar, then took out stacks of Zhongzhou currency and stuffed them into the sack, and finally took out three coins and placed them on top of the banknotes.
"Here are 500,000 Zhongzhou coins and some gold bars. Take them for emergencies."
Li Yu handed the heavy sack to Ma Yuanbai, and was about to say, "Can you let go now?" when she suddenly felt her hand lighten.
Ma Yuanbai released his grip on Li Yu's arm, swiftly took the sack, and quickly put it into a large jar. His movements were fluid and practiced, as if he had rehearsed it countless times.
"The city lord is wise!" The worry on Ma Yuanbai's face vanished instantly.
Li Yu stared at the jar that Ma Yuanbai was slowly putting away, his gaze lingering for a moment. This was almost all the money he had accumulated along the way.
However, he also knew that maintaining the development of a city would require far more than just these expenses.
Li Yu thought to himself, it seems that the plans for the ghost processing plant and mining veins in the underground world must be put on the agenda as soon as possible.
Otherwise, as the city lord, he couldn't possibly maintain such a large expense on his own.
With the funds in place, Ma Yuanbai felt much more at ease, a satisfied smile appearing on his lips. He then turned and asked again:
"By the way, Li Yu, you rushed after me just now, is there something you forgot to say?"
Li Yu then revealed his idea of forming a "Spider Riders" team.
Upon hearing this, Ma Yuanbai's eyes lit up, and he also felt that this method had great potential. He immediately sent Chen Hai to the mine to supervise the preliminary preparations, while he and Li Yu went back to select manpower.
Soon, Ma Yuanbai gathered together all thirty-odd young awakened individuals who had been specially selected by the three battalion commanders for focused training.
When these young people heard that City Lord Li Yu was going to personally select them, they were all extremely excited, thinking that he was going to build Kangcheng's elite force.
They all stood up straight, lined up neatly, their eyes eager, as if waiting for Li Yu's inspection.
Upon hearing the news, even Zhao Mutou, who usually appeared out of nowhere and went alone, surprisingly showed up and silently stood next to the group of young people.
Li Yu glanced at the group of young people who were quite talented, and with a wave of his hand, he took them all.
After selecting people for Li Yu, Ma Yuanbai stayed in Kangcheng to continue preparing for the construction of the mine base.
after a while.
Li Yu personally led Zhao Mutou and this group of carefully selected young awakened individuals to the area shrouded in thick fog on the outskirts of Kangcheng once again.
As soon as the group entered the foggy area, the small spiders that lived on the edge of the thick fog immediately discovered the intruders.
However, they seemed to have the ability to recognize each other and did not attack Li Yu and the others. Instead, they hid and kept making dense rustling sounds, as if they were conveying some kind of information.
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