"He wouldn't!"

Du Gu Tianfeng shook his head, saying,

"Even if he really wanted to destroy our base, he wouldn't have said it out loud like that. This kid is just adding leverage!"

"Leverage?"

Hu Tao was stunned.

"Just like before!"

Du Gu Tianfeng shook his head with a wry smile, pointing to the tunnel in front of the car:

"He has emphasized many times that launching this type of star destroyer cannon comes at a great cost and is a one-time thing. And now, he's demanding that the council reimburse him for the crystal cores consumed in the previous star destroyer cannon launch!"

"This..."

Hu Tao turned to look at the tunnel, then at the councilors like Wang Hailong next to him, and suddenly burst out laughing.

Damn it, they blasted a hole in someone's base and then demanded that they pay for the ammunition. Who wouldn't feel aggrieved in such a situation?

Especially since Hu Tao was basically certain that the Duoluo Council would eventually pay. After all, the power of the star destroyer cannon was obvious. Li Chenzhou didn't even need to actually destroy all their bases. He just needed to drive over and fire a shot, blasting away the base's access control!

Without the barrier of access control, the base would be completely open. What would they use to stop the Devourers and Blue Demons then?

Wang Hailong couldn't bear this responsibility, let alone the entire Wang family. So, without even thinking, Hu Tao was completely sure that Wang Hailong and the others would eventually give in. No matter how outrageous Li Chenzhou's demands were, as long as they could afford it, they would have to pay.

Otherwise, without Li Chenzhou even opening his mouth, the other members of the council wouldn't agree, because it concerned the safety of the entire Duoluo Alliance!

At this moment, seeing the star destroyer cannon charging up again, Wang Hailong panicked. It was true that the council had sent them to negotiate a deal with Li Chenzhou, but Wang Hailong had taken it upon himself to kick Hu Tao aside and try to suppress Li Chenzhou. He hadn't obtained the council's approval for any of that!

He was just desperate to acquire a war fortress so that he could preserve the Wang family in the near future. But he hadn't expected Li Chenzhou to be so headstrong. He had originally wanted to suppress him, but instead, he had blown things up to such a scale.

Now, with an exit destroyed, it was already more than he could handle. If Li Chenzhou really fired another shot, his troubles would be immense, and even the Wang family would be implicated.

The Wang family was already overwhelmed by the branch family's rebellion. If something like this happened again, the Wang family would probably follow in the footsteps of the Liu family and be removed from the Four Great Families.

Especially now, that damned star destroyer cannon was moving backward while charging, clearly indicating that Li Chenzhou intended to attack the interior of the base with this shot!

If this shot were really fired, Wang Hailong would be finished. How could he not be nervous? Seeing this, he hurriedly shouted:

"Stop! That's not what I meant, little brother! Let's talk! We can talk things over!"

"Tch! Now you want to talk to me? Where were you when I told you to withdraw your people just now?"

Li Chenzhou curled his lips and said:

"You kept blocking me from leaving, insisting on inspecting! Come on, inspect now! See if I took anything of yours!"

"No, no, no! We won't inspect anymore. You can leave now!"

Wang Hailong readily admitted defeat. Although Li Chenzhou had damaged the access control, he didn't dare ask Li Chenzhou to pay for it now. He just wanted to quickly get rid of this plague god and then go to the Wang family to smooth things over regarding today's incident!

"You tell me to leave, and I leave? You don't let me, and I have to stay? Who do you think you are?"

Li Chenzhou sneered, then pointed to the star destroyer cannon that was about to finish charging:

"Do you know how much one of these things costs? I wasted two of them. If I don't get an explanation, what am I supposed to say when I get back?"

"It wasn't a waste! I'll compensate you! We'll pay you however much it costs! But please don't fire this!"

Wang Hailong shouted quickly. Having witnessed the power of the star destroyer cannon, he didn't dare let Li Chenzhou fire a shot into the base. Since he was the one who caused all of this, he and the Wang family would naturally have to bear the consequences!

If only the people present were involved, he might have been able to shift all the blame onto Li Chenzhou, claiming that he was deliberately provoking them or something. But the problem was that Hu Tao and Du Gu Tianfeng were both in the car. They had witnessed everything firsthand, and he couldn't deny it at all!

What was Du Gu Tianfeng's status in the Duoluo world? As long as he spoke, no one would believe he was lying. So, Wang Hailong had no other choice at all right now.

"You'll compensate me, right?"

Li Chenzhou looked at Wang Hailong, then reached out and stopped the fully charged star destroyer cannon, nodding to Wang Hailong:

"Okay! My star destroyer cannons consumed a total value of about ten thousand level-nine mutant crystal cores. Bring them here quickly, and I'll cancel this. However, once this is fully charged, it can only last for five minutes at most. After five minutes, it must be fired, so you'd better bring the mutant crystal cores within five minutes. Otherwise, there's nothing I can do!"

"Ten thousand level-nine mutant crystal cores?"

Wang Hailong was shocked. A war fortress only cost fifty thousand level-nine mutant crystal cores. This star destroyer cannon required ten thousand? That's too expensive, right?

"This... is this star destroyer cannon really that expensive?"

Looking at Li Chenzhou, Wang Hailong asked cautiously.

"Of course, did you not see the power of this thing?"

Li Chenzhou nodded:

"This star destroyer cannon is a one-time use item. The cost, plus the mutant crystal cores consumed during charging, is about seven hundred. But that's our cost. I'm here to trade with you, so I can't just calculate the price based on cost, right?

"A weapon with such great power also has high costs, and it's a cross-world transaction. So, I'll add a third to the price, and call it a thousand crystal cores per cannon. That's not too bad, right?"

"Of course not!"

Wang Hailong was stunned for a moment, then shook his head quickly. He carefully calculated in his mind before asking:

"Then... including this one, you've only used two star destroyer cannons. At a thousand crystal cores per cannon, that should be two thousand, right? You calculated ten thousand, so... did you make a mistake?"

"That's right! I said just now that I wanted to destroy this base, and I roughly calculated that, not including this one, I would need about eight star destroyer cannons. Adding this one and the previous one, wouldn't that be a total of ten star destroyer cannons? Ten thousand mutant crystal cores, I definitely didn't miscalculate!"

Li Chenzhou looked at Wang Hailong, smiling happily!

"No... that..."

Wang Hailong was dazed, then reacted:

"But, you haven't used those eight star destroyer cannons yet?"

"Oh! So that's what you're talking about. Don't worry, since I'm a businessman, I'll be very trustworthy. Rest assured, I can use those eight star destroyer cannons, and I'll use them immediately. But I have to release this one first, and then use them one by one!"

Li Chenzhou smiled even more happily:

"Don't worry, you'll see that using eight more star destroyer cannons will definitely be enough to completely destroy this base. I definitely won't inflate the numbers!"