Chapter - 138

Zeke suddenly turned nervous. “What happened to Dawnie?”

Zeke liked his strange sister-in-law very much. He was anxious because he had long treated her as part of the family.

“I put Dawnie in charge of the pre-demolition work for the Love in a Fallen City project. She has encountered a violent protest about the demolition at the Hill village and both parties came to blows.”

“Dawnie must not get hurt.”

“Don’t worry. I’m on my way,” Zeke stated.

After hanging up, he hurried over to the Hill village.

The Hill village’s geographical location was remote, with many undeveloped lands nearby and relatively poor traffic conditions.

When he was about five kilometres away from the Hill village, there was no highway, only a meandering footpath which cars couldn’t pass.

Zeke had no choice but to park his car and continue his journey on foot.

The spring breeze was strong while he was surrounded by green.

However, he had no time to appreciate the scenery. He kept his head down and pushed on.

Just after he took a few steps forward, a plant on the ridge next to him caught his attention.

He immediately stopped in his tracks, carefully picking up the plant, and observed it on his palm.

With flaming eyes, he plucked a blade of grass and tasted it.

“Rhodiola Rosea!” Zeke beamed. “It’s the seventh of the ten rare and exotic herbs!”

“But Rhodiola Rosea is extremely rare and only grows in a small amount in the four major herb plantations in Eurasia. Why is it here?”

“Unless…”

Suddenly realizing something, he looked around and discovered an expanse of Rhodiola Rosea.

Zeke’s spirits flew high. “Sure enough, this place is a herb plantation, and the scale is pretty big.”

“There are only four herb plantations in Eurasia. The rare herbs planted on them have saved the lives of many soldiers and warriors. But this is a far cry from satisfying the needs of the army!”

“If there’s more to this herb plantation, it will surely save the lives of many more soldiers!”

“Money can no longer measure its value!”

Even when he had led thousands of troops to force the nine countries into signing the Nine Nations Treaty of Alliance, he had never been so excited.

The significance of discovering a herb plantation was too great.

Right then, a group of people came over his way.

They were Dawn and the demolition workers.

Upon seeing that Dawn was all right, Zeke was finally relieved.

When Dawn saw Zeke, she jogged toward him, a smile unconsciously appearing on her face. “Zeke, what are you doing here?”

“I heard that you guys encountered a violent protest. I was worried about you, so I came over,” Zeke replied.

“I’m fine. All thanks to our workers for protecting me,” Dawn said.

“But they were unlucky.”

Zeke’s eyes ran over the demolition workers.

The demolition workers were big and strong but were covered in black and blue now.

Zeke scowled. “Dawn, were there that many villagers? How could they be beaten so badly?”

Dawn shook her head. “There weren’t many of them, but there were very strong. Clearly, they looked as skinny as monkeys, but they can fight better than our brawny men.”

Zeke was absorbed in his thoughts.

It’s obvious that those villagers had taken Rhodiola Rosea.

Rhodiola Rosea can cure all kinds of diseases and strengthen the healthy ones!

The reputation of a top ten rare herb is no joke.

Zeke wanted to monitor the villagers closely.

“Dawn, do you know why the villagers protesting are against the demolition?” he asked.