Chapter 254: Strike (Please Subscribe)
After unloading the cargo, Wang Sen returned to the secret base's operation research room.
Upon entering, he saw Fei Yunlai sitting in a chair on the far left of the room, lost in thought, who didn't react at all even when he saw Wang Sen come in.
Wang Sen noticed that Fei Yunlai's eyes had no focus, and curiously turned his head to ask Lin Rui, "What's up with the coach? He seems off."
"Might be a bit shocked?"
Lin Rui replied with a slight smile, playing with an opulent gold-colored bank card in his hand, "You don't know, in that last fight, our coach, a Seventh Realm against a Sixth Realm, almost slipped up and performed below standard—"
"Nonsense!"
Fei Yunlai, unable to tolerate Lin Rui shattering his tall image in Wang Sen's eyes, glared at Lin Rui with wide-open eyes: "That was Ignatius, decked out with top-tier equipment, with the combat strength comparable to many in the Seventh Realm."
As he spoke, he couldn't help but glance again at the opulent gold-colored bank card spinning at Lin Rui's fingertips.
Lin Xi had already hacked into this unregistered bank card earlier, and the amount of funds inside was—1,353,342,148!
Although it didn't match the card that Wang Li had before, it completely shattered his composure.
This isn't right! In his memory, the gangs of the Sixth Street were just a bunch of poor devils, scraping by with handouts from the big corporations—how did they suddenly become so wealthy?
The key was that he learned the identity of the deceased afterward.
During the fight, he couldn't see the person's face; after peeling off his armor, he recognized him.
It was Ignatius Adelard—the eldest son of the Adelard family from the Sixth Street Gang.
This future leader of the Sixth Street Gang had died at his hands.
For a mere fifty million, he killed the son of the leader of the Sixth Street Gang, which had 8,000 official members.
Fei Yunlai now seriously wondered if Lin Rui had withheld some crucial information from him before the battle.
Otherwise, why would that guy have specifically arranged for him to bring out the 'Implanted Combat Dragon' and set up an ambush at that location?
However, Fei Yunlai kept in mind that Lin Rui was just an average student, and Lin Xi was just a budding hacker with no reliable intelligence resources, so he temporarily suppressed his suspicions.
"Fine! You're the boss," he conceded.
Lin Rui shrugged nonchalantly, "Now onto the next target, Taifeng Building Materials Processing Plant in the eastern district, another factory controlled by the Sixth Street Gang. I'll send you the map of Taifeng Building Materials Processing Plant and the related intelligence that Xiao Xi has gathered."
The Sixth Street Gang was not originally among his first wave of targets. However, Lin Rui happened to know that this gang was deeply involved with Jinhao Real Estate Group and often participated in their demolition cases. Hence, he decided to kill two birds with one stone.
Fei Yunlai was shocked and stared wide-eyed, "You aren't satisfied with one time, you want to hit them a second time?"
Fei Yunlai was utterly baffled by Lin Rui's motivations. Did he have some deep hatred towards the gangs? Was he trying to be a vigilante or was he aiming for a Robin Hood ploy, or did he simply revel in the thrill of killing? Why was he so intent on slaughtering these gangs?
Killing more than four hundred people earlier wasn't enough, and just three hours later, he was ready to strike again?
Wang Sen, too, wondered about Lin Rui's true purpose.
But he could restrain his curiosity as he was now relying on Lin Rui for sustenance and thus followed Lin Rui's commands—whatever Rui said, went.
Lin Xi, on the other hand, considered that his brother might indeed have that 'Implant Syndrome,' or that something went wrong with his brain repair, requiring him to vent his emotions through killing.
Lin Rui, however, looked at Fei Yunlai with a beaming smile: "What do you say, Old Fei, are you in?"
Right now, most of the forces in the entire city were focused on that underground storage, and the Sixth Street Gang had summoned all their military cadres to hold down the various strongholds in haste.
To him, this was the perfect opportunity to strike. With these people gathered, poisoning them would take out many at once.
Why not seize this chance to harvest more Soul Power while he could? When else would he be able to refine that 'Imperial Flame War Dragon'?
After all, Wang City County had been virtually cleared out by him and Wang Sen.
Not only had the demons with bounties on their heads been slaughtered, but even those without bounties were not spared.
Now, the entire county was quiet, not a single substantial demon to be found, no more Soul Power to harvest. Find adventures at My Virtual Library Empire
Otherwise, Lin Rui wouldn't have thought of targeting these gangs.
Fei Yunlai's face was a changing tapestry of clouds and sunshine as he clenched his teeth fiercely, "Done! But this time I choose profit-sharing, and I want Ignatius's 'Emperor' Model 8 exoskeleton armor!"
Fei Yunlai pondered that although he could barely pay off this month's loan, he had no leads on next month's yet.
He had already made a life-and-death enemy of the Six Street Gang, so he might as well not worry about offending them a second time.
Fei Yunlai also coveted that 'Emperor' Model 8 exoskeleton armor.
Since Lin Rui had also participated in the battle with Ignatius and had delivered a fatal blow to Ignatius's back, the ownership of the armor was still undecided.
Fei Yunlai planned to find a skilled mechanic to repair the armor, so that he could use this powerful Model 8 armor for any inconvenient tasks he might want to undertake in the future.
The problem was that the exoskeleton armor was quite expensive to repair, and it would cost a lot of money.
That very night, Yu Feicui, who also was staying at the martial arts club, heard the alarm sound outside for the entire night.
The next morning when she woke up, she heard in the news that there had been three major murder cases, with many deaths totaling over 700 people.
According to the police's speculation, these cases might be related to gang vendettas, internal gang strife, and they urged citizens not to panic.
Yu Feicui was not afraid; she was under the protection of Tianlan Group and the Fang family, so such matters would not find their way to her.
Yu Feicui even felt a sense of schadenfreude at the deaths of these gang members.
She knew about the Six Street Gang, and although their style wasn't as bloody as the Blood Lizard Gang, they were also notorious for doing nothing but evil and were a cancer in Xinggang.
When Yu Feicui finished washing up and came to the activities area of the club, she was startled by Fei Yunlai.
She saw her senior brother's face set in stone, extremely unsightly with a sallow complexion, and his dead fish eyes seemed to say that everyone owed him 10 billion Federal Dollars.
Yu Feicui wondered if her senior brother Fei had defaulted on his debts again.
But that didn't seem right. Senior brother Fei's monthly account day was supposed to be on the 15th, and last month he had borrowed 17 million from her to pay off his debts.
She turned her head to Lin Rui, who was practicing his blade technique nearby, "Xiao Rui, what kind of blow did you deliver to him this time?"
Yu Feicui thought that only Lin Rui could occasionally give Fei Yunlai the frustration of feeling crushed by superior talent.
"Uh—"
Lin Rui thought Yu Feicui's question was spot on, but he really didn't know how to answer it.
Poor old Fei, he seemed to be plagued with bad luck.
The night before, they had struck two of the Six Street Gang's strongholds in succession, and the guy had chosen profit-sharing, but the total income didn't exceed 40 million.
Lin Rui figured that next time Fei Yunlai chose 'profit-sharing' for a target, he might as well not go because there wouldn't be much income.
At that moment, Lin Rui felt a premonition—it was the artificial intelligence from the Xeno-body getting in touch with him.
Blood Blade Ji had also sent him a message.
Blood Blade Sky Saber (Ji Xueying): Master, you have a message over a long distance.
Lin Rui found Ji Xueying's chosen user name hard to look at directly, then hurried back to his room to use the Quantum Descending Device to project himself to Tian Ji Star.
The long-distance message was from Meng Weiyun, and after reading the contents, Lin Rui was astounded.
Had he really been appointed as the Commandant of the Spy Killer Bureau?
The letter said that in no more than twenty days, the imperial orders would arrive at Wang City, and he should prepare to enter the capital.
Lin Rui sighed lightly, knowing that his plan to exchange for the 'Emperor Flame War Dragon' before entering the capital was utterly ruined.
The only plan now was to use the resources of the Security Bureau and have Xue Lingxue and the others help to transport the 'Emperor Flame War Dragon' to the capital to await orders.
Furthermore, the letter mentioned two other matters.
One was that Meng Weiyun promised to deliver the Heavenly Demon Dragon Armor, which he had agreed to forge, to Wang City in twenty days; the other matter concerned the Governor of the Sand Region.