Xiong Wei chuckled coldly. He jabbed Su Lun's bloody wound with the tip of his foot, and crushed bones flew.
Su Lun rolled on the ground in pain and screamed.
"Does he look like he's going to tell the truth?" Xiong Wei asked Meng Chao.
"I'll … talk …"
Su Lun used the last of his strength to scream. "As long as you spare my life, I'll tell you everything! I-I can even bring you to capture everyone!"
"Vice Gang Leader Su, Commander Su, God of Wealth Su, I really don't know whether I should say that you're smart or stupid."
Meng Chao crouched down and gently tapped Su Lun's swollen and burning cheeks. He sighed and said, "We're already at this point. Do you really think that you have any bargaining chips with us? Do you still have any conditions?
"You don't have a choice. You have to tell the truth and work with us. We'll capture the Vortex and its claws in one go. Then, you'll jump onto the chopping board like a piece of rotten pork and pray that we'll be merciful.
"This is the only thing you can do. Do you understand the situation now?"
Su Lun's eyes wandered about.
He looked at Meng Chao, then at the expressionless Lu Siya, and then at the fierce Xiong Wei.
Then, he nodded at Meng Chao.
"There's a warehouse for building materials in the unfinished construction site beside Mutual Gold Coliseum. A group of former Reaper Squad members are lurking there," he said quickly.
"These people have committed unforgivable crimes in Dragon City over the past decade or so. As death row criminals, they were sent to the Reaper Squad to carry out the most dangerous missions in the wild. In the end, due to various reasons, they ended up in the hands of the monster civilization. After being modified and brainwashed by the abnormal beasts, they were reborn and regained their freedom as killing machines. They're also the Vortex's trump cards.
"It's just as I said, they're waiting for my signal. Once the flames and smoke completely envelop Mutual Gold Coliseum and the VIP rooms above the audience seats are filled with poisonous gas and high-density anesthetic gas, the higher-ups of the gangs will lose most of their fighting strength. Then, they'll be able to charge in and execute Operation Decapitation to get rid of the command center of the gangs!"
Meng Chao nodded and thought about it. "Tell me the names, characteristics, and weaknesses of the former Reaper Squad members. Also, did they take Deification Capsules?"
"No. The Deification Capsule is an stimulant specifically for normal people and low-grade monsters. The lower their fighting strength, the better the increase. Most of the former Reaper Squad members are two-star or three-star superhumans. Some of them even reached Heaven Realm. The Deification Capsule is no longer useful to them."
Su Lun paused for a moment. "But there are a few batches of robbers with a lot of Deification Capsules lurking around the lair.
"These people are the ones who stirred up trouble and committed hundreds of robberies a few days ago.
"They've been taking a lot of Deification Capsules for a few days. Even if they're lucky enough not to die, their vitality is mostly drained. Their bodies are riddled with holes, and they're basically crippled.
"In our plan, they are mainly used for recycling and attracting the last wave of attention.
"Right now, there are still some veteran gang fighters in Mutual Gold Coliseum. They might interfere with our Operation Decapitation.
"Our plan is to instigate the robbers, whose brains have been corroded by the Deification Capsules and who are already a little mad, to launch suicidal attacks on the important bases of the gangs or set fire to the warehouses filled with flammable and explosive materials. No matter what, the bigger the ruckus, the better.
"Because of that, since I'm in control of the highest command, I have a reason to send the few elites left in Mutual Gold Coliseum out. This will create a window for at least half an hour where our forces will be really weak.
"Half an hour is enough for the former Reaper Squad's human-shaped killing machines to complete the decapitation."
"Tell me the specific hiding spots of these people, their targets, and the secret code to contact you," Meng Chao said.
"Also, do you have people around Leprosy Village?" Meng Chao asked.
"That's right. I bribed some people. They're not just from Golden Tooth, but from the other gangs as well. I sent them to the borders of Leprosy Village to be stationed there."
Su Lun understood the situation clearly and knew that there was no meaning in hiding anything. He spilled the beans without hesitation. "Their mission is to add fuel to the fire when the Leprosy Village people and the gangs get into conflict. They'll increase the intensity of the conflict and do their best to turn the conflict into a full-scale conflict. In the end, they'll make the Leprosy Village people turn into a raging tide and destroy the order in the lair."
"There are actually so many people in the gangs who are willing to fall and become the monsters' puppets?" Meng Chao could not believe it.
"These people don't know that they're working for the monster civilization. In fact, they might not even know that they're working for me," Su Lun said.
Su Lun said, "Perhaps they only feel that they're working for money and resources."
"For … money?" Meng Chao mumbled.
"In this world, aren't 99% of the people working for money?"
Even though he was in excruciating pain, when he heard Meng Chao's words, Su Lun still grinned. "It's especially so in a place like the lair. A middle-grade crystal the size of a fist that's filled with impurities and bubbles is enough to exchange for one or even many lives. As long as I offer a high enough price, no one will ask about the owner and goal behind the crystal."
"Enough with the nonsense."
Meng Chao reached out and grabbed Su Lun's chin. He exerted some force, and Su Lun's jaw bone let out cracking sounds.
Half of Su Lun's teeth had just been sent flying by Xiong Wei, and the nerves under the broken teeth were exposed to the air. When Meng Chao squeezed them, he was in so much pain that he started convulsing again.
"Now, bring us to capture all the robbers, traitors, and former Reaper Squad members," Meng Chao said coldly.
"I-I can bring you there, but I'm worried that you won't be strong enough."
Su Lun grunted. "The robbers and traitors are easy to deal with, but the former Reaper Squad members have died once or even a few times. They're like monstrous ghosts who crawled out of hell. They can even contact the Vortex directly and don't listen to my commands.
"They're really wary, and they have a lot of experience in fighting, surviving, and fleeing in complicated environments. With you and the second-class gangs, you might not be able to capture all of them in one go."
"You don't have to worry about that."
Lu Siya moved forward, and an enigmatic smile appeared on her face. "Do you really think that I'm the only one who entered the lair?"
…
Fifteen minutes later.
At the periphery of the lair was a large trash sorting and recycling factory. It was a building surrounded by illegal buildings. It was as complicated as a hornet's nest, as cramped as an ant's nest, and as dirty as a pigsty.
In the second basement was a room that stank to the heavens. More than ten people lay scattered on the ground.
Even though they had the hooded cloaks usually worn by the lair residents, they still had a thick stench of blood coming out of their pores.
However, the thick and heavy cloak could not hide the strong smell of blood that came from every pore of his.
Their exposed skin was abnormally pale, and they looked even uglier than zombies.
Thick but messy blood vessels wrapped tightly around their twitching muscles. They gave off a rather contradictory feeling of excitement and exhaustion.
Under the hoods were faces that had distorted because they had burned too much of their lives and released their desires.
Their eyes bulged out of their eye sockets, and the sparkle in their humanity was replaced by a fierce, bestial light.
They were awake, but they looked exhausted. They could not even be bothered to move their fingers.
All of them hugged the metal tubes that stored the Deification Capsules in their chests tightly. Occasionally, they licked their lips and cast hungry gazes at the metal tubes.
It was as if the only meaning to their remaining lives was to take the Deification Capsules again and rush out to fight without fear.
"Just how long do we have to wait before we can take action again?"
One of the robbers could no longer hold it in. He extended his trembling hand toward the metal tube. "I want power! I want to enjoy this damn power! With one punch, I can destroy a wall, overturn an armored vehicle, and even tear apart motorized armor! It feels great! It's so beautiful!"
"Let's wait a little longer. The boss has his own plans. Don't delay the important matters!"
Another man who seemed to be the leader of the robbers kicked him and pushed his hand away from the metal tube.
The robber leader gulped and gasped for breath. "We're almost there. The fire outside is already very big. Once the gang members split up a little more, we'll rush out and light up the trash site beside us.
"This trash site is filled with flammable and explosive items. It's also filled with thick methane that won't melt. If we blast it into the sky, the area within a circular area of several kilometers will definitely be in chaos. At that time, it'll be our world!
"At that time, we'll be able to rob all the gangs' warehouses!"
Another robber who was so thin that he looked like a skeleton giggled. "Then, we'll use the resources of the gangs to create more Deification Capsules and continue killing, robbing, and having fun!"
When they thought of the feeling of riding on clouds and feeling endless joy, all the robbers cackled savagely.
"It seems like it's past the agreed time. Why hasn't the signal come yet?"
Only one of the bandits asked worriedly, "Is there a problem?"
"Shut up. It's impossible for anything to go wrong with the boss."
The robber leader kicked the person again. He said confidently, but he might have been deceiving himself. "If the boss didn't come up with strategies, we'd still be nameless nobodies in the slums, and we'd be trash that anyone could step on!
"But under the boss' guidance, we robbed a lot of big companies and corporations. Even the secret police couldn't do anything to us!
"Compared to the mega corporations and the secret police, the gangs are nothing. The boss must have arranged everything properly a long time ago!"
The robbers cackled savagely again.
Immersed in the plunder and slaughter that was about to come, the overly excited bandits did not notice that a colorless, odorless, and highly concentrated anesthetic gas was pouring in incessantly from the gaps of the windows, the doors, and the ventilation ducts.
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