A wise and farsighted look flashed in Tan Xiu's eyes as he spoke again, "Prepare for the second move. Send someone to track the source of the call and be sure to find his location. I'll ask someone else to help track it down later. But as long as he's in the mainland, I hope our people will find him first. "
"Understood!"
Hao Lei replied concisely and directly hung up the phone.
Tan Xiu sat at the dining table. Although his expression was calm, killing intent was surging inside his heart. He didn't like being coerced, nor did he like being played by others. The other party was too greedy, and he secretly decided that as long as he found him, he would absolutely make him regret it.
"Is it because of the zodiac jade carvings?"
Mu Wanying gently put down her chopsticks and asked curiously.
"That's right. I already know the whereabouts of the jade rat." Tan Xiu nodded and said, "But the other party is too greedy. He raised the price and crossed my bottom line."
Mu Wanying nodded silently. She knew that Tan Xiu was a very easy-going person. He wouldn't have been so angry if the other party hadn't gone too far.
Imperial Capital.
The city made of steel and concrete was a scene of prosperity. It was located in a residential area outside the South Fifth Ring Road, but it was very special. The entire community was heavily guarded with four patrol teams patrolling 24 hours a day. All kinds of monitoring equipment weaved the entire community into a three-dimensional network, monitoring every corner of the community.
At the center of the community.
Surrounded by nearly three-meter-high walls, there was only a seemingly ordinary three-story building inside. For outsiders, this small building was the property office area, but it was full of mystery for the ability users and their families of the Special Abilities Bureau. Only special ability users could enter it.
Basement Four.
Aquababe was holding a satellite phone and constantly pacing back and forth outside the training room. She had just pressed the doorbell, but there was no answer. Duanmu Lin, who was training inside, didn't come out.
"What are you doing, Aquababe?"
Electrolady leisurely strolled over with a cup of green tea in her hand. However, her complexion was faintly pale and her black training clothes were soaked through. The wet clothes stuck to her body and vividly displayed her voluptuous figure.
"Tan Xiu called and said he's looking for the Chief," said Aquababe with a forced smile. But when I rang the doorbell, I didn't get any answer. "
"Did you forget that our Chief likes to wear a headset during training?" Electrolady laughed. If you want him to know that you're looking for him, you have to keep pressing the doorbell. Every ten minutes, the director will take off his headset. "
Aquababe was taken aback and quickly nodded.
Finally.
The heavy metal door slowly opened. Duanmu Lin, who was sweating profusely, wiped his wet hair with a white towel and asked, "What's the matter?"
Aquababe hurriedly handed over the satellite phone and said, "Chief, Tan Xiu is calling you. He said that he has something important to ask for your help."
Tan Xiu?
Duanmu Lin grabbed his phone, found the number on it, and dialed it back. After a few seconds, the call was connected. "Tan Xiu, are you looking for me?"
"Senior Duanmu, I have something I need your help with."
"Speak!"
"Well, it's like this …"
A strange expression appeared on Duanmu Lin's face during the conversation as he said, "It turns out that you're also the Big Boss behind the Grand Fortune Jewelry. It turns out that you're also the culprit behind the recent uproar of a treasure hunt worth hundreds of millions of dollars. However, I really want to know what exactly those zodiac jade carvings are. To think that they're worth you spending so much effort to find them. "
"The zodiac jade carvings are of no use to ordinary people," said Tan Xiu. "They don't have the slightest use even for ability users like you. But for me, they're a big help. You should have heard some things about martial cultivators. For us martial cultivators, the further we cultivate, the more difficult it is. It is really difficult to break through to the next level. Therefore, I need the zodiac jade carvings for me to comprehend the mysteries inside and strive to break through to a higher level as soon as possible. "
Duanmu Lin suddenly understood and nodded. "I've indeed heard about it. Alright, I promise you. I'll immediately contact the person in charge of the national intelligence department. As long as he's in our country, I'm sure I'll be able to find him soon. But if he's really abroad, I'll need to ask my superiors for instructions. I can activate the Skynet foreign intelligence system if I can get an approval. "
"Thank you, Senior Duanmu. I'll be waiting for your news."
After thanking him, Tan Xiu directly hung up the phone.
Duanmu Lin threw the satellite phone to Aquababe and quickly issued a series of orders.
Macao.
Inside one of the luxurious suites on the 24th floor of the Conrad Hotel, five black-robed old men exuding a gloomy aura were sitting cross-legged in a circle. In the middle of them was a small round table with a diameter of one meter. The whole table was scarlet red with a lifelike carving of a jade rat. The inside of the table was like surging magma, exuding a blurred luster.
Not far away, on the sofa against the wall, a lazy-looking young man with white hair was holding a crystal glass in his hand, swirling the scarlet red red wine inside. On the coffee table in front of him, there were ten mobile phones. Two of the phones had their batteries removed, and the SIM cards had also been removed.
"Will the other party give us a billion dollars, Young Master?"
A petite and beautiful woman, who looked about 26 or 27 years old, stood neatly beside the white-haired young man. A thoughtful look flashed in her eyes as she asked softly.
"The zodiac carvings contain enormous energy. I thought there's only one of them in the world, but I didn't expect there to be 12 of them," sneered the white-haired young man. "The behind-the-scenes Boss of the Grand Fortune Jewelry has probably found the problem inside the zodiac jade carvings, so he's going to such great lengths to find them. I can't guess why he wants to find the whole set of zodiac jade carvings, but I think it's definitely of great use. "
"They can't find all of them," said the petite woman softly. "They're trying their best to find them just to prepare for us. What do you plan to do next? Are you going to Demonic City now and snatch the six jade carvings they got? "
The white-haired young man crooked his finger and the petite woman immediately came to him. She then sat on his lap and pressed her head against his thigh. The white-haired young man stroked her soft long hair, but his eyes were particularly indifferent. "Now? There's no hurry. They only got six jade carvings now. I need to wait for them to find more jade carvings and then snatch them. "
"Then I don't understand. Why do you want money from them?" asked the petite woman. "We're not short of money now, are we?"
The white-haired young man smiled and said, "Who says we're not short of money now? I've spent all my capital to equip that mercenary corps. If we can really get a billion dollars, we can temporarily solve our financial problem. We can even get our hands on those two water defense missiles. "
Ring, ring, ring …
Suddenly, one of the mobile phones rang.
The white-haired young man grabbed the mobile phone and looked at the number displayed on it. A smile appeared on the corner of his mouth as he picked it up and smilingly said, "What's up? Has General Manager Hao made a decision? "
"A billion dollars. Give us some time to prepare. But I seriously doubt that you have no sincerity in cooperating with us at all. "Hao Lei's angry voice came out of the phone.
"No sincerity?" The white-haired young man sneered. "What does it have to do with you whether I'm sincere or not? I have the jade rat you want in my hand, so you must listen to me. Else, I'll directly put the jade rat away and disappear. I'm afraid you can forget about collecting the 12 zodiac jade carvings for the rest of your life. Three days. I'll only give you three days. If I don't see the money within three days, just forget that I've never contacted you! "
"Wait a minute!"
Hao Lei called out, "Our Grand Fortune Jewelry is rich, but we spent a lot of money to buy two big jade raw materials some time ago. We don't have that much money now. The three days you gave me is too short. I need to find a way to raise the money. I need time. "
The white-haired young man was silent for a moment and resolutely said, "Five days. I'll give you two more days. Don't bargain with me anymore. If you haven't transferred the deposit to my account within five days, we'll have no more business with each other. "
"Alright!"
Hao Lei replied and then said, "But I don't trust you. So I want to see if the jade rat is what we need. "
The white-haired young man sneered, "Don't worry! Since I want to earn this money, I'll naturally satisfy some of your wishes. Wait for me for 10 minutes. I'll let you see the jade rat through an online video call ten minutes later. "
"It's a deal."
Having said that, Hao Lei directly hung up the phone.
Time fleeted by.
Two days passed in the blink of an eye. Aside from the jade rat, Tan Xiu, who was in Shanghai, still had no news about the other five zodiac jade carvings.
For the sake of the jade carvings.
Tan Xiu gave up the idea of immediately rushing to Longquan Bay in Kanas and quietly waited for the news. In these two days, he had declined a lot of invitations from people, as well as a lot of unimportant matters. Except when Hao Lei was not with him, he would put away his mobile phone. Other times, he would glance at it from time to time, hoping to get the information he wanted to know as soon as possible.
Ring, ring, ring …
Just when Tan Xiu was a bit impatient from waiting, he received a call from Duanmu Lin. After the call was connected, he hurriedly asked, "Senior Duanmu, how's the investigation on your side?"
"Macao, Conrad Hotel," said Duanmu Lin. "We haven't found any other information yet, but I believe it won't be long."
Macao?
Tan Xiu abruptly got up, quickly put on his coat and rushed outside. Since he had found the hiding place of the other party, he needed to go there himself. Other things were not important at the moment, but the jade rat.
"Awu, are there any of our people in Macao?"
Asked Tan Xiu after leaving the Bluestar Villa Complex.
"I don't know about that. I need to ask the Little Boss," said Mo Awu.
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