He had a pretty good impression of the Knight Organization. The Knight he had met before was also very polite and fair in his dealings.
Ren Xiaosu fully agreed with the ban on gambling among students. Ren Xiaosu knew too well what kind of gamblers were like.
But why would a Knight Organization with a good reputation help the Pyro Company look for something?
Unless they had a common goal!
"You mentioned that the Qinghe Group has been looking for the successor of their major shareholder? Why haven't they found one after so many years? "Ren Xiaosu asked in puzzlement.
"That's right. This matter has already spread around, so it's not a secret." Zhou Yingxue said, "But it seems that a lot of information has been lost due to The Cataclysm. After all, the Qinghe Group seemed to be in quite a difficult situation in the first few years after The Cataclysm. The founder also lost his life trying to save the entire organization during The Cataclysm."
Ren Xiaosu muttered, "Then the founder's successor can't be in the Pyro Company's research lab, right?!"
Zhou Yingxue said in a dilemma, "Master, let's not talk about anything else for now. Only by killing the Pyro Company's members can we qualify to participate in next year's trials. But Li Ran keeps me by her side every day, so how am I supposed to get to Stronghold 73?"
Ren Xiaosu thought about it and realized that was really the case. Although he did not need to apply for the mission this time, Zhou Yingxue would not be able to leave. Furthermore, Zhou Yingxue's cell phone required a fingerprint to unlock in order to take pictures to complete the mission. In other words, Zhou Yingxue had to be present in person to complete the mission.
Ren Xiaosu pondered it for a moment. "It's fine. I'll make a trip there and bring them back for you to kill."
Zhou Yingxue was shocked. "Master, can you not always be so hardcore? Stronghold 73 is still more than 400 kilometers away from here. Are you really going to bring them back just like that for me to complete the mission?"
"What else can I do?" Ren Xiaosu glanced at her. "Do you have any better ideas? Don't worry, I'll think of other ways along the way. "
"Master, be careful then." Zhou Yingxue said, "I'm afraid that all of the underworld in the Central Plains will be trying to get into Stronghold 73 this time. It's going to be a mix of good and bad."
"Mm." Ren Xiaosu nodded. "I'll ask them to be careful."
Zhou Yingxue: "???"
After that, Ren Xiaosu didn't waste any more time and directly walked into the darkness.
Li Ran walked out of the house in an evening gown. She was holding a champagne glass in her hand. The champagne was bubbling in the exquisite crystal glass.
Li Ran, who was next to Zhou Yingxue, asked, "Where is he going?"
"Oh," Zhou Yingxue said with a smile, "I asked my assistant to go back to the hotel in advance to make the bed for me."
"Hmph." Li Ran turned around and left.
…
Just as Zhou Yingxue had guessed, the entire underworld in the Central Plains was getting restless with the Anjing House's intervention this time.
In just half a day after the mass text message was sent out, the black market outside Luoyang City was half empty.
The mob bosses living in seclusion in the black market started making their moves and leaving the black market, which was a money-squandering den.
After all, they could only enjoy a better life if they earned more money.
There was a rumor circulating throughout the Barrier Alliance that anyone who obtained laboratory data could become rich overnight. Even if they only managed to get their hands on a single page of the data, it might be enough to last them a lifetime.
The Pyro Company's life sciences research results from before The Cataclysm, and most importantly, the Anjing House said they had achieved a breakthrough in this research. What they were trying to say was that it could now be used.
Meanwhile, the Zhou Clan had started setting up checkpoints around Stronghold 73. They even planned to deploy two brigades of troops to be stationed outside Stronghold 73.
They were taking this matter quite seriously.
However, it would take time to mobilize the troops. It would take at least three days for the two brigades to move over from the other strongholds. This march was not something that could be completed with just the troops setting off. They would also need to have the necessary logistical supplies.
But to the surprise of the various factions, the two brigades had actually turned around and stationed themselves at the Zhou Clan's westernmost stronghold before they even arrived at Stronghold 73.
This puzzled everyone. Could it be that the Zhou Clan was planning to ignore the situation at Stronghold 73?
But there was nothing at Stronghold 74 in the westernmost area. The mountain range was just over 100 kilometers west of it, so why would the Zhou Clan station their troops there?
Could there be something more important than Stronghold 73?
Of course, they would not know the Kyung Clan had already sent an even more important message to the Zhou Clan.
As such, after the two brigades had gone west, the Zhou Clan mobilized the rest of their troops and rushed to Stronghold 73.
However, this was not important to the underworld mob bosses. Everyone was only concerned about the location of the Pyro Company's Pre-Cataclysm research lab.
During the past few days that the Zhou Clan had been mobilizing their troops, all sorts of criminals had already infiltrated the stronghold while Stronghold 73 was not under martial law yet.
They did not dare to stay in hotels, so they could only secretly stay in the residences to observe the situation.
Some of them were so miserable that they could only hole up in the spa center every day and hide from the patrols inside Stronghold 73. After all, not everyone had a safe house in Stronghold 73.
Meanwhile, Ren Xiaosu was already swaggering around in the safe house eating hot dry noodles. He had even bought the noodles from outside. The safe house was the first safe house that Wu Tong had arranged for them to meet up at the last time they went on a mission together.
This safe house used to belong to Wu Tong, but now it belonged to Ren Xiaosu. After all, Wu Tong was no longer alive, and an ownerless property should belong to the virtuous.
It was not that difficult for Ren Xiaosu to get into the stronghold. However, he had observed from the outside before. At one point, Ren Xiaosu even felt that the Zhou Clan had relaxed their security checks when entering the stronghold. It was as though they had deliberately let these people in.
Why? Were they trying to use these people to keep the Pyro Company in check?
In Ren Xiaosu's opinion, wouldn't it be safer to just station the troops here? What was the Zhou Clan planning?
A temporary curfew had been imposed on Stronghold 73, which was still very rare in the Central Plains. There were even some strongholds that were known as the Sleepless Cities, where the bustling scene lasted all night long.
Ren Xiaosu went out after finishing his hot dry noodles. Later, the Anjing House added more information about the mission and stated that the Pyro Company had already arrived near East Lake in Stronghold 73. Although they had lost track of them, it was very likely that the laboratory was located right next to East Lake. The Pyro Company should not have found the entrance to the laboratory yet.
Ren Xiaosu shuttled back and forth freely on the rooftops. Occasionally, he could even see other people watching something from the rooftops.
On the street not far away, Vanilla was leading an old sugar painter through the shadows. His well-dressed suit did not seem to match the old man next to him at all.
The old man muttered, "There are too many powerful people this time. Why don't you tell me in advance what the Anjing House is planning? I don't want to take too big of a risk."
Vanilla straightened his tie and said with a smile, "If you and I join forces, coupled with our Anjing House's support, who in this stronghold will be our match?"
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