In the dim black market in the bomb shelter, a yellow tungsten light bulb could be seen overhead every ten meters or so, emitting a hazy light.
The reason it was hazy was because the air quality underground was a little terrible.
The black market definitely did not lack money. Everyone who came in would have to pay 10,000 yuan to enter. Logically speaking, they could definitely renovate the underground better and brighter.
However, the black market did not do that. It was as though it was specially designed for everyone to survive in the dim light so they could not see each other's faces and hide their identities.
Fortunately, Ren Xiaosu and Yang Xiaojin were not pretentious people. They had also lived in worse environments before.
As Yang Xiaojin walked, she said softly, "There aren't many official members of the Anjing House, but a lot of people underestimate the number of A-rank hitmen they have. Some of the A-rank hitmen are also members of the consortiums. They usually carry out missions to maintain their status as A-rank hitmen in order to obtain some intelligence. In the past, they would not show up for most of the operations. But this time, I believe many of the big shots of the consortiums will be interested in the No. 001 Experimental. So I'm guessing a lot of people will be gathered here this time. "
"Since the Anjing House knows there are so many informants in the organization, why didn't they screen out the eligibility of the cell phones more strictly?" Ren Xiaosu asked.
"Of course the Anjing House has their own set of screening criteria. They have people specifically monitoring the cell phone accounts." Yang Xiaojin explained, "They also don't mind people from the consortiums sneaking into their hitmen. Just like now, those people from the consortiums will probably come in handy. As you can see, even the B-rank and C-rank hitmen have received the text message this time. They're afraid there won't be enough people coming. In any case, the Sacred Mountains are not the Anjing House's territory. No matter who comes to mess things up, they'll only be messing with the Pyro Company's plans. That's because the Anjing House used the Pyro Company's benefits to lure them here. "
Ren Xiaosu suddenly felt that the hitmen working for the Anjing House were just tools to be used by the Anjing House.
Now that the Anjing House had lured so many people into the Sacred Mountains, they were probably going to give up on this route. After all, not many of these people would be able to make it out alive.
"How many such black markets are there in the entire Barrier Alliance?" asked Ren Xiaosu.
"That's a lot, but most of them are unstable. The stable ones are located at the borders of several consortiums, and they're in unregulated areas." Yang Xiaojin explained, "Like the one we're in and Luoyang City, we're both surviving in the cracks between the consortiums."
"Your purpose for coming here is to follow the Anjing House's team into the mountains?" Ren Xiaosu asked, "Will you be recognized?"
"No." Yang Xiaojin shook her head. "I don't have much interaction with the Anjing House. Even if I do know someone, they're all in the logistics department. Also, if there are a lot of people, they will definitely enter the Sacred Mountain in batches. My aunt and the others will definitely not appear in such an obvious place. "
"Is the person you know … Dong Funan?" Ren Xiaosu suddenly asked. He remembered seeing Dong Funan in Luoyang City.
"That's right, Dong Funan is one of them." Yang Xiaojin said, "Her teeth haven't fully grown back yet, so she can only be in the logistics department for the time being."
There were countless rooms in the bomb shelter that were connected side by side. There were no doors in the rooms and only simple curtains were placed over them.
When they passed by a room, Ren Xiaosu happened to hear the people inside discussing, "That White Mask has also appeared, and it seems like he's very interested in besieging the Pyro Company."
Another person said, "After all, when he first appeared at Stronghold 73, he was also one of the main forces in the attack on the Pyro Company during the cave-in at East Lake. That makes sense. But your intel isn't particularly valuable. From the beginning to the end, you didn't mention anything about him having any superpowers, nor do you know his identity. You don't even know who the sniper was. Besides, you must've heard this from someone else. You weren't there at the time, so this is second-hand intel that you didn't see with your own eyes. I'll have to give you a discount. I'll give you 10,000 yuan at most. "
"10,000 yuan is too little, isn't it?"
"Listen to me. Aren't you going to follow the Anjing House into the Sacred Mountains? I'm guessing that White Mask will definitely be going as well. When the time comes, I'll give you 500,000 yuan to verify his superpower. After confirming his identity, I'll give you another million yuan. The sniper's identity is also worth 500,000 yuan!"
Ren Xiaosu glanced at Yang Xiaojin, who was next to him. Yang Xiaojin gave him a look and said in a low voice, "Are you trying to sell yourself?"
"Who's eavesdropping outside?" When the people inside heard the commotion outside, they lifted the curtains and rushed out. "My intel is priceless. Since you've heard it, you have to pay up."
Ren Xiaosu was speechless. The people inside did not hear what they said either. They only rushed out to demand money when they saw someone outside. Meanwhile, Yang Xiaojin handed over 10,000 yuan with a smile before turning around and leaving.
"You're giving them the money just like that?" Ren Xiaosu said unhappily, "Why should we give it to them?"
"That's the rule of the black market." Yang Xiaojin said with a smile, "The rooms in the black market don't have doors, so it's spawned another kind of business: extortion. The people inside might've heard our footsteps, so they deliberately told us some lousy intel. As long as we hear it, we have to pay up. It doesn't matter if we don't pay up, but we won't be allowed to enter the black market in the future. "
"Extortion with intel …" Ren Xiaosu smacked his lips. "There are really all kinds of birds in a big forest. You already knew about this rule, right? Why didn't you remind me?"
Yang Xiaojin smiled and said, "I forgot about it too, but it's fine. Isn't that person also going into the Sacred Mountains? It looks like we're going in together. It's not like we'll lose the money anyway."
Ren Xiaosu looked at the girl's back from behind and thought to himself that this girl was sometimes even more sly than him.
The two of them continued walking until Yang Xiaojin saw a mark in the long corridor of the bomb shelter. Only then did they turn into the room.
The mark was not complicated. It was a triangular mark formed by the intersection of three straight lines.
It looked like this was the mark of the Anjing House.
Before this, Ren Xiaosu did not know much about the underworld, and Zhou Yingxue only knew a little about it. Therefore, when Yang Xiaojin brought him into the bomb shelter, it was as though she were revealing another world to him.
After lifting the curtain, Yang Xiaojin first looked around. When she confirmed that she did not recognize any of the 12 people in the room, she continued walking in.
The people in the room sized up Ren Xiaosu and Yang Xiaojin, but when they realized one of them was wearing a hood and the other was wearing a cap, their faces could not be seen clearly. Only then did everyone look away. Only one person was staring at Ren Xiaosu with a burning gaze.
Yang Xiaojin said in a low voice, "I don't know anyone."
Ren Xiaosu was a little annoyed. "I do …"
At this moment, Big Bluff was sitting firmly in the room and smiling happily at Ren Xiaosu with his big yellow teeth.
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