It was apparent from Old Man Xu's words that he had regarded Zhang Lisheng as someone who cultivated the Witchcraft's Gate of Sacrifice just like him. The young man, on the other hand, did not defend himself and merely listened to Old Man Xu's nagging. He continued to recall the impression he had when he saw the living corpse just now and engraved that memory deep in his heart.
The two of them walked in the dark and backlit corridor for a while before going up two floors along a narrow staircase. They came to a room with the word 'meeting room' written on the door.
"This hotel is opened by the China National Mining Corporation. We're in a group of one floor, so it's really spacious. However, this is the last time we'll be able to enjoy ourselves. In a few days, we'll have to go to Cape Town and risk our lives," The old man nagged as he pushed open the door.
The room was very large with a size of more than 200 square meters. It was empty and only had four people sitting in it. It was completely in line with the layout of a small room and a large conference room in a business hotel.
"Now is the last time for us to cultivate the tacit understanding of the team. We must get along more and unite as one …" At this time, Cui Xiaodong was patiently persuading them.
When he heard the sound of the door opening, he turned his head and saw that it was Old Man Xu and the unruly young man who came in. He scratched his scalp in annoyance and pointed at Zhang Lisheng. "Everyone, this is the new member of our group, Hu Lisheng. Let's get to know each other."
"Nice to meet you, Little Hu. No, I think it's better for me to call you Lisheng. It sounds more intimate.
I'm Liu Qiang, and I'm in charge of logistics in our group. I'm not like all of you who have a mutant technique and have no combat power, but I'm good at shooting. " The first person to welcome the young man was a stocky man in his thirties. He had an honest and kind smile on his face, making it easy for others to trust him.
Zhang Lisheng's character had always been one that would not slap a smiling person. When others were polite to him, he would also put on a smile and say, "Hello, Brother Liu."
Upon seeing the young man's happy smile, a slender young man with dashing eyebrows and bright eyes who had a good appearance and temperament in the room was stunned for a moment before saying with a strange smile, "Team Leader Cui, this young man is obviously very polite. He's not as' wild 'as you said.
I know, you've always regarded others as a pile of sh * t. Don't you know that looking at people is like looking in a mirror? In fact, the others in your eyes are actually you … "
"Jin Fusheng, w-what did you say?" Being scolded in a roundabout way, Cui Xiaodong took a while to regain his senses and shouted angrily, "You're insulting your leader! Y-You're the sh * t!
"I know that you're not satisfied with me being the team leader, but this is decided by the organization, is decided by the organization's decision.
Watching the two of them suddenly quarreling out of the blue, Liu Qiang and the only girl in the house began to mediate in a flurry. Zhang Lisheng was stunned for a moment and could not help but whisper into Old Man Xu's ear, "Uncle, these are the elites sent by the country to carry out a secret mission? I-Isn't this a little too childish?"
"Temporary organization? Didn't I say that it's a temporary organization? Besides, those who are capable must have a temper. This is what they call 'those who achieve great things don't bother about trifles'. Man, aren't you the same?" Old Xu said stubbornly, but there was still a hint of guilt in his voice.
"Achieve great things? I think it's just some pawns sent by the government to Africa for a little bit of fun. Now that something has happened, they plan to turn their backs on us. They're just a ragtag army anyway …" If it was before he went to the US, the old man's words might have been able to scare Zhang Lisheng.
However, after one and a half years of knowledgeable life in New York, the young man could clearly feel that most of the members of this team that he had joined were tempted by secular interests to join and were used by the Chinese government as a tool.
In the eyes of these people, the witchcraft root that they mastered was like a diploma from a famous school or a special skill that could finally see the light of day. It was just a means to make a living.
When the young man thought of this, his heart jolted. Right at this moment, he heard Old Xu muttering with a dejected expression, "So what if it's a ragtag army? A ragtag army is also an iron rice bowl. What can happen if we're careful? We're all capable people …"
Zhang Lisheng looked at the old man beside him and the few witchcraft companions in the room who he could never imagine to have such a face even in his dreams. For some reason, a sense of sympathy rose in his heart.
After becoming a wizard and transforming, the faint sense of superiority and otherworldliness that he had felt after becoming a wizard had been swept away. If such a change of mentality had happened to an ordinary person, he might not have been able to experience it in his entire life.
Sighing with flagging interest, the young man suddenly said, "Uncle, when will these two people end up quarreling? My head hurts just listening to them. Can you find a room for me to sleep for a while?"
"Erm, sure." Old Xu still wanted to rely on the young man's protection in the future, so of course, he did not want to offend him for such a small matter. For this reason, he shouted at Cui Xiaodong, whose face was flushed with anger and who could not be persuaded by anyone, "Team Leader Cui, I'll bring Lisheng to a room to settle down first. You can continue quarreling with Fusheng."
To his surprise, when Cui Xiaodong heard this, he immediately stopped quarreling and waved his hand while panting. "No, no, Hu Lisheng wants to stay in the same room with me. Old Xu, have you forgotten that the leader has specifically instructed …"
At this moment, the door of the conference room was suddenly pushed open. Then, a black figure rushed into the room like a whirlwind. "The car and route to Cape Town have been arranged. Gather in the lobby immediately." Then, he disappeared without a trace in the lingering sound.
"Damn it! Song Tienan seems to have become faster. Don't tell me that he has made a breakthrough at this time?" Upon hearing the order to gather, Jin Fusheng muttered and walked out of the room without paying attention to anyone.
"Didn't they say that we'll only get the pass in a few days? How can it be so fast? Forget it, man! We're just following his orders anyway. Let's go! Let's go!" Old Xu also pushed Zhang Lisheng downstairs.
The young man and his disorganized team walked downstairs. The door of the hotel lobby was closed tightly and there were already 20 to 30 people gathered there. There were people of all ages among these people, but most of them were young people.
At this time, there was a graceful middle-aged woman in a suit standing in front of the crowd; a man who looked to be in his thirties or forties with dark and rough skin but had the air of an official; and a gentle-looking, intellectual-looking man in loose clothes and black-rimmed glasses who were followed behind him.
When Zhang Lisheng saw the third person, he suppressed the shock and desire in his heart and did not look at them any longer. Quietly, he lowered his head and blended into the crowd. This was the second time he saw a living corpse and the first time he saw a Grand Wizard's true body. Inadvertently, he associated it with his own intuition and did not want to attract unnecessary attention.
"Alright, everyone is here. Listen carefully. Later, open the door and gather in the car. This is the last time I remind everyone to remember to get into your roles. All of you are now technical workers and engineers recruited by China National Mining Corporation from China.
It's 1,400 kilometers from Johannesburg to Cape Town, so we have to get there in one day. With the current situation, we'll definitely encounter checkpoints on the way. "As time went by, a few more people hurriedly ran into the lobby. Seemingly seeing that everyone had arrived, the middle-aged woman pointed at the gentle-looking man beside her and suddenly said," Everyone, please don't talk nonsense at that time.
Everything will be handled by me and Director Liang of China National Mining Corporation.
Gu Zheng, do you have anything else to add? "
"No." The gentle-looking man shook his head gently. On the other hand, it was the gentle-looking Director Liang who smiled and said tactfully, "Excuse me, Consultant Zheng, the few comrades behind you are too eye-catching. Can they wash their faces and change their clothes?"
"Director Liang, you don't know that it'll be even more difficult to read their faces if they wash their faces and change their clothes." A wry smile appeared on Consultant Zheng's face. "How about this? I'll combine the six of them into one and hide them in the trunk of the bus?"
"How can this person combine the six of them into one?" Director Liang could not help but chuckle.
"You can! Others can't, but they can …" When Consultant Zheng was speaking, the two fattest people behind him suddenly hugged each other. Then, the skin of the two people began to slowly dissolve. Their flesh and blood stuck together like wax that came into contact with fire. Slowly, they squirmed more and more intensely, driving their bones to tumble and fuse.
Not long after, their bodies turned into a two-meter-tall fat giant with red muscles, milky-white fat, and greenish-black blood vessels in the midst of a sizzling sound.
After the giant was squeezed into a clay figurine by an invisible big hand in the air, he suddenly stuffed both of his hands into his mouth and tore his cheeks with all his might, pulling his mouth into a big black hole like strong rubber.
Then, the other followers behind Consultant Zheng began to walk up to the giant one by one. Stretching their heads out, they crawled into the giant's torn mouth and tried their best to curl up their bodies before wriggling into his stomach.
Such a horrifying scene made Director Liang, who had undergone special training when he was in college and had been engaged in intelligence gathering work in South Africa as a middle-level corporate executive for more than ten years, to feel his hands and feet turning cold and his internal organs tumbling for the first time in his life.
"Consultant Zheng, you'll attract more attention by combining the six of them into one like this." Captain Hu, who had seen too many crazy actions of the black-rimmed glasses man along the way, had come from the national military intelligence agency and had an ability to control emotions that was unimaginable to ordinary people. With a blank expression, she said.
"It's alright, Captain. After 'packing' them up, I can naturally squeeze their volume." Consultant Zheng let out an owl-like cackle and quietly waited for his six living corpses to combine into one. Then, he silently chanted an incantation and extended a finger to forcefully insert it into his follower who had become four meters tall and weighed more than half a ton.
In an instant, a strange blush appeared on his face. That huge ferocious living corpse, on the other hand, was like a deflated balloon that continued to shrink and soon became the size of a normal person.
Consultant Zheng patted the head of his own living corpse. "Look, no matter if I throw it into the suitcase or sit in the car, it won't attract much attention anymore. It's just that it's a little troublesome to unseal it when we reach the destination." Then, he returned to his calm expression.
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