Chapter 536 - Biding his time (1/2)

The night was like an overcast cloud hanging over the entire stronghold, and under this dark cloud, many people were making their way over to the East Lake Tunnel in a hurry.

In the dark of the night, the pitch-black East Lake was like a giant magnet drawing in speckles of iron dust inside the stronghold.

Ren Xiaosu had guessed many underworld criminals would turn up this time, but he did not expect so many.

But upon further thinking, it rather made sense. Ignoring the other forces that had turned up, just the A-rank hitmen from the Anjing House alone would already number in the dozens. After all, only those who successfully killed members of the Pyro Company this time would qualify for the Anjing House trials next year.

Ren Xiaosu reckoned that at least half of all the Anjing House’s A-rank hitmen had shown up this time.

However, the closer Ren Xiaosu got to East Lake, the more he felt that something was off. According to Zhou Yingxue, the Pyro Company was not an organization that was easy to deal with. How else could they control eight strongholds in a place like the Central Plains?

Would a large organization like them allow their plans to get disrupted so easily?

Furthermore, why did this research laboratory have to be located in an abandoned tunnel of all places?

There were originally three entrances to the East Lake Tunnel. But according to the mob bosses at the spa center, two of these entrances had been sealed off. Hence, it was impossible to get in without resorting to a violent skirmish.

There was only one tunnel entrance left, after all, and it was even in an airtight space and at the bottom of the lake.

If the tunnel were to collapse, it would be hard for those who went in to come out alive since there would be nowhere to escape to.

Looking at the fanatical eyes of those who were making their way towards the East Lake Tunnel, Ren Xiaosu slowed down.

At this moment, Ren Xiaosu heard someone whispering a short distance away, “Isn’t that the young man who went for those nightly jogs?”

Ren Xiaosu spun around and was surprised to see a man in a cleaner’s uniform he’d seen before. After all, it was rather eye-catching to see someone wearing an earpiece while doing cleaning.

Ren Xiaosu was a little puzzled at that time. He wondered which organization this person who was pretending to be a cleaner was from. Did he really think no one would notice he was wearing an earpiece?

But Ren Xiaosu simply ignored them. Rather, he was surprised when he turned around and saw a man wearing a director’s vest leading about a dozen people with cameras and equipment on their shoulders. They were also rushing towards the East Lake Tunnel like the others.

He was probably what they called a “movie director,” right?!

The director was running and shouting at the same time, “Move quickly! Don’t miss out on capturing the most exciting scenes. When these scenes get edited into a documentary about superhumans, I’ll be famous!”

Ren Xiaosu was stunned. Someone was even trying to film a documentary on superhumans?

A moment later, Ren Xiaosu saw a familiar figure running extremely quickly in front of him. Ren Xiaosu felt that he looked quite familiar, but he could not remember who it was.

Wait a minute! Wasn’t that fucking Wang Congyang? How could he forget someone so important? He had copied the Steam Locomotive power from him, after all.

But what was this guy doing at Stronghold 73?

By the time Ren Xiaosu wanted to catch up to him and give him a good thrashing, Wang Congyang was already nowhere to be seen. Ren Xiaosu didn’t know where he had gone.