Chapter 652 - The final crisis (1/2)

Be it Hu Shuo or Zhou Yingxue, the two of them dealt with the thugs and superhumans like it was nothing. They went back to what they were doing after the battle, and it was as though there wasn’t any pressure at all.

The only difference was that Wang Yuchi and the others got to have a few more pieces of potatoes with their chicken soup.

These three consortiums thought they had found a way to break the deadlock. But instead, they somehow zeroed in on the two monsters in the stronghold who had wanted to isolate themselves from the world.

Regarding Zhou Yingxue, Ren Xiaosu was the one who had ordered her to stay home and not to go out. She was to ensure that Wang Yuchi and the others were safe.

But the thugs had gone overboard with regards to Hu Shuo. They just had to go looking for trouble when Hu Shuo was teaching the children how to write secret messages. Even if they managed to defeat him, what would they have done if Li Shentan and Si Liren came to avenge him?

Actually, the Xu clan representative was not wrong. It was indeed suspicious for Yang Ruilin to vacate his house and the Riders to suddenly disburse funds to the orphanage right before the big battle happened.

Moreover, they had indeed located Ren Xiaosu’s family too. If Zhou Yingxue had not been around, they might even have succeeded in their mission.

But “ifs” did not matter in this world.

The three consortiums’ representatives were waiting silently for good news from the operatives in their secluded residence. It was different from the tense atmosphere earlier. At this moment, all of them were more relaxed and even touched on the topic of wine tasting.

Second Brother Kong said with a smile, “There’s a bottle of Suntory Whisky hidden at my place. I wonder which rich family from the Pre-Cataclysm times that wine cellar belonged to. The seals on the wine bottles inside are all very well-preserved.”

The young man from the Wang Consortium, Wang Wenyan, glanced at him. “I still prefer Maotai.”[1]

As time ticked by, the three of them got the feeling that something was off. Second Brother Kong looked at his watch. “It’s been more than 40 minutes already. Why isn’t there any news yet? Go and contact the field teams and find out their current progress.”

However, the subordinate ran back immediately after he went out. He said with a sense of unease, “We couldn’t get in contact with them!”

“Which team can you not contact?” Wang Wenyan asked with a sullen face.

“We couldn’t contact either of them.”

The three representatives immediately raised their eyebrows. They had thought something had happened to one of the teams. But now it seemed that both teams might have perished.

“Send someone to check out the vicinity!” Second Brother Kong said.

The three of them sat down again, but the unease inside them only got stronger.

Ten minutes later, the person who went to check came back and said, “The people who went to Junmin Alley to investigate the situation have all disappeared. I also saw from a distance away people from the Qinghe Group clearing the corpses of our people at the orphanage. From the looks of it, they were all killed before they could even get past the entrance!”

Second Brother Kong clenched his teeth and said, “Bring the Xu clan members to me!”

He had been quite polite with the Xu clan members, but not anymore.

When the Xu clan members were brought into the house, they looked utterly confused. “Is there something you all want from us?”