Chapter 1002 - Wait For Him On The Bridge (1/2)

Stronghold 73 was in complete chaos now. The garrison base that was set on fire, and the assassination of the highest-ranking military commander, Zhou Yifei, had a much greater impact on the stronghold than the Riders had expected.

Suddenly, alarms went off everywhere inside the stronghold. The bell used to signal the time in the center of Stronghold 73 was struck 12 times to alert the Zhou Consortium's troops.

The garrison troops who were scattered across the stronghold started mustering while a large number of staff members started burning documents in Zhou Shiji's official residence.

They sent truckloads of documents to the incinerator at the official residence's backyard, along with computers, flash drives, and paper documents. All confidential documents above Class C had to be destroyed.

Ren Xiaosu, Yang Xiaojin, and the 12 Riders, a total of 14 people, had come to Stronghold 73. No one expected them to arrive so quickly, nor did anyone expect that just the 14 of them could cause such a huge impact on a stronghold.

These were 14 supernatural beings, and everyone was finally reminded of Ren Xiaosu's nickname as well.

They also remembered the threats made by the Riders when they left Luoyang City.

When the Riders left, they attacked some military facilities of the Zhou Consortium, the Kong Consortium, and the Wang Consortium before disappearing without a trace. The Riders knew full well that only by working behind the scenes would they be most threatening.

However, they still did not expect that someone would assassinate Jiang Xu in Luoyang City when they had already issued those threats. This made the Riders exceptionally furious.

Perhaps the Riders were not enough to destroy the entire Zhou Consortium. But after this incident, the Zhou Consortium would definitely decline under pressure from the Wang Consortium.

In the era of the ”Rise of Gods,” a single person's rage could cause blood to be spilled across hundreds of miles.

Before Xu Ke took over the Qinghe Group, Jiang Xu remained true to his belief in that old and run-down newspaper firm that the truth had to be reported. At that time, Xu Ke's father had even brought young Xu Ke to the newspaper firm and said to him, ”Greet uncle. This uncle is a really impressive man.”

At that time, Hope Media was still an impoverished newspaper firm. Jiang Xu and Ji Yi had to endure the extremes of winter and summer while working in their office. Although Xu Ke's father wanted to help Jiang Xu, he did not have the courage to face the pressure from the various consortiums.

It was only after Xu Ke took over the reins of the Qinghe Group 14 years ago that the current Hope Media was established. He used the Qinghe Group's seven satellites to help Jiang Xu deliver his manuscripts on time. Only then did Hope Media become widely known and was able to publish their newspapers to every stronghold.

As Xu Ke was a Rider, he was more courageous than his father.

Xu Ke still had feelings for Hope Media and Jiang Xu. If he knew that someone would assassinate Jiang Xu, he would definitely have remained behind at Luoyang City.

Unfortunately, there were no ”ifs” to speak of in the world. At that time, there were too many escapees in the north who needed their help.

It was extremely tough for the women and children escapees during an evacuation, as their safety could not be ensured, and the Pyro Company troops might even be attacked by the expeditionary army's guerrilla troops. Since the Riders were aware of all these matters, they had to go and help them.

There was already a garrison of over a 1,000 soldiers standing guard outside Zhou Shiji's official residence.

Zhou Shiji was sitting in his office and brooding over something. He wore a tight-fitting suit and did not have a hair out of place.

His aide-de-camp knocked on the door and entered. ”Sir, we should leave. The safe house in the official residence is no longer going to help us deal with the enemy this time. We must go now.”

There was a safe house in the basement of the official residence, and there was plenty of water and food inside to last Zhou Shiji until the main forces arrived.

However, everyone knew all about the enemy they were facing this time, so it was decided it would be too dangerous to remain here and defend from a fixed location.

Zhou Shiji stood up. He arranged all the papers and pens on the table neatly before walking out calmly.

As the highest-ranking official of the Zhou Consortium, how chaotically would the people under him react if he started panicking first?

The outside of the official residence was covered with loosely laid white pebbles and beautiful pine trees around it. The stone pebbles were washed on a fixed schedule weekly, so they always looked smooth and white.