95: Su City, Wang Family

At night, Xu Jingzhe found a hotel, booked a room, and paid.

Standing by the window, he watched the beautiful night of Su City, with its brilliant lights and surging crowds; it was a breathtaking sight.

The rules of the Chemical Zone were strictly enforced, far exceeding his expectations, and there were many things that the lower-level personnel simply didn't know.

What they knew was only what the upper echelons of the Chemical Zone allowed them to know.

However, in terms of living environment, medical conditions, food quality, and the like, it was hundreds of times better than the Seed Zone.

The Wang family, a second-tier family in Su City, was desperate to break into the first tier but had been unable to do so.

In the luxurious hall, sitting at a desk made of pure gold, he worked.

"Ding-dong, hello Master. You have an incoming video call from the higher-ups. Do you wish to connect?"

"Connect."

It was so late; if the higher-ups were calling via video, something must have happened.

A blue screen appeared in mid-air, and a seductive woman appeared on it.

"Wang Tai, are you aware that five lives have been lost in the region under the Wang family's jurisdiction?" The woman's tone carried a hint of suppressed anger.

"Director Qin, what did you say?" Wang Tai stood up abruptly, asking with a glimmer of hope, "Were they lower-level personnel?"

The woman on the other side slammed the table and snapped, "If it were just lower-level personnel, would I have been disturbed?"

"They were combatants! Combatants from Adam City, no less, who were in Nüwa City for training! They were cruelly murdered in a small alleyway, and the scene was absolutely filthy!"

"This happened in the region under your Wang family's jurisdiction! If this matter isn't handled well, don't even think about the Wang family entering the first tier of Su City or the second tier of Nüwa City for the next fifty years!"

"You have one day. If you can't catch the culprit, prepare for Adam City to make trouble and demand exorbitant compensation!"

The woman hung up the video call in a rage.

Wang Tai walked to the screen, tapped his fingers, and contacted several family members.

A short while later, five people arrived—three men and two women.

"Uncle Tai," the five of them chorused.

"Five combatants from Adam City were killed in the region under the Wang family's jurisdiction. Retrieve the surveillance footage from nearby and bring the person here by morning."

"Yes!"

The five of them left quickly, their tasks clearly divided.

Half an hour later, they had locked onto Xu Jingzhe and checked his identity card.

"Lu Fei, unemployed," Wang Youyou said.

"That can't be right. How could an unemployed person kill five combatants in training?"

"Did they have a conflict?"

Wang Lin scratched his head and said, "I don't know if there was a conflict, but since Uncle Tai was alerted, this is no small matter. Let's take this seriously."

"This is easy to handle. As long as he's within the range of the Wang family's jurisdiction, the kid has nowhere to run, even if we have to dig him out of a rat hole," Wang Cong said.

Five minutes later, he slammed the table, closed the computer, and said, "Let's go, time to make an arrest. He's staying at the Getai Hotel."

"This kid has guts."

The five of them prepared their equipment, and five red sports cars roared to life, speeding through green lights all the way.

On the thirty-second floor, Xu Jingzhe was sleeping soundly.

Suddenly, he opened his eyes, flashed, and slid under the bed.

The door was opened gently; Wang Lin and Wang Cong held tranquilizer guns, their footsteps silent.

"Pew-pew." Two shots.

Accurate and flawless.

The lights were turned on, and Wang Lin pounced like a hungry tiger, throwing back the covers, but it was empty.

The five of them were shocked. Wang Youyou, holding a dagger, kicked open the bathroom door, but found no sign of anyone.

This Lu Fei was definitely not an ordinary person; they had to be on high alert.

Four of them stood guard while Wang Lin searched. He pulled back the curtains and looked down; no one.

There was no one on the roof either.

The place was so small; how could a person disappear into thin air?

"Could he be a 'Red Citizen'?" Wang Youyou reminded the others.

So-called Red Citizens were similar to 'Black Citizens', except that Red Citizens were originally people from the Chemical Zone who had committed crimes and were evading the law, spending large sums of money to obtain fake identity cards.

"Wang Cong." Wang Lin gestured with his eyes that someone might be hiding under the bed.

The two exchanged a look and exerted force simultaneously, shattering the custom-made three-million-dollar mattress, sending down feathers flying like a heavy snowstorm.

Xu Jingzhe seized the opportunity, performed a kip-up, and punched the nearest person, Wang Lin, right in the forehead.

Wang Lin didn't even have time to react and passed out on the spot.

"Bang, bang, bang."

Wang Cong fired, shooting wildly at Xu Jingzhe's figure, but who would have known?

Wang Youyou let out a cry of alarm as Xu Jingzhe grabbed her by the neck, and she dared not struggle.

The room was filled with down feathers, and the group stood in a standoff.

"Let Youyou go. Let's talk this over properly."

Worried that Xu Jingzhe might be afraid of harming the hostage, Wang Cong moved to the right, opening up his stance.

On the thirty-third floor of the building opposite, an AWM was aimed right at them.

However, the down feathers blocked the line of sight, and with Wang Youyou as a hostage, she dared not fire.

"Who are you people?" Xu Jingzhe asked, recalling today's events.

"People from the Wang family."

"The Wang family?"

"You've never heard of the Wang family?" Wang Cong asked, surprised.

"Is the Wang family amazing?" Xu Jingzhe said airily, infuriating them.

"You killed five combatants from Adam City who were in training in the region under the Wang family's jurisdiction, right?"

Xu Jingzhe said nothing; silence was equivalent to confirmation.

"We are just following orders. If you honestly tell us what happened, the law will give you a fair verdict," Wang Cong said, trying to coax him.

"As long as you cooperate with us, even if you go to prison, with your skills and the Wang family's influence, you'll still live comfortably."

"And what if I don't cooperate?" Xu Jingzhe asked, inadvertently tightening his grip.

"Don't do anything reckless!" Wang Cong shouted, "You're in the region under the Wang family's jurisdiction; you can't escape."

"Boss, is the Chemical Zone your domain?" Xu Jingzhe asked in his mind.

System: "Ding, apart from the Four Main Cities, it's not a big problem."

"Good." Xu Jingzhe was relieved.

He gripped Wang Youyou's slender neck and slowly moved backward, waiting for an opportunity.

When the urge to kill arose, he stopped himself.

This wasn't the Chemical Zone; you couldn't just kill someone and walk away. The Sky Net would make it so you had nowhere to hide.

He needed to find a way to obtain the Moon Soil Evolution Fluid Pure Liquid; he couldn't live his life hiding here and there.

"Tell your sniper to stand down, and I'll let her go."

Wang Cong was shocked again. The handsome man before him was too terrifying; he had predicted the future.

"Wang Lai, stand down."

The moment he finished speaking, Xu Jingzhe moved, his body agile as a swimming dragon.

With a knife-hand strike, he knocked Wang Youyou unconscious and turned off the lights, plunging the room into darkness. But for Xu Jingzhe, the night posed no visual interference. He charged at Wang Cong and the remaining person.

A minute later, the room was quiet.

He shook his hands, tied the group up with bedsheets, and stuffed their mouths with smelly socks.

"Big Brother, activate the surrounding environment simulation. We're leaving."

System: "Ding, the simulation environment has been activated."

On the building opposite, Wang Lai reported what had happened. Wang Tai was furious. In the Wang family's territory, someone dared to wreak such havoc.

Had the Wang family fallen to such a state?

Even any Tom, Dick, or Harry dared to provoke them!

"Someone come here! Gather the core members of the family—everyone under twenty who has undergone three baptisms of Moon Soil Evolution Fluid!"

Wang Tai's face was gloomy, and the murderous intent in his eyes was almost tangible.