Chapter 17 Huo Yuan was shocked: Could this woman be planning to establish a country?
"Generating electricity with love?"
Hearing Huo Yuan's half-mocking question, Lin Xingwan didn't get angry; instead, she chuckled.
She took off her hard hat and tossed it onto a pile of steel bars nearby.
"Boss Huo, you're great in every way, except your imagination is a bit lacking."
Huo Yuan's brows furrowed even deeper.
He looked at the woman before him, smiling like a little fox, and the feeling that he couldn't control her grew stronger.
Ever since they first met at the black market,
This Lin Xingwan had been shrouded in mystery.
She seemed to be able to predict the future, knowing everything that was about to happen like the back of her hand.
She spent money like water, and the amount of supplies she stockpiled was shockingly large.
Now, she wanted to build a doomsday The Fortress that was even more extravagant than national-level air-raid shelters.
This was simply not something an ordinary wealthy socialite could pull off.
Huo Yuan had even secretly investigated her background.
Apart from being ostracized by the Lin family and having a somewhat solitary personality, her record was as clean as a blank sheet of paper.
"Miss Lin, my men are risking their lives working for you."
Huo Yuan's voice dropped, carrying a hint of warning.
"I need to know what exactly you are building The Fortress to defend against."
"If it were just to guard against earthquakes or floods, this level of defense wouldn't be necessary."
He stepped closer to Lin Xingwan, his tall figure almost completely engulfing her.
"The food, weapons, and medicine you've stockpiled, plus this Underground City."
"This is by no means a mere shelter."
Huo Yuan's dark eyes stared fixedly at her, like a cheetah about to launch an attack.
"It looks more like the prototype of an independent kingdom."
"You are preparing for a war that will overturn the entire world order."
"Tell me, who exactly are you?"
The surrounding air seemed to have frozen.
Several mercenaries who were carrying steel nearby subconsciously stopped what they were doing and watched nervously.
Lin Xingwan looked up, meeting Huo Yuan's oppressive gaze.
She did not answer.
Instead, she reached out a fair finger and lightly poked his pectoral muscles, which were as hard as iron.
"Boss Huo, you have too many questions."
She stood on tiptoe, leaned into Huo Yuan's ear, and lowered her voice to a whisper, carrying a hint of deadly allure.
"Want to know my trump card?"
"Come with me, and I'll show you my foundation."
After speaking, Lin Xingwan turned and jumped into her off-road vehicle.
She even playfully whistled at Huo Yuan, who was stunned on the spot.
Huo Yuan's expression changed repeatedly.
In the end, he cursed under his breath, pulled open the door, and sat in the passenger seat.
"Drive."
The off-road vehicle roared down the mountain road.
"Where are we going?" Huo Yuan asked in a deep voice.
"To a place that can keep The Fortress lit for a hundred years."
Lin Xingwan jerked the steering wheel, and the car merged into the heavy traffic heading to the suburbs.
Half an hour later.
The car stopped at an abandoned warehouse area that looked unremarkable and even somewhat dilapidated.
It was overgrown with weeds, and the iron gates were covered in rust.
"Just this?"
Huo Yuan raised an eyebrow, his eyes filled with a hint of suspicion.
"Your foundation is hidden in this pile of junk?"
Lin Xingwan didn't speak.
She jumped out of the car and took a heavy electronic key out of her pocket.
"Beep—"
A soft sound.
The rolling door of one of the warehouses, which looked precarious, suddenly made a muffled "hum" sound.
Immediately after, the heavy metal door slowly rose upward.
Huo Yuan stood at the entrance, narrowing his eyes.
When the scene inside the warehouse was fully revealed before him,
Even this mercenary boss, who was accustomed to storms of bullets and had a heart as hard as iron,
Couldn't help but have his pupils shrink, and his breathing stopped for half a beat!