45: Rat's Arsenal

“Is this what you call an escort? You’re completely relying on the boss to carry you!”

“That person was wearing three sets and using tier-three bullets against bots, and you two actually got killed by him head-on?”

“I’m immediately calling my mom to cancel both of your orders! Get back to Lighthouse Country right now!”

Having just completed the extraction and returned to the entrance of Nine Warehouse,

Li Wenzhe immediately started scolding the two escorts.

They had finally encountered another Confidential Dam, but these two died again!

“Wait… Boss, you mean, you killed that person?”

John asked, somewhat incredulously.

“Nonsense! Otherwise, how would I have walked out of the Administrative District alive?”

Li Wenzhe said unhappily.

Hearing this,

John and David looked at each other, both somewhat disbelieving!

“What’s with that person? Why was he so aggressive against us, but then went soft when he met the boss, this noob?”

“I don’t know! I’m still wondering where he got so many items from!”

“Smoke grenades are easy to understand, but hand grenades, that kind of thing, aren’t something ordinary people in Longguo can buy, right?”

“And did you notice, his smoke grenade was too long! And it seemed to obey his commands, blocking wherever he wanted.”

“Indeed, if it weren't for his long smoke grenade blocking my vision, I would have killed him already!”

David and John discussed in English, and Li Wenzhe didn't understand what they were saying.

However, afterward, both of them apologized very sincerely.

After all, if this order was ruined, it wasn't just a matter of losing money.

Their reputation in the escort circle would also plummet.

If others found out that they messed up even a small city’s Confidential Dam, they would be laughed to death!

It would then be difficult to get big orders like Li Wenzhe’s.

“I’ll give you one last chance.”

Li Wenzhe said coldly.

“According to the contract, your minimum escort fee has already been raised to 900,000.”

“If you mess up a Secret difficulty again next time, don’t blame me for being ruthless.”

David nodded silently.

But John suddenly came up with an idea.

“By the way, Boss, how about we try a different restricted area?”

Hearing this, Li Wenzhe originally wanted to scold him.

Changing to a different restricted area wouldn't that be directly admitting defeat to Xiao Yun?

But after calming down and thinking about it, he realized that this seemed to be the most secure method.

After all, the most important thing now was to secure a 500,000 extraction to qualify for direct admission.

What’s more,

Li Wenzhe had previously boasted to the campus belle Liu Shihhan that he would help her get direct admission qualification too.

If he continued to fight with Xiao Yun like this, let alone getting Liu Shihhan the qualification,

it would be difficult even for him to get direct admission qualification!

Fortunately, in the last match, Li Wenzhe killed Xiao Yun.

Otherwise, if he had gotten two escorts’ five-sets, it would probably be another million for extraction!

“Which restricted area?”

Li Wenzhe asked.

“I heard there’s a cruise ship called Ocean Spectrum here in North Port, and it has the entrance to the Longbow Creek Valley restricted area.”

“And Secret difficulty hasn’t appeared there today yet, so it’s likely to show up this afternoon.”

“How about we go familiarize ourselves with the map first, and then start acting when we encounter Secret difficulty, Boss?”

Li Wenzhe pondered for a moment, then nodded silently.

“Alright, then let’s do as you say!”

......

Xiao Yun took a taxi back to his residential complex.

However, he didn't go straight home but walked towards the convenience store at the entrance.

This was Xiao Yun’s family-owned convenience store; usually, his dad guarded the store during the day, and he would take over at night.

And his dad, Xiao Qingtian, would go out fishing, playing billiards, and going to internet cafes every night.

He wouldn't come back until the early morning, which was very worrying.

“Dad, what flavor instant noodles are we having for lunch today?”

As soon as he entered the convenience store, Xiao Yun asked as usual.

However, ever since he walked in, he saw Xiao Qingtian standing behind the counter, staring intently at him.

“What’s wrong?”

Xiao Yun felt a bit uncomfortable being stared at and scratched his head awkwardly.

Did his dad already know about him taking time off?

Xiao Yun was about to explain that he wasn't taking time off to fool around.

Unexpectedly, Xiao Qingtian spoke before him.

“Your homeroom teacher said you took time off to go to the restricted area?”

“Oh, yes.”

Xiao Yun replied.

“Right, you’ve also had your eighteenth birthday.”

Xiao Qingtian sighed, then slowly turned his back.

Xiao Yun didn't know what he was thinking, only that his reaction felt a bit strange.

Logically speaking, ordinary parents wouldn't let their children go to a restricted area.

After all, the risk in the restricted area was so high; going there was like gambling.

Although the restricted area gave everyone a chance to start from scratch and get rich, it also ruined many people, leaving most families broken.

“Why didn’t you tell me in advance before going to the restricted area?”

Xiao Qingtian asked.

As he spoke, he slowly walked towards the back of the convenience store.

“Sigh, wasn’t it because I was afraid you’d worry?”

Xiao Yun scratched his head awkwardly.

What he was thinking was, if he had told him then, would his dad have agreed?

That’s why he chose to just present the result.

The money he earned from knife-running this morning was enough for ten years of the convenience store’s income!

Reporting to Xiao Qingtian at this point, he probably wouldn't say anything.

“Come here.”

“What’s wrong?”

Xiao Yun followed him to the back of the convenience store.

There were two shelves for daily necessities, which looked nothing special.

“Why are you standing there? Help me move the shelves.”

As he spoke, Xiao Qingtian grabbed the shelf on the left with one hand.

Seeing this, Xiao Yun also quickly went to move the shelf on the right.

As the two shelves were moved aside, a giant iron door suddenly appeared before them!

“What is this place?”

Seeing this iron door, Xiao Yun was immediately shocked!

In his memory, he had never seen this place.

He had no idea that there was such a huge iron door at the very back of his family's small store.

And the style of this iron door before him...

It was simply... just like the vault inside the Zero Dam!

“It seems you’ve been to the very inside of the Zero Dam.”

Seeing Xiao Yun’s reaction, Xiao Qingtian immediately looked relieved.

“As expected of my son, Xiao Qingtian!”

“No, Dad, you…?”

“Come on, look at what I’ve prepared for you.”

Xiao Qingtian pressed his palm against a certain spot on the wall, and the iron door immediately made an unlocking sound.

As the iron door slowly opened, a military arsenal the size of a bedroom also immediately appeared before Xiao Yun’s eyes!

In the small room, there were two rows of display cabinets, with rows of hearing protection, from tier one to tier five; except for the missing tier two hearing protection, there were at least two or three rows of each!

And on the innermost wall, it was covered with a wall full of knife-running weapons.

G18, semi-modified UZI, Viktor...

Every gun was modified to look perfect.

Seeing this room full of military equipment, Xiao Yun was immediately stunned.

This was simply a Shu Shu paradise!

“No, Dad, you didn’t steal these things, did you?”