Chapter 33 The Oriole

The muffled gunshots echoed across the forty-ninth floor of the fortress.

This thing is incredibly powerful!

Wang Jixuan couldn’t help but purse his lips behind his helmet as he watched Anxi, a D-level psychic, fall helplessly to the ground with only half her body remaining.

He keenly realized…

Times have indeed changed!

Considering that this anti-materiel sniper rifle is only for individual soldiers and that the fort strictly limits the flow of powerful weapons and equipment into the lower city, they actually have much stronger equipment!

Wang Jixuan felt a sharp pang in his heart. He decided to treat Zhou Yanei a little more intimately from now on and treat him as a half-fellow Daoist.

There was no other way; Master Wang had to face reality.

The reality is that the spiritual energy in this world is too low, and his cultivation speed is far slower than in his previous life. Even in the Wanlijin Greenhouse District, he only went from ‘not being able to complete the Foundation Establishment after his lifespan is exhausted’ to ‘approximately completing the Foundation Establishment before his lifespan is exhausted’. The Qi Refining Realm is the simplest of the four Foundation Establishment Realms.

Once he completes his Foundation Establishment, he can block this attack if he’s prepared. But if he’s unprepared and gets his head blown off by this gun, the chances are slim…

Although his thoughts were somewhat complicated, he did not delay his actions, grabbed his gun, and ran away.

The objective has been achieved; there’s no need to delay any longer.

He didn’t want to engage in a sniper duel with the Blackfire Gang’s snipers. He was able to take down Anxi purely because of his previous calculations and the device’s built-in aiming system.

However, Wang Jixuan did not intend to let the Black Fire Gang members off easily.

Taking advantage of the enemy’s disarray, he planned to quickly maneuver to other positions, charging in and out seven times, drawing his gun swiftly, and engaging in a fierce battle…

Um?

Wang Jixuan suddenly frowned. He flashed to the edge of a sewage ditch, crouched down, closed his eyes and focused his mind, and quickly slid his sword fingers together.

Several talismans pasted in a hidden corner of the wooden house shimmered faintly.

The surveillance camera that Zhou Zhengde obtained sacrificed a lot of performance for the sake of concealment, and could only be used within a range of 20 meters.

But it doesn’t matter, Master Wang also has a brand new system in addition to technology and psychic energy.

A blurry image surfaced in my mind.

A drunken Wanlijin gang member was grinning as he approached Ye Zi, who was trembling in the corner. Ye Zi’s clothes had been torn off her shoulders, revealing her pale white bra.

She held a kitchen knife in her hand, her lips tightly pursed, her expression calm and her gaze resolute.

Wang Jixuan frowned slightly.

He glanced in the direction of the cabin. To get back from here, he would have to cross the entire territory of Wanlijin, which would take about ten minutes. If he took a shortcut, it would only take six or seven minutes.

Behind him, the Blackfire Gang was in chaos. Anxi’s death had instilled a great sense of panic within the gang, and he could easily expand his gains…

Wang Jixuan narrowed his eyes slightly.

Hesitation will only lead to more trouble.

Follow your heart and leave no regrets!

Whoosh!

His energy surged through his body, and he shot back into the Blackfire Gang’s territory like an arrow released from a bow.

…

In the wooden house.

The drunkard greedily inhaled the faint fragrance emanating from the girl’s body after her bath, and approached Ye Zi step by step.

“Little Yezi, I’ve missed you for a long time… Don’t worry, the Black Fire Gang has started fighting, and all our people have gone there. No one will know I’m here.”

“Be a good girl and let me strip you naked. I’ll tell you how fun this is. You’re a big kid now, come here, come on.”

Ye Zi’s face was deathly pale, and her little hand holding the kitchen knife trembled incessantly.

Sudden.

Click.

The sound of the safety being pulled was clearly audible. In the dimly lit corner, an old woman raised a pistol and pointed it at the drunkard’s temple.

The drunkard paused for a moment: “Hey, hey, old lady, are you serious? You have so many children, what’s wrong with giving me one to play with? I can pay for it, I really like this little leaf.”

“Don’t move, you lust-driven piece of trash.”

Grandma Kong’s voice was incredibly calm, so calm that even the drunkard’s movement to reach for the pistol at his waist subconsciously stopped.

She really will shoot.

The drunkard made this accurate judgment.

Grandma Kong slowly walked out of the corner and said coldly, “Go to the second floor, Ye Zi.”

With a clang, the kitchen knife fell to the ground. Ye Zi covered her mouth, tears welling up in her eyes, and ran upstairs.

Grandma Kong said in a low voice, “You made a very unwise decision. No one can bully my children.”

“Alright, old woman!”

The drunkard made an impatient expression:

“If you dare to fire, my brothers will blow this place up and send your kids to the perverted district of Pleasure City. Get your facts straight; you’re just an old man who’s coasting along because of his age…”

Bang!

A burst of flame erupted from the polished, gleaming silver revolver.

Blood and brain matter splattered from the drunkard’s brain, and his body slumped down limply.

Grandma Kong walked out of the dark corner expressionlessly, looked down at the drunkard, and raised her pistol.

Bang, bang!

“Get your place, you young trash.”

“Why didn’t the alarm go off? Didn’t I turn it on?”

Sudden.

The black barrel of the double-barreled shotgun was pressed against Grandma Kong’s back.

A rather burly figure appeared at the boundary between the restaurant and the stairwell.

“I turned off the alarm system, and I arranged for this unlucky guy to be killed.”

“Don’t move or turn around. I know you’re a good shot, even though you’re almost seventy.”

“Xiao Hua?” Grandma Kong frowned slightly.

“uh-huh.”

The person slowly moved forward, revealing their face.

It was Thomas without his flamboyant makeup, wearing a black shirt over a riot vest, the barrel of the gun in his hand trembling slightly.

He whispered, “I’m sorry, Mom, I didn’t want this to happen either.”

Grandma Kong’s expression gradually calmed down: “When did you find out?”

“When I was sixteen.”

Thomas smiled:

“Once, after eating the rice porridge you put sleeping pills in, I felt unwell and vomited. In the middle of my sleep, I heard you arguing with other people.”

Let me think…

“That time, it was Wen Heisen, the number three figure in the Blackfire Gang, who came to talk to you about your younger brother, Big Mouth Hua.”

“He seemed to be saying that Big Mouth Hua raped a pair of twins, the daughters of a mid-level manager in the Blackfire Gang. In order to protect Big Mouth Hua, he dealt with that mid-level manager and purged more than a dozen of that guy’s cronies, which caused a stir in the gang.”

“I remember what you said back then very clearly.”

“You said you only have two sons. One went to the city to work as a researcher at the Thirteenth Institute, and the other is Da Zui Hua, who was conceived through surrogacy using stored fertilized eggs. You can discipline Da Zui Hua as you please, but you can’t let anything happen to him.”

“You need to pass on your genes.”

“Am I remembering correctly, Mom?”

Grandma Kong nodded expressionlessly.

So what am I?!

Thomas’s voice carried a hint of annoyance.

“You are my child,” Grandma Kong said softly. “That will not change, but there is a difference. Genetic continuation is the way life continues, but that cannot deny the affection between us, Hua.”

“Then for the sake of our relationship, would you die?!”

Thomas said earnestly:

“Only one person knows that I’m here today, and that person is my business partner who came from the city.”

“I’m going to do three things: kill you, take your accounts, and blow up the tunnels here.”

Grandma Kong frowned and asked, “You actually know about the tunnels here?”

“You can go directly down from your secret room, sit in your chair, or open your bookshelf. There are two ways.”

Thomas smiled:

“My partner is incredibly powerful.”

“Our plan was doomed from the very beginning. Do you know what the most interesting part is?”

“I personally delivered the mysterious psychic you’ve been looking for to you, hahaha! This is so interesting. That Zhou Tiantian, he’s wearing a nano mask, he’s Mu Liang, and he’s also looking for you.”

“He and his foolish partner Zhou Zhengde always believed that they could control the overall situation and were gradually eliminating the Black Fire Gang.”

“Please, they’re just two dogs, two dogs driven by my partner.”

“He helped us find the hidden tunnel. The messages he sent to Zhou Zhengde were all captured by the ubiquitous cameras around Zhou Zhengde. Those cameras were also very interesting. They were driven by another mother’s twisted love. That mother was afraid that her son’s thoughts would become extreme, so she monitored him all the time.”

Grandma Kong suddenly realized something: “No wonder. I always felt that Zhou Tian had a different kind of power. He is Mu Liang, the accomplice who killed my youngest son.”

“Yes, this is absolutely a perfect plan.”

Thomas said with a smile:

“Now, Mu Liang has gone to take out the psionicists in the Blackfire Gang. We have helped him and Zhou Zhengde a lot behind the scenes, including getting him a large-caliber sniper rifle to ensure that he can take out a psionicist. Of course, it doesn’t matter if he dies, there will be a cleanup force afterwards.”

“Mom, only if you die can I gather my brothers and sisters back.”

“We don’t need to call all three hundred back.”

“With just a few dozen people, the bond between us is enough to form the foundation of a gang. I’ve already thought of a new gang name: the Wooden House Brotherhood. Pretty cool, right?”

“The Cabin Brotherhood will replace the Blackfire Gang, and my partners have arranged everything.”

“I will fully inherit your legacy and then frame Mu Liang for your death. This way, Mu Liang will be hated by your eldest son, the Minister of Biology, and he will have to stick close to the military and become a knife in my partner’s hands.”

“It’s killing three birds with one stone, oh no, four birds, no, five birds, anyway… accounts or lists, whatever, give them to me!”

I don’t want to torture you!

“This list is invaluable! It will give me access to the secrets of the noble lords in the upper city and allow me to see who has organs that don’t belong to them.”

Grandma Kong closed her eyes and sighed softly: “I can give it to you, Thomas, not because you threatened me, but because… you are my child.”

“That doesn’t work on me. Open your secret room; the accounts can only be in here, right?”

“It’s not actually there, but you can see it if you want.”

Grandma Kong smiled:

“I hope this place can be preserved so that it can continue to help those orphans. I will also give you everything here.”

“You are the best child because you have driven me to the brink of despair.”

“Passing on traditions is always the most important thing.”

“What is this? Crocodile tears? You better not try anything funny.”

Thomas said softly:

“Now is the best time for me to make my move. All the attention of all parties is focused on the war between Mu Liang and the Black Fire Gang, and no one is likely to come to your rescue.”

“Mom, please help me out.”

Grandma Kong shook her head helplessly, her eyes filled with peace, and slowly walked behind the desk, pushed by the gun barrel.

There was no chair at the desk. She had been watching the battle with the Black Fire Gang from the secret room, but when she came out to rescue Ye Zi after she was threatened by the drunkard, she fell into their trap.

Yes.

Thomas always liked to play the role of the ‘victim’. He was indeed a suitable successor. All she had to do was persuade him to form an alliance with her eldest son, so that she would have no regrets.

Kong Lianmei sighed, activated the cover of a book on the bookshelf, and pressed her thumb.

A bookshelf split open, its lower pedestal rotated outwards, revealing a chair behind the wooden wall, and…

A man dressed in black and wearing a black helmet sat in a chair.

The room was so quiet you could hear a pin drop.

“Mu Liang!”

Thomas’s eyes widened, his muscles tensed, and he raised his gun to fire!

Wang Jixuan, whose forehead sweat had dried, suddenly waved his hand!

call out!

Two bone-piercing nails shot out!

Thomas and Kong Lianmei both developed holes in their foreheads at the same time, and their bodies collapsed simultaneously.

Master Wang smiled apologetically at the two corpses.

“Sorry, I was just stressed.”

He stepped out of the secret room and looked out the window, where Thomas’s car was parked, and there were two presences inside, one familiar and one unfamiliar.

Wang Jixuan picked up Thomas’s shotgun, fired a shot at the floor, and then darted out the window.

Inside the car.

Upon hearing the gunshots from inside, Ban Wenying, the First Secretary to the Minister of the Interior, smiled charmingly.

The plan seems to be going smoothly. Have you obtained the list yet?

If she could get her hands on that list, she might have a chance to take a crucial step forward…

A slight noise came from the side.

Wang Jixuan opened the back door of the car and got in.