Chapter 616 Chapter 613 Losing Interest

Prepared and unprepared, coupled with the overwhelming strength, it is logical that the victory will be firmly in the bag. Nightingale and Yanque had already thought about how to complete this internal flowering. They took Lao Mo's intelligence officer as a key target and ambush weapons to deal with him in advance. When Nightingale found an excuse to ask Yanque to leave the conference room, and then conveyed the news to her that the battle had taken place, Yanque immediately took action.

All it took was a flaw in the electronic code lock, silent boots, and a sharp dagger to kill the intelligence officer who was still dealing with cyberattacks on the information system. They had long known that the intelligence officer's implant was quite good, and they were full of imagination about Naike's ability to deal with corpse implants. Therefore, Yanque avoided the vital points of the head when he started, and adopted the method of wiping the throat and stabbing the heart. method of killing.

"Done!" Yanque patted the dead intelligence officer's forehead and started to pull off the stinging probes one by one. These magnetic probes automatically retract back into the skull and are implanted into the body, and then the scalp can be manually closed again and sprayed with disinfectant liquid.

Four floors away, Zhuang Xuteng clearly "saw" this scene with his sensory tentacles and immediately understood it. Nowadays, he no longer needs to touch the corpse with his own hands to solve the problem of accumulated resentment. Necromancy creations can solve this problem from a distance. It was better this way. He took care of the body from a distance, just so he could pretend that he didn't take action at all, so as not to expose his ability.

Nightingale and Rock Bird turned out not to be traitors, which made him feel very good.

With the intelligence officer down and Lao Mo's middleman-mercenary network dead, Nightingale and Rockbird effortlessly hand over control of it to Meteor. In this way, Lao Mo's mercenaries outside were also exposed, and Lucy could plan targeted actions to maximize benefits.

About twenty minutes later, Lucy's other mercenaries began to move in to take over the situation. By this time, Zhuang Xuteng was so bored sitting quietly with Lao Mo's former mercenaries and employees that his buttocks began to itch. "Leave it to you," Zhuang Xuteng clapped his hands and walked straight through the supporting mercenaries. He walked down the stairs to the intelligence officer's room and found the two sisters who were busy.

"The scarecrow is here!" Nightingale saw Zhuang Xuteng, smiled and waved hello. "Yanque is coordinating the data and can't leave the network for a while. It's really a big success this time. Lao Mo has no chance to start his escape plan. All the funds should still be in their original places and have not been transferred. "

"Okay, this is the result." Zhuang Xuteng glanced at the corpse on the ground. Although he knew that the person was Lao Mo's intelligence officer, he still pretended to ask: "Why is it not restricted to cleaning? There is a pool of blood on the ground. Will it affect surrounding video slave device codes?”

"That's Lao Mo's intelligence officer. His intelligence spy implant is of very good quality. Can you help take a look at it?"

"I don't see any difference. Just cut it off and take it for identification." Zhuang Xuteng shook his head and said, "Lucy asked me to take care of you during the operation, but I really can't take care of it. I see that you are all fine. , I’m relieved. You continue to work, I’ll go back and hand in the task.”

"Aren't you going to stay and take a look at Lao Mo's treasury?"

Zhuang Xuteng shook his head. He knew what the nightingale was implying. As a front-line operator and the main contributor, it makes sense to take a copy from the vault after opening it. Only Zhuang Xuteng takes the lead, and others can get some souvenirs. As long as everyone only grabs a handful, Lucy won't care.

"We have seen many vaults. A middleman will not be richer than the gang leader. I am not interested." Zhuang Xuteng said: "Brother Dao and I made an appointment to have dinner. It seems that the time is about the same. It's time to set off."

"So you moved ahead so you could catch up with the meal?" Nightingale sighed and said, "If Old Mo knew..."

"Old Mo doesn't know. Even if he knows, the result will be the same. Nightingale, take care of your sister, and take care of yourself."

"How about re-forming the team? With intelligence support, your abilities can be maximized."

Zhuang Xuteng shook his head. "I thought about it just now. It's good that you didn't abandon Lucy. Coming to Lao Mo is also part of the overall plan, so there's no problem, but we can't form a team anymore. You didn't tell us about such an important action. I, directly implemented it, can only say that you put the intermediary's delegation at a higher priority than the team. I don't know what you think, but you obviously think it is risky to tell me about this. If you don’t believe in my ability to keep secrets, maybe you think my acting skills can’t match yours… Anyway, that’s it!”

Nightingale wanted to explain more, but Zhuang Xuteng just waved his hand and turned away. She chased him a few steps, but in the blink of an eye, she lost sight of Zhuang Xuteng who walked into the stairwell. Nightingale stamped her foot heavily and checked the stairs above and below again with some disbelief. Scarecrow Nack has indeed disappeared.

"It's just that we didn't succeed this time." Nightingale sighed and turned back. She also had to protect Yanque, and at the same time she had to keep an eye on the body to make sure she didn't lose her intelligence implant.

Zhuang Xuteng walked down the stairs to leave the apartment building. He would inevitably pass by ordinary people who did not belong to the Lao Mo faction. They did not know or care about what happened on the 47th floor, and most of them were not even aware of it. Their attention was on their own things, such as the 10% discount on protein flour in the "Friendly Uncle Wang" store, the time when the boxing match would be broadcast live tomorrow, and the number of people called at the social public work point on the 21st floor, and how many more would it take for their turn.

A middleman, who managed more than 40 mercenaries and almost the same number of employees, his death would only affect the distance of a few floors. Beyond this distance, everything remained the same and would not change at all.

This made Zhuang Xuteng wonder: If I died, how much would it affect? ​​He counted on his fingers, and this calculation did not even require two hands. At this time, he suddenly realized that his influence on the outside world was actually very limited, and he had no bargaining power with the company at all. Killing him, the pressure that the company would have to bear was completely negligible. He could no longer think that he could influence the company's decision-making simply by not making mistakes or being exposed without doing anything.

He thought he was strong, but the company didn't know, which meant he wasn't strong; he showed the company that he was strong, but he would probably be eliminated as a threat, which meant he wasn't strong enough...

Zhuang Xuteng stopped on the stairs, and he found himself in a cycle, a cycle called: the company wants you dead, and doesn't need to consider your opinion. In fact, after he killed Lao Mo, the company's observers appeared one by one, and they arrived fifteen minutes earlier than the people Lucy sent out for support. After that, a familiar face arrived at the same time as the supporters: Elizabeth Shaw and her action team.

The woman didn't leave, she was still in Peicheng, and she arrived secretly near the apartment building. What does this mean - Zhuang Xuteng thought about it before he took action - Elizabeth Shaw was going to take advantage of the chaos to kill him, and she should be able to do it without anyone noticing.

"The mercenary with the highest price in Peicheng fell, and died of arrogance." Zhuang Xuteng could already imagine how things would develop. Elizabeth Shaw could completely destroy the scene and kill Lao Mo's people together, causing Nike to fall into a bitter battle and eventually die together. To be honest, if you don't care about Morgana's subsequent thoughts and possible actions, Elizabeth Shaw doesn't even need to fake the scene.

At present, Elizabeth Shaw has no intention of showing up, but is just listening to the reports from various observers. This is still good news, indicating that Elizabeth Shaw is likely to wait for the next opportunity. The question is, if she can't find an opportunity, will she keep waiting? Does she have to wait for an opportunity?

His influence is too small, and there is no opportunity to show his actual combat effectiveness. There is a dead end ahead. Zhuang Xuteng realized a truth: unless you become a member of the company, there is no rule in the world that "as long as you do this, as long as you don't do that, the company will not stare at you." Since the day Kaho was killed, the company has made a decision, the only difference is when and what method.

What to do? Zhuang Xuteng took a step again and walked down one level at a time. He thought he could get inspiration from today's actions: be faster than the company. As long as he acts earlier than the company, he will have a certain space to display his abilities, and he can mobilize the enemy instead of waiting for the enemy to come and beat him. Elizabeth Shaw and her action team showed up today, which means that the company has already made up its mind to kill. The delaying tactic of "not giving the company a reason to take action" will definitely not work. Then Zhuang Xuteng can only let go and act faster than the company to try to create opportunities.

"Opportunity? What opportunity?" Zhuang Xuteng was not very sure. "Survive and let everyone survive. This is the only thing I can think of at the moment."

How to do it? Only by mobilizing the company's power as much as possible and consuming their resources, it is best to find the company's weaknesses to attack. Zhuang Xuteng thought seriously, he still believed that the individual's power was too small, and the best result in the end was still to strive for a balance. This balance can be the cost-benefit balance within Dingxin Magic Creation itself, or the balance of power between other companies and Dingxin Magic Creation.

Perhaps other companies can recruit themselves, which is indeed a way out for individuals. There have been such situations in the past, such as a mercenary suddenly entering the company to work, or a gang leader turning into a middle-level manager of the company. For ordinary people, joining a company means a double harvest of income and social status, which is worth selling some things, including dignity. It's just that Zhuang Xuteng doesn't want to sell anything, and he vaguely feels that this road is not feasible for him.

He has too many secrets hidden in him, and the matter of the Lich Master alone is enough to give the company ten thousand reasons to dissect him alive. Because he can't see where the future is, Zhuang Xuteng frowned tightly, but this does not affect his actions. It's like a long-distance run: you don't know whether you can see the finish line before running, and you can't see the finish line most of the time during the run. Even the joy of victory can't make people forget the fatigue and hardship in the process, but this can't interfere with Zhuang Xuteng's decision to set off and insist on moving his legs.

Let's run first, even if you never see the finish line and die of exhaustion! Anyway, sitting still will definitely die, Zhuang Xuteng has no choice in this world.

The door leading to the ground opened in front of him, and the setting sun mixed with the neon lights just shone over, dazzling Zhuang Xuteng's eyes for a while. He stayed in the room for a while, and the red sunlight outside made him feel reborn for a while. However, this beam of light soon disappeared in the shadow of the steel forest. He was only on the first floor, at the bottom of the steel forest, and this beam of sunlight brought him a hint of favor and warmth in the gap.

Zhuang Xuteng slowly exhaled, rubbed the wrinkles between his eyebrows with his fingers, put on a smiling expression, and strode towards Gegongdao.

Dao Ge, who had completed the surveillance mission early, squatted beside the white beast bored, holding his mobile phone and watching entertainment programs, with a silly smile on his big face. Prince was still vigilantly observing the surrounding situation, but she was also a little bored and leaned on the steering wheel. Zhuang Xuteng walked up and quickly thanked the two for their assistance.

"Thanks for nothing, we didn't do anything." Dao Ge put away his phone, pointed at it, and said, "How do you feel?"

"Nothing. Neither excited nor happy, but a little disappointed..." Zhuang Xuteng touched his chin and said, "I suddenly understand why Master is in a hurry to retire. He probably thinks that there are no more challenges in the mercenary industry, no more satisfaction from success, and he has made enough money, so..."

"Why, are you also going to retire?"

"I'm a little confused. I'm still very young, and it seems a bit early to talk about retirement. And what am I going to do? Is there anything more exciting than being a mercenary? "Zhuang Xuteng thought for a while and said, "Besides, Lucy may still need me to stay, I can't just leave now."

Ge Gongdao narrowed his eyes, slightly raised the corners of his mouth, and then expressed his thoughts: "You also know that I don't have much challenge in the moat. After this mess happened today, I knew that I was an eyesore, so of course I was going to leave early. I have already told the board of directors and the takeover committee about this idea. It is very likely that I don't need to be a teacher for three to five years. "

Zhuang Xuteng's eyes lit up, he already understood Dao Ge's idea. "In this case, it is possible for the two of us to partner up again and find some excitement together?"

"Very likely." Ge Gongdao understood Zhuang Xuteng as soon as he heard it.

"I'll go talk to Lucy. Even if I can't quit hard, I'll quit softly first. Humph, I'll raise my appearance fee to 100 million... no, 200 million. I'm still here, but I'm not here. When Lucy doesn't need me anymore, I'll officially leave."

"200 million? You might as well just give me 500 million. After this battle, no one in the middleman-mercenary industry dares to question this price. Any middleman who dares to say something bad should think about how Lao Mo was killed by you alone." Because Ge Gongdao knew when Zhuang Xuteng would make his move, he saw the moment the glass broke, but he could only see a residual image, and he couldn't figure out how Zhuang Xuteng jumped to such a high place.

"500 million? Okay, since no one will really pay this money, just gain fame!"