Seeing that the black-clad, masked alpha made no further moves, Song Jin continued walking forward as if nothing had happened.
This alley was surrounded by searching guard squads, as well as players wildly running around hacking and slashing. Any slight movement could easily draw those people over.
With the blood already in hand, Song Jin didn’t want to stay in this dirty and smelly place for a second longer.

Just as he got closer, the originally motionless alpha suddenly moved over.
Song Jin went left, the alpha went left. He went right, the alpha went right. It was obvious he was making things difficult for him.

“Get out of the way,” Song Jin said in a low, disguised voice.
Li Xiao: “Give me the item, and I’ll let you leave.”

Song Jin had no patience to beat around the bush. Since he had already been discovered, his only option was to fight.
The narrow alley was piled with quite a few boxes for liquor bottles, leaving little space for the two to maneuver.

Fighting from the head of the alley to the end, Li Xiao felt somewhat surprised.
He didn’t expect this little golden lion to not only be good at stepping on feet, but also have quite good combat skills. He was completely on a different level compared to that old man surnamed Zhong.
Due to his identity, Li Xiao had fought many professional assassins. By comparison, the golden lion’s moves were not underhanded or vicious, nor did they seem self-taught. It was highly unlikely he was from Raven.

Suddenly, a white light flashed in the sky, and a shockwave swept over.
Taking advantage of Song Jin dodging a flying iron frame, Li Xiao reached for the other’s lower back and snatched the box.

Song Jin regained his balance, took two steps to catch up, locked Li Xiao’s neck, and was about to send him to see the King of Hell.
“Give the item back, and I’ll leave your corpse intact.”
“Don’t talk so big, kid.” Li Xiao stepped on Song Jin’s foot, kicked his knee, and simultaneously grabbed his wrist, twisting it behind his back and pinning him against the wall.

Song Jin kicked off the wall, borrowing the momentum to do a backflip, breaking free from the hold. Twisting his body in mid-air, he aimed a vicious kick at Li Xiao’s head.

Qian Can’t anxious voice suddenly came through the monitor: “Boss, we’ve all arrived. Where are you now?!”
Song Jin asked while fighting: “What’s the situation outside?”
Qian Can: “The enemy has brought ten spaceships, while Ghost Dragon only deployed three. So far, no reinforcements have been seen coming over. In at most ten minutes, District 3’s defense system will be breached!”

“Got it.” Finding an opening, Song Jin kicked at Li Xiao’s wrist. “Wait for me for three minutes.”
Hearing Song Jin speak the Holy Ya language, Li Xiao was momentarily distracted and subconsciously looked at the other’s eyes, accidentally letting his wrist get kicked.
The box containing the reagent vial flew into the air. Song Jin stepped on the wall and jumped to catch it. Just as his hand touched the box, in the blink of an eye, a flying leg kicked it away.

–

Inside the viewing tower, Ghost Dragon’s top management heard that the control center had been subjected to a bloodbath and Master Zhong was missing. Only then did they realize the severity of the situation.
In the corner of the hall, a beta in a suit and leather shoes looked anxious: “Master Gou, Master Zhong’s terminal has no signal and can’t be reached!”

The middle-aged beta called Master Gou stood with his hands behind his back, his lips pressed into a tight line. He was so angry that the flesh on his face twitched repeatedly.
“Send the VIPs away first. Have the guard squads intensify their search. Once you find him, skin him alive, pull out his tendons, chop him into pieces, and feed him to the dogs! Why haven’t the reinforcements arrived yet?!”

Just as he was speaking, a beta with full sleeve tattoos rushed over hurriedly, looking awful: “Master Gou, this is bad! Our reinforcements have been intercepted by the Snow Leopards!”
Master Gou slightly narrowed his eyes: “Snow Leopards? They dare to stop us?!”

Tattooed beta: “It really is the Snow Leopards. They deployed twenty spaceships, and our people were blocked right after setting out!”
Master Gou grabbed the tattooed beta by the collar: “All areas have been blocked?!”
The tattooed beta trembled: “A-All of them!”

The expressions of everyone from Ghost Dragon drastically changed. Some who didn’t believe it contacted their underlings to confirm the situation, only to receive the exact same result.
It seemed the Snow Leopards had prepared long ago, precisely intercepting all reinforcements.

Normally, a single Snow Leopard gang would mean nothing. But right now, Raven was blocking the front door with bombardments, the Snow Leopards were launching a sneak attack from the rear, and the top leader, Master Zhong, was missing. Tonight’s situation was extremely unfavorable for Ghost Dragon.

Some VIPs in the hall noticed the abnormality and left in a hurry without even saying goodbye.
They liked to watch thrills, not experience them.

Tattooed beta: “Master Gou, wh-what do we do now?”
Master Gou let him go and gritted his teeth: “Leave this place first!”

The underground garage was pitch-black.
The guard squad released illumination drones to guide the VIPs.

“Bang—!”
The drone was shot down before it could even fully ascend.

“There’s an ambush—ugh!”
Gunshots rang out continuously in the darkness. The VIPs screamed and fled in a panic, only to be caught by Snow Leopard underlings lying in ambush in every corner.

Jiang Chi knocked out Master Gou and another Ghost Dragon manager, lifting one in each hand and throwing them into the hovercar.
Having dealt with this group, Jiang Chi saw that time was running out and signaled his underlings to leave the garage.

The convoy flew out of the garage doors at the ten o’clock and twelve o’clock directions, heading specifically towards the crowded areas within the grand ceremony venue.
Jiang Chi opened the rear car doors, performed a low-altitude drift flying over the heads of the crowd, and the two Ghost Dragon executives in the back seat fell out through the open doors.

The crazed players shouted excitedly, swarming forward with axes and machetes they had scavenged from everywhere.
Jiang Chi glanced down, saw the two managers wake up in agonizing pain only to be hacked to death alive, and let out a whistle.
“How does the taste of the massacre feel? Awesome, right?”

With only five minutes left until the agreed half-hour mark, Jiang Chi contacted Li Xiao in the team channel.
“Little bro, time is almost up, where are you?”

Hearing the sounds of fighting coming from the other end of the monitor, Jiang Chi frowned. “You’ve been discovered? Where are you? I’ll come back you up!”
Li Xiao’s disguised voice rang in his ear: “If you’re done on your end, withdraw first. I’ll find you later. Also, don’t get near that mountain of gold.”

Jiang Chi: “Ah? Why—”
“Boom!”
Before Jiang Chi could finish his sentence, another loud explosion occurred high in the sky, even interfering with the signal.
“Little bro? Hello? Little bro—?!” Jiang Chi steadied the violently shaking car body, rapidly scanned the entire chaotic venue, and sharply turned the car around to head back.

In the dim alley, the box that had been kicked back and forth by Li Xiao and Song Jin couldn’t bear the heavy load and split open. Two reagent vials fell out.
Li Xiao jumped up and snatched one.

Having half of his spoils robbed, how could Song Jin let it go? He was determined to chase back the other vial no matter what.
The sounds of fighting attracted a passing guard squad, blocking both ends of the alley.
“What are you doing?!”

Every member of the guard squad was armed with a gun. If a real fight broke out in such a narrow space, it would be very difficult to get away. Li Xiao decisively vaulted over a two-meter-high low wall and ran.
As soon as his front foot hit the ground, the little golden lion chased after him on his back foot.

The shouts of the guard squad came from behind, accompanied by a few gunshots.
“Suspicious personnel spotted in Panfeng Alley. They are wearing guard squad uniforms and are fleeing southwest!”

The two guard squads split into four groups. One group ran to the middle of the alley to climb over the wall and give chase. A large number of nearby players, hearing the commotion, rushed over with roars, swarming and attacking them.

Li Xiao fought as he rapidly traversed through the densely packed residential area.
“Didn’t you get one vial? What more do you want?”
Song Jin: “It was all mine to begin with!”

“Little bro! Over here—!”
Jiang Chi’s roar came from the air. Li Xiao glanced up, dodged Song Jin’s fist, leaped to grab the eaves, and flipped onto the roof of a single-story house.
Jiang Chi opened the doors on both sides of the back seat and found an opportunity to lower his altitude.

A small missile tore through the night sky, meeting an interceptor missile at low altitude. Jiang Chi’s pupils quaked; he violently jerked the steering wheel, darting into an alley: “Get down!!!”

Amidst the fierce wind, Li Xiao and Song Jin could barely stand. They had to stop fighting and crouch down, raising their arms to protect their eyes.
A massive amount of sand, gravel, and metal fragments acted like sharp weapons, leaving bloody streaks on their bodies. The powerful air pressure felt like a massive mountain, suffocating them.

Jiang Chi gripped the steering wheel tightly. Shielded by the buildings, he was lucky not to flip the car.
The explosions were getting closer and closer to the ground; Ghost Dragon’s interception system was almost at its breaking point.

Waiting for the shockwave to subside a bit, Jiang Chi, without time to catch his breath, turned the car around and approached Li Xiao again: “Little bro, quick, get in!”
Li Xiao turned around, stepped on the edge of the roof, jumped, grabbed the car door, and dove inside.
Song Jin gritted his teeth and gave chase, but only managed to grab Li Xiao’s cape.
The large cape slipped off, and Song Jin only caught a glimpse of the outline of Li Xiao’s side profile in the dim light.

“Boss—!”
Qian Can found Song Jin driving a hovercar, braving the strong winds to get closer. “Ghost Dragon won’t be able to hold out much longer, let’s go quickly!”
The fluttering cape was swept away by the wind. Song Jin helplessly watched the hovercar fly into the distance, then jumped onto Qian Can’s car with a dark expression.

In the distance, Li Xiao watched that roof through the rearview mirror.
It was too far to clearly see that golden lion’s face, but that head of beautiful blond hair was even more dazzling than the soaring flames.

Jiang Chi: “Your face is bleeding, are you alright?”
Li Xiao came back to his senses and casually wiped away the blood that had slid down to his chin: “A minor injury. What about the others?”
Jiang Chi: “I told them to leave first.”

Li Xiao looked at the distant grand ceremony venue. Under the dotted streetlights, the streets were littered with corpses. Many players had rushed into the viewing towers, besieging the fleeing VIPs, not even sparing the guard squads.
This was hardly a scene that belonged in the human world.

Li Xiao indifferently withdrew his gaze: “Got your revenge, feel satisfied?”
Jiang Chi: “Satisfied, how could I not feel satisfied?”
He said that, but there wasn’t a hint of a smile on his face.

The massacre carnival organized by Ghost Dragon mostly featured players who were either psychopaths or desperate people looking to take a gamble. In short, none of them were normal.
But when there weren’t enough participants, Ghost Dragon would kidnap people to be players.
Some Snow Leopard underlings out on duty had accidentally been caught and hacked to death inside the venue.
Once, a small gang went to demand their people back; as a result, everyone in that gang was captured to be players. Since then, no one dared to challenge Ghost Dragon again.

–

Originally, there were restrictions set at all exits of the venue, but they had vanished now. Li Xiao guessed that the golden lion must have turned them off when he invaded the control center.

Shortly after the hovercar flew out of the venue, a small missile descended from the sky and landed on the north side of the venue, completely leveling the area within several kilometers around the tallest viewing tower.
The expanding shockwave made the hovercar jolt violently a few times.
Holding the steering wheel, Jiang Chi clicked his tongue and shook his head: “With that strike, even the ashes are scattered.”

Li Xiao: “You guys can handle the rest of the matters yourselves, I won’t be participating.”
Jiang Chi: “Yeah. By the way, why did you tell me not to go near that mountain of gold? That’s a lot of money.”
Li Xiao: “Raven attracted Ghost Dragon’s heaviest fire, and the Snow Leopards were already taking advantage of the chaos to loot. We have to leave some benefits for others.”

“You said Raven?!” A chill ran down Jiang Chi’s spine.
Those bastards from Raven were just as tough to deal with as Ghost Dragon.

Li Xiao didn’t explain further, changing the subject: “Leave the guy surnamed Zhong in your custody for now. I’m going back tomorrow. If your brother has thought it through, tell him to be at the Qingshui District landing pad at 1 PM tomorrow. I’ll take him with me.”
Jiang Chi looked at Li Xiao through the rearview mirror, asking probing: “Are you serious?”
Li Xiao: “As a condition for your willingness to cooperate with me, I need to help your brother get his household registration. You said this. Since it’s an agreement, I will definitely keep my word.”

Jiang Chi replied with a cheeky grin: “If my brother stays by your side, won’t he be like a hostage? In the future, if you tell me to go east, would I dare to go west?”
Li Xiao: “You can think of it that way if you want. Consider it yourself, I don’t care.”
Jiang Chi: “…”
He surprisingly didn’t deny it.

The next afternoon, Li Xiao, dressed in loose sportswear with his baseball cap pulled low, sat in the corner of the waiting hall, scrolling through news related to the Bique tribe shaman’s blood.

“Big brother.”
Hearing the familiar voice, Li Xiao looked up at the newcomer: “Thought it through?”
The newcomer nodded: “I’ve thought it through.”

Li Xiao turned off his terminal and stood up.
The alpha was the same age as him, with handsome features and a bit of baby fat. He carried a backpack in his left hand and a Tang sword on his back. As a gang boss’s younger brother, he looked excessively upright.
This youth was his right-hand man in his previous life, Jiang Hao.

Li Xiao’s gaze swept over his sword: “Is this sword sharpened?”
Jiang Hao: “It is.”
Li Xiao: “Then you can’t bring it onto the spaceship.”
Jiang Hao was shocked: “??? Then what do I do?”

Ten minutes later, Li Xiao stood by the checked baggage counter, watching Jiang Hao hug the Tang sword and bid it farewell.
Jiang Hao: “Wifey, don’t be afraid, we’ll see each other again soon.”
Li Xiao: “…”
Your choice in a wife is rather casual.