Position number one was in the southeast corner of the 10th floor of the warehouse. Chi Yao walked past rows of four- or five-meter-high shelves, pushed aside a pile of sundries at the end, and leaned back against the soft cargo. Through the small transom window, he could see the full view of Jiayu Warehouse No. 8.

With only 3 minutes left until 10:40, Chi Yao’s eyes swept over the building on the right.

From his position, he could see position number three where Jing Xi was, but separated by a wall, he couldn’t see Jing Xi himself.

[Yao Yao, can you hear me?]

Just as he felt a bit regrettable, Jing Xi’s voice rang in his mind.

[I can hear you.]

With Xiao Hong and Xiao Hei around, Chi Yao could talk directly to Jing Xi through brainwaves.

Jing Xi: [Here they come.]

Chi Yao turned his head to look at Jiayu Warehouse No. 8.

Two big guys descended from the distant horizon.

Generally, spaceships are required to turn on indicator lights when traveling at night, but these two spaceships were pitch black, with no indicator lights on their hulls.

Chi Yao opened his palm, and a small black bean floated over. The metal shell began to expand and deform, quickly turning into a sniper rifle.

Seeing this style, he touched the barrel, very satisfied.

This was one of the three guns snatched from Jing Xi back then—Voice of Hell.

Absolutely crushing first-class sniper rifles in speed and explosive power, with at least double the range.

Chi Yao: [Try the Guard Knight next time.]

Xiao Hei’s bland voice suddenly sounded in his mind.

[Please me, and you can have anything.]

Chi Yao: [I’ll change you into a beautiful floral shell for the New Year.]

The multiplier scope mischievously rotated 90 degrees, turning into a blooming chrysanthemum.

Chi Yao said unhurriedly: [Match with Xiao Hong as a set.]

After a moment of silence, the runaway multiplier scope returned, and Xiao Hei’s voice sounded leisurely in his mind.

[I want to choose the pattern myself.]

Above Warehouse No. 8, the bottom hatch doors on both sides of the transport ship opened. The levitating transport convoy descended and filled the open space in front of the warehouse.

Several people got off the transport vehicles and met with people coming out of the Jiayu factory.

Chi Yao looked around; Zhang Sheng was not among them.

For a transaction of this volume, the CEO actually didn’t come?

Too confident, or is this just an ordinary small order for them?

In a moment, another transport ship arrived and hovered near the previous two.

Judging from the situation, these three belonged to three different companies.

Just as Chi Yao was about to let Xiao Hei hack into the transport ship’s system to check their origins, Jing Xi’s voice rang in his mind.

Jing Xi: [Sent the information to you.]

As soon as the voice fell, three small windows popped up in front of Chi Yao, showing the information of the three companies respectively.

He glanced at them roughly; none were familiar.

Chi Yao: [Send these three documents to the old man.]

Xiao Hei: [Sent.]

Over at the warehouse, after confirming identities, the door of Warehouse No. 8 opened. Giant crane arms orderly lifted containers one by one and placed them on designated levitating transport vehicles.

Chi Yao asked Xiao Hei to create a temporary public channel and pulled Jing Xi and Lu Meng in as well.

Keeping an eye on the movement below, he lowered his voice and spoke on the public channel.

“Team Two and Team Three, prepare for action.”

The loading speed was fast. After everything was counted, the transport levitating vehicles prepared to take off.

Pew!

The sound of a bullet hitting the metal shell rang out. Everyone at Warehouse No. 8 was immediately on alert.

The beta man representing Jiayu immediately retreated inside the warehouse door and raised his hand to signal action.

Through the multiplier scope, Chi Yao saw many AI patrols appearing everywhere in Warehouse No. 8, and the protective shield above was also closing towards the center.

“Increase firepower.” Chi Yao whispered to the public channel.

Team Leaders of Two and Three: “Yes!”

Inside Warehouse No. 8, important members of both buyers and sellers entered the safe zone, leaving only rows of transport vehicles parked outside to accept the baptism of bullet rain.

“What the hell? Why is your protective shield closing so slowly?!” An alpha man in a high-end suit shouted angrily.

The beta man explained: “This is an S-class defense protective shield. Limited by materials, the closing speed is slightly slower.”

Another buyer beta held his head and hid behind the thick metal door of the warehouse, shouting in despair.

“Is this a little slow? I feel like it has stopped!”

The beta man looked up sharply. The protective shield hadn’t stopped, but this speed was wrong.

He made a call to the company console.

“What’s wrong with the protective shield?! Think thieves can’t get in?!”

The console programmer hurriedly said: “Retrieving abnormal data now.”

Amidst the noise, an urgent voice came from there.

“Minister, two rails have malfunctioned!”

“Pull up the surveillance!”

“Found it! The joints were shot and s-scrapped!”

“Look carefully again. How could the joints be shot and scrapped when they aren’t exposed outside?!”

Listening, the beta man’s face darkened.

Wooo—

A sound suddenly came from the air. Not loud, but extremely penetrating.

Seeming there and not there, far and near, like a mournful cry from hell.

The beta man felt danger for no reason, a chill down his spine, all pores exploding.

Almost simultaneously, the other end of the communication became more chaotic, with programmers shouting from time to time.

“Minister, joint B2 is also scrapped!”

Bang!

A light sound by his ear.

Someone on the other end immediately shouted: “Joint D3 scrapped!”

The beta man looked up at the protective shield.

Counted five seconds; no movement at all.

The gap in the middle was still as big as half a warehouse; even fighter jets could fly in easily.

Not knowing who the intruder was, the defense system was already paralyzed.

The beta man roared angrily at the terminal.

“Activate the backup plan immediately!”

A voice nervous to the point of stuttering came from the other end.

“The four m-most important joints were shot through; no plan is useful! Must replace joints to restart the protective shield.”

The beta man couldn’t believe it.

This protective shield that could stop missiles was actually so vulnerable?!

“Be careful! The opponent this time is on a completely different level from those before!”

In the warehouse building of the factory next door, Chi Yao slightly relaxed the hand pulling the trigger.

Xiao Hei: [2 to 2 tie. In this battle of dignity, based on my calculation results, your winning probability isn’t high.]

Chi Yao: “Will you die if you say fewer words?”

Xiao Hei: [Yes.]

Chi Yao: “…”

Dense AI patrols flew into mid-air, blocking the opening in the middle of the protective shield, attempting to manually defend in this way.

Chi Yao opened the public channel to give orders.

“Team One and Team Four cover, Team Two and Three attack.”

Dark Division members: “Yes!”

Dealing with AI patrols, the Dark Division had no burden.

These metal guards seemed indestructible, but actually, like humans, as long as the fatal point was hit, they could still be insta-killed.

[Yao Yao, want a competition?]

Jing Xi’s voice rang in his mind. Chi Yao retracted the smile on his lips: “…”

He won’t jump into this pit.

But before he could speak, Xiao Hei had already agreed for him.

Xiao Hei: [I’ll count.]

Xiao Hong: [Then what do I do?]

Xiao Hei: [You are responsible for shouting ‘Jiayou’ (Cheer on).]

Xiao Hong: [Jiayou.]

Chi Yao: “…”

Jing Xi adjusted his posture, aimed at an AI patrol, and pulled the trigger.

The bullet pierced the AI’s control chip, exploding it.

[Will lose if not serious, Gege.]

Chi Yao: “…”

Winning or losing held no attraction for him at all.

He set up Voice of Hell, his voice transmitting through the public channel.

“Prepare a hundred photos for me as a reward.”

The Dark Division members on the mission suddenly heard this and were a bit confused.

The voice was the boss’s voice. Every word was understandable, but combined, they couldn’t understand.

Asking them to take photos of the scene?

The air was quiet for a second. The captains who needed to reply to orders went through countless twists and turns in their brains instantly. Just as they planned to answer, they heard another unfamiliar, pleasant voice.

“Take whatever photos you want.”

The Dark Division soldiers reacted for a moment, suddenly realizing this was Jing Xi’s voice.

Major General Jing and the boss really have a good relationship?

Before they could figure it out, they heard Jing Xi add leisurely: “Without clothes is also fine. If I win, you go wash clean and lie down.”

Dark Division soldiers: “!!!”

Isn’t this relationship damn too good?!

Chi Yao’s low chuckle came from the public channel, numbing everyone’s ears.

The boss’s voice is really killing me!

Lu Meng/Li Yuan: “…”

Can we not feed dog food during missions? Please spare us.

In the gunfight, AI patrols were constantly shot down, smashing onto the transport levitating vehicles.

The three buyer representatives jumped anxiously, complaining to the beta man called Assistant Wang one after another.

“Is this how you guarantee the buyer’s safety?!”

“Protective shield and AI are so vulnerable; I highly doubt the quality of your goods!”

“Our transport ship is still up there!”

Assistant Wang also encountered this situation for the first time.

“Rest assured, we will definitely—”

“How can you make us rest assured?!”

Before finishing, he was interrupted by the alpha among them, “If there is any loss to my people and equipment, Jiayu must pay double compensation!”

Amidst the noise, the last AI patrol was shot down, and this layer of defense completely collapsed.

Xiao Hei: [156 to 156 tie.]

Xiao Hong: [Then Master doesn’t need to take photos.]

Xiao Hei: [They can take photos then lie flat, or lie flat then take photos.]

Xiao Hong: [Gege is so smart!]

Jing Xi/Chi Yao: “…”

You have so many ghost ideas.

Warehouse No. 8, a strange spaceship appeared in front of everyone.

This spaceship looked no different from civilian spaceships on the outside, but there was an extra circle of gun ports outside the bottom cabin.

“Modified ship?! How did this get into the airspace?!”

“No good, retreat immediately; this place will be razed to the ground!”

“Damn. Notify the garrison base immediately, request help.”

“No!”

Hearing the last sentence, Assistant Wang stopped sternly, “Afraid they don’t know about this transaction?”

Not only can’t call, but also must end the gunfight here as soon as possible, otherwise it will also attract the garrison.

The alpha said angrily: “Then what to do? Wait for death here?!”

As they spoke, the spaceship had flown over, pressing above the protective shield.

In a moment, an emotionless mechanical male voice came from the spaceship.

“Everyone lie down on the spot and do a thousand sit-ups. Those who don’t follow the rules are eliminated.”

Everyone: “…”

Sit-ups?

Can he choose to simply lie flat?!

On the warehouse building, Chi Yao spread his voice through the voice changer and transmitter.

Doing sit-ups on the spot, of course, no one would listen to him.

Chi Yao aimed at the most agitated buyer representative and fired a shot in front of his toes.

Through the multiplier scope, he could see the other party sat on the ground in fright, throwing dignity away just like that, immediately lying down and starting sit-ups.

Under the pressure of gun ports, everyone looked at each other and gradually followed to lie down.

Assistant Wang wanted to contact the control center, but before his hand touched the terminal, a bullet grazed his hair and penetrated past, half his head numb.

Five minutes later, Warehouse No. 8 was full of broken bellows-like breathing sounds. Everyone was dusty-faced, doing sit-ups until brain hypoxia and breathing difficulties.

Upstairs in the warehouse, Chi Yao smiled carelessly.

He said to the public channel: “Grab the goods first.”

Dark Division soldiers: “…”

Someone spoke carefully: “Robbing things, isn’t it bad?”

After all, they are formal soldiers; how can they do robbery?

Chi Yao: “Apply for military merit for you after it ends.”

Soldiers: “Boss is mighty!”

Everyone in the warehouse did until exhausted, watching helplessly as the spaceship descended, pulling all transport levitating vehicles ready to run. They didn’t even have the strength to climb up from the ground.

Careless.

Didn’t expect robbery routines to be so deep these days!

Xu Zhou and Liu Sichen, controlled on the spaceship, looked out through the window.

“Tsk tsk tsk—” Liu Sichen shook his head straight, “How can these people play against Chi Yao?”

Both hands were tied behind their backs, hands and feet cuffed, only necks could move.

Xu Zhou looked out the window: “Not over yet.”

Just as the Dark Division spaceship was about to take off, a white light cut through the night sky and rushed straight over.

The spaceship urgently activated defense baffles but was still shaken violently by the missile explosion.

Xu Zhou and Liu Sichen had nowhere to fix themselves, rolling to the cabin door.

“Fuck.” Liu Sichen face planted on the floor, taking a long time to get up, “Your mouth is poisonous.”

Xu Zhou climbed up and leaned against the cabin door, an ambiguous smile rising on his lips, but eyes cold.

“Fight, the fiercer the better.”

After one missile, several more followed.

Chi Yao thought finally.

Squatting all night, finally took the bait.

He said to the public channel: “Pull the goods away.”

The spaceship pulling transport vehicles in the air suddenly accelerated. The thrown-out base transport vehicles hit the protective shield, containers ruptured, and a large amount of ore poured down.

Chaos inside the warehouse.

Behind, a pure black spaceship chased the Dark Division and accelerated.

Two spaceships quickly disappeared from everyone’s sight.

The buyer representatives hiding for their lives in the warehouse were scared numb.

“They will definitely be discovered rushing out like this!”

“Is th-that Jiayu’s spaceship?”

“Shells with such strong destructive power, illegal right?!”

“This transaction is also illegal.”

Special Assistant Wang propped himself up, lower half like paralyzed, couldn’t get up at all, “Instead of worrying about being discovered here, better take advantage of now to mobilize available people and calm this down first.”

The other three reacted instantly.

The threat is gone; they can call for reinforcements.

“Boss, is the distance far enough?”

The Dark Division soldier’s voice came from the terminal. Chi Yao observed the scene: “Not enough.”

More than ten minutes later, dozens of levitating vehicles appeared near the sky above Warehouse No. 8.

These levitating vehicles were all modified, shells comparable to fighter jets. Chi Yao took a rough look; just the front of the car had no less than eighty gun ports.

Levitating vehicles landed, and a group of men in black got off.

From far away, Chi Yao still confirmed at a glance that they were Ghosts.

In Ghost, being able to wear a mask is considered an honor, representing superior strength. Black masks up are gold masks, red masks, also indicating progressive strength.

Like these without masks, either strength is too poor to qualify, or status is high enough to wear or take off masks freely.

Judging from these people’s aura, Chi Yao felt nine out of ten it was the latter.

Transaction problems, Ghost will definitely come forward to recover goods, firstly to reduce the impact of the matter and help other transactions proceed normally, secondly to reassess Jiayu’s strength and determine if there is a next transaction.

They walked to the warehouse door of Warehouse No. 8 to meet Jiayu representatives.

Chi Yao calculated the time and whispered to the public channel: “Move out.”

Dark Division crowd: “Yes!”

Ambushing all night, Li Yuan’s hands were itching long ago.

He loaded the handheld tracking cannon swiped from a Dark Division soldier, clamped the cannon barrel, aimed at those levitating vehicles, and pulled the trigger.

“Grandson, eat Grandpa’s cannon!”

The Ghost group only came over after confirming no one was nearby, but unexpectedly, before entering the warehouse, an explosion sound came from behind, instant fire soaring into the sky.

Assistant Wang just withdrew his shaken hand, knocked back by the spreading blast wave.

Before everyone could react, dozens of levitating vehicles flew out from behind the firelight.

Warehouse No. 8, which had just calmed down not long ago, became a battlefield again.

The people originally in the warehouse did hundreds of sit-ups, having almost no combat power. The Ghosts who rushed over could only fight alone.

Chi Yao’s gun muzzle moved among Ghosts, occasionally firing a supplementary shot, cooperating with soldiers to catch people.

If serious, no one could walk out of the warehouse alive under his gun.

But Jing Xi was there; better restrain a bit.

Maybe the other party added a sentence to him in his heart again.

Half of the Ghosts were caught before the leading black-clothed alpha reacted to being pitted.

He tried to contact the Ghosts on the spaceship but couldn’t reach them anymore.

At the same moment, Chi Yao heard the report from Team Leaders of Two and Three.

“Successfully controlled Ghost’s spaceship.”

“Avoided industrial area, currently didn’t attract much attention.”

“Good, you take the people back first.”

Chi Yao put away the gun and notified the other three to go downstairs.

Downstairs, Jing Xi also happened to come over.

Chi Yao took his hand and squeezed: “Hands sore?”

Jing Xi shook his head.

“Ended before warming up.”

Chi Yao chuckled, the scene of Jing Xi going berserk in the southern cave of No. 333 flashing before his eyes.

This guy isn’t some kind little baby either.

Lu Meng and Li Yuan ran over silently from two other buildings.

Chi Yao looked at Li Yuan: “Go see what level those captured Ghosts are.”

Just like alphas can naturally sense each other’s strength, modified humans are the same; the body is more sensitive to perceived threats.

“Detailed data for you in ten minutes.” After speaking, Li Yuan left.

Jing Xi said to Lu Meng: “You go help watch Jiayu’s people.”

Lu Meng: “Okay.”

Whether these people are related to illegal organizations or not, just illegal energy trading is enough for detention.

Processing energy and ores in the Empire requires many licenses; each energy corresponds to a license.

But many companies often only register the simplest kind, secretly trading various energies to avoid high taxes and obtain huge profits.

Like this transaction, goods arrived during the day, processed overnight, sold at night. Impossible for professional institutions to inspect; even if there were, channels were cleared.

With Jing Xi there, Chi Yao didn’t intend to show up personally.

They walked to a position close to Jiayu’s north gate, waiting for the Dark Division spaceship to return.

Jing Xi turned on the terminal, instructing Xiao Hong to query various data.

Terminal vibrated. Chi Yao thought the old man replied, but unexpectedly it was Fang Liang.

[Xingbang’s arms delivered to airspace outside 820; I’ve received them.]

Chi Yao’s eyes narrowed slightly.

In this situation, the other party still delivered arms to him.

Thinking he doesn’t constitute a threat?

He suddenly remembered the result he and Jing Xi speculated before.

A person who escaped the organization and opposed the organization, not killing them all but just cold treatment, isn’t their style.

What do those people want to use him for?

Chi Yao was about to reply when he suddenly felt a gaze from behind. He turned around quickly.

In an instant, Xuan Feng appeared in his hand.

The muzzle aimed at the tall building in the middle of Jiayu Factory.

It was pitch black there, like a black hole.

But that gaze came from there.

Jing Xi glanced over there.

“What’s wrong?”

Chi Yao kept a dark face, waiting until that gaze disappeared before putting away the gun.

“Nothing, maybe an illusion.”

Up in the high building, in the dark and wide office, a slender alpha man stood in front of the floor-to-ceiling window.

Hands in suit pockets, eyes sweeping over the protective wall to the north, a smile rising on his lips—