Everything was arranged perfectly, and Sun Miao was immediately deflated.
"Damn."
...
After finishing up here, Ren Zhong went to the tea bar in the supply and marketing cooperative.
Waiting for him there was the female worker from the recycling platform who was off today.
The two of them were not meeting here for a mere private rendezvous.
She was here to provide intelligence.
"At noon, Lin Wang called me asking about you. I told him the truth."
The female worker said somewhat apologetically.
Ren Zhong waved his hand, "No worries, you have your difficulties."
"Thank you for understanding." The female worker ashamedly took a sip of milk tea, "I sensed he wasn’t very happy over the phone, so you’d better be careful."
"Mm."
"Then, shall I go now? It’s not good if someone sees us."
"Alright, alright."
After the female worker left with her milk tea, Ren Zhong raised his right hand, looked at his Wrist Watch, and wore a playful smile.
Lin Wang already knew he had been backstabbed.
Leaving aside the lies Ren Zhong had told, just the objective fact that Ren was selling goods solo under the Scavenger account behind his back, later bringing the entire Zheng Tian squad along, opting to endure a 30% high tax rate, letting him earn half the commission, was enough.
For someone as controlling over his subordinates as Lin Wang, being fooled to his face and losing money behind his back should have provoked him, but he hadn’t directly called Ren Zhong.
This suggests that Lin Wang is first holding back, planning to deal with it slowly when he returns.
Lin Wang is quite unreserved when dealing with people of lower status, casually killing without qualms.
But when things involve Yang Bingzhong, Lin Wang exhibits the sophistication of an adult, learning to endure humiliation and carry a heavy burden.
Surely Lin Wang will recall his two cordial and friendly exchanges with him, especially the favor of that costly and delicious meal.
There will be many things for a lifetime, Lin Wang, will never understand.
Ren Zhong chuckled, took out his Wrist Watch, and, unusually, proactively contacted Ma Xiaoling.
Over the phone, Ma Xiaoling, panting, said irritably, "What’s up?"
Ren Zhong organized his thoughts and asked, "I’d like to know, in our Starfire Town, if a Night Watchman kills a Sleeper by betrayal, and the slain is a Scavenger, how would it be handled?"
Ma Xiaoling exclaimed, "That’s impossible! Killing at night is the greatest taboo, no one would dare. The rule is the same in all towns, not just Starfire Town. Once it’s confirmed, a Business Association order will be issued for a manhunt, exterminating ten generations, including relatives and friends, with the execution carried out by the Hunter."
"I see, then I can rest assured. Haha, the other day I ran into a Night Watchman who seemed sneaky. Hahaha. Farewell."
Ren Zhong awkwardly hung up the phone.
Not feasible.
The last time, there was no choice—all those close to me were pretty much dead, so I acted at night.
This time is different from last.
Killing Lin Wang and his group is not the ultimate goal; it’s just a step to survive.
Unless absolutely necessary, one must gather the final pieces of information before taking action.
In fact, Ren Zhong could also directly search for information through the Wrist Watch, but he was already an extremely seasoned Lurker.
He feared the browsing history would be monitored, arousing suspicion, so he cleverly asked Guard Captain Ma Xiaoling directly through conversation.
...
When Ren Zhong returned to the Iron Curtain second-generation courtyard, it was completely empty.
Since the rapid promotion plan was set, the originally ordinary squad members in Starfire Town embarked on a wild and unrestrained journey of enhancement.
After Bai Feng came out of the clinic, he went to the training ground to adapt to the new colonial equipment performances.
Even Ou Youning was no longer slacking off; upon returning from hunting, he plunged directly into the Blast Master training ground’s intermediate zone.
Wen Lei and Zheng Tian did the same.
As for Hanyu, she finally slightly relaxed her self-restraint, no longer just content with reading books, and went to the intermediate zone to combine theory with practice on the models to enhance her understanding.
With no one around, Ren Zhong enjoyed the peace, took out his tablet, disconnected the internet, and opened the 3D map editor.
The tablet displayed a three-dimensional network formed by intertwined lines that twisted and turned.
These lines were the routes the squad traversed today.
Compared to yesterday, today the squad advanced much deeper, and the routes walked were much farther.
But today’s revenue for the squad was much less than yesterday, with net profits only at 4500 points, and Ren Zhong received 3150 points.
It wasn’t that Ren Zhong and his team had become weaker, but because he allocated more time to traveling today, reducing the number of battles as much as possible, striving to cover more grounds until they finally encountered an unbeatable Fourth Level hardened sandworm and fled in haste, barely escaping. The equipment indeed suffered severe damage in that battle.
On the lines, luminous dots were marked at intervals, clicking these dots revealed rows of data.