"How to prove it?" The man with the last name Huang looked at Cao Duoliang and sneered, "Don’t tell me you want to take me to the Little Eagle Association, that’s absolutely impossible!"
"With the intelligence of you two gentlemen, how could you agree to such a foolish proposal? I can’t insult the gentlemen of Absolute Justice. I... I have a walkie-talkie that can contact the brothers of the Little Eagle Association!"
As he continued, Cao Duoliang lowered his voice, pretending to be mysterious, but his words were heard by half of the 4S store.
"Son of a bitch, truly a beast..."
A fighter left in the car park was dejected. To get more food and drink, he had deliberately built good relations with Cao Duoliang, flattering him often, but it turned out he was an undercover agent, immediately making him feel ashamed.
"Such a person won’t be favored by the Lord."
"He is bound to suffer eternally in Hell!"
"Who! Dares! To! Complain! Again! I’ll send you all to meet Brother Su with a slash each!"
Leizi’s mental state was very abnormal. Upon hearing someone mumbling, he drew his knife and slapped the heads of those speaking, one by one, heavily, making loud clanging sounds, his eyes filled with madness and viciousness.
The mood of the man with the last name Huang was obviously much calmer. He pulled Leizi aside and then said to Cao Duoliang, "Where’s the walkie-talkie?"
"It’s hidden, hidden inside an abandoned tire outside. Which one of you gentlemen will accompany me to retrieve it?"
Sixty-year-old Cao Duoliang, who was old enough to be a grandfather, played the role of a grandson quite skillfully, showing no signs of shyness or pretentiousness, bowing deeply.
"Little Duck, Da Gen, you two go with him. If he dares to play tricks, just bring his head back."
"No, no, even if you lent me a hundred pig livers, I wouldn’t dare."
Cao Duoliang quickly expressed his position, his face showing a flattering smile.
Two guards stepped out, gestured to Cao Duoliang, and the three walked out of the Big Three 4S store.
Just as Cao Duoliang said, he took them to the corner of the car park and pointed at a pile of abandoned tires, "There, gentlemen, it’s there."
"Then what are you waiting for, go get it. You don’t expect us to do it for you?"
Little Duck rolled his eyes.
"Oh, oh, I must get the gentlemen’s permission before I dare to act."
Cao Duoliang took a frog-like step to the tires, reached in, and pulled out a silver lump!
"Don’t move!"
"What the hell is this?"
Seeing what was in Cao Duoliang’s hand, Little Duck and Da Gen were startled!
Little Duck pulled out his pistol and aimed at Cao Duoliang, while Da Gen, without a gun, raised the Steel Spear in his hand, his eyes full of vigilance.
"Gentlemen, don’t be nervous, this is aluminum foil, you all know that aluminum foil can block signals. I’m just afraid of being discovered. Look, the antenna, it’s nothing else in here, just the walkie-talkie."
Cao Duoliang explained very sincerely, amidst the pressure that they might shoot at any time, he slowly peeled back layers of aluminum foil, revealing its true form— a walkie-talkie with a self-sealing bag, doubly protected, very secure.
"Where’s the battery?"
Little Duck didn’t relax his vigilance, snatching the walkie-talkie from Cao Duoliang’s hand, discovering the battery on the back was missing.
"It’s freezing outside, the battery wouldn’t work here, it’s... over there at Emperor Yu Huang 4S store, we can pick it up on the way back."
Cao Duoliang explained.
"Old man, you better not be playing tricks, or you’ve heard, we’ll take off your head!"
Da Gen shook the Steel Spear in his hand, which had a brownish color, evident that it was not only used for killing zombies.
"I wouldn’t, I wouldn’t dare."
Cao Duoliang nodded and bent, cautiously leading the way.
He indeed had no intention of making trouble, swiftly retrieving the battery from Emperor Yu Huang 4S store and installing it, successfully powering it up.
"Every few days I find a chance to charge it, look, gentlemen, it works."
Cao Duoliang proudly pointed at the walkie-talkie in his hand as if presenting a treasure.
"If it works, hurry back! Don’t waste time!"
Little Duck said, shoving Cao Duoliang back to Big Three 4S store.
In the store, the atmosphere was sharply divided. The Absolute Justice people had packed the Apocalypse Corps’ supplies, reaping a rich bounty, chatting and smoking joyfully, while on the other side the Apocalypse Corps members were suspicious of each other, trying to figure out who was the Absolute Justice undercover...
"Quick, contact Liu Yao, old man if you dare lie, we’ll kick your head like a ball!"
Leizi saw Cao Duoliang and his two companions walk into the 4S shop and quickly waved them over.
"Hey, hey, I’m on it!"
Cao Duoliang didn’t waste time. After a brief adjustment of the walkie-talkie, he pressed the talk button: "Hello, hello... what bird is flying in the sky?"
"What the hell are you talking about?"
Leizi, hearing Cao Duoliang’s bizarre words, frowned and questioned.
"It’s the rendezvous code, the code..." Cao Duoliang hurriedly explained, thoroughly annoyed by this guy who seemed like a lunatic.
"A blind sparrow flying in the sky, Old Cao?"
Soon, someone on the other end of the walkie-talkie spoke, sounding very cautious.
Leizi and the man surnamed Huang exchanged a glance. With such caution, success was almost certain.
"Who’s that? Is it Liu Yao?"
The man surnamed Huang asked Cao Duoliang.
Cao Duoliang shook his head, "No, this voice... I remember it’s the second-in-command."
"Second-in-command... What’s his surname?"
"Ma."
"Give it to me, I’ll talk to him!"
The man surnamed Huang grabbed the walkie-talkie from Cao Duoliang’s hand and pressed the talk button: "Hey, I’ve got Cao Duoliang. If you don’t want him dead, answer my questions honestly. What’s your surname?"
After the man surnamed Huang finished speaking, the other side was silent for a while before a voice came: "I’m Ma Xiyu from the Little Eagle Association. Which Knight are you?"
Ma Xiyu, thinking about the current situation, wondered if Cao Duoliang was planning to inform on them because he sensed vulnerabilities in the Apocalypse Corps...
"Screw being a Knight, I’m with Absolute Justice. We’ve wiped out the Apocalypse Corps and nearly harmed your Little Eagle Association’s undercover agent. Out of courtesy, I’m asking if you still want this Old Cao fellow?"
The words from the man surnamed Huang made Cao Duoliang’s face twitch with unease. He wasn’t sure how much he mattered to the Little Eagle Association leadership. If they said they didn’t want him, he’d be seriously screwed.
"So it’s Absolute Justice from the Development Zone. We’ve been eyeing the Apocalypse Corps for a while now, and you just cut in and took our guy. Aren’t you going to give us an explanation?"
"Tch..." Leizi let out a disdainful sound.
The man surnamed Huang signaled him to be quiet and continued, "This isn’t a lineup to use the restroom. Courtesy is done. I’m not here to hash out the Apocalypse Corps with you. So, do you want Cao Duoliang or not? Otherwise, I’ll just shoot him dead!"
Cao Duoliang stood to the side, his eyes darting around as he began considering how to save himself, but it seemed there was no way out of this deathtrap.
Fortunately...
"Of course we want him. The Little Eagle Association won’t abandon any brother!"
Upon hearing Ma Xiyu’s words, Cao Duoliang breathed a huge sigh of relief.
The man surnamed Huang curled his lips, about to speak when Leizi snatched the walkie-talkie from his hand, arrogantly pressing the talk button: "You say the guy named Cao is your brother? Then bring supplies to the Development Zone to ransom him. Three handguns, a hundred bullets, three hundred liters of pure water, and a hundred pounds of food. That’s it!"
Bang, crash!
"Don’t, damn it, are you okay..."
The man surnamed Huang didn’t stop Leizi from acting crazy, planning to talk to the other side afterward. But after Leizi finished speaking, he jumped up and smashed the walkie-talkie onto the ground, shattering it completely!
Cao Duoliang’s face turned green, "What the hell is this about?"
"Anyone who doesn’t take advantage is a bastard. Since they want the old guy, they must pay the price. Get out and kneel!"
Leizi, without a second thought, shoved Cao Duoliang.
"Better less fuss than more fuss. Our objective today was to deal with the Apocalypse Corps and the mission is complete. Don’t stir up unnecessary trouble!"
The man surnamed Huang couldn’t stand Leizi’s craziness anymore, unsure what kind of junk he had consumed in the car to make him so hyper.
Leizi looked at the man surnamed Huang wide-eyed, with extreme impatience: "The Little Eagle Association isn’t much stronger than the Apocalypse Corps. We could take them down too, and the boss would definitely praise us for being badass!"
A hint of mockery flashed in the eyes of the man surnamed Huang, who motioned Leizi to the side and, with a frown, said, "Do you know why the boss specifically instructed us not to clash with the Little Eagle Association?"
"How the hell should I know!"
Leizi shrugged indifferently.
"It’s not difficult to wipe out the Little Eagle Association, but it wouldn’t be easy either. The main issue is that losing the Little Eagle Association as a buffer would leave us facing the Survivor Alliance directly, and that’s not the result the boss wants to see!"
The man surnamed Huang, with patience, explained. He wouldn’t have bothered if the other wasn’t so trusted by the boss.