Historical message log:
Gu Ying: 「Has the chip detonated?」
White Chess: 「It did.」
White Chess: 「But…」
White Chess: 「Something’s wrong. The chip shows it has been removed.」
Gu Ying: 「What did you say?!」
Gu Ying: 「Immediately send someone to investigate!!!」
White Chess: 「Commander, we already checked.」
White Chess: 「We got the information from a death-row inmate named Hu Jing. Apparently, Song Jinze personally ordered the removal operation that day and accompanied the entire process. His behavior…」
White Chess: 「…was somewhat intimate.」
Gu Ying: 「……」
Gu Ying: 「……」
Gu Ying: 「Perfect. That wretch even got a man involved.」
Gu Ying: 「Damn it, she’s just a lowly F-class, yet she has some skills.」
White Chess: 「We suspect she betrayed our intelligence.」
Gu Ying: 「Of course! After all this time, she must have betrayed us!!! Damn it, we treated her so well before!! She should have died long ago, useless trash!」
White Chess: 「Commander, what should we do now?」
Gu Ying: 「Find that woman and kill her. Immediately! Right now!!!」
White Chess: 「Yes.」
Xu Lian’s hairs stood on end.
She hadn’t imagined that her carefree journey of eating and drinking had constantly put her life at risk.
Where were Gu Ying’s people in tracking her? Had her movements been exposed?
She forced herself to stay calm and continued reading the messages.
But what came next was even more terrifying.
This time, it was Song Jinze’s operative, ID — Broken Snake.
Xu Lian already wanted to stab Song Jinze in her mind.
Historical message log:
Broken Snake: 「Hello, big brother.」
White Chess: 「? Who are you?」
Broken Snake: 「Photo.」
Broken Snake: 「Do you want to meet up?」
White Chess: 「……」
Broken Snake: 「I saw you on the street that day, big brother. I liked it.」
White Chess: 「What you saw might not be me. It could have been my brother; he looks like me.」
Broken Snake: 「That’s fine, we can all play together.」
White Chess: 「……」
White Chess: 「Go away.」
Broken Snake: 「Hehe, big brother, you have principles.」
Broken Snake: 「It’s fine, big brother. We can talk about other things.」
Broken Snake: 「I heard you issued a warrant for someone called Rolling Wealth.」
Broken Snake: 「Can you tell me her real name?」
Xu Lian’s heart jumped.
Her back was drenched, her heart racing, nearly stopping.
White Chess: 「No.」
She exhaled in relief, but it wasn’t over yet—
White Chess: 「Face-to-face meeting.」
White Chess: 「Do you have any information about her?」
White Chess: 「Who do you work for?」
Broken Snake: 「I work for myself. Professional killer.」
White Chess: 「Prove it.」
Broken Snake: 「……How can I prove that?」
White Chess: 「Then leave.」
Broken Snake: 「.」
Broken Snake: 「Tell me her name, I’ll help you check.」
White Chess: 「Her name is not important; you won’t find anything.」
Broken Snake: 「How do you know it’s not important?」
White Chess: 「Don’t trap me with questions; you’re suspicious.」
White Chess was highly suspicious, fearing Broken Snake belonged to a third-party organization. If the details of the Sirius Organization were exposed, it would be disastrous.
Even if Rolling Wealth had rebelled, she could not be casually captured by anyone else. She had confidential information in her mind and had to die.
Everything about Rolling Wealth had to be erased, including her name and all relational links, to prevent future retaliation.
Xu Lian watched in horror, chilled to the bone.
Yet, even this wasn’t the most nerve-wracking part.
Historical message log:
Broken Snake: 「Big brother, I have her location. Should I exchange it for her name?」
White Chess: 「Location? How do I know you’re telling the truth?」
Broken Snake: 「Photo.」
Broken Snake: 「See? I’m tracking her. You should recognize her from behind.」
Xu Lian’s pupils constricted.
Impossible.
How could Song Jinze possibly have her location?
The chip… hadn’t it already been removed?
How, how, how… how could this happen?
Impossible. Absolutely impossible.
When did he…
She instinctively touched the back of her neck.
It was still covered with gauze, hiding what was inside.
But Xu Lian pressed hard anyway, gritting her teeth.
Goosebumps rose all over her body.
She clearly felt… a tiny, thin slice lodged in her flesh, subtle, but with an extremely strange pulling sensation.
Extremely strange… and then the slight weirdness expanded, expanded, grew larger and larger, until it spread through her entire spine and skull.
In an instant, her blood turned cold from head to toe.
At that moment, she felt overwhelming terror, anger, murderous intent, despair, and hatred coursing through her body.
All complex emotions intertwined. Her heart went ice-cold, yet her whole body burned with pain.
She recalled the surgery, Song Jinze kneeling beside her, continuously comforting her, and suddenly it seemed ridiculous.
Back then, she had been touched like a fool.
But that guy hadn’t been sincere; he had merely used the opportunity to distract her from noticing his real purpose.
He even said, “Look at me, don’t think about what’s behind you.”
Such a gentle tone.
Damn.
Damn it. The care she thought she deserved had always been part of a scheme.
Gu Ying plotted against her. Song Jinze plotted against her.
And she had foolishly believed it.
Even felt moved by it.
Xu Lian’s eyes filled with tears, but her expression was full of hatred.
Song Jinze, you treat others like monkeys, must be so happy, right? Think it’s fun? Seeing me obedient and compliant, does it thrill you?
She glared at the last few messages on the screen—
White Chess: 「Meet in person. We’ll exchange information on the spot.」
Broken Snake: 「Alright, big brother, come to this location.」
Broken Snake: 「Location.」
White Chess: 「I’m on my way. ETA five hours.」
Broken Snake: 「Big brother, I’ll wait for you.」
The conversation had ended thirty minutes ago, meaning in another thirty minutes, her life would be in danger.
Xu Lian’s fingertips were icy, her face pale as paper.
Although she now knew the meeting location, Broken Snake had her location; her movements were still exposed. If she approached recklessly, she could be killed.
If she removed the tracking chip, it would be immediately discovered, raising even more suspicion.
What should she do?
She could not make a single wrong move.
She absolutely could not let White Chess get her location and could not let Broken Snake learn her name.
She had to stop this meeting.
Xu Lian walked on eggshells, filled with anxiety.
First, she shook the still-slumbering Lin Zhaocai awake: “Stop sleeping!! Get up! Get up!! I’m going to die! Lin Zhaocai!! Don’t you dare sleep!! Your life is at stake!! Damn it!!”
Lin Zhaocai was violently shaken awake, still dazed: “What?”
Xu Lian pinched his philtrum and yelled: “Gu Ying wants to kill me! Song Jinze wants to kill me!! That bastard has my location, and White Chess is about to get it!! I will surely die!! Get up now!”
Lin Zhaocai froze for a second, suddenly sobering halfway, his face pale: “What did you say!?”
Xu Lian grabbed him and ran without stopping: “I’ll explain on the way. Thirty minutes left, we must leave immediately!!”
Lin Zhaocai tumbled down, clumsily scrambling, landing with a thud, fully awake.
…
Current destination — Lin Zhaocai’s private storage room.
They needed to prepare weapons immediately.
Xu Lian, in the flying car, was furious. She wanted to crush Gu Ying and Song Jinze with her bare hands.
Two idiots! Scum! Untrustworthy bastards!
She drove like a madwoman, ignoring speed limits and traffic laws, racing like a phantom.
At this moment, she wasn’t leaving anyone alive. She wanted to send them all to hell.
…
Meanwhile, Broken Snake sat leisurely at her station, sipping milk tea. When she looked down, she saw Xu Lian’s coordinates moving rapidly.
She jumped up.
Damn! The target is fleeing.
Commander Song had instructed her to keep a close eye on Rolling Wealth and protect her, yet she vanished in an instant.
Broken Snake drained her milk tea in a few sips and pursued the moving location.