In Su Li's beautiful eyes burned a flame of distrust, as if it wanted to roast Lu Zhaoming into charcoal.

He knew that fooling such an intelligent girl was harder than fighting a mutated beast one-on-one in the wasteland.

“This has nothing to do with you…” Lu Zhaoming’s voice sounded a little dry, like a rusty gear that hadn’t been oiled in a long time.

Unfortunately, some cards cannot be revealed yet.

Upon hearing this, Su Li's lips curled into a cold smile, and she interrupted him directly: "It's alright? Heh, I'm afraid it's not that simple, is it?" She slowly approached, her high heels clicking on the ground, each step seeming to pound on Lu Zhaoming's heart, making him feel a sense of panic.

"Lu Zhaoming, you'd better think carefully before you answer me." Su Li's tone was very calm, so calm it was almost frightening.

"I hate being treated like an idiot."

Lu Zhaoming took a deep breath, trying to make his expression look more sincere.

"Su Li, believe me, everything I did was for..."

"For what?" Su Li pressed, her eyes sharp as blades.

"In order to... find out who's behind this and restore peace to this wasteland." Lu Zhaoming chose an ambiguous answer.

Su Li stared at him for a few seconds, as if trying to read something from his eyes.

But Lu Zhaoming had long since mastered the skill of "expressionless" acting, and his face showed no flaws whatsoever.

In the end, Su Li still chose to turn around and leave.

But as she reached the door, she stopped and left with a meaningful remark: "You'll regret this someday."

The studio door slammed shut, as if closing a window in Lu Zhaoming's heart as well.

He rubbed his temples, feeling somewhat tired.

Dealing with women is definitely more tiring than fighting zombies for three hundred rounds.

Just then, a thin figure emerged from the corner; it was the scavenger Rat, whom Lu Zhaoming had bribed earlier.

"Boss, um... I saw something." The rat said, rubbing his hands together with a fawning expression.

"Speak," Lu Zhaoming said irritably.

“I’ve noticed that Sister Hong has been getting very close to the Scorpion people lately, as if they’re plotting something,” Rat said cautiously. “And I also overheard them talking about something… Project Sky Dome?”

Lu Zhaoming's eyes sharpened.

Project Sky Dome!

This wasn't the first time he'd heard this term; it seemed there was an even bigger secret hidden behind it.

“Sister Hong…” Lu Zhaoming’s lips curled into a cold smile.

Since you want to play with fire, don't blame me for adding fuel to the fire.

A sinister plan quickly took shape in his mind.

Three days later, on the black market.

Ah Bao led a group of men and stormed into Sister Hong's territory with great momentum.

"Sister Hong, you'd better give me an explanation!" Ah Bao roared, his spittle almost hitting Sister Hong's face.

Hongjie looked completely bewildered, her charming face filled with confusion.

"Brother Leopard, what do you mean by this? My sister Hong has always been loyal to you, you can't wrong me!"

"You're being framed?" Ah Bao sneered, snatched a document from his subordinate, and slammed it down in front of Sister Hong.

"Look for yourself, what is this!"

Sister Hong picked up the document, and her face instantly turned pale.

This is a detailed bill that records evidence of Sister Hong's embezzlement of a large amount of Poison Scorpion's resources.

"This...this isn't true! Someone's framing me!" Sister Hong hurriedly explained.

"Framed you?" Ah Bao didn't listen to her explanation at all. "Hmph, you dare to betray Poison Scorpion, you've got some nerve! Brothers, get her, kill her!"

The black market instantly turned into a battlefield.

Gunshots, screams, and curses mingled together, and the smell of blood filled the air.

Sister Hong fought desperately, but outnumbered, she eventually fell in a pool of blood.

Lu Zhaoming hid in the shadows, observing everything with a cold eye.

He knew that he had orchestrated all of this.

That so-called bill was nothing but a forgery.

"When the snipe and the clam fight, the fisherman benefits." Lu Zhaoming said in a low voice, "Poison Scorpion, I'll take your intelligence network for now."

It was late at night.

Lu Zhaoming once again infiltrated Sister Hong's territory.

The place had been completely looted by Ah Bao's men, leaving it in a state of utter devastation.

He skillfully evaded the patrolling enemy and arrived at Sister Hong's office.

"System, start the scanning function," Lu Zhaoming silently instructed in his mind.

"Received, initiating scanning..."

Soon, the system detected a hidden compartment in the wall.

Lu Zhaoming opened the hidden compartment and found an exquisite metal box inside.

He opened the box, and inside lay a encrypted map.

"Found it!" Lu Zhaoming said excitedly.

This map marks the locations of several abandoned laboratories, which are very likely the research bases for "Project Sky Dome".

Lu Zhaoming put away the map and was preparing to leave when suddenly a cold voice rang out behind him.

"Lu Zhaoming, you are indeed interesting."

Lu Zhaoming was startled and turned around abruptly, only to see Poison Scorpion standing at the door with a playful smile on his face.

"You knew I would come all along?" Lu Zhaoming narrowed his eyes, inwardly cursing.

“Of course.” Scorpion shrugged. “I just want to see what tricks you have up your sleeve.”

"It seems I underestimated you." Lu Zhaoming took a deep breath, trying to calm himself down.

“Likewise.” Poison Scorpion clapped his hands, and a group of men in black suddenly emerged and surrounded Lu Zhaoming.

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