Lu Shiyan's eyes flashed coldly. "You came just in time."
His voice was filled with suppressed excitement. "It saves me a lot of trouble."
Li Kui was confused by what he heard outside the door, but he didn't dare to ask more questions. He just waited for the boss's next instructions.
"Boss, then we..."
Lu Shiyan raised his hand, signaling him to be silent. He turned around, his eyes fell on Su Wan's slightly bulging belly, and deep in his eyes, something seemed to move slightly, but it was so fast that it was hard to grasp, and then it was covered by a deeper and colder determination.
"Amo will take you away."
Su Wan rushed to him and grabbed Lu Shiyan's sleeve. Her voice was tense and trembling, which she herself did not notice: "Leave? Where to? What are you going to do?"
Lu Shiyan stretched out his hand and gently pushed aside her fingers one by one without any fireworks. His voice was as steady as a pool of deep water: "Go to a safe place. I will stay and close the net."
"But here..." Su Wan wanted to argue. She didn't want to walk alone at this time.
"No buts." Lu Shiyan interrupted her, his eyes suddenly sharp, like two cold knives, piercing straight into her eyes, "Su Wan, be obedient!"
He pronounced these three words very slowly and heavily, with an overwhelming pressure that left no room for questioning.
Su Wan's chest rose and fell, and finally nodded, his voice a little dry: "I... understand. You must be careful."
"Yeah." Lu Shiyan responded, then turned to look at Ah Mo who had remained silent as iron, "You know what to do."
Ah Mo nodded slightly, his eyes firm: "Understood."
Before Su Wan left, she was still worried and asked anxiously, "Xiao Lei, he..."
Ah Mo had no expression on his face, but his voice was very sure: "Don't worry, Miss Su, the captain will make the arrangements."
Lu Shiyan said no more and instructed Li Kui outside the door: "Notify Xiao Han, follow him to the entrance of the 'One Line Sky' Canyon on the edge of Area B and wait for orders."
"A thin line of sky?" Li Kui was startled. "The terrain there is dangerous. It is the only way for the scorpions to enter Area A. But if they defend it..."
The corners of Lu Shiyan's mouth curled up in a cold arc: "He will." He paused for a moment, "Tell Xiao Han that when he sees the signal, just make as much noise as possible, the louder the better. Then, retreat immediately according to the plan, there is no need to fight."
"Yes!" Although Li Kui had a thousand doubts in his heart, he still straightened his back, loudly accepted the order and left. Lu Shiyan watched him leave, and the arc at the corner of his mouth deepened. Xiao Han, that kid, likes this kind of big scene the most. The bigger the noise, the more excited he is.
The office door closed again.
Lu Shiyan looked out the window again. In his eyes, the direction of Area B had turned into an intricate chessboard.
Scorpion, Thunder Tiger...are just chess pieces in his fingers.
His tone was calm, as if he was talking about an insignificant daily trivia: "Su Wan, you and A'mo go to the secret passage in the core area first. When the time comes, he will take you out of the base."
Su Wan opened her mouth, and all she could say finally came down to one word: "Okay."
She knew that any hesitation and unnecessary questioning would only cause him trouble. All she could do was trust him and do her best to protect herself and the baby in her belly.
A'mo protected Su Wan and his figure quickly disappeared outside the door.
The huge office returned to silence, with only Lu Shiyan left.
"Scorpion, do you think you can turn the world upside down just by inviting a few 'vultures'?"
Lu Shiyan whispered to himself, with a hint of undisguised mockery in his eyes.
"Since you want to go big, I'll give you a grand fireworks display... that you'll never forget."
He took out a palm-sized, pitch-black remote control from the inner pocket of his combat uniform. It had only one eye-catching red button on it.
This was the "surprise gift package" he had secretly prepared for Scorpion and its "allies" over the past month, using the privileges and resources given to him by Thunder Tiger. Those strongholds that he had "cleaned up" and originally belonged to Scorpion or other small forces seemed to be completely abandoned on the surface, but in fact, he quietly transformed them into chain-detonating "gift boxes".
The "Thread of Sky" is the fuse that ignites this grand "fireworks show".
He wanted to destroy all of Scorpion's dying struggles and unrealistic delusions, as well as those so-called foreign aid that he had high hopes for, in the most extremely brilliant explosion.
At the same time, on several main passages leading from Area B to Area A, a large number of Scorpion troops, surrounded by dozens of well-equipped and arrogant members of the "Vulture" mercenary group, were advancing at full speed with murderous intent.
"Boss, the 'Thread of Sky' is just ahead!" A trusted henchman pointed at the narrow canyon entrance ahead and excitedly reported to Scorpion.
Scorpion's face, covered with hideous scars, was twisted with extreme excitement, and his eyes were flashing with the bloodthirsty flame of revenge: "Okay! Let the people from 'Vulture' take the lead! The others follow! Charge in! That little bastard Lu Shiyan, and that old bastard Lei Lao Hu! Today, I will make them pay with blood, and use their bones as a stepping stone for me!"
He had no idea that he was stepping into the death trap carefully constructed for him by Lu Shiyan, with his most elite forces and the "vultures" hired at a huge price.
At this moment, Lei Lao Hu was sitting leisurely in his command center in the core area, listening to his subordinates' report about Lu Shiyan's mobilization of manpower to "Yitiantian" for defense.
Lei Lao Hu twirled the rough stubble on his chin, a trace of calculation flashed in his eyes. "Oh? Lu Shiyan personally led people to the throat of the canyon?" He touched his chin, and a playful smile appeared on the corner of his mouth. "It seems that he wants to give Scorpion a head-on blow there, and decide the outcome of the battle in one battle."
"Well, let them fight each other, the fiercer the better, and I can just sit back and reap the benefits." Lei Lao Hu smiled proudly, picked up the teacup and took a sip, completely unaware that he was just a chess piece on Lu Shiyan's chessboard that was about to be abandoned.
Suddenly!
“BOOM—BOOM—BOOM!!!”
A series of dull and huge explosions, like a dragon turning over, suddenly exploded from the junction of Area B and Area A, one after another! The entire base was shaking under this terrifying vibration, as if it would fall apart in the next second!
Inside Lei Lao Hu's command post, the teacups on the table jumped up due to the shaking, and the scalding hot tea spilled all over the floor. The heavy crystal chandelier above his head swayed violently, making a teeth-grinding squeak and seemed to be in danger of falling at any time.
The smug smile on Lei Lao Hu's face froze instantly. The next moment, he suddenly jumped up from the large leather chair, his eyes full of shock and disbelief. "What's going on?! What exploded?!" He roared at the door, his voice changing tone.
A trusted confidant in charge of communications rushed in, his face as pale as paper, his hat askew, and his voice trembling: "Lei... Master Lei! No... It's not good!"
"Area B... In Area B, near the direction of the 'One Line Sky' Canyon... Several strongholds that we marked as abandoned before... Almost at the same time... All... All were blown up!!"
"Flames shot up into the sky! Smoke billowed! It was said...it was said that the main forces of the Scorpion and Vulture mercenaries were just...just gathering in that area, preparing to storm the 'Line of Sky'..."
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