Lu Zhaoming carried the unconscious Liu Gang back to the stronghold. The night was as dark as ink, with only faint moonlight shining on the ground, casting dappled shadows.
His heart was heavy, and every step he took felt especially heavy.
Liu Gang's face, once etched with resolute features, was now deathly pale and lifeless, which weighed heavily on Lu Zhaoming's heart.
"Hey buddy, Little Knife, stick close, let's go!" Lu Zhaoming whispered, his voice carrying an undeniable firmness.
Xiao Dao followed behind, staring intently at Lu Zhaoming's back, his eyes filled with admiration and anticipation.
Suddenly, Lu Zhaoming stopped in his tracks, a strange sound reaching his ears.
He immediately became alert, glancing around out of the corner of his eye.
Not far away, the figures of several mercenaries could be seen indistinctly, moving slowly.
Lu Zhaoming immediately realized that this was Da Xiong's men.
"Hide, quick!" Lu Zhaoming commanded in a low voice.
The group quickly disappeared into the nearby ruins. Lu Zhaoming's eyes sharpened like an eagle's as he secretly observed the patterns of their movements.
A system interface popped up in front of him, flashing a new notification with a faint blue light:
[System notification: The target is equipped with a new type of jammer; it is recommended to destroy it first.]
Lu Zhaoming nodded slightly, quickly considering a countermeasure in his mind.
He glanced at the ruins beside him and had an idea.
Suddenly, he deliberately made a sound, alerting the mercenaries patrolling nearby.
"Something's happening!" a mercenary shouted. Big Bear immediately rushed forward, roaring, "Kid, don't try anything funny! Hand over that test subject, and I might spare your life!"
Lu Zhaoming did indeed appear, coldly replying, "Experimental subject? Didn't you white-robed officials already control him?"
Upon hearing this, Big Bear revealed a smug smile, as if he had caught the other party in a compromising situation: "That place is impregnable; even if you find it, you won't be able to get in!"
Lu Zhaoming's eyes flashed coldly in the darkness. He used his judgmental eye to catch the loopholes in Da Xiong's words and judged that he was not lying completely.
He pretended to admit defeat and slowly said, "Alright then, but I have a condition."
Big Bear's eyes lit up, a mixture of greed and suspicion in them: "Tell me about it."
Lu Zhaoming paused deliberately, then said, "If I can help you obtain a batch of rare resources, can you tell me more details? For example, the entrance and security measures of the White Robe Control Center."
Big Bear hesitated for a moment, a hint of hesitation flashing in his eyes, but greed ultimately prevailed over vigilance: "Fine, it's a deal! But if you dare to play any tricks, I'll kill you right now!"
"Don't worry, I'll keep my word." Lu Zhaoming's lips curled into a roguish smile, but he already had a plan in mind.
He quickly calculated in his mind how to exploit the bear's greed to obtain more information.
"Now, lead the way for me." Lu Zhaoming deliberately relaxed his posture, as if he had no defenses against the bear.
Big Bear smiled smugly, waved his hand, and led Lu Zhaoming and his group deeper into the area.
Lu Zhaoming's mind was clear as a mirror, and he proceeded with caution and determination with every step.
He knew that tonight's operation would be a crucial step in their counterattack against the White Robes.
Those rare resources were nothing more than bait.
"I hope... everything goes well," Lu Zhaoming murmured to himself, a determined light shining in his eyes.
He suddenly stopped, turned his gaze to the distant ruins, and a cold smile curled at the corner of his mouth: "Big Bear, you really have a big head. Even if I, Lü Bu, killed Dong Zhuo, it would be nothing more than this."
Before he finished speaking, Lu Zhaoming suddenly accelerated and disappeared into the night, leaving Big Bear and the mercenaries looking at each other, a sense of unease rising in their hearts.
Big Bear's face, which was covered in fat, first looked astonished, then turned ashen, and finally turned a deep liver color.
"What the hell? Dong Zhuo? I've become Dong Zhuo? You little brat..."
Before he could finish shouting, he saw a blur before his eyes, and Lu Zhaoming vanished like a ghost!
"Holy crap, where is everyone?!" A mercenary had barely uttered a shout when a sharp pain shot through his neck, followed by a "thud" as he collapsed like a lump of mud.
In the darkness, Lu Zhaoming's roguish smile grew even more sinister.
With a thought, he commanded, "Doomsday Judgment System, 'Ability Amplification' module, activate!" In an instant, an immense power, imperceptible to others, exploded throughout his body, as if the surrounding air itself had slightly distorted. Even his deep eyes flashed with a faint blue light, colder than the moonlight of this wasteland.
"Search for enemies and clear the area!"
Lu Zhaoming's voice wasn't loud, but it sounded like the whisper of death.
He moved!
Fast, too fast!
No one could see his movements clearly.
A few muffled groans were heard, accompanied by the cracking sound of bones dislocating and the clanging of weapons falling to the ground, like urgent background music for this one-sided massacre.
Those mercenaries who were just moments ago so arrogant, including the jammer operator who was shouting that they should be the first to be destroyed, didn't even have time to react before they all rolled their eyes and passed out, cleanly and efficiently.
Big Bear, the fool who had just boasted of being "impregnable," now stared wide-eyed, his gun clattering to the ground. His legs trembled uncontrollably, and a faint stench emanated from his crotch.
He wanted to run, but found himself rooted to the spot, an invisible pressure making even breathing feel like a luxury.
Lu Zhaoming strolled slowly to him, kicked the gun that Da Xiong had dropped with his toe, and the gun rolled a few times on the ground, making a screeching sound.
"That's it? You call that impregnable? I think it's a shoddy construction project."
He squatted down and patted Big Bear's fat face, the pat not hard, but extremely insulting: "The intelligence is in hand."
Xiao Dao watched in stunned silence, then his blood boiled with excitement. His brother Zhaoming was amazing!
Lu Zhaoming stood up and turned to Xiaodao.
No sooner had he finished speaking than a line of scarlet warning popped up on the system interface in front of him: [Warning!]
warn!
The White Robe organization has detected abnormal energy fluctuations, suggesting that their operation has been exposed!
The host is advised to evacuate immediately!
Lu Zhaoming raised an eyebrow, but the roguish smile on his face did not disappear; instead, it took on a playful tone.
He raised his hand, pointing in a certain direction deep within the ruins, the night wind ruffling the stray hairs on his forehead: "Old Liu, Little Knife, keep up. The white-robed courier... should be here to sign for it."
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