"Special materials? Are you serious?" A hint of excitement flashed in Lu Yuan's eyes. He had finally gotten something useful out of the other party.
...
Meanwhile, at the outer border of Anhui Province, a group of people dressed in black led a group of men and women with unsteady steps toward the cordon.
The guards on watch outside the cordon saw the approaching people in the distance and immediately raised their guns and shone their flashlights in their direction.
"Who goes there? Go back right now! This is a cordon! You can't go any further! Or we'll open fire!"
The man in black, who was in the lead, raised his hand to stop the people behind him and said to the guard, "It's me! Sun Chen!"
So the guards shone their flashlights on the man's face, and after recognizing his appearance, they immediately put down their guns.
"Didn't you say you weren't planning to come back anytime soon? Why are you here again? The higher-ups are cracking down hard, are you out of your minds?" The garrison squad leader asked, somewhat displeased.
The man in black was the burly fellow beside Zhao Tinghai. His face was expressionless as he said, "This is the last time! We need to get some more!"
After a moment of silence, the captain of the garrison finally spoke, "Alright! But this time the price has to be doubled! Our people inside are already starting to notice this!"
Sun Chen, his face contorted with rage, cursed, "You son of a bitch! Are you trying to raise prices on the spot? I used to pay you this much every month, and you were still not satisfied?"
"Heh! The past is the past, the present is the present! The situation is different now, so the price is naturally different! We're taking a risk to work for you! Besides, you're making so much money, what's wrong with giving us a little more! Double it if you want! Any more and we'll go back to where we came from!" The garrison captain didn't back down at all, a greedy glint in his eyes.
Sun Chen was immediately annoyed, but considering the importance of this matter, he could only grit his teeth and say, "Fine! Double it is!"
After saying that, Sun Chen took out several thick stacks of banknotes from his pocket and threw them over.
The garrison captain took the money and immediately beamed with joy: "Hehe! Boss Sun really has guts! Alright! Go ahead! But there's still a time limit! If you don't come back within three hours and something happens, we won't take responsibility!"
Sun Chen ignored the other party and waved to the people behind him. Then, the group quickly led a group of ragged men and women out of the restricted area.
Meanwhile, the guards behind him stared intently at the wad of cash in their captain's hand.
"Damn it! These bastards do all sorts of heartless things! They'll get struck by lightning sooner or later!" The captain spat viciously on the ground, completely unaware that he was the one who had just let those people pass.
Dividing the money on the spot seemed to be a habit of this garrison squad. The captain divided a thick stack of banknotes into ten parts, and he pocketed the largest portion.
The team members got their money back, and everyone was all smiles.
"Captain Ge, what do you think they're going to do? Is there something good in this rift? Should we go and take a look?" one of the team members asked with a grin, though a hint of envy was still in his eyes.
Captain Ge slapped one of his men on the head and yelled, "You little brat, you don't want to live anymore! What kind of work do you want to do? Do you even know how many corpses are down there?! Watch your life! We're just a bunch of people destined to work. Getting involved with them will only lead to trouble sooner or later! You all better behave yourselves! If I find out any of you are eyeing things down there, I'll turn on you!"
The other team members nodded in agreement and stopped talking about Sun Chen and the others.
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At this moment, Lu Yuan had just learned what Yan Bing had told him and had already sent people to investigate. After all, in this era of material scarcity, the emergence of a new material was relatively easy to detect.
Meanwhile, Lu Yuan continued to look at the information on some famous people in the inner city that Minister Chen had just sent over in his office. This was something Lu Yuan had asked Minister Chen to do. After all, as a member of the garrison, if he offended someone, he would know who that person was. Otherwise, if he acted recklessly, he wouldn't even know how he died.
Just then, the door was pushed open, and Hou Qiang walked in.
Lu Yuan looked up when Hou Qiang came in and asked, "Hmm? Is something the matter?"
"It's not me, someone's looking for you! They're right outside the door!" Hou Qiang said, pointing to the reception room next door.
Lu Yuan asked with slight confusion, "Someone is looking for me? Who is it?"
He said his name was Zhou Qi, and that he was your former teammate!
Lu Yuan immediately remembered the other party. This Zhou Qi was the one he met when he came to the base. His impression of him at the time was not very good. This person was too slick and always thinking about promotion. It was said that his wife had given birth to another child, which made his already not-so-wealthy family even worse off.
"Okay! I got it! I'll be right there!"
Lu Yuan put down the booklet in his hand, then stood up and walked to the side hall.
Upon entering the side hall, Lu Yuan saw Zhou Qi sitting in the room, looking uneasy and clutching a black cloth bag, his expression tense.
Upon seeing Lu Yuan, Zhou Qi immediately stood up: "Lu Yuan!"
Lu Yuan nodded and said to Hou Qiang beside him, "Alright! You can go ahead and get back to work!"
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