"Hmph! Old Lei, I've already said these are the three conditions, and I'm running out of time! You decide what to do. I'll give you one last ten minutes. Once those ten minutes are up, I'll detonate it immediately!"
"You!" Lieutenant Colonel Lei was furious and was about to say something more, but he saw that Zheng Sen had already jumped down from the height.
After much deliberation, Lieutenant Colonel Lei could only quietly take out his walkie-talkie and begin communicating with Du Kaiwen.
"Xiao Du, what's the situation with the people you sent? Have they found anything?"
Du Kaiwen said anxiously, "Lieutenant Colonel Lei, those guys just took the speedboat off the warship and should have only just arrived at Qiao Zhuang's place. Ten minutes is simply not enough time!"
"Damn it! He only gave us ten minutes, we have to find a way to stall for time!"
Thinking of this, Lieutenant Colonel Lei immediately made a decision: "Fine, I'll go as a hostage to buy you some time! But you need to hurry! Zheng Sen is a man of his word; if Lei Zi really is here, he will definitely press the switch without hesitation!"
"No! Captain Lei, you can't go! It's too dangerous!" Du Kaiwen shouted urgently.
Suddenly, Du Kaiwen thought of another request that Zheng Sen had made.
"Wait a minute, Captain Lei, didn't Zheng Sen just say he had three requests? He was planning to send Lu Yuan and his group over for the third one. But Lu Yuan and his group are suspects. I suspect he's in cahoots with Zheng Sen. So now that I've got them under control, why don't we just hand Lu Yuan and his group over to them and see if we can buy some more time!"
"Huh? What? Lu Yuan is a traitor? Who told you that?" Lieutenant Colonel Lei asked in surprise.
“Look, we just took Lu Yuan on a mission, and Zheng Sen led his men to attack our camp. Only they know about this. Who else could it be but them? They must have conspired together. Captain Lei, don’t worry, I’ve already taken them into custody!”
"What a fool! Release Lu Yuan and the others immediately! They are innocent. The real insider... the one who leaked the information is someone else!"
Du Kaiwen's eyes widened in disbelief: "Captain Lei, you mean...it's someone else? Who is it?"
Lieutenant Colonel Lei sighed, "Sigh! Let's talk about it when they get back! Release them quickly!"
Hearing that Lieutenant Colonel Lei didn't intend to speak, Du Kaiwen knew that he had truly misunderstood Lu Yuan this time, so he quickly switched the channel to the warship.
...
Lu Yuan and the others looked at the soldiers in front of them with surprise, rubbing their wrists which were aching from being strangled.
"What? Zheng Sen is actually threatening so many people's lives? It really is full of desperados there!"
The soldiers nodded in agreement, but their faces showed a sense of helplessness.
"Yeah, that guy deserves to die. If I caught him, I'd skin him alive! Too bad he's got a detonator and isn't afraid at all. There are less than eight minutes left, and our men haven't returned yet... I guess..."
At this point, the men immediately lowered their heads. None of them had a good solution. This time, Zheng Sen had the veterans' Achilles' heel, and they had no choice but to obey him.
Lu Yuan frowned. He also deeply resented Zheng Sen's actions; if it weren't for him, the ship would probably have returned long ago.
Fortunately, the yacht they were on was the one Lu Yuan and his group had ordered, and it had now been repaired and was moored in the harbor.
Lu Yuan was eager to go home and decided to help the soldiers get through this crisis.
"Take me there, I'll go and deal with this damn guy! Let's buy some more time for our people!"
Everyone's eyes widened upon hearing Lu Yuan's words.
"Lu Yuan, are you crazy? You know what kind of people those are! Last time we took their offerings, and they hate us to the core. If you go, they'll definitely eat you!"
"Yes, we will definitely not let you go. Zheng Sen will definitely not live much longer. We will definitely find a way to deal with him!"
However, Lu Yuan said anxiously, "There are less than five minutes left. Is there any other way?"
Everyone fell silent. Yes, the situation was already extremely critical. There was still no response as to whether Lei Zi was real or not. If they continued to wait like this, and if Lei Zi really existed, most of the civilians in the entire base would die.
If I want to leave then, I might be delayed again.
"Since you don't have any good ideas, let me go! Every bit of time I can buy you some is a good time!"
Seeing that everyone was still hesitant, Lu Yuan could only run to the stern of the boat and lower a speedboat down.
Unable to dissuade Lu Yuan, Han Wen and the others also boarded the speedboat.
...
When Lieutenant Colonel Lei still didn't respond, Zheng Sen finally couldn't hold back any longer.
"Old Lei, my patience is limited. I only have thirty seconds left. If you don't agree, I'll let go right now!"
"ten!"
"Nine!"
Lieutenant Colonel Lei was covered in sweat. Now that things had come to this, he could only go and stall for time!
"Zheng Sen, you've been looking for me! I'm here now!"
Suddenly, a man appeared behind Zheng Sen; it was Lu Yuan.
Zheng Sen glanced back at Lu Yuan and immediately recalled the scene that night when Lu Yuan confronted Da Long with a gun.
"Heh, kid, you've got some nerve, actually daring to come?"
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