Like Kong Dangjia, Song Wenguang was locked in a separate room. Just as he was wondering what was going on, a voice came out: "Since you pressed the button, then write down your value. If you're just trying to appease us, you're going to have a hard time from now on."
Song Wenguang and Kong Dangjia spoke in unison, shouting into the void, "Wait! I didn't press the button, what's going on?"
But there was no response, so the two could only look around at their new surroundings again, their gaze eventually returning to the paper and pen in front of them.
The plane arrived at the East Airport after a three-and-a-half-hour flight. When Li Ke appeared on the Ninth Ring Road, it was still dark. Everyone in the space who hadn't pressed the button had been drugged and rendered unconscious again.
Otherwise, the time difference between the space and the outside world would be too great, which might arouse their suspicion later. If the conditions offered by these people are truly suitable, Li Ke will naturally release them; however, when to release them is entirely up to her.
As for whether her electric shocks or sedatives would actually be too much for these elderly family members to handle and cause an accident, Li Ke didn't care. If they really died, it was their fate, and she didn't care.
Once outside the Ninth Ring Road, the area outside the safe zone begins. Li Ke spent more than half a day traveling through the uninhabited wasteland, then found a secluded spot on the outskirts of the safe zone to hide and entered the space.
There were also guards outside. Going out during the day would make one a conspicuous target, and the disguise would be easily seen through. Li Ke planned to wait until night to travel.
Song Xian and Chen Na had already boarded the plane to the Seventh Ring Road Airport, while Qiu Feng and his men were driving an SUV. Niu Dazhuang disguised himself as Qiu Feng's driver and drove him, while Qiu Feng sat in the passenger seat.
There were three cars in their group. Qiu Feng and Niu Dazhuang's car was in the middle. The cars drove towards the outermost part of the area. Qiu Feng was going to take Niu Dazhuang away from the safe zone. As instructed by Li Jia, Niu Dazhuang was to take a group of people to a place she designated to wait. As for where this place was, neither Niu Dazhuang nor Qiu Feng knew.
"What do you think she's going to do? I just can't believe it's possible. Those are the heads of more than a dozen major bases. Even if they could tie them all up at the Song family's villa, it's impossible to take them all out of the safe zone, right?" Qiu Feng asked Niu Dazhuang in a deep voice from the passenger seat.
Niu Dazhuang, however, was quite optimistic and even excited: "We don't need to worry about that. I think Li Jia is definitely fine. When I tied up those seven people and went to find her, she had already taken care of everyone in the conference room. She told me to take some men and wait, so I did. This is really a big win, so exciting!"
Qiu Feng rolled his eyes at Niu Dazhuang, then returned to his own thoughts, muttering to himself, "That's right, Brother Li Jia does have connections, but since we came to the safe zone, we've only seen her acting alone, so we've forgotten about her former superiors. Sigh, what's going on? The more I think about it, the more confused I get. What's Li Jia's background? Does she have any connections at higher levels?"
Niu Dazhuang patted Qiu Feng on the shoulder: "Brother, why are you worrying so much now? Just think of Li Jia as our old boss who paid us to do things. Don't worry about whether she has connections or what her background is. She has the money and resources to support us, so we'll just work for her. It's not easy to find a boss who's so easy to work with and doesn't cause any trouble. We have to stick with her. Who cares about anything else? What Li Jia gives us is worth our lives!"
Qiu Feng sighed: "Of course I know you're right, but with such a large base to maintain, we have to be vigilant everywhere. It's hard not to overthink things. Now, when something happens, it's inevitable to think things through thoroughly."
Niu Dazhuang recently went on a trip with Li Ke, and his wild spirit has returned. Zhou Heng has also returned to the base, so he is naturally even happier to go out and mess around with Li Ke.
He was so excited that he couldn't empathize with his thoughtful older brother: "Brother, should we speed up? Once we get outside, I need to pick out some more men. Li Jia might not be able to get away so quickly. I need to train those men properly so they don't mess things up and embarrass me."
Qiu Feng looked at Niu Dazhuang's nonsensical conversation with him and said with some annoyance, "I see you're acting so unreliably right now, you're just going to mess things up. If you can't handle it, you go back to the base and keep watch, I'll go in your place."
Niu Dazhuang was startled for a moment upon hearing this, but then immediately laughed: "That won't do. I'm missing now, so I can't replace you."
When Li Ke returned to the space, he had obtained three self-redemption letters. Each letter listed two to three material warehouses, which were placed together and were of roughly the same value.
In general, that's quite a lot. If it's just about these things, it's enough to redeem oneself. But Li Ke also wants to know some information about the core area, but so far no one is selling information.
She needed to think of another way. Next, she had to collect supplies, gather information, and arrange a rendezvous point for Niu Dazhuang and his group based on their route.
Li Ke took out the message Ruan Chun had given her again. She needed to speed things up, get all the self-redemption letters, and then figure out the most suitable harvesting route.
As for these hostages of extraordinary status, they cannot be released until her case is resolved, and this process may take a long time.
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