As Xu Lai and his group were turning a corner in the factory, a rubber boat suddenly appeared from their right rear. Two people were paddling the boat, and one of them was holding a pistol and pointing it at them.
Xu Lai was alright, but Xu Haiguo and Xiao Rui had never seen anything like this before.
In an instant, cold sweat broke out on both of their faces.
"Don't shoot...don't shoot! We...we were just passing by, and out of curiosity, we...we came in to take a look!"
Xu Haiguo immediately raised his hands and gave a halting explanation.
"Come and take a look? It doesn't seem that simple to me!"
The man holding the pistol looked to be in his thirties, not very tall, but he had a thuggish air about him.
"Your assault boat looks pretty good!"
The thuggish-looking man glanced at the speedboat in front of him, his gaze settling on the three people on board.
Two pretty girls, a young boy who was not yet an adult, and a middle-aged man in his forties. The man driving the speedboat didn't look like he was a trained fighter either. His guard instantly dropped a bit.
"This assault boat is mine now. Today, I, Li Jin, will do you a favor. Get in the rubber boat at the back of the assault boat and get out of here!"
He had a gun, and although there were many people on the assault boat opposite him, they all looked like ordinary civilians, so they had the advantage.
Now is the time for his brothers and their mortal enemies to fight for control of Wangtaishan, including the oil refinery, and he doesn't want to cause any more trouble.
Upon hearing the man's words, a chill instantly rose in Xu Lai's eyes.
This guy has such a big face! He keeps asking for her speedboat, doesn't he worry about choking himself?
"Hold the extendable stun gun ready, and we'll see what happens!"
Xu Lai whispered a signal for everyone to pay more attention.
"Row the rubber boat across!"
Just as the thuggish man instructed the two men paddling the rubber boat to move closer to the speedboat, Xu Lai picked up a small dagger and threw it at the man with the gun.
"Start the boat!"
As soon as Xu Lai gave the order, the assault boat beneath them shot off like an arrow released from a bow.
"Damn it, how dare you play tricks in front of me!"
As the thuggish-looking man saw a dagger being thrown at him, he dodged it by shifting his body.
Seeing that the speedboat was about to escape, he immediately raised his pistol, aimed it at Xiao Rui's back, and pulled the trigger.
In the blink of an eye, the assault boat had already veered off course and sailed more than ten meters away when the bullet was fired.
The thuggish-looking man immediately pulled a walkie-talkie from his pocket and said into it, "Immediately guard the refinery gate and don't let that red speedboat carrying five people get away!"
The man, who had just exuded a thuggish air, now narrowed his eyes, his expression turning unusually fierce.
There are two pretty girls on that speedboat; once we catch them, we can hand them over to the boss.
Xiao Rui was driving the speedboat, intending to go out the same way as before, but before they could even reach the gate, a rubber boat carrying three people rushed towards them.
Robbers were in front, and pursuers were behind.
What's the next step?
Even the usually composed Xiao Rui started to panic upon seeing this scene.
To the left is the location of the oil refinery warehouse. Xu Lai guessed that there must be enemies there, and their numbers should be quite large.
So he pointed to the right and said, "Let's go to the right!"
As soon as Xu Lai finished speaking, Xiao Rui turned the steering wheel of the assault boat with both hands, and the assault boat rushed to the right.
Fortunately, their speedboats are equipped with engines, making them much faster than rubber boats that are manually rowed.
The five men's hearts finally calmed down a little when they saw the four rubber boats far behind them.
"That was terrifying! Those people were carrying real weapons!"
Before the torrential rain broke out, Xu Chao, who had been staying in his ivory tower, finally came to his senses from the scene of the thuggish man shooting at them.
By this time, the clothes on his back were already soaked with sweat.
"Luckily, Xu Lai found this assault boat, otherwise we would probably all be dead here today!"
Li Qingya looked at the few rubber boats that had been left far behind, and her whole body trembled with fear.
Li Jin, who was relentlessly pursuing them, looked at the assault boat ahead and was about to order his brothers to continue the chase.
Suddenly the walkie-talkie hanging on my waist rang.
"Hey, boss!"
"Our arch-enemy's men are about to arrive at the refinery. You'd better set up an ambush in advance!"
Li Jin frowned upon hearing the voice coming from the walkie-talkie, then quickly replied, "Okay."
"Brothers, our opponent has finally arrived! Follow me!"
After saying that, he looked at the shadow of Xu Lai and his assault boat and frowned in resentment.
"Brother Xiao, they've turned back!"
Xiao Rui drove the speedboat for several miles in one go, and only slowed down when he heard Xu Lai's words.
"What do we do next? Should we try going straight ahead in this direction?"
Xiao Rui offered his suggestion.
Because no matter how large a company is, it will always have gates on all sides of its perimeter wall.
Just like the residential community they live in, there are gates in all directions for residents to go out.
Xu Lai took out her phone from her backpack, opened the compass in the utility app, and nodded: "Okay, Wangtai Mountain is just ahead in this direction!"
Once the direction was determined, everyone stopped lingering. Xiao Rui accelerated, and the speedboat sped forward like lightning.
Along the way, Xu Lai and his companions kept looking up and paying attention to their surroundings.
The torrential rain and floods destroyed a significant portion of the refinery's equipment and buildings.
Everywhere, floodwaters were carrying door frames, sheet metal, and empty tin barrels used to hold raw materials, which were being carried away by the flood.
"There's an iron gate over there!"
Xu Chao had good eyesight; he saw a door slightly to the left ahead, but unfortunately, the iron door seemed to be locked.
Xiao Rui determined the direction of the iron gate, turned the steering wheel, and steered the speedboat in that direction.
"There really is a lock on this door!!"
Xu Haiguo sat on the speedboat and reached down to feel around the lock on the iron gate.
Should we try a completely different approach?
Xu Lai looked up at the guardhouse next to the iron gate and said directly, "Let's go look inside the guardhouse!"
The door to the guardhouse was locked, but the window on the other side of the guardhouse was open.
There were security bars on the outside of the window. After Xiao Rui drove the speedboat over, Xu Lai reached out and shook them.
This oil refinery must be quite old; the windows have wooden frames, and after being exposed to wind and rain for so long, they've rotted quite a bit.
Xu Lai yanked the window down.
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