Chapter 183: The closer you are to the red, the redder you are

The conference room fell silent. Peng Zhen kept weighing the pros and cons in his mind. The scale in his heart kept swinging back and forth. He couldn't completely believe what the other party said, but he couldn't resist the huge temptation of the benefits that success would bring.

"Captain Yan knows that if I agree to cooperate with you, it will not only be my own future that is at stake, but also the countless people who follow me. If Captain Yan wants me to agree, he must show me your strength to be able to agree."

"Of course, cooperation is when both parties benefit." Yan Mo put down the cup in his hand, "Since the base commander has said so much, let me tell you some of the information I have now as a token of our sincerity in cooperation."

"I'm all ears."

"Since half a year ago, there have been people with special abilities going out on missions and never coming back. In the past two months, the number of people with special abilities on the lower floors has increased. The disappearance of people with special abilities is probably caused by Yan Que and the research institute."

"Captain Yan, are you sounding too alarmist? In the apocalypse, people go missing or die every day. How can you be sure that the missing people in the base are related to the research institute?"

"Captain Peng, don't be impatient. Let our captain finish his words before you draw any conclusions." Mu Qimai said in a deep voice.

"The missing groups are mainly concentrated in lone psychics who have not formed a team and psychic teams of average strength. We found that the missions these psychics participated in when they disappeared have one thing in common: the Yan family will appear in every mission, either the mission is issued by the Yan family, or the team is initiated by the Yan family, or there will be more or less people from the Yan family in the team."

"The way they chose to act and the people they targeted were very smart. The disappearance of these people will not attract the attention of the base officials at all. The number and frequency of disappearances are constantly increasing. They will only become more and more rampant and unscrupulous in the future. By then, even if the authorities step in, they may not be able to control the situation." Yan Mo stared at Peng Zhen with a smile.

Peng Zhen's wavering mind tilted to one side, and he made up his mind: "Okay, I agree to cooperate with you. I will send people to help you deal with the Yan family. If you need any help, you can always find Ren Biao, and he will help you."

"I wish us a pleasant cooperation!" Yan Mo raised the teacup in his hand and drank it in one gulp.

They discussed intensively for five hours in the meeting and worked out a complete charter for the cooperation.

The comfortable feeling of immersing himself in all kinds of conspiracies and intrigues made him feel sublime, and even when he left the meeting room and returned to their rented apartment, he was still thinking about various ways of setting traps in his mind.

"Xinbao, come back to your senses. You've been daydreaming all the way." Yan Mo grabbed Shuxin, whose eyes were full of question marks, and found it a little funny.

"Huh? Are we home?" Shu Xin was a little dazed. When she saw the familiar layout in front of her, she realized that she was already back at the apartment. "Ah, I've been listening to you all afternoon. My little brain is buzzing. I'm having trouble digesting the amount of information I've received."

"Honey, I remember you said we had the upper hand when it came to the cooperation. Why didn't I hear how we had the upper hand?"

"Peng Zhen must have a high IQ to be the head of a base. On the surface, it must appear that both parties have given as much as they have received. The five hours of mental work this afternoon were not in vain. Don't forget what Yuan Zhou's ability is."

Hearing this, Shuxin looked carefully at Yan Mo and the other three people's faces, and after confirming from their eyes, she confirmed that they were indeed four unscrupulous businessmen.

Shu Xin felt that Bu Yuanzhou was not so cunning when she first met him. Could it be that after being with them for too long, he became more and more cunning?

Bu Yuanzhou: Is it possible that birds of a feather flock together?

After a tiring day, we had a delicious dinner in the evening and went to bed early.

Late at night, some people have already fallen asleep, while others are moving around like rats in the gutter.

In the underground passage connecting the Yan family villa and the research institute, there is a specially built secret room. At this time, Yan Que and Du Xuefeng were sitting on the sofa in the secret room.

"I'm sure you've also received news about what happened this afternoon. After the people at the base first contacted Yan Mo and his team, they returned empty-handed, and there has been no movement for a long time. Why did they suddenly contact them again today?"

Du Xuefeng leaned on the black leather sofa, holding a lit cigarette in his hand and skillfully blowing out white smoke rings from his mouth, filling the secret room with smoke.

"The people in the base are looking for them just to win them over. I know Yan Mo well, but they want to win him over? That's difficult..." Yan Que sneered.

"Yan Mo and the others stayed in there for five hours today." Du Xuefeng reminded, flicking the ash from his cigarette.

"Let alone five hours, even if it's fifty hours, as long as Yan Mo is unwilling, they can't pull him back no matter how much they say." Yan Que said confidently.

"You still have to be on guard. Don't take it lightly. Go and try it out tomorrow. It's getting late. I'll go back first." Du Xuefeng put out the last of his cigarette in the ashtray, stood up and took a few steps before suddenly stopping. He tilted his head to look at Yan Que who was still sitting on the sofa, "Send me a few more people tomorrow."

"Sending people again? Didn't you just send five people with special abilities over three days ago?" Yan Que frowned.

"Tsk, the people sent here last time were of such poor quality that they died after one round of experiments. They couldn't withstand any torture. It's a pity that they are psychics. Their identities are wasted." Du Xuefeng thought of those psychics who died before the experiment even started, with contempt and ridicule in his eyes, as if the people he was talking about who died were not humans, but insignificant ants.

"I'll send a few more people over tomorrow. Be careful when you do your experiments recently. If too many people with special abilities disappear in a short period of time, it will easily arouse suspicion from the base. It's not convenient for us to confront the people in the base head-on right now."

"There are so many psychics in the base, and if there are fewer of them, they won't be discovered. Just go ahead and do it. If you are really afraid of being discovered, and the psychics in the base can't be moved, you can always move the psychics outside, right? Anyway, no matter what method you use, just deliver the people to me on time."

When it comes to experiments, Du Xuefeng is no longer as lazy and careless as he is with other things.

"Okay, I got it. I'll send people out to see if we can find some lone psychics and bring them back." Yan Que rubbed his brows worriedly, feeling a moment of regret in his heart.

He regretted having promised Du Xuefeng that he would provide him with experimental subjects. He had never expected that his appetite was so big. He wanted more and more people, and more and more frequently. From the beginning to the last time he sent him people, the number of people had exceeded one hundred.

Yan Que suddenly thought of the research results of his that Du Xuefeng had shown him last time. He couldn't help but feel nauseous again and quickly left the secret room.