Chapter 109
Chapter 109
Having already completed his mission, Fox Mask had lost the ability to track Escapees.
The others soon discovered the same thing, and every wealthy person in the room grew excited.
Some needed only one more kill to finish their mission. If they killed those two men, they could finally clear it.
Fox Mask, meanwhile, decided it was better to channel the flood than try to dam it.
These people’s mental states had deteriorated badly. He might as well give them a chance to vent, especially when those two Escapees were so difficult to deal with.
“Very well! In that case, why don’t we make a wager?” he announced. “Ladies and gentlemen, those two men will be our bounty. Whoever kills them will not only complete their mission, but also receive half the fortune of every participant. What do you say?”
“Agreed!”
Several people accepted before he had even finished. They were one kill away from clearing the mission. If killing those two also earned them an enormous fortune, why would they refuse?
The people gathered here were not limited to the wealthy. Some were the gamblers who had entered the original death game, and no one valued money more than they did.
There was no guarantee Fox Mask would give them any of the people he planned to bring in, so they joined the hunt without hesitation.
Others knew that killing these two still would not be enough. They had also conceived the same solution as Fox Mask and secretly contacted people outside to have more victims delivered.
Why keep that plan to themselves?
What a ridiculous question. Fewer competitors in the future could only be a good thing. Once they left, they could even divide up the dead men’s business empires.
Naturally, in return, they would take excellent care of those men’s wives and daughters.
And so they settled comfortably onto the sofas to enjoy the show.
Fox Mask immediately sealed the entire base, closing every passage that led outside, and announced the official start of the hunt.
The Killers scattered through the facility like lunatics in search of their prey.
At the same time, John was making a phone call from another part of the mountain.
After Xiaoshuai’s desperate flight through the forest, they had reached a relatively safe location. Xiaoshuai found some medicinal herbs and changed John’s dressing.
Only then did John slowly regain consciousness.
He had thought of the same possibility as Fox Mask. Thanks to the people being brought in, his phone had regained a signal, and he contacted the outside world without hesitation.
“Right, this investigation is a failure,” John said as he used a lighter to burn a stack of papers. “We probably won’t be able to bring their research data back.”
Xiaoshuai had stolen the documents. If not for Brother Liu’s involvement, returning empty-handed would have caused trouble.
But with Brother Liu handling the aftermath… no one was likely to care about a few lost papers.
The moment Swan received the message, she dispatched personnel to surround the entire Nine Worlds Mountain area. No one was permitted to enter or leave, whether by ground or air. The first violation would receive a warning. The second would be met with lethal force.
They would never allow innocent lives to be traded for the safety of the people trapped inside.
When the Fiendish World was involved, there could be no favors and no exceptions.
Under orders from the Fiend Investigation Bureau, every vehicle entering the Nine Worlds Mountain region was stopped.
Countless people called Swan asking her to bend the rules, but she simply turned off her phone. Even when her superior came to speak with her, she shut him down.
“Swan, regarding this matter…”
“There’s nothing to discuss. If anyone has a problem with my decision, tell them to come to me directly.”
Her superior fell silent.
They sent me because they can’t reach you.
“But people are already saying this is affecting-”
“I don’t care. My duty is to prevent Fiend incidents from spreading. Nothing else concerns me. If you’re dissatisfied, you can remove me from my post. But for as long as I hold this position, this matter is not open to negotiation.”
The world had no shortage of wealthy people.
With that, Swan turned and walked away.
“Qingqing, your parents-”
“My parents won’t change my mind either!”
Bang!
She slammed the door behind her.
Her superior stared at it.
“I was trying to tell you that your parents want you home for dinner tonight!”
When would that troublesome child learn to control her temper? How was she ever going to find a husband like this?
Meanwhile, Liu Ye and No. 1 were racing through a passage.
“Are you sure there’s enough in there?” Liu Ye asked, still doubtful.
“Relax. This is a special facility, so they only clean it out at set intervals. The person responsible seems to have met with an accident, and no one’s dealt with it since.”
The place was remote. The wealthy visitors often stayed for extended periods, and life on a mountain made many ordinary arrangements inconvenient. That was why the base had built its own…
Septic tank.
Yes. These two wicked bastards intended to blow up the septic tank.
No. 1 had killed the man responsible for maintaining it, so a tremendous stockpile of ammunition had accumulated inside. Combined with all the other miscellaneous waste, the consequences promised to be spectacular.
Escapees could also see the locations of Killers. No. 1 had noticed that the Killers were gathered together.
The moment he told Liu Ye, Liu Ye recognized the opportunity. Why deal with them one at a time when they could eliminate everyone in a single stroke?
Once everyone who was “it” was gone, wouldn’t the remaining Escapees win? Liu Ye had learned that lesson firsthand at Rose Apartment.
He thought himself an absolute genius.
The only question was how the two of them would escape. According to No. 1, there was a small door at the rear of the facility, but it opened onto a sheer cliff that an ordinary person could never descend.
Liu Ye, however, would have no problem. He had an airbag!
And he had explosives too.
Thus, their plan was born.
Elsewhere, the pursuing Killers gradually sensed that something was wrong.
Why was the smell getting stronger?
Someone took out a map. When they saw the marker on it, dread filled every heart.
Then they remembered how those two men had behaved earlier, and a terrible premonition struck them.
“Wh-what are they planning to do?” one wealthy man asked in terror.
“No… they wouldn’t. They couldn’t! If they did that, they wouldn’t be able to escape either,” another reassured himself.
The smarter ones turned and ran for their lives.
They soon discovered, to their despair, that Fox Mask had sealed every exit. The doors were made from special materials. Even with their enhanced strength, they could not break through.
“Open the doors! Open them now!”
They screamed into the surveillance cameras.
Fox Mask was leisurely sipping wine when he glanced at the feeds and saw the crowd pounding frantically against the doors.
“What are they doing?” he muttered in confusion.
He was about to send someone to investigate when the ground began to shake.
What followed was unprecedented-and, with any luck, would never happen again.
BOOM!
The Fiend Investigation Bureau personnel patrolling the skies stared down in horror.
A landslide of sewage had erupted!