Chapter 73 Why Are We Suddenly Seizing Their Base?

After leaving the gas agency, Lu Feng went online to search for rental listings.

The apartment he had rented previously had too much foot traffic coming and going. Gas cylinders were only brought in and never taken out, which would easily attract unwanted attention if done too frequently.

Therefore, renting a secluded warehouse would eliminate this kind of trouble.

After spending some time, he managed to find a warehouse for rent in the suburbs. Its location was extremely remote, perfectly matching his requirements.

Lu Feng directly made a phone call to arrange a meeting with the landlord, rented the warehouse on the spot, and then sent its location to Master Lin.

Not long after, Master Lin arrived driving a small pickup truck loaded to the brim with gas cylinders.

However, since there were sixty gas cylinders in total, the pickup truck could not haul them all in one trip. It took Master Lin three consecutive trips to transport all sixty cylinders, after which he kindly helped carry them inside the warehouse.

The ten tampered gas cylinders had been specially marked by Master Lin and placed in a designated spot.

Lu Feng instructed him, "Master Lin, please put all the modified gas cylinders in this warehouse from now on. I will come to pick them up myself whenever I need them."

"Got it!" Master Lin nodded, then added, "However, Mr. Lu, you need to settle the payment first. Restocking sixty gas cylinders for the agency costs 200 each, which comes to 12,000 in total. Plus the rental for this pickup truck at 200 per day, that makes 12,200 yuan altogether."

Hearing this, Lu Feng smiled. He was not stingy about this amount of money, especially since this had already been agreed upon with his cousin.

Deciding to round it up, he transferred 20,000 yuan to Master Lin.

After all, the gas cylinders modified by Master Lin were truly useful, so he considered the extra money a bonus.

Upon receiving the 20,000 yuan, Master Lin subconsciously glanced at Lu Feng.

He did not think this Boss Lu had made a mistake with the transfer.

After all, the difference between 20,000 and 12,200 was far too large to be an accident.

The extra sum was clearly a special reward given to him by Boss Lu.

This boss was certainly generous.

Thinking this, Master Lin accepted the money without any hesitation and drove away in his pickup truck.

Anyway, he had already agreed with Brother Ming that the money he deserved would not be a single penny less, but he wouldn't poke his nose into what Boss Lu planned to do with these gas cylinders.

Even if something happened, he would simply claim he had never met this Mr. Lu.

That was the code of the underworld.

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Lu Feng closed the warehouse door, bolted it from the inside, and then used a detection watch to scan the entire perimeter of the warehouse.

Since this warehouse was being rented for the first time, it would be troublesome if someone had left a hidden camera or similar device behind.

After scanning with the detection watch, the overall layout and condition of the warehouse appeared on his tactical glasses.

Confirming there were no issues whatsoever, he finally felt completely at ease. He grabbed two gas cylinders and, with a single thought, entered the game's vault.

Seeing Lu Feng appear carrying two gas cylinders, the people in the vault all looked toward him. However, before any of them could react, Lu Feng had already thought himself out of the game, reappearing once again in the rented warehouse in reality.

Next, he carried another two gas cylinders into the game.

Repeating this process, under the astonished gazes of Lin Jiao, Xu Bin, and the others, the number of gas cylinders in the vault grew larger and larger.

Seeing something like a gas cylinder for the first time, Wang Cheng asked curiously, "What are these?"

Watching Lu Feng vanish and reappear repeatedly, each time bringing back two such objects, filled him with amazement.

Xu Bin explained simply, "These things can easily wipe out mutated beasts. Just a few of these canisters can destroy an army of hundreds of zombies gathered together."

He clearly remembered the terrifying scene he had witnessed at the department store, and this time, their boss had brought out an immense quantity of these very canisters.

Hearing Xu Bin's words, Wang Cheng's face revealed sheer astonishment.

He knew how formidable mutated beasts were; could these canisters really destroy them so easily?

A moment later, the bank vault was packed tightly with the gas cylinders.

At this point, Lin Jiao walked forward holding a map to report, "Boss, we've found the Scholar Residential Area you mentioned. It's right at this location."

Lu Feng looked at the map. Lin Jiao had already marked the location of the Scholar Residential Area in Cangshan District and drawn a route leading there directly from the bank.

The Scholar Residential Area was situated just to the north of that previous department store.

Xu Bin immediately asked, "Boss, now that we know where the Grey Wolf Mercenary Corps' base is, should we go and blow them up right now? It's just a bit troublesome to transport these canisters over there."

Lu Feng shook his head instead, saying, "I plan to change our strategy. I've gathered intelligence that the Grey Wolf Mercenary Corps' base is exceptionally nice—much better than our place here—and it even comes with an entire residential compound attached.

"Therefore, I plan to use this bank stronghold as a trap to lure the Grey Wolf Mercenary Corps in and wipe them out, and then seize their base afterwards."

These words left Lin Jiao, Xu Bin, and the others completely dumbfounded, momentarily unable to process their boss's sudden decision.

Just moments ago, they had been worrying about the Grey Wolf Mercenary Corps coming to attack them, and now their boss was actually planning to capture the Grey Wolf Mercenary Corps' base?

Yet, looking at the rows of gas cylinders, Lin Jiao and the others inexplicably felt a surge of confidence.

After all, they had all witnessed the sheer destructive power of these items.

Lin Jiao asked instinctively, "Boss, what should we do then?"

"Since those two men never returned, the Grey Wolf Mercenary Corps will definitely come looking for them. The place where those fellows were taken out will naturally be the first spot the enemy investigates," Lu Feng said as he walked out of the bank, heading straight to the location where the two Grey Wolf mercenaries had previously been killed.

The people from the Grey Wolf Mercenary Corps would trace them using the final explosion location of the pulse-裂 (fracture) chips, so they would inevitably show up here first.

Arriving at the spot, Lu Feng once again thought himself out of the game.

Back in the real-world warehouse, there were still six gas cylinders left.

Among these six cylinders, one had been tampered with, while the other five were fully charged and untouched.

Without delay, he brought all six gas cylinders into the game and instructed Lin Jiao, "Find a spot and set them up."

Since those two Grey Wolf mercenaries hadn't returned, the mercenary corps wouldn't send everyone out on the initial reconnaissance mission—at most, they would dispatch one or two squads.

If these scouts were eliminated as well, the entire Grey Wolf Mercenary Corps would undoubtedly mobilize. At that point, they would use the bank stronghold as a trap to wipe out all of them.

Therefore, before that happened, the scouting party had to be dealt with first.

Lin Jiao clearly grasped Lu Feng's intention immediately and led her people to search the surroundings, eventually finding a suitable location: the lobby of a building.

Once the gas cylinders were properly positioned, Lin Jiao and her team concealed themselves in the shadows, while Lu Feng quickly ran a full circle around the entire surrounding area.

Wherever he walked, once he exited the game, he could monitor the conditions of those locations through the game interface in his mind.

After running through the surrounding sectors, Lu Feng exited the game and, by panning the game view, confirmed that he could indeed scout the conditions of all the nearby areas.

Now, all he had to do was constantly monitor the game interface and wait for the Grey Wolf Mercenary Corps to appear.

Furthermore, when he stopped his scouting run, he positioned the viewpoint at the end of a street—the exact direction leading toward the Grey Wolf Mercenary Corps' territory.

Once the enemy showed up, this was the most likely path they would take.

However, the response from the Grey Wolf Mercenary Corps did not seem that prompt; half a day passed without the slightest movement.

Instead, while he was in the warehouse, he received a phone call from Dafei.

Pressing answer, Dafei's report came through: "Feng Shao, I'm setting off for Tianzhou City soon. I'm bringing Lin Qian and Chen Hai with me to handle the tea business there.

"As for the tea factory here in Yucheng, I've had Brother Ming send a trusted brother to look after it. I've left the young lady named Xiaoling to manage the Qingfeng Teahouse, while Xiaoyao and the other two girls will be coming with me to Tianzhou City."

"Alright, just handle the arrangements as you see fit!" Lu Feng nodded and said, "Once you arrive in Tianzhou City and find a suitable location for the tea market outlet, let me know, and I'll transfer the funds over."

Dafei's voice came through immediately: "Feng Shao, I've been scouting around the past couple of days. There are quite a few tea markets in Tianzhou City up for sale. If we can directly take over an existing one, we can get our operations on track the fastest and start selling Qingfeng tea."

"Very well, handle it however you see fit." Lu Feng didn't object. After all, he had already agreed to let his cousin, Dafei, Chen Bo, and the others invest in this tea business venture.

Dafei naturally wanted to make a profit and would choose the best possible method, saving him the trouble of worrying about it.

After hanging up the phone, Lu Feng resumed his wait. Yet, as evening approached, there was still no sign of any movement from the Grey Wolf Mercenary Corps.

Having skipped lunch, however, his stomach began to rumble with hunger.

Just as he opened the warehouse door to get into his car and grab something to eat, he hurriedly glanced at the game interface on his mental screen, because at the end of that street, a hovering truck had appeared.

Painted on the front of the truck was a ferocious grey wolf head emblem.

Clearly, the people from the Grey Wolf Mercenary Corps had arrived.

"Damn it, right when I was about to get something to eat," Lu Feng muttered in annoyance. He hurriedly got out of the car, returned to the warehouse, bolted the door, and entered the game with a single thought.

Appearing in the game world, Lu Feng raised his hand and made a hand gesture.

Hiding in the shadows, Lin Jiao and the others immediately snapped to attention, spotting the hovering truck in the distance shortly afterward.

Lin Jiao and her companions were filled with wonder. Their boss always possessed prophetic foresight; whenever he vanished using his mysterious ability, nobody knew where he went, yet he seemed capable of monitoring the movements of the Grey Wolf Mercenary Corps as if watching through a camera.

A moment later, the hovering truck arrived at the exact spot where the two Grey Wolf mercenaries had been killed.