Chapter 188

Translator: WontonChaos

Translation Checker: 7qqy

Editor: yuki_shuichi

The dead sea heart-shaped rock formation that shrouded the entire swath of empty field sank to the ground like an ebbing tide and flowed like a black current onto the ground.

Lu Yan wasn’t completely mobile yet. Limping and stumbling, he ran towards them as he looked around. Gargantuar had already vanished, and except for the blood stains dotting the ground, he did not leave behind any other traces.

Bi Lanxing followed along. When he saw Bai Chunian standing there as if nothing had happened, he was finally relieved.

“Did he run away?” Lu Yan furrowed his brows, looking at Bai Chunian with a hint of unfamiliarity. Bai Chunian’s combat suit was soaked in blood, damp, and wet.

“I killed him.”

“You killed him???” Lu Yan widened his eyes, taking a full ten seconds to digest this information.

“How about it, calling megeisn’t too much, right?”

Lu Yan restrained himself for a while,burned his last restraint,saying, “If you want to be calledgethen you can be calledge, what are you so proud of?Ge ge ge ge ge ge ge, are you satisfied now? It means you look old!”

Bai Chunian, with his hands in his pockets, pondered over this title and felt satisfied.

Following that, he said, “Seeing that you ran quite fast… It shouldn’t be a big deal. Alright, give me the bomb. I’ll go and plant it. You guys wait for me outside, be quick. It’s already getting dark, and we need to get it done before tomorrow morning.” Bai Chunian spread out his hands, signaling for Lu Yan to hand him the bomb case.

Actually, Bai Chunian’s intention was only to expose Lu Yan and Lanxing to more real combat situations. Since Gargantuar had appeared, they didn’t need to risk a direct confrontation with an A3-grade experimental subject to complete the mission. Moreover, they wouldn’t have been able to accomplish it anyway, as Bai Chunian never intended for them to succeed. Tasks like infiltrating the core of the factory and installing bombs were usually assigned to senior agents in the special operations team.

“Already done.” Lu Yan lifted his face.

“Hmm?” Bai Chunian raised his eyelids. “The central warehouse and the monocrylene production room have both been installed with bombs?”

“Mhm.”

Bai Chunian firmly ruffled Lu Yan’s soft hair. “Not bad, eh?”

Lu Yan tried to maintain a composed and modest expression on his face, but the pride in his eyes had already given him away.

Bi Lanxing approached Bai Chunian and murmured, “Gargantuar, eliminated?”

“The key experimental subjects from the 109 Research Institute… It’s better to have one less than one more. Since Gargantuar has arrived, it means that the research institute has received information about a potential attack on the factory. Other experimental subjects are also likely on their way here, so we need to take action ahead of time.”

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Bi Lanxing was caught between laughter and tears, “Chu-ge, you don’t need to carry me. I can walk on my own.”

Bai Chunian started laughing, and said, “Me and Rimbaud each carrying one would be faster. I can only carry you. If I carry the rabbit, my wife will definitely be mad at me. Alphas are so heavy and strong, you think I want to carry you? ”

“Don’t be polite with me, aren’t you the vice-captain with lots of authority? As captain, isn’t it only right for me to do some of the heavy lifting?” Bai Chunian’s words hid barbs. This young alpha might be tender in age, but he sure didn’t lack guts, even daring to face gunfire. If it weren’t for him and Rimbaud arriving quickly this time, two inexperienced trainee agents would typically be crushed to death by an A3-grade Special Operations Weapon. If that happened, what face would Bai Chunian have to report back with?

While Bi Lanxing was being carried with his head down, he silently reflected on his impulsive actions.

“An agent relies on brains, not on courage or fearlessness,ah. Especially you, as the vice-captain, your role is to understand and adjust the tactical situation of your team members, not to charge ahead with them. It’s not like you didn’t know that Lu Yan is not exactly the smartest rabbit.”

“I knew that he could do it, that’s why I let him go,” Bi Lanxing stubbornly insisted. “We are a team, Chu-ge. You have to trust him…and trust me too.”

He has always been humble, rarely contradicting his teachers and superiors.

Bai Chunian released his grip, and Bi Lanxing extended vines from his fingertips, wrapping them around the ladder outside the cooling tower and climbing side by side with Bai Chunian. His body and hands had injuries all over, yet it didn’t hinder his speed.

Bai Chunian shifted his gaze to Bi Lanxing, who was beside him. He remembered that Bi Lanxing had turned eighteen this year, and his facial features had become more distinct and mature since when they first met. Traces of his and Lu Yan’s growth were visible on their faces and bodies, and it inexplicably stirred a subtle envy in Bai Chunian. He wished that Rimbaud was also able to witness his gradual changes, from his appearance to his character.

Regrettably, for such a common human development, he was not able to do so.

Lu Yan followed by Rimbaud’s side, and Rimbaud also did not ask whether he could walk or not, directly carrying him to climb up towards the cooling tower. Relying on electromagnetic levitation, he effortlessly ascended.

The speed of the ascent was truly too fast. Lu Yan could only tightly cling to Rimbaud’s neck, his head was buried in his collarbone, and his eyes were tightly closed to avoid the wind.

Rimbaud played with the ball of rabbit’s tail that squeezed out of Lu Yan’s pants with his fingertips and found that therabbit’s tailcould be stretched out very long. It was not a ball, but a tail strip rolled into a ball.

Cute.He could clearly have countless fluffy cuties gathered around him, but he chose to loveXiaoBai alone. Rimbaud felt that he was a great king, and a great king must be single-minded in his feelings.

Lu Yan buried his face in the hollow of his neck and complained sullenly, “Bai Chunian will bring up me calling himgeall year, it’s so annoying! Is killing Gargantuar really so impressive?”

Rimbaud replied softly, “Experimental Subject No. 436 Gargantuar, A3-grade Special Operations experimental subject, one of the trump cards of the institute, truly impressive.”

Lu Yan, “…”

Rimbaud continued, “The dominator experimental subject would be strengthened by the controller, butXiaoBai would not, he would only be weakened. Even so, he was still able to defeat the A3-grade experimental subject.”

Lu Yan, “…”

Rimbaud, “It only took him ten minutes to finish off Gargantuar, which is something Eris and Black Panther could never have accomplished.”

Lu Yan, “…”

Rimbaud, “He has beautiful eyes.”

Lu Yan replied, “We trainees of the Greenfly Island special training base have a Bai Chunian fan group, do you want to be an admin?”

Rimbaud, “…”

Climbing to the very top of the cooling tower, Bai Chunian leaned down and reached his hands out toward Rimbaud.

Rimbaud handed him a hydrated steel 16x scope.

As night fell, Bai Chunian closed one eye, silently looked toward the Greyhound Family, opened his communicator, and whispered, “Han-ge, Xiao Xun, report your location.”

The outskirts of Greenfly City.

The two bosses who were acquainted with Lu Shangjin when he was young often sneakily got together in the winery for leisure, to sip wine and chat.

Bi Ruijing lit a cigar, closed his eyes, and savored it for a long time before slowly exhaling.

Xia Pingtian joked, “How long has it been since you last smoked?”

“My partner won’t let me at all. Even if there is the barest hint of a scent in my mouth, they would fight with me for a long time. Inform your brother, don’t find someone who is ten years younger than you, who won’t pay for your life after driving you insane.” Bi Ruijing smiled while he flicked his cigarette, then rubbed the wedding ring on his ring finger to prevent the soot from falling and blackening it. “By the way, your trick is really effective. I sent Lanxing to the special training base, and the child’s spirit and energy are completely different. In the past, he was not interested in anything, precisely due to a lack of excitement. We had so much excitement when we were young. What a stir Lu Shangjin brought about when chasing Yan Yi, causing us to follow into smoke and fire, I still remember it now.”

Xia Pingtian hooked his lips and laughed. “Hey, you should be content… My family’s Caibing won’t even do this. Every day, he’s got his head stuck in the pharmacy room of the laboratory. Wanting to hear a good word from him is harder than reaching the sky, yet he’s annoyingly good to his own students.”

“Ai, Lu-geis coming over. Eh, it seems like he has brought an omega over.” Through the french window, Xia Pingtian squinted at the car outside the winery for a long time. “It’s not Yan Yi, it’s a little one, I haven’t seen them before.”

The omega brought in by Lu Shangjin respectfully opened the door for him, then followed in, looking well-disciplined in etiquette.

Xia Pingtian, who was chatting and laughing with people by the window with a goblet, waited for this new face for a long time. “Hey, I haven’t seen you for a few days, and my Luge‘s family status has risen, and now even the people who go out with him have changed. Tsk tsk, with this small figure, can it withstand a kick from Yan Yi?”

Bi Ruijing leaned against the window and replied, “What are you even saying, he couldn’t even properly receive a kick from Yan Yiah.”

Lu Shangjin was too lazy to listen to their blind interruptions and turned around to tip his chin towards the omega behind him. “Greet them.”

Du Mo quickly bowed and said, “Mr. Bi, Mr. Xia.”

Lu Shangjin sat down on the sofa and crossed his legs. “Let me tell you guys some amusing things.”

Since the two of them were already bored, they leaned over to listen.

“Look at this contract.” Lu Shangjin took out two stacks of paper from Du Mo’s hands and placed them on the table. “Look at the business this good son of mine negotiated.”

Bi Ruijing picked up a copy and glanced at it, amused. “Is this caused byXiaoBai or Lu Yan?”

Xia Pingtian held onto the back of the sofa and laughed until he lost his breath.

Lu Shangjin also laughed angrily. “Tuqiucouldn’t do this, it wasXiaoBai that did it. With 8 billion yuan worth of NU nutrient agents, he directly opened his mouth and offered 8 hundred million. When others haggled over rounding the price at a discount, he directly wiped out another zero.”

“Hahaha, fuck, he really knows how to bargainah.”

“Don’t interrupt, I haven’t finished yet. He ordered 60,000 IN infection agents with a 20% deposit, and then broke the contract, because he didn’t want it anymore.”

Bi Ruijing thought for a moment. “The monocrylene you asked me to check is the raw material of this agentba? 60,000 doses of infection agent probably consumed the entire inventory of monocrylene in the research institute… Suddenly, he didn’t want any of it. Although he couldn’t get the deposit back, the infection agents were already difficult to sell, and the demand was small. The research institute now had so much backlog that it couldn’t sell, and its capital wouldn’t be enough to regeneratevitality… It’s really a lossah… I’ve long said thatXiaoBai has your bearing.”

“My bearing? It’s still not over yet. He found a shell company and bought back those infection agents at half the price.” Lu Shangjin raised his eyebrows. “Was it I who taught him to be a bogus buyer? Although I, Lu Shangjin, can’t be said to be a philanthropist, I have never intentionally played tricks on my opponents in business, and this move has made me lose all of my face. With these two good sons, I could not see any future for the Lu Group.”

After a while, Xia Xiangtian finally finished laughing to the point of gasping for breath. Having been involved in the industry for many years, he could see through this type of childish tricks at a glance. It was not that the Institute was not cautious enough, but under the circumstances of the name endorsement of the Lu Group and the fact that Lu Shangjin had long held control over the International Business Federation, his name symbolized credibility.

“A full mealah. However…although there is the element of your name endorsement in it, how did he negotiate a contract with so many loopholes? IfXiaoBai really has this ability, he is quite the talent.”

“Yes,XiaoBai is the one who proposed such a damaging move. My family’sXiaoBai is clever here, coming up with a bad idea and then instructing others to execute it.” Lu Shangjin raised his finger to point to Du Mo, who was standing aside with his head bowed, not daring to make a sound. “This one is the actual talent of the field operation.”

Seeing himself mentioned, Du Mo quickly waved his hands. “No, no, it was my honor to do it even a little bit.”

Bi Ruijing picked up a new cigarette and lit it to reckon with him by saying, “Kid, what does your family do?”

The three men sitting in the room were familiar to Du Mo’s eyes. They were often seen in international business magazines, commercial news, and Internet headlines. Surrounded by three business tycoons, Du Mo was like a sheep that fell into a wolf’s den. He could only answer what was asked of him, so he answered truthfully, “My grandfather used to work on Wall Street, and so did my father. Now I’m the only one left in the family.”

Bi Ruijing gave him a sympathetic and inquiring look.

“Overdose from cocaine.” Du Mo clenched his pants silently, cold sweat constantly dripped from his hands. “I started working in the International Prison when I was sixteen, and I am twenty-four this year.”

But after asking for some basic information, Bi Ruijing kindly comforted him with a few words and called the butler to take Du Mo to the vineyard for some fresh air.

After Du Mo left, the two asked about Lu Shangjin’s plans.

Lu Shangjin held a glass of wine and casually decanted it by swirling it around. “A child fooling around once won’t shake anything, so let’s take it as practice forXiaoBai. Although it’s truly a bit ridiculous…but Yan Yi should be quite happy. He is happy whenever the Institute is unlucky, it’s not a loss this time. ”

“Then this Du Mo…”

“This child is in a precarious situation and cannot survive without relying on me but he’s a smart child. First, let’s try and see. Coincidentally, it happens that there is a shortage of people in Huanshifengfei. If he has other intentions, I can just get rid of him. It’s not worth worrying about. Let’s drink.”