Chapter 73

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Lin Qing chuckled and exchanged a glance with Zhou Zhiruo: "Do you know how the Red Flower Double Sticks deliver their tasks to the Marshal of the Heavenly Canopy?"

"This..." kg looked troubled and smiled bitterly: "I don't know either."

"I know!" Gouzi shouted triumphantly, glancing at kg: "Don't say you know a lot. This kind of information, you as a team leader, wouldn't know. We, the lowly street urchins, who are well-informed about all sorts of low-down news, would know a bit."

Lin Qing said calmly: "Speak!"

Gouzi chuckled and cracked his knuckles.

Zhou Zhiruo snorted coldly. She had long found this guy's shifty eyes and sly demeanor annoying, and immediately placed her sword, the Heaven's Will, against his neck.

Gouzi was instantly drenched in cold sweat and trembled: "Spare me, hero, I was wrong. I'll tell you now."

He whispered: "Actually, in the Hong Gang, only I know about this. Once, I ran an errand for a Red Flower Double Stick and went into a brothel with him. After three red girls took turns to serve him, singing and playing music until he was boneless, and after eating snacks and drinking until he was drunk, he accidentally let slip some information. He said they have never actually met the Marshal of the Heavenly Canopy. Not even once. They accumulate team merit points and are recommended by their respective altars. They don't even know what the Marshal of the Heavenly Canopy looks like. Every time they go on a mission, they always go to a hotel in the southern part of the city. There's a black phone booth there, and they need to swipe a stamp to enter. They receive and submit tasks there."

Lin Qing closed his eyes and took a deep breath.

He realized that a huge and dangerous opportunity was right in front of him.

Pretending to be the already deceased surgeon, he could enter that phone booth and infiltrate the Hong Gang!

There were three key points to this plan.

First, the Hong Gang's current mission was to obtain a hidden world map. This was no problem for Lin Qing, as he already had four maps, and the completed [Secret Passage to Bright Peak] map could be given to the Hong Gang!

The Hong Gang would have no problem with this [Secret Passage to Bright Peak] map, because it was genuine!

However, if the Hong Gang sent another team to complete the world mission in the [Secret Passage to Bright Peak], they would be shocked to find that the passage had already collapsed!

The location no longer existed.

Lin Qing knew that any information was only broadcast to the adventurers in this world, and other adventurers couldn't hear it.

In other words, what happened in the world of "The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber" was unknown to everyone except the ten adventurers who entered.

Now, Lin Qing could ensure that Li Meilin and Yan Ran wouldn't say anything.

The only ones left who might betray this information were the former Hong Gang members, kg and Gouzi.

His eyes smiled.

Gouzi, still trying to curry favor, continued to talk non-stop: "Actually, I also asked him how he received his payment. He said the team directly transferred it to him. Unfortunately, this person was killed by the South Mountain Brotherhood in a later operation. Otherwise, why would I be in such a miserable state?"

As he talked, kg's eyes became even more desperate.

He was a smart person and knew something was wrong as soon as he heard it.

When kg heard Lin Qing always asking about the Red Flower Double Sticks, he guessed what Lin Qing was planning.

Although he didn't know what Lin Qing had obtained from the surgeon, he knew that every question Lin Qing asked was deeply meaningful.

If Gouzi hadn't revealed such confidential information, it wouldn't have been so bad, but now that he had, Lin Qing had no choice but to kill them to silence them.

Forget about honor and righteousness; kg had already seen that Lin Qing wasn't a good person.

Lin Qing turned his gaze away, pulling Zhou Zhiruo and walking away.

He believed that kg would make a wise choice.

Behind him, Gouzi, who was still talking excitedly, was puzzled: "Uh? I haven't finished my information yet."

His vision went dark, and he knew nothing more.

Gouzi was killed by kg, who took the initiative to silence him for Lin Qing.

Lin Qing turned around and looked at the key kg respectfully offered, and smiled, tossing it back.

kg was drenched in cold sweat.

Lin Qing said calmly: "You know everything?"

kg smiled bitterly: "I know."

He knew that if he lied to Lin Qing, Lin Qing would immediately kill him with Zhou Zhiruo.

"Troublesome," Lin Qing sighed to the sky: "Although you are very smart, you know too many of my secrets. You know about the Red Flower Double Sticks and Zhou Zhiruo. I'm sure you've guessed that my spatial abilities are unique."

kg was drenched in cold sweat and smiled apologetically: "I know. I've never seen anyone who can summon a plot heroine."

"What do you think I should do with you?" Lin Qing said with a half-smile.

"Thump!"

kg knelt down and said firmly: "I am willing to swear a spatial oath, to follow the boss forever and never reveal the boss's secrets to anyone. If I break this oath, I will be killed by the space."

"The space probably doesn't have that much power," Lin Qing said with a faint smile: "Besides, I don't really believe in oaths."

kg almost begged: "Please spare my life, boss. I am still very useful. I managed to become a remote team leader in the Hong Gang, with 4 or 5 people under me. If it weren't for Ganglao's malicious suppression, I would have become a captain long ago. I rebelled because of Ganglao. Please!"

Lin Qing's eyes flickered. kg seemed crude but was actually very meticulous, even considering Lin Qing's concerns about his past rebellion. Lin Qing smiled faintly.

He checked the space: "Can I exchange luck points for items in the space?"

The space replied: "Luck points are more valuable than the space's general currency, supply points, and can be used at a 10:1 ratio. After you enter the maze space, you can exchange them at any time in a non-combat state, but it is strongly discouraged."

Lin Qing understood that luck points were like hard currency in the space, more valuable than supply points.

"No problem, I want to exchange for a poison."

"Here is the list."

"Choose this one!"

Lin Qing spent 300 luck points to get a colorful pill and tossed it to kg. The price was exorbitant, as this poison alone was worth 3000 supply points! Equivalent to one and a half times the cost of saving Zhou Zhiruo!

"Swallow this," Lin Qing said slowly. "This is a poison from the southern border, which will release a powerful toxin if you take any action against me. You will be eaten alive by the worms and become a zombie."

"Any action against you?" kg was drenched in cold sweat: "What exactly does that include?"

Lin Qing smiled: "It includes, but is not limited to, attacking me or my people, or saying the keywords I forbid. The words we just heard are included."

kg understood and sighed.

He knew that once he swallowed this, he would become Lin Qing's slave.

But if he didn't, he would die now.

Lin Qing and Zhou Zhiruo were not someone he could resist.

Lin Qing went to such lengths not only because kg was good at dealing with people but also because he needed double insurance!

His current information about the Hong Gang was still far from enough.

And kg was currently the member who knew the most about the Hong Gang.

Moreover, he needed kg to return to the Hong Gang and help him testify.

If a team was completely wiped out and only one person returned, that person would be suspected, even if he was a Red Flower Double Stick.

But if two people returned, one openly and one secretly, corroborating each other, there would be no suspicion, especially if the mission was completed.

Originally, Lin Qing could have used the Thousand Spider Poison Hand given to him by Zhuye to poison kg and ensure kg wouldn't betray him. But the poison level of the Thousand Spider Poison Hand was only C-level, and Lin Qing didn't want his secrets to leak, so he spent a large sum to buy it from the space.

kg gritted his teeth and swallowed the colorful poison.

He immediately checked his attribute panel and saw his status, his face turning ashen.

Lin Qing smiled faintly and patted kg's shoulder: "Alright, now I can trust you. We are brothers now!"

Zhou Zhiruo smiled faintly and put away her Heaven's Will sword.

She didn't want Lin Qing to kill too much.

Lin Qing put his arm around kg's neck and said with a grin: "Now you can tell me more about the Hong Gang, right? Don't worry, I won't treat you badly."

kg talked for another two hours.

It was fortunate that he was a true veteran in the Hong Gang, a senior team leader of the Red Flower team, and knew a lot of internal information, providing Lin Qing with such accurate and valuable information.

Lin Qing was secretly amazed.

He had already imagined the large teams and gangs to be very strong, but he still underestimated the power of the gangs in this world.

No wonder they had specialized departments like the Planning Department, Intelligence Department, and Supervision Department, because they were already a powerful violent organization!

In this world, not only was Eastern Asia controlled by gangs, but the shelters in Europe, America, and Africa were also controlled by various gangs, teams, and religious forces. This chaotic country seemed to have no concept of a nation, only four major territories. The total population was over several million.

The foundation and income of the gangs were built on the backs of tens of thousands of ordinary adventurers in the territories they controlled.

Ordinary adventurers, like Li Meilin, needed to pay protection fees to the gangs based on the number of people to survive in this community. The lower-level members of the gangs, such as the straw shoe members, also had to pay a significant percentage of their team fees. The teams would also collectively operate to extract huge profits from the plot worlds.

kg was deeply dissatisfied and ultimately chose to rebel because the team fees he had to pay were too heavy. Even as a senior team leader, he had to pay 20%. It was even heavier for the lower-level members.

In contrast, the leaders of the gangs were much more comfortable.

A captain like Ganglao didn't have to pay any membership fees. Moreover, he received various subsidies from the team and various tributes from his subordinates. His 1.5% liquid metal was bought with the team's subsidies.

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