He was so persuasive that he actually practiced extraordinary

After a long silence, the mosquito spoke up: "Zhang Beixing, the heir of the Zhang Group in Donghai. We don't care what you're plotting by following us, but let me tell you, this trip is fraught with danger, so you'd better be prepared to never return."

After Mosquito finished speaking, Kiko smiled and turned to Zhang Beixing, waving the tablet in her hand. With his exceptional eyesight, Zhang Beixing immediately saw all the words on the tablet—it contained his own information, even detailing which girl he had flirted with on which street back in the day. The last piece of information was: Enlistment in the Army.

"Let's talk?" Zhang Beixing replied indifferently.

To think that he could expose everything about me in such a short time—no wonder he's Kiko, the world-class hacker who once solved numerous major and unsolved cases around the world alongside Qin Feng. Seeing is believing. However, his hacking skills now seem like child's play to me.

“Let’s talk, but not here,” the mosquito replied.

Half an hour later, Kiko spoke up: "Mosquito, can you take off that ugly parking attendant jacket of yours?"

The mosquito refused to take off the coat: "I think it looks pretty good. It costs thirty yuan in the second-hand market, and I bargained for half an hour before I got it down to ten yuan."

"Fine, I'll let you off the hook since you got a luxury car to ride in for just ten dollars."

Finally, the vehicle arrived at a secluded estate, where a white private jet came into view. Andy, who had been missing for some time, opened the cabin door and invited everyone to board.

Amidst the turbulence created by the plane, Mosquito asked Zhang Beixing, "Do you want to come along?" Then he boarded the plane with Kiko and Lu Lilong.

Zhang Beixing gave an almost inaudible chuckle and immediately boarded the plane. His mind raced with information about the private jet: a Falcon 2000EX, a globally customized private jet worth fifty million euros, capable of transoceanic flights. Judging from the group's preparations and the information he'd just gathered in the car, this trip was likely to the United States.

The group sat in the luxurious seats in the cabin. Zhang Beixing and Lu Lilong were on the same side, while Mosquito and Kiko sat side by side opposite Zhang Beixing, their expressions tense.

Andy brought over a bottle of whiskey and placed it on the table: "Once you're on a plane, you're all on the same plane. Once we get off, we'll all be facing the same enemy, so let's not be hostile towards each other."

Zhang Beixing leaned back on the sofa, crossed his left leg over his right, and after assuming a comfortable position, he spoke: "I've shown you all my sincerity in abundance. On the contrary, you've been testing me repeatedly. Are you planning to test me again now?"

"It's not a test, it's to confirm Mr. Zhang's capabilities. Before choosing a partner, we need to verify their strength so that we can cooperate better in the future," Mosquito explained to Zhang Beixing in a friendly manner.

"Then let me ask you this: is my strength confirmed?" Zhang Beixing stared into the mosquito's eyes and asked, word by word.

Everyone present felt as if they were being stared at by a colossal creature from an abyss—a terror straight out of hell. Even the mosquitoes, the primary sufferers, were breaking out in a cold sweat—it seemed that such powerful beings truly existed in the world.

“Yes…it’s confirmed,” the mosquito replied.

Seeing that he had intimidated them, Zhang Beixing restrained his imposing manner and continued to ask, "Who exactly is the enemy?"

"Twilight Strategic Resources. They started a human gene experiment thirty years ago, and fifteen years ago their research made a major breakthrough. We were the first test subjects of this gene drug, and also the first failures of the gene drug."

After saying that, Mosquito gestured for Andy to take off his shirt and show Zhang Beixing his back. A black rose covered half of his back. Andy, being American, already had fair skin, making the black rose appear particularly striking.

"This is the mark of a failed experiment—half a black rose. The mark of a success is a red rose, and the higher the ability, the more roses one receives. Perhaps because the initial dose of the gene serum was small, all the failed experiments died, and the four of us were the only surviving unfinished products."

Because of the side effects of the drug, we rely on Twilight Corporation's gene inhibitors to survive, one dose per year. They use this to tightly control us, sending us around the world to steal intelligence from various countries and hand it over to Twilight's operations. We are Twilight Corporation's open targets.

Later, wanting to escape the control of the Twilight Corporation, we joined forces to steal ten years' worth of drugs, only to face a relentless manhunt from them. To survive, Tiger chose the uninhabited areas of China, and we all disappeared from sight, living in remote, sparsely populated places. Now, ten years have passed.

So we regrouped. We'd grown accustomed to a peaceful life and didn't want to go back to being controlled and living on the edge. We wanted to live normal lives and were ready to fight our way back to normalcy. Success or failure, we would fight to the death.

Towards the end, Mosquito's words took on a tragic tone, and even the usually jovial Andy's eyes reddened. The entire cabin was filled with a desolate atmosphere reminiscent of Jing Ke's assassination attempt on the King of Qin.

"Alright, isn't it just to recruit me? That tearful attack is too much. I only have one question." Zhang Beixing remained unmoved. These were all people who shed blood in gunfire every day; although their acting skills were Oscar-worthy, Zhang Beixing saw through their plan at a glance and had no intention of playing along.

"Go ahead and ask." The few tears that Mosquito had just squeezed out were still hanging on her face. After hearing Zhang Beixing's words, she was now caught between crying and laughing, and her whole expression looked rather comical.

"Have you ever laid a hand on Chinese soldiers?" This was Zhang Beixing's bottom line. If they had, there was no point in continuing negotiations.

Mosquito, Kiko, and Andy all shook their heads, saying they had been living in other countries and had always heard that Chinese soldiers were very powerful. Even Andy's prison break this time only resulted in knocking the people unconscious; he didn't lay a hand on any Chinese soldiers.

After he finished speaking, everyone's eyes were focused on Lu Lilong.

Lu Lilong turned to the side and looked at Zhang Beixing.

"Believe it or not, I have never laid a hand on any Chinese soldier when I was sober. When they captured me to be a test subject, they took a liking to my physique from ancient Chinese martial arts and injected me with 50% more drugs than the other three. So my aftereffects are far more severe than theirs. If I am subjected to strong external stimuli, I will lose control of myself. As for what I told you about Chinese soldiers in the no-man's-land, I was just scaring you. I still want to stay in the Chinese prison peacefully for another ten years. I have never laid a hand on any soldier. They left voluntarily because they couldn't bear the loneliness of the darkness."

Zhang Beixing stared at Lu Lilong for about a minute, confirming that he did not see any trace of deception in his eyes.

Three minutes later, Zhang Beixing withdrew his gaze from Lu Lilong, slowly leaned back on the sofa, and flashed a bright white smile at everyone.

"Then, to freedom, to victory, cheers!" With that, Zhang Beixing picked up the empty wine glass on the table and raised it to everyone.

Seeing that the crisis had passed, Andy immediately regained his usual energy and quickly took the wine in his hand to pour a drink for Zhang Beixing.

If you don't latch onto the big boss now, when will you?

Seeing this, Mosquito and the others raised their glasses and clinked them together with Zhang Beixing's.

"For freedom and victory!" the crowd shouted in unison.

Andy whispered, "For the money!"

Upon hearing this, Zhang Beixing raised an eyebrow. He really does have a knack for making money.

After finishing their full glasses of vodka, Mosquito and Kiko finally put down their glasses.

The two leaned back on the sofa, slowly exhaling. They looked at each other, both wearing wry smiles. Their backs were soaked with sweat; Zhang Beixing was simply terrifying.

Lu Lilong looked down at his sweaty palms, so slippery he could barely hold the wine glass. This was the first time Lu Lilong had truly grasped the fear Zhang Beixing had instilled in him.

It was like taking a walk through the gates of hell. At four in the morning, everyone was fast asleep.

While Zhang Beixing was asleep, a sudden sense of panic swept through his heart. Urged on by this panic, Zhang Beixing immediately went to the next room and woke up Lu Lilong.

Lu Lilong, who was meditating on the bed, heard a loud knocking on the door. He immediately opened his eyes alertly and ran to open the door with a puzzled look on his face.

Upon opening the door, Lu Lilong saw Zhang Beixing standing outside with a solemn expression. An alarm bell immediately went off in his mind, and his intuition told him that something big was about to happen.

Before Zhang Beixing could explain, Lu Lilong immediately said, "I'll go wake up the others."

Zhang Beixing nodded, signaling Lu Lilong to hurry up. He was filled with doubt; his spider-sense hadn't been activated, so why was his body constantly warning him of danger?

Kiko, who is always impatient, was woken up from her sleep and was already full of anger and ready to throw a tantrum.

Upon entering the cabin, she sensed a strong sense of impending doom, and silently swallowed the words that had been on the tip of her tongue.

She survived ten years of relentless manhunts by Twilight Company, and her success was due to far more than just her hacking skills.

However, not everyone on this plane is as perceptive as Kiko.

Andy, who was dragged out of bed by Lu Lilong, kept muttering to himself as he was being ushered into the cabin.

"Let me tell you, Tiger, don't think you can mess with me just because I can't beat you. Even a rabbit will bite when provoked. I just fell asleep less than an hour ago. You'd better have something important to do, or you'll be in for my wrath."

Lu Lilong impatiently warned, "Shut up."

At this moment, Andy, who had been immersed in his own little world of morning grumpiness, had a lingering premonition that told him there was danger.

Sensing the strange atmosphere in the cabin, especially Zhang Beixing who had been silent in the center of the crowd, he snapped out of his daze.

Andy quickly raised his hand to his mouth, making a zipper gesture, and then obediently hid in a corner of the cabin, trying his best to minimize his presence.

Zhang Beixing was reflecting on how, ever since the system revealed his spider-like senses, he had successfully avoided many deadly crises thanks to this ability.

Logically speaking, there should be absolutely no way something went wrong. What exactly happened this time?

My feelings are growing stronger; I don't have much time left.

Zhang Beixing made a decisive decision: blindly believing everything in books is worse than having no books at all. Faced with these dangers, it's best to make plans early and be prepared.

"Come with me to the supply depot. Everyone, take all the supplies you can carry," Zhang Beixing said.

The mosquito was very observant and immediately led everyone to the supplies storage area.

Although we don't know what Zhang Beixing's considerations were behind this move, it's still better to be prepared.

Just as everyone finished packing their supplies, a nerve in Zhang Beixing's mind suddenly twitched, and a chill ran down his spine—his spider-sense had kicked in.

Zhang Beixing quickly said, "Quickly, let's go."

Before anyone could react, they followed Zhang Beixing in a frantic run.

Seeing Zhang Beixing open his parachute without hesitation, Kiko couldn't help but speak up from behind.

"Are you kidding me? Demon King, we're currently within Esmore territory. We're surrounded by primeval forests. Not only will it be difficult for us to cross this forest if we jump down, but we're also just across the border from the United States. Can't we wait a little longer?"

But Zhang Beixing didn't seem to want to explain anything to them at all, and prepared to parachute without saying a word.

Zhang Beixing had a strong feeling that the plane they were on was in great danger and that they were probably being watched.

These teammates are hopeless. I've already tried so hard to lead them, how come they're so heavy?

Seeing his decisive and efficient manner, everyone was puzzled.

Just as he was about to jump, a mosquito swatted at him, trying to stop Zhang Beixing.

Zhang Beixing glanced coldly at the mosquito reaching out to him, swatted it away, and jumped down.

Without a second thought, Lu Lilong jumped off the plane. He vaguely sensed a danger lurking within him, and his intuition told him to go to the safest place…

Lu Lilong glanced at the figure plummeting rapidly in front of him.

Mosquito, Andy, and Kiko behind them gritted their teeth, clearly at a loss. Should they follow, or not?
Just as they were still hesitating, a shell came from the ground and hit the tail of the plane.

The plane shook violently, and the three men exchanged glances, all seeing fear in each other's eyes.

Without any further hesitation, the three jumped off the plane.

Just as they parachuted, a tremendous roar came from behind them. Debris from the helicopter and a huge heat wave swept over them.

They didn't even need to turn around to know that their plane had exploded.

Andy's legs began to weaken as he floated in mid-air. If he had hesitated for just a few more seconds, they would probably be torn to pieces along with the plane by now.

"Damn, the boss is the boss, I'm impressed, really impressed," Andy, who had narrowly escaped death, shouted inwardly. (End of Chapter)