Life Dungeon Game

Now that He Ao is the deputy minister of the overseas department, it is reasonable for him to send the problematic video to Yang De. Once Yang De has investigated and found the results, He Ao, as an 'insider', will also get the relevant information as soon as possible.

This was much easier than doing the investigation himself.

Furthermore, he doesn't want to involve his main body directly in the matter for the time being. If his main body gets involved in related events, his existence will be exposed during the investigation, so taking a roundabout approach is necessary.

Therefore, He Ao is now preparing to start his investigation directly from Port Noral. The time interval is not long, and there are still clues to be found.

Just as Heo's ship was about to arrive at the port of Noral, an unexpected radio call came in.

“Listen up, ship ahead! This is the new leader of the Free Marines. We have the support of Lord Dawn. Surrender immediately and obey our orders.”

He Ao: ?

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Everyone in the driver's cab turned their attention to He Ao.

After all, He Ao was also a 'big shot in the Dawn Group'.

He Ao stroked his chin, lost in thought for a moment.

Could it be that just when I was about to find someone from Dawn to look for clues, the other party delivered themselves to my door?

Is it really possible for prey to jump right in?

However, this area is the territory of the Coast Guard, which is essentially an extension of the research institute's influence. Logically speaking, it's unlikely that Dawn would send anyone to cause trouble in this area, as the risk factor is too high.

In fact, after attacking the research institute's cruise ship, Dawn should be in a state of retreat now in order to guard against the institute's retaliation.

It is clearly unreasonable to recruit former members of the Freedom Sailors in such a high-profile manner.

He looked at the old captain and said softly, "Follow their directions and move closer."

"Yes."

The old captain nodded. He had no doubts; this man was a big shot from Dawn, and the other man was also from Dawn. They might be working together.

Anyway, he just needs to obey.

The supply ship changed course, began radio communication, and headed toward the other side.

The fact that the other side was able to send a surrender radio message proves that they had seen the ship and that the two were not far apart.

He Ao left the wheelhouse and stood on the deck, peering through binoculars.

Soon they spotted a huge cargo ship in the distance, with speedboats parked on it, clearly a classic pirate mothership.

After about ten minutes, the two ships were brought together.

First, several pirates carrying submachine guns climbed onto the supply ship, and then a man dressed in a neat suit, wearing sunglasses, whose attire was completely out of place with the pirates, climbed up the rope ladder.

The man had a fair complexion, unlike the other pirates who were tanned dark. His skin was also more delicate, and his lower body was unsteady. It was clear that he had never worked as a sailor at sea or done any physical labor. He was a pampered young master.

"This is Mr. Zono, the brother-in-law of Boss Balan, and also the new boss of our Freedom Sailors. He has a big shot from Dawn backing him up. You know Dawn, right? It's full of Nora's messengers, supermen with great power."

The pirate at the front stood in front of He Ao and introduced himself arrogantly.

Nora is the chief god worshipped by the Arano people, and Nora's messenger means the messenger of the god.

Dawn's positioning is quite interesting. If they were just cooperating with Balan, they wouldn't need to design an identity that fits the myths and legends of the Alarnos.

This identity was meaningless to their actions; they didn't even need to expose themselves to the Alanos, as long as they supported Balan.

Unless they want to establish a long-term presence in this area.

He suddenly realized that he seemed to have touched on a key point.

His gaze fell on the arrogant, playboy-looking man.

Balan's brother-in-law...

According to information obtained from previous interrogations, Balan had dozens of mistresses and dozens of brothers-in-law.

This identity is really worthless.

Since the identity of brother-in-law is not valuable, then the identity of Leon Lai must be valuable.

"People from the Middle Kingdom?"

The pirate at the very front

Seeing that He Ao remained silent, and that the crew behind him were not intimidated by the name he mentioned, they pointed their guns at He Ao and asked, "Are you a spy for the Coast Guard?"

He Ao glanced at him, turned to the side, and walked towards the well-dressed young man.

"Damn it, you traitor."

Seeing that He Ao ignored him, the arrogant pirate put down his gun, pulled out a dagger from his waist, and stabbed it directly into He Ao's heart.

The angle at which this person swung the knife was extremely tricky; if it were an ordinary person, this stab would surely kill them.

Clearly, the other party has killed more than one person and is very experienced.

Moreover, although the other party seemed to be arrogantly provoking trouble, he was actually very shrewd. He realized that mentioning the names of Balan's brother-in-law and Dawn would not convince the people on the ship, so he thought of killing someone to establish his authority.

He Ao, with his outsider appearance, was naturally the best target for establishing his authority.

By labeling He Ao a 'spy,' he had already harbored murderous intentions.

As for why a knife was used instead of a gun...

A knife creates a bloodier scene than a gun, and it's more effective at establishing authority.

A cold glint of light flashed by.

Bright red blood splattered out.

He Ao pulled the dagger from the man's chest, twirled it in his palm, and then tucked it back into his waistband.

The entire movement was fluid and seamless, without any pauses or hesitations; he didn't even stop walking.

A surge of life force flowed through the dagger into He Ao's body, giving his complexion a rosier glow.

This dagger is called the Nightfall Dagger; it can absorb the life force of enemies to enhance its own power.

By the time everyone recovered from the bloody scene, the man who attacked He Ao was already lying on the ground, no longer struggling.

He Ao then walked up to Zuo Nuo, the flamboyantly dressed young master.

Who is protecting you from the dawn?

Zuo Nuo looked at He Ao's refined face, still splattered with a few drops of blood, swallowed hard, and his legs went weak, causing him to kneel on the ground.

"My lord, spare my life, my lord, spare your life."

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Forty minutes later, He Ao finally learned the specifics of the situation from Zuo Nuo.

This guy used to help Balan manage his business in the city, so he's been raised to be delicate and healthy.

After Balan died, he immediately packed up a sum of money and prepared to flee, but unexpectedly ran into the pirate captain who had just died.

The other party was originally the leader of this pirate mothership. He was a ruthless man who often committed murder and robbery.

In order to save his life, Zono claimed that he had the support of Dawn and was there to reorganize the Free Marines.

Because Zuo Nuo manages businesses and is also educated, he has a lot of contact with people from Li Ming.

The pirate captain knew Zuo Nuo and also knew that Zuo Nuo knew people from Dawn, so he made Zuo Nuo a figurehead, claiming that he was Dawn's boss, and planned to use this as a pretext to take over the ships of the original Free Marines.

Zuo Nuo knew he was just a puppet with no say, but he dared not run away, for running away would surely mean certain death.

The money he amassed was taken by the pirate captain under the guise of a 'reward'.

Of course, the pirate captain's grand ambitions came to an end when his very first ship encountered Heo.

During this time, Heo learned about Dawn's arrangements in Alano.

They did not only support Balan as a representative

Spokespersons have also become deeply involved in the management system of the Freedom Sailors.

Every pirate captain of slightly higher rank among the Free Marines knew of their existence and that they shared power with Balan among the Free Marines.

The Balan claimed to be the incarnation of Nora, and they called themselves Nora's messengers.

That's why the pirate captain just now thought of having Zono use the name of Dawn to recruit the remnants of the Free Marines.

Upon learning that He Ao was one of Dawn's men, Zuo Nuona immediately bowed and showered him with flattery.

However, He Ao ignored him; he had just received another message.

News from Yang De.

The interrogation at the Liu family's side has yielded results.

Because the research institute immediately isolated and observed the Liu family's crew members after the incident, it was very easy to find them and the interrogation was very quick.

Yang De originally intended to see if he could develop these people who had come into contact with the extraordinary into members of the overseas department, but he did not expect to have such an unexpected gain.

These staff members had no counter-interrogation skills, and the research institute uncovered the truth of the matter with almost no hindrance.

One of these workers was a frequent gambler at the underground casino in Porto Noral, where such underground activities were well-developed in the chaotic city of Arano.

This employee was a compulsive gambler and was already heavily in debt.

While being chased by the casino's creditors, a mysterious man approached him, saying he could help him pay off his debts and give him a large sum of money, but he needed to do something for the mysterious man.

Then he recruited two colleagues to take on the task together.

They deliberately withheld refueling at first, and then contacted a specific supply ship as instructed by the mysterious person when the time came.

Then, during resupply, they received the supplies delivered by the supply ship and handed them over to the tomb keeper.

Yang De's investigation stopped when he reached the tomb keeper's trail, because the tomb keeper had already died in the ruins.

However, he immediately realized that the gravedigger was someone else's spy planted in the research institute, and the person behind it was most likely Dawn.

After all, the main location of the incident, Port Noral, is in Alano, and the Free Marines of the Dawn Cooperative have a strong presence in Alano.

When Yang De passed the intelligence to He Ao, he had already contacted members of the research institute in Port Noral to prepare for a large-scale search for the people of Dawn.