Life Dungeon Game

The surroundings suddenly became quiet.

Everything was so quiet.

The adjutant gazed into the silent darkness, the light from the searchlight illuminating the reflective dust.

This brief moment, less than a second, felt like an eternity.

The Gauss rifle was still charging. The adjutant raised his hand, moved the hand that was covering his throat away, and turned on the walkie-talkie clipped to his shoulder.

In that instant, a cold ray of light suddenly shot out from the dust, slicing open his unsuspecting neck.

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The sound of hurried footsteps came from the stairs, and three mercenaries walked up the stairs from the fifth to the sixth floor.

Suddenly, they stopped in their tracks as something round and plump rolled down from the sky.

The mercenary at the front instinctively reached out and caught the object.

Bright red blood splattered all over him instantly.

He lowered his head and looked at the items in his arms.

The adjutant stared at him with a look of horror frozen in the final moment.

Then, in his gaze, the fleshy head rapidly decayed, turning into pure white bones.

The mercenary's hands began to tremble uncontrollably.

In the stillness of the night, a silent fear spreads through the darkness.

Chapter 548 Even if it's a hundred pigs (Mega chapter, please vote!)

Bright lights shone on the clean floor.

Shop signs, stacked one on top of another and vying to be displayed to customers, filled the interior of the mall.

Most of these signs use neon lights, their dazzling brilliance resembling clusters of flowers in spring, striving to showcase themselves to potential customers passing by, vying for attention.

This is a very bustling shopping mall.

A man in a silver suit stood in front of the shops, his gaze fixed on the closed doors and the dazzling signs. "That woman actually shut down such a bustling shopping mall for a whole day because of something like this."

“Mr. Thorne, that woman Haysie is short-sighted, occupying a high position without matching talent, and now she has offended the conglomerate. She’s doomed sooner or later. Only an excellent and shrewd middleman like you can sit in the Forest Bar and become the cornerstone of the entire Whitland underworld.”

Standing behind the man in the silver suit, a hunched-over, thin man with long, thin mechanical arms and a clearly modified mechanical prosthetic eye in his right eye chuckled slowly.

"No need to flatter me, Una,"

Thorne turned around with a smile, looking at the gaunt man. "How many men are left in your Iron Claw Gang?"

"It's just me left,"

The gaunt man, Una, laughed awkwardly, “Haishi killed our boss and then spread rumors that she was going to wipe out our gang. Most of the gang members ran away, and most of the rest were killed by Haixi’s men. Now, only I was able to escape quickly and survive.”

"I've always had a question I wanted to ask you,"

Thorne slowly turned around and continued walking along the mall's aisle.

"Did your boss go insane because his brain was contaminated by chips while he was doing mechanical modifications? Why does he think he can kill Haixi in Haixi's territory?"

"I remember when I commissioned him, I clearly told him to try to lure Hai Xi out and into your territory before taking action."

"As a result, he led his men to the Forest Bar and launched a direct attack on Hesey in her stronghold."

“Our boss originally thought he could catch us off guard,” Una laughed awkwardly. “In fact, we were close to succeeding, but Haishi’s fighting strength exceeded our expectations.”

"So your gang met its demise."

Thorne took a small silver box out of his pocket and pulled out a cigar from it.

Una quickly extended his robotic arm and used the sharp blade on it to cut off both ends of Thorne's cigar. He then immediately took out an electronic lighter and lit the cigar for Thorne.

Thorne watched quietly as Una completed the movements, remaining calm and composed even as the mechanical arm with its sharp blades swung in front of him.

Once Una carefully withdrew his hand, he picked up the smoking cigar, took a puff, and chuckled, "Since the Iron Claw Gang no longer exists and your mission failed, why are you coming back to me?"

Thick smoke billowed from his mouth.

"I've always thought you were much more right than our boss. If our boss had chosen to listen to you back then,..."

"They couldn't have ended up like this,"

Una lowered his head, his whole body hunched over, almost touching the ground. "Now that the Iron Claw Gang is gone, I also have no gang, so I hope to make a living under your wise and mighty rule."

"I'm afraid Hai Xi's people are looking for you everywhere right now. You're trying to hide here and save your life."

Thorne, with a cigar in his mouth, smiled as he looked at Una.

“Mr. Thorne is truly the smartest man in the Whitland underworld,” Una immediately said. “That bitch Haysie is short-sighted and can’t compare to you, Mr. Thorne. She’ll die a violent death in the street sooner or later and become your stepping stone.”

"Is this how you used to coax your boss?"

Thorne smiled as he looked at Una, but his eyes narrowed slightly.

The leader of the Iron Claw Gang was arrogant and conceited; he died at the Jungle Bar.

"How could I dare?"

Una bent over even more, like an upright stapler.

"Although my former leader was brave and valiant, he wouldn't listen to other people's advice. Many people in the gang and I advised him not to be impulsive and to listen to your advice, but he wouldn't listen and insisted on going his own way. He even kicked me out of the mission team, which is why I'm standing here."

Unat said this to Thorne. First, he made it clear that he was not a sycophant, that the boss's arrogance had nothing to do with him, and that he had also advised the boss.

In addition, he subtly praised Thorne, saying that Thorne was much wiser than his previous boss, and that if his previous boss had listened to Thorne's advice, things would not have turned out this way.

Hearing this, Thorne slowly opened his slightly narrowed eyes, withdrew his gaze, took the cigar from his mouth, and smiled, "Haishi's people are looking for you everywhere. Stay with me for now, and you'll be free soon."

Una was taken aback; he naturally understood the subtext of those words.

Hayish's men are hunting him down, but Thorne says he'll be free soon, proving that his pursuers will soon disappear.

It's impossible for Hai Xi to suddenly become merciful and spare him, so there's only one possibility: Hai Xi will soon be unable to hunt him down.

This can only mean one thing: this once-powerful first middleman of Waitland has probably offended someone he shouldn't have, or gotten involved in something he shouldn't have, and will soon be left to rot in the wilderness.

After clarifying these points, Una immediately said, "Thank you, Mr. Thorne. Thank you, Mr. Thorne. A kind and trustworthy person like you should be the first intermediary in Wetterland."

"Alright, stop with your tricks."

Thorne smiled and said calmly, "I've heard you're good at accounting? You manage the Iron Claw Gang's businesses and assets? You're doing a great job?"

Upon hearing this, Una's expression stiffened briefly.

That's why Thorne was willing to save him; the Iron Claws' assets were now all in his hands.

However, the smile on his face remained unchanged as he quickly took out a chip card. "The Iron Claw Gang's assets are all here, Mr. Thorne. My accounts are not very good, so I'll have to trouble you to check them."

This is certainly not all the assets.

However, since over 90% of the Iron Claw Gang's wealth was here, Una himself didn't dare to eat too much.

"This is not good."

Thorne glanced at the chip card.

"Our boss's greatest wish before his death was to have someone with more talent and knowledge manage these assets. Please do not refuse."

Una said again.

"Then I'll find someone trustworthy to help you take stock of your assets, which will also fulfill your boss's wish."

Thorne casually took the chip card and put it in his pocket.

"You've really gone to so much trouble. Our boss will be happy in heaven."

Una said with a smile.

At that moment, a figure in a black suit ran quickly from the other side of the mall and stopped in front of Thorne. "Boss, those mercenaries are all gone."

"They've all left? No one stayed behind?"

Thorne asked, puzzled.

"They all left, chasing after a black SUV."

The subordinate in the black suit answered quickly.

Upon hearing this answer, Thorne was silent for a moment, then he quickly turned around. "They should have found Jess by now. Our mission is complete. We need to leave immediately."

"Boss, shouldn't we wait for them to come back here?"

The subordinate in the black suit asked with some confusion.

"This is not a safe place,"

Thorne shook his head. "This is Hayes's shopping mall. She could discover at any time that her subordinates have betrayed her, and she could send people over at any time. And for some reason, I feel uneasy today. Jess is too smart."

"Boss, should we contact the mercenaries?"

The subordinate in the black suit asked again.

"Wait, let's tell them when we're far enough away. These mercenaries won't care if we live or die,"

He raised his wristband and dialed a number, "Bring my car out."

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Moonlight streamed through the unobstructed windows into the empty room, which was littered with trash and dust.

The beam of the searchlight quickly swept across the room.

A mercenary holding a Gauss rifle stood in the doorway of the still-unrepaired room, looked around, and then shouted, "It's not in this room."

"Did you look up?"

Behind him, another mercenary approached and asked in confusion.

"Top of the head?"

The mercenary slowly raised his head, and the light from his searchlight gradually moved upward, illuminating the mottled walls, the empty ceiling, and finally landing on a blood-covered face.

It was a slightly manic smiling face. The owner of the smiling face was hanging upside down from the ceiling, head down, calmly watching him.