Only I can make them stronger

But not opening the door would seem too deliberate.

"Open the door. There are still many passengers who have not fallen asleep. The possibility of him taking direct action is not high." Jinniel typed a line of words on her mobile phone.

Xia Ye nodded, put his hand on the crowbar, approached the door cautiously, and slowly opened it.

"Ah! You didn't open the door for so long, I thought you were doing something happy! Fat Jack was planning to disturb you again later!" As soon as the door was opened, Fat Jack made another not-so-funny joke with a western style.

"What's the matter?" After communicating with Jinelle, Xia Ye felt that the more he looked at this honest fat face, the more he hated it.

"Nothing! I just saw that there seemed to be too many of you, so I went to your room just now to ask if you want to get another room. You only need to pay five extra bullets!"

"Your companion asked me to ask for your opinion. What do you think..."

"No need." Xia Ye said firmly.

Dividing the rooms is probably to make it easier to divide their strength, right?

"Ah... sorry to bother you! Do you need to order anything or anything? Fat Jack is going to sleep too!"

"No, good night." Xia Ye shook his head and refused the other party.

"Then I wish you a sweet dream!" Fat Jack did not look discouraged. He ended the conversation with a fairly standard speech, bowed slightly and left the room.

"Huh..." After seeing the other party walk away, Xia Ye closed the door and let out a breath.

Just now he was always on guard against the other party, fearing that Fat Jack would suddenly attack him.

"It looks like he plans to wait until you guys fall asleep before continuing." Jinelle walked to the door and showed her cell phone to Xia Ye.

The latter nodded.

Knowing that Fat Jack had bad intentions, we could tell some clear purposes from his two seemingly normal proposals.

"Anyway, thanks for the heads up...would you like to come to our room too?"

"No, I think it's safer for Karen and I to stay together than to go to your room."

"What does this mean?" Xia Ye frowned.

"Before you came to me, did you think that the Mercury Merchants were just victims?"

"Yes..." Xia Ye thought about the other party's words and suddenly realized something.

If Canaanzi had expressed his suspicion about the Mercury Merchant Group to Jinelle when they met by chance, why didn't he say it just now?

In her long description of the attack, there was no mention of anything suspicious, and it sounded like she attributed the attack entirely to the weirdness of Sunset Town itself.

"Could it be that she thinks there is... a traitor among us?"

"Or rather, that person shouldn't have believed it from the beginning." Seeing Xia Ye react, Jinniel looked like a teachable child.

"Y..."

Canaanzi thought that Y was a member of the Mercury Merchant Group and did not want to alert the enemy so he did not express it openly.

"It's really troublesome..."

After getting this answer, Xia Ye's already aching head hurt even more.

There are enemies all around him, he himself is seriously ill, and there is a traitor around him.

Words like Mercury Chamber of Commerce, Shenyue Church, Highway District, and Hidden Faith flashed back and forth in his mind.

For the first time, Xia Ye felt that his brain, which had been used to create countless game guides, was completely insufficient at a moment like this.

Fortunately, there are two "wise generals" named Jinniel and Canaanzi, otherwise he dare not even think about what the outcome of this journey would be.

Although he couldn't figure it out now.

But no matter what, he was aware of the imminent problem.

…………

"Why are we communicating on the phone?" After returning to the room, everyone asked Jinel and Xia Ye about their conversation, but the latter's behavior puzzled them.

"It's a lot of trouble to explain. Anyway, don't sleep tonight and beware of Fat Jack's attack. It's best to always maintain a certain level of physical defense in case the other party uses some penetrating substances to make us lose our combat effectiveness."

When they saw the text on Xia Ye’s phone, everyone’s expressions became different.

An Ke and Canaanzi seemed to have expected this. They looked at each other and nodded.

Luoqi, Shana and Liya were even more confused, but out of trust in Xia Ye, they didn't ask any more questions and nodded.

Only Y looked thoughtful, typing on his phone and asking, "Why?"

"Before that, I have something to ask you." Xia Ye took a deep breath, typed these words, walked to the round table in the corner where Y was, and held it in front of Y alone.

The reason why he didn't explain in front of everyone just now was because he thought about other things on his way back.

Xia Ye felt that Y might not be completely untrustworthy, but the current situation did make him dare not trust him.

So it all depends on her next answer.

Seeing Xia Ye's words, Y seemed to have realized what the other party wanted to ask. He bit his lower lip lightly, lowered his eyes for a moment, and then typed:

"I am indeed from the Mercury Chamber of Commerce."

"What are you talking about? Leah wants to..." Curious Leah moved aside and was about to take a peek at the "private messages" on their phones, but was grabbed by Canaanzi and pulled aside.

"Liya, let them talk first."

Shana seemed to realize something and looked at Canaanzi and Anke.

The two of them seemed to be sitting a little further away, but they greatly blocked the movement routes of Xia Ye and Y who were sitting at the round table in the corner.

To be precise, Y's route of action was blocked.

She smelled an invisible scent of gunpowder.

The atmosphere in the room is becoming tense.

"Are you going to admit it so frankly this time?" Xia Ye was caught off guard by the other party's honesty. He frowned and typed.

"Although I like to lie, I don't really want to lie to you about this kind of thing, Xia Ye...especially when you already know something and use some low-level lies to make excuses." Y shrugged, not avoiding Xia Ye's gaze.

"The attack was simply staged by the Mercury Chamber of Commerce, right?" Xia Ye didn't know how to respond to the other party's subtle words, so he simply asked straight to the point.

"I didn't know at first, but now it seems like it is."

"I believe you. When you were underground, you showed a completely different panic than usual. I believe that you can't act that out. In other words, if the state you showed before and after was so different, then you are not a good actor."

"I'm glad that you believe me. This is probably the most beautiful thing I have ever heard." Y pulled the corners of his mouth and raised a slightly bitter smile.

"Tell me your purpose." Xia Ye was not too moved by the other party's words and continued to ask.

"Investigate the Mercury Merchants Guild. Some people in the Mercury Merchants Guild did things they shouldn't have done."

This seemingly simple answer made Xia Ye believe it a little more.

"Although I don't want to say this, to be honest, if I want to do something bad to you, there is no need to go to great lengths...you are not my opponents." Seeing that Xia Ye was still hesitant, Y sighed and slowly typed a few words.

"But I don't want to do that. I'm very happy to be with you these days, especially with you, Xia Ye."

"I like to see the complex yet pure emotions that are inadvertently revealed when you are together."

"Everyone on this continent is succumbing to Lisu, and the higher the level, the more so. But you are different."

"Remember, I said you are the most human person I have ever met."

"I didn't lie to you."

"This is why I stay with you all the time."

84. There is no other way, life forces...

"Okay, I believe you."

The other party's words were so sincere and unquestionable that Xia Ye had to believe them.

So he used his cell phone to explain to Y roughly what happened between Fat Jack and Mercury's Chu Rui.

After reading it, a hint of gloom appeared on Y's face for the first time.

"I understand. Thank you... and don't worry about the Mercury Chamber of Commerce. At least this time, with me here, they can't do anything to hurt you."

"But Fat Jack, you need to handle this on your own. I have no right to take action against him because, strictly speaking, he is not within the jurisdiction of the Mercury Chamber of Commerce's internal affairs."

"Okay." Xia Ye felt relieved all of a sudden.

Sure enough, trust and sincerity are sometimes useful.

If it were just Fat Jack and his Highway Town accomplices, they'd have a pretty good chance of winning.

The conversation ended here. Xia Ye looked at Canaanzi and nodded.

During the calm eye contact, both sides could see the meaning in each other's eyes.

The latter glanced at Y, who had a complicated expression, and snapped his fingers.

Little Z, who had been lurking in the corner, slowly disappeared.

Seeing this, An Jian silently adjusted his posture and leaned closer to Liya.

Luoqi and Shana were fine. Although they didn't know what exactly happened, they could guess a little from the conditions of Xia Ye and Canaanzi.

Leah turned her head rapidly back and forth, her short brown hair dancing non-stop. She was quite puzzled by this enigmatic scene.

What are you guys doing?

"Puchi...Liya, you look so stupid!" Anke held Liya's head like catching a mole.

"Liya wants to go home. The smell here is not good at all." After a moment's silence, Leiya pursed her lips and said unhappily.

"We will leave for home tomorrow." Luo Qi probably also felt that a storm was coming, and whispered to comfort him.

Perhaps tonight will be the most dangerous night they will spend in the highway area.

"Go to bed." Shana nodded and squeezed her big body into the sofa.

"Didn't you say..." Leah was even more confused. Just as she was about to ask, Luo Qi pressed her onion-like fingers on her lips.

"Liya, listen to Xia Ye."

"Oh...oh, okay..." Leah didn't understand, but nodded anyway, opened her eyes and lay down obediently.

The tense atmosphere in the room slowly dissipated, replaced by the silence of the night.

…………

About three hours later, there was a sound of the door lock turning.

A short and fat figure slowly walked into the room with a tall figure.

"Get started." Fat Jack's tone was full of coldness, without any trace of his usual enthusiasm.

The tall figure moved towards the crowd and stretched out his hand to grab An Ke who was closest to the door.

But what greeted him was the black muzzle of a gun.

"You chose a not-so-good answer..." An Ke's crisp voice rang out, followed by a shocking gunshot.

"boom!"

"Ah!!! Damn it! They didn't sleep!" the tall figure cried out in pain.

If he hadn't reacted in time and used all his strength to defend himself, his life would have been lost without a clear reason.

But even so, one of his arms was blown into a bloody mess.

"How could this happen? They are not asleep!" Fat Jack glanced at the others in surprise and found that every pair of eyes were looking at him with bright eyes.

"I can't care less! Those outside, come in and help!

Seeing that the truth had been revealed, Fat Jack bared his ferocious claws, grabbed two kitchen knives from his waist, and roared like a devil:

"Kill them all! Be careful! Although their highest rank is only level 4, they killed Silk!"

Following the order, a thin and agile figure rushed into the room, and together with Fat Jack and the tall man, surrounded everyone in the room.

"Two are level four, and one is level five!" Shana quickly judged their strength based on the force field emanating from their bodies.

Even in an ordinary mercenary organization, such a combination is considered a very powerful mid-level combat force.

Ordinary office clerks would probably be powerless to resist such an attack.