Chapter 389 Dig A Pit

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Shadow Thorn Secret Service.

To Lin Xuanyuan, this was a very unfamiliar name, and the unfamiliarity with Shadow Thorn meant that Lin Xuanyuan did not know the firepower of Red Robes and the others for a moment.

The Divine Boat Empire's secret service system was much more standardized than most countries'. As a privileged organization outside the law, every country had more or less chaotic and loose management. So did the Divine Boat Empire. However, the Divine Continent's protection of the empire had reduced the chaos and looseness to the minimum.

The Imperial Secret Service had killed nearly 20,000 official combat members on the frontlines all year round. In addition, there were close to a million secret service agents, technicians from all walks of life, researchers from some secret industries, and people directly or indirectly connected to the Imperial Secret Service in the Divine Boat Empire.

Not to mention a huge base of millions, Even though there were only 20,000 official combat members, they were divided into countless special service teams scattered all over the empire. No matter how well Lin Xuanyuan remembered, it was impossible for him to memorize every special service organization in the empire and memorize them well. What Lin Xuanyuan could do now was to have some impression of SSS-level special service organizations and some SS-level special service organizations.

Wang Tianxiong naturally understood that Lin Xuanyuan was unfamiliar with the Shadow Thorn Organization, so he hung up the phone and sent the information about the Shadow Thorn Secret Service to Lin Xuanyuan's email address less than five minutes later.

Lin Xuanyuan checked his phone and deliberately restrained his killing intent. His entire body was filled with a depressing calm.

The Shadow Thorn Secret Service is not a sophisticated combat organization, S-class Secret Service, There were a total of twenty people, The base is near the entrance to the Second Ring Road, The Shadow Thorn Secret Service is part of the Divine Continent's security department, The so-called Security Department, It's the equivalent of the public security bureau in the Secret Service, usually very leisurely, Those serving in the Department of Public Security, Most of them were veterans whose physical fitness was no longer at its peak, Disability, or old age, Or for some other reason, These people still retained a certain level of combat strength, For people outside the secret service system, they were extremely effective. Therefore, most of the time, they assisted the police in dealing with matters that weren't small to the police, but they weren't qualified to let a real secret service system interfere. Therefore, whether it was combat effectiveness or weapons, they were considered downstream in the secret service system.

And Shadow Thorn's arsenal stockpile matched their strength.

Two Type-10 sniper rifles.

Twenty Type 08 submachine guns.

Twenty GR-98 fully automatic pistols equipped with laser scanners.

Forty standard grenades.

Twenty domestic Mitsubishi Army Stings.

Apart from that, the only one with the greatest destructive power was an old-fashioned rocket launcher.

Weak firepower.

This could be considered a blessing in disappointment.

However, no one could predict how much destructive power this batch of munitions could exert in the hands of the experts from the United States.

Lin Xuanyuan felt a headache. The war of opinion in the empire, the invasion of Hong Pao and the others, and the internal and external troubles were truly worthy of the name. He forcefully suppressed the irritation that had arisen in his heart. He lowered his head and played with the chess pieces in his hand. He smiled and said, "Elder Li, another round?"

He didn't rush to the Shadow Thorn Secret Service's arsenal to check the scene. Since Hong Pao and the others had chosen that place to attack, That meant that he was confident that he could escape unscathed. From the moment he received the phone call until now, if the other party wanted to leave, he had long since disappeared. It was a waste of time to go. Lin Xuanyuan put away his phone, but he thought to himself that he had to find a way to get rid of the red robe as soon as possible. If he continued to toss about, the consequences would be unpredictable.

"Alright."

Li Donglei smiled happily and looked at Lin Xuanyuan meaningfully, "Are you in trouble?"

Lin Xuanyuan lowered his head and placed the chess pieces. Without raising his head, he chuckled and said, "It's a bit tricky, but it's not necessarily an opportunity."

When Lin Xuanyuan was playing chess with Li Donglei, Wang Tianxiong, who had just sent the information to Lin Xuanyuan, also received a call from the head of state's office. On the phone, Han Jingyu, the secretary of the head of state, Lin Qingtian, politely said that the head of state wanted to discuss something with President Wang again. If President Wang had time, please come to the head of state's office.

Wang Tianxiong hung up the phone and rubbed his temples tiredly, heading straight for the Supreme Head's office.

During this period of time, the public opinion war between the three factions of the empire had been escalating. The three parties were under great pressure, and the secret service system, which was difficult to interfere in such matters, was also under pressure.

The one with the greatest pressure was Wang Tianxiong.

This had nothing to do with the war of opinion. It was entirely the pressure brought to him by the invaders led by Red-robed Adelaide.

The Divine Continent Guard, the Military Department, the Criminal Department, and the three powerful departments worked together. Their tentacles had already touched every corner of the Nine Continents City, but Hong Pao and the others had been hiding like rats crossing the street until now.

Moreover, the opponent's injuries had already recovered a lot. At the very least, he had a certain level of combat ability. Even if his own men discovered him, they still had the ability to fight. By the time the people on his side rushed over, the opponent would have already fled.

The opponent's team was too elite. All of them were experts. If they were split into pieces, it would be extremely difficult to capture them. They could only patiently deal with the opponent. It had already been more than 20 days. Red-robed and the others had not caught them yet. Instead, they had let the opponent rob a small arsenal.

The firearms and bullets in the arsenal were nothing. Most importantly, they represented a signal.

Represents the red robe and the others seemed to have been hiding in this desperate days of despair, looting the arsenal, do a big job, jump off the wall...

Wang Tianxiong flipped through these words in his mind. The corpse of the Shadow Thorn Secret Service Guard was akin to a dismount, causing Wang Tianxiong's already tense nerves to tighten again.

Wang Tianxiong was indeed a man of his word in the empire's secret service system, but this could only mean that the powerful influence of the royal family on the secret service system was far from unifying the country.

The influence of the southern faction in the secret service system was extremely weak, but even Wang Tianxiong had to face the power of the southwest faction head-on. Although Yun Shanluan, the number one leader of the southwest faction in the secret service system, was seriously injured and recuperated, the rest of the southwest faction could still move.

The red-robed man's impunity had recently caused some of the southwest faction's forces in the secret service system to make discordant noises. Some even said that Wang Tianxiong was old and could no longer keep up with the situation. The fact that he was unable to catch up with the red-robed man and the others was a strong proof of Wang Tianxiong's incompetence.

This voice was very weak at first, but as time passed, the signs of exposure became more and more obvious.

Without a doubt, this was also the pressure Wang Tianxiong had to face.

Every time this voice grew stronger, it would be equivalent to a weakening of Wang Tianxiong's prestige within the secret service system.

In addition, Lin Qingtian, who had always advocated letting Hong Pao and the others return to the United States in exchange for military technology from the United States, had put pressure on Wang Tianxiong.

Wang Tianxiong looked calm on the surface, but his heart was similarly anxious and depressed.

Now that the arsenal of the Shadow Thorn Secret Service had just been looted, Lin Qingtian had his secretary call him. It was self-evident what the intention was.

Outside the Supreme Head's office, Wang Tianxiong, who had a gloomy expression, simply nodded to Han Jingyu, who stood up. Then, he directly pushed open the office door.

"Coming? Sit down."

Lin Qingtian sat behind his desk and raised his eyelids to glance at Wang Tianxiong. He said indifferently.

He did not personally brew tea, nor did he take the initiative to hand over a

This indifferent attitude was enough to show Lin Qingtian's current mood.

Wang Tianxiong walked over expressionlessly, pulled up his chair, and sat opposite Lin Qingtian.

"Comrade Tianxiong, the Shadow Thorn Armory was looted and four guards were killed. What do you think of this?"

Lin Qingtian was too lazy to be polite. All the comrades in the leading group were in the Hidden Dragon Sea. Normally, they would look up and not look down. They were extremely familiar with each other. Moreover, neither of them had the mood to act so polite. Therefore, Lin Qingtian went straight to the point and spoke in an aggressive tone.

"It's made of red robes."

Wang Tianxiong straightened his body and looked at Lin Qingtian seriously. He said calmly.

'"..."

The corner of Lin Qingtian's mouth twitched slightly. He said calmly, "I naturally know that it was made by Red Robe. I mean, Red Robe has been trapped in Nine Continents City for so many days, and Comrade Tianxiong has been sending more people to search for him. Now that both sides are finding a way to hide, they are in a deadlock. Do you have any good methods to catch Red Robe and the others as soon as possible?"

"No."

Wang Tianxiong obediently shook his head, "I'm still thinking of a way. Right now, I can only carry out martial law throughout the city and activate all the cameras. There is no emergency installation of the cameras. In addition, I will increase the manpower again and activate the red early warning system. Once I discover the target..."

"So what if we discover the target?"

Lin Qingtian interrupted Wang Tianxiong and frowned. Everyone could see the impatience of the supreme leader, "So what if we find traces of Hong Pao and the others?" In the past so many days, we have been able to find traces of them almost every day, but the result was that the other party easily broke out of the encirclement. In these past few days, how many people have died? How many people were injured? ! Using a small-scale ordinary warrior to stop a super expert? How stupid of an idea and attention is this? By now, the other party's injuries should have almost healed, right? "Now is the time for us to need high-end combat strength, not to send ordinary soldiers to their deaths!"

Wang Tianxiong remained silent.

Although Lin Qingtian's tone wasn't good, what he said was the truth. Three World-shaking, one X-class, and a few SSS-class. With such a lineup, a team of five to ten people wouldn't even be able to do a search between their teeth.

Without more than a hundred armed men, they wouldn't even be able to stall for time in front of them.

Now that the opponent had guns and bullets, his lethality would be even more terrifying.

Moreover, it was impossible for the Divine Continent Empire to sprinkle hundreds of teams over the Nine Continents City one after another. In that case, it was not martial law, but military control.

Military management.

Once such a thing was done for a few invaders, the Divine Boat Empire would instantly become the laughingstock of other countries.

The dignity of the superpowers would also be severely eroded.

Moreover, even if Lin Qingtian and the others were willing to lose face, given the current political environment of the empire, wanting to run the Nine Continents City was unrealistic.

He could only use a super expert to deal with Red Robe.

"If necessary, I can personally lead people to search for the whereabouts of Hong Pao and the others."

Wang Tianxiong was silent for a while before finally expressing his stance.

"You're not enough alone."

Lin Qingtian waved his hand. Wang Tianxiong was very sure. He was only a step away from the World-shaking Realm. Furthermore, Red-cloak and the others were injured. Under such circumstances, Wang Tianxiong would not be at a disadvantage against any of the other three World-shaking Realm cultivators. However, Wang Tianxiong had three of them. This was not something Wang Tianxiong could defeat alone or with some ordinary warriors.

"Master and Xuanyuan have recovered more than half of their injuries. Seventy percent of their combat strength is still there."

Wang Tianxiong continued.

"Three people, numbers don't seem to be at a disadvantage, but the three of you can't be together all day long, right? Even if you can sit down with three people to search together, it's more accurate to say that it's just a very strong team. Nine Continents City is so big, the probability of your team hitting Red Robes is too small. If the other teams discover them, they will be helpless to break out of their encirclement. We lack a way to get you here quickly. Do you want to empty the subway? Vehicle ban? The helicopter can be on standby all day, but Hong Pao and the others also know this. The range of activities is intentionally or unintentionally far away from the military area. Once something happens, it will be very difficult for you to rush over and block them. "

Lin Qingtian threw Wang Tianxiong a cigarette and shook his head in denial.

"What does the Fuehrer mean?"

Wang Tianxiong narrowed his eyes and asked calmly.

Lin Qingtian was silent for a moment. light a cigarette, Taking a deep breath, Only then did he continue, "Red Robe and the others looted the arsenal in less than two minutes, President Yurisses of the United States called me again, On the phone, he expressed his willingness to add another military technology, Or 100 billion dollars in exchange for the safe return of Hong Pao and the others. The other party's attitude was very tough. The destructive power of Hong Pao and the others was Yurisses's bargaining chip. If they persisted, no one would be able to obtain any benefits in the end. If they were to be put back now, they would be able to reap some benefits. "

"Short-sighted!"

Wang Tianxiong spat out two words without hesitation.

Lin Qingtian's expression instantly darkened as he glared at Wang Tianxiong.

"These benefits are completely unequal to the value of Hong Pao and the others. If the deal is concluded, it would be equivalent to the Divine Continent Empire lowering its head. Losing face is secondary. Most importantly, if something similar happens again in the future, what should we do? I don't think it's profit to agree to such a condition. I think it's being pressed down on my neck and lowered my head. I feel aggrieved! "

Wang Tianxiong said coldly.

"Then what do you think we should do?!"

Lin Qingtian said angrily, "Could it be that if we continue to waste our lives like this, we won't be able to inflict much damage on the other side while taking the lives of our ordinary warriors?"

'"..."

Wang Tianxiong lit the cigarette with a gloomy expression. He swallowed, After a long time, he said ruthlessly, "It's fine to let Red Robes and the others go back, but the United States has to increase it by $1 trillion, not less than 10 items of military technology. The United States has to release some agents of the Divine Boat Empire and cancel the arms sales to Taiwan. Also, the United States has to make a solemn apology to the Divine Boat Empire. This is my request. Three World-shaking, one X-class, one top-class hacker, worth this price!"

"Is it worth it?!"

Lin Qingtian's entire body trembled. Since you are an empire's secret service magnate, how could you infinitely increase the value of a secret service expert? The three World-shaking Realm experts were indeed valuable, but such a condition still belonged to the absolute lion's mouth. If he were Yurisses, Ken would not have agreed to such a request. This was not only cutting meat, but also drawing blood.

What a bastard request? !

"It can't be worth it! The United States will definitely not agree."

Lin Qingtian said coldly.

"Then let the war continue."

Wang Tianxiong flicked the ashes and said resolutely.

"This is simply insane!"

Lin Qingtian's body trembled, and he didn't know what to say for a moment.

"It's not that the United States cannot afford to pay this price, but that we have not put enough pressure on them. Fuehrer, you are the highest leader of the empire. I think you should do something at this time."

Wang Tianxiong looked at Lin Qingtian and said calmly.

"What are you doing?"

Lin Qingtian asked with a frown.

"Intimidation! Intimidation to the United States, intimidation to the Red Robe. Let both sides know that the chips in their hands, the so-called destructive power, are not worth mentioning at all. Only in this way will the United States consider paying a huge price to exchange for the Red Robe and the others."

Wang Tianxiong's tone became even calmer.

'"Heh, deterrence," said Lin Xuanyuan. "It's easy to say. It's capable of deterring the United States and three World-shaking Super Experts. Can you do it? Comrade Tianxiong, can you do it? Or can Lin Xuanyuan do it?"

Lin Qingtian sneered and mocked.

"The Emperor can."

Wang Tianxiong extinguished the cigarette butt from his palm, "If the Fuehrer is willing to invite the Emperor to the capital, which World-shaking level would dare to jump in Nine Continents City? Red-robed? It's just a clown!"

Lin Qingtian suddenly choked.

In a trance, he seemed to see the calm Wang Tianxiong in front of him waving the shovel in his hand with all his might. After digging a big hole for himself, he was now waiting for him to take the initiative to jump in with a playful expression.