Chapter 465 - 329: Top-Secret Information, Taking a Desperate Risk

Chapter 465: Chapter 329: Top-Secret Information, Taking a Desperate Risk

Wu Liangchen, however, wasn’t concerned.

Worst-case scenario, he would just find another hideout.

After all, for security, Luo Qifeng had set up over a dozen safe houses throughout Qing Province.

After obtaining the much-needed intel, Wu Liangchen felt a lot more relaxed. He picked up the package full of ammunition and prepared to leave.

Just then, the coffee shop owner suddenly returned.

He gave Wu Liangchen a faint smile and handed him a business card that listed only an email address.

"This coffee shop won’t be reopening. If you need more weapons in the future, you can use this email to contact me for the new address. Regulars get a discount!"

Wu Liangchen paused for a moment, then realized the arms dealer was planning to abandon this location.

But from the broad smile on the man’s face, it was clear this sort of thing happened often, and he had already been compensated for it.

So, Wu Liangchen just nodded, took the card, and turned to leave.

Watching his figure vanish into the night with incredible speed, the owner sighed softly. He glanced around the coffee shop, a flicker of reluctance in his eyes.

Granted, in his line of work, he had to change locations frequently. Even if a spot wasn’t compromised, he had to abandon it after a certain amount of time. But this coffee shop was the one he had run the longest and put the most heart into.

Now that he truly had to give it up, he couldn’t help but feel a pang of regret.

Fortunately, he had already maximized his profit from this location before abandoning it.

All the expenses had been passed on to Han Yuan, so he hadn’t taken a loss.

He shut the door, closed the windows, and began to clear out.

Meanwhile, Wu Liangchen had already returned to the villa. He said to Song Ling’Er, "Pack your things. We’re moving."

"Okay!"

In truth, there wasn’t much to pack. Aside from weapons and ammunition, the two of them didn’t even have a change of clothes.

Wu Liangchen didn’t need any.

At his level of cultivation, he had such perfect control over his body that he no longer produced sweat or grime.

It was a bit more troublesome for Song Ling’Er, however.

Luckily, there were a few sets of small-sized men’s clothing in the villa that she could make do with.

And just like that, after packing their bags, the two quickly drove away from the villa complex, heading to the next hideout.

This hideout was a long-abandoned factory building in a remote suburb, but after Luo Qifeng’s modifications, the inside was a world of its own.

Song Ling’Er was overjoyed when she saw the abandoned factory shed, which was dozens of meters long.

It was a perfect, ready-made shooting range.

"Don’t worry about that for now. Go get some rest."

"Okay!"

Song Ling’Er obediently agreed and immediately went to her room to sleep.

Wu Liangchen logged into his email on the modified computer and hit refresh. His eyes instantly lit up.

An email was sitting quietly in his inbox.

Wu Liangchen immediately downloaded it, then extracted and decrypted the file.

After the complex process, a detailed file appeared on the screen. It even ranked the factories by importance.

Wu Liangchen read it carefully, occasionally taking out a notebook to jot down notes and sketch diagrams.

The night passed quickly. By morning, Wu Liangchen had sorted through the information and finalized a plan of action.

"What’s this?" Song Ling’Er asked, looking curiously at the document after waking up.

"These are our next targets."

Hearing him say "our," Song Ling’Er smiled sweetly, her heart feeling much more at ease.

No matter what, as long as she could help Wu Liangchen, Song Ling’Er wouldn’t complain, no matter how tired she was.

Wu Liangchen made some simple preparations, then devoted most of his energy to teaching Song Ling’Er marksmanship.

After their recent training, Song Ling’Er had a decent foundation in marksmanship, but she was still weak at long-range shooting and reacting to unexpected situations.

Wu Liangchen put her through special training that focused on these specific weaknesses.

And so, for the entire day, the sound of gunfire echoed nonstop through the abandoned factory shed.

Luckily, the place was remote and Wu Liangchen had set up camouflage, so nothing could be detected from the outside.

But while Song Ling’Er was training with fiery enthusiasm, Sun Fusheng’s expression was as black as thunder.

"Four days! It’s been four whole days and you still haven’t found a single clue! What the hell am I paying you for?"

"You all act so high and mighty usually, but when a real problem comes up, you just stare at each other like idiots. Have all you Martial Cultivators and Magic users put all your training into your mouths?"

Several men stood before his desk. Facing Sun Fusheng’s tirade, they bowed their heads, not daring to even breathe too loudly.

Sun Fusheng was genuinely furious.

He hadn’t expected Wu Liangchen to be so elusive. The Sun family had poured immense manpower and resources into the search over the past few days, and it had all been for nothing.

Forget catching Wu Liangchen; they hadn’t found the slightest trace of him.

This made Sun Fusheng exceptionally furious, which led to the scene that had just unfolded.

"So, tell me. When, exactly, are you going to drag this Wu Liangchen out?" Sun Fusheng demanded coldly.

The men looked at each other. Finally, the oldest and most senior among them stepped forward and spoke in a low voice.

"Patriarch, please calm your anger. We’ve already adjusted our search strategy. We believe it won’t be long before we find Wu Liangchen."

"How long is ’not long’?" Sun Fusheng wasn’t buying it and demanded sharply.

The man gritted his teeth and said grimly, "Three days. In three days, at most, I guarantee we will find a trace of Wu Liangchen."

"Good!" Sun Fusheng decided instantly. "Then I’ll give you three days!"

After speaking, he waved his hand dismissively, and the men retreated, looking as if a great weight had been lifted from their shoulders.

Once he was alone in the vast office, Sun Fusheng leaned back in his chair, his face gradually growing pale.

The recent events had left him feeling utterly exhausted, both mentally and physically.

He no longer cared about saving face; he just wanted to capture Wu Liangchen as quickly as possible and put an end to this whole affair.

He had a tiger by the tail and no way to back down.

Thinking of this, he opened the black market network and tripled the bounty on Wu Liangchen.

He refused to believe that they still wouldn’t be able to catch Wu Liangchen, not with the Sun family’s full-scale manhunt combined with the massive bounty on the black market.

And indeed, such a massive, almost record-breaking bounty sent the entire underground black market into a frenzy.

In an instant, all the major Bounty Hunters mobilized.

They didn’t expect to actually catch Wu Liangchen, but finding even the slightest clue would be good enough.

After all, the bounty posting made it clear: even providing a solid lead would earn a massive reward.

But just as the entirety of Qing Province was thrown into turmoil, Wu Liangchen, now in disguise, had already appeared quietly outside the city with Song Ling’Er.

Outside the city of Qing Province were vast fields, but most of them had long been abandoned.

After all, with the advent of automated farms, traditional agriculture had gradually fallen by the wayside.

Only a few experimental fields catering to the upper class still existed; the rest of the land was left uncultivated.

Wu Liangchen drove their vehicle down a weed-choked country lane, finally stopping in front of a dense thicket.

The grass here was taller than a person, completely concealing the SUV they parked within it.

This was the closest they could get by car.

Any farther and they would enter the factory’s surveillance zone, so they had to abandon the car and proceed on foot.

Wu Liangchen led the way, with Song Ling’Er following close behind.

The tall grass was full of snakes, insects, and other vermin, making it extremely dangerous for an ordinary person to enter.

Fortunately, Wu Liangchen released a mere trace of his aura, and no wild animal dared venture within a ten-meter radius of them.

They walked through the tall grass like this for a full half hour before finally reaching their destination.

In the distance, a barbed-wire fence was faintly visible. Beyond it stood a few low-rise buildings.

It didn’t look like much.

But upon closer inspection, one would find it heavily guarded—clearly no ordinary place.

And this was precisely the first target Wu Liangchen had chosen: one of the Sun family’s core assets, a machinery factory.