Chapter 1528 - 1526: A Society Built on Personal Connections

Chapter 1528: Chapter 1526: A Society Built on Personal Connections

Parking the car inside the factory, Yang Chen’s expression was slightly awkward.

Originally, he thought the location Dongzi had given him, this factory, was where the enemy was located. Unexpectedly, it was actually a gathering place Dongzi found.

Yang Chen realized that he seemed to be falling behind the pace.

Perhaps it’s because he had been too leisurely for too long.

Entering the factory, Yang Chen saw people busy inside, with various equipment fully operational.

Dongzi brought Yang Chen into the hall and marked the enemy’s location on the map.

"We are currently here, and the enemy is at an abandoned coal yard 18 kilometers east of us. The underground tunnels are extensive, and they’ve modified the mine tunnels with very complete escape routes. They’ve also opened up the mountainside and installed external communication equipment, so they can work below with just a few jumping servers!" Dongzi explained.

Yang Chen nodded slightly.

Dongzi continued, "They operate very secretly, and we’ve been tracking them for a long time to locate them. Moreover, according to our investigation, there are not only technical personnel here but also a lot of protective personnel, roughly two shifts of forces, divided day and night, with tight security!"

Yang Chen slightly furrowed his brows.

This is not abroad, it’s Flame Country!

Gathering such personnel must have come at a great cost!

But just to target them, does Yuan Group need to pay such a high price?

This is different from commercial costs. If these things are exposed, Yuan’s fate within Flame Country would be ruined!

Is it worth it?

Yang Chen couldn’t help but ask himself!

If putting himself in Yuan Group’s shoes, he would definitely think it isn’t worth it.

The market can be captured, the market can be attacked, like war, having wins and losses is correct, but it’s definitely not that once someone sits in a position, it means they can stay forever.

Dynasties change over generations, never seeing anyone able to sit forever. The same goes for enterprises.

If Yuan Group is really just eyeing the Shangdong Group or enterprises in Ancheng, they can completely use business rules to attack, even if it’s vicious competition, it doesn’t matter. However, Yuan Group chose to use force.

This implies that Yuan Group knows more, and what they’re targeting is probably not just as simple as Longyu Group and Yuan Group!

"Have you found out who’s backing them?" Yang Chen asked.

Dongzi shook his head, "We haven’t found out yet. They purchase all daily necessities from the supermarket themselves. During this time, they haven’t contacted the outside world, so we can’t find out who’s behind them."

Yang Chen slightly furrowed his brows.

This reminded him of a local squad he encountered in Lijia Continent before.

This squad received a task and came to execute it. During the mission, they had no support at all, nor would they, and they didn’t even know any contact methods on the back.

This form of carrying out the task is called Beheading Cliff!

Executing such a task means no return.

Either complete the task and return safely!

Or, the entire team perishes, completely annihilated by the enemy!

Even if they fail, this execution of the task won’t expose the forces behind them, extremely cautious.

Yang Chen didn’t expect to encounter a Beheading Cliff squad domestically.

"How did you track them down? This kind of Beheading Cliff squad absolutely wouldn’t contact the outside world." Yang Chen looked at Dongzi.

Dongzi laughed, "Speaking of this, it’s still because we’re in Flame Country!"

Yang Chen looked at Dongzi puzzled.

Dongzi laughed, "Flame Country itself is a society based on human connections, most of these are people from Flame Country, do you think they can escape the intricacies of such a society being here for so long?"

Yang Chen was taken aback, looking at Dongzi in surprise, "Don’t tell me... someone got a message about attending a wedding mixed with a funeral?"

Dongzi laughed happily and said to Yang Chen, "It just so happens, in three days, a relative got married and a friend held a nine-day mourning."

Yang Chen also laughed.

The people from Yuan Group calculated everything, but they missed this aspect.

"These people were probably transferred from abroad. Finally returning home, they definitely want to gather with friends. But this is still not the most important, the most important was an operative who, unbelievably, went with a friend to have barbecue and invited a local Yuan Group manager, that was what gave them away, leading us here!" Dongzi was delighted.

Yang Chen couldn’t stop laughing either.

They calculated everything, but ultimately couldn’t beat the fundamental of human connections in Flame Country.

The people from Yuan Group probably never dreamed of such a scenario.

Yet Yang Chen cautiously said, "Have you verified it thoroughly? Don’t let them use this trick to lure you into a trap, capturing you inside!"

"Impossible!" Dongzi laughed, "I’ve verified it all, I’ve dug through the backgrounds of these people, all their connections are correct, one of them even posted on social media before returning, and on the first day back, they got dead drunk, I checked the surveillance footage."

Yang Chen still didn’t let his guard down, "Even so, we can’t relax our vigilance!"

"Of course!" Dongzi nodded.

"How is tonight’s operation arranged?" Yang Chen asked.

Dongzi looked at Yang Chen, "Since you’re here, aren’t you the one to arrange the plan?"

Yang Chen glared at Dongzi, "You’ve been the captain for the past few days, you know the situation best, and you ask me to make the plan? Do you think that’s suitable? Do you think that’s responsible for your teammates?"

Dongzi promptly changed his tone, saying to Yang Chen, "I’ve come up with three plans, please take a look!"

Only then did Yang Chen’s expression soften.

Dongzi projected the plans onto the wall and explained to Yang Chen, "The first plan, we use..."

...

After listening to Dongzi explain all the plans, Yang Chen was deep in thought.

The plans were well-constructed and all seemed good.

However, Yang Chen felt as if something was missing.

After pondering for some time, Yang Chen asked, "Regarding the issue of escaping through the mine tunnels, how do you plan to solve it?"

Dongzi shook his head, "Currently, we don’t have a good solution, we can only use smoke bombs to fumigate them out, but I believe they have good ventilation facilities down there, so that might not work. Bombing is also not feasible, they have many escape routes, and since we only have aerial photographs and haven’t conducted radar scanning, we can’t determine the actual geography, nor how many exits there are."

"So you’re saying, once we launch an attack, the enemy might escape, thus alerting them?" Yang Chen looked at Dongzi.

Dongzi sighed and nodded slightly, "Yes! The difficulty lies here!"