Chapter 197 Heading North

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

Su Xia suddenly raised his hand and blew up several projection devices with a few consecutive shots.

The entire conference room went dark, and the projections of President Xue and more than a dozen other people disappeared instantly.

The quarrel stopped and the conference hall returned to silence.

When they adjusted their route in another city and tried to access the device again, they only received a prompt that access was temporarily unavailable.

Unless Su Xia in the conference room took the initiative to turn on the backup equipment, they could only stare blankly.

"Okay, now let's talk."

Su Xia calmly put down the gun, his voice steady.

Hearing this, the fisherman breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that he was still useful and could live for more than ten minutes.

"What do you want to know?"

"About the sugar water," Su Xia said, "all the information, including the ingredients, origin, where it is sold, the mastermind behind it, etc., tell me everything you know."

"If I tell you, will you let me go?"

"You have no right to make conditions at this time."

"yes……"

The fisherman sighed, half of his foot was still in hell, and he didn't know if he could successfully get out.

After witnessing Su Xia's terror, he dared not hide anything and told her everything he knew, not only about Tang Shui, but also the personal secrets and special hobbies of more than a dozen company executives.

Through the fisherman's description, Su Xia learned that this sugar water company was not as big as he had imagined.

The company's headquarters is located in Fish Scale City, north of Coral City.

It was established a long time ago, but its business has not been developing smoothly. For a long time, it has only promoted sugar water in the slums, old town areas, refugee camps, suburban towns, temporary gathering places and other areas in Yuling City.

"There were already many other kinds of medicines before the advent of sugar water, but most of them were very expensive, so we planned to take the route of small profits but quick turnover and open up the market with low prices. However, this behavior affected the cake of those old companies, so we encountered obstacles everywhere, and even several core members were assassinated..."

The fisherman was one of the earliest agents to cooperate with the Sugar Water Company. He had been working in the middle and lower levels for a long time. Because he knew too much, he signed a very special contract before coming to Coral City.

This is the confidentiality agreement mentioned by Mr. Xue.

He used this agreement to gain enough rights and attention to secure his current position.

"After the series of assassinations, the entire company was in a state of panic and could no longer do business, until Mr. Xue became the head of the company."

"What is his origin?"

"Mr. Xue is from the super-powerful Zero Point Tavern, and his status is not low."

"Oh? Tell me more."

Regarding the Midnight Tavern, Su Xia became more interested.

This organization can maintain neutrality between humans and machines. It has a complex membership, most of which are psychic creatures. In the eyes of outsiders, it is indeed the only cross-racial super power on this planet.

"Mr. Xue..."

The fisherman was about to continue speaking, but suddenly his head felt dizzy and everything went black before his eyes.

He was a little flustered and said hurriedly: "I... I lost too much blood..."

"Okay, wait."

Su Xia did not hesitate and directly took out two second-level healing potions and injected them into the fisherman.

These two medicines are actually apple-flavored and are best taken orally.

But Su Xia didn't have the leisure to feed this guy medicine.

After two stitches, the fisherman felt more energetic and the wound began to heal slowly, but the two knives were still stuck in his shoulders, so the healing process was painful.

He continued, "If my information is correct, Mr. Xue should be the apprentice of the manager of the Yuling City branch of the Zero Point Tavern. That manager is also surnamed Xue, and his name is Xue Lie. It is precisely because of this identity that Mr. Xue has a wide network of contacts, and gradually put the Tangshui Company on the right track."

"Xue Lie?"

Su Xia's heart moved. That guy was indeed the manager of the Yuling City Tavern branch.

And he is Yi Yi's junior fellow apprentice.

He came to Coral City not long ago in order to kill the masked monster, but later the masked monster died in the live broadcast, so he had to go back depressed.

In the basement floor of the Coral City Tavern, Su Xia had a drink with him and chatted with him for a while.

This guy has a heroic character, is not scheming, loves fighting, and likes powerful mission targets. He can barely be considered someone worth making friends with.

"Does Xue Lie know what his apprentice is doing?" Su Xia asked.

"I don't know about that." The fisherman answered truthfully, "Master Xue's original surname was not Xue. He changed it to Xue after recognizing Xue Lie as his master. Now he is called Xue Lin, and he has become a well-known figure in Yuling City."

"Um……"

As the apprentice of the manager of the Zero Point Tavern branch, Yi Mo has been using his influence to help the North Wind Storytelling Club, and even invests all the money he earns from each mission into the storytelling club.

She acted so greedy for money, but in fact she just wanted to help the resistance organization.

But Xue Lin took another path.

It would be fine if Xue Lie really didn't know, but if he knew and didn't stop it, Su Xia would most likely fight him.

That guy just broke through to level four not long ago, and his self-confidence is overflowing, otherwise he would not have come to Coral City to find the masked weirdo.

The fisherman went on to say, "In Fish Scale City, the Sugar Water Company has already controlled more than 15% of the business in the entire city. Many old companies will give up some profits for the sake of the Zero Point Tavern, but it is not so smooth in other cities. My place is considered to be the best developed."

After getting on the right track, the Tangshui Company began to try to project its influence to the surrounding cities, but was met with a head-on blow from the local tyrants in the surrounding cities.

The development of cities such as Feijia City, Starfish City, and Seahorse City is not going smoothly.

Only in Coral City did we have unexpected gains.

"The city of Coral City is very strange. The mechanical race seems to value it so much that there are no powerful human forces or creatures in the city."

"Yes, it is true."

In a city, the stronger the mechanical power is, the weaker the human power is.

After the war, the concept of ruling people by people was applied to various cities. In the other dozen or so small cities around, super-large human families and enterprises were born, and countless powerful people also appeared.

Only in Coral City has human power been suppressed, and even in the surrounding wilderness there are few strong people.

This city seemed to be a restricted area for level 4 creatures. Even Wang Teng only dared to meet in the suburbs and did not dare to enter the city.

All this should be related to the experiments underground in Coral City.

Apart from the experiment, Su Xia couldn't think of any other reason.

"After arriving in Coral City, I developed unexpectedly smoothly because there were not many opponents. I gradually controlled most of the slums and drove away the forces that originally lived in the central area."

"Gradually, the sugar water was popularized, and then, I..."

“…Now this is what you see.”

The fisherman sighed and explained everything.

Through his description, Su Xia had a clear understanding of the entire Tangshui company.

This company is built on Xue Lin's identity. As long as Xue Lin dies, the entire force will quickly collapse.

Su Xia pondered for a moment and walked to the backup projection equipment.

“Bang!”

He flipped the switch, turning it on.

Not long after, more than a dozen senior executives of Tangshui Company came in one after another, and their illusory bodies appeared in the conference room again.

Xue Lin was the first one to appear. I guess he had been trying.

He was furious. As soon as he appeared, he stared at the fisherman angrily. His fierce eyes seemed to be spewing fire. He shouted, "Fisherman, you should know the price of betraying me!"

"I know. It's death."

The fisherman was much calmer than before. He had said everything he needed to say, and now life and death were determined by fate.

If he doesn't tell it, he will die tonight, and die miserably.

If he told it, perhaps the killer would let him go and he could live a few more days.

"I will kill you!" Xue Lin was extremely angry. "Even if you run to the ends of the earth, I will find you and cut you into pieces !"

"Okay, I understand."

The fisherman's expression did not change when he heard the threat.

Xue Lin was furious: "Enjoy your last moments!"

He is far away in Yuling City now, and it takes a day to drive here. No matter how many harsh words he says, it will be useless.

So he turned his head and stared at Su Xia coldly: "Who sent you here? As long as you do things for me, I can give you more."

"No, I'm not interested."

"Do you know my identity?"

"Of course I know." Su Xia smiled faintly, "But I was wondering, with Xue Lie's personality, if he knew that his apprentice was doing this kind of thing, what would he do?"

"you……"

Xue Lin's tone paused and his expression changed.

Seeing him like this, Su Xia got the answer she wanted - Xue Lie really didn't know.

This Xue Lin has some tricks. He can make money by using Xue Lie's identity, and keep Xue Lie in the dark.

"Either join me or die!" Xue Lin's sore spot was touched, his face turned pale, and he threatened directly, "Don't think you are strong, there are many people in this world who are stronger than you."

"Oh? What do you want to do?"

Su Xia didn't seem worried and placed her finger lightly on the projector's switch.

Xue Lin said angrily: "Once I know your identity, I will have countless people hunt you down, and you will live in endless fear and death for the rest of your life!"

Su Xia nodded: "Well, I understand."

"I'll give you one more chance, as long as you say..."

“Bang!”

Su Xia directly pressed the switch to turn off the projection equipment.

Before Xue Lin could finish his words, he was forced to exit the real-time projection system.

In the mansion in Yuling City, he was furious, his face flushed with anger, and his angry voice echoed throughout the house.

The servants in the house were trembling with fear, and even the housekeeper didn't dare to step forward to ask what had happened.

The angry Xue Lin directly convened an internal meeting and brought in the dozen or so executives who had just been there.

His eyes were bloodshot, and the first thing he said was: "Gather people and go to Coral City immediately!"

"calm!"

Another executive spoke up to stop him and said, "That assassin is very powerful. We are afraid that the people behind him will ask him to assassinate us."

"Are you scared now?" Xue Lin glared at him.

"I just..."

"Shut up! If he really dares to come, I will make him die without a burial place!"

Xue Lin was very imposing and stabbed the table in front of him with a knife.

There are so many weapons in this world that can kill people.

The spiritual power of Mechanical Silence can silence mechanical creations, but it cannot silence cold weapons such as bows, swords, and daggers.

After all, Xue Lin was a killer who came from the Zero Point Tavern. He was proficient in all kinds of hidden weapons and killing methods. He had never been afraid of Su Xia, but the other executives were ordinary people.

They knew Xue Lin's character well, and also knew that their secret opponent was very strong, so they became nervous.

…

Coral City, a small building in the center of the southern slums.

Su Xia pulled out the two knives that were stuck in the fisherman's shoulders and wiped the blood casually.

The fisherman asked cautiously: "You...you won't kill me?"

"If I give you one day, can you reach Yuling City?" Su Xia did not answer, but just asked a very simple question.

"Yes, definitely."

The fisherman was delighted and nodded repeatedly.

Since there is this problem, Su Xia will not kill him for the time being.

Su Xia said, "Well, when you arrive at Yuling City tomorrow, Xue Lin and the others should be dead. You should immediately gather the remnants of the entire Tangshui Company and gather everyone together. Is there any problem?"

"ah?"

The fisherman was shocked. From what the killer said, did he mean to kill him overnight?

Killing people overnight!

He shook his head hastily: "No, no problem."

For the sake of that tiny hope of survival, the fisherman dared not ask any questions.

"Okay then. I'll leave first."

Su Xia left a few words and then walked out of the conference hall holding two knives.

In just a blink of an eye, his figure disappeared, like a drop of ink blending into the rich night.

The fisherman was left with two choices: either set off now and head to Yuling City and do as Su Xia instructed, or... just run away.

His expression changed, and he stayed there for several minutes, finally sighing.

"Well, let's go."

Yuling City is in the north, very far away.