Chapter 382 The Price of Betrayal
"call……"
Andrew looked nervous, his whole body was tense, he didn't even dare to breathe too loudly, and exhaled cautiously.
The scout closest to him was hovering more than 20 meters above his head.
At the same time, on the ground, more than a dozen land mechanical soldiers responsible for investigation approached the house.
"No life fluctuations detected."
One of the soldiers spoke, coldly and without any emotion.
"Enter the house and check it, and match the owner of the house in the system."
"yes!"
These mechanical warriors entered the house one after another, activated various scanning systems, and conducted a comprehensive inspection of the entire house.
Seeing this, Andrew couldn't help but feel relieved.
Fortunately, he was just dry heaving and didn't vomit anything, otherwise the abnormality would have been discovered by now.
Fortunately, Su Xia took away the seats they had sat in, otherwise the residual heat would definitely be detected.
It seemed that these mechanical soldiers were just doing a routine inspection and left the house soon.
"The owner of the house died two years ago."
"Keep moving forward, there is a human gathering place ahead, go into the gathering place and search for suspicious persons!" A scout flying above issued an order.
After system matching, they found out that the owner of the house had already died.
Afterwards, these mechanical creatures moved away from the area and continued to explore forward.
"They're gone."
Andrew breathed a sigh of relief. He was really afraid of being caught by the mechanical people.
Of course, he was also afraid of being targeted by the group.
Compared with the mechanical clan and the group, the killer named Masked Stranger seems so kind. After all, he still looks reasonable.
At least, Su Xia is still willing to let him live.
Andrew still has a lot of information about the Left Eye Group in his mind. As long as he doesn't finish telling it, he can live one more day.
"Sir, where are we going next?" Andrew asked.
"Stay here." Su Xia said.
"Ah... Oh, this place has been searched once. It seems very close to the mechanical soldiers, but it is actually the safest place." Andrew reacted quickly and approved of Su Xia's choice.
This is called darkness under the lamp, unless those mechanical creatures make a surprise counterattack.
But with Su Xia's reaction speed, even if they came back to attack, Su Xia would be able to sense it in time and take the two away.
"Sir, are these robots looking for you?" Andrew had some guesses in his mind, but without confirmation, he asked.
"What else? Should I look for you?" Su Xia asked back.
"No, no, I don't have that much power." Andrew shook his head hurriedly, "It seems that you, sir, hurt them in Seahorse City and let them know how powerful you are."
"Perhaps."
"You are truly amazing. Over the years, almost no one has been able to be as outstanding as you in the Mechanical Clan..."
“Don’t talk nonsense!”
Su Xia’s voice was cold, and she directly interrupted Andrew’s compliment.
As an outstanding young man who grew up in the new era, he is determined and such compliments are no longer useful to him.
Andrew shrank his neck, realizing that he had said too much again, which made Su Xia unhappy. He immediately shut up and returned to his previous state, carefully observing Su Xia's micro-expressions.
Su Xia carried him back into the room and still stood by the window.
He continued the previous conversation: "Do you have any other way to find the source of those arms supplies?"
Andrew was stunned: "Sir, can't we speculate... that this is where eagles gather?"
"You can only speculate if you have evidence, and if you don't have evidence it's just blind guessing."
"You are so strict, sir."
"This concerns the unity of two large gathering places within the human race, so we have to be rigorous." Su Xia will go to Longcheng after finishing his work here. He must use all existing advantages to grasp as much information as possible.
After arriving in Longcheng, he not only had to talk to his old father, but also had to find a way to quell the so-called rumors.
Only by stabilizing the rear can Su Xia develop his own organization without worries, and then further train the players.
He wanted to create a grand scene where an army of hundreds of thousands or even millions of players attacked the mechanical race!
From the current perspective, players are the hope for the human race to turn things around in this world.
The premise of all this is the stability of the human race’s rear.
Andrew looked embarrassed and thought for a while before saying, "Sir, the next batch of arms will arrive tomorrow at midnight. I was supposed to go to the dock to receive it, but now it's probably my former deputy who will take over."
"What do you want to express?" Su Xia looked at him.
"Before unloading, if you can secretly capture a few ship managers, you may be able to get some information about the cargo suppliers from them."
"Which pier?" Su Xia asked.
“Wan Chai Pier.”
“…”
"My Lord, what's wrong with you?"
"Nothing, I just thought of a kind of food." Su Xia waved her hand. "If the group finds out that you've run away, will they change the time and location of the delivery?"
"It's unlikely. Everything is written in the contract."
Andrew replied, "Moreover, now the mechanical tribe has suddenly blocked the entire city. People can only enter but not leave. Every incoming plane, cargo ship, car, etc. needs to report to the mechanical tribe. It is difficult to change the location temporarily. The mechanical tribe will not allow it."
"Is that so?" Su Xia pondered.
"Yes." Andrew explained, "Besides, since arms are prohibited goods, the merchants transporting the goods dare not apply to the mechanical family to change the unloading location, and can only proceed according to the original plan."
The transaction between the two parties was very direct, using the common yin-yang contract.
On the surface, it was a contract that mentioned materials such as "frozen fish" and "seafood" to deal with inspections.
The contract behind the scenes was about arms that both parties knew about, and the actual types of goods and transaction prices were stated in the contract.
"Can't they go back the same way?" Su Xia asked.
"Sir, the entire sea area is under the control of the Mechanical Clan's Deep Divers camp. It's impossible." Andrew also understood the three major camps of the Mechanical Clan, and said this to Su Xia.
"After unloading, will we be questioned by the Mechanical Clan?"
"It didn't happen before. The mechanical tribe didn't bother to care about these things, but this time it may not be the case. It depends on luck."
"Um……"
Su Xia touched his chin. He really wanted to find the mastermind behind the rumors in Longcheng, but it seemed a little difficult now.
Tomorrow night, after the goods arrive, once they are inspected by the mechanical clan and found to be prohibited goods, the people delivering the goods on the ship will definitely be detained.
And it is impossible for Su Xia to snatch people from the mechanical clan.
"Sir, I am just offering a suggestion, it may not work."
Andrew suddenly spoke up: "Most of those who transport the goods don't know the true source of the goods. They are just middlemen responsible for sea transportation. Even if we can secretly arrest a few of their people, we may not be able to get any valuable information."
"Yes, you are right."
Su Xia nodded and did not deny it.
All I can say is that the opponent is too cautious and does things without leaving any traces, so it is difficult to trace the source.
Unless we trace back slowly, from that shipping company, to catch the person who had contact with this company, and then trace back further...
It's very troublesome and requires a lot of time and patience.
Su Xia has plenty of patience, but what he lacks most is time.
"Let's try our luck tomorrow night!" Su Xia made up her mind that even if she couldn't catch the people from the shipping company tomorrow night, she would still go and take a look.
His greatest advantage comes from his eyes.
It would be great if you could get useful information from the personal descriptions of those employees.
"My Lord, what do we do now?"
Andrew looked around. Was he going to stay in this room forever?
"You have been doing business in this city for many years. Do you have a suitable hiding place?" Su Xia asked him.
"I did prepare one before..."
Andrew was cautious and left himself many tricks.
He has a safe house deep underground in the suburbs, where he stores enough supplies to last him for several years.
But since the group started tracking him seven years ago, they must know the location of his safe house, so that house is not safe either.
"Just a safe house?" Su Xia looked at him.
"No, no, actually there are several. One of them is even underwater, but the group should all know about it." Andrew said hurriedly.
"Well, let's go directly to your usual home."
"ah?"
Andrew was stunned. Are they going to play tricks on me again?
Within the group, is his current status "destroyed", "missing" or "defected"?
Could it be that someone was just waiting in his house?
"Sir, will there be any problem?" Andrew was anxious. He didn't want to go back for fear of being captured by the group.
"What are you afraid of?" Su Xia asked him, "Who can capture you from me?"
"That being said..."
"Then don't say it!"
"Okay... okay."
In this way, the problem of the next hiding place was solved simply and roughly.
Of course, Su Xia wouldn't just go over there without thinking.
He would check the surroundings in advance to make sure there were no surveillance or listening equipment, and observe anyone around who might be a secret sentry.
On the way there, Su Xia continued to ask: "How many bases does your group have in Conch City?"
Andrew answered truthfully: “One.”
"Just one?"
"Yes, sir. Land in Conch City is very expensive, and there are too many people and too many eyes. It is not convenient to conduct various businesses."
Most of the Left Eye Group's business is shady, and it is indeed not suitable to establish a base in a place like Conch City.
Therefore, the areas they target are mostly those relatively backward cities with smaller populations and relatively loose inspections.
This city is more suitable as a news aggregation place.
"By the way, sir, another batch of 'human cargo' will arrive tomorrow night." Andrew suddenly said.
"The one who was kidnapped?"
"Yes, about two hundred men, imprisoned beneath the ship."
"Well, rescue him if we have a chance." Su Xia glanced at Andrew, and an idea suddenly occurred to her. She rubbed her cheeks and used the red crystal again to change her appearance.
"Sir, you are..."
Under Andrew's shocked gaze, Su Xia's face slowly swelled, her facial features shifted, her skin was stretched, and she actually turned into his appearance little by little!
What kind of disguise is this?
Andrew had learned agent-level camouflage techniques, but changing his face was not an easy task. He needed to inject or fill something, or put some fillers in his mouth.
Su Xia glanced at him and said calmly: "It's not a real change, it's just a special energy that deceives your eyes."
"Cheating?" Andrew was stunned.
"Well, it deceives your vision and touch, which is different from traditional camouflage." Su Xia said.
"You are really amazing, sir!" Andrew said sincerely, "No wonder the mechanical tribe can't do anything to you. With this kind of technology, you can go anywhere in the world."
"Wrong, blood tests, saliva tests, etc. can't fool you."
Su Xia shook her head and said, "It's only a matter of time before my true identity is exposed. What I can do now is to gain more advantages before it's exposed."
"This...Sir, do you have a real identity?" Andrew was surprised.
"I can't just enjoy the life of an ordinary person?"
"Yes, of course."
No matter how good your disguise is, you can never completely become another person.
Fortunately, this world trusts psychic detection more, especially the mechanical race, and does not pay much attention to other detections, which gives Su Xia time to survive.
In the eyes of many people, tests on blood, saliva, hair, etc. may make mistakes, but the strength of psychic power will never lie.
It has become a common method to identify masked monsters by the strength of their psychic powers.
"Sir, you changed into my appearance, are you trying to lure the snake out of its hole?" Andrew thought Su Xia wanted to fish.
"No, just getting used to it so that it will be convenient for us to do things tomorrow night." Su Xia said.
"You're going to use my face tomorrow night?"
"No?"
Su Xia gave him a cold look.
Andrew trembled, lowered his head hurriedly, and dared not speak anymore.
He had a lucky mentality, that is, the group might think that he had been destroyed by the two shells, and put his information on the destruction list and no longer pay attention to him.
After this, if Su Xia could let him go, he could safely change his appearance and live with a new identity without worrying about the group's problems.
But now, Su Xia intends to act with his face...
This undoubtedly completely cut off his retreat.
Once he is seen by the group's contact, his next life will be over. He will most likely be caught in an endless hunt by the group until the day he dies.
Not long after, the two arrived at Andrew's villa in the suburbs.
The villa is in a great location, halfway up the mountain, with beautiful scenery and plenty of sunshine, making it very suitable for long-term living.
But before he got close, Su Xia discovered several lurkers.
"People from your group, did you see it?" Su Xia pointed to a big tree where there were several people in camouflage clothes.
"I see." Andrew nodded with a complicated look in his eyes.
Su Xia waved his hand, and took the two of them floating in the air, slowly approaching the lurkers.
When we got closer, we could hear these lurkers talking to each other in low voices.
One of them whispered, "Didn't Andrew get killed by a shell? Why did Lord Frank send us to monitor his house? The situation is tense right now, and we may be mistaken for suspicious people by the mechanical tribe."
The person next to him said, "It's not necessarily that he was killed in the explosion. We didn't have time to check the body because the scene had been surrounded by the mechanical tribe."
"He must be dead!" said a man hiding in the treetops.
"That's right, that's a guided bomb, how can a flesh and blood body withstand it?" another person echoed.
"Humph, those who betray the group will die!"
“…”
Sure enough, the group did not have time to check where the shells hit.
Or, I dare not go to check.
Less than three minutes after the explosion, the mechanical tribe surrounded the area.
Therefore, within the group, Andrew's life or death is now a mystery, and most people tend to believe that he is dead. After all, even the signal of the tracking device has been blown up.
"The Frank they are talking about is your deputy?" Su Xia asked Andrew.
"Yes... Well, I just wanted to avoid the limelight." Andrew sighed, "But once you are branded as a member of the group, you will never be able to escape it for the rest of your life."
"Why do you want to run away?" Su Xia asked him.
"Sir, you mean..."
"Face your fear and destroy it!"
