Chapter 423 Ordinary Security Personnel
"He ran away?"
The angry voice floated on the sea.
This is an old man with a gaunt face, wrinkled skin, and brown spots all over. He looks like an old tree that is about to die, and it seems that he has one foot halfway into the cemetery.
But his furious voice was like the roar of a lion, scaring away all the birds in the sky. Countless club members around him had their ears buzzing, like a bolt from the blue!
The old man's name is Wang Dahong. He is one of the persons in charge of the Northern Sailing Club headquarters and the person with the highest seniority in the club.
At the previous internal meeting, he was the first to vote in favor of the resolution to side with the mechanical race.
"Why did it take so long to receive the news?" Wang Dahong was furious. His skinny body was shaking with anger. His eyes were like lightning, sweeping over every member around him.
"Mr. Wang...the signal at sea is not good."
Han Hai looked grim and tried to come up with a lame excuse. He also knew that this excuse would not convince the people at the headquarters. He would be inevitably punished, and it would most likely be severe, and might even cause him to lose his current position.
However, compared with status, life is more important, and he does not regret his previous decision.
"The signal is bad at sea?"
The old man laughed in anger, pointed at Han Hai angrily, and shouted: "Is the satellite phone on the ship fake? As a branch director, you have more than ten years of sailing experience. Don't you know anything? You started from the bottom as a duty sailor. Others don't understand, so how could you not understand?"
"I've been feeling unwell recently. I was blown by the cold wind at sea, and I have a fever and feel dizzy. I can't remember it." Han Hai thought of another excuse, but it was still so lame that he didn't even believe it himself.
As a psychic creature, its physical fitness is much stronger than that of ordinary people. How could it be possible to catch a cold just by a little cold wind?
"Do you... do you know how much damage you have caused to the club?"
The old man was so angry that his voice was unstable, his chest was heaving, and his eyes were almost standing up. His eyes were not as cloudy as before, but instead revealed a hint of fierceness, as if he wanted to skin Han Hai alive with his eyes!
Beside him were several members from the headquarters, and the middle-aged woman and young man who had participated in the secret meeting were also there.
At this moment, several people's faces did not look good.
“Huff…”
The sea breeze blew by, but it was not cold or chilly, and instead had a hint of warmth.
The sea was surging, and the sea water gently hit the hull, making a splashing sound.
In this area alone, there are more than a hundred ships of the club at sea. With a large number of soldiers and generals and tremendous strength, it is a well-deserved overlord of the sea.
The number of ships in the rest of the areas is incredibly large, more than enough to form several fleets to destroy nations.
In the era of Great Ocean Shipping, the club's strength was enough to compete for the world's number one spot.
But now, they can't even stop one person!
The ships rocked gently in the sea, and each ship fell into a silent silence, in which brewed unimaginable anger and anxiety.
The anger was naturally directed at Han Hai.
And that uneasiness comes from the upcoming mechanical tribe.
"Half an hour. You are a full half an hour late. You should know what this means." The middle-aged woman couldn't help but speak. Her name was Mu Liu. She was also one of the senior leaders of the headquarters and one of the earliest members to support the mechanical clan.
Why turn to the mechanical race?
Of course it’s because of fear!
They feared the strength of the Mechanical Race and were afraid of being destroyed by them, so they turned around and gave up their neutral status that they had maintained for countless years. They even changed the rules and regulations of the Northern Sailing Club, all for the purpose of serving the Mechanical Race.
Now, they actually messed up the first thing the Mechanical Clan asked them to do!
This made them particularly uneasy.
"Even if you are afraid of death, you should put the overall situation first!"
The young man next to him couldn't help but speak. He kept frowning, looking up at the distant sky from time to time. There was an unconcealable worry in his eyes, and he was obviously worried about the arrival of the mechanical people.
“If you had sent the message back immediately, we wouldn’t have said anything even if you deserted the battlefield, but you delayed for a full half an hour!
"Do you know how happy I was when I got the news? I thought this was the first game for our club to step into the historical spotlight. As long as we do well, the future will definitely belong to us. But I didn't expect that you would..."
The young man sighed, it was too late to say anything now, after all, the masked man had already run away.
Before, at the door of the underground secret room, when they received the news, they were indeed very excited and thought that the news was coming in real time.
But they soon discovered the problem, and this problem made each of them feel depressed.
Han Hai, who should have reported the news as soon as possible, actually concealed the news and spent nearly half an hour leaving the sea area before reporting the news.
By the time they made arrangements based on the information, the masked man had disappeared.
"How could you be so stupid?" the old man shouted, "Letting the masked man go is fine, but how could you let the mechanical race know this news?"
"I didn't notify the mechanical clan." Han Hai was surprised and shook his head.
"It's really stupid!"
The young man couldn't listen any longer and frowned, saying, "When you sent us the message, you used an external network. Do you think the mechanical tribe didn't monitor it?"
"ah……"
Han Hai was shocked. He was certainly not stupid and he understood this immediately.
It's just that he had been at ease for too long and never took this matter too seriously. He even forgot the abilities of the Mechanical Race and made such a low-level mistake that could lead to the destruction of the entire club!
The Northern Navigation Club's previous loyal performance allowed them to obtain a defense zone of their own from the Mechanical Clan.
The mechanical tribe actually doesn't have high requirements for them. Even if they can't stop the masked monster, it doesn't matter. They just need to report it in time when they find him.
But now, they have not even met the simple requirement of “reporting in time”!
"Oh, that's troublesome."
"After this, the club may still exist, but it will no longer be trusted by the mechanical people."
The young man turned around, looked into the distance, and sighed heavily.
There was a loud rumbling sound coming from the sea in the distance; that was the roar of the engine.
More than a dozen blue and white mechanical bodies streaked across the sky, leaving more than a dozen white tails behind them. They were getting closer and closer, followed by an angry roar.
"Northern Sailing Club, do you also want to become a midnight bar?"
Hearing this extremely angry roar, everyone on the deck trembled.
The young man and the middle-aged woman looked at each other, with unspeakable bitterness on their faces. They naturally understood what the mechanical race meant by this sentence.
Nine days ago, in the early morning, the Zero Point Tavern in Conch City clearly discovered the trace of the masked monster, but did not report it to the Mechanical Clan. Instead, they led the masked monster to the tavern branch and even had a fight with the masked monster.
Naturally, this matter could not be concealed from the sailing club. After all, there were many members of powerful forces in that small town at that time.
Because of that incident, the Mechanical Clan expressed extreme anger towards the Zero Point Tavern and even terminated all cooperation with the Zero Point Tavern.
If it were any other force, it might have been destroyed in the anger of the mechanical race long ago, but the background of the Zero Point Tavern is very mysterious, and it is still alive and well.
However, the Northern Sailing Club does not have the background of a midnight pub.
On the deck, Mu Liu raised his head with difficulty and pleaded bitterly: "Dear mechanical people, please listen to our explanation..."
…
In this information-rich age, no matter how small the matter is, it cannot hide from the eyes of the Internet.
Of course, it’s not just the mechanical people who are monitoring the Northern Sailing Club.
Many major forces are watching their movements.
It is useless to conceal what happened at sea, even if the sailing club intends to conceal it.
Soon, news about the masked man spread out and spread throughout the world in a very short time.
[Surprise! The masked man appears again, breaks through the Sailing Club's multi-layered defenses! ]
As soon as this news was reported, it caught everyone's attention and quickly topped the hot search list on major platforms.
"The masked man? He's not dead yet?"
"Didn't they say he had fallen into the sea to feed the fish?"
"The Northern Sailing Club is in the northern waters. How did the masked man get there? The blockade of the southern waters by the mechanical tribe is so severe that not even a mosquito can fly out!"
Nine full days is enough time for many things to be forgotten in this fast-paced era.
Even for the masked man who caused a sensation for a while, the popularity has gradually dissipated after so many days. If he doesn't show up, the popularity will eventually die out completely.
Many residents of coastal cities have become accustomed to life under the blockade of the mechanical race, and even the mechanical creatures flying in the sky from time to time are no longer strange.
But the emergence of new information once again reminded countless people of the name of the masked man.
The word "shocked" is not enough to describe the mood of most people.
There has never been a person who can survive well after repeatedly provoking the mechanical race, and he can even be on the hot search from time to time, as if he is building his own reputation by stepping on the fame of the mechanical race.
"As expected of you... the Masked Stranger..."
In the southwest of the continent, Yuling City, in an office in the building of Jiang Group.
Jiang Zhi, the current lord of Yuling City, who is also the patriarch of the Jiang family and the actual controller of the entire group, had a complicated look on his face after seeing the news.
He sighed, shook his head, and glanced across the desk.
"Fisherman, how are the sales of 'Purification Potion' recently?"
“It’s selling very well.”
The fisherman handed over a data sheet for the current quarter and said with a smile, "From the Chinese New Year to now, sales have been increasing day by day. The medicine is almost in short supply. We have to build a few more processing plants."
"Okay, I'll arrange it as soon as possible." Jiang Zhi said after looking at the data table.
In Yuling City, the position of city lord has always been taken turns by the Jiang family and the Wei family.
But after Su Xia caused a big fuss last time, the strength of both families was severely damaged, senior executives were killed or injured, and Jiang Zhi was the only one left in the core of the group.
Therefore, Su Xia arranged for Jiang Zhi to sit in the highest position of power in the city.
Jiang Zhi has always had complicated feelings towards Su Xia.
Without Su Xia, he would not have been able to take the position of city lord, nor would he have been able to monopolize the power of the two groups.
But after all, Su Xia killed all the relatives and elders in his family, one head per sword, almost wiping out his entire clan.
"Alas, if he died, I would be relieved." Jiang Zhi sighed.
The total value of the purification pharmaceutical industry he owns now has far exceeded that of his previous pharmaceutical products. If you really think about it, Su Xia is definitely his great benefactor.
After all, even the formula and refining method of the purification potion were provided by Su Xia.
He also used purification chemicals to clean up all the businesses of the two companies, completely putting them back on the right track.
"Mr. Jiang, is this about Mr. Mask?" asked the fisherman.
"It's him." Jiang Zhi nodded.
"Master Mask gave me a chance to be reborn , so that I can walk in the sun again." The fisherman smiled and said, "No matter what happens to him in the future, as long as he needs me, I will follow in his footsteps."
"I thought you were doing things for him because you were afraid of him."
“Fear is one thing, gratitude is another.”
The fisherman chuckled and couldn't help feeling a little emotional when he thought of his birth.
If it weren't for Su Xia, he might still be in the slums of Coral City, reselling addictive sugar water drugs that harm others and himself for Xue Lin's sugar water group.
Now, the purification agent industry has spread to dozens of cities large and small in the southwest region, and it can be said that it is flourishing everywhere.
And he is the general manager of this industry.
He had never dared to imagine such power, wealth and status before.
In the past, when he was reselling sugar water, he could only see greedy, morbid and distorted expressions on the faces of those buyers, but now, he can see a sincere gratitude in the eyes of countless buyers.
“We are treating more and more people.”
The fisherman suddenly spoke something incoherent with an inexplicable look on his face. He glanced at Jiang Zhi , as if he wanted to remind him of something, but then fell silent again.
Hearing this, Jiang Zhi frowned and didn't speak immediately, as if he was thinking about something.
After a moment, he glanced at the sales data sheet and said in a low voice, "Those people, want to join in?"
The fisherman nodded: "Yes."
"How many people are there in total?"
"We haven't counted them yet." The fisherman lowered his voice. "There are at least a hundred thousand people now. They are all willing to work for us. There will be more in the future."
“There are so many…”
Jiang Zhi hesitated, he still underestimated the power of the purification potion.
Purification potions, sold at outlets in various cities, are known as “redemption potions” and are a type of medicine that can free people from addictive drugs.
After using the potion, those people seemed to be reborn and got a chance to start their lives over again. The gratitude in their hearts is difficult to express in words.
Many of them expressed their desire to join this industry.
Many people even begged to meet the creator of the potion formula, as if they regarded the mysterious creator as their reborn parent.
The gratitude and enthusiasm in some people's eyes made the fishermen feel incredible .
Once these people know that the creator is the Masked Stranger, they will most likely raise the banner of opposition to the Mechanical Race on the spot.
"These more than 100,000 people can become a huge force as long as they are simply armed." The fisherman's voice became deeper. He did not make any requests, but just gave a simple narration.
"If you do this, you might die." Jiang Zhi's eyelids twitched. He certainly understood the fisherman's thoughts.
"Everyone will die."
"Well, since you dare to do it..."
Jiang Zhi took a deep breath and made a decision without hesitation: "Absorb these people in batches, provide them with equipment and training, and then reorganize them. Try to avoid the eyes of the mechanical clan and those big forces, and develop in secret. Their public identities are... ordinary pharmacy security personnel."
