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Chapter 999 - 999 970 A Plot within a Plot!

999: Chapter 970: A Plot within a Plot!

The Banquet at Hongmen!

999: Chapter 970: A Plot within a Plot!

The Banquet at Hongmen!

No sentence can shock people to death!

Xu Feng never dreamed that such a vast conspiracy would lie behind it all.

After staring in shock for quite a while, Xu Feng finally furrowed his brows and asked,

“Dad, something’s not right here!”

“The Dark Knight Order couldn’t possibly steal nuclear warheads just to lure Wu Jie into a trap, right?”

“What if he doesn’t go to the auction?

What if he doesn’t fall for it?

Wouldn’t that be a waste of effort?”

Xu Kuishan scoffed coldly, “Have you gone stupid, boy?

As far as I know, their main goal in disassembling and stealing nuclear warheads is to make money.

Trapping Wu Jie is secondary.”

“In other words, whether Wu Jie goes to the auction or not, they will still sell the nuclear warheads.

Of course, it would be better if he goes because then they have a chance to kill him.

If he doesn’t, it doesn’t affect anything.”

Xu Feng nodded slightly, “I understand.

If he really goes, there’s no way he’s coming back!”

Xu Kuishan snorted, “Nonsense!

Why do you think they chose Jiazhou for the auction location?

It’s a place where not even birds shit, but where turmoil and conflict are endless, isn’t it all to make it convenient for betrayal and murder, to do whatever they want!”

“And you’re not even considering that they’re a powerful force capable of stealing nuclear warheads.

On the day of the auction, they’re sure to have tight security, a mass of soldiers, and a barrage of tanks, artillery, and missiles.

Could he possibly survive?”

Xu Feng chuckled.

“That would blast him to smithereens!”

Xu Kuishan also let out a chuckle.

The sedan sped along, heading back to the city.

While father and son were enjoying their light-hearted talk, they naturally did not notice something very peculiar on the back seat.

In fact, the two of them couldn’t see it at all—human eyes can’t see condensed matter.

The Phantom, it also had no smell or sound, so the father and son duo had no idea that a mysterious assassin was sitting right behind them.

Wanting Wu Jie’s life, Phantom could send the two of them to the netherworld at any moment.

But…

Even though Wu Jie was aware of this, he didn’t order Phantom to strike.

The Xu Family of Liuli City still had significant use.

This odd father and son, full of conspiracies and schemes, weren’t completely useless.

They could still provide a lot of intelligence, could still be of some use.

Besides…

Isn’t it next weekend that he’s sending their whole family to Jiazhou?

In that region plagued by war and conflict, it would be simpler, cruder, and more efficient to act — to take them all out in one fell swoop.

To kill then until the blood flows like a river would go unnoticed, but if it were within the country…

that would be a difficult mess to clean up.

Before long…

The team from the War Statistics Institute also left the scrapped car dismantling factory.

On the way back to the city, Du began to coordinate the arrangements.

Traveling to Jiazhou was far, but for the War Statistics Institute, chartering a civilian airliner or using their own private jets was not a problem.

In fact…

The War Statistics Institute itself had its own fleet, equipped with electronic reconnaissance aircraft, communications command aircraft, and several other special-purpose planes.

For infiltration behind enemy lines, personnel transport, and logistics support, they also equipped cargo planes refitted from commercial airliners.

So reaching Jiazhou, or any other place in the world with an airport, was possible.

The planes were ready, and the funding would be handled by Wu Jie.

There were still two pressing problems to solve.

The first was the issue of safety.

Xu Kuishan’s intentions were clear — he wanted Wu Jie to go to the auction in person.

But Du agreed, and Elder Tan wouldn’t agree either.

A national treasure like Wu Jie, how could he risk going to a dangerous place?

No amount of bodyguards or entourages would help, with hundreds of large-caliber artillery firing rapidly, even steel would be blown to dust.

Not to mention those warlord forces, with main battle tanks, infantry fighting vehicles, self-propelled artillery, rocket artillery, and all sorts of heavy weapons.

No matter how well-trained the guards were, they couldn’t escape their physical limitations.

Human flesh and blood, how could it withstand the furious bombardment of cannons, the violent explosions of missiles, the attacks of armored vehicles?

So, Wu Jie was not going to go.

Even if they had to send a heavyweight, it would either be a substitute for Wu Jie or someone else.

In any case, there was no room for negotiation — Wu Jie couldn’t possibly be allowed to go no matter how much he argued.

And Wu Jie didn’t insist, knowing full well that he wouldn’t be allowed to go, why bother wasting energy?

Moreover, he had already eavesdropped on the conversation between Xu Kuishan and his son through Phantom.

That damn Dark Knight Order clearly staged a trap, waiting for Wu Jie to walk into it.

Knowing this, why bother taking the risk personally?

However, this didn’t mean Wu Jie didn’t want to “play them at their own game.”

The other issue was the auction for the nuclear warheads.

Going to someone else’s turf to bid, could they play dirty?

Could it be, after the auction is successful and the money is paid, there’s no way to take the nuclear warheads away?

The Dark Knight Order, capable of dismantling and stealing nuclear warheads, obviously had formidable strength.

If they were untrustworthy and had no business integrity, that would complicate things.

It was highly likely that they could lose both personnel and funds.

And even if the other side was trustworthy and played it straight, other forces could turn green with envy.

Especially those radical groups that dream of having weapons of mass destruction for major disruptions, those small and medium-sized countries that want nuclear arms for self-defense…

The innocent man is not to blame, but the bearer of the treasure is.

Whoever gets their hands on the nuclear warheads could become the target of all, the focus of attacks and plunder.

In short…

The trip to Jiazhou was absolutely dangerous and unpredictable; a single misstep would result in a tragic tale of loss of both life and wealth.