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Chapter 449 Things are going too smoothly, something's not right!
Chapter 449 Things are going too smoothly, something's not right!
"Chen Hong, what do you think you are? Do you have the right to say you don't want to play? Hmph, sit down for me, will you?"
Fuming with pent-up anger, Pan Shi didn't say another word, grabbed the ashtray from the table, and viciously smashed it down on Chen Hong's head!
Bang!
A gash instantly opened on Chen Hong's head, blood streaming down his face.
"Steward Pan... you..."
Chen Hong had only wanted to stand up and express his dissatisfaction, but he had not anticipated that Pan Shi would be so agitated and actually strike him directly.
"Dammit! You know very well how many benefits you've received from the prince over the years, and you also know exactly how much dirty work you've done! Now you think you can just jump ship? Is that possible?" Pan Shi glared coldly at Chen Hong, "You can leave the ship, sure, but only if you're dead..."
"I know your son died, but it was an accident! It's just a dead son, how big of a deal is it? Once the prince's plans are complete, you can have as many sons as you want!"
Wu Shihao had his sniper take out Chen Hong's only son, and naturally, Pan Shi knew this.
However, in Pan Shi's eyes, this was not a matter of concern. As long as it did not interfere with the prince's plans, everything was fine.
"I..." Despite feeling extremely aggrieved, Chen Hong knew that ever since he got on Prince Jin's bandwagon, there had been no way out for him.
Moreover, they were now in the final stage. As long as Prince Jin could take over Tiankui Base and reactivate it, all the connections and resources within Tiankui Base could be utilized by Prince Jin.
Prince Jin's grand scheme might actually succeed.
By then, Great Xia would be turned upside down, and Prince Jin would become the foremost figure in Great Xia. Would he not reap even more benefits then?
Over the years, he had done so many dirty deeds for Prince Jin, his hands stained with the blood of countless people. Without following Prince Jin, what other choice did he have?
Without needing Pan Shi to say more, Chen Hong mentally beat himself up!
"Does anyone else have objections?" Pan Shi scanned the crowd with a piercing gaze, his eyes finally resting on Songyang and Qi Yuan, "The elixir pills and cultivation techniques you asked for will arrive at the designated warehouse in five minutes!"
"Then we'll head to Tiankui Base in five minutes!" Songyang remained calm as ever!
At the entrance of Guangcheng Grand Hotel, Songyang didn't fully understand Ye Fan's plan. Although he had his speculations, they were just guesses.
But now, Songyang had come to fully understand.
Ye Fan was deliberately baiting them, having himself and Qi Yuan defect to Pan Shi's side, thus inducing Chen Hong and Liang Antong to hand over the base keys to Pan Shi as well.
This way, Ye Fan effectively avoided the difficulty of not being able to collect all the keys!
Once all the base keys were gathered, Ye Fan would probably begin his harvest.
Therefore, Songyang kept sending his location and updates on their progress to Ye Fan.
"..." Songyang was so stubborn, Pan Shi really wanted to devour him alive. This damn man... wouldn't even accept a one-second delay? He insisted on holding off the next step until the items were in hand?
While Pan Shi was staring intently at Songyang, he noticed Songyang's hand moving under the table, seemingly sending a message?
Feeling a surge of caution, Pan Shi quickly spoke out, "Now that we've reached an agreement, we will start up Tiankui Base in five minutes! For the sake of confidentiality, I want all of your phones handed over, including mine... Someone, activate the signal jammer!"
"In five minutes, Patriarch Song, you can use the landline phone in the side garden to confirm with your people!"
Pan Shi had an ominous feeling in his heart!
Wu Shihao had mobilized the Vermilion Bird Military to take action against Ye Fan, and they nearly blasted Ye Fan to bits.
In the end, Chen Yao and Hou Tianji managed to arrive in time, with Wu Shihao falling into Ye Fan's hands, his subsequent fate predictable.
Just when Pan Shi was nearly in despair, Songyang and Qi Yuan suddenly came to join him... Even though they claimed that Ye Fan was nearly finished, and that Songyang and Qi Yuan were looking for a way out for their families.
Yet Pan Shi still felt uneasy inside!
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Everything was going against me before!
Whether I was planning the banquet to kill Ye Fan, or sending people to monitor Songyang and Qi Yuan, or even when Wu Shihao sent people to bomb Ye Fan, it seemed like nothing was yielding a good outcome!
But now, things were going too smoothly!
Songyang and Qi Yuan came to me, seeking cooperation, and though they demanded extortionate terms, Pan Shi still felt something was off.
First, lock down all the messages here, preventing Songyang and Qi Yuan from contacting the outside world. At any rate, take control of the Tiankui Base first.
After all, with the protection of the Top Ten Martial Emperor Experts by my side, Pan Shi felt somewhat more at ease.
Even if Ye Fan didn't die, even if he miraculously found his way here, and even if his strength hadn't declined much, dealing with ten Martial Emperor Experts is always going to be troublesome, right?
Moreover, Pan Shi had his assistant call over a group of powerhouses from Prince Jin's secret base!
There should be no problems!
Definitely!
Once I have control over Tiankui Base, the vengeance for my ears being cut off should finally be settled!
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At Prince Jin's residence in the Capital!
Prince Jin held a teacup, the tea inside had gone cold, yet he kept pacing back and forth in the room, frowning and muttering to himself, "Old Mo has been exposed, I cannot contact the Han Family, the Cao Family… The operations in Guangcheng must not fail…"
Prince Jin had meticulously cultivated Guangcheng as one of his trump cards; if something went wrong there, it would trigger a chain reaction.
The Tiankui Base, as well as his own secret base, these were the two things Prince Jin valued most.
If there were any issues, it would be like Prince Jin had lost an arm.
"My lord... The information you asked to look into is here! It is confirmed from inside the Vermilion Bird Domain that Wu Shihao, one of the Four Great War Kings, failed in his attack on Ye Fan. The Three Thousand Military Technique has been captured, and all the direct lineage troops have been wiped out in a single sweep! The people from the Han Family and the Cao Family in Guangcheng were all killed by Ye Fan! Moreover, according to the latest news, Ye Fan was not injured. Someone saw him heading in a certain direction..."
"The direction he's heading is precisely where the Tiankui Base is located!"
Clang!
The teacup in Prince Jin's hand dropped to the ground, and he was utterly stunned!
"Wu Shihao was taken down by Ye Fan? Martial Bureau Chief Chen Yao even went to the scene personally... Damn it, why didn't Pan Shi report such critical news sooner? Aaaah… It's a conspiracy, definitely a conspiracy… I knew it, how could the Song Family and Qi Family have resisted for so many years only to suddenly cave? And they even demanded so much cash and resources, that's all of my entire enterprise in the Southwestern Region…"
"Quick! Quick! Contact Pan Shi immediately, we must stop him! I was wrong, that pig-brained Pan Shi is no match for Ye Fan. Even if Pan Shi gathers the four keys together, that's just preparing a wedding dress for Ye Fan, I am sure of it, hurry..."
Prince Jin, frustrated with his subordinate's slow phone dialing, snatched the mobile phone and quickly dialed Pan Shi's number himself!
If he does not make contact with Pan Shi soon, then the entire chess game Prince Jin had set up in the Southwestern Region might be doomed...
Beep!
"Sorry, the number you have dialed is switched off! Sorry, the number you dialed has been powered off…"
After making several calls, each time, the voice on the phone was the same.
Defying belief, Prince Jin dialed the numbers of several other important members in Pan Shi's circle, with the same result.
That damned voice, like a death knell, made Prince Jin slump to the ground in defeat...
It's over!
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Ye Fan, are you Heaven-sent, specifically to be my nemesis?
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