NOVEL ONLINE FREE Chapter 104: Cannon Fodder and Chess Player
In front of the burning factory.
Amid the wind and snow, someone roared loudly as he charged towards Meng Yu. It was a middle-aged man wielding a long sword. He approached Meng Yu and then… immediately knelt down before him.
"Mr. Meng, I surrender!"
The representative of Star Industrial, Manager Qian, who had fallen out with Captain Luo just half a day ago, dropped his long sword and prostrated himself before Meng Yu on all fours.
"I have all their intelligence, Mr. Meng, have mercy!"
He was someone with an annual income of 3.2 million, as well as various bonuses, who had enjoyed all sorts of privileges. He was the Star Industrial executive manager who stepped forward in times of crisis, but one couldn't demand that he keep giving his all, nor expect him to fight until the last moment.
In fact, he had done his best. Now, he had to think about himself.
"Welcome, welcome."
Meng Yu extended his hand and helped the man up.
"What can I do for you?"
He was very polite, and the man was exceedingly so as well.
"Mr. Meng, this is the intelligence on those people, the number of people arriving, Captain Luo hails from the Spring River Sword Sect, most of his subordinates are…"
Manager Qian, with utmost speed, narrated various intelligence on the Death Squad, including their deployment and the quantity of supplies they carried.
Beside Manager Qian lay the factory compound spanning tens of square kilometers, with buildings rising from the ground and every piece of equipment constructed at great expense. Countless people had spent countless years gradually building up this foundation. And then, a young whippersnapper – not to be scornful, but to state a fact – because of some grievances, came over intending to destroy it all!
With a single fire, he had burned down a factory worth tens of billions, and he would continue this destruction.
Yet he, had become an accomplice.
This realization made him shudder from head to toe.
This stimulation filled his eyes with admiration as he looked at Meng Yu! Read the latest on empire
"What do you need me to do?"
"Mr. Meng, I want to work for you!"
Manager Qian stated resolutely.
"Captain Luo can't hold them back anymore. If I walk out now, in at most half a day, they will all mobilize and press this way. By then, Mr. Meng, no, my liege, if you go here, to the place where they have set up the signal tower and destroy the tower,
They have only brought one signal tower this time. As long as you destroy it, Mr. Meng, you can pick them off one by one using hit-and-run tactics. As for the cargo flying boat, it won't arrive for another two years. During these two years, Mr. Meng, you will be the lord of this planet. By then, you can hijack the flying boat or do many other things."
Manager Qian lowered his head, like the most obedient underling, and laid out the plan of action for Meng Yu, including drawing various route maps.
Without reservations, he dedicated himself wholeheartedly.
"Very good."
Meng Yu nodded and took out a Storage Talisman, tossing it to him.
Inside it were filled with alchemical elixirs, Ash Immortal Silver, and many other supplies.
"I'll join you in this, Young Master Meng. No matter what, they will still leave some people behind to defend. I can go back, poison them, or..."
"No need."
Meng Yu smiled, patting him on the shoulder.
"Murder and arson earn the gold belt, good brother, I just need your intelligence, thank you for coming to help me. Now I'm going to break one of your arms, then you make up an excuse to hide. The rest is up to me."
Meng Yu's voice was filled with gratitude and sincerity, leaving the man stunned in place.
"You, don't you think I'm despicable and shameless, a traitor?"
"You've tried your best, and that's enough. Do you have to die for those companies?
"By the way, let me tell you a secret."
Meng Yu said with a smile brimming with confidence,
"Everyone knows I'm called 'the number one in Qi Refinement, invincible in close combat,' but actually, I have another nickname."
"What is it?"
Manager Qian looked at the full storage ring and let out a deep breath.
This boss seemed very generous, and his reputation wasn't bad either.
"I can take on a thousand!"
"I am the enemy of a thousand!"
...
Four hundred and thirty-nine men, fully armed and ready, Captain Luo took another look at the companions they had left behind.
Forty-nine men, all full of fighting spirit.
"Remember, no matter what happens, you must protect the signal tower. Trust no one below, even if I come back alone, don't believe it!
The forty-nine of you are the strongest batch in the troop. Just any twenty of you working together should have no problem taking down Meng Yu. However, protect the signal tower at all costs!"
Captain Luo said with a wry smile, knowing full well that attacking now was a mistake and that the best choice would have been to finish building the signal tower and call for reinforcements from the Immortal Sect.
But that doomed Manager Qian told everyone a harsh truth about the consequences of avoidance instead of fighting!
He might not know of Geshu Han or Zhao Kuo, but at this moment, he knew that he had to strike out.
Through history, time and again faced with enemy forces, generals chose the wisest defense strategies, and then, when the main forces arrived and victory was within grasp, the new commanders would execute the former generals, adding accusations of avoidance, cowardice, and desertion, before executing their entire families!
And were they vindicated in the history books?
No, people only saw the victors and then condemned those who had avoided battle, although there were the rare few like Geshu Han who were spoken of unjustly treated. But what good did that do?
It saved money and trouble without anyone else sharing in the glory, didn't it?
After killing you they'd spit on you!
Then, after slaughtering your children and family, no one would avenge you!
You would forever kneel on the ground!
...
After talking with Manager Qian, Meng Yu boarded a flying boat and sped low over the ground to the wilderness, then walked for half an hour to reach the vicinity.
Meng Yu's subordinates weren't limited to just Manager Qian.
There were always those seeking fortune within danger, as well as those wishing for Meng Yu's mercy. Therefore, now, some were creating diversions, with Meng Yu supposedly in a factory somewhere; others provided surveillance to check if Captain Luo and others' flying boats had gone elsewhere; and yet others advised Meng Yu, calculating all kinds of possibilities.
Some even flew Meng Yu there in a flying boat!
And Meng Yu... he trusted these people wholeheartedly.
Since ancient times, the biggest fear in rebelling has been suspicion and paranoia, while going all-in with determination often offers a chance. Most importantly, he could leave at any moment!
Calculating the time it would take for the flying boat to return, Meng Yu suddenly charged out of the snowstorm!
The quickest return time for the flying boat was an hour, which was plenty!
He had joked about taking on a thousand, but against fifty, he was absolutely confident!
Even though these fifty were the top Qi Refinement Practitioners, each aged in their fifties or sixties or even older, with exquisite combat techniques and at the peak of their True Qi!
But he had the White Crane Swordsmanship, Fire Crow Sword Technique, Growing Golden Lotus, and the "Eighteen Falls" technique!