Yun Province, Border Police Station.
Dozens of police officers were fully geared up, wearing bulletproof vests and carrying their sidearms, quickly boarding the vehicles.
Wang Hai, along with the local police captain, personally led the team, urging the officers to get into the vehicles quickly.
Jiang Zhuyu, on the other hand, had changed into a leather jacket, leather pants, and had her neat short hair—she looked absolutely stunning, and her great figure was perfectly highlighted.
She led another team and got into a black SUV.
After a brief exchange of glances, Wang Hai’s group set off first, driving out of the border outpost.
Then came Jiang Zhuyu’s team, driving the black SUV out of the police station, heading toward an abandoned factory in Laoyue Nation—their originally planned transaction site.
She took this transaction very seriously; there was no room for carelessness.
After all, there was a good chance she was about to meet the man named Jiang Chuan.
She was curious about what such a cautious person would be like in real life, and she was also looking forward to the moment she’d face off against Jiang Chuan.
…
Meanwhile.
After receiving the notification, the local special police unit sprang into action at once. Dozens of heavily armed special police officers set out from their base, heading to the transaction site.
Every special police officer knew that a tough battle might unfold today. The other party was very likely an arms dealer with a large stockpile of weapons. Once a firefight broke out, it could cause serious casualties.
Even so, not a single special police officer backed down.
After all, as long as they could capture this arms dealer, they were willing to pay even with their lives.
…
Laoyue Nation, abandoned factory.
Two medium-sized trucks were parked at the entrance of the abandoned factory. There was no one around, and it was dead quiet.
In the forested hills beside the abandoned factory.
Colonel Shepherd was hiding in the woods with the remaining five members of Task Force 141, each of them watching the two trucks at the abandoned factory.
Their boss, President Jiang, had said that for this batch of goods, they didn’t need to show themselves. They just needed to leave the goods at the transaction site, watch the other party receive them, and once everything was confirmed, they could leave.
Shepherd naturally understood that the boss was doing this for their own good.
Take the members of Task Force 141, for example. To put it nicely, they were a special operations unit of a civilian free organization. To put it bluntly, they were a group of mercenaries.
And right next to Laoyue Nation was Jiuzhou. What kind of place was Jiuzhou? A graveyard for mercenaries.
Moreover, Jiuzhou loathed mercenaries with a passion. Any mercenary team that appeared within Jiuzhou’s borders would either be encircled and suppressed or driven out.
So, if today’s transaction could be completed as smoothly as possible, then let it be smooth. Otherwise, if they alerted the Jiuzhou border forces nearby, things would get messy.
Jiang Chuan had considered all of this clearly.
And Shepherd naturally kept the boss’s words firmly in mind, not causing any unnecessary trouble.
“Soap, is anyone showing up?” Shepherd pressed the Bluetooth earpiece in his ear and asked solemnly.
Soap’s voice came through the earpiece: “Not yet, Shepherd. Could it be that those people don’t dare to come?”
“Would someone who can buy this many firearms not dare to come pick them up? Soap, your head isn’t really full of soap, is it?” Roach mocked.
Soap fired back: “That’s too much, Roach! Just wait till we get back—I’ll tear your mouth apart!”
Yuri said coldly, “Alright, everyone, stop arguing. If we get discovered, it won’t be easy for us to leave. Have you all forgotten the boss’s instructions?”
Hearing this, the two finally stopped arguing and turned all their attention to watching their surroundings.
Shepherd couldn’t be bothered with them either. He held his binoculars steady without moving, constantly observing the situation in the distance.
And just then, in his binoculars, two black SUV off-road vehicles appeared. These two black SUVs turned without hesitation from the main road in the suburbs onto this small path, heading toward the abandoned factory.
Just from that alone, it wasn’t hard to guess that the other party might be the ones picking up the goods.
After all, this was an abandoned factory. If they weren’t here to pick up goods, why would they so confidently come to this place?
Of course, if the other party wasn’t picking up goods and had just accidentally passed by, he wouldn’t do anything.
But if they were just passing by and accidentally got close to the truck and discovered the goods inside, then things… would get troublesome. If it came down to it, they’d have to silence them.
This batch of firearms absolutely could not go wrong. The other party still owed a large sum of remaining payment.
“Could be the ones picking up the goods. Everyone, be careful,” Shepherd warned.
“Yes!”
“Got it!”
“Copy that!”
Shepherd watched the two black SUVs slowly approach through his binoculars, his heart in his throat, extremely alert.
…
Clang, clang…
The small path was very bumpy. Even with the SUVs’ excellent off-road performance, Jiang Zhuyu and the others were jolted around badly.
Fortunately, it was still bearable—nothing serious.
When they arrived at the gate of the abandoned factory, the first thing Jiang Zhuyu and the others saw were the two medium-sized trucks parked in the factory yard.
Sitting in the car, she first checked the surroundings. Only after confirming there was no one around did she open the door and step out.
“Sister Jiang, there’s no one here,” a plainclothes officer in a leather jacket said, puzzled.
Jiang Zhuyu nodded and said in a low voice, “Notify Director Zhou. Have people search around this abandoned factory. The other party is very likely hiding nearby.”
“Understood, Sister Jiang.”
Jiang Zhuyu fixed her gaze on the two medium-sized trucks.
Normally speaking, if the other party came to deliver goods but wasn’t on-site, then they could only be watching from nearby.
After all, Jiang Chuan couldn’t just leave the goods here and not even know if someone took them.
With that thought, she took out her phone and dialed the number that had notified her to receive the goods.
Beep, beep, beep…
But along with the busy tone, the call wasn’t answered.
Jiang Zhuyu was stunned for a moment, then dialed again.
However, this time, just like before, the call showed no sign of being answered.
Ring ring ring.
Just then.
The satellite phone in the car suddenly rang.
Jiang Zhuyu was startled, then quickly walked back to the car, picked up the satellite phone, and looked at the number on it. Her expression froze.
If she remembered correctly, this number was Jiang Chuan’s satellite phone number.
She answered the call, frowning tightly, and said in an unfriendly tone, “President Jiang, you said you’d deliver the goods to me—where are you? I only see two medium-sized trucks here. I don’t see a single person.”
“Heh heh heh…” Jiang Chuan chuckled on the other end. “Who says delivering goods requires someone to receive them in person? The goods are in the trucks. Open them up and take a look. If there’s no problem, take the goods and transfer the remaining payment to me.”
