Chapter 294: A little more expensive cannon fodder?

Chapter 294: A little more expensive cannon fodder?

"How much did you steal from Infinity?"

Leaving the secret base from another exit, we came to the ground, which was another house in the village. In the yard of this house was a remodeled garage, in which was parked a modified small hovercraft. This thing was similar to a small helicopter, capable of medium-distance flight, and silent. It used an energy propulsion system, so it had no propellers and was smaller in size, about the same size as an ordinary family car.

"This thing was originally intended by Infinite Company to be marketed and revolutionized transportation, and it was developed a long time ago. However, Infinite Company at that time did not have the say it does now, so you should know what happened next."

After boarding the small hovering airship, Gloria started talking to Han Zu while waiting for him to drive it out of the garage.

"I see. The monopoly by large companies and oligarchs has hampered the promotion process. However, it seems that Infinite Company has not stopped researching these civilian equipment. But I see that yours is not a civilian model, right?"

"You have a good eye! After the promotion of this "flying car" was sabotaged, Infinite Company used it as a tool exclusively for internal employees. At first, it was just a means of transportation, but after it came into the hands of the engineering department, some small changes occurred."

Han Zu pointed to a small control panel on the side of the main console. Although he didn't know what it controlled specifically, judging from the words "Lock" and "Launch" written on the two largest buttons, it was most likely some kind of weapon system, most likely some kind of small missile.

"Missiles? How powerful are they?"

"I can only say it's average. It's okay to blow up a low-priced car. Even the slightly better cars on the market can't be blown up. But the people inside are really in trouble. So I only got one of these things, and I basically don't use it very often."

Soon, the hovercraft arrived at the location of the dispatched soldiers. The sudden appearance of Han Zu and Gloria surprised the captured personnel in the command center, but they also realized that these should be the immediate superiors of these soldiers.

"You, the Ferdinand family, why are you coming to me instead of messing around with the board of directors of Unlimited Company?"

Han Zu walked up to the group of people and spoke to them very calmly. However, this casual remark made many people panic.

"how do you know?!"

"Shut up you idiot!"

However, just when a few of them were excited and looked incredulous, one of them shouted at them and told them to shut up. However, this action also allowed Han Zu to immediately figure out who was the leader.

"You are the leader? Then tell me, what are you doing here?"

"Who are you? Why should I tell you anything?"

"despair."

"Bang bang bang bang!!!"

"Hush~!"

The classic scene of the tough prisoners was played out in front of Han Zu, but he didn't react much, as he had expected it. So he snapped his fingers, and one of the heavily armed soldiers immediately opened fire with his heavy machine gun, shooting half of the prisoners who were kneeling in a row. Another soldier holding a flamethrower dealt with the rest of them.

"Now? Are you in the mood to answer my questions?"

"What are you talking about? I know nothing. I'm just a tourist."

"continue."

"Bang bang bang bang!!"

"Hush~!"

The remaining half is gone now, leaving only the leader.

"now what?"

"It is my honor to die fighting for my family. You, a primitive man who only knows how to use violence, will never understand this kind of belief! Come on!"

"He's a tough nut to crack, at least for now. Take him away."

These soldiers took the leader away, but the place they were heading to was not Han Zu's secret base, nor even the village near the base, but a nearby mountain top.

Gloria was just about to ask where Han Zu took that guy, but Han Zu stretched out his hand and gestured for Gloria to keep quiet, then pointed to the equipment around her that were paralyzed by the soldiers' pulses. Gloria understood what Han Zu meant, nodded, and stopped talking.

"Device overwrite successful."

"Okay, you can talk now."

"Where did you take that man?"

"There is an abandoned military base in the nearby mountains. According to the remaining information inside, it should be a relic from the military reform 20 years ago. I made some simple modifications to the decoration inside. It looks like it has nothing to do with the Infinite Company. Of course, it doesn't look like something from the military, but it will definitely make people think of them."

"So you are planning to let the Feidenan family treat you as a military man. At the same time, if they start an investigation, they will find that there is indeed a military base here. Even if they have insiders in the military and can find out that this base has been abandoned long ago, they will still treat it as a secret place that cannot be revealed."

"Yes, I have some things to do recently. I don't want to distract myself from dealing with the Feidenan family. Although it seems that the Feidenan family is also very important, it is best to do things one by one. Let's go, it's time to go back. I can't stay here too long."

Soon, Han Zu and Gloria parked the airship back in the original garage and returned to the secret base along the original route.

"We don't have to go up along the corridor. I came down like that just to check the corridor."

"Why did you tell me your secret? You know very well that I didn't tell you everything I know. I don't think you did this out of trust in me. After all, we have only met for less than two days. If I tell your secret to other people, whether it's the Ferdinand family, the board of directors, or even other people in Infinite Company, you will face a complicated and big trouble."

"You really want to know?"

"Ah."

"The truth is not pleasant to the ear."

"Tell me about it, maybe I can accept it."

"I will definitely accept you, but the process of acceptance will definitely not be comfortable."

"Just say it."

"Okay. Sit down."

Back at Han Zu's old house above the secret base, Han Zu changed back into his original clothes and explained the reason to Gloria.

"Because you are now a desperate guy. No matter where you want to go to inform, there is a 99% chance that you will be arrested and tortured before you can even open your mouth. Even if you tell them everything you know quickly, you will most likely be considered a liar, so your freedom will still be restricted. Of course, you know what that means."

After changing into pants and shoes, Han Zu sat next to Gloria and tied his shoelaces. Gloria continued to question Han Zu.

"Then after they investigate clearly that what I said is true, won't they be able to prove that what I said is true?"

"But this does not conflict with your death. Anyway, the secret has been obtained, and your existence has become completely unnecessary. So if you want to survive, you can only keep some secrets. But you can't say nothing, otherwise after a long period of torture without getting anything useful, your fate will still be to be thrown into the incinerator. After all, you were a "loophole" that was determined to be eliminated from the beginning."

Gloria fell silent. Han Zu was right. Although hearing these things with her own ears still had a great impact on Gloria, Han Zu was right. She did accept these things. But Han Zu seemed to have not finished speaking.

"Even if you can tell the secret bit by bit, it will only prolong the time of your death. This is not a good deal. Moreover, the Ferdinand family does not seem to have any intention of protecting you, so your loyalty is worthless to them. And depending on who you tell the secret to and who you tell, the process before your death may be different, but the ending is the same. For example... can you still digest it?"

"call....."

Gloria let out a long sigh, and Han Zu understood that she had accepted the reality, so he was ready to stop the conversation, but Gloria didn't seem willing to let Han Zu do that.

"It is better to suffer a short pain than a long one. Please enlighten me."

"Okay, let me continue. If you are looking for the Ferdinand family, then no matter what you want to say, it doesn't matter, because no matter whether you have any important news or not, they must make you disappear immediately. You were hunted down in the first place because you must have known something you shouldn't have known. Even if you yourself don't know what it is, you are innocent but guilty of possessing a treasure. You are more valuable to them if you die."

“So what will happen if I go to the board of directors?”

"That depends on what you want to say. If you want to talk about the Ferdinand family, according to our conversation, we know that the board of directors must have a connection with the Ferdinand family. To put it bluntly, they have an affair. So you will most likely be handed over to the Ferdinand family. But before you are handed over, those guys on the board of directors will definitely ask something more from you. After all, I know those guys very well. They are very cunning and will never treat you as an outsider, even if some of them are from the Ferdinand family."

"Then if I tell the board about you... Never mind, I know what you're going to do. My fate will probably be similar to those guys who were just killed."

"Smart, the only way left for you is to find someone in the unlimited company who is not on the same side as the board of directors, that is, the subordinates of the current chairman. Then, do you want to guess who is the high-level person you will inevitably run into in this faction?"

"you."

"Correct! So no matter which of these three paths you take, you will die. The secret you want to protect, if it really exists, is not important because no one will come out to protect you. On the contrary, as you are the only one who knows something, only if you die will these things stop going wrong and the secret will truly become something that no one knows."

"..."

Gloria remained silent. Although Han Zu's tone was very much like that of a demon tempting people to sell their souls, or something like that, it was undeniable that what he said was indeed correct. Not only that, his analysis of the choices Gloria might make and the outcomes she would get after making those choices was also basically correct.

"It seems that my only choice now is to join you in whatever you are going to do."

"Don't be so sad. After all, I won't kill you for no reason. I'm very short of manpower, and I value talent. I'm never stingy with my employees and subordinates. Your reshaped body is proof of that."

"Sometimes free things are the most expensive, and it sounds like I'm just an expensive cannon fodder."

"You're wrong. The more expensive cannon fodder are my soldiers. Although their consumption is not cheap, even if they are completely wiped out, it is still within my acceptable range."

"But now it seems that the only difference between me and them is that I still have my own thoughts, while they are not much different from machines."

"So what you said is not completely wrong. So far, you are indeed no different from more expensive cannon fodder to me. However, you are different from those soldiers. You still have room for advancement. After all, no boss will easily give up an excellent employee, and a leader will not casually abandon his capable people. So how you will go in the future is up to you."

Gloria fell silent. Han Zu patted her shoulder and continued to change clothes, leaving her some time to think. Although Gloria didn't know what kind of person Han Zu was, at least he would not lie to her. He would tell her directly what the consequences of doing things would be. This alone was much better than the "bosses" Gloria had met before.

Han Zu came to the yard, leaning against the heavy machine, checking his phone for any information. Fortunately, no one disturbed him during this period. While waiting for Gloria to finish thinking, Han Zu had nothing to do, so he watched a short video. He saw that a team in Infinite City had cleared the difficulty level 4 of the global event. Although this information had been on the hot search, it was not very interesting to Han Zu, because as early as when he was helping Infinite Company test the flight system, when Han Zu was testing the degree of damage to himself from various attacks, the damage test he used included enemies from the global event. At that time, Han Zu was able to pass the difficulty level 4 of the global event without any injury. The global level 5 only left him slightly injured. Only the second half of the global level 6 was a bit stressful for him. However, with Han Zu's current strength, even the final global level 6 would probably not hurt him.

"Squeak..."

The door of the old house was pushed open, making some friction sounds. Han Zu put away his phone, turned his head and saw that it was Gloria.

"Have you thought about it?"

"Haha... I guess so. Tell me what your bottom line is. Maybe it will help me become the "employee of the month"."

"Bottom line... It's simple, because my bottom line is very low, but it's also complicated, after all, I am really picky about some things."

"At least give me a general direction."

"Let me think..."

Lighting a cigarette, Han Zu began to think about what would cross his bottom line. There are actually many specific things, but ordinary people generally wouldn't do that. However, there are also many things that may seem like nothing to others, but can make Han Zu furious.

"Let's put it this way, don't do to others what you don't want others to do to you."

"So you haven't thought about it yet?"

"Indeed, then you can study on your own. Don't worry, I will give you a few more chances."

"So where are we going now, 'Boss'?"

"Get in the car, let's go back to City C first."

Riding on the back seat of Han Zu's motorcycle, Gloria and Han Zu left Han Zu's old house and secret base and headed to the airport.

Han Zu was very strong, and Gloria couldn't wrap her arms around his waist, so Han Zu slowed down to prevent Gloria from falling. Soon, Han Zu's heavy machine arrived at the airport and boarded the cargo hold of the private plane.

"Sit anywhere. It's almost evening now. If we hurry, we can get back just in time for the restaurants I often go to when they are less crowded."