Netherworld Retrograde

Chapter 370: Chapter 176: Encounter with Red Dart Again_3

And he asked, ”Why are there so many people today? Did that merchant caravan arrive?”

Li Yelai didn’t smoke, but he knew that it was effective to do so when dealing with people in the wilderness.

Sure enough, after taking the cigarette, the armed guard’s expression instantly became more amiable.

After weighing the cigarette in his hand for a while, he smiled and said, ”People from the Red Dart Commerce have arrived, it seems there was some trouble on the merchant road. If you can establish a connection, go find them at the Red Stone Bar.”

Red Dart Commerce? Xu Shi’s commerce?

Li Yelai nodded in realization, then drove the car into the gathering point.

Inside the gathering point, it was even livelier than he had imagined. It could even be described as a place of revelry, richer than the nightlife in Giant City.

Various neon lights flickered, with fierce-faced scavengers visible, as well as heavily made-up women seductively soliciting customers. There were also gambling dens and... certain unsavory transactions.

Truly a lawless place in every sense of the word.

No wonder some people liked running to the wilderness. Li Yelai had once talked to a scavenger who mentioned he often went to the gathering point to buy ”newspapers.”

Li Yelai wondered if newspapers weren’t sold within Giant City? Later, he came to understand what ”selling newspapers” really meant...

Li Yelai parked the car to the side and inquired, ”I’ve met with the higher-ups of the Red Dart Commerce before. Hmm... the interactions were quite friendly. Maybe I can get some information directly from them. But that might expose my official identity.”

”It doesn’t matter, we came here specifically to gather information,” Little Mad King said.

”Alright then.” Li Yelai nodded, and the two got out of the car.

There was no need to worry about the vehicle’s safety, as it was made by the Equipment Department. Ordinary people really couldn’t handle it.

However, Little Mad King did catch the attention of some scavengers.

But seeing that both were carrying handguns, they abandoned any ill-intended plans they might have had, although they still looked at Little Mad King with malicious eyes.

Li Yelai stopped walking and frowned, thinking that maybe beating them up wouldn’t result in a fine.

Little Mad King simply said, ”Don’t mind them, let’s keep going.”

...

Meanwhile, in a private room at the Red Stone Tavern, Xu Shi was drinking sullenly with several top members of the commerce.

”There’s no choice, the two Spiritual Ability Users we hired were knocked out. We’ll have to bypass that route.”

”That will take a lot more time, we won’t make it on schedule. It’s going to cost us a lot of money...”

”Should we hire a Spiritual Ability User here? Try our luck?”

”Damn it, if we hadn’t run into the officers from No.3 Border City, we would have had enough manpower.”

”Yes, if Scar Sister and Brother An hadn’t been caught and imprisoned, we might have had a chance.”

The commerce high-ups discussed heatedly.

Xu Shi, who had been silent, suddenly smashed his wine bottle, his face twisted in fury and said, ”If I ever see that damn kid again... I will...”

Just then, the door opened, someone pushed it and entered, ”Boss... there... there’s someone familiar looking for you.”

Looking for me? Can’t you see I’m raging here?

Xu Shi turned angrily to rebuke, then... he saw Li Yelai behind that person.

”Yo, Xu Shi boss. It’s like meeting an old friend in a foreign land,” Li Yelai said, removing his gas mask.

Seeing his handsome face, the expressions of the commerce’s high-ups in the room changed, all instinctively looking at Xu Shi.

It seemed like they were asking, ’What were you just saying? Oh, what were you going to do to him again?’

Xu Shi’s expression immediately became very friendly, while he rubbed his hands and nodded with a bow.

”Bro, what brings you here?”