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Chapter 625 - 495: Cameo · Oct 13, 2026

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601 Chapter 601 - 471: Soothing Incense 2026-10-13
602 Chapter 602 - 472: Powerful Central Control 2026-10-13
603 Chapter 603 - 473: Truly Wealthy 2026-10-13
604 Chapter 604 - 474: Big Sister Hao-Mai 2026-10-13
605 Chapter 605 - 475: Strength and Weakness 2026-10-13
606 Chapter 606 - 476: Community 2026-10-13
607 Chapter 607 - 477: The Persistent Yin Soul 2026-10-13
608 Chapter 608 - 478: Breaking the Deadlock? 2026-10-13
609 Chapter 609 - 479: Forced Suicide 2026-10-13
610 Chapter 610 - 480: Bizarre Death 2026-10-13
611 Chapter 611 - 481: Speechless 2026-10-13
612 Chapter 612 - 482: Compensation Doesn’t Matter 2026-10-13
613 Chapter 613 - 483: Misfortune Comes in Waves 2026-10-13
614 Chapter 614 - 484: The Corrupt Will Remain Corrupt 2026-10-13
615 Chapter 615 - 485: A Bit Too Ambitious 2026-10-13
616 Chapter 616 - 486: Disgusting Scum 2026-10-13
617 Chapter 617 - 487: Reversal 2026-10-13
618 Chapter 618 - 488: Logic Bomb 2026-10-13
619 Chapter 619 - 489: Nights Aglow with Wine and Song 2026-10-13
620 Chapter 620 - 490: Skills 2026-10-13
621 Chapter 621 - 491: Brought It on Themselves 2026-10-13
622 Chapter 622 - 492: No Room for Willfulness 2026-10-13
623 Chapter 623 - 493: Indecisiveness 2026-10-13
624 Chapter 624 - 494: Paying a Visit 2026-10-13
625 Chapter 625 - 495: Cameo 2026-10-13
626 Chapter 626 - 496: Pressure 2026-10-13
627 Chapter 627 - 497: Unbeatable Teamwork 2026-10-13
628 Chapter 628 - 498: So Powerful It’s Hopeless 2026-10-13
629 Chapter 629 - 499: Acting in Unison 2026-10-13
630 Chapter 630 - 500: Successive Incidents 2026-10-13
631 Chapter 631 - 501: Shockwaves 2026-10-13
632 Chapter 632 - 502: Far from Over 2026-10-13
633 Chapter 633 - 503: Appalled 2026-10-13
634 Chapter 634 - 504: No Way Out 2026-10-13
635 Chapter 635 - 505: That’s It? 2026-10-13
636 Chapter 636 - 506: Raising the Price on the Spot 2026-10-13
637 Chapter 637 - 507: Adventurer 2026-10-13
638 Chapter 638 - 508: Infernal Affairs 2026-10-13
639 Chapter 639 - 509: The Trap 2026-10-13
640 Chapter 640 - 510: Slaughter Unleashed 2026-10-13
641 Chapter 641 - 511: Sending a Warning 2026-10-13
642 Chapter 642 - 512: Dragged Into the Water 2026-10-13
643 Chapter 643 - 513: Cover 2026-10-13
644 Chapter 644 - 514: Courting Death 2026-10-13
645 Chapter 645 - 515: That’s Just Too Wicked (Happy New Year’s Day) 2026-10-13
646 Chapter 646 - 516: Definitely Unfavorable (Second Update) 2026-10-13
647 Chapter 647 - 517: Facing It 2026-10-13
648 Chapter 648 - 518: Sinner 2026-10-13
649 Chapter 649 - 519: No Indulgence 2026-10-13
650 Chapter 650 - 520: Pragmatism 2026-10-13

Delta took a deep breath, suppressing his anger as he asked in a low voice, ”Do you think you can do it?”

Qu Jianlei replied expressionlessly, ”You can try... Anyway, Aaron and McGillen have already run away in fear.”

Delta was genuinely a bit annoyed, having one’s family used as a threat is intolerable to anyone.

Yet, he also had to face the reality, whether the other party was telling the truth or not, Aaron running away was an undeniable fact.

Moreover, he tended to believe that what the other party was saying was true.

Additionally, after leaving Bida, he not only cut all ties with the other party but also planned to return to a normal life.

His entire mindset was different now; he didn’t want to risk himself for unimportant people and things.

His relationship with Aaron was indeed good, but risking the lives of himself and his entire family really wasn’t worth it.

”Since he came after you first, then I’m not letting him down... Do you know his family’s address?”

Qu Jianlei shook his head and replied frankly, ”I don’t know... Are you sure you don’t know any other information about him?”

”I really don’t know any other information,” Delta sighed helplessly.

”I don’t want you to go after my family, and naturally, I don’t want you to go after his family either, but there’s really no other choice.”

Qu Jianlei raised his chin, ”Go ahead and say it then.”

Aaron’s family lives in Fengrao City.

As the Guard Captain of Bida, he handled many shady things and was also very worried about someone harming his family.

This wasn’t worrying for nothing; just seeing how Bida would hire to kill off Desis’s entire family to frame someone showed their ways.

So Aaron was very secretive, and almost no one knew where his family lived; Delta helped his family with some matters, so he knew the address.

However, Delta also understood in his heart that besides himself, a few guards and some Bida executives knew this information.

Aaron was the Guard Captain; if Bida didn’t know about his family’s situation, they wouldn’t feel secure employing him.

So Delta understood clearly that leaking this information didn’t carry too much risk.

Even if there were any consequences, if Aaron wanted revenge, he might not even suspect it was him who did it.

Anyway, for his own family’s safety, he had no choice.

But after saying it, he still opened his mouth to plead, ”If possible, could you spare them?”

Qu Jianlei shook his head expressionlessly, ”Did anyone plead for Desis’s family? Your family is fine, you should be satisfied.”

He didn’t want to press on this topic, ”I’ll ask you one last time... are you sure there’s no other information you can provide?”

”Nothing else,” Delta shook his head decisively, then sighed again.

If he really knew anything else, why would he betray Aaron’s family information?

Qu Jianlei nodded and turned away, ”If you’re lying to me, you know the consequences!”

Seeing him leave, Delta glanced at his wristwatch, contemplated for a long time, and sighed.

He was inclined to warn Aaron’s family, but... his own family’s threat had not yet been entirely eliminated.

The Modified Warrior hadn’t said what the outcome would be if he warned them.

But, did they need to say it? The information he just provided wasn’t satisfactory to them.

After Qu Jianlei left, he didn’t leave immediately; instead, he used his perception to check if the other party would do anything.

Regret after leaking secrets is human nature, he understood that.

If the other party really dared to warn them, he didn’t mind taking that person out,

Desis’s entire family being killed made Qu Jianlei realize again that in Imperial society, life was really worthless.

Why shouldn’t he do what others could do?

He waited for a while and found that Delta didn’t contact anyone, so he quietly left.

After all, with the small lake’s distraction monitoring, even if this guy regrets and calls for help later, the communication will be traced.

After leaving, he called Camille again, saying he had a commission and wanted to ask Blitz if they would take it.

Camille said as long as the price was right, there’s no commission they couldn’t take.

However, when she heard the commission was to deal with Aaron and McGillen’s family, she could only sigh and explain.

It’s not that scavengers couldn’t deal with former clients, but... they just backed out of Bida Company’s commission.

In such a situation, turning around to help the target of the client, plotting against the client, that’s breaking the rules.

Qu Jianlei knew he was pushing it, but still said, ”So-called rules are meant to be broken.”

But this time, Camille really didn’t relent again; she sighed again, ”That’s not a rule, it’s a bottom line.”

Bottom line... well, forget it then. Qu Jianlei didn’t want to provoke the scavengers forcefully.

His current opponents were already big enough, he couldn’t actively create more opponents.

”Alright then, but let me remind you, don’t let me see Krieg again!”

”Krieg?” Camille asked in surprise, ”Didn’t he deliver compensation to you?”

”I don’t like his attitude,” Qu Jianlei hung up the communication.

Krieg’s emotional fluctuations at the time, he originally didn’t plan to take it to heart.

However, Camille felt that if things were just going to pass, and he was discussing the bottom line, then he just had to remind the other party again.

After hanging up the call, he drove back to school. When he arrived at the small courtyard, it was already half past ten at night.

”Aaron’s family, do I need to deal with them?” He was pondering this question.

Wiping out someone’s entire family wasn’t a first for him, but theoretically, Aaron was just a middleman.

He’s comfortable killing Aaron, but dealing with the middleman’s family... felt a bit questionable.

That’s precisely why he wanted to hire a cleaner to solve the problem, but unfortunately, Camille wouldn’t accept the commission.

He was thinking when there was a knock on the door; it was Xiang Xue and Aunt Liu.

Qu Jianlei was a bit puzzled, ”It’s so late, can’t it wait until tomorrow?”

It was Aunt Liu who answered, ”Your defense array, the organization asked me to check... are you selling it?”

”I’ll think about it,” Qu Jianlei casually replied, ”I still want to write two papers.”

”Papers?” Xiang Xue spoke in surprise, ”Why are you writing papers, do you plan on being a teacher too?”

Qu Jianlei rolled his eyes at her upon hearing this, ”If you can become a teacher, why can’t I?”

He had a master’s degree on Blue Star, but in the Empire... it was quite frustrating.

Xiang Xue laughed upon hearing this, ”I graduated from Chaoyang Superpower Warrior Academy, how can you compare with me?”

Aunt Liu added, ”If you publish the papers first, then sell the defense array, the price will be greatly discounted.”

”Not much of a discount,” Qu Jianlei shook his head in reply, ”You guys clearly don’t know what skills are needed for writing water papers.”

He had no intention of elaborating on this matter, ”Does your organization accept assassination commissions?”

Aunt Liu thought for a moment before replying, ”Assassination commissions... in principle, we don’t accept them. We are mainly an academic communication organization.”

”But if it’s your request, we can consider it. Who do you want to kill?”

Earth Scholar is actually an academic exchange organization? Qu Jianlei inwardly sneered, ”I wouldn’t believe that lie: encountering rivals in tomb-raiding without killing?”

However, he didn’t argue and shared his information.

”...Since they can kill someone else’s family, they must bear the corresponding consequences.”

Xiang Xue blinked and said nothing. She wasn’t one of the organization, and couldn’t make a decision.

Aunt Liu thought for a moment and said, ”We can help you catch the family members of Star McGillen.”

”Aaron’s family is right in Fengrao City, you can just directly deal with them?”

”I want to create alibi evidence,” Qu Jianlei casually replied, ”No need to bother two masters with one thing... Just catch the people?”

Aunt Liu nodded, ”I personally think there’s no need to kill.”

After all, her heart wasn’t as hard as that of the cleaners, and she believed that the middleman’s family didn’t deserve death.

But clearly, she couldn’t say it like that, ”You’re trying to uncover the mastermind, wouldn’t threatening their families be effective?”

”True,” Qu Jianlei nodded, ”Then help catch the families of these two people... How much?”

”I’ll check the situation and then quote you a price,” Aunt Liu replied casually, ”It mainly depends on the risk, do you need to fly your banner?”

Qu Jianlei shook his head, ”No need, if these families get caught, even a fool can guess who did it.”

The efficiency of the archaeology enthusiasts was very high; at midnight the next day, Aunt Liu sent a message.

”The matter is settled, fifteen figures will suffice.”

Qu Jianlei saw that the time was late, and didn’t contact her again, only asking Aunt Liu the next morning.

Aunt Liu accepted fifteen thousand Silver Notes, the organization actually felt it was indifferent to collect or not, maintaining good relations with Panda was important.

But she insisted, because she knew Panda didn’t like owing favors, it’s best to have clear transactions even among close friends.

Even if they were charging for their services, once the number of collaborations increased, the relationship would naturally grow closer.

Just like sometimes asking for help isn’t necessarily a bad thing, the more back-and-forth interactions there are, the easier it is to increase mutual trust.

While capturing those two families, taking Aaron’s family’s hostages wasn’t too difficult.

The family had a total of over forty people, including two C-level and three Modified Warriors, who were quietly captured.

The McGillen family posed some difficulty; they actually had one elderly A-level and two B-levels.

One of the B-levels was a family-hired Nursing Home guard, and it was a temporary hire, clearly considering safety.

However, it was useless; the archaeology enthusiasts took advantage of the night and captured everyone.

Though during the action, they severely injured one of the opponent’s B-levels and killed one C-level.

Earth Scholar also had one B-level severely injured, otherwise, this order would have only cost ten thousand silver coins.

Unfortunately, they hadn’t caught Magillen; after he returned, he didn’t go home at all, presumably to avoid bringing disaster to his family.

But Earth Scholar thought that since they couldn’t wait for him, there was no point in waiting any longer, otherwise they wouldn’t be able to act against Aaron’s family.

To prevent any information leakage, both sides had to act simultaneously.

It wasn’t a big problem anyway; Magillen would surely feel even more pressure upon learning that his family had been captured, right?

The captured individuals had already been detained in a secret location, and Aunt Liu asked Qu Jianlei if he wanted to take charge.

She always believed that behind Panda was a team.

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