For Li Chonglou, this task allowed only success, not failure! Naturally, he never considered the possibility of failure.
However, he still had to give a reply, otherwise it wouldn't be a gamble.
Li Chonglou thought for a moment and tentatively asked, "How about we switch it? If I lose, after I enter the General Bureau, I'll be your subordinate for fifteen days?"
Chen Pingfan's eyes lit up: "Brother Li, you can't go back on your word."
Rolling his eyes, Li Chonglou calmly said, "Then it's settled."
"No problem! But I need to reiterate the conditions."
What Chen Pingfan wanted was for Wu Di and the others to cooperate with Li Chonglou as he wished, thereby achieving the objective, not necessarily that Li Chonglou would win the final mission.
If this was not made clear, Chen Pingfan feared Li Chonglou would play word games.
"Don't worry, I wouldn't resort to such low-level tactics."
Li Chonglou patted Chen Pingfan's shoulder and grinned, "Alright, we should go prepare over there."
Looking at the smile before him, Chen Pingfan inexplicably felt a sense of being tricked, a vague sense of unease.
But the gamble had already been made, and there was no turning back. Chen Pingfan gritted his teeth and thought: I really don't believe they can listen to you. Even if they can, I don't believe the two of us can get this done!
If he hadn't understood the situation on Donghai Island before, he might still have thought it possible to complete this mission with just the two of them.
But after learning about it, especially knowing that there was more than one expert like Old Madman, that possibility had vanished.
However, the condition of the two of them completing the mission wasn't strictly limited to just them; Li Chonglou could use the strength of others, as long as he was guaranteed to be the key to completing the mission.
And now, the first step was complete. Chen Pingfan followed Li Chonglou obediently, and soon they disappeared near the building again.
Inside the building, everyone quickly reached a consensus.
They would first investigate the situation, and if it matched the content of the note, they would proceed according to the note.
Although Liu Tixing was extremely unwilling, the minority had to obey the majority. He couldn't voice his objections, and his expression was rather unpleasant.
"Brother Tixing, let's prioritize the mission first. When we get back to the General Bureau, won't there be more opportunities to deal with him? Why risk it here? One wrong move could implicate yourself."
As everyone began to meditate and regulate their breathing, Wu Di and Liu Tianzhi exchanged a look and approached Liu Tixing to persuade him.
Liu Tixing understood their intentions perfectly. This wasn't concern for him, but rather worry that his emotions would affect their mission.
However, despite his displeasure, he dared not show it. He could only force a smile and say, "Don't worry, I know what's important. I just didn't want that guy to reap the benefits of our success."
The two exchanged another look. There was meaning behind his words. After all, this was a group mission. As long as one person completed it, all of them would have completed it. In such a situation, to make one person unable to complete it...
There was only one possibility: death!
The two instantly understood Liu Tixing's meaning. Wu Di cleared his throat, patted the latter's shoulder, and said, "We understand how you feel. Alright, let's not worry about him anymore. Let's rest up and prepare for a breakthrough, and investigate the situation outside first."
The two very decisively changed the subject.
After another ten minutes, everyone had finished their adjustments, and they initiated another breakthrough.
Unlike last time, this time everyone was not scattered like loose sand, each going their own way. Instead, they maintained their formation and broke through in the same direction.
"This time, we don't expect everyone to break through, but at least eighty percent!"
Wu Di shouted, and everyone's fighting spirit ignited. They charged forward with determination.
Over twenty experts at the fourth or fifth level – this scale and momentum immediately created a stir. Anyone who didn't know would have thought it was a general offensive by some organization.
"Huh? Where are they?"
To their embarrassment, when everyone rushed out of the building again, they found not a single person outside.
"Could they be ambushing in the forest?"
The three exchanged a look and immediately made a decision.
"Everyone, take the main road!"
And so, the group, grandly, returned along the direction they had come.
On the hillside where Li Chonglou and Chen Pingfan had been, Old Madman and Old Gao stood with furrowed brows.
"Old Gao, why don't we strike hard and keep them all here? The small squads have already infiltrated. If they go through and alert them..."
"Alas, let's not interfere. Let them cause trouble as they please. We'll withdraw our men to the safe haven. It's only a matter of two or three days. Let's wait."
Old Madman looked in the direction where Wu Di's group had left, snorted coldly, but said no more.
On the other side.
To the east of Donghai Island.
The west was the General Bureau's territory, and the north was the island nation. The east was the area occupied by the underworld forces on Donghai Island.
Unlike the distribution of the other two forces, this area paid no attention to so-called defense lines, only stationing some ordinary guards. Both in terms of numbers and formation, it appeared lax.
But this did not mean that the interior was simple.
Among the three areas, the most heavily guarded was this place.
Barbed wire enclosed all open areas, leaving only one passable road. The purpose of this was to turn the uncontrollable into the controllable.
Correspondingly, in this regard, it was no different from being in prison.
The underworld forces were also divided into three gangs, with the Blood Hand Gang being the largest.
"What do you think of the people from the General Bureau this time?"
In the headquarters of the Blood Hand Gang, Blood Hand, who had named the gang after himself, sat in the center and calmly looked at everyone.
Those seated inside were basically the high-ranking members of the three gangs. Upon hearing the words "General Bureau," everyone's expression became somewhat unnatural.
"Boss Blood Hand, why don't we accept the island nation's terms? As long as we join forces, won't Donghai Island be under our control?"
Blood Hand sneered, "Naive. Don't you know the character of the Japanese people? If we truly help them take down Donghai Island, do you think they will let us be the bosses?"
At this moment, another man spoke, "Cooperating with them is impossible unless the General Bureau makes the first move. We should think of ways to deal with these newcomers."
Blood Hand looked at the speaking man.
Although the Blood Hand Gang was the dominant force among the three gangs, the other two gangs were not to be trifled with. The man speaking at this moment was the leader of one of the other gangs.