The neighborhood was deserted and dark at around 1 AM.
The moonlight and the dim streetlights in the neighborhood didn't bring much brightness. Instead, they cast heavy shadows, as if a pair of blood-red eyes were hiding in every dark corner.
Jiang Yuan had the straight saber on his back. He rubbed his face hard with both hands, trying to stay more alert.
This way, his chances of survival would be higher later.
He just hoped Team Leader Wang was reliable.
Just as he was about to move forward, Jiang Yuan thought of yesterday's survival point reward.
It had appeared at midnight, but he had been talking to Team Leader Wang at the time, so he had put it aside for the moment.
Now, with a thought, his data appeared.
The previous data hadn't changed, and the survival points at the end stayed at 33 points.
That meant the security guard incident at 11 PM had brought a reward of 32 survival points.
It should have been determined that he was in extreme danger at that time, so the reward was so high.
After all, being held at gunpoint, life and death depended on the other person's whim, which was much more dangerous than when his parents were chasing him.
He didn't rush to increase his spirit. The number was too small, and he felt it wouldn't be very useful.
Keeping some survival points for critical moments was very necessary in Jiang Yuan's opinion.
Without further thought, he walked towards the neighborhood exit.
...
Jiang Yuan was extremely cautious along the way, looking around nervously for fear of being attacked.
To Jiang Yuan's surprise, even when he reached a nearby hotel, the older security guard still hadn't made any move.
Had he guessed wrong? Was the other person not secretly monitoring him?
Or had Team Leader Wang intercepted and eliminated him before he could make a move?
With doubts, he checked in, washed up, and lay on the bed.
There was definitely no way he could sleep tonight. He had to wait for Team Leader Wang's message at any moment.
Time slowly passed, and just as the sky was starting to turn white, Team Leader Wang's call finally came.
"Xiao Yuan, I'll tell you an address. Come here."
After Team Leader Wang gave an address, she continued: "Also, don't bring your phone anymore. Smash it and throw it away. We'll give you a new phone later."
"Okay!"
Jiang Yuan didn't ask any questions. After hanging up, he first logged out of all his accounts, deleted his photos, took out the SIM card and broke it, then picked up the phone and smashed it hard against the floor.
The phone shattered instantly. Jiang Yuan felt it wasn't enough, so he hit it a few more times to make sure it was completely destroyed before casually throwing it into the trash can.
Following Team Leader Wang's address, he took a taxi and set off.
When Team Leader Wang told him to smash his phone, Jiang Yuan had already guessed that the older security guard hadn't appeared.
This made him feel a fish bone stuck in his throat.
The feeling that there was a poisonous snake hiding in the dark, ready to kill him at any moment, was quite unpleasant.
What he feared most was that the other person would spread the news that he was a Deceiver. If that happened, it would be over.
With full of worries, he soon arrived at the entrance of a very dilapidated neighborhood.
This neighborhood must have a history of several decades. The old buildings were covered with the marks of time, especially the kitchen walls of almost every household, which were covered with a layer of black, shiny oil stains, almost forming a patina.
Following Team Leader Wang's house number, Jiang Yuan came to a building in the middle of the neighborhood. He entered the stairwell but didn't go up the stairs because there was another door behind the stairs, which was the first floor of this building.
This was the place Team Leader Wang had mentioned.
'Click—'
Before he could knock, the door opened. Lin Le stood at the door with a big smile on his chubby face: "Welcome to our Third Group, Third Team safe house!"
"Safe house?"
Jiang Yuan looked around curiously. Inside was an ordinary three-bedroom, one-living-room, one-bathroom apartment with a layout and decoration style from twenty or thirty years ago.
It looked very old-fashioned.
It didn't seem to have any special features.
"Where are the others?"
Jiang Yuan asked.
"They're in the basement!"
Lin Le had a very cheerful personality, as if he had no barriers with anyone. He affectionately put his arm around Jiang Yuan's shoulders and walked towards one of the bedrooms: "You don't think this is our safe house, do you?"
"This is just a facade. The real safe house isn't here."
Jiang Yuan wasn't used to being arm-in-arm with a man, but it was hard to break free, so he just stayed silent.
Opening the door to the middle bedroom, there didn't seem to be anything special inside: a large wardrobe, a bed, a desk, and the walls were covered with various yellowed posters.
Lin Le directly opened the wardrobe door, pushed the clothes hanging inside to both sides, and then slid the board at the back of the wardrobe to the side—
A silver-white alloy door with password, fingerprint, and facial recognition features appeared before their eyes.
"Tsk, this is just like in the movies!"
Jiang Yuan exclaimed in surprise.
Lin Le laughed: "Right? This is just the beginning. You'll see when we get to the basement."
After Lin Le did facial recognition and pupil scanning, the door opened.
Behind the door was a staircase leading straight underground.
And it wasn't a straight staircase; it had twists and turns, making it impossible to know exactly how deep it went.
Following Lin Le down to the basement, chatting and exclaiming along the way.
After going down about ten to twenty meters, they finally saw another alloy door with password, fingerprint, and other features. There were also two cameras mounted at opposite corners above the door frame, pointing at this spot.
The high level of defense and professionalism made Jiang Yuan more confident in the Redemption organization.
After the same various identifications, this door also opened.
Just one glance inside, and Jiang Yuan was shocked.
He had thought this basement would be at most one or two hundred square meters.
But looking at it now, it must be at least two thousand square meters!
The entire basement was filled with LED white lights, brightly lit, illuminating every corner clearly.
The walls, floor, and even the ceiling were covered with white paint, making the basement even brighter.
The layout was quite reasonable. Let's just say it was equivalent to a high-end office floor.
Rest areas, office areas, entertainment areas, study areas... all kinds of areas.
It was hard to imagine how the Redemption organization had secretly built such a large basement.
After all, 99% of the people in this neighborhood were demon believers!
However, the more powerful the Redemption organization was, the happier Jiang Yuan was, of course.
"How is it? Not bad, right!"
Lin Le looked a bit proud: "Let me tell you, our Third Group has several safe houses. This is just our Third Team's safe house, and there's also..."
"Stop showing off. It's not like you built it. What are you so proud of? The team leader is still waiting for you to start the meeting. Hurry up!"
Before Lin Le could finish showing off, Xiao Fengyu poked half his body out from a corner, rolling his eyes to interrupt. Then he looked at Jiang Yuan and smiled: "Don't pay attention to this fatty. Follow me!"
Lin Le was unhappy, but Jiang Yuan had already followed, so he could only follow sullenly, secretly giving Xiao Fengyu the middle finger behind his back.
On the way to the meeting room, Jiang Yuan even saw an open room with various cold weapons and hot weapons covering all four walls.
There were pistols, rifles, light machine guns, and even a heavy machine gun.
There were also grenades, C4, individual rocket launchers, and individual rockets. Jiang Yuan was amazed.
Actually, from here, Jiang Yuan could somewhat see the massive foundation of the Redemption organization.
Although weapon prohibition in this world wasn't very strict, and many civilians had hot weapons.
But getting so many weapons, including some strictly controlled heavy weapons, was definitely not a simple matter.
Not bad, very impressive!
Jiang Yuan felt more at ease.
"You're here. Come sit down."
When they arrived at the meeting room, everyone was already there. Aunt Wang pointed to an empty chair and said.
Jiang Yuan, Xiao Fengyu, and Lin Le each sat down and stopped talking.
After everyone sat down, Aunt Wang's expression became serious. Without any unnecessary words, she got straight to the point: "I followed you all the way and kept watch outside your hotel all night. Xiong Yong never appeared."
"Oh, Xiong Yong is the older security guard."
"Then I requested assistance from the branch, and they sent intelligence saying..."
"Yesterday afternoon, Xiong Yong and Wang Yuan—Wang Yuan is the security guard we killed."
"They both took long leave the afternoon before yesterday. Wang Yuan is dead. Xiong Yong went home once last night at 11 PM, which was when Wang Yuan came to attack you, and then..."
"He disappeared."