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Chapter 601: Only One Can Be Saved

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"Speak, what are your terms."

Li Xiao could not be bothered to waste words.

Upon hearing this, Bai Lang laughed out loud: "Hahahaha! I heard people say before that this woman is your weakness, but I didn't believe it. I didn't expect it to actually be true! To think there would come a day when you fall in love with a woman?"

Li Xiao looked at him without speaking, but his fingers subconsciously brushed against his watch.

Then, he calmly tapped the watch face twice.

Soon, a tiny vibration came from the watch.

"I won't have people search you, just hand over the weapons on your bodies, otherwise..."

Bai Lang suddenly spoke again.

He stopped halfway through his sentence and slightly raised his hand.

The two people already standing on the crane instantly aimed their guns at the ropes binding Jiang Baobao and Cai Xiaotang.

With just one shot.

The ropes on them would snap immediately.

Due to the weight of the stones, they would sink into the sea at almost the fastest speed.

It could be said that death was certain.

Li Xiao and Li Beijue were both shocked, exchanged a subconscious glance, and then, without hesitation, pulled out the guns on their bodies and threw them over.

Seeing this, Bai Lang could not be more satisfied.

"Very good, to be able to command Asura like this once, I haven't come in vain."

He had someone go and retrieve the weapons thrown on the ground.

Only then did he speak unhurriedly: "Asura, the terms for releasing the people... I shouldn't need to say them, you know them, right?"

"You want that shipment of goods."

Li Xiao stated in a calm tone.

"That's right. Since you know, just say it directly, so as not to waste everyone's time."

Bai Lang nodded with satisfaction.

Li Xiao did not speak, his eyes subconsciously looking toward Cai Xiaotang.

Her face was already deathly pale, the places where her wrists were bound were rubbed bright red, yet her eyes were still looking this way with a glimmer of hope.

"What? Can't the lives of two women be exchanged for the whereabouts of that shipment?"

Bai Lang urged again, waiting composedly for Li Xiao's reply.

Li Beijue also couldn't help but ask in a low voice: "What are the goods he wants?"

Li Xiao's gaze flickered for a moment, then he said: "The goods can be given to you, but you must release one person first."

"Do you think you still have the qualifications to negotiate terms with me now?"

Bai Lang was completely unmoved and aimed his gun directly at Cai Xiaotang: "There is only one chance. Tell me the whereabouts of the goods, and this woman might still have a life to live; otherwise... she will only be able to go into the sea to feed the fish!"

"It's at the No. 7 warehouse of Xinsheng Warehouse!"

Li Xiao had no choice but to report the address.

Bai Lang immediately raised an eyebrow: "So it's at the No. 7 warehouse... My people are already guarding all the major warehouses. You should know what to do, right?"

Li Xiao did not speak and directly took out his phone to make a call.

"Remove all security facilities at the No. 7 warehouse, and take the goods inside directly to the warehouse entrance..."

"Have them move it to 173 Road! There is a white van there!"

Bai Lang suddenly shouted.

There was only one road that led to Xinsheng Warehouse.

That was 173 Road.

Li Xiao took a deep breath and said again: "Transport the goods to 173 Road and hand them directly to a white van."

After finishing, he hung up the phone directly.

"The goods have been given to you, release the people."

Li Xiao looked at Jiang Baobao and Cai Xiaotang with some worry.

Li Beijue felt even more heartbroken.

Although it was not yet winter, the weather was very cold.

Although the clothes on the two of them were not thin, they had long since been soaked through by the sea breeze, and their whole bodies were filled with a dense, needle-pricking pain.

Li Beijue met Jiang Baobao's eyes and only felt his heart tighten in waves.

Baobao...

Hold on a little longer!

You will be saved soon!

Li Beijue comforted Jiang Baobao with his eyes, burning with anxiety.

Bai Lang, however, looked at his phone unhurriedly, as if waiting for something.

Not long after, the ringtone sounded.

He picked up the call casually, listened for a moment, and then hung up with satisfaction.

"Asura is indeed sincere; we have already received the goods."

As Bai Lang said this, he put away the gun in his hand.

Li Xiao's eyes, however, were subconsciously surveying the surroundings, scanning the terrain here.

His people had just sent information via the watch that they were already in ambush at every corner.

This place was by the sea, and there were not many places to hide.

He had originally prepared himself for a fierce battle.

But the person who just sent the message had already reported via Morse code that there was no one from the other side at any of the surrounding ambush points.

White Wolf is the younger brother of Viper.

He could not possibly let White Wolf take a risk that might cost him his life.

If they wanted to leave in a moment...

Li Xiao's gaze suddenly fixed on the surface of the sea behind White Wolf.

Just at this moment—

"The two of them, whichever one you want to save, choose for yourselves."

"What do you mean!"

Li Beijue's heart skipped a beat, and he instinctively wanted to step forward.

Li Xiao hurriedly held him back, looking at the other party with bloodthirsty eyes.

"Are you playing me?"

He asked these three words while almost gritting his teeth.

White Wolf, however, smiled noncommittally.

"How would I dare to play the famous Asura? But... trading a shipment for one person, isn't that quite reasonable? I don't recall saying just now that I would let both of them go, right?"

Jiang Baobao and Cai Xiaotang also felt a sudden chill in their hearts upon hearing his words.

Only able to save one person?

They instinctively looked at each other, the same surprise in their eyes.

White Wolf was very satisfied with the effect his words had caused, the mockery on his face becoming even more unbridled.

"You had better make a choice quickly; my patience is limited."

Li Beijue hurriedly asked: "What other conditions do you have?"

Hearing his question, White Wolf deliberately pondered for a moment.

A glimmer of hope vaguely rose in Li Beijue's eyes.

As long as he still had other conditions...

"It's a pity, there is only one condition, and only one chance to save someone."

White Wolf deliberately drew out his voice, shaking his head regretfully toward the two of them.

"Li Beijue, you haven't forgotten the good deeds you did a while ago, have you? Those companies that you and Asura teamed up to take down, did you really think we would just swallow this loss?"

As soon as White Wolf finished speaking, Jiang Baobao's eyes widened instantly.

Li Beijue and Li Xiao...

The two of them teamed up?

What exactly has he been keeping from her!

Li Beijue was also startled upon hearing this, clenching his fists tightly.

Li Xiao was right after all... they wanted revenge!

"What exactly do you want?"

Li Xiao's eyes were fierce, and he was clearly about to lose his patience.

White Wolf, however, remained in that nonchalant manner, continuing unhurriedly: "Didn't I promise to release someone? Whichever one you want to save, you had better decide quickly; as for the one left behind..."

As he spoke, his gaze circled between Jiang Baobao and Cai Xiaotang.

Then he spoke unhurriedly: "The one left behind will serve as a burial companion for those companies and be thrown down to feed the fish."

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