Chapter 72

Feng Mu got the answer he wanted.

The big black core was indeed synthesized from small black cores; the instrument was that tool in the briefcase, and the operation method wasn't difficult. Hei Hei Hao didn't hold anything back and cheerfully spilled everything.

Or rather, Hei Hei Hao thought that since the briefcase was already in Feng Mu's hands, saying nothing would be meaningless anyway—the other side would figure it out sooner or later.

As for some other questions, Hei Hei Hao answered some of them pickily.

Only regarding the purpose of the E Corpse Teaching making big black cores did he say not a word; obviously this belonged to the E Corpse Teaching's core secrets.

Feng Mu guessed it was probably related to the "corpse transformation" Hei Hei Hao had let slip earlier. He was somewhat curious, but not too much.

Seeing Hei Hei Hao would rather die than speak, Feng Mu simply stopped pressing him, and instead showed his trustworthy side by having Ma Wei dig a separate pit for Hei Hei Hao, burying him right next to Zheng Laoda.

As for exchanging one question for another, Feng Mu had indeed answered them all, but only he knew how many punctuation marks were truly in his answers.

Anyway, dead people couldn't go verify the truth.

Besides, do dead people need the truth? Don't dead people need the living's kind lies instead?

Ma Wei was still diligently digging pits, burying corpses, and filling soil, while Feng Mu and Ma Bin had already sat back in the car.

Feng Mu took out two big black cores and put them in his pocket, then handed the rest along with the briefcase to Ma Bin: "Keep this briefcase for me for a while."

Ma Bin saw that 【Mask】 only handed him one briefcase, and absolutely didn't mention the other two briefcases that had been extorted away. His cheek twitched again: "This thing is important to you, right? Why don't you keep it yourself?"

Feng Mu didn't lie, and answered very sincerely: "There are still two tails not dealt with. Keeping it on myself would easily bring danger."

Ma Bin, no matter how well-cultivated he was, hearing 【Mask】 give such a candid answer, didn't know whether to be happy or angry: "???"

Feng Mu continued candidly: "Taking on possible danger for 【Upline】, isn't that part of your duty as a 【Downline】?"

Ma Bin suddenly realized, saying word by word: "You are 【Upline】, everything you say is right."

He clenched his five fingers hard, crushing the eyeball he had been playing with in his hand, and from inside fell out a storage card the size of a fingernail cap.

Feng Mu glanced over, but didn't ask further, just thought to himself:

"Zheng Si's fake eyeball—no wonder Ma Bin specially dug it out and kept clutching it in his hand. So there was a secret hidden inside. I almost misunderstood him as some pervert who likes collecting dead people's things."

Feng Mu didn't ask further either. He could guess what the storage card was with his toes.

A gang boss hiding secrets in an eyeball—nothing more than black account books, protection umbrella lists, or leverage and such. TV shows in his past life all played it that way.

Instead, after Ma Bin crushed the eyeball, he didn't avoid Feng Mu, and right in front of him took out his phone to make a call.

"Hello, Secretary Hou. Zheng Laoda won't be causing trouble anymore. Yes, I found the thing, already destroyed it. Yes, I understand, no backups. From now on the Green Wolf Gang will keep doing things for everyone. Please rest assured, all rules remain as before."

The call was very short, hung up after just a couple of sentences.

Ma Bin turned around, flicked his fingernail, and the storage card flew out in an arc, landing in Feng Mu's palm.

"Since the organization wants us to lurk and grow in 【Nine Districts】, we must find a way to infiltrate the Executive Government. Although the Green Wolf Gang's size means we can only reach middle- and lower-level Executive Officials."

"But as long as we use them as a breakthrough, slowly corrode and convert them, one day we'll be able to replace key positions with our own people. By then, the organization can..."

Ma Bin paused, reining in the fervor and excitement in his tone, bringing his voice back to the present moment,

"This storage card is the Green Wolf Gang's protection charm, and also their death warrant. It's not safe with me. I'd still trouble 【Upline】 to keep it for me."

Without waiting for Feng Mu to refuse, Ma Bin added faintly: "Protecting the safety of 【Downline】 should also be 【Upline】's duty, right?"

The expression under 【Mask】 stiffened slightly. Feng Mu always felt there was something disgustingly familiar in Ma Bin's tone.

Separated by the cold mask, the two exchanged a meaningful glance for a second.

Feng Mu took the storage card and instructed: "Don't idle around normally. Collect black cores for me in the dark. You also heard how to use the instrument in the box. Process them all into big black cores. I'll come take them regularly."

After giving the instructions, 【Mask】 pushed open the car door. Before leaving, he seemed to remember something and said casually: "By the way, when collecting black cores at the Incineration Plant, be polite to the Cremation Workers. There's a little ghost inside who's quite interesting. I plan to observe him for a period of time and develop him into a 【Downline】."

Bang!

The door was closed, leaving only Ma Bin alone in the car.

He slowly rolled down the car window, watching 【Mask】's departing back disappear into the night sky.

"Cremation Worker, little ghost?"

A name naturally surfaced in Ma Bin's mind. For this name that he himself had crossed off the list last, he still had an impression.

"His name is Feng Mu, right? Eagerly developing a new 【Downline】—is it because you're not satisfied with my abilities, or because this person has some special extraordinary quality that caught your eye? Or perhaps, he is..."

Ma Bin narrowed his eyes, as if thinking of something interesting, the corner of his mouth slightly lifting into an arc.

He extended his hand out the car window, his fingertips rubbing, the debris from the crushed eyeball blending into the air with the wind.

Ma Wei, who was digging the pit, sniffed his nose, felt a bit itchy, and sneezed hard. Snot fell into Zheng Laoda's empty eye socket, then was covered by a clod of dirt.

Feng Mu took advantage of the night and hurried home all the way.

No one was home, and he wasn't surprised. He had several missed calls on his phone, all from Wang Xiuli.

One call was earlier, and the following few calls were very late.

Feng Mu looked at the call time, calculated in his mind, and got the answer.

The first call should have been Wang Xiuli worrying and calling him before Feng Ju rushed out in a hurry. At that time, Feng Mu's phone was on silent, and he was tracking the idiot playing with ants.

The following few calls should have been Wang Xiuli receiving news of Feng Ju's serious injury on her way home. At that time, Feng Mu was going to a secret meeting.

Sure enough, a text message followed afterward, also sent by Wang Xiuli, with some time interval in between. The text content was urgent, just notifying him to hurry to the hospital.

Feng Mu's expression was strange, and he muttered in his heart: "Feng Ju isn't going to die, is he? Wang Xiuli is urging me to go to the hospital to see him for the last time?"

Feng Mu casually threw his phone on the bed and didn't rush to the hospital.

If Feng Ju really died, going now would be too late; if Feng Ju didn't die, it wouldn't matter waiting a while.

He had more important things to do now. The 【Bronze Treasure Chest】 had only been opened halfway, and just now Ma Bin had interrupted him. He had to continue immediately right now. No one's death was of any use.

He just wanted to open the chest now, and after opening it, taste the flavor of the big black core.

【You unlocked the Bronze Treasure Chest!】

【You obtained the following rewards:

1, You obtained Special Skill Point *1.

2, you obtained an evil god Secret Art: Blood Bar Ghost Eye.

3, you activated a dormant 【Destiny】 tactical squad, they are serving their sentence in Di Jiu Qu San Hao Jian Yu, you might be able to plan a prison break operation to rescue this tactical squad from Recycle, they will not disappoint you.】

Feng Mu was completely dazed: "What Ghost? What about the promised dormant tactical squad? How did they all sneak into Prison?"

Thank you to Finally Have Time for 3000 points reward, thank you Cielooo for 1000 points reward, thank you He Wuyan for 300 points reward

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