Chapter 3240

After Li Yalin reached an agreement with the other party, he paid them twenty thousand US dollars as a deposit, and then began having Anjia's African representative prepare the remaining cash.

Since the goal was to leave no trace, bank transfers were out of the question—cash was the best solution.

For Anjia, preparing over two hundred thousand US dollars was no great difficulty; they not only had to prepare US dollars for Li Yalin, but also assemble a so-called construction crew, bring some daily necessities to the food processing plant, and conduct a comprehensive security upgrade of the factory to ensure everything was foolproof.

To have backup, Ye Chen had already notified Wan Pojun, instructing him to bring his most elite members, find a way to enter Algeria from Algeria, and wait near Dukem Mining for his orders; these men disguised themselves, flew from Lebanon to Algeria, and could arrive in just a few hours—given their strength, crossing the border would not take long, and they would likely arrive within twenty-four hours.

As for Ye Chen himself, his current task was to reach the freight yard before the afternoon loading was complete, then, with the aid of psychological suggestion, sneak into the carriage destined for Dukem Mining and boldly enter this dragon's pool and tiger's den.

Fortunately, before Li Yalin left, he had taught Ye Chen some useful French phrases, and since Ye Chen had also learned a bit from his parents in childhood, mastering basic terms was not too difficult; moreover, Li Yalin had written Ye Chen some notes in French, detailing the complex instructions he needed, so even if Ye Chen's language skills were lacking, it would not hinder those people from understanding his commands.

At four thirty in the afternoon, as the loading worker was about to seal one of the carriages bound for Dukem Mining, Ye Chen, accompanied by the person in charge from the previous night, returned to the freight yard.

Ye Chen applied psychological suggestion to the person in charge and all the loading workers, making them completely forget his appearance, and ensured he had taken care of all follow-up matters; once he confirmed they had accurately received his orders, Ye Chen hid inside one of the carriages.

After the loading workers routinely locked and sealed the carriage, all twenty carriages bound for Dukem Mining were fully loaded; once the train was assembled, it slowly accelerated toward Dukem Mining.

The transport time to Dukem Mining was approximately three hours; inside the carriage, Ye Chen first spoke with Li Yalin by phone about the details of the food processing plant, then sat cross-legged in an empty space within the carriage, continuing to repeat the hand seals.

In the evening, when Ye Chen was less than an hour's drive from Dukem Mining, Li Yalin had already received the cash sent by Anjia's representative.

He reached an agreement with the boss, handed over the US dollars, and then the boss began dismissing his employees.

These employees rarely took days off—working nearly 360 days out of 365—because they could not bear to lose wages from taking holidays.

Now the boss had given them at least two months of paid leave, requiring only that they keep the secret and remain at home awaiting summons; for them, there was no reason to refuse, and they could also use this time to rest properly—after all, it's foolish to pass up a bargain, a timeless truth everywhere.

After the boss had explained everything to the employees, he followed Li Yalin's instructions and had these workers temporarily shut down the production line; once the processed cans emerged from the industrial steamers, their first step was to be sent entirely to the warehouse, where they would join the existing cans as rations for the forthcoming death squad members who must be transferred.

The boss also temporarily halted cooperation with all seafood raw material suppliers at the docks, citing major production line issues requiring a work stoppage and thus no longer purchasing raw materials.

Since many food processing plants temporarily shut down due to various circumstances—especially given their location in Morocco's economically underdeveloped regions—this did not raise suspicion among suppliers.

After settling these matters, the boss cheerfully drove home with the US dollars Li Yalin had given him.

From this moment on, the factory was entirely under Li Yalin's control, with no former employees remaining on site.

Li Yalin immediately began categorizing and dividing the site, having Anjia's personnel dismantle all machinery and neatly pile it in the center of the workshop, splitting the entire factory in two; the vast workshop would be used entirely to temporarily house the death squad members and their families, and the division was necessary to temporarily separate men and women to protect privacy.

All doors and windows were shielded; within the factory grounds, the factory walls and buildings had numerous monitors installed on their tops and sides—although no high-tech equipment could be hastily deployed, it was already sufficient under conditions of no exposure.

Although the foodstuffs in the factory warehouse were relatively monotonous, the staff canteen still stored some other ingredients; Li Yalin had already issued a purchase order, having Anjia's personnel secretly procure other types of canned food to arrive on site—fortunately, the cold storage was large enough, normally capable of holding at least several dozen tons of raw materials, and could easily hold enough food for several thousand people.

After completing all this, Li Yalin called Ye Chen and said: "Mr. Ye, I've nearly finished preparations here—basic food and medicine are ready, the site has been cleaned and disinfected, the weather is pleasant and cool, the living conditions, though somewhat basic, won't feel too harsh; now we just await your word to see when we can begin arranging the first group to come over."

Ye Chen asked him: "Inspector Li, have you checked the transportation situation from Dukem Mining to your place?"

Li Yalin replied: "I've already looked at the map and skyline data—although this route is mostly minor roads, traffic capacity should still be passable, the distance isn't far—about one hundred kilometers—and two or three hours will definitely get us there."

He added: "What I'm currently most concerned about is that when we begin large-scale personnel movements, we'll inevitably need large vehicles; I intend to start tonight by assessing this road's actual passability, see what kinds of vehicles usually travel here, prepare in advance—you didn't have me acquire a logistics company, did you? I plan to check which logistics companies operate frequently on this route, acquire one, and then have our people continue running this line to transport everyone over."

"Good," Ye Chen said: "Leave these matters to you, Inspector Li; if everything goes smoothly on my end, when Pojun arrives tomorrow, I'll have him bring a group ahead—most of the death squad members possess the strength of three-star martial artists or higher; let them first attempt a forced march overland— for them, a hundred-kilometer march is no problem, and they can reach the destination in one night; moreover, this approach minimizes our target, and with their strength, ordinary people won't notice them; if most can reach the destination via forced march, our transfer burden will be greatly reduced—only some elderly, women, and children will need transport."

"Good!" Li Yalin said: "I'll also prepare the vehicles as soon as possible—once needed, I'll support at any time!"