Big Matter

An earthquake took place in the Subterranean World. Countless people walked onto the streets and headed for Warren Munition Factory, as well as the city-state's main city district.

News spread forth like gushing floodwaters and had gotten out of hand.

When they saw those photos, everyone could feel the grief from the bottom of their hearts.

Children were the future and the only hope for the people at the bottom. However, even this remaining hope was being stripped away.

Human trafficking was common in the Subterranean World. They often heard about it, but no one expected it to be so cruel when the truth was revealed.

It was said that these factories were built by important figures from the Surface World. Were these 'important characters' here to 'eat' people?

How could they have done it without the permission from the city-state parliament?

They suspected that the Subterranean World's higher management was directly involved in this.

Grief, anger, and other emotions overlapped. Countless people stepped out. Even Mia wanted to join them, but she was stopped by Old Mister Batu.

It was because this kind of riot often happened together with the occurrences of various crimes.

Unfortunately, the members of the Warren Munition Factory's 'secret base' had evacuated. The factory had been smashed, and because they could not retreat in time, many weapons were left behind. They were then obtained by the people who rushed into the factory, so an even stronger riot was erupting.

The law enforcement team was attacked and destroyed.

At this moment, the order of the entire Subterranean World was on the verge of collapse. It was as if the emotions that had been suppressed for a long time had been ignited and completely erupted.

Secretary Jin then stood at the black market's entrance and looked at the rioting crowd in front of him, feeling a chill down his spine. Cobra was standing behind him and he was also afraid.

Cobra was also involved in human trafficking, but he did not know that those people were sent for genetic experiments.

This matter was top secret, so Secretary Jin was probably the only one here who knew about it.

"Go in," Secretary Jin said to Cobra. He could keenly sense that there were ambushes in the black market now.

All along, he had not been managing the black market. Qin Zhong was in charge of the gambling den, while Cobra was in charge of developing the shady influences. As for him, he only needed to manage the factory.

He had always thought that the black market was firmly under his control.

It was so until he realized that there was a traitor beside him. Even so, he still felt that the problem was not difficult to resolve, and that things were under control.

However, now, he finally understood that the black market was not his old black market.

Qin Zhong was the true king of the black market.

Before Qin Zhong, Cobra was just trash.

At this moment, Cobra was fully armed as he ran into the black market with his blade-like mechanical legs. As for Secretary Jin, he was wearing the origin energy battle armor and holding a gun in his hand. The gun was very thick and had powerful firepower, but he had always hidden it at home and had not used it. It was because there wasn't a need to.

Bang, bang, bang... 

When Cobra entered the black market, he heard the sound of gunshots. He then stopped and used his mechanical blades to protect his front. However, the powerful firepower kept on hitting his body. At the same time, chains came flying over from the stores on both sides of the street, and there were hooks on the end of the chains. The hooks seemed as though they were curling toward his body like scythes.

Cobra's body was then flung away by the impact.

Bang! 

At this moment, even stronger firepower hit his body, and enemy figures in battle armor appeared on both sides of the street, throwing chains toward Cobra in the air. Seeing this, Cobra spun and his mechanical blades slashed like a whirlwind. However, his blades were then hooked by the chains, and it caused him to be held suspended in midair.

Boom! 

An explosion rang out and one figure at the side was hit. Secretary Jin had fired. The gun in his hand emitted blue light that looked like a blue-colored cannonball.

After that, Secretary Jin moved forward and kept on firing. The figures that had exposed themselves were all penetrated by the light. Although Cobra was hooked away by the chains, Secretary Jin didn't think of going to save him.

To Secretary Jin, Cobra was just a dog he kept. Moreover, it was a trashy dog.

He had initially thought that Qin Zhong was a dog too, but he wasn't. He was a wolf.

Bang! 

After Secretary Jin killed a few people successively, his gun was shattered by a sniper shot and fell to the ground. There were also heavy snipe shots hitting his body, pushing him back. At this moment, Secretary Jin knew that the black market was covered in all-extensive traps. Even though he was very strong individually, he couldn't barge in and kill Qin Zhong now.

Never in his wildest imagination did he expect Qin Zhong to be so ruthless.

"Who told you to do this?" Secretary Jin knew that there must be someone behind Qin Zhong. Otherwise, given his identity as Old K alone, he wouldn't dare to do this. He'd just be courting death. Moreover, Qin Zhong wouldn't be capable of pulling things off either.

However, no one replied and bullets continued to hit the battle armor, causing the energy halo to activate. Secretary Jin could only step back and stare into the black market. After that, he turned around and left. He no longer had his invincible attitude from before. At this moment, Secretary Jin looked a little desolate, being worried about his fate and the fate of his family.

He knew that he was finished. The higher-ups would not let him off.

Just like his alias, he was the chairman's secretary in the past. He had been sent here to carry out the mission at the Warren Munition Factory.

But now, how would the chairman possibly let him off?

Looking at the chaotic crowd on the streets, Secretary Jin appeared especially lonely at this moment.

What was going to happen to his wife and his child?

In the black market, Cobra was captured alive. A few armed people in battle armor had electrocuted him and chained him up, bringing him to a luxurious private room in the gambling den.

At this moment, a masked figure sat on the sofa where Secretary Jin had sat previously. But the person wearing the mask was of course not Secretary Jin.

The masked figure then waved his hand, and everyone else instantly left the room. After that, he took off his mask and revealed his appearance.

"Qin Zhong." Cobra stared at the person in front of him. However, he was now like a venomous snake that had its fangs pulled off, no longer a threat anymore.

Qin Zhong looked into the other party's eyes calmly, still looking a little refined. He said to Cobra, "Cobra, all your forces in the black market have been wiped out. Can the current you still bite?"

Upon hearing Qin Zhong's words, Cobra suddenly thought of many things. Many of his subordinates and the people he had connections with had died. From the looks of it, these weren't accidents.

"So Tang Sen's death wasn't just because of a bet?" Cobra stared at Qin Zhong.

"He deserves to die, so he died," Qin Zhong replied.

Cobra looked at Qin Zhong and suddenly felt that the latter was a little terrifying. He had been using some hidden forces to eliminate dissidents and slowly obtained firm control of the black market.

"How did you do it?" Cobra stared at Qin Zhong.

"Some people need faith. Some people need money. For those who need faith, give them faith; for those who need money, give them money. Of course, faith is more reliable than money, but it's also easier to suffer a backlash," Qin Zhong said to Cobra, seemingly also reminding himself.

"You planned the entire thing?" Cobra stared at Qin Zhong and asked, "How did you discover the Warren Factory's secret? Which family was it? So my four subordinates' death wasn't a coincidence."

Before this, even he didn't know the Warren Factory's secret. He had only received Secretary Jin's order to kill two workers from the Warren Munition Factory, so he had been wondering why they had to kill ordinary workers. But now, he understood.

"No, it really was a coincidence. I am not the one who killed them. You should ask your dead subordinates if they have cleaned things up," Qin Zhong said sarcastically. "Speaking of which, it was your subordinates who did me a great favor, which led to the subsequent events. Otherwise, I might have lost this time. Let me remind you, you can take a look at Batu's general store."

"What do you mean?" Cobra stared at Qin Zhong.

"You can leave now." Qin Zhong said indifferently. Cobra narrowed his eyes. "You're willing to let me go?"

"What value do you have?" Qin Zhong looked at Cobra and smiled. At this moment, Cobra felt humiliated. He only stared at Qin Zhong and got up to leave. No one stopped him.

Qin Zhong leaned against the sofa. Cobra's final value was to help him get rid of Hunter. He did not expect Ye Qingdie to have hidden something from him and allowed Hunter to leave.

However, that wasn't important anymore.

Qin Zhong got up and walked out.

...

This was destined to not be a peaceful day. The Subterranean World's 'night' came, but it wasn't as tranquil as it had been in the past. Instead, it was filled with violence and destruction.

The general store closed very early, but some people still came to create trouble. They were all taught a lesson by Old Mister Batu.

Also, Batu let Bai Wei stay here, and she shared a room with Mia and Yao`er. Clearly, Batu was afraid that the noise outside might scare them.

Old Mister Batu and Xu Mo stood on the rooftop, looking at the riot outside.

"Did you see that?" Batu said to Xu Mo.

Xu Mo nodded. In the oppressive Subterranean World, some thugs took advantage of the chaos and started a riot.

"You've been hanging out with those people these days, right?" Batu asked Xu Mo. At this moment, Xu Mo suddenly realized that Old Mister Batu was smarter than he had imagined. The former also knew a lot.

"What does Old Mister Batu know?" Xu Mo asked.

"How can ideals still exist in the Subterranean World? All ideals should be destroyed," Old Mister Batu said.

"I don't understand. Even if we know about these inhumane things, should we let them exist?" Xu Mo asked.

"I also thought about it, but do those idealists really think that they can change anything?" Old Mister Batu asked. "Under absolute force, it will be another massacre scene. As for them, they are just guns for some people."

Xu Mo looked at Old Mister Batu's fat body and felt that he had some trouble seeing through him.

"History is just a series of repeated cycles," Old Mister Batu continued.

Xu Mo was speechless. Had such a thing happened before?

So Warren Munition Factory was not the only one?

Was the entire Subterranean World filled with experimental subjects?

What were the Subterranean World's humans treated as?

At this moment, a few figures on the street far away came walking over. Xu Mo looked over and his eyes narrowed slightly. He knew the person walking at the very front. It was Cobra. How did he find his way here?

Xu Mo had killed two of Cobra's subordinates previously and had ascertained that they hadn't reported to Cobra. As for the other two—Lane and Bray—one had died in the fighting arena, while the other had died on an assignment to follow him.

So how did Cobra find his way here?

"Black market."

Xu Mo realized that the problem came from Ye Qingdie's side.

Bang! A gunshot rang out. 

Cobra held up a gun and fired at the general store's glass. After that, Mia and Bai Wei's screams rang out from the room.

At this moment, there was murderous intent in Cobra's eyes. He was here to kill!