“This Mu Jiajia, what exactly is she?”
The one who appeared at the scene was none other than Li Feng. After jumping into the river earlier, he had not left but had instead lurked nearby. He had not expected his impromptu decision to lead him to witness such a spectacle.
Li Feng had not anticipated that Mu Jiajia possessed such exceptional marksmanship, on par with his own. In the military, she would undoubtedly be at the soldier king level. Such a person was absolutely no ordinary individual. He simply could not understand what purpose Mu Jiajia had in approaching him. Was it truly necessary for a top expert like her to seduce him like some courtesan?
“It seems I must have Zhong Shuhui investigate her upon my return.”
As he thought this, Li Feng approached one of the black-clad, masked figures and pulled off his face covering.
“This is… a foreigner?”
Li Feng furrowed his brows. Clearly, he had not expected this round of assassins to include foreigners. Could they not be after him, with the true target being Mu Jiajia?
Harbouring doubts, Li Feng removed the face coverings from one black-clad, masked figure after another. He discovered that aside from a few Chinese individuals, the majority were foreigners, and white ones at that.
Li Feng felt he had not offended any foreigners, so why would these foreigners come to kill him? Could it truly be because of Mu Jiajia, making him an innocent victim?
“This is…”
At that moment, Li Feng noticed something in one black-clad, masked figure’s pocket. Upon retrieving it, his expression changed.
“This is my photo. These black-clad, masked figures were not after Mu Jiajia, they were after me?” Li Feng stared blankly at the photo in his hand. With this single image, he could be one hundred percent certain these people were targeting him. Mu Jiajia had merely been caught in the crossfire.
“No wonder Mu Jiajia wants to kill me.” Li Feng gave a wry smile. This time, he had truly landed Mu Jiajia in dire straits.
Who exactly had sent them? Were they connected to Cai Die? Or members of the Blood Sand assassin organisation? And how had they located this place? He had brought Mu Jiajia here on a whim, no one else could possibly know. How had they pinpointed him so accurately?
Could it be…
With this thought, Li Feng hurriedly ran towards his car.
“As expected.”
Li Feng’s expression darkened as he examined the tracker he had found in the car, his face changing. He had never imagined someone would plant a tracker in his vehicle.
“Too careless…”
Li Feng gave a bitter laugh. This was utterly unforgivable. He was a soldier king, a martial artist, yet he had not noticed a tracker planted in his car.
“Who exactly?” A glint of killing intent flashed in Li Feng’s eyes.
He did not frequent random places. Aside from the company, home, and training base, he only occasionally visited Wen Jun Pavilion Pharmacy and Tianya Pavilion. At the training base, besides the Black Eagle Squadron, there was no one else, and the Black Eagle Squadron was essentially in closed training, so they should not betray him.
His visits to Tianya Pavilion and Wen Jun Pavilion Pharmacy were irregular in timing and brief in duration, making it improbable for someone to install a tracker on his car during those times.
By process of elimination, it was only possible at his villa home or the company.
“Could there be an insider traitor?” Li Feng’s face turned ashen. The villa he shared with Hu Yuanyuan was a high-end one. Aside from him and Hu Yuanyuan, there were numerous servants, and these servants had always looked down on him. It was entirely possible some harboured ill intentions.
“It seems upon returning this time, I must thoroughly investigate.” A fierce glint flashed in Li Feng’s eyes as he crushed the tracker in his hand to powder.
…
In an underground room in Tianhai City, a middle-aged American man sat with a sombre expression, coldly eyeing the few people before him. He said icily, “Failed. How do you conduct your operations? You are supposed to be elites of our intelligence bureau, yet you cannot even deal with a single Chinese person.”
The speaker was none other than Yaxi of the US Intelligence Bureau. He had been dispatched to Tianhai City to investigate the network incident. Through prolonged investigation, Yaxi had set his sights on Li Feng. Adhering to the principle of better to kill the wrong person than to let the right one go, Yaxi had issued an assassination order against Li Feng, commanding the bureau’s elite operatives lurking in Tianhai City to eliminate him.
What Yaxi had never anticipated was that this assassination mission not only failed to kill Li Feng but resulted in the total annihilation of all executing bureau elites.
“Boss, this time there was an expert protecting Li Feng by his side, that is why our people were killed.” A middle-aged man with yellow skin standing before Yaxi replied. He was the US Intelligence Bureau’s head in Tianhai City.
“Someone protecting him? Who?” Yaxi asked coldly.
“According to intelligence, before the action, Li Feng was with a woman, but up to now, we have not investigated her identity.” The middle-aged man answered.
“Useless.” Yaxi cursed coldly.
The middle-aged man continued, “Boss, this subordinate believes this woman might be from China’s National Security Bureau.”
“National Security Bureau? Why do you think she is from the National Security Bureau?” Yaxi’s gaze turned icy. The National Security Bureau was a long-time rival of their intelligence bureau, so he naturally knew of them.
“Because the National Security Bureau’s Fo Zhu is in Tianhai City.” The middle-aged man glanced at Yaxi and replied, “According to intelligence, this Fo Zhu has made contact with Li Feng. This subordinate suspects they may have reached some agreement. After all, if Li Feng is the initiator of that network incident, the National Security Bureau could not possibly overlook his value.”
“You make a good point. This possibility cannot be ruled out. After all, Li Feng might be the initiator of that network incident, a super hacker. If such a person joins the National Security Bureau, it would be a catastrophe for our United States.” Yaxi nodded. That network incident remained fresh in his memory. It was a super hacker capable of breaching global networks. If he joined the National Security Bureau and casually strolled through the US Department of Defence or Intelligence Bureau whenever he pleased, what secrets would America have left?
After a moment’s thought, Yaxi said, “If the National Security Bureau is involved, this matter becomes tricky. It seems I must request personnel from headquarters to come to China. You continue arranging surveillance on Li Feng. As soon as headquarters’ reinforcements arrive, move against him immediately. As for the National Security Bureau side, I will handle it personally.”
“Yes.” The middle-aged man acknowledged, then suddenly recalled something and asked, “Boss, Li Feng’s Fengyuan Group’s Intelligent No. 1 is the latest in intelligent technology. I feel we should acquire this Intelligent No. 1. Having it would greatly aid our nation’s development in the intelligent field.”
“Intelligent No. 1?”
Yaxi’s mind recalled the intelligence on Intelligent No. 1. He nodded and said, “Indeed, we must obtain this Intelligent No. 1 technology. Such technology belongs only to our United States. Do you have any good ideas?”
“This subordinate has three plans.” The middle-aged man was already prepared.
“Speak.”
“The first plan: Deploy elite intelligence personnel to infiltrate Fengyuan Group and obtain the Intelligent No. 1 technology. This plan is straightforward but demands highly skilled operatives.”
The middle-aged man paused, then continued, “The second plan: Find a way to acquire Fengyuan Group, turning it into our company. In that case, the Intelligent No. 1 technology would be ours, though this requires time and considerable funding.”
“The third plan: Target Fengyuan Group’s high-level executives. With President Hu Yuanyuan, Vice President Li Feng, and the laboratory’s technical staff as objectives, force them to hand over the Intelligent No. 1 technology. This plan may draw attention from the Chinese government and carries high risk.”
“These three plans are all viable.” Yaxi pondered, then said, “This time, we must not only kill Li Feng but also bring Intelligent No. 1 back to the United States, so executing just one plan will not suffice. All three must be implemented simultaneously.”
“But we do not have enough personnel in Tianhai City.” The middle-aged man said worriedly.
“I will handle that aspect.” Yaxi replied. This was Tianhai City after all, Chinese territory. With the bureau’s limited manpower here, completing this task was impossible. However, before coming to China, he had obtained authority to mobilise all intelligence personnel in the country. He believed that given time, he could assemble sufficient forces.
Moreover, Yaxi knew their old rivals, the National Security Bureau, were in Tianhai City. To prevent them from interfering, someone needed to keep them occupied.
With this in mind, Yaxi asked, “Have the people from the dwarf nation arrived in Tianhai City this time?”
“They have.”
“Arrange a meeting with them immediately. I want to see them.” A sly glint flashed in Yaxi’s eyes.
…
At this moment, Li Feng was unaware that this riverside assault differed from the previous crossroads attack, which he had drawn upon himself in his scheme to ruin Yu Su’s reputation. He was even less aware that the US Intelligence Bureau had now locked onto him, Fengyuan Group, and Hu Yuanyuan. A greater crisis was hurtling towards him.
Upon returning to the villa, aside from calling Zhong Shuhui to have her Eagle Eye investigate the villa’s servants, Li Feng busied himself with preparations to leave Tianhai City.
The next day, Li Feng bid farewell to Hu Yuanyuan and boarded a plane, departing Tianhai City.
