No survivors. They were all eliminated.

Whistling, Xia Liang walked over to the Hummer in the middle of the convoy, opened the door, and quipped, "Countrymen meeting countrymen, tears fill their eyes. The ancients never lied to me."

The traitor was huddled in a corner, his face streaming with tears and snot. There was even a snot bubble coming from his nose—a truly nauseating sight.

"D-don't kill me! I'll give you anything you want! A thousand US dollars! Yes! They gave me a thousand US dollars, and I'll give it all to you."

Seeing his pathetic state, Xia Liang opened the car door, snapped his ankle cuffs, grabbed him by the collar, and dragged him out. "A thousand US dollars? Tsk, tsk, tsk... Impressive! That's quite a sum of money."

Xia Liang mimicked counting money while scoffing internally.

This damned thousand US dollars isn't even as high as my monthly salary.

"As a former supervisor at the Dragon Country Science Academy, you must have joined the organization. Impressive. Did you feed your oath to the dogs?"

Hearing this, the traitor knelt on the ground and repeatedly kowtowed, begging for mercy. "They approached me first! They tempted me with a beautiful woman, took a bunch of photos, and then threatened to report me to the organization. They led me into this trap one step at a time!"

That makes sense. With this kind of temptation, I bet he isn't the only one in Dragon Country who's fallen into their trap. The others just haven't been threatened yet; they're all waiting for the opportune moment.

"If you'd just kept it in your pants, how could you have been set up?"

Xia Liang turned to look at Xiao Qianxi. "What's the punishment for this son of a bitch when we get back?"

Instead of answering, Xiao Qianxi simply racked the bolt of her rifle. The meaning was self-explanatory.

BEEP, BEEP, BEEP... Soon after, his phone began to ring.

Xia Liang took out his phone and saw a video call from Tian Yuanyuan. It was still the middle of the night in Shangjing, and the girl was wearing Tai School panda pajamas, apparently calling from the top bunk of her dorm room.

"Huh? You guys even take jobs in the desert?" Tian Yuanyuan asked, looking curiously at the screen. Xia Liang just smiled.

"Don't blame me, these Americans are nuts. Their huge military vehicle broke down, so they thought about it and decided to call for a ride."

Tian Yuanyuan was clearly unconvinced. "Then why are you wearing a bulletproof vest?"

Xia Liang fell silent for a moment before replying, "Hmm, you're very observant and sharp! Actually, one of the soldiers got out of the vehicle to take a dump. He was about to use a cactus, so I found him a clean stick instead. As thanks, he gave me his bulletproof vest."

Although something felt off, she didn't press the issue.

"Okay, just be careful over there. I heard it's been a bit unstable lately, with terrorists killing people and driving tanks around."

Tian Yuanyuan, who was in the first flush of a new romance, was worried sick that something would happen to her boyfriend. Meanwhile, Situ Jing and Explosive, who were standing next to Xia Liang, were completely dumbfounded.

My god! I'm speechless! Now *that's* what you call lying with a straight face! One of them actually has the guts to say it, and the other one has the gullibility to believe it. Do girls this sweet and naive even exist anymore? She's rarer than a giant panda.

"Don't worry, people around here are afraid of me. They know better than to mess with me," Xia Liang said, making a heart gesture with his hands.

"Huh?" Tian Yuanyuan's eyes shifted to the corner of the screen. "Why is there a female soldier with you? And is she wearing black stockings?"

Xia Liang inwardly cursed his carelessness. I can't believe I got half of Xiao Qianxi's shapely rear end in the shot!

"Ahem. I just ran into a fellow countryman on the road. She's a single mom with two rowdy kids. They got lost and ran into a desert pervert. You know me, I can't just stand by when I see injustice, so I decided to help them out. Look, this is the single mom."

The camera panned to Xiao Qianxi's face, which wore a chillingly cold expression. "And these are her rowdy kids. Don't get the wrong idea. I know they look old, but it's because of a rare disease. They're actually only eight years old."

The camera then shifted to Explosive and Situ Jing. The role of the "desert pervert," of course, fell to the traitor.

With a pistol pressed to his side, the traitor had no choice but to play along.

"Y-hello... I'm the desert pervert..." Suddenly, he cried out, "AHH! AHH!"

Xia Liang shot him a glare. "Did I say you could speak? A pervert trying to act all chummy."

The traitor clutched his face, looking utterly wronged but not daring to utter another peep.

"Oh, in that case, you should take good care of that lady. It's tough for anyone to be out there all alone."

Seeing Xiao Qianxi shaking with fury, Situ Jing quickly grabbed her. He whispered urgently, "Sis! Sis! Don't stoop to that silly girl's level. This is a critical time! If we piss off our driver, we're finished!"

Xiao Qianxi wanted to raise her Barrett and blast this menace to kingdom come. More than that, she wanted to shatter that damn phone. In the end, however, reason barely won out. She forced herself to take deep breaths, the magnificent scenery of her chest rising and falling dramatically with each one.

"I'll come visit Shangjing in a couple of days. I'll see if there's any good work there."

"Really?" Tian Yuanyuan exclaimed, excitedly throwing off her blanket and causing her roommates to cry out in surprise.

Living in the same room as a huge star was enough to make anyone envious.

Her three other roommates grew more and more curious about who Tian Yuanyuan was video-calling. They even began to speculate if it was the legendary Black Flash.

"Well, you'd better come quickly, or I'll be off to Fragrant Island for a concert in a few days. And Sister K is unbelievable, arranging gigs for me right after I started at Tai School. I already told her I wanted to focus on my studies," Tian Yuanyuan complained, pouting.

"Alright, no problem. I've got something to deal with here, so I'm going to hang up now."

"Okay, then," Tian Yuanyuan said, nodding reluctantly.

"Goodnight."

"Yeah, goodnight."

BEEP. The video call disconnected.

Xia Liang smiled to himself and made a few more video calls to report in with the others. But as he did, he noticed something for the first time.

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