A certain distance from a courtyard, a man sits hidden between a pile of scrap metal. His breathing still, his face unreadable,
No one truly knew what he was thinking about until he finally spoke, "It's time." Getting up and stretching, the man's face instantly went cold as he stared into the distance at the direction of the courtyard.
This man was Li Mu, and he had spent the past few hours waiting for the right time to come and planning his escape routes and where his mission objective lay.
"After intercepting a passing member and knocking him out with his taser, he then tied up the man with some scrap rope found in some random corner. He waited until the man had woken up and, using some let's say mental tactics he had learned from his past life gang leader, he managed to gather some valuable information.
The well that the whole camp used for drinking was located on the east side of the base near the west turret, and luckily for him, he was standing right in front of it.
Looking at the now sleeping man in the rope, li mu's anger instantly flared. He had realized that ever since the other world's li mu and himself had truly merged into one, his personality had been beginning to slowly change, but he didn't mind it. In fact, he knew that for him to keep his promise to himself, he needed to be ruthless.
Staring at the man with killing intent, he knew he couldn't leave the man alive for his plans to be carried out smoothly. So, looking around for a sharp metal object, he eventually found one sharp enough to do the job.
"At least you get to die in your sleep, when you reach King Yama; tell him hi for me."
swish
With a smooth strike, a clean cut appeared on the man's neck, silencing him forever." This is how it's meant to be."
"infinite insights" instantly, the world became more colorful, turning his head, li mu stared at the turrets, one of the obstacles in the way of his goal.
"There is a one-second delay before the turret starts shooting again, but can I take advantage of the 1 second delay?"
Li Mu knew the answer to his question was "no... he wasn't yet a cultivator, and his body wasn't strong enough. Turning around to face the dead man, li mu sighs, looks at the man's clothes, then smirks," I never knew a day would come that I would have to wear a dead man's clothes, guess we're going with plan B".
Swiftly grabbing the man's clothes covered in blood, li mu swiftly covered his face with mud and blood, making his face barely recognizable in the dead of night."
Walking up to the gates, a sharp grunt was heard.
" Stop, who are you?"
"My name is Mo Chen. I was attacked by demon beasts when I went out to the flower house."
"Hmm, must men usually stay overnight? Why is yours different?"
"Well, I wanted to hurry back as I had no money to stay overnight."
"Acceptable reason, go up inside, I was just pulling your leg."
The man took a swig from the bottle of alcohol in the corner.
The boss is in a very bad mood today, so make sure not to blunder, haha."
li mu stared at the man, thanking the heavens that this fool was drunk, not even bothering to check his face with the light stick beside him.
He just smiled and went along with the drunk man walking into the courtyard, hearing the sound of the gates closing with a thud!. Everywhere was dark, and the sound of low breathing was coming from all over the base, as the tents these men slept in didn't really do much of a good job in sound isolation.
Getting back on track, li mu went towards the well, finding the well unguarded. Still, li mu cautiously went to the well and, unwrapping the poison he had kept in a tiny pouch, he poured it into the well.
Expecting some dramatic thing to happen once the job was done, li mu waited a few seconds, shocked that no such thing happened. "Guess not all things from both worlds are the same.
I guess we can't use those novels as a reference." Smiling to himself, li mu smirked at the ease of this mission, then walked back in the direction of the gate.
Intruder!!!!
"Hm.. yawn, what intruder?" "There's an intruder, how! What was the fool at the gate doing?" The sound of rustling clothes sounded around the base as the men quickly dressed up."
"I need to run and I need to run fast!"
li mu began sprinting towards the gates like his life depended on it because it truly did. Seeing the gates in the distance, li mu's mind grew increasingly calmer.
Swish!
The cold light of a blade flashed in li mu's vision as, subconsciously, he managed to dodge the blade by a hair's breadth. Gasping for air, li mu looked at who had just attacked him.
A burly man wearing a black fur coat towered over him. His every breath sounded like a beast in hibernation, deep and sonorous. Staring daggers at li mu, his voice rang out," Got you, little rat."
A few hours ago
In the courtyard, the previously captured man, who went by the name of Mo Chen, was seen talking with the gang leader, who sat on a fur-covered seat with his hand resting on his chin, while the man in front of him was shivering in visible fear.
"You will go to the market and tell the boss who owns the place that he has some key information to give him. He must understand the value of information in times like these.
"You will stay in the market overnight waiting for a response, then come back the next day. I don't want any mistakes, understand."
"Yes, sir, understood." "Now, go once your mission is complete, there will be many rewards."
At the promise of rewards, the man's body visibly stopped shaking, a wide smile spreading across his face, then instantly, as if realizing he was still in front of the boss, his smile vanished.
Snorting in response to this, the boss just smirked and then waved his hand, the man instantly getting the message.
Now, after so long, he gets word that the man he had sent out suddenly returned, knowing something was wrong, he went towards the gate and found the drunk guard he had left, instantly knowing what had occurred sounded the alarm for the men to gather..
Now in front of him was the rat that managed to burrow its way into his territory. Keeping his calm, he looked at the rat in front of him "Kneel on your own and accept capture or get killed this instant."
After having heard the ultimatum from the burly man in front of him, li mu began to think of a plan.
"Infinite insights"
Knowing that this was the only way out, li mu decisively activates it, looking at the boss, he spat at him, taking what seemed to be a defensive stance.
The boss, seeing this, couldn't control his anger anymore, flaring into a rage.
"Looks like you chose death. I'll make sure to torture you first, little rat!"