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The town was located on the border between countries M and C. Due to its awkward location, no one wanted to question the town. Most of the people here lived in misery and depended on the cultivation of sugarcane and tea plants for their livelihood.

Some fruit farmers were still disabled. If they didn't want to plant poppies for the drug dealers, they would be amputated, and some would even be killed. The people who lived here were mostly people who had lost their families and fled from various countries. After the war and exile, most of the people here were indifferent and didn't want to deal with many people.

Novak was a fruit farmer in the small town of Osmond. His arm had been cut off the previous year, and he was the only person in the small town of Osmond who was of the A-lineage. Unlike most of the people here, many of them were helping drug dealers grow poppies because of the threat of life, but he would rather have his hands and feet cut off than do such a heinous thing. He had a wife, but then he got addicted to drugs and committed suicide. Since then, Novak had hated drug dealers. However, he was kind and had helped a lot of police officers who had come here to investigate, and he had some influence in the area.

Jane Xia had brought twenty soldiers with her this time, disguised as an ordinary fruit farmer, to hide in Novak's house. These days of fieldwork, together with the information Novak had helped to verify, had given Jane a certain understanding of the situation in the town. There were three powerful, year-round drug lords. The one in the lead was known as the rattlesnake, and he held all the drug dealers in his hands. The other two also followed his orders and worked closely with the drug lords of various countries. The rattlesnake cartel was organized and disciplined, with as many as a thousand regular men under their command. No one had ever seen a rattlesnake. He never seemed to go down the mountain.

Hong Lingtong was lured by a fairly powerful drug lord of the Rattlesnake Corporation. According to Hong Lingtong's intelligence, these past few years, the Rattlesnake Corporation had been growing and had many conflicts with each other due to the large number of people. The three great drug lords had long been at odds with each other because the other two wanted to find an opportunity to pull Hong Lingtong down so that they could share more of the benefits. However, since the rattlesnake had the ability to be the leader, how could it be a fodder? It was said that he had a mercenary unit in his hands that specifically served him. All of them were ruthless and cruel. They relied on the rattlesnake's nurturing to clean up his family. Therefore, although the people under the rattlesnake's command were somewhat dissatisfied with him, they only dared to place obstacles in his way and didn't dare to clash with him.

Jane Xia spent five days at Novak's house, waiting for Saturday. The rattlesnake group was hiding in the Aderro Mountains. Every Saturday, a group of fruit farmers would come down from the mountains to deliver some necessities. Novak drugged the fruit wine that was going up the mountain today and went up instead of the farmer.

Jane Xia and her entourage climbed the hill behind Novak. The cart was filled with vegetables and fruits, and under the vegetables and fruits were hidden firearms and ammunition. Up the hill came two men with red kerchiefs over their faces, and they signaled Novak to stop. Novak told them he was here to deliver supplies, and the two men glanced at what was in the car, nodded at each other, and led them into the building.

There were a total of eight bamboo buildings in the mountain, all occupied by members of the rattlesnake gang. The two of them brought Novak and the others to a house where they cooked and ordered them to bring down the things in the car. Jane Xia looked at the two soldiers, who quickly came to guard the door. Jian Xia directly broke one of the men's neck from behind. The other man reacted and raised his gun. Then, Jian Xia kicked him down. Jane Xia then took care of it with her silencer. Jian Xia and the other soldier changed into their clothes and covered their faces with cloth. This was the way the locals dressed, which made it easier for Jian Xia and the rest.

Jian Xia and the other soldier walked out. Jian Xia saw that there were sentries standing guard on top of the bamboo building. There were only a dozen people patrolling outside the bamboo building. He took the wine Novak had brought with him and said in the local language, "Come and try the fresh fruit wine wherever you go in this wilderness." Soldiers from both the bamboo tower and the bamboo tower came over and drank the wine. A few minutes later, all of them died from frothing at the mouth. Jane carried the men onto the cart, and Novak and a few soldiers carried the bodies down the hill and buried them.

Although the rattlesnake group had a large number of people, they were not very familiar with each other. The people they supported were also different, some were rattlesnake's loyal supporters, some were the drug lord Nila's supporters, and some were the drug lord Vasili's supporters.

The twenty people that Jane and her team had contracted with were all Vasili supporters. The twenty of them were a small group, usually operating in the first bamboo building.

As Jian Xia and the others were travelling through the forest, they all spoke the local language. Thus, even if they were seen by the rest of the rattlesnake gang members, they did not suspect anything.

Vasili was shooting. The woods were a natural shooting-range, and his marksmanship was good, fast and accurate. When the shots were done, he blew the muzzle of his gun and took a handkerchief from his pocket to wipe it off.

Jane Xia and a few soldiers seemed to be playing cards beside him, but he was still quietly observing Vasili.

From his point of view, Vasili should be a very ambitious person, but he was very restrained. He had a certain tendency to violence and liked to bully the weak. And he must have been a very conceited man, and he was keen on power, as can be seen from the way he shot.

Unlike Nila, Jane concluded, Vasili was not simply dissatisfied with rattlesnakes. He had been waiting for an opportunity to kill them and command the entire cartel.

Jane Xia instantly came up with a plan. Perhaps he could use Vasili's hand to get rid of the rattlesnake. Since Vasili had already decided against it, he only needed to add fuel to the fire.

Jian Xia threw out a piece of spade paper and pretended to be unconcerned. She said to the other soldiers, "Did you know that there was a big one up there recently?"

"Oh?" "What do you mean?" Chen Li replied.

"After I bribed a high official in Country H, I've specially thought of ways to make the important members of the government department addicted to drugs." I've bribed a high official in Country H, specially thought of ways to make the important members of the government department addicted to drugs.

"Why did I only hear about such a good thing?"

"Who do you think you are, how can I tell you? I also heard it from someone I know, he's the direct steward of rattlesnake. They all closed the door to take this benefit for themselves, and you still want a share? Dream on."

"This is too dishonest. They are able to take advantage of the situation, and we are always in deep waters. How can we be a watchdog for them?"

"What can you do? If you have the ability, then go back. Don't be so vexed."

"I don't dare, rattlesnakes have mercenaries under their command."

"What dogshit mercenary? Have you ever heard of someone passing it around for so long?"

"I don't think so. You mean the mercenaries don't exist? They lied to us?"

"Who knows!"

Jane Xia stopped talking here. He seemed to be staring at the cards in his hands, but his eyes were also looking at Vasili.

Vasili had obviously heard them, and now Vasili was so agitated that Jane could see the veins in his hand as he held the gun.

Finally unable to control herself, Jane Xia raised her eyebrows and threw out another square K.

"..."

That night, Vasili gathered all his supporters together. He said a lot and raised the anger of the crowd to its highest point. All in all, it was just one word.

Vasili led a large group of people and rushed to the innermost bamboo building. Jian Xia and the others were also mixed in with Vasili's team.

As they rushed in, the rattlesnakes panicked, and one of the soldiers hurried to inform the rattlesnakes that Vasili had shot him.

The rattlesnake did not appear, but a signal flare was fired in the air. Not long later, a large group of mercenaries wearing camouflage clothing appeared, each of them looking ferocious and valiant.

Vasili's men were all dumbfounded. So, mercenaries really did exist. The battle between the two sides was very intense, and there were many casualties on both sides.

Jian Xia and the others took advantage of the chaos to enter the bamboo building. They didn't expect that Vasili would be able to kill the rattlesnake, so they had to do it themselves.

In other words, the rattlesnake was not even in the bamboo tower. In just a few short minutes, if the rattlesnake was in this house, it would be impossible for them to evacuate so quickly. In that case, there was only one possibility. Everyone had been deceived by the rattlesnake, and his lair was not in the forest. It was very likely that he had only been sending orders through long-distance communication.

Jian Xia's men had no choice but to retreat. Both sides were already in a state of anxiety, but Vasili's men were clearly at a disadvantage. After all, they had a huge disparity in power.

Jane Xia shot and killed Vasili, and the men of Vasili, seeing their leader dead, gave up and expressed their willingness to surrender.

One of the mercenaries turned to Jian Xia. His local language was unclear and he had a strong accent.

"The leader said that the people who killed Vasili will be rewarded. Follow me."

Jane Xia put the gun back on her waist and replied in the local language, "Okay."

When the other soldiers saw that Jian Xia was about to be taken away, they all wanted to go with her. Seeing that Jian Xia was about to be taken away, all the other soldiers wanted to follow her.

Jian Xia followed the mercenaries onto the helicopter.

"..."

On the sixth day of Jane Xia's departure, Qingge fell ill. When she woke up in the morning and ran around in the morning, she fainted on the street.

An old lady climbing the mountain gave her an emergency call and sent her to the central hospital.

Qing Ge woke up with a smell of potion. She frowned and looked around.

The doctor in the white coat came in. "Are you awake?"

"Why am I here?"

"An old lady who was climbing the mountain brought you here. She said she saw you faint on the road."

Qingge nodded, "Is she still there? I have to thank her."

"No, she paid the medical fees and left. As a public figure, you're in danger. What if the person you met today wasn't such a kind old lady but a criminal?"

"It was an accident this time. It won't happen again."

"What accident? You haven't had a good night's sleep in days, it's a wonder you're not unconscious. You even took sleeping pills, can you take whatever you want? Do you know that people are going to die?"

Qingge listened to the doctor silently, with a pitiful expression, like a schoolboy who had done something wrong.

Seeing this, the doctor could no longer bear to talk about her. Instead, he sighed and asked, "Why aren't you sleeping?"

"I can't sleep."

"So you took sleeping pills?"

"The sleeping pills were still effective a few days ago, but now they're completely useless. I still haven't fallen asleep even after taking three of them."

"You are courting death. You can only take one sleeping pill at most. Luckily, your physical fitness is pretty good. Otherwise, you would be in big trouble. You can leave the hospital after hanging this bottle of water for half a day."

Qingge stared blankly at the white wall. The unease she felt from the bottom of her heart was getting stronger and stronger. Her sixth sense told her that something must have happened to Jane Xia.

She could not wait any longer. She needed to know everything that had happened.

She picked up the phone on the table and dialed Wu Yu's number.

Wu Yu originally wanted to go to the border with Jian Xia, but Jian Xia told him to stay behind. He had to take care of everything for Wu Yu to prevent the president from making any other moves and to protect his wife.

These few days, Wu Yu was extremely busy, busier than ever.

The phone rang several times before it connected.

"Hello?" Wu Yu's voice was filled with fatigue.

"I'm Qingge."

"What's the matter, Young Madam?"

"I want to know everything. Tell me the cause and effect of Jane Xia's trip to the border of M Nation. Tell me everything, not a single word less."

"This …"

"I know, Jian Xia definitely told you not to tell me, because he was afraid that I would be worried. I will tell you now, if you don't tell me, I will only be more worried, I don't know what terrible things I will do."

"Alright, Young Madam, I'll tell you everything I know."

Wu Yu explained the whole situation, but there was no response from Qing Ge on the other end of the phone.

"Hello? Young Madam, are you listening? "

"Alright, I understand."

After Qingge hung up the phone, she stared at the droplets that were almost hanging up. So the situation was already so tense. Jian Xia didn't say anything to her. She had always been protecting her in his way, but he had to bear so much of it.

Clear Song pulled the needle out of her hand. Blood oozed out of the hole in the needle, but she didn't feel it.

She put on her coat and hurried out of the hospital, making a phone call as she went.

"Hello? "Uncle?"

"Qingge, what's wrong?"

Prepare a private helicopter for me. I want a high level pilot. I will be waiting in the open area in the western suburbs in half an hour.

"Alright."

In order to prevent Wu Yu from detecting her actions, Qingge had to trouble Liang Yi.

Qingge called home again and told Xu Qing that she was going to B City for a few days. There was a photo being taken there, so Xu Qing wasn't suspicious. She even told Qingge not to worry about them.

Qingge drove very fast. She only had one thought in her mind, she was going to find Jane Xia!