Chapter 423: Suspicious Warehouse

Chapter 423: Suspicious Warehouse

Dick took his leave first. The others got a few hours of sleep in preparation for the mission at night.

In the evening, the six of them had take-outs in Gao Yang’s room. Again, the meal consisted of high-calorie food like hamburgers, fried chickens, french fries, mac and cheese, and apple pies, paired with salad.

Chen Ying felt guilty after finishing the meal. Wiping her mouth with a napkin, she complained, “How many sets of HIIT workouts do I have to do to offset all the calorie intake?”

Her comment garnered no agreement. She looked at them with confusion. “Don’t you worry about losing weight?”

Gao Yang, Qing Ling, Lithe Snake, Nainai, and Officer Huang didn’t really concern themselves with diet. They ate whatever they wanted to eat, but maintained a healthy weight.

“It’s good to be young,” Chen Ying comforted herself. “You’ve got a quick metabolism.”

“First, I’m not young.” Officer Huang bit off a chunk of meat from the piece of fried chicken in his hand. “Second, recent studies show that teenagers and adults share similar metabolism.”

“Officer Huang, how did you get your wife to be with you when you have no tact with women?” Chen Ying joked rather than getting angry.

“You misunderstood, Miss Chen,” Officer Huang said glibly. “What you need to find true love is heart.”

Gao Yang thought back to the man Su Xi remembered Huang Qi to be. How did he end up like this? Time sure was a sharp chisel. It could change someone so dramatically.

One o’clock in the morning, they changed into stealth suits and hopped into Dick’s car.

The car drove to Zone 5 and parked in a remote area two blocks away from the beverage factory. Then the seven of them crossed the mostly abandoned old street with the night as their cover, moving to the side behind the factory.

The warehouse guarded by armed mercenaries was located in the southeastern side of the factory, behind which was a stream the wastewater was released into.

Gao Yang and his team crouched behind the cover on the other side of the stream, observing their destination with binoculars.

Through the tall wire fences, they could see a large warehouse with a blue rooftop and yellow walls. The front door was manned by about a dozen mercenaries armed with submachine guns. They didn’t wear formal uniforms. Most of them were dressed in black tank tops and camouflage pants, their skin covered in tattoos.

Only the three mercenaries on the rooftop of the warehouse were standing watch with full attention. The others gathered on the clearing outside the warehouse, sitting around a few small tables while smoking, playing cards, cursing, and exchanging dirty jokes. The most uptodate novels are published on n0velbjn((.))com

“Lithe Snake, draw their attention,” Gao Yang said. “I’m going to scout ahead.”

Dressed in a stealth suit, Lithe Snake nodded and rushed across the wastewater stream, approaching the wire fences. He quickly vaulted the fences and disappeared.

Thud.

“I can open it,” Chen Ying piped up.

Gao Yang nodded, saying into his earpiece, “Lithe Snake, buy us another two minutes. We’re going in.”

“Roger that,” Lithe Snake answered concisely.

Soon, noises came from around the warehouse. Outside of the guards on the rooftop, the other moved toward the source of the noises, cursing and taunting as they went.

“Get ready.” Gao Yang waved his hand.

Nainai covered half of her face with one hand. “Haha, mortal, this Empress will give you a chance to serve me...”

Gao Yang glared at her. “Start making sense.”

Nainai quickly corrected herself. “I...I can shrink myself and stay in your pocket.”

Gao Yang quickly caught on. “Okay.”

Nainai activated Scale and shrunk herself like one would in a sci-fi movie. In less than three seconds, she became thumb-size.

Gao Yang bent down and extended his hand. She jumped onto his palm.

He put her in his breast pocket. Nainai, now shrunk, popped her head out of his pocket, muttering something too quiet for others to hear. Safe to assume that she must be speaking her embarrassing chuuni lines again.

“Wow, my god! It’s amazing!” As someone with low-ranking Talent, Dick had never seen strange powers like hers.

The others weren’t too surprised.

With Lithe Snake drawing the mercenaries away, they vaulted the wire fences stealthily and avoided the watchful eyes of the guards on the rooftop, entering the warehouse through a small window on the side.

Gao Yang could teleport through a wall, but he couldn’t take his teammates through the wall with him. Moreover, level 5 Teleportation was capped at 30 uses in half an hour. Since they could get into a fight soon, he tried his best to save more uses for later.

Without stopping, they reached the entrance to the underground space.

Chen Ying crouched down and placed her hands on the metal door under their feet.

Two seconds later, she said with certainty, “There’s a barrier, but it isn’t strong. I can open it. You should stay back.”