The King of Urban Mercenaries

"Join us?"

Shang Madao was momentarily taken aback, and Liu Neng was also confused. Since it was so hard to find, why would they just...

"Do you know, if we get caught, we are not allowed to betray our comrades, and we must commit suicide quickly. Do you know that? Otherwise, the torture will fall upon us. Are you prepared for this?" Shang Madao asked.

Lin Fei smiled, "I’m not prepared for that. I only want one thing, and that’s belief. I think I’m doing the right thing, and no one can stop me, including you. So you guys need money now, I can help you, but you must aid those without money. If you’re not doing that, haha, will I help you?"

Hearing Lin Fei’s words, it was equivalent to answering Shang Madao’s question. Shang Madao finally nodded, "Good! Well said, I agree with what you said. But there’s one thing you may not know, we are always ready to die!"

"To die? I won’t, because I need to come back alive. There’s much more for me to do; I won’t go and die," Lin Fei said with a smile.

"Good! Well said! In that case, let’s go together tonight!" Shang Madao said.

"Are you ready?"

"Of course!"

"If that’s the case, then that’s the best."

"Young brother, you can rest here first. We’ll set out at night!" Shang Madao said.

"You’re planning to keep an eye on me, huh? But I accept it. I have nothing better to do anyway. I’ll just nap on the government officer’s bed." After speaking, Lin Fei lay down directly on the nearby resting bed.

Shang Madao shook his head helplessly, not expecting Lin Fei to be so vigilant. However, Lin Fei was right; his plan was indeed to monitor Lin Fei, preventing him from running around unnecessarily or possibly exposing information. So he let Lin Fei rest here, as Lin Fei was still an uncertain factor, and they couldn’t take risks.

But Lin Fei was very smart, so smart that Shang Madao didn’t know what to say. If he had an opponent like Lin Fei, he truly wouldn’t know what to do.

Time passed quickly, and in the blink of an eye, the sun had set. The city gates opened, allowing those who went out to hunt to come in. Their faces showed sadness, sorrow, joy, satisfaction, and sighs, all different. But each one returned with a story; what they experienced outside, only they knew. Thus, they were great, because behind them was not only themselves but also their families.

Dusk ended, night fell, and the city gates were already closed. After all, night was the time when demon beasts were most active and also when their powers were the strongest. They loved the darkness, but humans, in the dark, found all senses diminished, except for the ability to move.

Therefore, going on a mission at night was extremely dangerous. So the city gate was forbidden to enter at night.

At nightfall, the city was still alive with celebration, accompanied by angry cursing, cries of pain, and the sounds of bustling business.

Everything was there.

But as time passed, it gradually reached midnight, and the lights no longer shone, and the bustling city seemed to finally drift into sleep. Lin Fei and his companions began to take action at this time.

To the poor, they saw a group of people flitting through the darkness. Some were stepped on by these masked figures in black and cried out in pain, only to immediately stop shouting, cover their mouths, and gesture to the figures that they were fine.

And Lin Fei was among this group. It seemed these poor people were already aware of these actions; they just kept quiet about it. This time was when the poor people were happiest.

Lin Fei felt really sad. Why?

Because the poor placed all their hopes on the thieves and not on the City Lord. It was indeed a sad fact.

At this time, Lin Fei and his group had arrived at the largest building in the whole city. Lin Fei did not know what this place was, but he knew one thing: it was like a granary used to store food in the Lower Realm. He didn’t know what was inside, but he knew it probably wasn’t something good.

Because at this moment, they were running straight towards that place.

"What’s stored in there?" Lin Fei asked.

"The Vault!"

Shang Madao frowned and spoke.

"The Vault? Such a big Vault? How much is stored inside?" Lin Fei wondered, if it was filled entirely, it could probably cover the whole city with a layer of gold, because it was so high, like a skyscraper.

Shang Madao smiled bitterly and did not answer, continuing to carefully proceed onward. Since Shang Madao didn’t say, Lin Fei didn’t continue to ask, but silently followed Shang Madao until they finally arrived in front of the so-called Vault.

Watching the Vault up close, it was even bigger! Lin Fei estimated that it had a diameter of at least 500 meters. A circle of guards outside had no time to rest, constantly patrolling and pacing back and forth.

Lin Fei wondered if such defenses could really be breached.

"Everyone ready? Change into disguise quickly!" Shang Madao immediately ordered.

At this moment, everyone changed into their new attire, Lin Fei included. Lin Fei initially did not understand, but after this remark, he understood. These clothes were identical to the ones worn by the guards. Were they going to pull a switcheroo?

However, Lin Fei quickly understood. After arriving at this alley, a team started preparing to change shifts. This team, after passing through the alley, stopped, and the leader said, "Alright, take care of business quickly, one by one, don’t rush."

Then, after the leader went in, he said to Lin Fei and them, "Hurry up, go and come back quickly!"

Shang Madao nodded, then immediately led Lin Fei and this team away from there, heading towards the Vault, and Lin Fei then realized, oh, so there’s an inside man!

But if there’s an inside man, why am I here? To fight?

As they moved forward, Lin Fei was surprised to find that many people greeted Shang Madao. It seemed that the people of this city no longer held any loyalty to the City Lord Mansion. Seeing them all acting like this, Lin Fei was amazed.

He really didn’t understand how this City Lord was running things, didn’t he understand the people’s suffering?