Pretending To Be A Boss-Chapter 288 - 16: The Hero Who Goes with the Flow_2

People like him would generally offer a smiling face, but for the sake of benefit, they could betray their business partners without much of a burden on their conscience.

Yet, they were not the same as those absolute evildoresses.

Deep down, there would still be a friend they were unwilling to betray.

Take Yu Xiaozhe, for example.

"I did keep a trick up my sleeve," he said.

Tang Xian nodded and spoke:

"Li Xiaoyu ran away from home. That woman is truly foolish. To avoid detection, she found you because your methods are recognized as ingenious in the industry, but you had a little trick in mind."

"For instance, in a transmission crack that the lords of the Li Family Fortress wouldn’t be able to track, you left a locator that you could track by yourself, earning Li Xiaoyu’s money first, then Li Wanye’s money. After all, a daughter captured by her father isn’t likely to result in any big trouble."

A feeling of being dissected on the spot surged into Lin Sen’s heart.

His forehead was covered with fine beads of sweat, his face full of disbelief.

Yu Xiaozhe shrugged and said:

"I told you my friend here is as sharp as someone with the Mind Reading Technique. You’d better not create any trouble for him."

Tang Xian laughed and said:

"Don’t be nervous, I understand you, and I support your decision to betray Li Xiaoyu."

"Hmm? What do you mean?" Lin Sen became increasingly unable to see through Tang Xian.

"However, once there is a signal from her in the Pyramid, you must tell me first to ensure I know Li Xiaoyu’s whereabouts at the earliest. Then you can sell the information to the Li family. Whatever price the Li family pays, I’ll offer twenty percent more. You can earn from two sources.

Don’t doubt my financial resources. Even though I am a public enemy, I also possess corresponding wealth," Tang Xian said.

Yu Xiaozhe laughed.

This was what he admired about Tang Xian.

No matter how vile the business partner was, this man always managed to keep both sides in a pleasant cooperative atmosphere.

Lin Sen loved money, enough to betray business partners. Such a person was cherished by Yu Xiaozhe, who could tolerate him.

Most people would curse him as shameless and without integrity.

But Tang Xian’s approach was just the right remedy.

Lin Sen hadn’t expected the business he thought wouldn’t survive could actually net double the profit, and he immediately began to think better of Tang Xian.

"Boss Tang! No wonder Yu often praises you, you really do suit my tastes," he said.

He slapped the table:

"It’s a deal, this is Miss Li’s locator. It will only work after she returns to the fortress. The last time she showed up was at Fortress Thirty-Nine. She’s pretty clever; during the visa relaxation period, everyone thought she left Fortress Thirty-Nine, but in fact, she never left."

"If you want to go there, Yu and I will help you prepare the documents. As long as you keep a low profile, no one will notice you."

Tang Xian nodded, accepting the device similar to a wristwatch from Lin Sen.

Li Xiaoyu being in Fortress Thirty-Nine saved him some effort, then he continued speaking:

"Thanks for this. There won’t be any more trackers inside, will there?"

Lin Sen immediately shook his head and said:

"That can’t happen! You are different from Miss Li, you have a relationship with Yu, I won’t scam you."

Tang Xian nodded, convinced by Lin Sen’s sincerity, which he could see was fluctuating in real-time.

Yu Xiaozhe spoke, "What’s the situation with you and Li Xiaoyu now?"

Tang Xian was silent for a while, then spoke:

"There’s no situation, just remembered something. I want to fulfill a small request of hers."

"Tsk tsk. Brother, you’ve changed," Yu Xiaozhe said, looking at Tang Xian with a meaningful gaze.

Tang Xian quickly changed the subject and said:

"How are things going in the Yuepela Plains?"

"Not optimistic, the war is increasingly urgent, with heavy casualties. But there’s news that the Li family has provided a new type of war machine, ready to be deployed on a large scale to the mining area. It might turn the tide of war."

Tang Xian narrowed his eyes.

He immediately thought of the Judgment Knights. The powerful machine units with rays that are extremely lethal to the creatures in the mining area.

"Where is the main force?"

"They’ve retreated from the Yuepela Plains to the Saint Dene Highlands, and the situation remains dire. They might even retreat further, and there’s news of a massive outbreak of calamitous creatures in the Yuepela Plains."

"So, humans haven’t been able to take the Yuepela Plains?"

"That’s right. What’s this for? Don’t tell me you’re planning to help?"

Tang Xian didn’t speak.

He wasn’t a saint and often didn’t return good for evil.

Intuition told Tang Xian that perhaps humanity was even a more tragic victim than himself.

Regaining humanity’s trust and leading them out of the Pyramid wasn’t Tang Xian’s style of heroism.

But he wasn’t devoid of compassion.

Especially since leading humans away was equivalent to causing trouble for the Order, Tang Xian had this great idea and motivation.

The objectives for the foreseeable future were thus determined—

Become a hero out of interest or simply because it was convenient.

Lead humanity back to its ancient homeland and unveil the most evil secrets deep within the Pyramid.

Then he asked for some details and got a general understanding of the events that had occurred in recent days.

Including some bizarre tales from the mining area.

"Mask demon?" Tang Xian was momentarily stunned when he heard these words from Yu Xiaozhe.

Soon after, he smiled and said,

"It seems the big shots don’t dare to enter the mining area anymore, do they?"

"Exactly. I don’t dare to go either, after all, with all the fakes I’ve made, if that mask demon sets its sights on me, I’d be a dead man," Yu Xiaozhe said.

Tang Xian nodded slightly, having guessed the identity of the masked person, thereby getting a clear grasp of the whole situation.

Tang Xiaojiu and Tang Feiji, bored, were almost dozing off listening to all this.

Tang Xian also stood up and said,

"Try to get the visa for the thirty-ninth fortress sorted out as soon as possible, we can talk about the rest next time."

"This is your new phone, the previous one has been exposed," Yu Xiaozhe handed over a black box.

The advantage of dealing with smart people is that they think of everything.

It wasn’t long before Tang Xian bid farewell to Yu Xiaozhe and Lin Sen.

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...

In the following days, it was all about waiting for Lin Sen and Yu Xiaozhe to create a new identity.

And waiting for Li Xiaoyu to return to the Pyramid.

During this period, Tang Xian didn’t go out at all, obtained a lease for half a year with a Soul Crystal, and lived in a house on the lower level.

He carefully went over the subsequent plans and arrangements over and over again. He had to confirm them daily.

Tang Xiaojiu and Tang Feiji were well-behaved in the meantime.

If there was anything that even a species supremacist like Tang Feiji had to acknowledge about humans, it was their way of handling food.

The things that Tang Xian made were so delicious that they even elicited praise from the dragon species.

The days passed quietly.

Even after Tang Xian moved to the thirty-ninth fortress, all was calm.

Yu Xiaozhe and Lin Sen were very efficient.

On the fourth day, they had already prepared the driver’s identity card for the fortress transfer vehicle for Tang Xian.

The real driver had been bought off with a hefty sum.

Three days later, a government official was scheduled to travel from the thirty-ninth fortress to the second fortress.

This official was named Jiang Ming.

When Tang Xian saw the list, he couldn’t help but smile unexpectedly.

It’s a small world after all.

At that moment, he was on the phone with Yu Xiaozhe.

"In three days, you will take Jiang Ming away. He is a senior member from the House of Daedalus, and I, along with Lin Sen, will switch Jiang Ming out for you too, then disguise your cousin Tang Ao as Jiang Ming. I have already prepared the identity card.

I will ensure the pilot and the passengers are all imposters. But I may not be able to complete this within three days... if I can’t, you’ll just have to keep waiting."

Tang Xian silently took note.

Yu Xiaozhe continued to instruct,

"Also, once the flight vehicle deviates from the pre-planned trajectory, about thirty minutes later, there will likely be a large fleet of flying units searching for you."

Tang Xian said, "Don’t worry, I can handle that."

"Alright, wait for my message."

Yu Xiaozhe hung up the phone.

Tang Xian began planning the flight route. His previous experience with fortress transfers allowed him to quickly draft a feasible plan.

He named this plan the Escape Operation.

He didn’t know if he was the first person in human history who actually wanted to escape the Pyramid and was truly implementing it.

He simply longed for that world which had long been abandoned.

Before Tang Xian finished with his tasks, something else happened.

A sharp alarm signal sounded from the locator wristwatch Lin Sen had given him.

He knew what that meant—

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Li Xiaoyu had returned to the Pyramid.