Chapter 9: Wang Sheng's Loyalty (Part 1)

  After a long bumpy ride, the convoy finally came to a stop. No one knew how long they had been traveling or where they were. Tang Feng only felt exhausted all over, using an advertising slogan, his waist was sore and his back hurt, and his legs cramped. Wang Sheng was even worse off, with beads of sweat the size of soybeans constantly dripping from his forehead, and his clothes were already soaked through. It made sense, after such a long period of rushing around, relying solely on their hands and waists to support their entire bodies. Even Tang Feng, a special forces soldier, couldn't hold out, let alone Wang Sheng, who was only slightly stronger than an ordinary person.

  "What's going on up ahead?" General Zhang's voice clearly reached Tang Feng and the others.

  "Reporting to the leader, it seems like there's been a car accident up ahead. It looks like we won't be able to get through for a while."

  "Oh, go ask what's going on and when it will be okay." General Zhang said.

  "Yes." The voice dropped, and a series of footsteps gradually faded away.

  A moment later.

  "Boss, there's been an accident up ahead involving a bus and a van. They're waiting for the traffic police and insurance company to arrive. Shall I ask them to move out of the way?"

  "No, that would disrupt the scene and cause inconvenience to the traffic police in identifying the accident. There's a restaurant next door, let's go take a break first. Ah, I'm getting old, sitting in the car for so long is unbearable."

  Then, a group of people walked towards the restaurant not far away. Tang Feng knew that this must be another arrangement by General Zhang. However, one thing in front of him had put Tang Feng in a dilemma. Because there were still several soldiers who did not go to the restaurant together, but were guarding the car, and more importantly, Tang Feng could not judge the position of these people at present. Otherwise, it would not be difficult for him and Xu Qiang, Guan Zhiyong to knock out these people without alarming others.

  Just as Tang Feng was worried, a young officer ran over and said: "Zhang Liu, Zhao Kang, the leader called you to rest too. The car is parked here, nothing will happen. I don't think anyone dares to move the troops' cars."

  "Yes." After saying that, Tang Feng vaguely saw the three people leave from under the car. It seems that General Zhang's thoughts were indeed thorough. After confirming that there was no one around, Tang Feng made a hand gesture to the other three people. Although Wang Sheng couldn't understand what it meant, he also understood what to do now from the actions of the three people.

  After the four of them crawled out of the rope loop and untied it, Tang Feng didn't want to cause trouble for General Zhang. Then they quietly climbed out from the other side and ran towards a small grove not far away.

  Arriving at the forest, the four of them found a relatively secluded spot and sat down to rest.

  "My god, this really isn't something a human can do, my waist is almost broken." Wang Sheng said, lying on a pile of weeds and panting heavily.

  "Haha, you little kid, can't even handle this bit of hardship? I haven't seen it kill you yet. Suffering a bit is still better than being in prison, right?" Xǔ Qiáng said with a mocking tone.

  Wang Shengyi heard this, but he couldn't take it anymore. He jumped up and shouted at Xu Qiang: "Who says I can't bear hardships? Didn't I also hold on? But to be honest, you three are really strong. I'm almost falling apart, while you guys look like nothing's wrong."

  "Then don't you want to be like us?" Guan Zhiyong asked, but this feeling is just like a weasel giving New Year's greetings to a chicken.

  Wang Sheng thought for a moment and immediately spoke up: "Think about it, who wouldn't want to get stronger?"

  Tang Feng thought for a moment after hearing Wang Sheng's words and said, "Alright, from now on I'll get Xu Qiang to train you. As long as you can endure the hardship, I guarantee that within a year, even if you're not as good as us, you won't be far behind." Wang Sheng would have been considered a capable person among ordinary people, but compared to Tang Feng and his peers, he was still far from their level. Tang Feng's words were sincere, as he truly wanted to cultivate Wang Sheng well, after all, they would be working together in the future, and having more skills meant having more capital for survival. Since Wang Sheng decided to follow Tang Feng, Tang Feng had already considered him a half-brother, although their relationship hadn't developed to the point of complete trust, Tang Feng still didn't want anything to happen to Wang Sheng.

  Wang Sheng rubbed his head and said after a long while: "This... can you reveal the training content first?"

  "Haha, it's quite simple, I just spar with him for 3 hours every day." Guan Zhiyong said nonchalantly.

  "Three, three hours? Forget it, I'm old and want to live a few more years. Don't let me get killed by my own brother instead of the enemy." Wang Sheng hastily waved his hand in refusal.

  Tang Feng couldn't help but laugh in his heart. This wasn't strange, though - others didn't know about Wang Sheng's strength, but he had a deep understanding of it. Back when they were in the army, Wang Sheng was new and would always pester him to spar with him. At first, Tang Feng could easily take care of him, but after a year, Wang Sheng's strength increased greatly, and their sparring sessions would often go on for 1-2 hours without a clear winner. Although Tang Feng still won every time, it was only because he relied on his abnormal endurance - even he didn't dare to directly block Wang Sheng's full-strength punch. Wang Sheng had only seen Xu Qiang fight twice and was already so scared; who knows what would happen if he knew about Xu Qiang's true strength? But Wang Sheng was destined to not be able to escape.

  "Hmph, I thought you were a decent person, but it turns out you're just like this. Forget it, don't follow me from now on, do whatever you want, I don't want my brother to be beaten or captured in the future." Tang Feng said with a stern face, looking at Wang Sheng.

  Wang Sheng was shocked by Tang Feng's gaze, which was as sharp as a knife. This was not something that ordinary people could possess. Was he right or wrong to follow him? After thinking for a while, Wang Sheng gritted his teeth and thought fiercely: "Damn it, I don't care anymore. My life is already sold to him. Even if he kills me with his own hands in the future, there's nothing I can do about it. Let's just say I'm unlucky." However, looking at them, they seemed like people who valued relationships and loyalty, so such a thing shouldn't happen, right? Yeah, that must be the case.

  "Damn, I was just joking with you guys, and you really thought I'm a softie? I've been out on my own since I was 17, that's exactly 15 years now. The 5 years I spent in prison don't count, but the 10 years I spent struggling in society do. Who am I afraid of? It's settled then, from now on, I'll fight Tank every day. You little punk, don't be a disappointment, or you'll get beaten by me." Having made up his mind, Wang Sheng exuded a strong fighting spirit as he coolly finished speaking and continued to rest.

  Tang Feng and the other two exchanged a glance, then looked at Wang Sheng with an ambiguous smile, making Wang Sheng feel uneasy in his heart, as if he had been schemed again.

  Tang Feng's expression turned serious as he said, "Old Hu, since it's like this, from now on we're all brothers. The underworld is a dead-end path; either you make a name for yourself and earn people's respect, or you'll be eliminated by others or spend your life in prison. You'd better think carefully about this. If you've made up your mind, then from now on the four of us will join forces to create our own world."

  Wang Shengyi suddenly got up from the ground and said seriously: "Death God, you're right. The underworld is indeed like this. I actually quite like the life in the underworld. Here, there's no hypocrisy like before. What should be what, what should be lowly is lowly, what should be despicable is despicable. It's much better than those fake justice people who appear bright on the surface but are rotten inside. At least we dare to do and dare to admit it, unlike them who don't even dare to acknowledge their wrongdoings. As for me, I'm a thug all my life, besides fighting and womanizing, what else can I do? If you treat me as your brother, I won't hide anything from you either. My whole family was killed by a leader in our county. He raped my mom, and when she wanted to report him, he had someone set our house on fire. Luckily, I was out that day, but when I returned home, everything was gone, even the ashes were nowhere to be found. I reported it, but no one believed me. From then on, I fell into darkness. Later, when I became powerful, the first thing I did was take revenge and kill that bastard. Unfortunately, his wife and son escaped."