Ye Hesheng looked as though he was about to embark on the "path of the protagonist."
Wang Dong watched him without showing the slightest reaction.
Hand over the goods, then release the hostage? No way.
Ye Hesheng was very insistent about this.
He demanded that he first board the high-speed special ship carrying the ransom and travel some distance away before the goods were handed over.
Wang Dong understood.
Ye Hesheng was afraid he wouldn't honor the agreement and would kill him even after receiving the ransom.
But Wang Dong didn't care.
He hadn't planned to kill him right away anyway.
That would have been too uncouth.
So.
First came the inspection.
The delivery party had brought two high-speed special ships.
High-speed special ships weren't Kindling Warships.
They were special vessels built using conventional technology, designed specifically for escape and concealment.
One was to be Ye Hesheng's personal ship.
The other was to transport the resources serving as the ransom.
The inspection was of those resources.
The Sky Peng Horizontal dispatched a small team of assault troops to board the high-speed special ship, maintaining a remote communications link throughout.
After verifying that everything was in order.
The Sky Peng Horizontal released Ye Hesheng first.
Ye Hesheng boarded the high-speed special ship that had come to deliver the goods without a hitch.
After boarding.
Ye Hesheng let out a long breath.
It seemed Wang Dong had no intention of turning on him.
His life should be safe.
Without any delay.
After a barely polite farewell, the high-speed special ship powered up in an instant.
It then accelerated at a staggering rate, quickly reaching high speed.
At the same time.
The personnel aboard the other high-speed special ship handed over control of the vessel.
They also deactivated the self-destruct mechanism aboard the