"Mr. Xiao, the firearms and bullets you requested are all prepared." Xiao Hen's phone suddenly rang. After he answered it, it was someone dispatched by Ying Caihong to inform him. Xiao Hen had mentioned it to her once before, hoping to acquire some weapons—a very normal request. Many of Ying Caihong's subordinates possessed firearms and weapons, and as one could even see from the movie's plot, after entering the Goddess Tomb, they even carried dangerous items like powerful grenades and dynamite packs on their persons. Getting some firearms and bullets posed no difficulty for Ying Caihong.
Well, it should be said that to those wealthy young masters and descendants of powerful officials who joined the Spirit Cultivation Society, it posed zero difficulty. In fact, among the people who joined the Spirit Cultivation Society, many were members of mafia families from various countries around the world.
Xiao Hen walked briskly into a basement. This basement was built rather covertly, evidently taking certain circumstances into consideration, given that the items stored within the room were various projectile weapons.
Indeed, after arriving in this room, Xiao Hen saw various firearms and weapons neatly arranged inside, and he even spotted a few rocket projectiles in a wooden crate in the corner.
To think they even have this kind of weapon; those members of the Spirit Cultivation Society truly have connections reaching the heavens. Xiao Hen smiled faintly and began picking up the firearms to inspect them one by one. These firearms differed somewhat from those in the Resident Evil world, but after a period of familiarization, Xiao Hen still figured out how to use these firearms, how to load the bullets, and so on.
"These firearms and bullets now belong to me. There are over a dozen firearms of various models, tens of thousands of rounds of various bullets altogether, plus ten rocket projectiles, two rocket launchers, and over a hundred grenades. Not bad, not bad." Xiao Hen reassembled the dismantled firearms, then locked the room door tightly. The weapons inside this room now belonged to him, and when the plot began, he would naturally take these weapons away.
These weapons are probably worth millions by now, Xiao Hen sighed with emotion. He couldn't wait to establish his own force in the real world. Although replenishing ammunition in the Story World was convenient, for now he still couldn't control the type of world he would enter next. If it were an ancient world like The Great Wall, he wouldn't be able to restock ammunition.
I cannot pin my hopes on the next unknown world; I must build my own force! Xiao Hen made up his mind.
Over a month later, in Xiao Hen's residence, Xiao Hen was slowly practicing the boxing routine he had obtained from Li Tingxuan. This was a form of Xingyi Boxing called Wind Wolf Fist.
Li Tingxuan cultivated it as a fitness boxing routine, yet even so, he had still reached the level of a Boxing Master. If not for his advanced age, Lei Yong might not truly have been a match for Li Tingxuan.
Wind Wolf Fist focuses on speed, precision, and ruthlessness. The punching speed must be fast; fix your eyes on the target, throw a punch, and unleash a full-powered strike!
Xiao Hen stopped his boxing stance and pondered deeply. This was clearly a combat boxing routine, yet Li Tingxuan practiced it as a fitness routine—that was truly casting pearls before swine. Only in actual combat would this type of boxing experience rapid growth.
Wind Wolf Fist combined with my terrifying physical fitness can apply multi-layered multipliers to my combat power. I've only practiced it for a little over a month, and my combat power has already reached thirty-seven points! Xiao Hen looked at the translucent character panel before him, which displayed his combat power value.
A combat power of thirty-seven points—in this world, or even in the real world, there is practically no one who can defeat me... To defeat or even kill me, one would have to rely on projectile weapons.
He said practically no one because Xiao Hen did not know whether hidden martial arts grandmasters or other types of super-powerful entities existed in the real world or the Story World he currently inhabited.
Bang, bang, bang...
The knock on the door snapped Xiao Hen out of his deep contemplation. "Come in."
An elderly man resembling a butler walked in and said, "Mr. Xiao, our Chairman requests your presence!"
"Alright, I'll head over right now." Xiao Hen's eyes lit up, and he guessed in his heart that the plot quest was likely about to begin.
He walked out of the hotel where he was staying, went downstairs, and right across the way was the corporate building of Global Mining Group. Upon arriving at Ying Caihong's office, he saw quite a few people inside, all of them unfamiliar faces.
"Mr. Xiao, you're here," Ying Caihong said with a smile. "Yoko, whom we dispatched to the United States, just sent word that she has already signed a contract with a professional tomb-raiding team. One week from now, we will meet at Grassland Goddess Mountain to officially begin our search for the Flower of the Other Shore."
"Is that so? That's wonderful. When do we set off?" Xiao Hen asked with a smile. Was the plot finally starting?
"We leave tomorrow. Many weapons need to be transported through covert channels and must be prepared in advance," Ying Caihong said.
"Honored Master, this is truly wonderful! As long as we obtain the Flower of the Other Shore, you will save all of humanity across the world," several young men beside Ying Caihong said excitedly.
"Yes, the world is about to usher in darkness, and the Flower of the Other Shore is that final ray of hope. I was born bearing the great destiny, and the heavy responsibility of saving the world rests upon me. Everyone must help me obtain the Flower of the Other Shore!" Ying Caihong looked at the young men and women around her with a mystical air.
Seeing this, the corners of Xiao Hen's mouth twitched slightly, and he remained silent with a slight ache in his teeth.
That very evening, Xiao Hen emptied the armory in the building's basement. Afterwards, he intentionally damaged the door lock, then made a show of packing some firearms into a large backpack and having the Spirit Cultivation Society members help transport them back to the country. In this somewhat urgent moment, nobody went down to the basement to inspect that room or realized that all the weapons inside had vanished.
Early the next morning, everyone boarded Global Mining Group's private plane and headed back to the country, then transferred to a line of sedans to travel toward the grassland region, speeding along the road without a single stop.
In less than a week, everyone rushed to Grassland Goddess Mountain, the location of the Goddess Tomb.
"We'll set up camp first. Yoko and the others will arrive tomorrow, and by then we can begin exploring the entrance to the Goddess Tomb." Ying Caihong's face was brimming with hope. There was no help for it; she had reached the late-stage brain tumor and faced almost certain death. Now, the supernatural Flower of the Other Shore was her final hope.
Next came using the influence of the Spirit Cultivation Society to transport various supplies and materials, building a camp near Goddess Mountain. The subordinates naturally handled these matters, leaving neither Xiao Hen nor Ying Caihong to worry about them.
Time passed quickly. Within just a few days, Yoko brought Wang Kaixuan and Big Gold Tooth onto the grassland.
Just like the events unfolding in the movie plot, upon Wang Kaixuan's arrival, the first thing he saw was Ying Caihong practicing her cultivation techniques with numerous disciples. Of course, Xiao Hen wouldn't lose his mind and join in; he merely sat off to the side, looking boredly at the grassland scenery. To be honest, that Goddess Mountain in the distance was truly astonishing. The shape of the entire mountain resembled a sleeping woman, her features clear, right down to the distinct contours of her hair and chest.
Xiao Hen turned his head to look toward the camp entrance. The sound of hoofbeats and cars approaching signaled that Wang Kaixuan, Yoko, and the others had arrived.
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