Yan Kui stayed inside the room designated by Tang Shaoyang. It was a quite big room, three beds, a bathroom inside, and a living room.
He sat in the living room while his subordinates searched the room. They were searching for hidden cameras.
"I don't think they have hidden cameras," one of the soldiers spoke to Yan Kui.
"It's better safe than sorry," After saying that, he looked over Yi Qiao and the other three. He was examining the three soldiers' heads.
The dried blood was still on their heads, but no scars or wounds. It was completely fine as if nothing happened to them.
He then looked over Yi Qiao's thigh. He was sure that the sword pierced through the thigh, "What about you? Are you okay?"
"I am… okay," Yi Qiao tried to move his right leg. If he did not feel the excruciating pain earlier, he might think it was a nightmare instead.
"What happened with you and Tang Shaoyang?" Yan Kui asked out, not because of his curiosity, he wanted to get more information about this Tang Shaoyang.
Yi Qiao made an uncomfortable look, he did not want to tell his past to anyone. It was his humiliation, the disgrace that would always prick his heart each time being mentioned.
"I am here to help you. If the talk is successful, I can help you with the problem," Yan Kui made a promise even though he was unsure if he would be able to deliver it.
After hesitating for a moment, Yi Qiao told his superior what happened back then. He did not mention anything about the Survival Game. He thought that was not related to anything with the main crux.
He did not hide it deliberately as he assumed Yan Kui already knew about it from the Flame Castle.
"So you don't know anything about him until your first meeting in the HZ Bay?" Yan Kui rubbed his chin as he leaned back on the couch.
As he conversed with Yi Qiao and the others, the people he asked to search the room came to report. No hidden cameras could be spotted inside the room. The room was not tapped too, it was safe.
"Alright, listen to me!" He raised his tone as he attracted his subordinates' attention, "We came here with a mission, not for a personal reason. I hope you can control your emotions, not acting on your own!"
For the talk to go smoothly, he needed his men to have one thought with him. He did not want to get screwed like before, "This is not a request, but an order!"
Yan Kui scanned his men, he then noticed Yi Qiao raised his hand, "What is it, Yi Qiao?"
"If I may know, what's the mission?" Aside from Yan Kui himself, no one knew what they came here for. That was why they acted on their own.
"Our mission is…" Yan Kui told them what they came for. It was a simple but hard mission at the same time.
"What if they refuse?" One of the soldiers asked out.
"We will make them can't refuse our proposal," Yan Kui smiled, he had a brilliant idea, "Listen to me, I will make the appointment tomorrow at noon for the second meeting. Before the meeting, we will make our preparations…"
Thirty minutes later, Yan Kui and his subordinates came out of their room, "We are going to look around, can we?"
There was an attendant appointed for them for their needs. He told the female attendant his purpose and the female attendant agreed immediately with his request. She even offered to show them around.
"We haven't had our lunch…" before Yan Kui finished his words, the female attendant smiled, "I will lead you to our cafeteria. It's about lunchtime."
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The next afternoon
Yan Kui and his men were led to the same room. This time, however, he did not see the three beastmen. Fewer people compared to yesterday.
However, he saw the young man who pierced Yi Qiao's thigh behind Tang Shaoyang. The healers were not there, but the woman called Kang Xue, another beauty was still with him.
There was an additional old man in the line too. Soon, Yan Kui realized something. Yesterday, they were showing off their strength. They were telling him that they were not easy people.
Yan Kui however was not discouraged by this fact. He smiled and exchanged greetings with the Leader. After a small talk, Yan Kui immediately went into the main topic.
"We come to meet Leader Tang to talk about two things!" Yan Kui's tone deepened as his expression turned solemn.
"Oh, two things?" Tang Shaoyang nodded and smiled, "We will help if it's within our capability."
Yan Kui was no longer wasting time with pleasantries, "First, we are looking for a wanted criminal. From the information, we heard the criminal is taking shelter in this base. I wish you to cooperate with the military force to apprehend the criminal."
"Criminal?" Tang Shaoyang's smiled froze, then a frown formed on his forehead, "First, of all, we have all the information of the people who live in the base. We also keep watching on them, I am pretty sure we don't have a criminal here."
"Our information should not be wrong. What about if you check it first whether the criminals are within the base or not. It would be dangerous for him and his partner to run around with the other survivors," Yan Kui shook his head.
"We wish for your cooperation, Leader Tang. His name is Yu Shun and Luo Lan. They killed the guards in the establishment, we have to apprehend them to console the family our guards left behind, bringing justice to them!" He continued righteously.
"Yu Shun and Luo Lan?" The frown vanished from Tang Shaoyang's expression as a smile formed. He nodded his head, "We will try to look at these two people, what about the second thing you want to discuss with me?"
"Thank you for your cooperation, Leader Tang," Yan Kui nodded his head, "The second thing is our Major General Shi Yan wants you to cooperate with us to hand over the base to the military force. We will use this base as our main operation base to rescue humanity and also our country!" Yan Kui expressed his thoughts with passion.
"Of course, if you want, you can join the military force for a good cause too. We will reward you handsomely for your contribution," he did not forget to add the offer.
Everyone in the room was looking at Tang Shaoyang, waiting for his response. Tang Shaoyang maintained his smile as he listened to Yan Kui, "This is a request or a command?"
"This is a request from the military force, we are hoping to face the disaster and rebuild our country together…" having not finished his words, Tang Shaoyang cut in the middle, "If this is a request, then I have to refuse the request. I am putting my life to get the base, my sweat to build the base, and our blood to make the base run in order. I can't hand over the base to the military base."
Yan Kui was stunned for a moment at the exaggeration in Tang Shaoyang's words, "But this is an order from the government and also the military force of our country!" He immediately raised his tone.
"Government? Which one? Do you have the official letter with the government seal that this is an order from the government?" Tang Shaoyang questioned the opposite party back.
"In the first place, can you prove that you are from the military force? The moment you arrive at this base, you never showed us the proof that you are a soldier aside from your military uniform," He pointed at the green military uniform on these people.
"How do I know that you are the legal military force of our country?"
Yan Kui was silenced with a series of questions from Tang Shaoyang. He could not give a proper response to the question. He had nothing Tang Shaoyang asked for. His military identification had been long gone after they scrambled around from the mess.
Government official letter with a seal? He had not heard that there was someone from the government who survived. He was bluffing about the government part.
It took a while for Yan Kui to regain his composure, "So you are not going to hand over the base even if we ask nicely?"
"Of course not, I am not going to hand over my empire to anyone, no exception," Tang Shaoyang's smiled then started to turn into a grin.
"Your empire?" Yan Kui furrowed his brows the moment he heard that. He thought there was something wrong with his hearings.
"Yes! Welcome to The Empire of Tang," Tang Shaoyang's grin became wider.
Yan Kui was stunned, but soon he heard laughter from his men.
"Empire? Is he joking? An empire at this age?"
"He must be dreaming, in delusion because of the zombies!"
"Does that mean he is the Emperor? Hahaha…"
But soon the laughter stopped as Lu An threw his sword toward the group. The sword hit no one, but it passed through them closely before it pierced the wall.
The soldiers looked at Lu An in shock, "If I heard your laughter next time, I will make sure that the sword will pierce your head next time!" Lu An's cold voice rang in the meeting room.
Yan Kui, however, ignored the threat as he looked toward Tang Shaoyang with his eyes wide open, "Are you saying that you are establishing an empire?"
"Do you know that this is an act of treason to the country?"