"Alright, Brother Feng, even though you have the nickna 'Fengzi', playing the fool and trying to slip by won't be possible now."
While Fengzi was being cornered by three people, looking utterly wronged, Ling Zhenfei suddenly patted his shoulder and lowered his voice to demand, "Speak, where exactly is your special base located?
How many won have you kidnapped and detained there? And, what was that about soone escaping that you ntioned to Wang Changming? Also, who exactly are your human trafficking organization? How do you operate?"
"This... I..."
Facing Ling Zhenfei's barrage of questions like a bombing raid, Fengzi was dumbstruck, his mouth gaping open, his expression extrely tense, and he had no idea how to respond.
"Don't want to talk, huh? Fengzi, I think you're just itching for a taste of pain. How about I use my Bone Disruption Technique to loosen you up!"
Ling Zhenfei couldn't be bothered to waste more ti with him and cracked his knuckles with a loud noise.
"No, no, I'll talk, I'll tell you everything, okay!"
Fengzi was an old hand in the Jianghu, normally unfazed by such crude interrogation tactics. However, when Ling Zhenfei employed these thods, the effect was quite different.
Seeing Fengzi ready to spill, Han Lian and Zhuo Yue were overjoyed. They took out paper, pens, and recording devices to take down every word of Fengzi's confession.
After hearing Fengzi's confession, the expressions of Ling Zhenfei, Han Lian, and Zhuo Yue all beca extrely grave.
It turned out, Hei Biao and Wang Changming were scumbags who made their money from running gambling dens, nightclubs, and other illicit activities that straddled the line between legal and illegal.
Not long ago, through an introduction, they connected with a human trafficking gang and secretly set up a base in the wilderness to coerce decent won into prostitution.
They would bring regular clients from their nightclubs to this place and then force the trafficked won to provide services, profiting imnsely from this arrangent.
When Fengzi ntioned the na of this human trafficking gang, Ling Zhenfei and the others were taken aback. This gang, known as the "Chen family," had been committing cris across multiple provinces, causing great headaches for the Ministry of Public Security, who even had a sizable bounty on their heads to no avail.
It was said that the Chen family usually committed cris as a group, all mbers belonging to the sa family and sect, each highly skilled in martial arts with a cultivation level of at least the mid-Xiantian stage.
Most critically, the mbers of the Chen family all practiced an evil technique that could bewitch even the most strong-willed and intelligent won, ensnaring them in their web.
"Zhenfei, we need to go back to the station and call for reinforcents now. This is going to be a big battle, and we'll need your help to support the police forces!"
Knowing that this was a sensational case, Han Lian said while simultaneously driving to the Binyang Public Security Bureau.
"Of course, how could such a big event go on without ? Even if you tried to keep away, it wouldn't work!"
Excited by Han Lian's invitation, Ling Zhenfei clenched his fist with a grim resolve and said, "Human traffickers are more despicable than drug traffickers. This ti, I'm determined to eradicate the Chen family and their accomplices from the land of Binyang!"
"Well said!" Hearing this, Zhuo Yue imdiately applauded loudly with both hands.
"And , I must be part of this operation too! I want to record the entire process of capturing the criminals! I want the world to know that justice will prevail in the end. All criminals will eventually face the full force of the law!"
Han Lian was initially planning to take Fengzi back to the station for questioning, but Ling Zhenfei, after so thought, believed that this would delay their opportunity and suggested they should call Director Guo directly instead.
After all, Hei Biao, Wang Changming, and the rest of the Chen family were cunning individuals who would escape at the slightest hint of trouble, making all their efforts in vain.
Having heard Ling Zhenfei's suggestion, Han Lian found it to be very sensible. She temporarily stopped the car at the roadside and dialed Guo Qing'an's number, succinctly outlining the case.
Guo Qing'an knew that this case was not trivial, and imdiately gave a decisive order to Han Lian, "Han Lian, a case must be investigated on the spot. First, escort Fengzi to their base. Once you get there, don't act rashly. Send the location, and I'll lead a team there imdiately!"
"Got it!" After hanging up the phone, Han Lian said to Ling Zhenfei, "Zhenfei, Director Guo wants us to go ahead."
"Okay!" Ling Zhenfei seed to have already known the outco, nodded, and then asked Fengzi to give a detailed description of the exact location of the base. He personally drove, heading straight for the base.
Hei Biao and Wang Changming were indeed cunning; the location they chose for their base was extrely remote, far from the urban area, in the deep mountains where there wasn't a soul in sight for over a dozen miles. During the dayti, one wouldn't even see the shadow of a car, let alone a person.
However, Ling Zhenfei was extrely familiar with the geographical environnt around Binyang; the base's location might be remote, but it didn't pose any difficulty for him.
The mountainous area was tortuous and difficult to navigate, and no sooner had the group set out towards the mountains than the road beca rugged and impossible to drive on.
Having no other choice, Ling Zhenfei decided to simply hide the car under the thick forest, and together with Han Lian and Zhuo Yue, they escorted Fengzi on foot through the mountain forest.
"What kind of godforsaken place is this? These criminals are cunning enough to hide their base here—who would have guessed!"
Looking at the seemingly endless dense jungle ahead, Zhuo Yue couldn't help but frown to herself.
Although she brazenly claid to be an undercover journalist, in reality, she was rely an intern. Furthermore, pampered from a young age, she was not accustod to hardship or danger, and the sight of these wild, desolate woods filled her with a sense of unease.
"Miss Zhuo, it's true that journalists are considered uncrowned kings, but at the sa ti, they are also kings of enduring hardship and braving danger," said Ling Zhenfei, finding Zhuo Yue's cautious behavior rather amusing. "If you're scared, just stay put in the car and don't co out."
"Hmph, who's scared? I can't even count the dangers I've faced, Zhuo Yue. How could such a little storm trouble ! I am not afraid at all!"
Zhuo Yue had clearly detected the mockery in Ling Zhenfei's words, and, putting on a brave front, she strode ahead on her own.
Rustle! Rustle!
It just so happened that at that mont, a vine fell from a tree above her and landed precisely on her shoulder; when the wind blew, it even made an indescribably eerie noise.
"Ah! Snake…there's a snake!"
Zhuo Yue was only putting on an act in front of Ling Zhenfei to bolster her courage, hence her walking alone in front. In reality, she was quite nervous inside.
Now, feeling sothing wrap around her shoulder and hearing the whispering wind by her ear, she instinctively thought it was a snake that had fallen.
Fear of snakes is a human instinct; it is even more so for girls.
Zhuo Yue, terrified, jumped back as if sprung, and unable to think of anything else, she started to scream.
Uh, this is…
"Snake, a snake! Get it off ! Get it off!"
While Ling Zhenfei was lost in thought, Zhuo Yue was completely unware of her own panic. In her extre fear of snakes, she was shouting incessantly.
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