On the mountaintop, Little Gang was bored and decided to climb down with Mosquito to gather some mushrooms and vegetables from the forest. They also caught some small fish and shrimp from a mountain stream.

Meanwhile, the others gathered many tree branches and brought them to the mountaintop.

Wang Yun was using a small knife to sharpen all these branches to a point.

Old Song wasn’t idle either. He searched the mountain for useful materials. Finding chemical materials was quite difficult, but it was better than nothing.

In this way, two days passed quickly.

Meanwhile, in the program headquarters, all defenses were fully prepared.

Fingerprint locks had been installed on every room. Each room’s entrance was equipped with an infrared detector. These infrared detectors didn’t rely on facial recognition but identified people based on their muscle and bone structure.

Each infrared device was very expensive.

But they had no choice. To prevent Wang Yun from returning, they had to spare no expense.

They even placed a detector at each stairwell. Fully armed.

This highlighted the terror that Wang Yun inspired.

“Is it really necessary to be this scared? He’s just a human. In our country, people like him would have been caught a long time ago.”

Hardy sat in his room, listening to the commotion outside with disdain.

Though he was dismissive, he still installed fingerprint locks and infrared detectors. But he didn’t bother with a code system.

In his view, no one could impersonate his subordinates.

Everyone in Russia was incredibly strong, and their height and build were more prominent than average. He believed that even if Wang Yun could disguise himself, he couldn’t change his height and build.

“Two days, it’s been two days, and we haven’t made any progress!”

The speaker was Captain Miso from Mesmer Nation.

He came from the northernmost country and consistently ranked at the bottom of the program. Because of his poor performance, he stayed close to Hardy.

Miso was very cunning. He never showed his face during operations and preferred to stay in the background. But when it came time to go to the front lines, he made sure his men secretly followed him.

In short, he loved to take shortcuts.

His livestream had very few viewers. And those who stayed did so just to criticize him.

Everyone despised Miso’s behavior.

Despite his annoying talk, his flattery skills were top-notch. As a result, although Hardy looked down on him, he still allowed him into his room.

“Hmph, how big can Xiyun City be? Not a single clue so far. Starting tomorrow, I’ll personally lead a team to search house by house. I refuse to believe we can’t find a few living people by turning the whole city upside down.”

Hardy slammed his hand on the table.

He had been here for three days without any progress. This was a disgrace to him.

Captain Miso showed a fawning smile.

“You’re right Captain Hardy. I have manpower too, and I can lend them to you. My only goal is to catch Wang Yun. It doesn’t matter who catches him, but I hope the victor is my good brother.”

After speaking, Miso patted Hadi on the shoulder.

Hardy glanced at him but didn’t respond. Miso’s team’s performance was too poor.

Hardy walked out.

Wu Yaoming and the others were also heading out and coincidentally saw Hardy at the elevator. They wanted to greet him, but seeing his grim expression, they decided against it.

“Let him try. Everyone who comes here thinks Wang Yun is just a kitten. Little do they know, even lions bow before him,” Wang Yue whispered as she watched Captain Hardy stride out confidently.

Wu Yaoming said nothing. The morale in the headquarters had been thoroughly crushed.

What they needed to do now was to pull themselves together.

They had twice cornered Wang Yun, which meant there would be a third time.

Previously, they hadn’t considered the old neighborhoods as targets, but now they turned their attention there.

Checking old neighborhoods was both the hardest and easiest task.

It was difficult because these areas were filled with elderly residents, making communication with the program team challenging.

However, it was also easy because the close-knit community knew everyone’s business. They knew when relatives visited or if anything unusual happened in any household.

Today, as Hardy arrived at one of these old neighborhoods, he immediately found a lead.

“Is this the person who tutors your grandchild in chemistry?” Hardy asked, holding up a photo.

The old man nodded, “Yes, that’s him. He doesn’t charge much. He’s a very good person and teaches very thoroughly. My grandson likes him very much. But he hasn’t come for the past two days.”

The old man thought Hardy was a friend of Old Song, so he spoke enthusiastically.

Hardy frowned.

‘This man was imprisoned before because he was skilled in chemistry and made many highly destructive weapons. After the jailbreak with Wang Yun, he’s been hiding. He disappeared for two days? So has Wang Yun. It seems they are likely together,’ Hardy immediately thought.

“This is my friend, Old Song. Has he always been alone, or does he have company? Don’t misunderstand, grandpa. He’s been upset and left home recently, and I need to take him back,” Hardy explained with a fake smile.

The old man didn’t suspect anything after hearing this. Society was still considered very safe.

“Oh yes, he’s often accompanied by four young men. They all stay at Old Liu’s house in Unit One. Old Song probably left with them. Old Liu has been very sad recently. I’m off to pick up my grandson. If you find Old Song, tell him to come back and keep teaching my grandson. I’ll pay him more.”

With that, the old man waved his hand and left.

He didn’t lack money.

“It seems Song Jianhui has four people with him. So that means there are Seven of them in total. Wang Yun, Hu Hanqing, and their group,” Hardy said, his expression turned very grim.

Seven people—practically a small team. If their firepower was strong, they could easily take down one of his squads.

“Let’s go, quickly, back!”

As Hardy thought about this, he suddenly felt a chill down his spine.

He had come to the old neighborhood to investigate quietly, fearing that a large presence might upset the elderly residents. So, he only brought four inspectors with him. With his current fighting power, if he really encountered Wang Yun, it was uncertain whether he could capture him.

Hardy’s intuition was spot on.

As he was about to leave, on a distant rooftop, a wooden slingshot and a small, smooth stone had him firmly in their sights.

Source: Webnovel.com, updated by Aunomay