Chapter 124 - 40: Poisoning (Third Update)
Mu Hua No.1 Breeding Farm in Guangyi County.
Because pig farms inevitably have some odors drifting around, the No.1 Breeding Farm was located in a very remote suburb.
Besides the breeding farm, the surrounding area was covered with uninhabited mountains and forests.
At that moment, in the midst of the forest, Yu Runming appeared with seven or eight thugs.
"Brother Yu, do we really have to do this? This seems a bit too much,"
one of the underlings nervously remarked, afraid of getting caught if something went wrong.
If they went in, that would be at least ten years in prison to start with.
"What are you afraid of? Keep tight-lipped, and I will take the fall if anything happens,"
Yu Runming coldly snorted, his eyes filled with malice, "I have already discussed this with the uncle. Since we’re completely at odds now, it’s all or nothing. We aren’t giving them any chance to turn things around."
Mountain Mule slapped the underling across the face and cursed, "What are you afraid of at this critical moment? Has Brother Yu ever treated us badly?"
Yu Runming raised his hand to stop Mountain Mule and added, "I know what you all are worried about. Our Yikang Company won’t let you down. After this job, everyone will get a million each. How many years would it take you to earn that much money? Once it’s gone, it’s gone."
Upon hearing this, the gang’s eyes gleamed, and they breathed rapidly. Even the one who had been slapped no longer cared about the pain, repeatedly saying, "Brother Yu, we’ll do whatever you say; we listen to you."
For these thugs, they had nothing to lose. A million was enough for them to take the risk.
Yu Runming signaled to Mountain Mule with a glance, and the group unpacked several drones that had been modified from their backpacks.
Then Yu Runming took out several glass bottles and carefully mounted them on the drones.
The thugs, working in small groups, controlled a drone each and, under the faint moonlight, directed the drones towards the Mu Hua No.1 Breeding Farm.
"This time, I’ll see if you die."
An excited smile spread across Yu Runming’s face. The bottles carried by those drones contained the African swine fever virus.
African swine fever is a major killer. It’s an acutely febrile disease of pigs, highly infectious, with a short disease course and a mortality rate of up to 100%.
If one pig in the farm contracted the virus, it could quickly spread throughout the whole breeding operation. Then, the entire farm would have to be scrapped.
Even if there were any pigs left alive that hadn’t contracted the disease, to prevent the spread of the swine fever virus, they would also have to be culled and buried.
Yu Runming planned to use the drones to drop the swine fever virus into the breeding farm to facilitate rapid transmission of the virus.
This way, all two million pigs inside would be doomed, resulting in a total loss.
Calculating at a cost of 1800 yuan per pig, the death of two million pigs would result in a loss of at least 3.6 billion yuan, certainly enough to drive Mu Hua Company to the brink of bankruptcy.
"To think you could compete with us at Yikang, clueless fool."
The more Yu Runming thought about it, the more excited he became. He already began to imagine Su Jie kneeling and crying, begging them to buy out Mu Hua Company.
Though Mu Hua Company wouldn’t have many pigs left by then, its equipment, factories, land, and skilled workers were still valuable.
A drone flew leisurely, but it hadn’t even left the woods yet.
In the night, a moth the size of a human fingertip, stubby and plump with pale human-like features, reached the drone and spat a precise stream of corrosive acid at its propeller, making it plummet down like a spearhead.
Underneath where the drone fell, a swarm of black clouds surged forward, engulfing it with densely packed moths of the same kind.
"My drone’s controls are gone; it seems like something knocked it down,"
"Same here; it looks like the night vision camera captured a bug,"
"Damn, my drone is gone too,"
Yu Runming, still immersed in his fantasies, suddenly heard a chorus of panic from the thugs.
"What’s going on? How could the drone just fall down, did they set up a jammer over there?"
Yu Runming rushed over and looked at the remote control in one of the underlings’ hands.
He saw that the screen connected to the drone camera had gone black, indicating it had obviously crashed.
"Go find the drone immediately and see what exactly happened!"
Yu Runming was puzzled and hastily sent people to look for the reason.
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Mountain Mule picked up a flashlight and took several underlings, volunteering bravely to go out.
But they’d only taken a few steps when these guys suddenly turned pale. They scrambled back, crawling and rolling.
"What the hell happened now?"
Yu Runming’s anger rose at these useless underlings whom he wished could be more dependable.
"Brother Yu... Brother Yu, it’s... it’s... haunted, there are ghosts!"
Mountain Mule’s pants were soaking wet, he had pissed himself, screaming in utter terror.
"Ghosts? Your head! Are you brain-damaged? With such little courage, how can you survive in this life? Believe it or not, I could kick you to death."
Furious, Yu Runming could not understand how the usually dependable underlings had become such an embarrassment after arriving in Guangyi County.
Grabbing the remote control in his hand, Yu Runming was about to smash it.
But at that moment, he heard a strange rustling sound coming from the woods.
What followed made his heart stop, and his pupils dilate in terror.
Rows of pale corpse hands were crawling on the ground, their eerie pale skin and fingers moving in a disturbing and terrifying manner.
"Ghosts... Ghosts!"
Yu Runming let out a scream. He wanted to run, but his legs would not obey.
The other gang members, seeing this, were so frightened that their souls were nearly shattered, their cries and screams could be heard nonstop.
But when they tried to run, it was already too late. Rows of pale corpse hands covered them, seizing their arms and legs, rendering them immobile.
"Hehe, waited two days for you and this is what you came up with! I thought you were planning on murdering someone."
In the darkness, Su Jie slowly emerged, still holding the bottle containing the African swine fever.
"Are you human or ghost?"
It was too dark for Yu Runming to recognize Su Jie.
"We just saw each other two days ago and you already forgot me? I told you, we’d meet again soon."
As Su Jie approached, his face was also visible in the moonlight.
For a moment, all the gangsters including Yu Runming were dumbfounded.
They thought it was a ghostly occurrence, but behind the scenes, it was a person manipulating everything.
"How... How could it be you?"
Yu Runming’s throat desperately swallowed saliva, and goosebumps covered his skin.
What kind of enemy had he provoked? The enemy even possessed supernatural power.
Instinctively, Yu Runming struggled fiercely, his hands flailing, trying to escape from Su Jie’s vicinity.
"Is it so strange that it’s me? I am your number one enemy, it’s really not appropriate to ignore me like this."
Smirking, Su Jie stepped down, crushing one of Yu Runming’s palms into pulp.