Steam Era: The Lord of 'Puluo' Chapter 1244 599: Mountain Collapse (Part 3)

Ayun said, "This pit is dozens of meters deep, he shouldn't be able to get out."

Ah Yi snorted coldly, "Nonsense, he can fly, how could he not get out? Where's the explosives?"

Ah Mu brought over the explosive pack.

Ah Yi pulled the string and threw the explosive pack into the pit.

With a loud bang, there were constant cries from the pit.

Ah Yi laughed loudly, "Blow you up, did I blow you up? Did I blow you up?"

Li Banfeng shook his head and said, "No!"

Ah Yi looked at Li Banfeng in astonishment, "Why are you here?"

Li Banfeng said, "I just got here too!"

The cries from the pit continued, Ah Yi asked Li Banfeng, "Who got blown up?"

Li Banfeng said, "It's your wife."

"How could it be my wife?" Ah Yi rushed to the pit, pulled up the strong man, "Wife, listen to me, I wasn't trying to blow you up, I was aiming for him, how did you get here..."

The strong man pushed Ah Yi away, crying and saying, "I'm done with you, how could you do this, why blow me up..."

Ah Yi got furious, shouting to the villagers, "Catch him, capture this man for me! Blow him up!"

The villagers lifted the explosives and shouted to the village chief, "Which person should we blow up?"

"Blow up Bureau Chief Li!"

"Who's Bureau Chief Li?"

Ah Yi pointed at Li Banfeng and said, "It's him, he calls himself Li Qi, claiming to be Bureau Chief Li, catch him and there's a huge reward!"

Li Banfeng was shocked, "You even know I call myself Li Qi?"

Ah Yi smiled smugly, "What don't I know? I'm the village chief, I live in a twenty-six story high-rise, my vision is so far-reaching, I know everything..."

Before finishing his words, Li Banfeng grabbed a pack of explosives and ran off.

Ayun and a group of villagers watched Ah Yi.

Ah Yi angrily said, "What are you looking at, look down on me? I'm your village chief, don't you know how powerful I am? Hurry and chase him!"

Chasing Li Banfeng wasn't that easy, Li Banfeng didn't follow the village path.

He climbed over courtyard walls, onto rooftops, into kitchens, and under the covers.

A young woman shouted, "He really got under the covers, I just saw him in my bed!"

Ah Yi flew into a rage and got explosives to blow up the woman's bed.

Ayun stopped Ah Yi, "Why blow up her bed? Hurry and chase Li Qi."

Li Qi ran out of the village, into a gap between two large mountains—a valley.

Many people lived in the valley, their complexion looked worse than those earlier.

There were hunched elders, deeply wrinkled middle-aged individuals, and many teenagers with empty gazes.

The number of pursuers behind him increased, and Li Banfeng caused the village chief's wife to be blown up, which made the chief furious, and all capable fighters from the village came chasing.

Li Banfeng sprinted through the valley for a moment and saw a tall skinny man staring at him.

This man had a slender and long build, even his head was slender and long, looking somewhat familiar.

"You are, Cone?"

"Bureau Chief Li, come with me!" This man was indeed Cone, he pulled Li Banfeng, entered an alley, passed through three lanes, entered a small courtyard, led Li Banfeng inside, and closed the door.

After catching his breath, Cone said to Li Banfeng, "Bureau Chief Li, why are you here?"

Li Banfeng frowned, "I'm here to find you, why are you here?"

Cone lowered his head, "I embarrassed the Dark Star Bureau."

Li Banfeng shook his head, "Don't talk about the Dark Star Bureau for now, just talk about yourself, why are you here?"

"Bureau Chief Li, I'm really tired," Cone rolled a cigarette, rolled one for Li Banfeng too, "There aren't any ready-made cigarettes here, make do with this."

Li Banfeng didn't mind, lit it up, smoked and asked, "Tell me, why are you tired?"

"I'm forty-one this year, not married, recently promoted to subteam leader, income is okay, life was pretty good, was planning to live like this my whole life,

but my family looks down on me, says my life lacks prospects, wants me to marry, wants me to have a wife and kids,

I initially ignored them, but couldn't withstand their daily nagging by my ear, thinking I'm indeed getting on in age, I really thought of finding a wife to live with,

I went on blind dates, found someone, I didn't have any requirements, but the girl had conditions, she wanted me to buy a house, I bought it, after buying the house, it needed renovations, I renovated it,

everything with the house was done, I had to meet the father-in-law, so I did, the key wasn't just meeting him alone, I had to meet her whole family,

Bureau Chief Li, you know I don't like meeting people normally, speaking in front of so many people makes me stutter, my partner told me she brought her parents over, wants to live with me,

Bureau Chief Li, I've lived alone for half my life, I can't live with their entire family, I really can't,

I said I couldn't agree, my partner completely ignored me, directly moved her parents over, I asked for some time, my partner threatened to take her life, said I had no conscience, didn't love her,

I hoped for field duty, I looked forward to night shifts, I just wanted to stay far away from home, one day I was on duty outside a beauty salon, and I saw a few young women,

I wasn't looking at them for their beauty, but because they told me there's a place to escape all this,

Bureau Chief Li, scold me for being useless, scold me for being a coward, but I was truly scared, that's why I'm hiding here."

Li Banfeng said, "Do you plan to hide for the rest of your life?"

"No," Cone shook his head, "I only plan to hide for half a month, I signed a contract with them, after half a month, I'll go back."

Li Banfeng sighed, he could understand Cone, Cone's current situation was indeed difficult to face.

But now wasn't the time to discuss this, Li Banfeng needed to figure out the structure of Gourd Village first.