I Carry a Game World With Me

Chapter 172: Chapter 159: Testing People’s Hearts, Calm Because He’s Invincible

These weren’t standard gold bars, just small, custom-made ones.

But even so, Black Snake asked awkwardly, "President Lu, this... How should I distribute these?"

Lu Feng said, "Give everyone one bar as a deposit for now. There will be more after the job is done."

"O-Okay!" Black Snake nodded, his face full of surprise.

A small gold bar just for the deposit—one had to admit, this President Lu was truly generous... magnanimous.

As Black Snake handed out the small gold bars, Hadona translated Lu Feng’s words again, and the men’s faces instantly lit up with joy and excitement.

Especially after they confirmed that what they held was real gold.

Clearly, they knew this deposit was incredibly generous.

It was much higher than the best pay offered in Thornwa. This, at least, proved that President Lu was a good boss.

Naturally, the men’s eyes were all fixed on the bag in Black Snake’s hands.

It was full of small gold bars, and the golden gleam radiating from each one was so captivating that it was hard to look away.

After giving each man a gold bar, Black Snake returned the bag to Lu Feng.

There were still many small gold bars left inside.

Lu Feng even took out a handful, juggled them in his palm, and then put them back in the bag.

He was, of course, showing them that he had plenty of money.

But besides that, he had another purpose—a test, to see if these men had any principles.

After all, men recruited from a place like this couldn’t be trusted so easily.

Perhaps a little display like this could reveal who had integrity and who didn’t.

Then he could have some peace of mind on the way to Dara.

’A greedy, unprincipled person couldn’t possibly see a bag of gold like this and not be tempted, right?’

While he wasn’t worried about them, he didn’t want something disgusting to happen at a critical moment.

"Right, gather here tomorrow. We’re heading to Dalat Town," Lu Feng said to the men before walking straight to an inner room.

They say you shouldn’t test people’s hearts, but sometimes, a test is the only way to find peace of mind.

「The next day.」

Black Snake and Hadona came to tell him that the men were all ready.

When Lu Feng saw the men again, they were already carrying various weapons—pistols and rifles. They had all brought their own arms.

Apparently, this was normal for survival in this environment. Without a weapon, you couldn’t get by in a place like this.

Moreover, Hadona had arranged for several vehicles and brought plenty of spare gasoline.

He invited Lu Feng into a car to set off for Lada Town.

Lada Town was situated in a sensitive zone between countries like Myanmar and Ba Country. Although people from various nations were involved in the scenic areas, there were no direct public transportation or roads, forcing travelers to drive into Lada Town themselves.

Without an armed escort, one would encounter many "friendly greetings" from robbers along the way.

However, a group of a dozen or so armed men could usually avoid such "friendly greetings."

They drove out of Hagon. Since Hagon was close to the area around Lada Town, they quickly entered the Lada Region after leaving it.

When getting into the car, Lu Feng deliberately carried the bag of small gold bars and gold jewelry with him, wanting to test the principles of the men he had recruited one more time.

But all the way out of Hagon and into the Lada Region, Hong Xi and his men showed no signs of anything unusual.

It seemed the test had been for nothing.

’Maybe my luck is good, and the people I’ve gathered this time are actually decent.’

The thought had barely crossed his mind when suddenly, a fallen tree appeared around a bend, blocking the entire road ahead.

Something was clearly wrong.

The tree hadn’t fallen from the roadside; it had been dragged here.

Hadona had no choice but to stop the car. The other vehicles stopped as well, and Hong Xi’s men got out nervously, warily scanning their surroundings.

Each one of them already had a weapon in hand.

In the next moment, a group of people rushed out, also armed, and aimed their weapons at Lu Feng and his group.

As soon as their leader appeared, he shouted directly at Lu Feng, "Kid from Hua Country, hand over the Gold!"

Lu Feng looked at Hadona, who immediately translated. This made his brow furrow.

’So they’re here for the Gold.’

’The test worked after all.’

’The only ones who knew I had the Gold were the men I recruited, right?’

Almost at that very moment, two of the recruited men suddenly aimed their guns at Black Snake and Hadona.

This stunned Hong Xi and his men, who all turned their guns on the two traitors.

"What are you doing?" Hong Xi shouted angrily.

Mercenaries like them were often hard to trust, and the biggest reason was that some people were just completely without honor.

So, he was furious.

’We just signed on with President Lu. If something goes wrong now, it will have a huge impact on my reputation.’

Once your reputation was ruined, even in a chaotic place like this, it would be hard to be noticed by other major powers in the future.

Although people like them were in a bloody line of work, they still preferred to have trustworthy people by their side.

That’s why, even in places like Myanmar, nobody liked someone with a bad reputation.

But just as Hong Xi and his men surrounded the two, another man suddenly turned his gun and aimed it directly at Lu Feng.

"Sorry, but please hand over that bag of gold bars," the man said smugly to Lu Feng, speaking in broken, half-mastered Hua language.

Apparently, the first two were just bait, meant to draw the attention of Hong Xi and his men.

Once everyone was distracted by those two, he would take the opportunity to get control of President Lu.

After all, they all knew how skilled the young man was—even Hong Xi couldn’t take a single punch from him. Naturally, they had to be especially careful.

They couldn’t give him any chance to make a move, or they might get knocked out by a single punch.

Seeing this, Hong Xi’s expression grew even darker. "Valery, what are you doing? Aren’t you afraid of ruining your reputation? If you do this, there won’t be a place for you even in Thornwa."

Hadona also said hurriedly, "Valery, you’re breaking the rules set by the Viduo Clan."

The Viduo Clan were the masters of Thornwa. They established the rules of employment, which was precisely why Thornwa had become a gathering place for people like Hong Xi, and why so many factions came there to recruit.

Therefore, the Viduo Clan took these rules very seriously; it was the key to their survival. Anyone who broke them would be dealt with by the clan, as long as they hadn’t already joined another power.

If the violator joined a power that didn’t care about such things, the clan would no longer interfere.

Of course, this also depended on whether that power was strong enough.

Clearly, both Hong Xi and Hadona knew this Valery. He was a regular challenger in the fighting rings of Thornwa’s square. Even if his skills weren’t on par with Hong Xi’s, he was still very strong.

But Valery just laughed. "This isn’t Hagon, and we’re not in the Myanmar region anymore. This doesn’t count as breaking the Viduo Clan’s rules. They can’t manage what happens out here."

"As for reputation, Hong Xi, is that really important? You saw the Gold. With this, we can pull off a huge score, buy weapons, recruit men, and start our own faction."

"Hong Xi, you’re skilled. I can invite you to join us! When that time comes, your authority will be second only to mine."

Hearing this, Hong Xi’s face darkened. "Valery, are you so sure you’ve already won?"

"Aren’t I? We have more men, and we have President Lu in our grasp," Valery said, looking at Hong Xi mockingly.

But almost as soon as the words left his mouth, two gunshots rang out. The two men who were in a standoff with Hong Xi’s group were shot in the head and collapsed.

This stunned everyone. Valery whipped his head around to look at Lu Feng and yelled, "What are you doing?"

The one who had fired was Lu Feng.

Two pistols had appeared in his hands, which shocked everyone.

Just a moment ago, they hadn’t seen any guns in Lu Feng’s hands. It was as if the pistols had appeared out of thin air.

’Maybe we just remembered wrong?’