Eck came along with Xiang Yu; without Xiang Yu, he wouldn’t be where he is today. He might still be a minor character in COM or have died in battle.

As the Self-defense Forces grew stronger, his ambition grew as well. But the Self-defense Forces were always restrained by the City Guard Army, whether in terms of weapons or training, they couldn’t match up.

Sitting on the sofa, Eck contemplated seriously. Sun City was developing rapidly, all thanks to Xiang Yu.

If he were to suddenly replace Xiang Yu, it could lead to chaos in the city. Moreover, now it’s not just Sun City, even Lieyun City belongs to them.

In this respect, Eck was quite angry because Xiang Yu hadn’t mentioned anything about Lieyun City to him.

Lieyun City was transferred to Xiang Yu by Wang Qian. Xiang Yu initially didn’t want to disclose this, but unexpectedly, the news spread quickly.

As Eck was sitting on the sofa thinking, he suddenly thought of a question and said: "Someone come here, is Wu Meng still imprisoned?"

The person looked at Eck with a dazed expression, his voice faltering, unable to speak.

"What’s wrong? Speak clearly." Eck noticed something was amiss and sternly asked.

"Wu Meng was taken away by the third captain." The person cautiously replied.

"Taken where?"

"This..."

"What do you mean this, hurry up and say!" Eck sensed something bad, he was a bit anxious.

The person walked forward two steps, looked around, then whispered: "He’s already been executed by the chief."

Hearing this, Eck’s head suddenly buzzed.

Just recently, someone nearly took Xiang Yu’s life, and after being captured, that person was executed by Xiang Yu.

"Are you talking about that assassin?" Eck said, glaring with wide eyes.

The person lowered his head without speaking.

"Bring the third captain to me!" Eck shouted.

The person quickly ran out.

Within minutes, the third captain hurriedly walked in; he came here with Eck from COM.

"Was Wu Meng’s matter arranged by you?" Eck said coldly.

"I arranged it, but unfortunately it failed, otherwise..." the third captain said, a cold gleam flashing in his eyes. He then looked at Eck and said, "Boss, to achieve great things, one cannot hesitate. If we miss this opportunity, we’ll forever be someone else’s lackeys."

"Foolish." Eck exclaimed: "Why wasn’t I informed about this? Why did you act recklessly?"

Furious, Eck smashed the cup on the table, he never expected the assassination attempt on Xiang Yu to be carried out by his own men.

"Boss, sometimes you’re just too soft-hearted. They don’t treat us as brothers, why should we risk our lives for them? Look at the City Guard Army, their conditions, then look at us? Now the city is developing rapidly, factories are profitable, what have we gained?" the third captain said anxiously.

"But such extreme measures can’t be used." Eck was trembling with anger: "If Xiang Yu dies, who will develop this city? Who will deal with the surrounding Wolf Fang forces?"

Upon hearing this, the third captain smiled indifferently: "Boss, the city is almost developed now, and all constructions are in progress. With or without Xiang Yu, it’s the same. Moreover, exchanges between organizations are interest-based. Even without Xiang Yu, we can still coexist well with Wolf Fang."

"Naive." Eck said, feeling a rush of frustration: "Do you know why Wolf Fang takes care of us? It’s because the leader of Wolf Fang’s base has ties with Xiang Yu. Without it, do you really think they’d care for us?"

The third captain said defiantly: "Boss, believe in us, even without Xiang Yu we can manage well here. Don’t you wish to get out from under others’ commands?"

"Get out." Not wanting to say anymore, Eck frowned and pointed outside.

The third captain wanted to speak further, but seeing Eck’s seriousness, he just walked out.

Eck felt even more conflicted now, Xiang Yu knew Wu Meng did it but didn’t consult him, this itself indicates a problem.

"Come back." Eck suddenly shouted again: "Can you trust your brothers?"

The third captain returned, heard Eck’s words, and smiled excitedly: "Don’t worry, my brothers and I are tight, there won’t be any issues."

Eck nodded: "Alright, you may leave, don’t take any action without my orders, I don’t want the Wu Meng situation to happen again."

"Rest assured, without your orders, I won’t act recklessly." The third captain said before leaving.

Eck stood by the window looking outside, muttering: "Xiang Yu, if you were me, what would you do?"

Xiang Yu and his group were in the forest; he checked the time and said: "Move out."

Now the sky was completely dark, and Xiang Yu’s group all changed into nightwear.

They left the woods, crossed the grass, and under the cover of night, entered the suburbs.

Su Yongzhen and their temporary base were there, surrounded by few buildings, quite open.

At this time, he and Zhang Wendong were sitting in the living room.

Zhang Wendong, a bit nervous, checked the time again and looked at Su Yongzhen: "It’s almost time, they should be acting."

"Is everything arranged?" Su Yongzhen leaned back on the sofa.

Zhang Wendong nodded, a bit worried as he was about to speak, suddenly someone outside shouted.

"Enemy attack, enemy attack!"

The shout was loud and urgent, accompanied by panic. Immediately followed by a dense barrage of bullets and screams outside.

Someone rushed into Su Yongzhen’s room and said: "Boss, a group of enemies is attacking, we must retreat quickly."

"Let the brothers hold them off, we retreat immediately," Zhang Wendong stood up tensely.

"Yes!"

After speaking, the person ran out with his gun.

Su Yongzhen and Zhang Wendong then came down; seeing the intense gunfire around, Su Yongzhen sighed.

"Don’t hesitate, war always has sacrifices," Zhang Wendong said firmly.

He already knew Xiang Yu’s plan, initially had some doubts, but since things had developed this far, he must courageously proceed.

"Are all of Su Zhe’s men here?" Su Yongzhen asked while in the car.

"All are here." Zhang Wendong hesitated, "Will Xiang Yu kill him?"

Su Yongzhen shook his head, even he didn’t know how Xiang Yu would deal with Su Zhe.

The sounds of gunfire and artillery were getting more intense, bullets rubbing against the air creating streaks of light.

"Brother, will this harm Yongzhen?" Xiaoxuan asked worriedly, standing beside Xiang Yu.

"If he falls so easily, then it shows he isn’t suited for this path." Xiang Yu said seriously.

Xiaoxuan nodded, even though Xiang Yu was helping Su Yongzhen, if Su Yongzhen lacked the capability, no matter how hard Xiang Yu tried, it would be of no use.

"Boss, should we charge?" Tie Zhuzi asked excitedly, masked, as he approached Xiang Yu...