After Qin Siyang and Hu Chan returned to the safe zone, the offerings needed to activate the Path of the Believer had already been fully gathered. He was just one final step away from breaking through to sequence level six.
However, the last time he talked about this with Li Tianming, Li Tianming said that before the breakthrough, he needed to meet Qin Siyang in person, as there were some things he had to remind him of.
But every day when Qin Siyang went to the Miracle Building to look for Li Tianming, he wasn't there, and he wouldn't answer his phone either.
Zhang Kuang told Qin Siyang that Li Tianming had gone to welcome an old friend.
Qin Siyang had no idea what kind of background this old friend had, to need welcoming for several days straight.
When he wanted to ask more, Zhang Kuang stopped answering and only told him to ask Li Tianming himself when he had time.
Since he couldn't see Li Tianming, Qin Siyang temporarily put his energy into running the sequence regiment.
According to what Zheng Mubian said, one needed to build a residential place inside the safe zone where the corpse of a mid tier god was buried, take the sequence potion, and then fight the god, in order to increase the probability that ordinary people would awaken sequence abilities.
He held deep doubts about this whole method of increasing probability.
The first issue was the construction of the residence.
If burying an entire god's corpse could increase the probability of awakening sequence abilities, then would burying only part of a god's remains also work?
Even if the increase wasn't as high as the former, even if it were only half or one third of the effect, it would still be worth trying.
Because only burying part of a god's remains would greatly reduce the workload, making it more suitable for quietly operating and laying things out first, achieving a startling result in one move.
And before recruiting troops, Qin Siyang believed the most important thing was to first train commanders he trusted.
A sequence regiment would be composed of three battalions and ten companies. Only after setting the basic framework could further planning be carried out.
So the first test in forming a sequence regiment was recognizing people.
And these commanders had to rely only on his glory, answer only to him, and live and die together with him.
Qin Siyang thought it over again and again. Old acquaintances who were reliable, trustworthy, and hadn't yet made a name for themselves were not many.
The first people he thought of were naturally the three Wang brothers.
He had cooperated many times with the eldest, Wang Defa, in the internet cafe, and had a very good impression of this bearded man who ran the cafe on behalf of a behind the scenes boss in a remote area.
As for the second brother Wang Deyou, who ran a hotel, and the third brother Wang Dezhong, who ran a restaurant, they were both proper in handling affairs and meticulous in thought. The services they provided when he returned from hunting gods outside were extremely attentive.
What was even more valuable was that they were genuine brothers, truly of one mind, and without any family background. In wartime, they could actively coordinate with each other, and also allow him to command them as easily as his own arms.
No matter how he looked at it, the three Wang brothers were his top choice.
The only uncertainty was whether the three of them would be willing to wade into muddy waters.
After all, the Wang brothers had background and connections in Area 14121. Ordinary people didn't dare provoke them, and they could be considered tough local snakes. It was very possible they wouldn't be willing to come under him.
Qin Siyang originally wanted to contact Wang Defa through forum private messages, but then remembered that Wang Defa wasn't a sequence ability user, and he didn't know what his account was.
As for Wang Defa's private messages, after Qin Siyang became famous, his forum account received thousands of messages every day, ranging from ads to self recommendations. He had long since stopped looking at them.
So Qin Siyang dug out Wang Defa's phone number and decided to test the waters first.
"Hopefully A-Fa hasn't changed his number yet."
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At this moment, inside the internet cafe warehouse.
Wang Defa stared at the string of unfamiliar numbers and froze for a moment.
Old Snake, standing to the side, said, "A-Fa, pick it up. After all, not many people know this number of yours."
"It might be a chance to save your life."
Wang Defa snapped back from the terror of death and the grief of family annihilation. At this moment, his heart was as calm as a quiet night sky. He only felt that everything had returned to nothingness, peaceful like a man already dead.
He glanced at Old Snake, and only then realized that the always decisive killer had been dragging things out today, sloppy and hesitant. He was clearly deliberately buying time, giving him time to find a lifeline.
It seemed that their many years of friendship hadn't been in vain after all.
But Old Snake's half hearted help didn't seem enough to let him escape danger and change the Wang family's fate against the heavens.
Wang Defa picked up what might be the last phone call of his life.
"Hello? Who is this?"
["A-Fa?"]
Hearing the unfamiliar yet familiar voice on the other end of the phone, Wang Defa froze for a moment, then his eyes widened.
"Boss Qin? Is that Boss Qin?"
Wang Defa's startled shout made even Old Snake at the side reveal a look of surprise.
Qin Siyang didn't know why Wang Defa was so excited upon hearing his voice and said, ["That's right, it's me. I wanted to talk to you about something…"]
"Boss Qin, save us! Someone wants to kill A-Fa and all of us!"
Hearing the urgent scream of a woman from the other end of the phone, Qin Siyang didn't continue with his own matter and instead thought about the woman's words just now.
Wang Defa covered the phone and turned back to roar at his wife in a low voice, "What are you shouting for! If you don't want to get the whole family killed, shut up!"
Then he quickly took a deep breath and put on a forced smile, "Boss Qin…"
"Waa! Waa! Waa…"
Before he could finish speaking, Wang Defa's son started crying loudly again. He hurriedly had his wife cover the child's mouth first.
"Sorry, Boss Qin…"
["That was your wife just now?"]
"Yes."
["The one crying is your child?"]
"Yes."
Wang Defa didn't say anything more. He swallowed, and as his Adam's apple bobbed, a few drops of sweat slid down his neck from within his beard.
After a few seconds of silence, Qin Siyang spoke again, ["Who wants to kill you?"]
When Qin Siyang asked this question, Wang Defa immediately gave the answer he had prepared in those few seconds, fluently, "The behind the scenes boss of my internet cafe, Du Wei, deputy director of the police bureau of Area 14121. He sent people to kill my whole family. The knife is already at my neck. In a moment he's going to send people to kill A-You and A-Zhong as well. He… wants to wipe out my entire family!"
Qin Siyang frowned, ["With a knife at your neck, you can still call me?"]
Wang Defa answered frankly, "The one killing me is an old friend of mine. He gave me a chance. If you hadn't called just now in time, I'd already be dead!."
Qin Siyang didn't hesitate any longer and asked, ["That old friend of yours, how much time can he buy for you?"]
"He came to kill me, and there are still Du Wei's people watching him outside. He probably can't delay for too long…"
["Can you get ten minutes?"]
"Ten minutes…", Wang Defa looked at Old Snake.
Old Snake nodded.
"Boss Qin, he says ten minutes is possible!"
["Alright. Wait for my news."]
After saying that, Qin Siyang hung up the phone.
Beep! Beep! Beep!
Inside the entire warehouse, it was so quiet that breathing could be heard.
Seeing that the call had ended, his wife let go of the hand covering the child's mouth.
"Waa! Waa! Waa…"
Wang Defa's son started crying again.
In the warehouse, Wang Defa held the phone, still wearing a look of disbelief, tears welling up in his eyes.
He licked his cracked lips, "Just now… I wasn't dreaming, was I…"
Old Snake, standing to the side, released the hand he had been pressing on the leather case at his waist and patted Wang Defa on the shoulder, "A-Fa, if you manage to live through this, don't blame me."
Wang Defa wiped away the tears in his eyes, "Every grievance has its source, every debt its owner. If I die, the one my whole family curses in the underworld will be Du Wei. If I live—"
"The entire Wang family will thank you for showing mercy!"
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