Having the genes of a demon king, I never intended to be a kept man.

"You're dreaming!"

Xia Xiyao bit her lip, then said, "I don't have that kind of ability! How could such a confidential item be stolen so easily!"

Bandit: "Then there's nothing we can do. You can just wait to see your father's corpse."

Xia Xiyao panicked: "You..."

"Hehe, so you should give it a try, Miss Xia. We all have great confidence in your abilities."

The bandit chuckled: "By the way, let me remind you, don't try to ask Night Song or the law enforcement officers for help. If you do, we'll kill you immediately, and we'll know everything about your whereabouts and every move you make."

Ye Ge and Gao Shenxue, who had overheard everything, were speechless.

"I don't believe you." Xia Xiyao scoffed and pouted, "Then tell me where I am right now? Who's with me? What are we doing? What kind of clothes are I wearing?"

The bandit: "..."

Xia Xiyao: "Look, you can't even say anything, all you can do is brag."

The bandits were speechless.

I never expected this girl to do things the way she always does.

Normally, when faced with something like this, shouldn't one be so nervous and scared that they tremble all over, and no matter what conditions the bandits propose, they should just agree and obey unconditionally?

"Miss Xia, I didn't expect you to still have the mind to joke at a time like this. I'm quite impressed." The bandit sneered, "In short, you'd better seriously consider this. If you don't want your father to die so soon, you'd better do as I say. Otherwise, you can prepare to collect your father's corpse!"

After saying that, he hung up the phone.

As Xia Xiyao listened to the lingering echo of the phone call ending, she looked at Ye Ge and Gao Shenxue, and said pitifully, "Xiao Ye, Xue'er, what do we do now...?"

After a moment's thought, Gao Shenxue calmly said, "Don't rush, the opponent doesn't seem to be very skilled."

“Yes, indeed.” Ye Ge stroked his chin. “It sounds like the other party is clearly not an individual, but an organization… But how could an organization of low caliber kidnap Uncle Xia Xun?”

After thinking for a long time, Ye Ge still couldn't come up with a solution.

Oh well, once we catch these people, we'll figure everything out.

Ye Ge quickly summoned Arthur, Li Shuying, Meng Ge, Shen Tu, and others, instructing them to bring three hundred elite warriors from the Ye family and be ready to carry out a rescue operation at any time.

Although the other party's level didn't seem high, Ye Ge still took it very seriously because the person who was kidnapped was Xia Xiyao's father, and he would not allow any mistakes to happen.

"Lord Yege, what's the matter that's so urgent?" Li Shuying led a group of Ye family warriors to the hall to assemble.

Ye Ge sat on the sofa in the hall, glanced at the well-trained Ye family warriors in neat rows, and said, "Xi Yao's father, Marquis Xia Xun, has been kidnapped by bandits of unknown origin."

"What?" Li Shuying exclaimed in surprise.

Ye Ge recounted the conversation between Xia Xiyao and the bandits.

After hearing this, Shen Tu sneered: "So they came for our Ye family, trying to steal technical data. Using such low-level and despicable methods, they really don't know what they're getting themselves into."

"The methods may be old-fashioned and low-level, but they are effective." Ye Ge's expression was serious: "During the operation, you must ensure Uncle Xia Xun's safety no matter what, understand?"

Everyone: "Yes!"

“Uh, but Lord Night Song,” Arthur scratched his head, “we don’t even know where Marquis Xia Xun has been taken, how are we supposed to rescue him?”

Ye Ge didn't answer directly, but looked at Gao Shenxue beside her: "Xue'er, locate Uncle Xia's system and see where he is now."

"Okay." Gao Shenxue's pupils flashed, and a transparent panel popped up in front of her.

Xia Xun's location was quickly determined.

It was in a factory in a desolate ruin in the western part of the city.

That area was once one of the few towns in the central western region. Decades ago, the land was polluted by demonic energy, killing countless people. The polluted aura has not completely disappeared to this day, causing the area to be completely abandoned and turned into a wasteland.

According to the system's population location distribution, there were indeed few people in that area. However, besides Xia Xun himself, dozens of other small green dots were also visible near where Xia Xun was.

There are a total of seventy-seven people!

Without a doubt, those seventy-seven green dots are probably the kidnappers.

A flicker of surprise flashed in Shen Tu's eyes: "This is..."

Ye Ge said, "This is the latest location function of the Deep Blue system. I will have Xue'er share the app to your system so you can download it soon. With this location function, we can lock the location of all users who have installed the Deep Blue system at any time. The one in the middle of these green dots is Uncle Xia Xun, and the others are obviously the kidnappers."

"Wow, that's amazing..." Arthur stared at the system's location map, dumbfounded: "They found everyone just like that?"

Ye Ge smiled faintly.

Xue'er just unlocked the technology, and she didn't expect it to come in handy so soon.

"And that's not all."

Ye Ge said, "Xue'er, confirm the identities of these kidnappers."

"Okay." Gao Shenxue continued the operation.

She locked onto the small green dots on the map, then selected a few of them to read the identity information of the kidnappers who had been located.

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[Character]: Zhang San

3

Age: 101

[Race]: Human race

[Level]: Asura Realm, First Stage

[Extraordinary Profession]: Gunslinger

[Social Occupations]: Wandering Mercenary, Bounty Hunter

[Guild]: None yet. Formerly a low-ranking member of the Witcher Guild, but was kicked out for violating rules by engaging in robbery and smuggling.

[Place of Origin]: Ice City in the North

[Family]: Unmarried, parents deceased, one son and one daughter

[Criminal Record]: Three prison sentences

【property】:......

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All the kidnappers' information was displayed completely to everyone!

Looking at the information on the seventy-seven kidnappers, most of them were mercenaries, with the majority being experts at the Thousand Soul Realm and Myriad Manifestations Realm. Only Zhang San had the strength of the first level of the Asura Realm.

All the Night Clan warriors stared blankly.

So their family's advanced technology has developed to this level...?

Arthur clenched his fist, his eyes gleaming with excitement, and said, "Amazing! This is practically like having X-ray vision on the battlefield!"

Night Song calmly looked at the mercenaries' identity information on the panel.

If you only look at this information, you can't tell what kind of forces are behind them.

There are countless forces among the myriad races that want the technological secrets of the Deep Blue System.

Even slightly advanced civilizations want to develop their own "systems".

But these people are all wandering mercenaries, bounty hunters in the martial arts world. Even if they obtain the technical data of the Deep Blue System, they have no ability to develop it.

So it's clear they were hired by someone else, and there's someone else behind them.

"Alright, let's get ready to go." Yege stood up.

......

In the desolate wilderness of the western border, there is an abandoned factory.

Xia Xun was tied up here. His bodyguards and driver had all been killed, leaving only him and this group of mercenary kidnappers.

"You captured me just to obtain the technical secrets of the Ye family's Deep Blue System?"

Xia Xun sighed softly.

He had just overheard the conversation between the thug and Xia Xiyao.

“That’s right.” Zhang San, the leader of the mercenaries, came up to Xia Xun, reached out and gently patted his head, and said with a chuckle, “Marquis Xia Xun, you’d better behave yourself and don’t think of any crooked ideas. Once your daughter helps us get what we want, you will be free.”

“…” Xia Xun said, “Take my advice, child, and stop now.”

Zhang San raised an eyebrow: "What did you say?"

"Of all people to mess with, why did you have to provoke Ye Ge?" Xia Xun sighed. "Let's run while it's still early. If we run fast enough, we might still be able to leave with a whole corpse."

Unexpectedly, upon hearing Ye Ge's name, Zhang San's eyes suddenly flashed with a scarlet light, and some unnatural, eerie patterns appeared in his pupils. His expression suddenly turned ferocious and gloomy: "Ye Ge? What's so great about that guy! He's just a guy who rose to the top by luck! I'll tear that brat apart sooner or later! I'll make him struggle in hell, and let him experience what it's like to be worse than dead!"

Zhang San's chest heaved heavily as he breathed heavily in anger. His ferocious eyes suddenly revealed an extremely violent and cruel killing intent, and his whole body exuded an extremely strong bloody smell, as if he had some deep-seated hatred for Ye Ge.

Xia Xun raised an eyebrow.

This guy... seems to know Ye Ge?

Could it be Ye Ge's enemy?

Xia Xun couldn't figure it out. Looking at the bandit's suddenly strangely red eyes, he felt something was off.

Those eyes didn't seem to possess any supernatural ability; rather, they resembled the symptoms of possession...

The crimson in Zhang San's pupils gradually faded, returning to their normal color.

"Hmph, in short, you just stay put!"

Zhang San's mental state seemed to stabilize as his eyes returned to normal. He snorted coldly, "Cooperating with us is the smart choice."

Xia Xun remained silent.

......

High up, above the heads of several bandits and Xia Xun.

On the broken windowsill of the abandoned factory, a raven, its entire body as black as ink, stood there, its bright eyes watching the bandits.

At this moment, about a kilometer away from the factory.

Ye Ge placed two fingers on his right eye, and opened his other eye.

He saw the crow's vision.

"As expected, there are seventy-seven people."

Although the chances were slim, Nightsong still sent out Ravens to scout ahead, just in case there were bandits who hadn't installed the Deep Blue system.

Ye Ge thought to herself, but the mercenary leader Zhang San who had just been called out was acting rather strangely.

The guy was filled with hatred and resentment, but Ye Ge was certain that she had never seen him before, let alone had any grudge against him.

Could it be that the other party was a nobody like Jiang Xiaoming, and was thus inadvertently forgotten by him?

Ye Ge thought to himself that, as the acting head of the demonized family, he had indeed made quite a few enemies over the years in order to expand the family's power.

However, those who had once been his enemies either had graves overgrown with weeds, or had become slaves of the Ye family, now mining in the perpetually dark mines under the Ye family's control...

Ye Ge stroked his chin, no matter how hard he tried to recall, he couldn't remember anyone related to this Zhang San.

"Lord Nightsong," Arthur said, "we've located all the targets within the factory. Shall we begin the operation?"

After a moment's thought, Ye Ge said calmly, "Yes, let's begin."

No matter what, we have to save them first.

“Yes,” Arthur replied, raising a finger.

The Night Clan warriors behind him immediately dispersed and began their operation!

......

"Boss, if we pull off this job, we'll be set for life."

Inside the abandoned factory, a mercenary in black rubbed his hands together excitedly and said, "Deep Blue's technical data is extremely valuable. If we pull off this job, we'll be set for life!"

"Of course." Zhang San picked up a military-grade liquor bag, tilted his head back, and took a swig. "Those people will definitely offer us a good price. This is exactly what those big shots want!"

A bald mercenary suddenly said worriedly, "But what if that little girl Xia Xiyao turns against us and tells Ye Ge about this? What if that devil finds out..."

Zhang San sneered and said contemptuously, "What good would it do if she told Ye Ge? This place is desolate, remote and barren. We are in the dark, and they are in the light. No matter how strong or powerful Ye Ge is, with such a vast territory as the Great Qin Empire, where would he find us?"

Bald mercenary: "That's true..."

The mercenary in black: "The boss's plan was perfect..."

No sooner had he finished speaking than a tremendous rumbling sound came from above!

That's the sound of a helicopter rotor!

The dozen or so mercenaries suddenly showed expressions of astonishment.

what's the situation? ?

"ah......!!"

"Aaaaaah...!!!"

At the top of the abandoned factory, screams of agony came one after another from the dozen or so mercenaries on lookout duty.

"There is a situation!"

Zhang San roared and pulled out a double-barreled magic-powered shotgun from behind his back.

At the same time, he opened the system panel, wanting to use the communication function to ask the mercenaries on guard outside what was going on.

"Hey! Fifth Brother, what's going on outside?!"

Zhang San asked anxiously.

However, there was no response from the other end of the communication.

"Oh!"

A back door of the abandoned factory was violently smashed open with a loud bang!

A massive orc, as large as a mountain and wielding a giant axe, charged in!

"Hahahaha, you little brats, take this from your Grandpa Meng with his axe!" Meng Ge roared madly as he charged in, like a tank that could cut through anything!