445: Chapter 438: Convergence 445: Chapter 438: Convergence Over a hundred kilometers away from Ruili City, within a small border town.
After finding a parking lot, Chen Hai parked his car.
Having learned from Zhao Yu that Tian Mingjian was wanted domestically and had fled abroad, Chen Hai had performed a divination for him.
This time, he took the initiative to contact Tian Mingjian, but it was with no particular agenda.
Given Tian Mingjian’s situation, it wasn’t convenient for him to return to China.
Taking advantage of his own trip to Myanmar North, it was a good opportunity to meet up with him.
Chen Hai’s purpose was just that simple.
As for the matter concerning Sun Jinzhong, he was more than capable of handling it alone.
Whether Tian Mingjian and his band of mercenaries could come over to help was completely irrelevant to him.
Chen Hai never considered legally leaving the country.
His passport and such were still being reissued and had not formally landed in his hands.
To head to Myanmar North, he naturally had to choose to cross the border illegally.
As long as he knew the general direction of the destination, without continuing to drive, he chose to proceed on foot, climbing over mountains and trudging through forests.
In less than half an hour, having crossed a small border river, he was officially stepping onto the land of Myanmar North.
Here, without omnipresent surveillance cameras watching, Chen Hai acted with much more abandon.
There was an abundance of mountains and forests on the Myanmar North side.
Walking on foot through the mountains and forests, Chen Hai’s speed could likely be faster, not slower, than driving.
Relying on foot, once he entered the valley plains, to avoid causing a commotion, he significantly slowed his pace.
The sun was setting; it was dusk.
Near the Irawaddy River steel bridge, on the side of the road, three or four off-road vehicles had been parked here for some time.
With a cigarette in his mouth, Tian Mingjian leaned against the hood of an off-road vehicle, gazing into the distance.
After receiving Chen Hai’s call, they had switched between planes and cars, spending seven to eight hours before finally arriving here.
This place in Myanmar North was just as chaotic.
Tian Mingjian and his crew, who had been active in Southeast Asia for years, had their own secret base here.
Weapons and vehicles, that was no problem; they had everything ready.
After arriving first, they immediately took up positions here, waiting for Chen Hai’s arrival.
“Boss, hasn’t the ‘patron’ you mentioned come yet?”
After learning from Tian Mingjian that the legendary ‘patron’ could be considered the strongest combat force among humans.
These mercenaries from the Four Seas Mercenary Corps, regardless of whether they were convinced in their hearts, their curiosity was definitely piqued!
The speaker just now was a bald man named Mountain Cat.
Not just him, but the other mercenaries scattered around the vehicles were also looking forward to the arrival of Chen Hai, their ‘patron’, with great anticipation.
“There’s still some time before seven in the evening; don’t rush, the boss should be arriving soon!”
Raising his wrist, Tian Mingjian glanced at the time displayed on his watch and casually responded.
“Look, there’s a car coming this way on the road!”
A mercenary with a scorpion tattoo on his neck suddenly shouted out in alarm as if he had seen something unbelievable, pointing down the road ahead.
“It’s just a car; is there a need to make such a fuss!”
“Exactly, we’ve been here for a while, and if there haven’t been a hundred cars passing by, there have certainly been dozens!”
A few mercenaries who were chatting idly were startled by his exclamation.
They then glared at him disdainfully and complained.
“There’s nothing strange about one car; I was telling you to look at the roof of that car!”
“Look closer, do you see?
Is there someone sitting cross-legged on it?” The man with the scorpion tattoo elaborated.
“There really is someone sitting there!”
“Who’s this idiot that didn’t sit inside the car but on the roof?”
“Who knows what he’s thinking.
Maybe he finds sitting on the roof cooler with the wind blowing?”
The group of guys pointed at the sedan approaching fast, laughing and commenting on the peculiar sight.
As they conversed, the car that approached from afar had already whizzed past them.
The next instant, as the mercenaries looked back at the car, the person who had been sitting on its roof had completely disappeared.
“Age spares no one, Mingjian, even you’ve aged!” A sigh suddenly resounded in everyone’s ears.
Following the direction of the voice, the mercenaries gazed over.
Not far away, a young man in large shorts and flip-flops, wearing only a white T-shirt, had unexpectedly appeared out of nowhere.
With a complex expression, the young man’s gaze fixated on his boss.
“Boss, you…” Seeing Chen Hai, in that moment, Tian Mingjian’s face also turned quite peculiar.
Chen Hai’s casual attire was not done to show off.
In Xiangnan during July, temperatures soared into the thirties, making it extremely hot.
Invited by Tong Daqiang to go out for kebabs and beer, he had dressed very casually and naturally wouldn’t go dressed in formal attire.
Upon suddenly learning that his cousin Sun Jinzhong was in trouble, without a second thought, he got in his car and drove straight here.
Changing into fresh clothes or anything of the sort was simply unnecessary for him!
He no longer bothered to dress up in branded attire to flaunt his excellence and nobility.
“Dressed like this is cooler, and as for sitting on the roof of someone’s car, it’s purely catching a free ride, saving some energy!” Chen Hai said with a light laugh while casually explaining.
“Boss, that’s not what I meant, what I mean is, after all these years, how come you still look so young?”
Feeling somewhat unable to keep up with his boss’s pace, Tian Mingjian hurriedly spoke up to explain.
“I secluded myself for a retreat and, without noticing, a couple of decades just passed by.”
“Maybe, having great strength naturally keeps one from aging fast!”
“If you’re interested and have the time, I could teach you some Body Refining Techniques.
If you can cultivate something from it, although you won’t become immortal, it will definitely boost your combat power a lot!” Chen Hai said with a smile, offhandedly making the offer.
“I’m willing to learn, definitely willing to learn!” Tian Mingjian nodded repeatedly, eagerly responding.
He had always coveted the abilities of his own boss.
He’d asked Chen Hai a long time ago to teach him some skills.
Unfortunately, at that time, Chen Hai simply couldn’t teach him.
At long last, with his boss finally relaxing his stance, willing to teach him something, how could Tian Mingjian let such a great opportunity slip by!
“Mm!
After I deal with urgent matters, I’ll teach you some introductory Body Refining Techniques!” Chen Hai nodded and on his own accord, opened the car door of Tian Mingjian’s vehicle and sat in the passenger seat.
Sitting inside the car was definitely more comfortable than sitting on the roof.
However, he hadn’t had any issues with the passers-by, so he couldn’t just forcibly dislodge them from their car and take their seat, right?
“Boss, shall we enter Myitkyina directly?” Tian Mingjian quickly settled into the driver’s seat and asked as he started the car.
“Yes, head straight to the High-tech Park; that’s my destination!” Chen Hai nodded in response.
Hearing this location, Tian Mingjian already had a rough idea why his boss hurried here—what were the so-called parks in Myanmar North and Cambodia actually like?
Having spent years in Southeast Asia, he naturally had a certain understanding of these places.
If those lowlifes in the parks conned the Japanese or Westerners, he might still look up to them a bit!
But those beasts, who didn’t dare touch foreigners and specialized in scamming their own countrymen?
Such trash, Tian Mingjian really looked down on them.
Starting the car, he drove Chen Hai towards the steel bridge over the Irawaddy River, moving slowly forward.
Past that bridge was the city of Myitkyina, the Capital of Kachin State.
The park Chen Hai was heading to was within this city that appeared grand and opulent but was rife with sin.
“Is this the legendary boss?
The strongest combatant known to man, just looking like this?”
“Who knows?
You are not unaware of our leader’s character.
He might exaggerate on such matters, but he wouldn’t deceive us!”
“Let’s go and quickly follow!”
The mercenaries following behind exchanged glances, filled with doubts.
Watching the car that Tian Mingjian was driving slowly disappearing from their view, they hurriedly got into their vehicles and sped off towards it.
…
Ten to twenty minutes later, in Myitkyina, within the High-tech Park.
Several small buildings of three or four floors stood tall among them.
The guards at the gate, dressed in military uniforms and carrying AKs, patrolled the nearby area.
“The enterprises based in the park thrive on ‘bloodsteamed buns,’ but they are the pillar industry for this city.”
“With the taxes from the park, the local warlords can support quite a number of troops…” Tian Mingjian explained to Chen Hai as they parked the car near the park’s main entrance.
Without leaving the car and pointing at the AK-wielding guards patrolling the entrance, Tian Mingjian explained to Chen Hai.
“Without the local warlords’ support, the companies in the park couldn’t brazenly establish themselves here.”
“Just drop me here, and you guys stay outside.
I’ll go for a casual stroll inside!” Chen Hai greeted Tian Mingjian, opened the car door, and jumped down.
The image of his cousin Sun Jinzhong being tortured flashed through his mind.
Though a smile still hung on his face, the killing intent within him surged uncontrollably.
Dressed in shorts and flip-flops, he walked towards the park’s main gate at a leisurely pace.
Tian Mingjian and the others watched Chen Hai head for the gate without making any unnecessary moves.
Tian Mingjian knew all too well the extent of his boss’s capabilities.
Thirty years ago, his strength was already terrifying, and now that he had reemerged, just how powerful had he become?
Tian Mingjian couldn’t imagine but was extremely eager to find out.
PS: I don’t have any drafts saved; I write one chapter and update one chapter.
I’ve just finished writing this one, it’s not intentional delay!