808: Chapter 799 Understanding Human Nature 808: Chapter 799 Understanding Human Nature Old Fox died, and soon after uttering some inexplicable words, he passed away.
Gao Yang had no hatred for Old Fox, though Old Fox detested him to the bone; nonetheless, it didn’t prevent them from having a quiet conversation after one of them had already been defeated.
For many mercenaries, after taking countless lives, their own life seems less significant.
When the end is set and nothing can alter it, they find little meaning in making a fuss over the useless and prefer to die a dignified death instead.
Gao Yang watched as Old Fox’s breathing stopped.
He reached out and touched the pulse on Old Fox’s neck.
After confirming his death, he stood up from beside Old Fox’s body and said to the Chieftain, “I’m going to find something to bury him with.”
The Chieftain nodded and still with a serious expression, said, “Did you know him?”
Gao Yang shook his head and replied, “No, I didn’t know him.
He was like, how should I put it, an animal that I didn’t need to kill for food, but had to anyway.
This man was formidable, a person who deserves respect, a…
respectable hunter, even if he was an enemy, he still deserves ample respect.”
The Chieftain understood and gestured dismissively, “A respectable enemy, then bury him.
I don’t understand why he chose to hide in the water; any movement in water makes noise, a good hunter wouldn’t do that.
If it were me planning an ambush, I definitely wouldn’t hide in water.”
Gao Yang couldn’t explain to the Chieftain that Old Fox needed to hide in the water to avoid detection by night vision devices.
To the Chieftain, it did seem foolish and unbelievable to ambush from within the water because bows couldn’t be used, but for Old Fox, it was his only chance.
Facing an opponent he couldn’t overpower and without an opportunity for a surprise attack, knowing that at night, without a night vision device, he would be at the mercy of others, Old Fox had to hide in the water and make a last stand in the truest sense.
But where Old Fox miscalculated was that Gao Yang’s determination to fight wasn’t for the diamonds, so he wouldn’t act as Old Fox predicted, killing all enemies with night vision devices after dark and then hurrying to search for the diamonds that Sadiq carried on him.
Old Fox had stayed in the water for far too long.
If he had been a young man, maybe he would have endured it, but someone from the desert is ultimately too foreign to water.
He knew how deep the pond was and where he could position himself to ambush anyone approaching Sadiq’s body, but what Old Fox didn’t expect was that Gao Yang would be exceptionally wary and would wait a long time before making a move.
It was odd for a person who grew up in an environment where even drinking water had to be used sparingly to run around in the water for a long time, especially since the pond in the jungle couldn’t receive direct sunlight and the temperature was much lower than what the human body could tolerate.
In any case, even after soaking too long, Old Fox still had a chance to shoot at Gao Yang; however, he didn’t expect that real hunters would be at Gao Yang’s side.
Who was the Chieftain?
A person who, since birth, depended on hunting for food to fill his belly, and hunting with the most primitive methods wasn’t as casual and comfortable as sport hunting with guns.
When it came to crises, those like the Chieftain had an intuition beyond ordinary imagination, or rather, a sixth sense.
Take a city-dweller and make them live the life of a primitive for a few years; if they survive, they too would develop extremely sharp instincts, let alone a Chieftain who truly came from a Primitive Tribe.
So Old Fox’s death was by no means unjust.
The mining camp wouldn’t lack tools, and Gao Yang found a few shovels.
He dug a hole outside the camp and buried Old Fox.
The Chieftain and his people didn’t know how to use tools like shovels, and although they could offer a little help, it was mainly Gao Yang who dug the grave.
It was rather shallow, just barely deep enough to cover Old Fox, but he kept his promise.
After burying Old Fox and looking at the corpses scattered around the camp, Gao Yang let out a breath and said to the Chieftain, “Okay, there’s nothing left to do now.
Let’s go home, back to the tribe.”
The Chieftain smiled at Gao Yang, hugged him tightly, and said loudly, “Revenge doesn’t bring happiness.
We’ve taken our revenge, but the dead cannot come back to life, so I’m not so happy about the successful vendetta, but seeing you again, White Child, truly pleases me.”
“I had come back to look for you guys before, but I couldn’t find you.
Last time, I found the houses left by our tribe; it seems another tribe had moved in, but that tribe living in your houses was wiped out too, just like the Kaisen Tribe.
It scared me; I thought it was you who had died.”
Full of curiosity, Kusto said, “Really?
Something like that happened?
This is the third place we’ve reached after you left; more and more people are coming to the grasslands, and the Chieftain has been leading us deeper into the forest.”
Grand Ivan, usually reserved, let out a sigh, but with a smile, he said, “White Child, I have a child now.”
Balix quickly added, “Me too, I also have one, actually, I have two children.”
Gao Yang punched both Grand Ivan and Balix in the chest, laughing, “I know, I’ve already met them.”
Finally having time to express his feelings of missing since their separation, Gao Yang loudly said, “Chieftain, I want to take you away from here, to a safe place where you don’t have to hunt or worry about food, and never have to fear bad people attacking again.”
The Chieftain had no sentiment for maintaining the traditional lifestyle, and in the face of the pressure of death, talking about sentiment was even more laughable.
The most important thing was how to survive, so the Chieftain, overjoyed, said, “That would be wonderful, what place is it?”
Gao Yang couldn’t explain to the Chieftain where they were going, he could only smile and say, “You’ll know when you get there, let’s hurry and leave this place now, head back to the tribe, and then, I can quickly take you to a safe place.”
After speaking, Gao Yang looked around the camp, where there were many cars, and casually pointed to those cars, saying, “Let’s go, I’ll take you back with these big guys, it’ll be quick.”
Before leaving, Gao Yang still had some things to do, he took out his phone, turned it on, also switched on the walkie-talkie, and after trying unsuccessfully to call Bantuna and the others with the walkie-talkie, Gao Yang found a car radio in one of the many cars.
The car radio had much higher power, after adjusting the frequency, Gao Yang immediately called out, “Radar, Radar, respond if you receive this.”
“This is Jansen, boss, Radar is gathering the team, where are you, what’s the situation over there?”
“I’m fine, everything is over, I’m heading back, where are you?
How are things now?”
“God, it’s a total mess here, those poor laborers are in terrible health, we can only let those in the worst condition ride in the cars, but too many people can’t walk anymore, damn it, we can only move in fits and starts, it’s been two days, and we’ve only covered half the distance.”
Gao Yang clicked his tongue, saying, “I was counting on you to have settled those laborers properly.”
“No way to settle them, those people have no idea where this is, nor how far it is from their homes, we don’t even know how to send them away, also, I was thinking of asking Martin and the others to drive over and help, but Radar said, you definitely wouldn’t want Martin to know about the diamond mine, before you agree, we can’t tell Martin and the others anything that happened.”
Gao Yang breathed a sigh of relief, Bantuna’s decision was exactly to his liking, that guy truly was a rare talent.
If Martin found out everything that happened here, the secret of the diamond mine wouldn’t be safe.
Gao Yang wasn’t expected to keep the diamond mine secret forever, but he could let the news circulate within a small circle in the Underworld, yet he absolutely didn’t want Martin to poke this news in front of the whole world.
In the dark world, matters could be resolved with the barrel of a gun, at worst it would come down to kill, kill, kill, whoever had the stronger fist got the diamonds, and by eliminating everyone who knew, the secret would be kept.
But if the whole world knew the news, Gao Yang didn’t know who would end up with the diamond mine, but he did know it would have nothing to do with him.
After silently cheering for Bantuna’s understanding, Gao Yang said to Jansen, “Radar is right, nothing that happened here can be told to Martin and the others, got it?”
“Oh, understood, so I won’t call for reinforcements then.
Don’t worry, boss, I’ll surely earn the salary you pay me.
Do you need to speak with Radar?”
“Yes, but wait a moment, call Radar back, let him wait for my call, that’s it, I’ll contact you later.”
After waving his fist, Gao Yang picked up the phone, but he first considered whom he should call.
Originally, the person Gao Yang most hoped to call was Grand Ivan, with a diamond mine at hand, he of course hoped to turn a big profit, and Grand Ivan was the best partner for that, a big figure in the Underworld, most suitable for such matters, unfortunately, Grand Ivan’s situation was somewhat dire, and he was currently unreachable.
With Grand Ivan out of the picture, Gao Yang thought about it and could only cooperate with Morgan.
Although Morgan couldn’t be considered part of the Underworld, as long as he wanted to, he could get involved, and besides Grand Ivan, only Morgan had that kind of power, plus Morgan was reliable.
Gao Yang never even considered keeping the diamond mine all to himself, not that he didn’t want to keep the lion’s share of the money to himself, keeping it within the small group remaining in the Satan Mercenary Corps, but he simply didn’t have the strength to do so.
If he wanted to do as Sadiq did, it wasn’t impossible, but Gao Yang wanted more, much more.
After dialing the phone, Morgan’s voice sounded tired, he said listlessly, “Hey, Gao, I don’t want to complain to you, but I’ve been suffering from insomnia for a while, and just before you called, I had only just fallen asleep.”
Gao Yang laughed, “I’m very sorry, may I ask the cause of your insomnia?”
“It’s all because of that gun, I’m too preoccupied with it, and the news Simon is sending back is worse one after another, oh God, I think I’ve made a huge mistake.
You calling me always brings surprises, and you woke me from sleep, there must be good news, I was just complaining about your call waking me up, I should apologize to you first, Gao, sorry, I shouldn’t have complained, alright, now tell me, why did you make this call?”(To be continued.
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