The shrill ring of a cell phone shattered the eerie tranquility at the valley entrance.

Wang Hao, who was lying on the ground, suddenly perked up.

As if grasping at a last straw, he struggled to pick up the phone from his chest. When he saw the familiar word "Dad" on the caller ID, a flush of wild joy instantly surged across his pale face, which was already bloodless.

coming!

It must be Father's men who have arrived!

"Hahahaha!" He let out a maniacal laugh, glanced at Wu You provocatively with the air of a victor, and then pressed the speakerphone button without hesitation.

He wanted to let these ignorant country bumpkins hear with their own ears what kind of terrifying rage they were about to face!

"Dad! Have you arrived yet! Where are your men! Have they already surrounded this wretched village?!" Wang Hao roared impatiently as soon as the call connected.

However, what came from the other end of the phone was not the thunderous command he had imagined.

Instead, it was a suppressed, violent panting sound.

Immediately afterwards, Wang Teng's trembling voice, filled with endless terror and disbelief, came through the receiver.

"Xiao Hao...who...who did you mess with?"

The smile on Wang Hao's face froze.

He paused, then asked uncertainly, "Dad? What's wrong? Your voice... why is it trembling?"

"I'm asking you! Who did you offend?!" On the other end of the phone, Wang Teng's voice suddenly became sharp, a roar mixed with fear and despair!

"I...I don't know!" Wang Hao was bewildered by his father's sudden reaction. "They're just a bunch of barbarians from the mountains! They..."

"Shut up!" Wang Teng rudely interrupted him. "You useless, incompetent fool! Do you even know that because of you! Our Wang family... is finished!"

"It's over?" Wang Hao felt his brain was malfunctioning. "Dad, what nonsense are you talking about? How could our Wang family be finished? Are you drunk?"

"I fucking hope I'm drunk!" A bitter laugh came from the other end of the phone, a laugh filled with endless regret and despair.

"Just now, within five minutes!"

"All of our group's bank loans have been frozen! All our partners have unilaterally announced the termination of all cooperation with us!"

"Our company's stock was driven down to its daily limit by an unimaginable amount of money! The forced delisting process has now been initiated!"

"All my assets, properties, and accounts have been seized! The reason given is... suspected illegal money laundering and endangering national security!"

"I just called everyone I know, everyone I thought could help me, and not a single one dared to answer my call! They're avoiding me like I'm a plague!"

Every word Wang Teng uttered was like a heavy hammer blow, striking Wang Hao's heart with devastation.

Wang Hao was completely dumbfounded.

His mouth was agape, his eyes were wide open, and the color drained from his face at a visible speed.

Banks have frozen loans?

Partners terminate cooperation?

Will a stock be delisted after hitting its daily limit down?

All assets seized?

How...how is this possible?

The Wang family was a business empire worth tens of billions! How could they possibly collapse in just five minutes?

This must be a hallucination!

This is absolutely a dream!

"No...it can't be..." Wang Hao muttered to himself, his eyes beginning to glaze over. "Dad, don't scare me...this can't be real..."

"It's true! It's all true!" Wang Teng roared hysterically on the other end of the phone. "All the men I sent to Jiangcheng, Black Panther and the others, have disappeared! I can't contact a single one of them! It's like they've vanished from the face of the earth!"

"Wang Hao! You beast! Tell me! Which deity have you offended?!"

Wang Hao's mind went completely blank.

He subconsciously looked up at the eight-year-old child who had been standing not far away with an indifferent expression.

And then there was that old man who made a two-word phone call using only a broken cell phone.

A thought that he himself found utterly absurd, yet undeniably real, was growing wildly in his mind.

Is it...

Could it all be because of... that phone call?

"Clear the area."

Those two seemingly casual words weighed heavily on his heart, as if carrying a thousand pounds of weight.

Each syllable exploded in his ears like thunder, making his head buzz.

In that instant, he suddenly realized and fully understood the profound meaning contained in those two words.

It turns out that this was not just a simple matter of clearing out a site, but a massive, earth-shattering operation—to wipe the entire Wang family off the face of the earth!

In an instant, a biting cold wind blew by, like a surging cold current, sweeping over his entire body with lightning speed.

He couldn't help but shiver, and his body began to tremble involuntarily.

At this moment, he suddenly realized that he had not provoked some local tyrant from a remote village, but a high and mighty god!

This deity can reduce a vast empire worth tens of billions to nothing and vanish into thin air in just five minutes by simply moving his lips.

Faced with such a terrifying existence, Wang Hao felt completely helpless and panicked.

"I...I..." He stammered, trying to say something, but his throat felt like it was being tightly gripped by an invisible hand, and he couldn't utter a sound.

His eyes, which were once filled with resentment and arrogance, were now dull and lifeless, replaced by a deep-seated fear that seemed to have no end in sight.

Wang Teng, on the other end of the phone, seemed to realize that the situation was far more serious than he had imagined, and his tone suddenly changed completely.

His voice became more humble than ever before, even bordering on obsequious, and mixed with a hint of barely concealed fear and pleading.

"Xiao Hao...you...you give the phone...to them...quickly! Give the phone to the person in charge!"

"Let me talk to them! I'll kneel down before them! I'll give them everything I have! I just beg them to spare the Wang family's life!"

The once arrogant Shanghai tycoon, at this moment, completely abandoned all his dignity and begged for mercy like a dog.

With trembling hands, Wang Hao handed the phone to Wu You.

However, Wu You didn't even glance at him.

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