When I went home for Chinese New Year, I spent a million times more money on my foreign wife.

Chen Yang had only been asleep for less than four hours when Lei Zi called.

"Boss, there's a bounty posted on the dark web."

"How many?"

"One billion US dollars. To buy your head. The order placement party used three layers of encrypted ramps, but our people still traced it back to the source—a few funds on Newark that you shorted and went bankrupt, pooled their money to place the order."

Chen Yang sat up.

How many orders have you received?

"As of twenty minutes ago, there were seven teams. All of them were top-tier international mercenary organizations, ranging in size from twelve to twenty-five people. They were fully equipped with weapons and equipment, with two teams equipped with anti-materiel sniper rifles and shoulder-fired anti-aircraft missiles."

Where are they?

"According to our network of informants in Mochengbu, the first three teams have already entered the country and are moving towards the estate. The remaining four teams will all be in place by tomorrow morning at the latest."

Chen Yang glanced out the window; it was snowing heavily in Mo City.

"What about the security at your father-in-law's estate?"

"Ivan has over sixty private bodyguards, but they are all conventionally armed and can't stop professional mercenaries of this caliber. Moreover, the other side clearly scouted the place; the manor's security schedule was leaked."

Who leaked it?

"Still under investigation."

"Stop investigating, it's not important." Chen Yang got up and walked to the dressing room. "How many Black Kite people do you still have in Mo City?"

"Thirty-six people, all of them are first-line players from the Far East region."

"That's enough. Go to the armory and get the stuff that was shipped from Ice City last month."

Lei Zi paused for a second.

"Boss, you mean—"

"Exoskeleton armor. One set for each person."

There was a two-second silence on the other end of the phone.

"Boss, only forty sets of that armor were shipped in total, and they haven't been tested in actual combat yet."

"Tonight is the real test."

"……clear."

-

Chen Yang hung up on Lei Zi and dialed Chen Yue's number.

"Brother, what's wrong? It's the middle of the night."

"Someone on the dark web has put a bounty on my head."

The keyboard sounds stopped on Chen Yue's end.

"When did this happen?"

"It dried out a few hours ago over there in Newke."

"What do you need me to do?"

"Two things. First, find out exactly who issued the reward, their names, addresses, and family trust structures—give me everything."

"And the second one?"

"Wait for my message. You'll receive a tracking number for a package tomorrow. Please arrange for it to be shipped out for me."

"What should I send?"

You'll find out then.

Chen Yue didn't ask any more questions.

"Give me some time to pull up all the people's information."

"it is good."

Chen Yang hung up the phone, changed his clothes, and walked out of the bedroom. Katyusha, wrapped in a blanket, peeked out from the other end of the hallway.

"Are you going out?"

"I need to take care of something. Don't leave your room tonight."

"Is it related to those who want to kill you?"

Chen Yang glanced at her.

How did you know?

"Ivan called me ten minutes ago. His men intercepted the mercenaries' communication frequency," Katyuha said as she walked over. "He said there were several groups of people."

"Lei Zi can handle it."

"I know." Katyusha turned and went back into her room. "Be careful."

-

Outside Mo City, heavy snow blocked the roads.

In the woods three kilometers west of the manor, the first mercenary squad is assembling.

The group consisted of fifteen men, all retired special forces soldiers from Northern Europe, led by a Swede named Eric.

They brought four modified bulletproof off-road vehicles, with heavy machine guns mounted on the roofs and breaching explosives and flashbangs piled in the trunks.

Eric stared through his binoculars at the lights of the manor in the distance.

"The target is on the second floor of the main building. The bodyguards change shifts at 3:00 AM. We'll storm in from the west wall, with the demolition expert leading the way—"

He didn't finish his sentence.

A low, metallic scraping sound came from deep within the woods.

Everyone raised their guns at the same time.

There was nothing in the night vision goggles.

Three seconds later, a hand reached into the roof of the first armored SUV.

Five fingers pierced directly through the eight-millimeter-thick armor plate, then tore it in two—the roof was ripped off, the entire steel plate was torn in half, and a piercing metallic tearing sound was heard.

Eric finally saw the thing clearly through his night vision goggles.

A human silhouette.

Its entire body was covered in matte black armor plates, with a faint blue light shimmering at the joints. The mask was completely closed, revealing only two gleaming goggles.

Exoskeleton armor.

He had only ever seen such conceptual design drawings in military magazines in his entire life.

But the pictures in the magazine depicted things twenty years from now, and they were actually appearing before my eyes.

Eric fired the shot.

The 7.62mm rifle bullet struck the armor plate, sending sparks flying, but it didn't even scratch off the paint.

The Black Kite member in armor did not draw his weapon.

He grabbed the chassis frame of the SUV and flipped the entire two-and-a-half-ton armored vehicle over with one hand.

The two mercenaries inside the car were pinned down before they could even scream.

Simultaneously, a faint blue light shone from the joints throughout the woods.

One, two, five, ten.

Thirty-six Black Kite team members, clad in exoskeleton armor, rose from the snow and silently surrounded the entire area.

Eric threw down his rifle, drew his pistol, and pressed it against his temple.

A steel hand reached out from behind, pinched the barrel with two fingers, and gently snapped it in two.

Lei Zi's voice came from behind the mask.

"Don't waste your bullets, your lives aren't worth it."

-

The entire operation lasted less than forty minutes.

Seven mercenary teams, totaling 153 people.

Not a single one left Mo City alive.

The Black Kite team didn't even fire a single shot. The hydraulic arm of the exoskeleton armor had a force exceeding two thousand kilograms, making bulletproof vehicles as fragile as tin foil in their hands.

The mercenaries' bullets, grenades, and anti-materiel rifles were all ineffective.

This was no longer a battle; it became a one-sided slaughter.

Lei Zi collected 153 military dog ​​tags and put them into a black briefcase.

At daybreak, he dialed Chen Yang's number.

"Boss, the cleanup is complete. All 153 people are safe and sound. We have zero casualties."

"Did you take back the dog tag?"

"They're all in the boxes."

"Divide it into seven portions and send them to the seven people who issued the reward. Have Chen Yue send you the addresses."

"Received. Any accompanying message?"

"No need for any further explanation. They'll understand just by seeing the dog tag."

Lei hung up the phone, picked up his suitcase, and walked out of the manor gate. The snow had stopped, and the bloodstains on the ground were mostly covered by the fresh snow.

Two days later, Newark Manhattan.

The seven packages were delivered to seven different addresses.

When the people who opened the package saw the dog tag inside, three of them immediately called the police, two flew to South America with their families overnight, and the remaining two voluntarily removed the bounty on the dark web within 24 hours.

Chen Yue sent the follow-up tracking results to Chen Yang.

"Brother, all the bounty orders have been withdrawn. I've also investigated the family trust structures of those other people. The largest one is called the Howard Family Foundation, managing eight billion US dollars. Do you want to make a move?"

Chen Yang replied with four words.

Eat it all.

Upon receiving the instruction, Chen Yue brought up the Kunlun system's interface and began allocating funds.

In the back garden of Mo City Manor, a layer of fresh snow had settled on a hundred gold bricks.

Chen Yang stood under the eaves, put his phone in his pocket, turned and walked towards the restaurant. Katyusha had already asked the kitchen to prepare breakfast.