Upon hearing Xingyue's words, the panic already present on Lu Ting's face visibly intensified at this moment, his eyes staring intensely at the woman opposite him, pupils searching frantically due to extreme fear.
The infamous name of the Kachin State's Hell in northern Myanmar was well-known to anyone who had even a slight exposure to international news.
Once sold into the fraud zones of northern Myanmar, people never had a chance to escape, even if a very few managed to rack their brains and flee from inside the fraud zones, they all paid a huge price.
Let's put it this way, if an ordinary person were sold in, apart from a lifetime of gray-area activities, there was only death, or being dragged aboard a public medical ship.
And seeing that Zhao Ting, who had always been arrogant and unyielding, finally showed a look of absolute fear of death at this moment, Xingyue's cruel smile instantly deepened.
"No, no! I won't go!!"
In order to make them more deeply convinced of his identity, Lu Ting knew he needed to showcase his astonishing acting skills!
At this moment, Lu Ting was still tightly bound hand and foot with hemp ropes, flanked by two fierce men carrying AK assault rifles on their shoulders, controlling him just like before, one on each side.
Therefore, Lu Ting's struggles at this moment had no significant effect, but as long as there was an intention to struggle out of fear, it was enough.
He looked at Xingyue in front of him, his voice trembling as he pleaded, "I can give you money! How much do you want, I can have people bring it to you!"
"As long as you don't take me there, I'll give you as much money as you want!"
"And I promise, after I go back, I won't call the police! How about that?!"
As soon as the words fell, one of the fierce men beside Lu Ting, who had been controlling him, along with the snake-like woman standing in front of him, exchanged glances, both showing a disgusting smirk of triumph.
Look!
Even such a rich person at this time, wouldn't he kneel down and beg them like a dog?!
But begging aside, it was absolutely impossible to release the person.
If you were to choose, would you choose a one-time benefit or multiple benefits over the long term?
Anyone with a bit of brains would choose the latter, and these fraud and kidnapping elements were certainly no fools.
If they initially demanded a large ransom from the kidnapped person's family, they might not necessarily pay it off all at once, but if they demanded ransom in installments and occasionally gave them hope during the period.
So, the value and benefits that this method could create were obviously much greater than the first method!
Especially someone like Zhao Ting, the rich second generation from China, extracting several hundred million from him was just a simple matter.
Plus, he was the only son in his family, so obtaining a large ransom from Zhao Ting's family would definitely be easier than from others, given Chinese people's high regard for blood ties.
So at this moment, how could they possibly let Zhao Ting go?
Immediately after a brief silence, Xingyue, after a few seconds, said to Zhao Ting, "Sorry, Mr. Zhao, this is not something we can decide."
"You better wait until you get inside and have a chance to see our boss, then negotiate with him face to face, maybe he will be moved by your sincerity and let you go?"
Upon hearing this, although Lu Ting's face showed a desperate look, inside he was sneering uncontrollably. He had never heard of anyone having a chance to see the boss behind the fraud zone after entering.
What bullshit is this?
Still being moved by sincerity?
Motherf*ckers, hundreds of millions can't move you, what sincerity are you talking about?!
Just then, from the originally very quiet and calm Moei River surface, there came the sound of engines roaring.
He saw a raft made of simple planks and powered by an engine, coming from the bend in Lu Ting's line of sight at the Moei River.
Seeing the raft coming to pick them up, Lu Ting's expression of fear on his face became even more severe, and the intensity of his struggling movements grew.
"No!"
"Let go of me!"
"I'm not going over there!"
Slap——
It seemed that Lu Ting's constant muttering and struggling had annoyed one of the fierce men controlling him, and at this moment, without any mercy, he raised his hand and slapped Lu Ting's cheek fiercely, then fiercely scolded, "Shut up, stop fucking screaming! Behave yourself!"
The force of this slap was considerable. In just an instant, a clear and vivid palm print appeared on the right side of Lu Ting's cheek!
After being slapped in the face, although Lu Ting seemed to be confused by this slap on the surface, in fact, he was cursing non-stop in his heart!
After all, for such a long time, Lu Ting had never experienced such a humiliating slap!
To be honest, the feeling inside was pretty uncomfortable, but for the smooth progress of the plan, for the generous commission after the mission, he now had only one word, and that was, endure!
Seeing Lu Ting obediently after being slapped, Xingyue, who was standing close to him at this time, also pretended to be concerned, and 'kindly' spoke again to remind him, "Mr. Lu, if you want your days after entering to be a little better, I advise you to behave obediently, it will make you suffer less physical and mental pain!"
Upon hearing this, when Lu Ting looked up at Xingyue again, his eyes were full of anger and resentment, looking as if he wanted to bite a piece of flesh off her body.
Seeing this, Xingyue just smiled indifferently and did not take Zhao Ting's current appearance seriously.
And at this moment, the raft that had been driven from the far-off river suddenly arrived at the shore, and immediately after that, Xingyue waved her hand, signaling them to quickly pull Lu Ting onto the raft, and instructed, "Watch him closely when you take him in. If he runs away, not enough of your heads will be chopped off!"
"Yes!"
The two fierce men who had been restraining Lu Ting responded promptly to Xingyue's instruction with a disciplined voice, and then dragged Lu Ting towards the raft by the riverbank.
Although Lu Ting was still struggling slightly at this time, and he seemed to be unwilling to follow them, his body was no longer under his control. The two people beside him were directly carrying him.
In no time, the two fierce men successfully dragged Lu Ting onto this simple raft by the riverbank.
After they all boarded the boat, without wasting a second, the raft immediately turned and sailed towards the opposite bank of the river.
The Moei River's surface is about seventy to eighty meters wide in total. Though the raft is indeed rudimentary, it is powered by an engine and thus not slow.
Just a few minutes later, the raft arrived at the opposite bank of the Moei River.
At this moment, Lu Ting was completely within the boundaries of northern Myanmar!
On the banks of the Moei River within northern Myanmar, a car had been waiting for some time. As soon as Lu Ting was brought ashore by the two fierce men, they promptly shoved him into this car.
Immediately after, the vehicle beneath them started and headed straight for the electronic fraud park where Lu Ting would be detained.
However, this time, they did not cover Lu Ting entirely with a black burlap bag again, allowing him to observe the surroundings more clearly through the car window.
Once the car reached the normal road surface, looking around within a radius of ten kilometers, all that could be seen besides the rice paddies were more rice paddies!
In addition to this, Lu Ting couldn't see any signs of human activity whatsoever, not even much traffic on the road. It appeared quite desolate here!
However, this also indirectly reflects that even in the peripheral areas of these electronic fraud parks, which are considered dangerous enough for even local people in northern Myanmar not to approach!
While the car carrying Lu Ting traveled along this particularly desolate road for about ten minutes, the main gate of an electronic fraud park appeared before them.
From the outside, this electronic fraud park looked no different from some electronic factory districts.
Of course, this is on the condition that one ignores the four to five-meter-high walls topped with barbed wire, as well as the guard posts stationed every hundred meters outside the walls, manned by fully armed personnel.
At first glance, the level of security here seems stricter than even some prisons!
And all of this is already a common sight throughout northern Myanmar. These guard posts and armed personnel are all in place to prevent those deceived into coming here from escaping.
Every escapee of those sold into the electronic fraud parks causes their bosses losses ranging from at least three hundred thousand to several million.
Because everyone sold into these electronic fraud parks is priced separately; men are uniformly priced at three hundred thousand, women at two hundred and fifty thousand. Some very attractive women may fetch higher prices, but not by much.
Even if those sold into the electronic fraud parks cannot help their bosses profit through fraud, men can still be taken to international medical ships to trade in human organs, while women may be sold to entertainment venues for servicing clients, thus generating profits.
In any case, once sold into these electronic fraud parks, every inch of your skin will be priced.
The profits brought by one or two people may not be that much, but what about a hundred, a thousand, or even a few thousand?
The value and benefits within this are extremely terrifying!
In summary, those within these electronic fraud parks can no longer be called humans but rather indistinguishable from commodities.
Therefore, in every electronic fraud park in northern Myanmar, they absolutely do not allow any cases of successful escape!
Although Lu Ting has seen on the international dark web that some deceived or kidnapped people have successfully escaped from within, they are also very few and far between compared to the number of people deceived into coming here, perhaps one in a thousand!
And these most intuitive data also best reflect the strictness of the armed personnel stationed outside these electronic fraud parks!
Thinking of this, Lu Ting stared out the car window, involuntarily becoming obscure and unclear.
As the car continued to advance, the distance between Lu Ting and this electronic fraud park visibly decreased.
The closer they got to this electronic fraud park, the more clearly he could see the equipment on the armed personnel standing guard outside the walls.
Each of them wore identical black bulletproof vests with belts carrying pistols around their waists. Besides pistols, one could also see daggers and simple single-person combat equipment like hand grenades.
Upon arriving at the gate, a similarly armed guard emerged, waved to signal the driver to stop for inspection.
This armed guard, responsible for checking the car's interior conditions, glanced briefly inside before exchanging a few words with the driver. Immediately afterward, he signaled to his companion within the gate to open it wide, allowing the vehicle to enter.
This was a scene Lu Ting had not anticipated, never having expected that they would even set up defenses for their own people?
Soon after, as the gate swung wide open, the car responsible for escorting Lu Ting followed closely behind, entering this electronic fraud park.
Since it was still early in the day, as the car proceeded toward the center of the electronic fraud park, Lu Ting did not see any signs of human activity along the way.
However, he did see many shops lining both sides of the street, catering to various daily needs.
There were clothing stores, hair salons, restaurants, hot pot alleys, bars, KTVs, ice skating rinks, and more—all the types of establishments one would find outside!
If you didn't know this was within an electronic fraud park, at first glance, it might appear no different from a bustling small town.
Here, the places for eating, drinking, and entertainment, the facilities were all complete. Doesn't it seem quite nice?
However, according to what Lu Ting had learned, these places were not accessible for everyone to consume!
Only the management with the authority to oversee or supervise, or high-tech personnel who generated significant profits for their bosses, could enjoy weekly outings, escaping from the oppressive electronic fraud buildings to relax here!
Apart from this, anyone else hoping to enjoy these places was simply daydreaming!
After all, ensuring one's monthly achievement and surviving within is already extremely difficult!
If they fail to achieve the targets set by the boss for a month, these piglets and dogs will face a beating with sticks.
Of course, the "sticks" mentioned here by Lu Ting are not ordinary wooden sticks, but iron rods and electric batons!
And if they consistently fail to meet the targets over the long term, their fate will be tens or even hundreds of times worse than the former! Whether it's electric torture or water dungeons, in short, however painful it is, that's how they will torment you.
If they accidentally kill someone, they won't be afraid at all. You should know that all these electric fraud zones have burial areas!
If someone dies, they just bury them in the burial ground, and no one will know, as if they evaporated from the earth!
Therefore, whether the electric fraud zones in northern Myanmar are paradises or terrifying hells on earth depends on the individual.
For those inhuman management levels, they can do whatever they want here, with endless people to order around and endless money to spend. Naturally, this is paradise.
But for ordinary people who are kidnapped and sold here without any means of self-defense, it's nothing short of hell on earth!
As for Lu Ting, who plays the role of "Zhao Ting" and was "kidnapped" here, this is a crucial turning point in whether he can revive his own armed group in the future!
After all, the huge commission from this successful mission can indeed contribute significantly to his own armed group!
Thinking of this, Lu Ting, who was originally looking out the window with a dim look, suddenly showed a hint of fiery emotion in his eyes.
But soon, he suppressed this inappropriate emotion and regained his composure.
It was at this moment that the car carrying Lu Ting slowed down again. Sensing this, his gaze immediately turned forward and looked ahead.
The car had already arrived at the central area of this electric fraud zone. Compared to the slightly bustling market street just now, this place was noticeably quieter.
However, when Lu Ting saw the building appearing directly in front of him, even at this moment, he couldn't help but pause.
The reason was simple,
Because what appeared in front of his eyes at this moment was not a towering building detaining numerous victims of electric fraud, nor a place for severe torture and interrogation, but a school!
That's right!
The building in front of him, along with the surrounding area fenced off with simple iron rods, was all within the scope of this school.
The name of the school should be written on the lintel at the school gate in gilded characters. Although written in the language of northern Burma, Lu Ting couldn't read it, but he could distinguish "KK," these two English letters.
Seeing this, Lu Ting instantly realized that the electric fraud zone where he was now located was the largest and most famous one in Kachin State, Myanmar, "KK!"
Looking at this school right in front of him, Lu Ting couldn't help but sneer repeatedly in his heart. In such a cruel and inhumane place, there actually existed a school that taught and educated.
How ironic!
At this moment, Lu Ting only wanted to know whether the "books" these people taught were legitimate?!
In fact, when this doubt arose in his mind, he already had the corresponding answer inside.
For these unscrupulous fraud and kidnapping criminals, they certainly didn't establish such an elementary school in the electric fraud zone because they wanted to do good deeds or be kind.
As for the real purpose behind their actions, Lu Ting only needed to think a little to imagine it!
These fraud and kidnapping criminals set up this school not out of goodwill but as a shield to use during certain crises. If news of "Zhao Ting's" disappearance spreads, they fear that the national police or other forces might come to rescue.
Then, these children in the school would be the best way to delay their actions!
After all, these fraud and kidnapping criminals are truly heartless, but others may not be able to harm these innocent children without hesitation!
For a moment, Lu Ting stared at the school in front of him, his eyes involuntarily revealing a hint of chilling coldness.
These damn fraud and kidnapping criminals!
They actually use innocent children as their "bulletproof vests" and "shields!"
Although Lu Ting was not considered a good person as a mercenary, he had his own set of principles and bottom line.
He would never do things like using the lives of innocent children as bargaining chips, nor would he even entertain such thoughts!
He knew very well that once certain lines were crossed, humanity would quickly be lost. Lu Ting simply wanted to earn money and didn't want to become like these fraud and kidnapping criminals who had no humanity or moral standards!
Just as Lu Ting's mind was racing, the car beneath him slowly drove onto the playground of the school.
And on this spacious playground, there were only two people standing here at the moment. One was wearing a striped shirt and loose brown trousers, with long hair tied back, and wearing gold-rimmed glasses on his face, giving him a somewhat scholarly demeanor.
The other, a young man with a floral shirt and a small braid on his head, stood slightly behind the man with the gold-rimmed glasses.
From their positions alone, it was clear who the decision-makers here were!
As the car carrying Lu Ting approached, their gazes locked onto Lu Ting's face through the car window.
Even as he walked, he spoke in a "friendly" tone, asking, "Mr. Zhao, have you had breakfast? Would you like to have breakfast together?"
As he spoke to Lu Ting and walked towards the school, there came from behind a series of very distinct claps of hands!
At this, Lu Ting couldn't help but turn his head again to glance at the young subordinate man who was smiling at him. Of course, he knew this person would treat him like this; it was merely a case of softening him up before taking action, much like what happened at Cangsheng Casino.
It had to be said that this young subordinate with gold-rimmed glasses, who seemed very easy-going, was quite adept at manipulating people's minds!
Just now, his disciplining of his underlings for Lu Ting was simply to ease "Zhao Ting's" guard against him.
Usually, people with this kind of personality are the most dangerous, because the dogs that bite the hardest usually bark the least!
Despite the friendly appearance he was putting on now, if Lu Ting didn't comply a little bit next, his true face would completely reveal itself.
These fraud and kidnapping criminals didn't have such good patience to always give a kidnapped piglet a good face. The reason Lu Ting was treated like this was also because of the identity he was currently playing, "Zhao Ting," which made these people hypocritical.
If it were an ordinary person who was kidnapped and sold here, see if they would speak so kindly!
While being led into the teaching building by this young subordinate man, Lu Ting was actually quietly observing the environment here and considering how likely it was for Wang Tianyu to be imprisoned here as well.
Since he was brought here, it indicated that these fraud and kidnapping criminals trusted the security measures of the armed personnel here.
The difference in identity between Wang Tianyu and himself was not significant; they were both wealthy second-generation sons of Chinese and were both lured into a pig-killing scheme at Cangsheng Casino and then kidnapped and brought here.
To be honest, Lu Ting currently felt that there was a high probability that Wang Tianyu was imprisoned here!
But of course, this was only his subjective wish, and whether this was true or not remained to be seen.
"Mr. Zhao, how do you like it?"
At this moment, the young subordinate suddenly spoke, trying to get closer to Lu Ting, "Isn't the environment here quite nice?"
Damn you!
Even though he cursed vehemently in his heart, Lu Ting maintained a cautious demeanor on the surface.
After that, the young subordinate man got to the point and said, "Mr. Zhao, I know you're feeling uncomfortable right now and want to leave here and go back home."
"But our boss won't let you go until he gets what he wants. So, for now, just stay here and wait patiently. Once your family pays off the gambling debt and ransom, we'll naturally let you go!"
(End of the Chapter)