Chapter 126: A Warning from Siberia (Part 2)

This sudden alarm bell startled everyone, but then everyone felt strange, because apart from the shrill alarm bell they did not feel any possible danger at all. There was neither the sound of explosions everywhere like in Baghdad in later times, nor did they feel the shaking of an earthquake, and even if it really was an earthquake there would be no time to pull the alarm bell. 

If today were not April 1st, Zhou Ming would really suspect that this was a prank by some bored kid.

However, while everyone was still in disbelief, several staff members hurried over, shouting as they ran, 'Secretary-General, there's a fire in the archives! All the documents on the South Rose oil field have been burned!'

Upon hearing this shout, both Domer Il'yev and Consul Zhang Hui turned pale, and Zhou Ming also grew grave upon hearing Kareina's translation.

The deputy secretary-general went up to question how the fire had started. The staff replied that they didn't know what had happened. The fire suddenly broke out in the archive room. They rushed to put out the fire as soon as possible, but it was too late. All the documents about the South Rose oil field were burned.

After listening to the staff's report, the deputy secretary-general said regretfully to Zhou Ming, 'It seems that I am very sorry, Mr. Zhou Ming. Due to the occurrence of such an event that no one wants to see, the handover of documents cannot be carried out today. However, it does not matter, as we have all the documents backed up. We can only ask Mr. Zhou Ming to wait patiently for a while. We will contact Mr. Zhou Ming as soon as we have finished sorting them out.'

Zhou Ming sighed and said, 'That's all right, then I'll trouble you, Mr. Secretary-General.'

The deputy secretary general shook his head and said it was fine, waved for the staff to turn off the alarm, and went to check the damage.

At this time, Du Peng whispered to Zhou Ming, 'This is not right, the fire is also starting too strangely.'

Zhou Ming nodded and said of course, how could he not see the problem in this? Not to mention that the fire in the archives room broke out right after Eugens left, and what was burned was none other than the documents about the South Rose oil field alone. It was impossible to say that it wasn't intentional.

In addition, the fire alarm should have been triggered immediately after the fire was discovered, and after the alarm was triggered, the staff member immediately ran out to report the situation to the deputy secretary-general. In such a short time, there was only enough time to pass on the news, but he had already completed the inventory and reported that only the documents about the South Rose oilfield had been burned. How could this not be suspicious?

There is no doubt that this fire must have been a plot arranged by Eugens, with the aim of continuing to threaten him and prevent him from successfully obtaining the oilfield.

Zhang Hui thought about this and said to Zhou Ming with a bitter smile, 'Mr. Zhou Ming, it seems that this oilfield is not easy to obtain!'

'Consul Zhang, the challenge is to obtain what is not easy to obtain. If everything is so easy to obtain, where is there any legend to speak of?'

Zhou Ming said to Zhang Hui, leaving Zhang Hui completely at a loss for words. However, there was no need for them to say anything more. Since the documents were no longer there, their presence here was meaningless. They turned and left, but as they reached the door, they saw another shocking scene.

A heavy truck roared down the street and slammed into a car on the side of the road, smashing it to pieces with a loud bang.

Zhou Ming and the others were stunned because they had seen this heavy truck in the morning. It was the same truck that had brought them the threat warning from Eugene, and now he had crashed into the second car arranged by Domer.

The car was smashed against the wall by the truck, and under the powerful impact of the truck, it was directly crushed into pieces, as if the car was not made of steel but paper.

But before they could come to their senses from this shocking car accident, several more vans drove up, and more than 20 young men with large hammers got out. After getting out of the car, they went straight to Zhou Ming's limousine and without saying a word, they raised their hammers and smashed them onto the limousine.

Bang! Someone smashed the car window with a hammer, shattering the glass all over the ground; thud! Someone hit the car door with a hammer, instantly denting it.

Amidst the crackling and clattering, that same guy with the crew cut got off the truck. He came up to Zhou Ming and said with a smile, 'I'm really sorry, Mr. Zhou Ming, I've hit your car again. I hope I didn't scare the pee out of you.'

The man with the flat hair laughed arrogantly and said, then took a breath and added, 'Of course, I still want to tell you this time, Mr. Eugens, as I said before, as long as you leave Siberia before the first snow falls, everyone will still be good friends. Otherwise, I'm sorry. I don't think Mr. Zhou Ming's body is harder than these cars.'

If the fire in the archives was just speculation that Eugens was threatening, then this conversation between Airplane Head has confirmed this speculation.

Zhou Ming glanced at the car that had been crushed into a pancake by the truck and the concierge car that had been smashed to pieces, and said to Airplane Head, 'Thank you very much, Mr. Eugens, for taking the trouble to send you to tell us all this. His good intentions for his friends are touching.'

Zhou Ming's words came to an abrupt end, and he continued, 'But I still say the same thing. I think Mr. Eugens really needs to see a psychiatrist, otherwise living in a world of delusions all the time will really make him depressed.'

Then he looked at the plane head again. After hearing Zhou Ming's words, his face immediately turned gloomy, because he felt that he had been made a fool of.

Plane Head shouted angrily, took his AK and walked over to the limousine, firing a burst of bullets at the car. As the gunshot echoed like popping beans, the already tattered limousine suddenly had a bunch of bullet holes.

After doing all this, Plane Head looked at the car with satisfaction, turned back and fiercely made a motion of cutting the neck of Zhou Ming, before leaving with his men.

When Airplane Head left, the deputy secretary general who had come with him slowly walked out. Looking at Zhou Ming and their battered courtesy car, he immediately made a promise to Zhou Ming and Zhang Hui: 'Please rest assured, Chinese friends. I will instruct the relevant departments to apprehend the suspects as soon as possible and bring them to justice!'

Zhou Ming and the others were very skeptical of the deputy secretary general's promise. Not only were the gangs in Siberia so rampant, but more importantly, the bizarre events of the day made people cautious.

In the end, Zhou Ming and the others were picked up by a car sent by the state government and taken back. Back at the villa in Domer, they didn't feel like doing anything else and could only sit together in the living room discussing things. Du Peng said to Zhou Ming with great concern, 'Zhou Ming, it seems that the president in the Kremlin didn't have any good intentions before he abandoned the Siberian oilfields to us.'

'Oil is gold buried underground. According to standards, the South Rose oilfield is not too bad, and it can be mined for at least a few years. But he mortgaged the oilfield to us for a deal of 1.2 billion new rubles. Although there are other factors involved, in this Mr. Nikolayevich's thinking, he will not lose no matter what.'

Zhou Ming said this, and after thinking for a moment, he continued, 'But whether or not he really intended to do this, we were always going to come.'

'Mr Zhou Ming is indeed thoughtful, but the current situation is not the same as it was back then,' Zhang Hui suddenly spoke up at this time. 'Just now on the way back, Eugens sent someone to deliver an envelope containing a bullet. Coupled with today's fire and the subsequent smashing of the car, the threat is too obvious. The current situation in Siberia can be described as extremely bad. My suggestion is that we go back and think more about it.'

Ilbedov stared and said, 'Consul Zhang, are you saying that you want to back down and give up the oil fields in Siberia?'

'Not at all, Mr. Ilbedov. I just don't think we need to stick our necks out for other people and fight with Eugens,' Zhang Hui said. 'When I was in Krisko, I heard some things about this Mr. Eugens. He once killed his family in the street for something unimportant, with extremely cruel methods and a very bloody scene.'

'And,' Zhang Hui glanced at Domer and continued, "I think Mr Domer will know more about what's going on here in Siberia than I will.'

Domer knew that he could not hide, so he sighed and said, "Sending a bullet is a warning from our Vladimir family. If you do not follow the family's instructions and arrangements, then what awaits you will be the judgment of an icy bullet.'

Although he had heard about this rule long ago, when Domel explained it now, it still made Irbedov gasp in shock: 'This guy Eugene, does he really dare to do it?'

'This is the reason why I suggest leaving here,' Zhang Hui said.

As he listened to these people talking back and forth, Zhou Ming suddenly laughed, and he asked Du Peng, 'It seems that this guy Eugene is going to do something serious. What do you think?'

Du Peng's face was also wearing a smile: 'The bullets of this threat have already been fired, so what else is there to think about? Of course, you just look at it with your eyes. And ever since I was little, my grandfather has always taught me that as a man, I must be strong and never compromise with any evil forces at will.'

'So young Master Du is not going to leave Siberia either?' Zhou Ming asked deliberately.

Du Peng said with his hands spread out, 'Needless to say. If my grandfather knew that I would ever run away from an enemy with my back turned, no matter what the reason, he would break my legs.'

Zhou Ming then said to Zhang Hui, 'Consul Zhang, I'm afraid this is embarrassing. These two young people have very strong pride and competitiveness, so I'm afraid we won't listen to you and leave.'

Just now, watching Zhou Ming and Du Peng exchange words, Zhang Hui had already expected this result. He shook his head helplessly and said, 'In that case, I will also stay here. After all, I still have to complete the task Chairman Du assigned to me.'

'Then I'll trouble you, Consul Zhang,' Zhou Ming said at last. 'But please rest assured, the Siberian winter is almost over.'

Zhou Ming's last sentence left everyone stunned, because it was the exact words that Eugens had threatened them with. No one understood what Zhou Ming meant.