After Basong came in, he walked up to Silver Fox and Lin Chuan, pressed his palms together and chanted, "Sawadee ka."

"Sawadee ka." Silver Fox and Lin Chuan returned the gesture.

"Basong, this is Lin Chuan, he is my life savior." Silver Fox said, holding Lin Chuan's hand.

After taking a glance at Lin Chuan, Basong gratefully said, "Thank you for saving my master."

"You're welcome." Lin Chuan smiled and said, "It's all in a day's work."

The three exchanged pleasantries for a moment, and then Silver Fox, pulling Lin Chuan by the arm, sat down on a vintage rattan chair on the side. Basong also took a seat next to them.

Silver Fox started, "Basong, about you tracking down the whereabouts of the other party, any news?"

"Not yet." Basong spoke Chinese quite well, though with a bit of an accent, but it was still understandable. He paused slightly and continued, "However, there was news just from Chiang Rai that several trucks from China have just crossed the border. I don't know if…"

"Trucks?" Lin Chuan was taken aback, "When did they cross the border?"

"Around one o'clock this afternoon." Basong immediately replied.

Lin Chuan calculated quickly; the other party made their move at around one o'clock last night, and then they fled by car immediately. It has been over twenty-four hours now. By calculation, if they drove continuously, the timing would be about right.

However, with so many cars and trucks entering and exiting Chiang Rai every day, who can be sure that the vehicles were indeed Eagle's men?

Lin Chuan took a deep breath, his eyes narrowing as if deep in thought.

"Regardless, we can still go and check the situation." Lin Chuan said.

"I'll immediately call customs to have them temporarily detain the vehicles," Basong hurriedly suggested.

It was clear from this that Basong held strong influence in Chiang Rai; a word from him could get customs to detain vehicles. However, Lin Chuan immediately stopped him: "Don't... do not alert them, it might scare them off."

"Then…" Basong hesitated.

"We'll head there right now," Lin Chuan quickly stood up.

"Right!" Silver Fox nodded.

With Lin Chuan present, Silver Fox would usually agree with him. Because of her love for him, she didn't care about status, identity, or anything else. Seeing this, Basong immediately nodded in agreement.

As a result, they all drove to the Chiang Rai customs office.

Chiang Rai is located in the northernmost part of Thailand, with a complex terrain and a perplexing array of forces. Although there is no customs office in Chiang Rai itself, any foreign vehicle wanting to enter must be inspected at Chiang Rai's management station and get a permit before they can enter. Furthermore, they are not allowed to stay in Thailand for more than thirty days.

When they arrived at the foreign vehicle management station, many vehicles were lined in queue, waiting for inspection.

Silver Fox hastily walked around these trucks and found nothing suspicious.

"Strange, there doesn't seem to be any movement at all." Silver Fox inspected carefully

Silver Fox's inspection of the trucks was simple; it centered on brake pads—after driving over one to two thousand kilometers, the brake pads would definitely show significant wear, and so would the tires. If the trucks were only used in the Golden Triangle area, covering only two to three hundred kilometers, both the brake pads and tires would not show significant wear. If they came from Jiangbei City in China to Chiang Rai, there would unquestionably be significant wear for a journey that stretches over 1,500 kilometers.

"It may not necessarily be trucks," Lin Chuan spoke.

"According to the information disclosed by Zhou Rui, it could also be a minivan." Silver Fox said.

"Hmm." Lin Chuan nodded.

"So, what do we do?" The group circled around without finding any places worthy of suspicion.

"Let's go back for now," Lin Chuan said solemnly, feeling a heavy setback from his first unsuccessful endeavor.

Back at the mansion, they had a simple meal of Thai cuisine. Basong had already used all his contacts in the Golden Triangle to inquire about the situation, and Silver Fox had some people in the Golden Triangle start searching too. However, there seemed to be little progress.

While Lin Chuan was at a loss, his phone rang.

He had enabled global communication, and although it was expensive, it was a forced necessity.

The call still came through Zhou Rui's phone, and Lin Chuan hurriedly said, "I've arrived in Chiang Rai, where shall we meet?"

"Heh heh..." Eagle's deep voice transmitted, "Good that you've arrived, you just need to quietly wait for my message."

After speaking, he immediately hung up the phone.

A glimmer of hope had just arisen, but that glimmer of hope was immediately dashed, leaving Lin Chuan feeling extraordinarily annoyed.

"What happened?" Silver Fox asked anxiously.

"He hung up." Lin Chuan said helplessly, "It seems that the other party is going to play tricks."

"Hmph," Silver Fox snorted, "No matter what tricks they play, we can't let them go."

"But, at this moment, we can't find any trace of them at all," Lin Chuan revealed a bitter smile.

Silver Fox pondered for a moment, then said, "Don't worry, we will find them eventually."

Lin Chuan's face was still gloomy; what he cared about was not whether they could find the other party, but the safety of Zhou Rui. Most importantly, if they had really mistreated Zhou Rui, what would he do? For a girl like Zhou Rui, chastity is as important as life, and if they had shamed her, she might return only as a walking corpse.

"I know what you're worried about," Silver Fox spoke, "But rest assured, it won't be as bad as you imagine, just relax."

"I hope so," Lin Chuan nodded.

Some things couldn't be settled just with a bit of psychological comfort.

Apart from waiting for news, Lin Chuan seemed to have no other options.

Fortunately, that very night, the other party made a call, this time from a different number, and from the mobile phone's caller display, the opponent's number was completely untraceable, showing up as an anonymous call.

"Lin Chuan, come to Headless Mountain by midnight." Eagle's voice transmitted, he coldly said, "If you're late, heh, you'll regret it."

"Okay, I'll be there on time," Lin Chuan hurriedly nodded.

Although he didn't know where exactly Headless Mountain was, he still agreed in one breath. Originally, he had planned to ask the other party to let Zhou Rui speak with him for a moment, but before he could speak, the other party had already ruthlessly hung up the phone. This made Lin Chuan quite annoyed.

"Headless Mountain?" Basong was taken aback, "Isn't that Black Panther's territory?"

"Maybe the other party is in cahoots with Black Panther," Silver Fox smiled.

Black Panther is a power in the Golden Triangle, within its tens of thousands of square kilometers, housing hundreds of large and small power groups. Of course, these power groups are attached to larger groups; for instance, there are two large warlord groups here, including the Wa State Army and the Myanmar anti-government forces...

And Black Panther is just a moderate local power, mainly depending on the Wa State Army. The Wa State Army is strong, with tens of thousands of regular troops in the Golden Triangle, truly powerful, and the largest local power under their control. However, the anti-government forces in Myanmar are not weak either, and the two sides balance each other out. Meanwhile, third and fourth parties thrive in the crevices of their struggle.

"Let's go!" Lin Chuan packed up, grabbed the black bag, and immediately walked out. Before leaving, he quickly put on a hat from the coat rack on his head.

Seeing Lin Chuan so anxious, Silver Fox hurriedly said, "Lin Chuan, wait for me."

Silver Fox quickly followed him out.

Lin Chuan, in gray sportswear and black sports shoes, was well-suited for the rugged mountain paths of the Golden Triangle. The cap on his head blocked his eyes but not his path. Silver Fox drove Lin Chuan towards Headless Mountain at a high speed. Although Silver Fox was a woman, her driving speed was incredibly fast, speeding all the way.

The roads in Thailand are actually not good, with few smooth asphalt roads except for a few main roads in the city center and the highway from the airport to the loss, mostly dirt roads or muddy bad roads. Fortunately, this SUV was tough enough to endure a crazy race without much turbulence inside the vehicle, indicating its powerful suspension.

After driving for more than an hour, they moved out from the city area, speeding towards the endless suburbs.

Thailand's population is not large, so once entering the suburbs, the surroundings immediately become desolate, with no street lights along the roadside, especially nearing the mountainous areas, it's completely pitch black. Looking up, there's no light to be seen at all.

"We're entering the mountain, we need to be careful now," Silver Fox said vigilantly.

"Yes!" Lin Chuan nodded.

In fact, without Silver Fox reminding him, Lin Chuan was well aware of the dangers. In the Golden Triangle, one could encounter armed robbers at any time. Of course, these robbers lived off the mountains. With the Golden Triangle being such a lawless place beyond the control of the government forces, last year, the governments of the three countries resolved to restore order in the Golden Triangle. Unexpectedly, the major forces of the Golden Triangle, after urgent deliberations, united together. The government forces of the three countries and the powers of the Golden Triangle had a bloody battle, eventually not managing to gain any advantage, and had to give up helplessly.

This battle alone made the Golden Triangle more notorious, attracting more funds into the major powers of the Golden Triangle, causing opium and drugs to proliferate even more, since no one could control it.

On the mountain top, Lin Chuan and Silver Fox were silent. The car sped along the mountain road, which was very steep, with rocks scattered across the road surface that had slid down from the mountain above.

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