Chapter 593


    "Mom, it''s fine, we''ll just put out the fire! It''s just one base, don''t we have more than that?" Elise


    didn''t seem to think this was a big deal at all.


    Something simr had happened before. Hence, it wasn''t anything too rming.


    They had other bases anyway. Damage to one of them was practically nothing.


    "It''s not that. The entire ce has almost been burnt to the ground," Sophia exined. If this was


    really a mistake, it was a fatal one.


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    It should not have been possible.


    "It''s alright. We can always get people to rebuild it, right?" Elise suggested.


    "You''re right. Let''s just forget about it and have fun," Sophia regained her cheerfulness.


    Her daughter had grown up. To be cool-headed in a time of crisis was a good thing.


    In the future, Sophia thought Elise would make a good heir.


    After all, this was their family''s way of doing things: to never panic and lose their cool.


    Things could only get done by not panicking.


    "Alright, Mom, let''s go get a drink. You know, that man over there keeps looking at you," Elise


    teased. He seemed like a slightly older man from the United States and was pretty handsome.


    "Please, I''m not in the mood," Sophia shook her head. She was in charge of the Lawrence family


    now, so she had to be wary of everyone around her.


    "Fine, let''s go grab a drink then. I''m getting bored over here," Elise wanted to get drunk. She hoped


    the mercenaries would bring her results when she sobered up the next day.


    And so, the women went to get their drinks.


    However, just as Sophia was about to take her first sip, her phone rang. She frowned at it and


    answered the call.


    "What is it?" Sophia asked coldly.


    She was now the leader of the household. When speaking to her subordinates, she had to put on a


    tough facade.


    "It''s terrible!" The voice trembled.


    "What happened?"


    "Base number three..."


    "What''s wrong with it?" Sophia''s face sank.


    "It''s on fire! All the weapons are in the fire as well. And the ten newly developed helicopters, they''re


    also..." The voice trailed off.


    There had been a fire followed by an explosion just now. There was essentially no time to contain


    the fire so it started to spread at an rming rate.


    In the explosion, the valuable data on weapons'' research kept in the base had beenpletely


    destroyed.


    "Are you pulling my leg? You have a death wish, don''t you?" Sophia''s expression darkened. It was


    data worth billions of dors.


    All that valuable research was all gone!


    The fire had destroyed them.


    "I... Please spare me! I''ve been watching the area very strictly! But, the fire was too sudden, I wasn''t


    able to put it out in time..." Over on the other end of the phone, the bald man, Bob, was almost


    scared to tears.


    "Look into it. If you can''t find the cause behind all of this, I''ll kill your entire family!" Sophia spat and


    hung up the phone.


    "Mom, what''s wrong?" Elise asked. Why did her mother look so solemn all of a sudden?


    What was going on?


    "Base No. 3 has caught fire. Ten helicopters worth 150 million US dors each have been burned


    down."


    "What?!" Elise eximed loudly. Why was there another fire?


    Did it have something to do with the previous one as well? The time difference between them was


    too short to be a coincidence.


    "I think someone might be messing with us," Sophia couldn''t help but consider this possibility.


    If it was only the one fire in the base, the cause might have been one of the workers'' negligence.


    However, two bases caught fire in a short period of time. Everything had been burnt to a crisp. This


    was a dire situation indeed.


    It was unlikely that this was merely a coincidence. "Mom, it''s impossible, right? Who would dare


    provoke us?" Elise voiced out.


    The Lawrence family was one of the Four Greatest Households. There were only a few other


    families in the world that could bepared with them. Who would have the guts to do this to


    them?


    Weren''t they afraid of dying?


    "I think someone has a death wish," Sophia gritted her teeth.


    The other families in the The Four Greatest Households wouldn''tmit such an act so grantly.


    After all, they had to worry about the repercussions.


    Therefore, this possibly couldn''t be the work of the other prominent households. It was someone


    else.


    "What should we do then?" Elise asked angrily.


    This loss was not a big deal to her family.


    However, it had openly challenged the power of the Lawrence family.


    This was uneptable.


    The reputation of their family was particrly important. If someone wronged them, they had to be


    severely punished. Otherwise, other families would think that it was okay to bully their family like


    this as well.


    "I''ll ask the other bases to maximise their security," Sophia replied.


    She was honestly taken aback. The base''s defences were top-notch. In theory, nothing should have


    been able to get past them, not even a mosquito! Even if one were to fly in, the guards would be


    alerted instantly.


    This was indeed a peculiar situation.


    It was a pretty big issue.


    Just as she was contemting about this, Sophia''s phone rang again. This time, the caller I.D.


    stated that it was from Base No. 6.


    Elise was startled by it.


    With narrowed eyes, Sophia went ahead and answered the call.


    "What is it?"


    "Something''s wrong. Base No. 6 was under attack, it''s on fire right now..." The voice croaked out in


    fear.


    "What?!" Sophia yelled, this time, absolutely enraged. She was about to throw her phone on the


    ground in fury. Thest fire had just happened, hadn''t it?


    How could three of their bases catch fire in such a short period of time? What on earth was


    happening?


    "Sorry, I..."


    "Look into it. If you can''t figure it out, you''re all going to die!" Sophia yelled back. She did not have


    the mood to party any longer.


    She hung up the phone after that.


    "Elise, we''re heading back right now," Sophia said. The situation was getting out of hand.


    This might be the work of a madman who was not afraid of death.


    Elise nodded fervently.


    She herself could already tell how serious the matter was. It didn''t look good at all.


    They had to put an end to this once and for all.


    Both women left promptly.


    After their hasty departure, the others who were at the banquet looked at each other in dismay.


    "What''s going on? What''s wrong with the Lawrence family?"


    "I don''t know. Maybe something came up."


    "They both looked extremely furious, I think they might be in trouble."


    "How could anything happen to them? They are one of the Four Great Households..."


    "Shh, I just received a call. Her family''s base number three has caught fire..."


    "What? Was it arson?"


    "How would I know? But by the look on their faces just now, I think there might be more to it!"


    "Is someone provoking the Lawrence family?"


    "Who would have the guts to do that?"


    "Oh, this is going to be so interesting!"


    Everyone exchanged their opinions on the matter with each other. It looked like the curtains were


    rising.


    Things were getting heated!


    This was something that happened once in a blue moon after all.


    "They''re all useless!"


    After arriving home, Sophia was fuming. After only twenty minutes on the road, she received


    another phone call informing her that Base No. 11 was on fire.


    This was getting serious now.


    How could a base so tightly guarded catch fire just like that?


    How did anyone manage to get in?


    "Mom, what''s going on? Do you think this might be the work of the other three families?" Elise


    questioned furiously.


    Someone waspletely trampling on the prestige of their family!


    It was downright humiliating.


    "The other three families?" Sophia''s eyes turned ice-cold as she wondered.


    "Though, It would be impossible for it to be the Lee family. They were just attacked by Karen Lee


    and can''t even take care of themselves, so they wouldn''t dare provoke us. As for the Oatker family,


    they''re still dealing with Karen, so they definitely do not have time to meddle with us. As for..."


    Sophia stopped when she saw a familiar figure approaching her.


    Her sister, Sonia, was back.


    "Sophia, Elise, what''s going on here? I just received a call about the four bases catching fire. What''s


    happening?" Sonia asked.


    "There''s still no news about it," Sophia exined. This was the most troubling.


    The losses of these four bases exceeded thirty billion dors altogether.


    Meanwhile, the research findings they lost were worth tens of billions of dors.


    "How dare someone provoke our family! They''re just waiting to die now!" Sonia yelled.


    Sophia grunted in agreement and was about to add on to the threat.


    However, her phone rang out, effectively disrupting her.


    Sophia''s eyes were twitching now. Looking down at the caller I.D., she found that it was a call from


    Base 18...