The people from Celestial Craftsmanship were completely at a loss over this stubborn little figure, really having no good strategy to deal with him.

In the business arena, they wouldn't mind destroying a competitor physically, but now… it's truly not worthwhile.

In the end, they could only choose to ignore him.

The landlord wasn't begging to sell to the other party either; to his mind, the tenant has rented the place for half a month, and only six days have passed now.

He had plenty of time to wait for the other party to buy the property, considering lowering the price only in the final days if necessary.

Interestingly, the folks from Celestial Craftsmanship did not inform him that they had only three days to react.

Watching the landlord leave proudly, the group looked at each other.

Eventually, one middle manager from Celestial Craftsmanship sighed, "Seems... we have no other choice."

As dusk approached, a buzzing sound came from afar.

"Haha," Bentley couldn't help but laugh, "After all these years, still using these tactics, not impressive at all."

Qu Jianlei pondered for a moment before asking, "Is this… a drone?"

"Yes," Bentley nodded strangely, "Do you think their brains are waterlogged?"

Qu Jianlei had an equally strange expression, "How much do they underestimate me as a Maintenance Master?"

"Alright, maybe they want to survey the number of people," Bentley chuckled and shook his head, "I'll hide first."

Thermal imaging is indeed useful at night, but only if…the other side is inadequately prepared.

Bentley walked into an upright box, closed the door behind him, and observed the situation through a bowl-sized hole.

The hole was covered with double-layer glass, so there was no worry about heat escaping.

Qu Jianlei didn't rush, and he turned on a spotlight, scanning left and right.

"The spotlight…" Someone among the ambushers outside was getting restless, "Should we shoot it down?"

"No," a voice firmly opposed, "If we take the initiative, the other side can use it as an excuse to terminate the agreement."

So it's not that their moral standards are high, but rather they just don't want to give any leverage.

Another voice remarked, "Anyway, from Bai Tian's incident you can tell, their marksmanship... is nothing special."

In the Celestial District, drones are extremely expensive, and the drones they used weren't large—only about the size of a human head.

It's currently nighttime, the drone is flying in the sky, who can have such excellent marksmanship?

The drone flew to about two hundred meters from the courtyard, no further, instead circling the yard.

Getting any closer was risky, they might actually get shot down, which would be a big loss.

The spotlight kept chasing the drone, but no shots were fired, making the whole thing seem somewhat futile.

"Haha," someone chuckled lightly, "Seems like he realizes how bad his marksmanship is."

However, after scanning for a long time, the drone only found a white figure, with no other results.

The people from Celestial Craftsmanship grew impatient, "Deploy the other two drones... send them in close for reconnaissance."

The spotlight was seriously impacting the drone's observation capabilities.

By deploying two more drones, they could use the noise from the first one to effectively cloak themselves.

Even if discovered, it didn't matter, the goal was to see how many spotlights the opposing side could use.

A person can't multitask, which would also determine how many people there were on the opposing side.

The two drones took off and headed toward the courtyard.

Unexpectedly, Qu Jianlei not only had excellent eyesight but also superior hearing.

He soon spotted the two drones, but he pretended not to know.

When the two drones reached about a hundred meters from the courtyard, he "suddenly realized" and reacted.

He turned on several heaters, making several dazzling white spots appear on the thermal imager.

"We've been discovered," the people from Celestial Craftsmanship also reacted, "The other side has started interference."

"Could we get a little closer?" Someone asked, "It's difficult to observe."

"No, getting closer would be dangerous, these three drones include one sent by a customer for repairs..."

"We can only let them fly around the courtyard as much as possible, gather more data, and then analyze the thermal images."

The two drones kept circling a hundred meters away, flying even higher because of the fear of being shot down.

Qu Jianlei waited for about ten minutes, noticed no fourth drone appeared, "Seems like that's all there is."

Then he raised his hand and closed a switch.

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At the moment Qu Jianlei closed the switch.

The personnel controlling the drone from afar saw the screen instantly appear with snowy specks, accompanied by a "zzzzz" sound.

"Oh no!" Someone immediately realized, "There's strong electromagnetic interference!"

Soon after, with a muffled "puff," a controller emitted white smoke.

"Damn it, how dare he!" The people from Celestial Craftsmanship cursed in rage, "These are drones!"

However, there were those who remained calm, "The war began long ago, the opponent being a Maintenance Master naturally uses professional methods to counter."

Drone damage was within his expectations; since it's war, how could there be no cost?

He calmly stated, "Nothing more than a drone, what about the other two?"

The answer was another light sound… "puff," another controller was destroyed.

Before he could react, the third controller was also destroyed.

"Oh no!" Someone couldn't help but curse, "Three drones, that's three drones!"

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