"Platoon Commander, what about this goat …" someone asked.
But before he could finish, Li Qingzheng interrupted, "Don't call me Platoon Commander, call me Wolf King! What mountain are we on? Oh right, Mount Kun! I'll be the Wolf King of Mount Kun from now on! "
Next to him, Chen Wudi asked, "Master, should we fight this monster?"
"Not yet," Ren Xiaosu answered.
Chen Wudi understood. Not yet meant that they might have to fight again in the future. "Then Master, when are we going to eat the goat … Slurp."
"Let's do it now." When Ren Xiaosu heard Chen Wudi gulping down his saliva, his face darkened.
When the group of people started a fire by skinning the goat, the male student named Wang Yuchi looked at Ren Xiaosu curiously. He lowered his voice and asked, "Platoon Commander, when the wolves appeared last time, you quickly brought back a big rabbit in the snowy weather. This time, when the wolves appeared, they took the initiative to send us a goat. Isn't this too much of a coincidence?"
Chen Wudi looked at Ren Xiaosu, and the other students also looked at Ren Xiaosu. However, Wang Yuchi had lowered his voice so only they could hear him.
Ren Xiaosu looked at the people around him and said with a smile, "Haha, what a coincidence indeed."
Unfortunately, there was no helping it since the atmosphere was already so tense.
Wang Yuchi asked, "Platoon Commander, did the wolves also give you that rabbit? That's why you said that we don't have to worry about the wolves. "
Ren Xiaosu thought to himself that these students were really smart. They could guess the truth with just a few simple details. He whispered, "Don't tell anyone about this."
After all, it would be quite sensational to talk about dealing with the wolves. Since Li Qingzheng was willing to take the blame, he was happy to let him do it.
But Wang Yuchi said, "Do we need to return the favor?"
"I don't think so." Ren Xiaosu thought for a moment and said, "We don't have anything to give them anyway."
That night, the entire platoon sat by the campfire at the entrance of the outpost. The aroma of the lamb wafted into the air, and the escapees started crying as they ate. These people had been starving for so many days, and no one had given them any food to eat after they were conscripted.
As for Li Qingzheng and the other refugees who had been recruited into the private army, they had not been able to afford meat in the past. He lamented, "Actually, when I first found out we were going to come to the outpost, I felt pretty bad. After all, we're in the middle of nowhere. It's like we've been exiled. If we encounter any danger, we'll just end up as cannon fodder."
Ren Xiaosu glanced at him. He didn't expect Ren Xiaosu to be so clear in his heart. He just didn't show it.
Li Qingzheng continued to lament, "But now that I think about it, if I could have meat for every meal, that would be pretty good. The mutton is so fragrant!"
"We have guns. We can hunt," Ren Xiaosu suggested.
"Our guns are to be used against the enemy," Li Qingzheng retorted.
Ren Xiaosu analyzed, "Look, we only have a dozen or so guns. If the enemy comes, what can we do with just a dozen or so guns?"
"That seems to be the case," Li Qingzheng answered after some thought.
The students around them suddenly realized Ren Xiaosu seemed to have his own unique skills when it came to persuading people.
Li Qingzheng took a bite of a lamb leg and said with a smile, "I heard that the big shots in the stronghold get to eat barbecued meat for every meal. They even prepare things like lemons and onions before barbecuing meat. They don't even eat the meat well-done. They have to eat it medium-rare with juice!"
Lemons were not commonly seen these days, but everyone had heard of them. They had never eaten them before and only heard that they were especially sour. Onions were still commonly seen.
Chen Wudi asked softly, "Master, why do we need lemons and onions to eat barbecued meat?"
Ren Xiaosu pondered it and said, "It's probably because they squeeze the lemons and onions into other people's eyes when they're eating the meat. That way, they can snatch the meat while they're squinting."
Chen Wudi was speechless.
The group of people around them looked at Ren Xiaosu expressionlessly. Li Qingzheng said in shock, "Are you serious?"
But at this moment, the headlights of a vehicle suddenly appeared on the mountain road. Li Qingzheng suddenly stood up. "Why would anyone come to this remote and desolate place in the middle of the night?"
They saw an off-road vehicle approaching by itself. Traveling in the wilderness with such a small number of people was not enough to embolden them. Under normal circumstances, convoys would be the ones traveling by themselves. As such, it was even stranger for these two off-road vehicles to appear alone.
Everyone at the outpost was standing at the entrance. Li Qingzheng and the other soldiers who had guns were even carrying them on their backs.
When the off-road vehicle arrived at the entrance, its dazzling headlights shone straight on Ren Xiaosu and the others' faces. It was as though the driver did not consider their feelings at all.
Two people jumped out of the vehicle. Ren Xiaosu saw that they were wearing the Li Consortium's military uniform. However, the fabric of the uniform looked more exquisite than the ones he had seen before.
No, he had seen it once before. The commander of the combat brigade was wearing the same uniform as these two people.
However, Li Qingzheng immediately saluted when he saw their epaulets. "Welcome, Colonel, to our outpost for an inspection."
The two officers had fair skin and dignified appearances. Their leather boots made crunching sounds as they stepped on the snow, and they wore black leather gloves on their hands.
However, the two of them looked unusually young.
When one of them saw the roasted lamb, he laughed and said, "I didn't expect you two to know how to enjoy yourselves. We've inspected dozens of outposts, and the other outposts are all having a hard time. You two are the only ones who are enjoying yourselves. Bring two chairs over here."
With that, he led the other officer inside. Li Qingzheng called for someone to bring two chairs for the two of them to sit down while he prepared to sit on the ground.
But just as his buttocks touched the ground, the officer suddenly frowned and said, "Did I say you could sit? Stand aside."
He took off his gloves and started cutting the lamb to eat. After taking a bite, he frowned and said, "I didn't even add the seasoning properly. It tastes terrible, ptui."
When Ren Xiaosu saw this guy spit the lamb in his mouth along with his saliva all over the roasted lamb, how were the rest of them supposed to eat it?!
But his first reaction was … to stop Chen Wudi. Ren Xiaosu whispered, "Don't be rash, don't be rash. We'll kill them when we get to a place where there's no one around."
Ren Xiaosu suddenly noticed a silver gleam in the eyes of the two officers against the firelight. He suddenly felt that they might have something to rely on. Otherwise, why would they dare to travel so late at night with just the two of them? It looked like they weren't carrying any heavy firearms with them.
The two officers wiped their hands on the snow and put on their leather gloves again. The leader said calmly, "Guard the outpost well. Remember to report immediately if you encounter any enemies. If there's any delay, all of you will be court-martialed. There's only one outcome for you — death by firing squad."
Li Qingzheng nodded and bowed. "Yes, yes, we'll definitely guard the outpost well."
As the two officers spoke, they got back into the vehicles. The engine roared, and the anti-skid chains plowed deep tracks in the snow.
Everyone's good mood was swept away. Someone asked, "Are we just going to let the two of them go like that?"
Li Qingzheng waved it off helplessly. "Put out the fire and go back to sleep. What else can we do if we don't let them go? In this world, a human life is worth less than a dog's. Those are the children of the Li Consortium! "
"What about the sheep?" someone asked.
"We can still eat them if we cut off the spot where they spat," Li Qingzheng explained. The refugees had long developed a self-deprecating personality. So what if they were aggrieved or angry? Didn't they still have to continue living?
With that, he walked back into the house. Ren Xiaosu looked at the others. "Go to sleep. We'll clean up."
By "we," he meant Chen Wudi, the students, and the others. Everyone was well aware of that.
However, the students had always been diligent in their work, so no one thought too much about it.
After everyone went into the bungalow to rest, Ren Xiaosu said, "Take your time to clean up. I'm going out for a bit."
When the students heard that, their eyes lit up. "Monitor, you're awesome!"
…
The off-road vehicle was driving slowly on the mountain road. Even with the anti-skid chains, they couldn't possibly drive too fast in the snow, especially when it was a downhill mountain road.
Jazz music was playing in the vehicle. The officer sitting in the front passenger seat chuckled and switched to another cassette. "Only when I see their fearful eyes can I truly feel the Li Consortium's control over this land."
"It's really interesting to see how angry they are but don't dare to show it."
"When we get back, we should be able to undergo the second stage of synchronization. At that time, we can inject more nanomachines into our bodies. I heard that a child of the Li Consortium in Stronghold 107 has already entered the second stage."
"Don't worry, it's just the beginning."
The children of the aristocratic families were outstanding and intelligent. They had received the best education and understood the truest truths of the world. If all roads in the world led to Rome, then they were born in Rome.
However, since the Li Consortium could produce a demon like Li Shentan, they could create even more demons. It was just that one of them would be lonely, while the others would not be lonely.
While the two of them were talking, something suddenly fell from the sky. Their expressions changed, but they reacted quickly enough to open the car doors and jump out at the same time!
With a loud bang, the shadow that fell from the sky smashed the off-road vehicle into pieces. The sparks from the black saber cutting through the vehicle were extremely eye-catching in the dark!
Ren Xiaosu watched quietly from the hillside. But to his surprise, the two officers reacted faster than he had expected. Moreover, they should have suffered fractures and other symptoms after jumping out of the vehicle and crashing into the hillside. However, they were completely fine.
The two officers got up from the ground and dusted off the snow on their bodies. One of them sneered and said, "You're from the outpost?"
They were not fools. Anyone who would attack them in this place would definitely be from the outpost. However, they did not expect there to be a supernatural being in that run-down outpost.
One of the officers took off his gloves and felt a silver torrent surging through his blood. The tiny new lifeform followed his will and gathered in his body until his blood also turned silver.
"This is a new power. You're the first supernatural being to face it. You should feel honored —"
His voice came to an abrupt halt. He only had time to see the black shadow suddenly disappear from the roof of the car. Then a cold hand grabbed his neck and twisted it gently. His neck was broken.
Ren Xiaosu felt it was a pity. He should have let Luo Lan take a good look at this scene. He should have told him that superstitions could not be trusted.
When the shadow disappeared again, the other officer turned around and tried to run into the wilderness, but the shadow behind him instantly caught up to him.
With a crack, the shadow clone punched the officer's spine in the back. Ren Xiaosu could clearly feel a special force on the officer's spine trying to disperse the force of the punch through a series of rhythmic movements. But the shadow clone's strength was too great!
Before the officer could organize his defense, he had already started dispersing.
Ren Xiaosu slowly walked out of the forest. He had already observed that there was a lake halfway up the mountain that was suitable for dumping corpses and cars. It was just that it would be a little difficult for the shadow clone to carry the car over. After all, it weighed a ton.
Ren Xiaosu did not use his saber at all as he was afraid of leaving any traces of blood behind. However, the other party was unexpectedly so weak that they could not even withstand a single blow. At the beginning, the two people's arrogance had made Ren Xiaosu very wary. But he did not expect that his punch would only land on thin air.
It was just like when he encountered Ling Chen back then. He had planned to fight a spectacular battle, but before he could even put in any effort, the other party had already collapsed.
The atmosphere had already reached this point. What a waste of emotion …
But a moment later, Ren Xiaosu realized a silver glow was seeping out of the two people's bodies. It was as though they were being guided by his will.
Ren Xiaosu was stunned to discover that he seemed … to be able to control them.
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