When normal soldiers arrived at the outpost, they would gather in military transport trucks. But these nanosoldiers were all at least first lieutenants, so more than a dozen off-road vehicles were deployed here.
Ren Xiaosu checked their numbers and found that there were 48 of them. If the nanosoldiers at this outpost were only here to support the search and capture operation at the neighboring outpost, then how many of their main forces would be gathered at the neighboring outpost?
The soldiers at the outpost stood aside and did not dare to make a sound. Only Li Qingzheng approached the group of officers and asked if they needed any support and if they wanted to have lunch here.
However, Lin Qi smiled arrogantly and said, "We still have official duties to attend to, so how can we have time to have lunch here? We usually bring rations with us when we go out on missions. If the food we eat here isn't hygienic and we end up with diarrhea, you won't be able to afford it."
"Yes, yes." Li Qingzheng smiled obsequiously and said, "You're right."
In fact, Lin Qi's resentment was mainly directed at Ren Xiaosu. After all, he did not have any grudges with anyone else. Now that he had widened the gap in their statuses, it was enough for his vanity to be satisfied.
But back when they were fleeing, Ren Xiaosu and the others had it too easy while they had to endure hunger. Now that he had ascended to the top, he naturally had a mentality of comparison.
Of course, Ren Xiaosu could understand this.
At this moment, Lin Qi said, "I heard that the rice you guys ship here has to be mixed with sand, right? I heard back in the military that the living conditions of your expanded private troops aren't too good. Do you usually not have enough to eat?"
"It's not too bad." Li Qingzheng said with a smile, "We can even dig up some wild vegetables."
He couldn't possibly say that he had meat to eat and that there was no such thing as not having enough to eat. Wouldn't that aggravate the conflict a little?
However, Lin Qi was not going to let it go. "You won't have any strength if you only eat wild vegetables and don't eat your staple food. Don't delay your duties at the outpost."
Chen Wudi asked Ren Xiaosu from the side, "Master, what's the staple food?"
Ren Xiaosu thought for a moment before answering simply, "It's mainly food."
When Lin Qi overheard the conversation between Chen Wudi and Ren Xiaosu, he said to Chen Wudi with a smile, "You're such a lunatic. Your staple food is rice and noodles."
Chen Wudi shook his head. "That's not right, our staple food is meat."
Lin Qi: "???"
Li Qingzheng, Ren Xiaosu, and the others immediately felt that something bad was about to happen. Why did this silly child reveal the truth? However, they realized that Lin Qi did not seem to believe Chen Wudi's explanation. Lin Qi sighed and said, "He's already resorting to lies to maintain his pitiful self-esteem."
But Lin Qi! They didn't believe it, but the others were suspicious. "You guys have meat here?"
Ren Xiaosu's heart sank. There were indeed people with sharp senses. Li Qingzheng laughed and explained, "Hahaha, he's just joking. We don't have meat here."
However, the soldier did not let go of this suspicious point. He walked towards the outpost and said, "There's something wrong with your outpost."
At this moment, Ren Xiaosu said calmly, "You've found out."
As he spoke, Ren Xiaosu walked toward one of the houses in the outpost. Then, under the watchful eyes of the others, he pulled open the door of one of the houses … revealing Nonsense inside!
Nonsense was obviously a high-ranking official in the stronghold. Otherwise, how could he command a group of elite soldiers comparable to the consortium's troops?
This old man was already planning to spend the New Year here. At this critical moment where he was suspected, who else could he bring out if not him?!
Nonsense looked calmly at Ren Xiaosu. Ren Xiaosu looked calmly at Nonsense. Nonsense was so angry he nearly laughed. He had specifically returned to this house because he did not want to see this group of people!
At this moment, an officer said in surprise, "W-Why are you here?"
Nonsense slowly walked out. "Oh, I'm here to investigate some matters. A young friend in this outpost has provided me with some help."
"Sorry, I didn't expect you to be here. I'm a soldier of the 7th Brigade, and I've been transferred to the Divine Arms Battalion," the soldier said humbly in an extremely humble manner.
For example, conscripted refugees like Lin Qi would definitely not know who Nonsense was because they had only recently joined the Li Consortium's military. However, this soldier was originally a soldier of the Li Consortium, so he immediately recognized Nonsense when he saw him.
When Ren Xiaosu saw this, he nearly gasped. Just what kind of background did Nonsense have? This nanosoldier was acting all high and mighty just now, so why did he suddenly become so humble?
If only Chen Wudi was a little more clear-headed, he would at least know how strong Nonsense was.
Nonsense smiled amiably at the officers and said, "Carry on with your work. Don't delay your official business."
The soldier immediately stood up straight. "Yes, sir!"
He called out to the others to quickly unload the equipment from the vehicles and put them on.
Ren Xiaosu looked over and realized these nanosoldiers did not seem to be equipped much differently from normal soldiers. They were all wearing standard combat uniforms and individual combat weapons, and one of them was carrying a portable radio set on his back. After all, the outposts were dozens of kilometers away from each other, so they had to use the radio set to communicate with each other.
The only difference was that each of these soldiers was wearing a long saber around their waist. The long sabers were wrapped in a black leather scabbard, and Ren Xiaosu could not tell what material the sabers were made of.
But if the nanosoldiers were wearing something, it would probably not be any ordinary weapon either.
Someone asked that soldier in a whisper while they were organizing their equipment, "Who's this old man?"
The soldier's expression changed. "Don't ask too much. Let's head into the mountains and leave this place."
Based on what he said, it sounded like the soldier was very afraid of Nonsense.
When Ren Xiaosu saw this, he thought about it for a long time but did not find anything scary about Nonsense.
Everyone at the outpost suddenly fell silent when they saw the officers. Then they hurriedly headed into the hinterland of Mount Kun. After they left, Ren Xiaosu said with a smile, "I won't ask you any questions for three days."
When Nonsense heard that, his anger at being "betrayed" by Ren Xiaosu subsided a little.
Ren Xiaosu then said with a smile, "You see, we can't tell anyone that we have meat here. Otherwise, you won't have a good New Year either, right?"
"Don't take it for granted," Nonsense snapped.
"But I'm very curious." Ren Xiaosu asked, "I also know that Lin Qi. He wasn't even a soldier before this, so why did they send him out on a mission after only joining the troops for a few days?"
Nonsense glanced at him. "What do you want to ask?"
"Soldiers have to undergo a long period of training." Ren Xiaosu said in seriousness, "Be it discipline or combat skills, they're not things that can be developed in a short period of time. So I'm very curious why the Li Consortium sent them out in such a hurry. They can't even be considered recruits."
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