The tour group only arrived at Stronghold 73 that night. On the way there, two more vehicles broke down. Fortunately, they had brought maintenance workers and tools along with them the entire time. Otherwise, they might have been delayed again halfway through the journey.
When they arrived at Stronghold 73, the outside of the stronghold had changed. It was no longer just a town, but a series of military camps had been erected around it. It was as though there were thousands of troops stationed here.
If the tour group wanted to enter Stronghold 73, they would have to pass through this military camp first. However, they were stopped at the entrance of the military camp and started being interrogated.
There were no problems with the customs documents, but everyone had to undergo a body search. Fortunately, the military camp had its own principles. When they saw that there were women in the tour group, they sent a female nurse from the military camp to be in charge of the women's security checks.
In the end, the plainclothes soldiers Li Ran and the others brought with them were searched, and all their daggers and pistols were confiscated. It was said that they could retrieve them from the military camp after they left the stronghold.
To Li Ran's surprise, Zhou Yingxue and Ren Xiaosu did not have a single weapon on them.
However, they were still not allowed to enter the stronghold after the security check. As there was a curfew in the stronghold, they had to wait in the military camp until daybreak. The stronghold's gate would only open after 7 AM.
Li Ran could not take it anymore. The stronghold was right in front of them, and they had already booked a hotel room in advance. They were already exhausted after a day of traveling, yet they still had to sit in the military camp until daybreak?
But just as the soldier finished speaking, a convoy drove through the military camp and into the stronghold. After the stronghold's gate opened, it closed again. Li Ran was stunned and asked, "Didn't they say the stronghold's gate wouldn't open? What's going on with this convoy?"
"Those are people from the Zhou Clan," the Zhou Clan soldier said calmly.
Wasn't it only right that the direct descendants of the Zhou Clan would enjoy special privileges in the Zhou Clan's stronghold?
Li Ran whispered to her assistant, Fang Zhi, "Can you contact the film crew inside and get them to think of a solution?"
In the end, Fang Zhi took the satellite phone and went out to contact the film crew. When he came back, he said helplessly, "They said that we should resolve such matters ourselves."
Li Ran fell silent for a moment. She did not expect the film crew to be so heartless. They were clearly on good terms with the big shots of the Zhou Clan. She thought for a moment and said, "Try giving these soldiers some money."
But at this moment, no one was willing to accept the money. The other party explained that something big had just happened in the stronghold. If they read the newspapers, they would know about the cave-in at East Lake. No one dared to make any mistakes.
No one even dared to accept money!
It couldn't be helped. Li Ran finally felt a sense of powerlessness when facing the consortium's troops. Money and connections did not seem to be that useful in the face of absolute military power.
Ren Xiaosu, on the other hand, didn't care. He sat down and continued to read the newspaper, as if the soldiers with loaded guns didn't exist.
In the morning, after the new Hope Media newspaper was delivered to the barracks, Ren Xiaosu even asked for a copy of the newspaper from the officer in a friendly manner.
The discipline of the Zhou Clan Army was pretty good. It was just a matter of routine for them to keep the tour group out. As there were also Li Ran's fans in the barracks, no one would deliberately make things difficult for them.
Ren Xiaosu read in today's newspaper that the Zhou Clan Army had intercepted and killed a Pyro Company team that was preparing to retreat. However, they did not find any laboratory data.
This made Ren Xiaosu wonder if there was any laboratory data in Stronghold 73 at all.
When the stronghold's gate opened, Li Ran and the others immediately entered the stronghold and headed to the hotel they had booked. In just one night, Li Ran's dark circles had formed under her eyes. Zhou Yingxue, on the other hand, was completely fine. After all, the physique of a supernatural being far exceeded that of a normal person.
On the way to the hotel, Ren Xiaosu was stunned.
"What's the matter?" Zhou Yingxue asked.
Ren Xiaosu rolled up the window. At this moment, Li Ran had already returned to the minivan, so he did not have to be so careful with his words anymore. "Do you see that man over there? Dip some four-leaf clover juice on him. I need to know his whereabouts."
Zhou Yingxue nodded. "OK, but Master, who is he?"
"You don't know him." Ren Xiaosu said, "His name is Wang Congyang. I didn't expect him to show up here either."
With that, Zhou Yingxue's vehicle left the convoy and parked off to the side.
Then she pretended to go buy breakfast. On the way there, she brushed past Wang Congyang. Without even touching him, Zhou Yingxue flicked a drop of the four-leaf clover juice onto the hem of Wang Congyang's shirt.
After doing that, Zhou Yingxue went on to buy breakfast for herself. Then she slowly returned to the car. "Master, do you want to eat buns or youtiao? I bought some for both."
"Have some buns," Ren Xiaosu said with a frown.
In the distance, Wang Congyang hid in the crowd after passing by. He quietly turned around and watched as Zhou Yingxue returned to the car after buying breakfast. Then the car drove off without looking back and gradually disappeared into the streets.
Wang Congyang carefully checked his body to see if there were any tracking devices on him. After confirming there were none, he chuckled. Perhaps he was being too paranoid.
After arriving at the hotel, Li Ran did not even catch up on her sleep. She went straight out with Fang Zhi.
In Ren Xiaosu's room, Zhou Yingxue muttered, "She went to meet that director in private. She didn't want me to follow her around as her bodyguard. It's obvious she's afraid the director will take a fancy to me and cast me in some role. How petty!"
Ren Xiaosu glanced at her and said with a smile, "You want to act in a movie? I do know a director. If you really want to act in one, I'll take you to him after you help me with my matters. I saved his life once. "
Zhou Yingxue curled her lips. "Master, when did you save a director again? Why didn't I know about it? "
"There are a lot of things you don't know." Ren Xiaosu then asked, "Are you sure there's no problem with the four-leaf clover juice? Don't let anything go wrong with this. Take me to him tonight and see what he's planning to do. "
"Is that Wang Congyang very important?" Zhou Yingxue wondered.
"He's not very important. There was a grudge between us in the past, but I'm more curious about what he's doing in Stronghold 73." Ren Xiaosu thought for a moment and said, "I saw him at East Lake before, but I didn't catch a glimpse of him during the chaotic battle. I'm pretty sure he was here for the laboratory data, but why didn't he leave after the battle ended? Stronghold 73 is clearly not a suitable place for a supernatural being to stay. If anything goes wrong, I'm afraid the Zhou Clan will hunt him down. "
Therefore, Ren Xiaosu wondered if the laboratory incident was still not over yet.
The answer to this question could only be revealed at night.
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