Ever since Ren Xiaosu stole the laboratory's data, life seemed to have calmed down. The entire stronghold was peaceful. Other than the fact that the Zhou Clan had started putting out a bounty on Wang Congyang's head, there didn't seem to be anything else that could make Ren Xiaosu happy.
In the dead of night, Ren Xiaosu stayed in his hotel room alone and flipped through the data on the Pyro Company's research lab. He was quite curious about the Pyro Company because he had faced the monsters this company had groomed before. Those Experimentals were still entrenched in the Southwestern wilderness, and no one knew when they would become a threat to humanity again.
If such a terrifying existence was not eradicated, it would probably attract even more trouble in the future.
Therefore, Ren Xiaosu was very curious about what the Pyro Company was up to!
But when he was reading through the data, he was surprised to discover it was not the terrifying research he had imagined. This life sciences laboratory was actually researching anti-cancer targeted drugs. Moreover, based on the background and meaning of some of the theses, the Pyro Company's research was solely focused on treating patients and saving lives. They had no other intentions.
There was nothing anti-human in all the data. If he only read this, Ren Xiaosu would probably think the Pyro Company was some ordinary medical organization that treated patients and saved lives.
This was a little different from the Pyro Company that Ren Xiaosu knew.
Of course, this was not to say that Ren Xiaosu felt the Pyro Company was a benevolent organization after reading the data. Instead, he was wondering why the Pyro Company had become like this after The Cataclysm.
It was very difficult for Ren Xiaosu to have a good impression of the Pyro Company when they were wantonly capturing supernatural beings. Putting everything else aside, Ren Xiaosu hated this matter at the very least.
At this moment, Ren Xiaosu suddenly saw another separate document. The content of the document was very short and only mentioned that Laboratory 39 had made a breakthrough in the treatment of cancer. All the mononuclear cells in the patient's body had been transformed into binuclear cells, and they were extremely stable as well. However, the treatment conditions were extremely special and difficult to replicate.
Ren Xiaosu was stunned. After The Cataclysm, there seemed to be quite a lot of cancer patients due to the aftermath of The Cataclysm's radiation.
He did not expect the Pyro Company had already mastered a way to treat cancer before The Cataclysm.
But what did he mean when he said that the treatment conditions were special?
While Ren Xiaosu was reading through the documents, Li Ran and the rest of the tour band had just returned to the hotel after attending a banquet. Many of them had too much to drink and were shouting in the corridor. However, this did not affect Ren Xiaosu at all.
However, in the middle of the night, Li Ran knocked on the door in a drunken state again. Ren Xiaosu decided to pretend that he was not in the room to get some peace and quiet.
The next morning, Li Ran's assistant, Fang Zhi, came over to invite Ren Xiaosu to the set, saying that he was invited to take a look.
Zhou Yingxue would definitely go. After all, Zhou Yingxue was Li Ran's bodyguard. However, Ren Xiaosu was not interested in going at all, so he rejected the idea.
Taking a look together was probably Director Mu Wange's idea. He wanted Ren Xiaosu to go to the set as well.
When Fang Zhi realized he could not get Ren Xiaosu to come over, he lied that Li Ran and Zhou Yingxue were in danger on set and asked Ren Xiaosu to hurry over to help them. However, Ren Xiaosu just gave him a look and closed the door without even bothering with him. 'Like hell I'll believe you!'
The Pyro Company and the Anjing House had already withdrawn from the stronghold, so what danger could there be in the stronghold? Even Wang Congyang had probably run far away by now. Everyone was keeping a respectful distance from Stronghold 73.
It would not be an exaggeration to say that Stronghold 73 was currently one of the safest strongholds in the entire world.
When the film crew wrapped up at night, it was Mu Wange's turn to personally harass Ren Xiaosu. He would always bring up the topic of what role he wanted Ren Xiaosu to play.
After Ren Xiaosu chased Mu Wange away, he asked Zhou Yingxue in a speechless manner, "When will Li Ran set off for the next stronghold?"
Zhou Yingxue said, "According to the schedule, she should have set off two days ago. After all, we'll be heading to Stronghold 74 in the westernmost area in seven days. She was only here for an audition. But due to some unexpected factors, this director suddenly became very enthusiastic about Li Ran. He even arranged a very good role for Li Ran in the movie he's currently filming, and they're currently rushing to film it."
Ren Xiaosu looked up at the ceiling. This so-called unexpected factor was probably him.
But when Zhou Yingxue mentioned Stronghold 74 in the westernmost area, Ren Xiaosu felt a little uneasy. It was as though something bad was about to happen.
However, this thought only flashed past Ren Xiaosu's mind. He would definitely not use such baseless evidence to persuade the film crew to change their itinerary.
Of course, it was not that there was no evidence at all. It was just that Zhou's Army did not come to Stronghold 73 first. Instead, they went to Stronghold 74 to set up defenses. This puzzled Ren Xiaosu. It was as though the Zhou Clan knew what was going to happen in Stronghold 74.
Ren Xiaosu said to Zhou Yingxue, "If anything happens in Stronghold 74, ignore the wishes of Li Ran and the others. Just seize them and take them away from here."
Could the Zhou Clan have received some news? For example, the Kyung Clan was going to attack? After all, the Kyung Clan was the closest force to Stronghold 74.
Ren Xiaosu asked, "Then when do they plan to go to Stronghold 74? Didn't they say there's going to be a concert there? They should at least prepare for it in advance, right?"
"There's no need for that. It's all prepared by the concert promoter." Zhou Yingxue said, "They plan to set off in five days."
Ren Xiaosu looked up at the ceiling. Was he going to have to endure five more days of harassment?
He got up and said to Zhou Yingxue, "Stay here and protect her. I'll head to Stronghold 74 first. I can take this opportunity to carry out some missions and snatch some cell phones. I remember you mentioned that there's a black market in Stronghold 74, right? I'll go and sell a batch of cell phones first."
Zhou Yingxue got anxious. "Master, are you going to set off just like that? I told them I could bring you to the film crew …. "
Ren Xiaosu looked at Zhou Yingxue silently.
Zhou Yingxue knew she had said the wrong thing again. "Director Mu promised me that if I get you to join the film crew, he'll give me the female lead role and let Li Ran play the supporting female role."
Ren Xiaosu was furious. Mu Wange had actually instigated Zhou Yingxue to defect to his side. He looked at Zhou Yingxue exasperatedly. "Do you really want to play the female lead role that badly?"
With that, Ren Xiaosu turned around and left. When he got out of the stronghold, he remembered he had forgotten to ask Zhou Yingxue where Stronghold 74 was.
Moreover, all of his vehicles had been detained by the Zhou Clan, so he could not even drive them.
Walking in the wilderness, Ren Xiaosu got angrier the more he thought about it. He wished he could go back and beat up Mu Wange, Zhou Yingxue, and Li Ran.
But at this moment, he heard the roar of an engine on the road behind him. Ren Xiaosu turned around and saw an off-road vehicle approaching.
When the vehicle passed by Ren Xiaosu, it stopped. A middle-aged man looked at Ren Xiaosu and said with a polite smile, "Young man, where are you going? Why are you walking alone?"
Ren Xiaosu thought for a moment and said, "I'm going to Stronghold 74."
As he spoke, Ren Xiaosu sized up the other party. There were only two men in the vehicle. One was a middle-aged man, and the other looked like a young man about his age. They looked like father and son.
The middle-aged man said with a smile, "We happen to be heading to Stronghold 74 as well. Come on in, we'll give you a ride."
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