By the time Old Li and Qin Sheng finished their unarmed rock climbing, it was already evening. By the time they returned to Stronghold 74 to report the news, it was already late at night.
When news of the attack on Stronghold 73's reinforcements reached them, the entire Zhou's Army fell silent. Old Li asked, "Since the Kyung Clan has already informed y 'all, why didn't they deploy more troops here?"
However, the commander of the Zhou Clan troops stationed in Stronghold 74 answered, "We wanted to deploy more troops, but didn't something happen to Stronghold 73 at the same time? Who could have thought of this? If it weren't for the cave-in of East Lake at Stronghold 73, the reinforcements would've arrived long ago. "
Old Li fell silent. This was because the Knight had actually participated in this incident as well. Although only one of them had gone, they were still involved. Therefore, strictly speaking, all the people with ulterior motives in Stronghold 73 that day were accomplices of the Experimentals.
Of course, while Old Li might think this way, others might not. For example, Ren Xiaosu felt that this incident was caused by the Pyro Company and the Anjing House and had nothing to do with him.
At midnight, when it was supposed to be bedtime, the Zhou's Army pulled all of their soldiers to the fortifications, leaving only a small portion of them to rest.
In the intelligence provided to the Zhou Clan by the Kyung Clan, it was already a headache for them to deal with a few thousand Experimentals. Their skin and muscles were so strong that even bullets could not penetrate them, so they had to rely on heavy machine guns.
However, the Experimentals were extremely fast and could easily get into your blind spots. The reaction time of a normal soldier would not be able to keep up with their movements.
When their speed and strength exceeded two or three times, the normal troops would feel like they were being crushed on the battlefield.
It was like a normal troop being slowed down while the Experimentals were moving at a normal speed. If they fought like this, they would suffer heavy losses even if they had firearms and explosives.
Although they could kill many Experimentals, they did not care about casualties at all. After taking over your stronghold, they would use your residents to make up for their losses!
Old Li glanced at Qin Sheng and said, "After you become a Knight, you should immediately go to a town and stay there for a year. You can't use your powers or even the wilderness survival skills I taught you. But now that we're in danger, you should help the Zhou Clan defend against external enemies with me first."
Qin Sheng nodded. He understood the gravity of the situation.
At this moment, there weren't many people left in the town outside the stronghold. Even the refugees had moved into the stronghold to build the fortifications. This was probably the first time the refugees had entered the stronghold. However, they were still wearing ankle bracelets that allowed them to enter the stronghold.
When the war was over, these refugees would still be brought out.
At this time, Ren Xiaosu was quietly moving to the periphery of the construction site with Fang Zhi and the others. He said in a low voice, "Do you have anything valuable on you?"
Fang Zhi nodded. "We have $30,000 in cash and five watches."
As he spoke, Fang Zhi had a pained expression on his face. After all, his own watch was very expensive. It cost more than 200,000 yuan when he bought it.
In the end, Ren Xiaosu used his watch to exchange for a bunch of food. The supervisor in charge of overseeing the food was laughing so hard. In any case, these snacks did not belong to him. They belonged to the Zhou Clan's stronghold. Why wouldn't he be happy if he could exchange some food for a luxury watch?
After exchanging for about a dozen bags of food, it was enough for everyone to eat for at least half a month. However, Ren Xiaosu did not store them in his storage space and had Fang Zhi and the others carry them on their backs.
Right after, Ren Xiaosu took the remaining $30,000 in cash and five watches and asked the supervisor in charge of overseeing the construction site to let them leave.
The supervisor in charge of overseeing the construction site even specifically instructed, "Don't go out after you've returned home. If you get caught again, not even the gods can do anything about it."
There were more than 2,000 people at the construction site where Ren Xiaosu and the others were located. There were so many workers that they did not have a place to stay and could only sleep on the ground.
Therefore, no one would notice even if a dozen or so people were missing.
When Fang Zhi walked out of the construction site, he felt incredulous. "We're out just like that? They're letting us out just like that? "
Ren Xiaosu glanced at him. "We're only bringing you here to work. It's not like we're going to line up and shoot you. There are so many people doing the work, so it doesn't make a difference if the few of us aren't around. Besides, the private troops are overseeing the construction site. What kind of discipline can these private troops have?"
In recent years, the various consortiums had been slowly reducing the size of the private troops. This abnormal existence might even disappear in a few years' time.
According to Zhang Jinglin, the stronghold overseers were elected at the beginning. At that time, the consortiums were still not that powerful, and some of the overseers were even able to hold their own against the consortiums.
But gradually, as the consortiums became more and more powerful, the status of the overseers became weaker and weaker. The private troops were just a fig leaf for the overseers. In the end, the overseers were even corrupted by the highly addictive cigarettes.
Now, the consortiums were starting to directly replace the overseers. Just like how Luo Lan did not have any official position in Stronghold 113 back then, he was only secretly managing the entire stronghold.
But now, the consortiums had openly taken over all the strongholds. Therefore, there was no longer a need for the private troops to exist.
Many of the private troops' officers also realized this. They knew very well that the consortiums would not want good-for-nothings like them, so they might as well earn whatever they could and live the rest of their lives in peace.
The group of them sneaked around on the streets and even had to follow Ren Xiaosu from time to time to avoid the passing military vehicles. It took them two hours to finally reach the hotel where Li Ran and the others were staying. Along the way, Ren Xiaosu had a feeling that something was off tonight. The stronghold was especially "lively," as though a war was going to break out tonight.
After entering the hotel, Li Ran and the others were sitting in the lobby. Li Ran wanted to return to her room, but Zhou Yingxue insisted on sitting in the lobby. She said that Ren Xiaosu could not possibly stay at the construction site for too long and might have already escaped once it got dark.
As expected, when Zhou Yingxue saw Ren Xiaosu, she rushed over happily. In the end, she was forced back by the stench of sweat from the group of people.
Li Ran pinched her nose and said, "Y 'all, hurry up and take a shower."
"How can we still be in the mood to shower?" Ren Xiaosu frowned and said, "Pack your things. We'll be leaving the stronghold tonight."
"Why are we leaving the stronghold?" Li Ran exclaimed, "We've only just arrived, and we haven't even held our concert yet."
Ren Xiaosu glanced at her. She really did not know the gravity of the situation. Why would they still want to hold a concert at a time like this?
He said to Zhou Yingxue, "Use your superpower to dig a tunnel or something outside the walls. We'll use the tunnel to leave this place."
"A tunnel?" Fang Zhi was puzzled. "How wide is the tunnel?"
"About the width of a person." Ren Xiaosu looked at Fang Zhi.
"Then what about our speakers and musical instruments?" Fang Zhi exclaimed, "Those musical instruments cost more than 100,000 yuan just for a trumpet."
Ren Xiaosu was dumbfounded. Were musical instruments that expensive?
The ten Wang Clan soldiers in plain clothes next to them said, "I don't think there's a need for us to leave. Even if the Kyung Clan invades here, they won't do anything to the stronghold residents. We can just stay in the hotel without fear. When the time comes, I'll negotiate with them as an officer of the Wang Clan. They'll definitely be willing to let us leave. After all, the Kyung Clan won't offend the Wang Clan after starting a war with the Zhou Clan. "
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