"The Kyung Clan consortium transports the tobacco that the private troops get from other places. You should've seen the convoy of trucks before. The supplies they transport are none other than tobacco." Luo Xinyu said, "Actually, it's more or less the same in the other strongholds. Although the stronghold overseers know very well that they're puppets, there will always be a few who want to break free from their shackles."
Ren Xiaosu nodded. It looked like he could not use the strength of the private troops to measure the strength of the consortium. Ren Xiaosu had gotten enough information from Luo Xinyu today, so he needed to digest it first.
"One last question." Ren Xiaosu asked, "Why did you choose someone like Liu Bu to be your agent?"
Luo Xinyu wasn't that stupid, so why did she choose Liu Bu?
Luo Xinyu explained, "He's the younger brother of a platoon leader in the stronghold's Logistics Division."
Ren Xiaosu roughly understood the reason, but he still did not understand what kind of authority a platoon leader of the Logistics Division had.
At this moment, Luo Xinyu wondered if she had gotten closer to Yang Xiaojin and Ren Xiaosu. She hesitated for a moment before saying, "Can you take me out of here alive? I have nothing left in this wilderness, so the only people I can rely on are you guys."
Ren Xiaosu shook his head and said, "You don't have nothing."
Luo Xinyu was stunned. "What do you mean?"
"You still have the cheek to ask me to take you out of here alive?" Ren Xiaosu then ignored Luo Xinyu.
On this dark and rainy night, Ren Xiaosu left Luo Xinyu alone in the wind. She did not have nothing … She still had the cheek to speak …
What kind of fucking language proficiency was this? Were they even speaking the same language?
It was only at this moment that Luo Xinyu realized it was just an illusion when she said they had gotten closer.
Actually, Ren Xiaosu felt that Luo Xinyu was quite pitiful. As a girl, she could not trust anyone in this wilderness. There was not even a single person who was willing to help her, and she was surrounded by ruffians from the private army who wanted to take advantage of her.
But who wasn't pitiful? Wasn't Yan Liuyuan, who was currently suffering from the backlash of making a wish in town pitiful?
At this time, if Ren Xiaosu agreed to bring someone else with him, it would mean that he was being irresponsible to Yan Liuyuan.
As long as Ren Xiaosu relied more on luck, Yan Liuyuan would definitely suffer a more severe backlash.
Although Yan Liuyuan would usually only suffer from a headache and fever, the problem was that if Ren Xiaosu had used his luck to escape death, the backlash that Yan Liuyuan would suffer would not be so simple!
This was a conserved ability. The luckier one was, the unluckier the other.
When Yan Liuyuan made a wish for Ren Xiaosu, it meant that he had put his life in the hands of Ren Xiaosu.
Therefore, even if it was for Yan Liuyuan's sake, Ren Xiaosu could not agree to save someone else.
The lives of others were not as valuable as Yan Liuyuan's.
In the middle of the night, Yang Xiaojin woke up. She looked at Ren Xiaosu and said, "Go to sleep."
Ren Xiaosu nodded and closed his eyes to sleep. He had not closed his eyes for nearly 30 hours. Even with his current physical fitness, it was still a little too much for him.
In a half-asleep state, Ren Xiaosu kept thinking about a question. Just who was Yang Xiaojin? Could she be a member of the so-called combat brigade of the Kyung Clan Consortium?
That couldn't be right. If she were a member of that combat brigade, she shouldn't have hidden her identity to join the team. Moreover, she even paid Luo Xinyu and the others for the mission.
In Ren Xiaosu's opinion, if the combat brigade of the Kyung Clan Consortium stationed in Stronghold 113 were to send someone to carry out the mission together with them, the private troops would have to worship that person like a god.
After all, that was a force that truly had the power to decide life and death in the stronghold.
Ren Xiaosu could not figure out Yang Xiaojin's motives, so he could only remain suspicious about Yang Xiaojin's identity for the time being.
It was quiet in the cave in the wee hours of the morning. When Yang Xiaojin woke up, she felt full of energy. She had received relevant training in this field, so she had a way of sleeping that exceeded the imagination of ordinary people. She could even stay alert in her sleep.
This was something that ordinary people could not understand, just like how ordinary people still could not understand supernatural beings.
The rain outside gradually stopped. Just as Ren Xiaosu had said, the forest ground became especially muddy after the rain. Some people would probably fall behind on the journey tomorrow.
There were still some soldiers in the cave who had not slept yet and were whispering to each other. Meanwhile, Liu Bu was drinking water with his mouth open. It was finally his turn when the others were almost done with their drinks.
Yang Xiaojin peeled the pine cones that were left over from the night before and popped the pine nuts into her mouth one by one to replenish the nutrients she needed.
At this moment, Yang Xiaojin, who was sitting across from Ren Xiaosu, was sizing up the sleeping Ren Xiaosu as she ate the pine nuts. Was he really asleep, or was he in a half-asleep state?
In the end, Yang Xiaojin heard Ren Xiaosu's snoring. Not only did she hear it, but the entire cave could hear it as well! It was too loud!
At this moment, two soldiers stood up and said to Xu Xianchu, "We'll take turns with you. You can rest now."
Xu Xianchu nodded. "Keep an eye on him and don't let down your guard."
"Don't worry," one of the soldiers replied.
The two of them walked slowly towards the entrance of the cave. It seemed like they were going to keep watch at the entrance.
Yang Xiaojin had her head lowered, and her gaze was hidden under her cap. When she saw the two ruffian soldiers, the corners of her mouth curled up slightly. This was because she noticed that Ren Xiaosu's snoring … had stopped.
However, the two ruffian soldiers did not seem to have noticed anything. One of them said casually, "I wonder if we'll be able to make it back alive."
"Who knows?" the other replied.
The two of them were just having a normal conversation. But when they walked up to Yang Xiaojin and Ren Xiaosu, they suddenly launched an attack. The rain had stopped, and everything was quiet.
The two ruffian soldiers pulled out their bayonets from their bodies. They were going to attack Ren Xiaosu and Yang Xiaojin respectively!
Was a person faster or a gun faster within three steps? Many people had discussed this question before. Everyone agreed that a person would probably be faster within three steps. But now, the two ambushers were only one step away from Ren Xiaosu and Yang Xiaojin respectively. At this distance, Ren Xiaosu and Yang Xiaojin would not have a chance to pull out their guns.
They were not stupid, so they chose to attack in the wee hours of the morning when Ren Xiaosu had just fallen asleep and Yang Xiaojin had just woken up. When a person first woke up, their muscles would feel tired. This was not because they were in poor health, but because their bodily functions had not been fully activated yet.
This sneak attack could have been for the guns on Yang Xiaojin and Ren Xiaosu, or it could have been for the water, or it could have been for Luo Xinyu. However, they did not know what kind of opponent they were facing!
Bang!
After a gunshot, the ruffian soldier opposite to Yang Xiaojin looked at the bloody hole in his abdomen in disbelief. He clearly saw that Yang Xiaojin was peeling pine nuts. She did not take out her gun at all. How could Yang Xiaojin be so much faster than him?
On the other side, the sneak attacker let out a cry of pain. Just as he approached Ren Xiaosu and flashed the bayonet in his hand, Ren Xiaosu stood up and grabbed his neck like a sudden burst of lightning in the air.
The sneak attacker wanted to stab the bayonet in his hand into Ren Xiaosu's body, but he found that his arm was also grabbed by Ren Xiaosu, and he could not move at all.
Ren Xiaosu lifted the 170-kilogram adult male up by the neck with one hand just like that. Immediately after, the ambusher's vision blurred as he felt a tremendous pain coming from his back. Ren Xiaosu had single-handedly pushed him against the rock wall!
With a clang, the sneak attacker could no longer hold the bayonet in his hand.
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