Embers Ad Infinitum

In the room that originally belonged to the mayor of Chuchun Town, Malouf looked at the three sluggish bandits in front of him and asked incomprehensibly:

"Who gave you the courage to attack here?"

In the eyes of this major, even the most powerful North bandit group in the wasteland would not dare to challenge the regular army of "Prime City".

Moreover, the troops guarding Chuchun Town are obviously better equipped than ordinary troops!

One of the robbers replied with annoyance and fear:

"Sir, we, we have been deceived. We think that you have been in the wasteland for a long time, with low morale and empty equipment. If you touch it, it will break."

"Yes, yes, our leader also said that you are arrogant and careless. Just one surprise attack will plunge you into chaos. You will be unable to organize an effective resistance and can only hand over the spoils of war." Another bandit Quickly agreed.

Maloof and the soldiers in the room did not solve their doubts. Instead, their faces turned red.

Because what the other party said is somewhat in line with the actual situation!

Their unit has been guarding Chuchun Town for two or three months, and most of the residents here have malignant abnormalities, leaving them nowhere to vent their desires. They have been extremely irritable for a long time. They just want to end the cycle as soon as possible and return to the First City to rest. .

Coupled with the powerful equipment and the sufficient deterrence of the "First City" name, they were sure that they would not encounter attacks. No matter the usual training or daily patrols, they gradually relaxed and only maintained an empty frame.

Therefore, the "Vulture" bandit group's surprise attack at night really threw them into chaos. If it weren't for that presence, they might not have had time to regroup their defenses and launch a counterattack.

As the leader of this unit, Malouf felt that the words of the prisoners were like slaps on his face, which made him want to pull out his "Red River" pistol and fire a few rounds at these guys.

Fortunately, nothing really happened, otherwise he would definitely have to go to a military court... Malouf took a breath and slowly exhaled:

"Who told you this, no, who deceived you?"

"A man and a woman, they found one of our strongholds." A robber who lost a lot of blood and turned pale recalled said.

"What do they look like?" Maloof asked.

"I didn't see clearly." The robber who answered first shook his head.

His head was shaved and covered with dry black dirt.

Another robber explained helpfully:

"It was night, and it was still raining. There were not many torches and even fewer flashlights in our stronghold. Except for a few people who communicated with them face to face, we probably couldn't see clearly what they looked like."

"None of you?" Malouf frowned slightly.

The robbers all shook their heads.

Is this a coincidence? The bandit leader must have communicated face-to-face with those two people, but he is dead... Malouf suppressed his doubts and asked instead:

"How did they convince you, uh, convince your leader, and how did your leader convince you?"

"Just tell me what we just said..." the pale-faced robber replied in confusion, "I don't know why I believed the leader at that time, uh, Yas, usually when encountering such a big thing, Someone must have raised questions..."

Malouf was keenly aware of the problem:

"How long have the man and the woman been talking to your leader?"

"Less than five minutes, definitely less than five minutes!" The bald robber hesitated at first, then confirmed.

"They didn't show anything, they just had a pure conversation?" Malouf followed his own guess and raised a new question.

"No." Several robbers answered one after another.

Malouf glanced at the soldiers in the room and took a few steps back and forth:

"When your leader persuaded you, did the man and woman do anything?"

"They were hiding in the shadows at the edge of the stronghold. They waited until our leader, er, Yas, convinced us, and then they provided you with your patrol routes, drone monitoring patterns and the surrounding terrain." The pale-faced man The robber answered truthfully.

Malov took a few more steps and said to the soldiers in the room:

"You guys watch, I'll be back soon."

He quickly walked out of the room, walked along the corridor to the other end, and knocked on a dark red wooden door.

"Mr. Price, the current situation is as follows..."

He integrated the contents of the prisoners' answers and gave a rough description.

After he finished speaking, after more than ten seconds, a male voice came from the room that seemed to be trying hard to restrain something:

"Ask them what happened before the man and woman arrived."

"Yes, Mr. Price." Maloof turned around and returned to his room.

He stared at the prisoners and repeated the question raised by Price in a deep voice.

The bald robber recalled:

"They used loudspeakers or loudspeakers to say, 'We are surrounded,' and then they said a bunch of inexplicable nonsense."

"What kind?" Maloof asked.

The pale-faced robber briefly summarized the content from memory. When faced with something you don't understand, you should humbly ask for advice, and you should not blindly resist, but learn, understand and accept...

Maloof was confused.

He confirmed it several times, then came outside Price's room again and told the other party the information he had obtained.

Before Malouf finished speaking, Price's slightly shocked voice came from behind the closed door:

"Wu Meng?"

…………

Prime City, Red Wolf District, No. 19 Rosta Street, "Hand of Order" headquarters.

Wall, the wall-like Sheriff, met his immediate boss, Travis, the Order Officer of the Red Giant Wolf District.

"The military has reported back some things." Travis picked up the paper material in front of him.

When Wall took it over, the order officer of the Red Giant Wolf District simply said:

"They have troops on a covert mission in the North Amherford area."

"Isn't this too much of a coincidence?" Wall, who had not yet looked through the information, asked in a deep voice.

What he means is that after Xue Shiyue and Zhang Qubing's team escaped to the North Bank Wasteland, they did not want to escape from the "Primary City" sphere of influence as soon as possible, but they were still interested in the Beian Heford area. This has nothing to do with the military's secrets. Whether there is a certain correlation between tasks.

"It's just a coincidence that I let you take a look at this information." Travis sat behind the desk and nodded gently, "Sit down and read slowly."

Wall did not pretend to be polite, he sat down directly and quickly browsed the documents in his hand.

After seeing the bewitched bandit group and the unsuspecting voice, Wall's expression gradually became serious.

He raised his head and looked at his boss:

"While we were investigating how Xue Shiyue and Zhang Qubing's team escaped from the city, we got certain clues.

"They seemed to have 'gained the trust' of a group of smugglers in the form of broadcasts."

This is very similar to what happened to that bandit group.

"You mean, Xue Shiyue and Zhang Qubing's team are planning a secret military mission?" Treves nodded slightly.

"Yes, otherwise it would not be such a coincidence." Wall said quite confidently, "The height and characteristics of the man and woman who 'persuaded' the group of robbers matched those of Xue Shiyue and Zhang Qubing. Although they did Enough disguise and cover-up to kill all witnesses, but enough coincidences to give them away.”

Travis said "hmm":

“They must have their own purpose in staying in the North Shore Wasteland.

"And this matter also involves a dangerous existence."

Wall didn't ask who the dangerous person was. Since Travis didn't say it directly, it meant that he was not qualified to know yet.

After he returned, he planned to visit his father-in-law, the newly promoted veteran and powerful figure in the military, Gaius, to see what was going on.

After talking for a while, Travis breathed a sigh of relief and said:

"I will submit the clues you have found and the speculations you have made."

…………

North Amherford, in a city ruins.

"Chuchun Town has become more tightly guarded." Han Wanghuo said about his observations.

Jiang Baimian nodded, turned his head and looked at Long Yuehong, Bai Chen and Gennava.

"There are new troops heading this way from the direction of the First City." Bai Chen said calmly.

In order to detect this information, she and Long Yuehong both wore military exoskeleton devices.

While Han Wanghuo and Zeng Duo had solemn expressions, Jiang Baimian smiled:

"This is a good thing."

"Yes, yes." Shang Jianyao plays Long Yuehong.

Seeing Zeng Duo's puzzled look, Jiang Baimian smiled and said:

"'First City' should have investigated clearly that we were secretly driving the 'Vulture' bandit group. It seems that they are not too stupid, and they have lived up to our performance."

"Why?" Han Wanghuo asked in confusion.

This will only cause the defensive strength of Chuchun Town to skyrocket, making rescue impossible.

Jiang Baimian smiled:

"I have analyzed it before. If you rely solely on yourself, there is almost no hope of rescuing Chuchun Town, unless you can wait until winter, and that is just a guess.

"In this case, it is better for the 'First City' to send more elite teams and more powerful people from the 'Psychic Corridor' level to improve the defense and hunt us down.

"And we..."

Jiang Baimian restrained his smile:

"Return to the Prime City."

"Huh?" This time, Long Yuehong couldn't understand the team leader's thinking.

Jiang Baimian laughed and said:

“The situation in ‘Prime City’ was originally very delicate, on the edge of chaos, and it was difficult to maintain a balance.

"After we transferred a large number of people and some strong people, there is a high probability that the balance will tilt. When the time comes, we will step in and look for opportunities.

"When there is turmoil in Chuchun City, most of the strong men and troops guarding Chuchun Town will be transferred back. At that time, the defense here will be empty."

Seeing that the pupils of Long Yuehong, Zeng Duo and others were dilated, Jiang Baimian added with a smile:

"The cry hits east and west and hits east again."