◎Happy 96th Day: Special Price◎

The scale of the North District Base is larger than that of the South One Base and the West Suburb Base, and it has a sense of universal military service.

The atmosphere in the North District Base is tense, which is incomparable to the marshmallow atmosphere in the Dawn Base. Even the South One Base is much more relaxed than it. I don’t know what this base has experienced.

This was Jiang Muyun and Chu Buwen's second visit to the North District Base. The last time they came, they were trapped for a day by a heavy rain. This time, it was already the dry season.

All I can say is that climate change in the end times is changing faster than turning the pages of a book.

Jiang Muyun and Chu Buwen came here before just to inquire about some news from the outside world in the base, and did not go to meet the person in charge of the base.

This was the first time that Captain Yu came to the North District Base.

When the two sides met today, Jiang Muyun felt that this person might be a tough guy.

The person in charge of the North District Base calls himself Meng San. He is a man who looks quite cold and hard. He doesn't talk much and his style of doing things is completely different from that of Captain Yu.

The first thing the other party said when they saw them was: "Are you two here today for the matter of the Western Suburbs Base?"

Everyone present choked.

After all, Captain Yu brought several large trucks of supplies and appeared to be negotiating business.

Logically speaking, shouldn't we finish discussing these minor matters first and then discuss other things?

Why doesn't this person follow the routine?

Seeing that the atmosphere was tense and Meng San had no reaction at all, Captain Yu could only bite the bullet and try to smooth things over.

But Captain Yu didn't expect that Meng San really had no intention of cooperating at all.

"If we're just talking about business, this is not my business." Meng San frowned.

The question mark on Captain Yu’s face was almost popping out.

He had never seen such a person whose every word was so difficult to respond to.

The key point is that the other party doesn't look like he is trying to interrupt others on purpose.

Jiang Muyun saw that the other person was frowning and looking puzzled, and he didn't know whether he was pretending to be stupid or was really so honest.

Sincerity is indeed a killer move.

No matter if it was fake or real, the other party was determined to go this route, and Jiang Muyun and Captain Yu couldn't do anything about it.

Knowing that he couldn't convince the other party, Jiang Muyun simply said straight to the point: "We do want to discuss matters related to the Western Suburbs Base with Mr. Meng. I wonder if it would be convenient for you to come here?"

Meng San's face was filled with confusion. "Of course it's convenient. I came to see you two today specifically for this matter."

Jiang Muyun understood Captain Yu's helplessness.

How did this person become the person in charge of the base?

Captain Yu wanted to ask the North District Base to send someone else to discuss the matter, but everyone insisted that Meng San was the one in charge. Only he had the final say in such matters, and no one else had the power to speak.

There is no choice but to continue.

When the two talked to Meng San, they could only be straightforward. Any polite words would easily be taken seriously by the other party.

Captain Yu simply said casually, "Our South One Base has been troubled by this matter for a long time. To be honest, I'm even a little worried that the other party will take direct action."

Meng San took it seriously and immediately asked, "Are you afraid of them? Has the power of the Western Suburbs Base grown to this extent? Did they really bomb Nanshan?"

Seeing Meng San's face gloomy as he was about to stand up, Jiang Muyun hurriedly stopped him: "No, no, no, don't get excited. Captain Yu is afraid of casualties if we fight, not them."

Captain Yu got Jiang Muyun's approval on the way here, and was preparing to work with the North District Base to carefully discuss the matter. Seeing Meng San's look of "I can't wait any longer and have to pick up my weapons and kill them immediately", he had to stop him quickly.

Captain Yu is a man who treats everyone as a brother, and Jiang Muyun is also good at saying different things to different people. These two social masters are completely helpless with this guy, which shows how difficult Meng San is to deal with.

Jiang Muyun rubbed his temples.

If this is fake, the acting is too exaggerated.

Could it be that the people at the North District Base knew Meng San's character, so they let him take on the title of leader and let him be responsible for negotiations with other bases with a free-spirited attitude?

Meng San is a straightforward person who doesn't play by the rules. Even if a normal person has eight hundred tricks up his sleeve, he can't keep up with his pace.

Captain Yu was exhausted from all the hassles. He couldn't continue with the rhetoric, taking advantage, bargaining, and profit distribution.

He could only accede to Meng San's train of thought with a painful expression and began to speak directly: "You can see that the weather is not right now, right? According to our speculation, Nanshi is likely to experience a sandstorm this summer."

"Sandstorm?" Meng San was a little confused: "How did you know?"

Jiang Muyun walked to the windowsill.

The original windows of this room must have been destroyed by water, and now they are replaced with screens that are obviously handmade after the end of the world.

The screen window was covered with dust, and the original color was barely visible.

Jiang Muyun reached out and flicked the screen window, then quickly stepped back to avoid the dust raised around the window.

Jiang Muyun turned to Meng San and said, "We've experienced extreme cold, drought, heat waves, and tsunamis. It's hard to say about other places, but at least before the acid rain, we could hardly find a single living plant within a hundred miles of Nanshi."

"Nanshi has never been a water-scarce place. If even Nanshi is in this state, what about other areas where the natural environment is already extremely harsh?"

The long-term extreme weather has caused a large number of plants to die. Areas like Nanshi, which used to be rich in water and grass, may still be able to receive a timely rain before the land turns into a desert.

But more often than not, the land has lost its vitality before the spring rain arrives.

According to the geographical environment before the end of the world, the sandstorm would never reach Nanshi.

But what about now?

It’s hard to say whether you cross the river or not. Three hundred kilometers north of Nanshi, it has become a desert.

Under such circumstances, it is not difficult to understand why a sandstorm occurred in Nanshi.

In Jiang Muyun's memory, in one or two years, most of the land on the entire Blue Star will become a desert.

It is not surprising to see sandstorms in any city or any area.

Jiang Muyun said, "The wind has been blowing for several months. Previously, when the rain was plentiful, I didn't notice anything unusual. Now that the dry season has arrived, the north wind is carrying more and more sand and dust. I think my speculation is reasonable."

Captain Yu responded, "It's true. A few days ago, a caravan from the north arrived at our base. I've had contact with them, and the situation isn't good either north or west."

This was also the reason why Captain Yu agreed with Jiang Muyun's plan to attack the Western Suburbs Base when the sandstorm came just after she mentioned it on the road.

That’s right, Jiang Muyun chose the best time to attack the Western Suburbs Base when the sandstorm arrived.

In the end times, the least valuable thing is human life, and the most valuable thing is also human life.

If they really confronted the group of people at the Western Suburbs Base head-on, they would inevitably suffer casualties.

It would be fine if it were people like Jiang Muyun and Chang Ling who already had grudges with the Western Suburbs Base and were afraid of retaliation from the other side, so they voluntarily ran to fight others, but what about those who had no grudges against the other side?

They haven't provoked anyone, so why should they go and fight with others just because of a word from those in power?

Is it for future consideration?

Come on, if they die now, how will they have a future?

After enduring so many disasters and surviving to this day, everyone values ​​life very much and will not sacrifice their precious lives to pave the way for others for no reason.

The correct thing to do is to take advantage of the sandstorm to launch a surprise attack and try to avoid casualties on your side.

When it comes to judging the arrival time of a sandstorm, Jiang Muyun and Chu Buwen can guarantee with confidence that no one is more experienced than them except for those old people who have lived in the desert all their lives.

This is also the confidence that Jiang Muyun proposed this plan.

Meng San pondered for a moment and asked, "The plan is very good, but how can you ensure that the time of action is accurate?"

Jiang Muyun was not surprised that the other party would ask this.

"That's my business." Jiang Muyun said with a smile, "Life is not easy for everyone. Mr. Meng should let me keep something to save my life. Anyway, we will act together that day, so we won't make fun of ourselves."

There's no way to talk about rebirth, and making up something like being born in the Northwest would be easily exposed, so it's better to just say nothing.

Captain Yu also spoke at this time: "It is indeed inconvenient to talk about this matter, but I can vouch for Miss Jiang's authenticity. I hope Mr. Meng will forgive me."

In fact, Captain Yu was also curious about this matter, but when he saw that Jiang Muyun didn't say anything, he didn't dare to ask.

They have a life-and-death relationship with Jiang Muyun and others, so there is no reason for Jiang Muyun to cheat them in such a matter.

Just as Jiang Muyun had said, she was going to go with them that day. Anyone who could breathe knew how insignificant humans were in the face of natural disasters.

If Jiang Muyun deliberately gave the wrong time at this time, she would be implicated if any accident happened.

How much hatred could make her hate him so much?

The most important thing is where Jiang Muyun and others were on the day when the second-generation rich man at the Western Suburbs Base had an accident. Others don’t know, but Captain Yu still has some guesses in his mind.

Now, considering Jiang Muyun's positive attitude in dealing with the Western Suburbs Base, Captain Yu felt that his guess was almost right.

Their South Base and North District Base wanted to take action against the group of people in the western suburbs, mainly because they felt that those people were too dangerous.

In Captain Yu's opinion, the people at the Western Suburbs Base were like a group of poisonous snakes.

He is vicious, vindictive, ambitious, and has a bit of the madness that is unique to desperadoes.

Captain Yu could smell the lingering smell of blood on the leader from a distance.

If he had encountered such a person before the end of the world, Captain Yu would have had to go back overnight to write a report and check the pursuit records to see if he could collect the reward money from some friendly department.

With such neighbors entrenched in the surrounding area and harboring ill will towards them, shouldn't they take the initiative and strike first before their strength grows?

But don't say that the other party has done nothing and is innocent. Captain Yu believes that he is not so noble.

If they wait until the other party has accumulated enough strength to take the initiative, they may not have the opportunity to fight back.

What if those lunatics really blew up the mountain for the ammunition depot?

If he failed and blew himself up into the sky, that would be fine. But if he succeeded, then Captain Yu would have no choice but to pack up his belongings and flee with his men.

If you don't run, are you waiting to be sacrificed?

This is what Captain Yu thought, and he was sure that everyone in the North District Base, represented by Meng San, also thought so.

So their attitudes on this matter are surprisingly consistent.

But Jiang Muyun is different.

Assuming that Jiang Muyun really has nothing to do with the death of that second-generation rich kid, then Jiang Muyun is just an ordinary survivor in this matter.

Even if she heard the news in advance, she could take advantage of this information gap to pack up her belongings in advance and let the people from several bases fight over it. It didn't matter to her how many people died.

If the South One Base wins, everything will be fine. If things don't go well for them, they can just retreat with all their belongings and there's no need for them to get involved.

But after hearing this, Jiang Muyun actually took the initiative to contact Captain Yu through Chang Ling to express his intention to deal with the Western Suburbs Base.

If she didn't have a grudge against the Western Suburbs Base, why would Jiang Muyun personally take the risk to help them deal with the Western Suburbs Base?

It can't be that Jiang Muyun has taken a fancy to someone in his base team and is afraid that the other person will die in this operation.

With all this information piled up, as long as Captain Yu had a normal brain, he could guess who the murderer that the people in charge of the Western Suburbs Base were looking for was.

Anyway, it was either Jiang Muyun or Chu Buwen. They were kept together every day, so it was possible that they both did it together. It made no difference.

With such a huge grudge between them, the possibility of Jiang Muyun helping the Western Suburbs Base to cheat them is smaller than the possibility that Meng San suddenly turns around and joins forces with the Western Suburbs Base after being kicked in the head by a donkey.

So this is why Jiang Muyun likes Captain Yu.

Be flexible but have principles, be kind but have bottom line.

Jiang Muyun knew that once she intervened, she would naturally be unable to hide her murder from Captain Yu.

But even though Captain Yu already knew the truth, he didn't say a word to Meng San.

Even though this news would make the cooperation between the two bases closer, Captain Yu still kept silent about it and only used his reputation in the North District Base to endorse her.

Because Jiang Muyun has no connections with the people in the North District Base.

Once the feud between her and the West Suburbs Base was known to the North District, who knew what they would do to her.

Although Captain Yu is not a good person in the traditional sense, he is not immoral and would not betray his friends.

Jiang Muyun felt that if she had misjudged the person in this matter, then she would have no choice but to go back and study how to use the heavy weapons in the space.

A group of people gathered together and talked for a long time, and roughly finalized the plan to clear out the western suburbs base.

Captain Yu was just about to discuss the distribution of benefits after the successful clearance operation when he heard Meng San say, "Our two bases have initially allocated personnel for the operation at a 50:1 ratio. After the success, we will establish a transfer station in the western suburbs and both sides will jointly manage it. So, let's split the confiscated resources equally."

Before the company commander and Jiang Muyun could speak, Meng San continued, "Miss Jiang's contribution is special, so let her choose first. After she's finished choosing, we'll divide the rest equally. After that, if there's anything she wants, we'll trade it at market price."

After saying this, Meng San added, "This transaction will take place outside the base, and neither party is allowed to collect taxes."

Company Commander Yu: ...

It's quite comprehensive.

But isn't this a bit too simplistic and crude?

Why is it like sharing candy with a child?

But if he thought about it carefully, it seemed that this condition was similar to what he expected.

Moreover, compared to clauses such as "all the confiscated materials belong to me, and in exchange all the other materials belong to you", which require a lot of haggling to reach a consensus, this method of first dividing them equally and then trading them at market prices is more convenient and quicker.

It saved at least two hours of hassle.

In comparison, Captain Yu’s original allocation rules were not only redundant and wordy, but also... a bit stupid.

Captain Yu reflected on himself for a while and did not agree immediately. Instead, he turned to look at Jiang Muyun, waiting for Jiang Muyun's reply.

He had no objection to the conditions proposed by Meng San.

After all, the basis of their plan was Jiang Muyun's control of the time when the sandstorm would arrive.

If there was no such plan and the two sides confronted each other openly, they didn't think they would lose, but they didn't know how many more casualties there would be.

Jiang Muyun was naturally not the kind of person who would be reserved at this time.

She didn't bother to joke with Meng San and asked bluntly, "Mr. Meng, aren't you afraid that I might ask for too much?"

Meng San shrugged: "Miss Jiang is not that kind of person."

Jiang Muyun smiled and said, "That may not be the case. I can't compare to your wealth and wealth, and I need a lot of things. I won't be polite to you when the time comes."

Meng San was not angry either: "If Miss Jiang is short of manpower to transport things, remember to give priority to hiring people from our North District base."

Meng San seemed serious, and Jiang Muyun responded naturally: "No problem, I hope Mr. Meng can give me a preferential price when the time comes."

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This article was updated from 18:00 to 00:00.

The author is about to leave Italy due to work transfer, so the update time can only be postponed [kneel down gently]