"Should we fight or not? What are they trying to do?" Hei Zi asked excitedly.

"Don't rush, they don't seem to be carrying any weapons! They probably want to negotiate with us! Wait a bit! Let them get closer first!"

Just then, someone in the distance spoke up.

"We're just some garrison soldiers, we mean no harm! We've already laid down our guns! Please, spare our lives!"

The other person's voice carried a hint of pleading, and Lu Yuan and Hei Zi exchanged a glance, still unable to make up their minds.

"What exactly do these people want? Why are they just charging straight at us?"

"Weren't you planning to continue this standoff? What? You're backing down now? One of our brothers was just killed by you! Hand over your sniper! Otherwise, we won't make peace with you!"

Lu Yuan shouted loudly with his back to the other person.

As expected, Lu Yuan's words immediately threw the other side into chaos. All the team members had their guns loaded and fingers on the triggers, just waiting for Lu Yuan's order.

Lu Yuan glanced at the crowd but didn't reach out. Although Hei Zi said that one of his brothers had been killed and he also wanted revenge, he still didn't urge Lu Yuan.

A commotion broke out among the other group, and they even peered into the distance through the narrow hole.

The argument was halfway through when someone suddenly pulled out a robbery weapon from their pocket, and the others also pulled out guns.

The two sides immediately confronted each other, and Lu Yuan could hear their argument from a great distance.

"Get Ou Chen out here right now, or we'll all die here!" One of the shorter men, who mostly held a gun, shouted at the other group.

The other group also refused to back down, holding their guns and confronting them head-on.

"No, Ou Chen is our team leader. If he dies, how will we explain it when we get out of here!"

"Stop talking nonsense! If he doesn't come out, we're all going to die here. Whether it's just him or us all, you need to think this through!"

The two sides were arguing fiercely, their anger reaching a fever pitch, and if anyone were to make a move, a gunfight would immediately break out.

Upon seeing this scene, Lu Yuan and Hei Zi exchanged a glance, looking at each other in bewilderment.

"What the heck? They started making a mess of things themselves?"

"Hehe, if they really start fighting amongst themselves, then we won't have to waste bullets. Isn't that great? We can just go and clean up the battlefield!"

Everyone continued to wait for the outcome of their argument, but clearly, after a period of arguing, no one was willing to back down.

About ten minutes later, after both sides had finished hurling insults at each other, a man suddenly stepped out from the crowd.

"Brothers in front, I know I struck first! I killed one of your brothers. Now I'm standing here, and you can do whatever you want with me, just please don't harm my brother! If you agree to my conditions, I'll come out immediately!"

Then a man of medium build and burly build stepped out from the crowd and raised the sniper rifle he was holding high above his head with both hands.

Several team members who opposed his coming out shouted loudly as soon as they saw him stand up.

"Captain Ou, you can't go out! If you go out, who will take care of our family?"

"Yeah, Captain Ou, at worst we'll fight them to the death! What's there to be afraid of? Let's just go for it!"

The group was agitated and tried to persuade Ou Chen, but he turned around, gave a bitter smile, and shouted at them, "All of you, go back! If you still consider me your captain, put down your guns right now!"

Upon hearing Ou Chen's words, the team members exchanged bewildered glances. After a fierce internal struggle, one of them finally placed his gun on the ground, while the others sighed and placed their guns in front of them.

After glancing at the man, Lu Yuan immediately gave him a thumbs up in his mind. Regardless of whether the man had killed his own people, just based on the man's boldness, Lu Yuan felt that this person was definitely not simple.

Even deep down, Lu Yuan harbored a desire to bring it under his control.

Lu Yuan shouted in a deep voice to the other side, "Alright, you come over here first and put the gun down. Also, let me see your hands. If you make any move, we'll shoot immediately!"

Ou Chen slowly and gently placed the rifle in his hand at his feet. He clearly had a special affection for this gun. The way he carefully placed it on the ground made Lu Yuan think that the other party might be someone from the military.

As Ou Chen slowly walked towards the cover, when he was just a few meters away from being in sight, Hou Qiang and a few others suddenly jumped over the cover, rushed up, and held their guns to Ou Chen's face.

Hou Qiang didn't hold back either, and punched the other man hard in the shoulder with the butt of his gun. Ou Chen immediately bent over in pain and was then pushed to the ground by the men behind the wall.

"You better behave yourself, or I'll kill you right now!" Hou Qiang pressed down on the other man's neck, shouting sternly, clearly trying to hide his own guilty conscience.

When Ou Chen was brought before Lu Yuan, Lu Yuan glanced at him and found that he was probably in his early twenties, with a rather good appearance and a sense of righteous indignation in his eyes.

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