Li Ke said, "They even know how to dig tunnels to build houses, they're quite professional."

Song Xian smiled bitterly: "They arrested a few engineers, and those engineers were the ones who produced the defense maps. Those people had no choice. If they didn't produce the maps, the bandits would just mess things up on their own. When the projects collapsed, it was us, the ones who were arrested, who were injured or killed. They didn't care at all."

Seeing that the other party didn't value human lives, the engineers had no choice but to provide drawings and physical guidance, and only then did the project proceed smoothly.

Li Ke then asked, "Where are these bandits from? Is there anything special about them?"

Song Xian thought for a moment, his expression twisting for a second, but after a while he still spoke up: "Their regions are quite mixed, it feels like they have people from all over the country. When they first took over our area, there were more than eighty people, and now there are almost four or five hundred."

Besides that, it seems they have another group of people out there arresting people. Three large trucks have come and delivered several groups of people, not all of them from the city's shelters, but also people arrested from other places.

Their weapons were also a mixed bag. The leaders mostly had high-end equipment like machine guns and pistols, while the lower-ranking leaders had hunting rifles, homemade muskets, bows and crossbows, and the lowest-ranking thugs had a bunch of random weapons like machetes, broadswords, slingshots, and whips.

Another point is that most of them are in good physical condition. They also recruit new people from among the prisoners, on the condition that these new recruits are physically fit and obedient.

Li Ke turned to look Song Xian up and down: "You weren't recruited? You seem to be in pretty good physical condition."

Even though it was dark and the firelight was dim, Li Ke could still see the unease and hesitation on Song Xian's face. Li Ke pretended not to see it and continued to wait for Song Xian's answer.

Song Xian said, "They wanted to recruit me, but I was unwilling to do evil, so they stopped."

Li Ke felt it wasn't that simple, and asked again, "What happened when they said there was a boss who took good care of you? I don't like people lying to me. If you've done anything immoral, you'd better confess as soon as possible, otherwise you'll regret being saved by me today if I find out later."

Song Xian quickly raised his hand to prove his innocence: "I am absolutely not a bad person, and I have not done anything immoral or immoral. I can swear to God."

Seeing Li Ke sitting there unmoved, Song Xian had no choice but to take a deep breath and say in order to gain his trust, "I'll tell you, but I hope Brother Li won't look down on me after hearing it."

Li Ke remained silent, appearing to be listening attentively, so that no one would suspect anything gossipy.