"Why are you in such a hurry?" Ji Xian stretched.

Xia Luoxue was still wearing the men's clothing that Ji Xian had given her yesterday, and she seemed to like it quite a bit.

But Ji Xian wasn't used to it; the tightness of the clothes around his chest always gave him a feeling of being tempted to commit a crime.

Ji Xian could only try his best not to look in that direction.

Xia Luoxue said, "Zhang Pengju sent me a message saying that he has found information about the people who are tracking us."

Ji Xian immediately perked up: "Let's see who's following us."

Xia Luoxue retrieved data from her bracelet, and a string of text was projected onto the screen.

"The group that's been following you is called the Sandworm Mercenary Group. They think you're rich and want to kill you for your money. Here's the information I found about them."

"The Sandworm Mercenary Group, excluding the number of slaves, has 27 main members, 3 off-road vehicles, and 5 sidecar motorcycles. Among them, the off-road vehicles are equipped with heavy machine guns."

"But that's all the information I could find. I can't find out exactly how many guns and ammunition they had."

It's impressive that they were able to find so much information. Ji Xian felt a little scared after reading it, especially when he saw the later part, which mentioned that they had off-road vehicles and heavy machine guns.

He thought it was someone from the auction house following him, but it turned out to be someone from a mercenary group who had probably been watching him from the auction house.

In Ji Xian's original worldview, being followed was at most a matter of money, but seeing these data, it would be easy for the other party to kill him.

Ji Xian said dejectedly, "Aren't these mercenaries? Why are they following us instead of just being mercenaries?"

Xia Luoxue said, "Mercenary is just the official name. In territory under the control of an owner, they are mercenaries when someone hires them to do things. But in unclaimed territory, robbery is a much faster way to make money than doing work."

Ji Xian said with a stern face: "So you're saying they're mercenaries on the surface, but also bandits behind the scenes?"

"Yes, that's right. Inside the city, they're bound by city rules and can't make a move, but as soon as we leave the city, they'll definitely make their move immediately."

Ji Xian thought for a moment: "If that's the case, is there any way to contact them, give them some money and let it go, just consider it protection money, paying for peace?"

It's no wonder Ji Xian was cowardly; after all, the other side had so many people and so many guns, while he only had two people.

Two against a group—it's obvious that a head-on clash will end badly.

Money can be earned back, but once a person is gone, you have nothing left.

Xia Luoxue nodded in agreement and contacted Zhang Pengju to ask him to help connect her with the Sand Silk Mercenary Group.