The team of about thirty people left quietly. Before the residents of Area 1 could react, Mo Guanshan and his men were already in the dense forest.
"Principal Mo, are we just going to walk around like this?" Mu Yuanqing was sweating profusely. Although she was a woman, her physical strength did not hinder the coalition forces at all.
Mo Guanshan turned around and handed the kettle to Ningxia, "Who told you you were walking blindly?"
Seeing that he was unwilling to say more, Mu Yuanqing pouted and leaned on Liu Ximu to rest.
Ningxia glanced back at the exhausted crowd. They were the only four of them who had been walking with ease, their luggage incredibly light. The twenty or so elites behind them each carried a backpack taller than theirs.
"Are you looking for that group of Ant people? Do you have a destination?" Ningxia asked in a low voice.
Mo Guanshan smiled and said, "Well, according to the information given by Shelter No. 1, their lair is hidden in Mingshan Mountain. Let's go there first and see what's going on."
Ningxia looked around. "If it's true as the news brought back, they have two or three hundred people, and we have less than thirty people..."
Mo Guanshan's eyes were filled with pride. "When two armies clash, numbers aren't the only factor that determines victory. Besides, the Chocobos have already led quite a few people out in the past two days. I estimate there are less than a hundred people left in their base camp."
Ningxia's eyes widened. "Why didn't you tell me earlier? You led so many people out? Is our home still safe?"
Mo Guanshan pinched her face and asked, "If you had told me earlier, you wouldn't have come?"
Ningxia was speechless.
"Don't worry, Li Gang and his gang are not idle. We're just afraid that they might become desperate. We've cordoned off the first area like an iron barrel, and there are many secret police watching in secret. Nothing will happen."
Ningxia smacked her lips. "Such a grand event, yet so mysterious."
Mo Guanshan narrowed his eyes and lowered his voice again, "Ningning, chasing the Ant Nation people was originally the job of the state government. Guess why Chocobo took it over?"
Ningxia raised an eyebrow, "Isn't it because they came to Mo Ning? This is the territory of the Chocobos."
Mo Guanshan shook his head. "These Ants are involved in the human trafficking business in China. Two years ago, I seized a list from them. Many officials in the provincial capital are their customers."
Ningxia's eyes widened. "What? Why have I never heard of this?"
"They only trade with the upper class. The people they sell are extremely good-looking. Ordinary people can't even meet them, so how can they know?"
"Then...then the state government officials don't care?"
Mo Guanshan chuckled, "Care? How? I handed this list to Chocobo. A few people in the provincial capital knew I had the list and secretly made things difficult for me. It was only because I came to Chocobo and the emperor was far away that I was able to escape.
Ningning, do you know that after you left Shuguang, someone went there to hunt you down?"
Ning Xia could no longer speak. She looked up at Mo Guanshan and said, "Just because I'm your fiancée, why didn't they come after Mo Ning?"
Mo Guanshan chuckled, "The judicial system here on Chocobo is no pushover. They'd have to be brave enough to do that."
Ningxia frowned, "Mo Guanshan, why did you choose to stay in Chocobo? With your qualifications, you could have stayed in the provincial capital and entered the upper class. Don't tell me it's because you are afraid of those people. With your personality, would you be afraid?"
Mo Guanshan smiled and said, "I wasn't afraid before, but now..."
His expression was too gentle, so Ning Xia raised her hand and slapped him. "I'm telling you something serious! And Chocobo, why did you quietly take over this mess? And they even publicly removed your military status and hired you as the principal. It's obvious they're trying to protect you.
Is it because you know the situation of this group of Ants? Is it because this Chocobo is willing to go against the state government for you?
"Ningning, the person in charge of the Chocobo Administration Office of Chuhua Country is He Ming."
Ningxia was puzzled for a moment, then immediately remembered, "Is it that classmate from the military academy you always mentioned?!"
Mo Guanshan's eyes were full of smiles. "Yeah, I didn't expect this kid to be so successful. You just happened to come to Chocobo again, so I followed this kid."
Ningxia suddenly realized that all of this made sense. Why did Mo Guanshan, an unknown military officer working for the provincial government, receive such high attention from Chocobo and even be poached several times?
It turned out to be because of He Ming. Ningxia had never seen this person, but she had heard Mo Guanshan mention him many times during the two years in Shuguang.
Before they entered the military academy, they were good friends who shared the same pants. Both of them were lower-class citizens with no relatives or friends, and their social status was even lower than that of Ningxia, who lived in an orphanage.
If I hadn't been admitted to the provincial military academy, even food and clothing would have been a problem. Later, nearing graduation, before I even got assigned, I had my first sprout.
Perhaps because their performance was too outstanding, Mo Guanshan was assigned to carry out the mission as soon as the incident occurred, while He Ming was assigned to provide personal protection for a high-ranking official in the provincial government.
Later, when Mo Guanshan received the news that Chocobo was trying to recruit him, he realized that He Ming was doing great things quietly. He obtained the administrative power of Chocobo from the state government and specialized in taking care of the mess that the upper echelons were unwilling to take care of.
Those old guys in the provincial capital probably didn't expect that a slight change of mind at the beginning would allow the Chocobo organization to grow into such a large organization today.
In the current situation, Chocobo is going to be the king of the mountain, and the map is getting bigger and bigger.
The various forces in the provincial capital are intertwined, and no one knows how He Ming operates, but there are still many people supporting him, and it is impossible to stop the rapid development of Chocobo.
Ningxia came back to her senses and looked at Mo Guanshan, "That's why you said that only after completing this mission will you be truly free."
Mo Guanshan nodded, "Until those people are brought down, they will always keep an eye on me, which is why the Chocobo is protecting me now.
Once this mission is over, the evidence is solid, and we've killed those guys, we can finally rest easy."
He didn't care, but he couldn't let Ningning take any risks, not to mention, there were two little ones at home.
If something really happened, Ningning's good friends would probably be implicated, so he had to make plans, even if it meant dying outside.
But he didn't expect Ningning to follow him out, and he softened his heart and agreed...
Ningxia was furious. "Mo Guanshan! You came here with the intention of dying! What are you thinking? Do you believe I will kill you?"
Mu Yuanqing looked at Ningxia who suddenly started quarreling with a confused look on his face. They were just whispering sweet nothings to each other just now!
Mo Guanshan's eyes were filled with scoundrel, "How could I have that?"
Once something happens to him, the state government will receive the news immediately, which will reassure those people.
He and He Ming also agreed in their letters that He Ming would not show up, but would secretly protect the three Ningxia siblings and let them live well on Chocobo.
"You still say no!"
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