Chapter 316 I'm Afraid They'll Run Away
I'm afraid they'll run away.
When Lin Xian said this, not only Hu Lushou, but even Sun Chang was stunned and looked at Lin Xian in disbelief.
Qian Dele and Monica both looked at Lin Xian in strange eyes. They thought being a desert bandit was just talk, but from the sound of your voice, it seems that you are not only more of a bandit than the desert bandit leader, but you also want to attack Ping'an County?
KIKI giggled at the side with a sly look on her face. Lin Xian's plans often seemed counterintuitive, but they were also very foresighted.
Lin Xian knew that the most dangerous time was at night.
Even if everyone works together, they may not be able to survive in the dark, but if the evil one stabs them, the whole army will most likely be wiped out.
Thousands of defensive measures are no match for the devastating consequences of Tang Hai and the Crimson World digging up the tracks.
Next, the joint train will rush into the no-man's land, and hidden dangers like the sand bandits should be eliminated as soon as possible. Humans are much smarter than the weird creatures when it comes to how to cause trouble for their own people.
He now has more than 4,000 people on the combined train, more than 1,000 armed personnel in tactical power armor, plus countless violent-level psychics. His firepower is even equivalent to that of an interstellar military brigade. Why should he be cautious in dealing with the sand bandits?
Therefore, his only worry was that the eradication would not be complete and some trouble would remain.
Through Brother J's Iron Alliance information package data, it can be found that these sand bandits all have their own territory, and they are not united with each other, and their interests are complicated. It just so happens that Hu Lushou and several major sand bandit gangs in the area near Aksai are involved, which is a perfect opportunity for Lin Xian.
"Captain Lin..." Hu Lushou's eyes widened: "What... do you mean?"
"What was your original evacuation plan?"
"the day after tomorrow."
“How many convoys?”
"Three, plus the four of us. The largest one, the Dawnbreaker, has more than 200 people and a lot of heavy weapons. The remaining ones, the Haven and the Aksai Brotherhood, are all small convoys. All four convoys together only have about 400 to 500 people. We checked and none of them have the Dark Mark."
"You are quite cautious."
Lin Xian sat on the sofa, bent forward, snapped his fingers at him to signal him to come closer, and then whispered his plan to him.
"ah?!"
After hearing what Lin Xian said, Hu Lushou's eyes almost popped out: "This... this is really..."
Before he could finish, Lin Xian suddenly took out something and gently threw it into the wine glass in front of him, making a tinkling sound, and said to him in a tempting tone:
"How about it, Boss Hu, let's work together again?"
When Hu Lushou saw the object in the wine glass, his pupils condensed and he took a deep breath: "Okay! I, Hu Lushou, will risk it all. I completely rely on you, Captain Lin!"
…
At 16:20, Lin Xian and his group came out of the Black Rose Bar, each of them covering their faces with a sand mask, and then drove back along the same route.
Outside the city of Aksai, the setting sun was scorching, and the horizon was filled with heat waves and glare.
Two off-road vehicles drove through the Gobi gravel beach. In a hidden windproof dry river valley, a temporary camp consisting of two armored base vehicles and seven or eight vehicles of various types appeared in sight.
When they got closer, they saw that the people in the camp were Chen Sixuan, Lu Chang and others.
"Teacher Chen, clear the airspace at 3 o'clock."
"receive."
Chen Sixuan, wearing a desert-colored windbreaker, crouched on the roof of the base and calmly fired a shot at the rear of Lin Xian's two off-road vehicles.
Bang!
The roar of the sniper rifle echoed across the wilderness. Just in the air behind Lin Xian and his team's car, a small concealed drone suddenly exploded, and a small ball of fire burst out in the air.
KIKI looked back and couldn't help but frowned, "Why can't I find the guy flying the drone? It's impossible for him to have a remote control signal from so far away, right?"
Monica in the back row smiled and said, "He is a superpower, well-trained and good at hiding. He is hiding behind the wind-eroded stone behind us."
"I see."
Bang bang.
Two off-road vehicles stopped in front of the camp, and Lin Xian immediately asked Lu Chang to lead people to chase in the direction Monica had just mentioned.
"He has already run away. I guess we can't catch up with him."
Seeing Lin Xian and others coming, Chen Sixuan got out of the car and said cautiously.
Lin Xian looked back and said with a smile, "We discovered someone's drone, but we didn't send someone out to search for it. How can we justify that?"
Ning Jing, who got off the car in front, walked over with Xiao Qing and A Bai. She glanced at the camp and looked at Lin Xian curiously: "I thought you called them here because you were worried that we might get into trouble in Aksai and asked them to come to support us. But you used them to put on a show?"
“No, no, no,” Lin Xian smiled helplessly. “Sister Ning, don’t think too highly of me. I was worried that we might get into trouble from the beginning, so I asked the team members to hide around Aksai and prepare for support. It was only after I learned about the situation inside that I changed my mind temporarily.”
Qian Dele looked at Lin Xian in amazement: "So you have already discovered that someone has been following us all the way, and you deliberately didn't solve it?"
"Of course, you forgot that Lin Xian is a mechanical mutant. How could he not notice a drone following behind him?" KIKI yawned and said, "But that guy is like a lizard, making no sound at all. He is really hidden."
Monica came up, holding up her windproof scarf in the sand, and whispered, "The bandits have been following us since we left the Black Rose Bar. They saw us enter the basement and thought we were a team working with Hu Lushou, so they naturally investigated our background."
Lin Xian looked at her at this time: "What else did you hear?"
Monica crossed her arms and said with interest, "There are many. There was discussion about who has a bigger and more elastic butt and breasts, me or Ning Jing. There was also discussion about how many of us women are your concubines, your sexual ability, Lao Qian's sexual orientation, KIKI's breast size. They talked about each of us women, and you men were ridiculed by them. The tone and words they used were unbearable and disgusting. Which part do you want to hear?"
As soon as these words came out, the air suddenly froze, and everyone looked at Monica in shock, and the atmosphere became a little awkward.
Monica looked at the quiet crowd, shrugged her shoulders and smiled helplessly, "So I said, I don't have the hobby of eavesdropping on others."
Sometimes knowing too much and hearing too much can be a kind of distress. Fortunately, Monica is proud and different from other women. She can accept men's covetous words about her behind her back with a happy attitude, because in her opinion this represents the embodiment of her personal charm and also allows her to see the hypocrisy of human nature.
Cough cough.
Lin Xian cleared his throat and broke the silence: "It's not these, it's mainly about the information of the sand bandits."
"They have indeed been keeping an eye on the fat fish of the Fu Lu Shou team, and now they have almost figured out the situation of the team that cooperates with Hu Lu Shou." Monica said seriously: "Anyway, if Hu Lu Shou makes any unusual moves, they are ready to kill the goose that lays the golden eggs at any time."
"Now they also regard us as one of the convoys that may have joined forces with Hu Lushou, so after we left the city, they sent people to follow us and find out the situation. The reason is to find out our size and combat effectiveness."
Lin Xian nodded. At this time, Lu Chang came back from outside with a dozen people and said with some shame.
"Captain Lin, the person...ran away."
"It's good that he ran away." Lin Xian breathed a sigh of relief.
"Ah?" Lu Chang was confused when he saw Lin Xian's expression relax. How could it be a good thing if the person was not caught?
Lin Xian glanced across the Gobi Desert, which was about to enter the evening, restrained his expression, and said to everyone:
"Okay, we should retreat. Hu Lushou said that the Gobi Desert is extremely dangerous after nightfall. We should also go back and prepare in advance."
Everyone agreed, and soon, the engines roared in this temporary convoy camp and it left in the rising dust.
Aksai, Black Rose Bar, basement.
Hu Lushou's face was full of anxiety and he kept pacing back and forth.
"Damn it, damn it, I just want to make some money safely, why is it so difficult?"
Sun Chang stood quietly at the side, speechless. It was the end of the world, so there was no peace. So she said in a cold voice: "It's getting dark, boss."
"I know, I know!"
Hu Lushou's eyes kept changing anxiously, and suddenly he stopped and looked at the glass on the low table.
Inside was a dark golden life information package device - the Iron Alliance Order.
Hu Lushou knew better than anyone what this thing represented. Lin Xian had dealt with a member of the Iron Alliance, but he dared to swagger into Aksai with a few people. This meant that the Iron Alliance's chain threat was useless to him or that the people of the Iron Alliance did not dare to touch him. It might also mean that Lin Xian had cracked the problem of identifying this kind of information packet network.
No matter which one it is, it represents that Lin Xian's methods and his team's energy are definitely extraordinary.
At this time, Hu Lushou remembered that at the Hengshanguan Stadium, Lin Xian made a Roarer K23 electric rotary machine gun right in front of him. He was stunned at the time, and this made him realize for the first time the horror of mechanical powers.
Thinking of this, Hu Lushou looked at the dark golden Iron Alliance Order with a look of
"Call someone."
Upon hearing this, Sun Chang turned around and walked out.
20 minutes later, more than a dozen people sat in a private room in the Black Rose Bar. These people were mainly divided into four forces. The largest force was a force called Dawn Team. The leader was a slightly plump middle-aged man in his forties named Lu Zhao. He was wearing a tactical uniform and had a face as red as gold. He gave people a serious feeling. His team had more than 200 people, various electric heavy trucks, and anti-aircraft weapons. It was a medium-sized team with considerable strength.
The other team consisted of three men and two women. Compared with the people in the other convoys, they had a more nervous feeling. Their attire seemed a bit messy, but they carried tactical flashlights, daggers, guns, and water bottles very neatly. This convoy named Aksai Brotherhood was actually a newly established convoy. It was reassembled from several convoys that had been shattered after encountering sand bandits and crises after entering the Western Gobi Desert. The leader was named Xie Guan, who looked weathered in his thirties. After the convoy was destroyed, he took the remaining people to unite the broken small convoys around Aksai and named them Aksai Brotherhood. Now the number of people is gradually increasing, but the weapons and equipment and team strength are still extremely mediocre.
The last team is a convoy called Safe Haven. This convoy is not large, with about 60 people, but the vehicles and equipment are very good, and the combat effectiveness is not bad. The captain of the convoy, Wu Dapeng, is also a middle-aged man, and he is the most easy-going one in the room.
Hu Lushou sat opposite with his deputy Sun Chang and asked his men to pour drinks for everyone.
"Boss Hu, aren't we going to evacuate the day after tomorrow? Why did you call us here now?" Lu Zhao from the Dawn Team frowned and lowered his voice cautiously, "This afternoon our people found members of the Sand Scorpion Gang in the Broken Flow Valley area. Those Sand Bandits are eyeing Aksai every day and don't even hide. There must be Sand Bandits in this city. If the Sand Bandits know about our alliance, we will be in trouble."
"It's okay." Hu Lushou smiled and patted his chest, saying, "I have such a big convoy here, they have nothing to worry about. Besides, I helped them make so much money without spending a single soldier, so I am their ancestor. Which fool would cut off his own financial resources?"
"Oh."
Lu Zhao snorted and laughed, looking at Hu Lushou and said, "It's fine if you deceived others, but you yourself are not clear. This toll is indeed your idea, but you, Boss Hu, are not irreplaceable to the Sand Bandits. They let you collect tolls here for more than two weeks. They probably planned to eat you up. Why should they give you 20% if you collect tolls here?"
He narrowed his eyes and smiled: "Brother, you are staring at the lice on the tiger, but the tiger is staring at your life. Otherwise, you wouldn't have asked us to join you in running away, right?"
The man named Xie Guan from Aksai's brother also said at this time: "Now all the convoys in the city should unite and prepare to enter the no-man's land at dawn tomorrow. If there are no new convoys, we will be the only ones left in the city. At this time, we should discuss secretly. If the sand bandits notice anything, I'm afraid they will be ready to move."
Wu Dapeng of the Shelter Convoy looked at the others with some concern: "We have at least 500 people in total, right? Do those bandits really dare to charge directly into the city?"
"Humph!" Lu Zhao snorted coldly when he heard that, and the fat on his face trembled. "Captain Wu, we have 500 people with families, and only 300 of us can come up to help. There are no old, weak or sick people in the sand bandit convoy."
After these words came out, Xie Guan and Wu Dapeng's faces darkened. Wu Dapeng sighed and looked at Hu Lushou: "Boss Hu, didn't you say that you could contact the Red Xiao Commando sent by the Xingchen Garrison Army? How is it going? Any news?"
"yes."
Lu Zhao also said directly at this time: "Boss Hu, although we have received some benefits from you, but before you said that you know a safe route to Quancheng, and you can also contact the Red Xiao Commando. This is what I care about. Otherwise, why would we risk confronting the Sand Bandits to cooperate with you?"
What Lu Zhao said was true. His team was strong and he could choose to join forces with other teams or simply pay a toll and leave Aksai directly. But he also knew that this toll was most likely just a short-term experience card. Although joining forces with other teams was a good way, the thousands of kilometers of uninhabited areas and the rumors of various strange bodies made him really worried. Lu Zhao was used to fighting confident battles, so he found Hu Lushou to buy some useful information from him, and was fooled by Hu Lushou and pulled onto the alliance chariot.
The Aksai Brotherhood, however, has a different perspective. They are a small team with weak strength and little say in the team union. Joining this united team will not only bring them benefits but also strong connections. So Xie Guan discussed with the team and everyone was willing to take such risks. Even if they were really targeted by the sand bandits, they were willing to risk their lives to fight the bandits to the death. Anyway, these people more or less had their relatives and friends who died at the hands of the sand bandits. They all carried hatred for the sand bandits and were the group that supported Hu Lushou the most.
"I'll be frank with you about this." Hu Lushou said to everyone in a high-pitched voice, "I gathered everyone here before dark to tell you that the Red Xiao Commando can't come here. They are now stationed in the area of Sand Snake Mouth. Time waits for no one, so the evacuation plan needs to be changed!"
"Change? When?"
Hu Lushou turned his eyes, calmed down, and said, "Tomorrow."
"Tomorrow?" Lu Zhao frowned: "Really?"
"Really?" Hu Lushou said seriously.
Wu Dapeng was very surprised: "Boss Hu, you...you don't want to move with those convoys before dawn, do you? "
His words also hit the mark of the other two teams. Lu Zhao said gloomily, "Boss Hu, those teams won't pay any attention to us."
"No." Hu Lushou waved his hand and said, "Didn't I tell you, I have a way..."
Lu Zhao looked at him with a scrutinizing gaze: "Are you sure that the Red Xiao Commando will really pick us up?"
"Don't worry, everyone." Hu Lushou smiled and signaled everyone to calm down. "Since I have arranged it this way, I will definitely not fight a battle that I am not sure of. Everyone, please keep your heart at ease. Tomorrow, all convoys will assemble as planned, prepare enough ammunition and set off. But you must always remain alert. We should enter the Aksai No Man's Land before noon."
As soon as these words were spoken, the atmosphere in the room suddenly became solemn.
Xie Guan from the Aksai Brotherhood was the first to nod and agree: "Okay, Boss Hu, I'll go back and make arrangements right away."
Lu Zhao looked at Hu Lushou with burning eyes for a long time, then slapped his thigh and said, "Alright, since we are already an alliance, there is no need to worry about this or that. In this world, life and death are all gambles. After passing this gate of hell, there is no guarantee that the next one will not be a single-plank bridge. I have seen a lot, so I am not afraid of him!"
Wu Dapeng of the Shelter Convoy was very nervous at this time: "There might be bandits secretly following us in this city. If we gather tomorrow, it will definitely attract attention, so I suggest that we don't make too much noise tonight."
"That's nonsense. How big a commotion can it cause?" Lu Zhao laughed out of anger. "I can't even hide from those sand ants. If I run into some weird creature again tonight, that would be troublesome."
After saying that, he looked at Xie Guan of the Aksai Brotherhood and said, "Mr. Xie, it's best for your convoy to drive into the city tonight and find a spacious place. If the situation like last night happens again, no one will be able to save you."
Upon hearing this, Xie Guan recalled what happened last night and nodded heavily.
"Okay, then there's nothing else to do. Let's leave." After Lu Zhao finished speaking, he stood up and left first.
A secret joint meeting ended like this.
It was getting dark, and the atmosphere in the survivor convoys surrounding Aksai was becoming increasingly depressing. People in each convoy began to carefully check the vehicles, and even the air intake ducts of the cars were blocked with items such as sponges. Some convoys had already distributed food and supplies in advance, and had already boarded the vehicles, locking the armor and doors.
In the basement of the Black Rose Bar, Hu Lushou was constantly collecting his "property".
Relying on his smart brain, Hu Lushou earned hundreds of blood essences and various rare materials and exquisite goods in just over a week.
In fact, there is one thing that the bandits don't know, or they don't care about, that is, Hu Lushou does not charge every convoy according to the price of 1 blood essence for 5 people. Most of the time, he just gives out the "safety badge" in exchange for a little benefit. This is why the many convoys that came to Aksai did not have any obvious opposition to Hu Lushou's convoy.
For large fleets, this "safety badge" can be considered a way to avoid some troubles, and by the way, they can also obtain some useful information from Hu Lushou. In comparison, giving up some benefits is completely acceptable.
For the small car team, even if they get this "safety badge", they will not feel at ease at all, and they will eventually have to seek alliances with other car teams. So from a certain perspective, Hu Lushou did a good thing. If they want to cross the no-man's land, alliance is the best way to increase the survival rate, and sand bandits are just one of many troubles.
"Tomorrow may be a tough battle." Sun Chang stood at the door of the basement and spoke in the same calm tone.
"Nonsense..." Hu Lushou took a deep breath and said, "We still have to find a relatively safe base to realize our ambitions. In this world, everyone treats me as a fat sheep before I have strength."
As he spoke, the corners of his mouth twitched, and he looked at his supplies with tears in his eyes and said, "Poor me... I have earned so much, but God has not allowed me to enjoy any blessings at all..."
As Hu Lushou spoke, he picked up a bottle of expensive whiskey beside him and took a big gulp.
Sun Chang rolled her eyes at him, then turned around and began to arrange for her men to prepare for the evacuation.
At this time, in the desert Gobi under the afterglow of the setting sun, a car quietly drove out of Aksai and headed for an abandoned motel far away on the road.
With a squeak, the car kicked up a cloud of dust and stopped. The door opened, and two figures looked around and then walked in.
The run-down and abandoned hotel was already in a mess, with a few rotten corpses lying scattered on the ground and yellow sand covering various tables and chairs. The person who walked into the hotel at this time was none other than Wu Dapeng from the Safe Haven convoy and one of his men.
He changed his previous easygoing expression, with a bit of gloom in his eyes, and then walked to the center of the hotel lobby, stood for a while, and then said: "Don't hide, it will be dark soon, hurry up and do it."
At this time, in the corner, a figure that almost overlapped with the environment suddenly moved. The light and shadow on his body changed, and a bald young man with a face full of tattoos appeared in the sight. This man could change the color of his body like a chameleon!
The bald young man came out chewing gum and said
"Go ahead."
"Mr. Hu has changed his plan. He wants to escape tomorrow morning. Go back and inform my eldest brother immediately!" Wu Dapeng said with a fierce look.
The bald young man looked puzzled: "With the other teams?"
"No, he's going to go through the Sand Snake Pass. He said he contacted the Red Mantis Commando Team."
"Bullshit!" The bald young man laughed defiantly, "There are people who believe this nonsense. The whole place is full of our people, hahahaha!"
"I didn't expose him. This guy has wanted to escape for a long time. Now he wants to run away by kidnapping a few convoys. He really thinks we are fools." Wu Dapeng smiled and said, "He wants to get benefits from our Sand Scorpion Gang and Red Vulture Group and run away. Big brother guessed this at the beginning, but big brother thought it was a good idea, so he let him open the way for us and save his life for a few more days."
The bald young man nodded and said, "Okay, I'll rush back now and make sure none of them can escape from Aksai tomorrow. I heard that this guy is extremely fat now. These hundreds of people will definitely be enough for us to eat for half a month."
"The other is the Dawn Team, which seems to have some strength."
Wu Dapeng sneered: "It's okay, I will cooperate with them from inside and outside, and they won't be able to last long."
"Oh, right." Wu Dapeng looked at the bald young man and said, "What's the background of the convoy I asked you to follow? They have had contact with the man named Hu, and they might have been tricked by him."
"cut!"
The bald young man sneered, "A car full of handsome men and beautiful women. I thought it was some awesome team that took such good care of the people, but it turned out to be just a small team with no more than 40 people in total!"
"Are you sure?" Wu Dapeng frowned slightly. "When I was at the bar, I felt that this group of people was very unusual. There were only so few of them. Could they be an elite team of experts with special abilities?"
"Boast!"
The bald young man said disdainfully: "I followed a drone for thirty miles and they didn't find me. What a supernatural expert. I took a special look and found that there were more than a dozen vehicles in their camp. There were two large vehicles with good configurations. Other than that, there were just a bunch of new recruits. They couldn't even catch up with my shadow. If the boss hadn't told me not to alert the enemy, I would have sent a few of them away on the spot!"
Wu Dapeng's eyes lit up after hearing this: "Fuck, luckily we didn't alert the enemy. The women in this group are too high-class."
"What's going on?" The bald young man looked at Wu Dapeng with interest: "Aren't you worried that this group of people will join forces with the Hu guy?"
“Tsk!”
Wu Dapeng glared at him angrily: "I'm afraid they will run away!"
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(End of this chapter)
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