"I'm really sorry, all the kids at the base were clamoring to play with this new gadget, and before I knew it, they were driving it around. Did it scare you guys?"
Mao Min arrived late with a gentle smile, showing none of her usual flamboyance and sharpness, as if she were just an ordinary middle-aged woman without any special abilities.
But within the range of the cannons, the visitors from the White Tiger Base were as obedient as could be. Although they inwardly looked down on Mao Min, who was just an ordinary person, they still managed to put on a smile on the surface.
"Hehe, I wasn't scared, but your base needs to be more managed. How can you just drive this thing around like that?"
Nobody would believe that this was just for fun!
The wasteland's technology is far behind, and this thing is not easy to build. Currently, only the Azure Dragon Base has the most mature technology. Other bases can build it, but their performance cannot compare with that of the Azure Dragon Base.
These three vehicles in front of them were clearly not ordinary goods. The leader of the White Tiger Base was completely dumbfounded. No wonder the Vermilion Bird Base was so obedient!
What's even more infuriating is that when they finally got to the grain procurement stage, Mao Min slowly said, "We do have grain, but not much."
"As you know, the Vermilion Bird Base and the Azure Dragon Base recently purchased large quantities of grain from our Oasis Base."
The person in charge of the White Tiger Base turned pale.
He knew, of course, that the Vermilion Bird Base was facing a food shortage, just like the White Tiger Base, and that both sides were struggling to fight.
Fighting is not easy, but the high command of the White Tiger Base is adamant that the batch of energy stones will not be released, so the Vermilion Bird Base cannot withdraw its troops either, not to mention the newly joined Black Tortoise Base stirring up trouble.
As the situation became increasingly out of control, the higher-ups at the White Tiger Base had softened their stance, with some suggesting that the energy stones be distributed among them.
However, just as the White Tiger Base was beginning to soften, the Vermilion Bird Base managed to purchase supplies from the Oasis Base!
With ample food supplies, the Vermilion Bird Base fought even more fiercely, seemingly intent on crippling the White Tiger Base before it received reinforcements!
That's outrageous!
If the White Tiger Base backs down now, it will lose its voice. At that point, the energy stones it holds will not be as simple as dividing them equally. The White Tiger Base may not be able to keep a single one!
With no other options, the White Tiger Base mobilized personnel overnight to come to the Oasis Base to procure supplies.
We'll fight to the bitter end!
But if the White Tiger Base is slow in one step, it will be slow in every step, whether it's negotiating a peace deal or making purchases!
Now, if you want to buy food, they don't accept points anymore, they only accept supplies!
"Fuel, we need a lot of fuel. You know, the guys at our base like to drive those three big machines around, and the fuel consumption is enormous. So, we'll take food, but we'll only accept fuel trades!"
The head of the White Tiger Base took a few deep breaths, pondered for a moment, and then asked, "How much fuel would be needed for 100,000 jin of flour?"
The price of flour is actually not expensive; the price of one bottle of nutrient solution can buy two kilograms of flour.
The head of the White Tiger Base calculated that one liter of fuel was roughly equivalent to the price of a nutrient solution. While 100,000 jin of flour would cost more than 50,000 liters of fuel, the White Tiger Base had several fuel mines on its territory, so it wasn't impossible to produce the fuel...
To everyone's surprise, Mao Min waved one finger and said with a smile, "The fuel mine you connected to the Oasis Base territory is enough for 100,000 catties of flour."
"What? You want the mine? Are you kidding me?"
The head of the White Tiger Base flew into a rage, slamming his fist on the table and pointing at Mao Min: "Are you even sincerely negotiating the price? Do you, an ordinary person, have the right to discuss this kind of thing? Call out the person in charge of your business, I want to ask you if you still want to do this business!"
Mao Min didn't move an inch. After taking a sip of water, she said coldly, "Show the guest out!"
The guards immediately surrounded them. The person in charge of the White Tiger Base was stunned. In just one sentence, the business deal was really off.
He didn't believe that Oasis Base would be so tough, turning away customers who were offered business right away without even trying.
But then they realized that they had only intercepted the Oasis base commander, without even touching a hair on his head, and their team of over a hundred people had been wiped out globally.
The person in charge of the White Tiger Base was apprehensive. Was the Oasis Base really that tough?
Yes, it is!
The person was carried out of the Immortal Burial Oasis before the person in charge of the White Tiger Base realized that things had gone terribly wrong!
After their arrogance faded and they witnessed the other party's toughness, the person in charge of the White Tiger Base began to take the matter seriously.
The root cause was indeed the joint interception of the Oasis Base's commander by the White Tiger Base and the Vermilion Bird Base. This kind of humiliating behavior, which resulted in the annihilation of their team, makes it hard to say who was right and who was wrong.
If both sides are willing to negotiate, they can each take a step back, just like at the Suzaku base.
However, the White Tiger Base was too arrogant. Not only did they delay visiting for so long after the Oasis Base issued its statement, but when they did visit, they were rude and acted superior.
Their arrogance blinded them, preventing them from discerning the true strength of the Oasis Base from the smallest details.
Now that the problem is out of control, the person in charge of the White Tiger Base calmly thought about it for a while and realized that the Oasis Base was not the same as the insignificant bandit group in the wasteland that he had imagined!
However, it's too late to realize this now; the Suzaku Base has already offended them to death!
After hesitating for a long time, the person in charge of the White Tiger Base did not dare to linger. After returning to the base at lightning speed, he gave a detailed report on the process of the operation.
After listening, some of the higher-ups at the White Tiger Base frowned in thought, while others slammed their fists on the table in anger, berating the Oasis Base for being ungrateful.
The insults got so fierce that the White Tiger Base commander spoke up in a cold voice: "How about this? I'll give you a squad from the front lines, and you can lead them to wipe out the Oasis Base?"
The man who had been shouting earlier choked back his words, and his rationality suppressed the words that were about to come out: "Fight if you want, they're just a small force!"
After some rational thought, he realized that the White Tiger Base was in a critical situation, and it was unreliable to transfer personnel from the front lines. Even if he could manage to transfer a team, the number of people would not be much.
A small, scattered squad is tasked with wiping out a base armed with tanks and aircraft? Are you kidding me?
What's more, the base commander is a high-level psychic ability user!
The more the man thought about it, the paler his face became.
When they don't have to do anything themselves, the other party doesn't need to be taken seriously, and everyone can spread preconceived stereotypes: "They're just a small force!"
But when it comes to actually going, people will start to carefully analyze the opponent's strength. After this analysis, who would dare to presumptuously agree to lead the team?
Upon seeing this, the commander of the White Tiger Base was furious: "So, are all the people in our base arrogant and boastful brutes?"
"Even now, is there still no one who can use their brain to think of a solution?"
The commander of the White Tiger Base sighed helplessly.
If the people at the White Tiger Base had been more thoughtful, they wouldn't have rashly confiscated the energy stones in the first place, and this battle wouldn't have broken out.
It's too late to say anything now!
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