Lu Yuan glanced at the man in front of him, then reached into the man's pocket and pulled out an ID card. Sure enough, his name was written on it: Liu Feichen.
"Okay, how many gangs are there here? Which one is the strongest?"
Liu Feichen pondered for a moment and asked, "Brother, are you asking if those smaller forces count too?"
Lu Yuan pondered for a moment before replying, "What's the difference?"
"That's right, the power structure here is extremely chaotic. There are countless gangs and factions, big and small, at least several thousand! Basically, an entire street can be considered a faction! But if we're talking about the most powerful and influential factions, there are only three!"
Lu Yuan nodded, signaling the other person to continue.
"The biggest force is the one under Qiao Zhuang. Basically, no one dares to mess with them here. Their style of doing things is extremely exaggerated. Anyone who dares to go against their orders will basically be assassinated!"
"The second force is the group organized by those retired soldiers! Although they are retired soldiers, they don't have many men under their command, mainly because they don't have much food. They are often hungry and cold when they follow them, and they have a lot of demands, forbidding this and that! They go hungry three times a day! But they have guns, so even Qiao Zhuang's men don't dare to provoke them. The two sides live in peace!"
"There's a third force. They control the food supply. They're not many, but they have the skills. Even Qiao Zhuang has to rely on them for work. However, the two sides have a cooperative relationship. These people also have some connections with retired soldiers in the army. Both sides want to eliminate Qiao Zhuang, but they're not very united internally, so..."
Liu Feichen was very talkative, and he answered almost everything Lu Yuan wanted to ask, and he did so in a very logical and reasonable manner. Han Wen, who was standing next to him, nodded repeatedly, and it was clear that what Liu Feichen said made sense.
However, there was one thing Lu Yuan still couldn't understand: Han Wen had contacted the retired soldiers many times via radio, but they hadn't responded at all. As military personnel, they should have had more equipment.
After thinking for a while, Lu Yuan asked, "Oh, I see. By the way, is there anyone we can contact among the retired soldiers?"
Liu Feichen looked up at Lu Yuan and replied, "Brother, if you were to contact them on your own initiative, you'd probably have to go to their door in person!"
"Hmm? Why is that? Don't they have any way to communicate with the outside world?"
"That's right, their radio equipment has been jammed. It was Qiao Zhuang and his men who did it, trying to starve them to death! Sometimes Qiao Zhuang would even send people to rob the food that Gu Le sent them. Oh, Gu Le is a member of their pro-military force. Their force is very chaotic. Some people want to cooperate with Qiao Zhuang, while others want to contact the retired soldiers!"
Everyone suddenly realized what was going on.
"Do you have any way to contact them?"
"Um... Brother, you're putting me in a difficult position. These days, anyone found to have any contact with Qiao Zhuang's men is considered a traitor and will be beheaded! So... I advise you to give up!"
The group frowned immediately. They wanted to leave as soon as possible, but the people with food didn't have boats. The only way to find out was to contact the retired soldiers. But after hearing Liu Feichen's words, they were speechless. This Qiao Zhuang was simply a devil!
After pondering for a moment, Lu Yuan spoke again, "Since you know so much, then take us to find the retired soldiers! We need to find them!"
Upon hearing Lu Yuan's words, Liu Feichen immediately shrank back in fear: "Big brother! Please don't! I know I was wrong! I'll never dare to come looking for you again! Please let me go! I have elderly parents and young children to support, and I'm barely making ends meet! If Qiao Zhuang's men find out that I took you there, he'll kill my whole family!"
After saying that, Liu Feichen deliberately squeezed out two tears from his eyes. Although it was fake crying, Lu Yuan could see deep fear in his eyes.
So he asked with some curiosity, "Why are you so afraid of Qiao Zhuang? I've seen plenty of murderers! There's no need to be this afraid, is there?"
Liu Feichen swallowed hard and said, "Brother, you don't know this, Qiao Zhuang can't even be called a human being! He's a devil. Nobody on this island is afraid of him! He's killed at least eight hundred, if not a thousand! And... and he has a fetish for eating human hearts! If anyone disobeys him, he'll kill them and eat their heart! Especially young girls..."
At this point, Liu Feichen began to tremble all over, his eyes flashing with hatred, but he could not hide his fear, clearly terrified by the other party.
Lu Yuan and the others exchanged glances, their anger towards Qiao Zhuang growing even stronger. Killing someone was bad enough, but to go and eat human hearts was even worse than that!
Seeing Liu Feichen trembling, the group didn't know what to do. Although this person wanted to arrest them, Lu Yuan stopped him halfway. However, it seemed that he was just a conscript captured by Qiao Zhuang.
"After you, did Qiao Zhuang send any other people?"
"No... I don't know. We only communicate through one person. One of his men notified me, saying that if I captured you guys, he would give me a month's worth of food money, so... that's why I came. I don't know anything about the others!"
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