“That won’t do,” Changsheng said. “We need to address the root cause.”
Even after a night's rest, Changsheng's lips remained pale, almost devoid of any color.
Xia Chuhe forced a smile and said, "I also have a radical solution. Why don't we write it down and see whose solution is better?"
Infiltrate the upper levels and kill Lu Yunzhao.
[Infiltrate the upper echelons and cause sabotage]
The first idea came from Xia Chuhe, and the second from Changsheng.
Xia Chuhe smiled slightly: "Your idea is still the best. Let's go to their stronghold and cause some trouble. When they are too busy to take care of themselves, they will naturally not have time to attack us."
As for killing the new head of the Lu family, that's wishful thinking.
From the perspective of the higher-ups, the guards are expendable resources; they don't care how many die.
Over the years, the higher-ups have been doing all sorts of strange experiments and building things; who knows, they might be hiding a reserve army somewhere.
Even if you wipe out all the guards, other forces will emerge.
Only by striking their core areas and threatening their personal safety will they feel pain and fear.
Strangely enough, the wasteland's technology has almost reached the level of mechanical ascension and creators, but in terms of large-scale weapons, it is not as deterrent as modern society.
If so, the higher-ups might restrain themselves a bit.
After all, those who die on the battlefield now are just cannon fodder, but if there were targeted weapons of mass destruction, and they fell into the hands of the higher-ups, the "important figures" would be the first to die.
Xia Chuhe had been fighting outside for a day and a night. Changsheng saw that she was exhausted and said in a low voice, "You should rest first. We'll arrange the battle plan and then call you."
...
To date, the upper areas that the people of Taotie City have ventured into are only the area above the Cape Base and part of the area where the Guan family is located.
As for the Lu family's territory, the general public had very little information.
The steward sent Xia Chuhe a map of the upper levels as soon as the war began, but unfortunately the locations related to the Lu family were still very blurry.
This war was initiated by Lu Yunzhao and had nothing to do with the other two families, so the steward received limited information.
But Changsheng possessed an even more detailed map.
Comparing the two maps, Bu Yi exclaimed in surprise, "Incredible! The large areas are exactly the same, and the details are even more detailed. How did you arrive at this?"
"A trade," Changsheng said. "There's an upper-class person using the alias Zhutang who owns many shops in the trading market. A few days ago, she moved a large number of her shops, and in order to get us to let her pass smoothly, she exchanged maps for them. Xintian verified with a special contract that the maps should be genuine. We thought they might be useful in the future, but we didn't expect to use them so soon."
Upon hearing this, Li Yue realized that they might have already arrived at Zhuguan Mountain in Gaoshan Village.
His surname is Zhu, given name Tang, and he loves doing business. He doesn't openly oppose the interests of those above him, but he often subtly causes trouble for them...
Who else could it be but Guan Ertang?!
She took the easy way out and simply used Zhu Guanshan's surname.
Speaking of which... the Guan family is practically riddled with holes these days...
Having guessed Zhu Tang's identity, the authenticity of this map is naturally beyond doubt.
After all, her marriage partner was a member of the Lu family.
Guan Ertang had just given Lu Hao a severe dressing-down a few days ago.
They scolded him for being short-sighted, saying that his family had plenty of resources, yet he still wanted to covet those little things.
He was criticized for being tactless, causing trouble for the new head of the household in the first month of his tenure, and was clearly being sent to behead the chicken as a warning to the monkey.
After all the cursing, Guan Ertang's true feelings boiled down to one thing—useless Lu Hao! He couldn't even last until the war officially started. He should have at least caused some trouble for the rear before being crippled! So useless! So useless! A coward!
...
Xia Chuhe slept soundly and deeply.
However, because she was thinking about Taotie City and everyone else, she immediately woke up as soon as she started to dream.
"What time is it? How long have I been asleep?"
Upon learning that he had only slept for a little over three hours, Xia Chuhe breathed a huge sigh of relief.
Xin Diao calmly said, "We're in one group. Let's set off now. You don't need to pack anything. I'll tell you the plan on the way."
In response to the actions taken by higher authorities, only five people were deployed, divided into three groups.
Changsheng, who manipulates the flow of time, operates independently. As long as she uses her powers with restraint, there will be no problems.
03 and Wang Mei, instant kill and instant teleportation.
Xia Chuhe and Xin Diao, possessing a myriad of magical abilities and humanoid weapons.
The main task is to disrupt the Lu family's communications and supply lines from the source, and ideally, kill a few key figures.
Of course, there is also the most important point—safety first.
Before setting off, Xia Chuhe asked Xin Diao to wait a moment: "I'm going to borrow something."
The thing being borrowed is, of course, the Thousand-Faced Man's supernatural abilities...
Xia Chuhe: "Where do we go from?"
Xin Diao: "Cargo plane."
The Cape Base has been completely taken over by the higher-ups. If you want to get five people on the elevator, you'd have to fight your way through the Cape Base first, which is too difficult.
The plan devised by Changsheng and his group was to take advantage of the time when the upper echelons were distributing supplies, to use cargo planes to infiltrate the upper echelons' ranks, and to advance with minimal losses and without causing serious damage.
Sitting in the empty cargo plane, Xin Diao zoomed in on the map for Xia Chuhe to see: "Our mission is to burn down the Lu family's warehouses storing war supplies, mainly concentrated in this area. If we have enough resources after a successful retreat, we can continue to search for other warehouses."
"It doesn't sound too difficult," Xia Chuhe asked. "What are the other two groups doing?"
"03 and Wang Mei destroyed the communication base station, and Changsheng was responsible for killing people. The more the merrier."
Xia Chuhe hissed, "It seems our task is the simplest. If only we could switch with Changsheng."
Xin Diao said coldly, "Don't even think about it. Don't you think we're the weakest?"
Xia Chuhe: "..."
The first step in infiltrating the upper echelons encountered a minor setback.
The drones and autonomous cargo planes went out, but when they returned, there was an extra person on board—the person in charge of loading the cargo. Before he died, he sent out a message.
The extra living person was Xin Diao.
The dutiful porter had no idea that a person was hidden in the soil, two people teleported behind him, and the blur before his eyes was Changsheng accelerating his own time flow, calmly walking away from him.
03 said calmly, "Troublesome."
Being teleported by Wang Mei was a really unpleasant experience.
Wang Mei bent down to examine the porter's wristwatch: "He only sent one word, '1,' hoping his superior was an idiot."
Xia Chuhe watched the conveyor belt carrying supplies. Following it might lead her directly to the warehouse. Her whereabouts weren't the problem; the problem was how Xin Diao would hide.
Xin Diao noticed Xia Chuhe's concerns: "Don't worry about me, just send me the coordinates when you arrive."
For a humanoid weapon, stealth is naturally one of its most important skills. If the cargo plane hadn't stopped so suddenly, Xin Diao would never have been discovered by the porters.
"Okay, I'll wait for you in the warehouse."
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