Chapter 46: Robbery Only, No Murder
Because of what 39 said, the Escort Channel was in a state of panic.
Soon, more and more players reported encountering caravan robberies, and without exception, their missions failed, leaving them feeling resentful and regretful as they were kicked out of the caravan channel.
After seeing this, is there anything Meng Qingyin still doesn't understand?
Those red exclamation marks on the map that represent danger are the robbers.
She was about to reach the next intersection, and she could already see the details of the five roads ahead from the map.
Every road has a red exclamation mark!
There was no way to avoid it!
She instructed Little Elf to take the shortest route, keeping her eyes fixed on the red exclamation mark on the map as it drew closer.
From a distance, you can see many spikes placed in the middle of the road, and behind the spikes stands a man with a face full of scars.
Those spikes are sharp and numerous; if you try to force your way through, you'll definitely puncture your tires.
No wonder no one dared to force their way in; it turns out the robbers had prepared this!
Meng Qingyin stopped the car, threw the stun gun into her system backpack, and got out of the car empty-handed.
The robber, holding a machete, said gruffly, "This road is mine. If you want to pass, leave your toll."
Meng Qingyin slowly walked up to him, and when he was completely unprepared, she took out a stun gun and hit him. With a flick of the switch, the robber convulsed and passed out.
The whole process took less than three seconds.
Meng Qingyin went back to the RV to get ropes, tied the robber up tightly, threw him to the side of the road, and then ignored him.
She was pressed for time and didn't have time to waste with him.
Meng Qingyin began clearing away the spikes.
These spikes have wooden planks at their base, covered with a dense array of sharp iron nails.
She had originally intended to throw the spikes into the sand next to her, but suddenly changed her mind and put them into her backpack.
Keep it for now, it might come in handy later.
It took Meng Qingyin nearly ten minutes to clear all the spikes. To prevent any stray nails from puncturing the tires, she checked the car three times before finally driving away.
Just as they were about to leave, the robbers, who were bound hand and foot, woke up.
He glared angrily at Meng Qingyin: "What did you use to sneak up on me just now? You'd better let me go right now, or you'll regret it!"
Meng Qingyin paused in her steps.
I almost forgot about him.
She walked step by step to the guard, and casually picked up his large machete.
Holding the knife tip in front of his throat, Meng Qingyin muttered, "Should I slit his throat, or..."
The knife tip moved to the robber's chest. "What if it's pierced his heart?"
She spoke with a chilling expression, as if she were merely discussing the weather.
The robbers were terrified and shuffled backward, crying, "Please, don't kill me! Otherwise, my brother won't let you get away with this..."
Meng Qingyin curled her lips, "Really? Then I really want to see how your older brother will not let me off the hook. But... I'm afraid you won't be able to see it."
After saying that, he flicked the tip of his knife forward, about to plunge it into the heart of the robber.
"No, no!" the robber shouted with his eyes closed. "Don't kill me! I'm willing to give you all the good things I have!"
Meng Qingyin loosened her grip. "Really? Then what good stuff do you have?"
Without hesitation, the robber immediately said, "I'll give you all my money!"
Meng Qingyin became interested: "How much money do you have?"
She hadn't originally planned to kill him; after all, he was an NPC, and if killing him caused any trouble, it would be a loss.
She just wanted to scare him, but she didn't expect to have such an unexpected reward.
Robber: "1 gold coin."
Gold coins are the common currency among NPCs, something Meng Qingyin learned from Li Tieniu.
However, she didn't know the prices of goods, or how much could one gold coin buy.
"You're a bandit, and this is all the money you have? Is your life worth only one gold coin?" Meng Qingyin's tone was laced with sarcasm.
The robber quickly said, "Heroine, if you let me go, I'll give you all the money I earn in the future!"
"The money you earned?" Meng Qingyin sneered. "Was it money you robbed?"
Those were stolen goods; she dared not take them.
The robber, exposed, chuckled awkwardly, "Then untie me, and I'll borrow money from my older brother right now!"
Meng Qingyin: "Who knows if you're borrowing money or taking this opportunity to get your older brother to bring people to rescue you?"
The robber was almost in tears, "What will it take for you to let me go?"
Meng Qingyin thought for a moment and said, "Answer a few questions for me first."
The robber nodded repeatedly: "Ask away, ask away, I will answer everything I know!"
Meng Qingyin: "How many people are trying to rob the goods?"
"There are probably more than 1,000 people."
Meng Qingyin then asked, "Who organized you to rob the caravan?"
The robbers boasted proudly, "Of course it's my eldest brother! My eldest brother is our leader!"
Meng Qingyin: "What are you robbing?"
The robbers replied matter-of-factly, "Of course we'll rob whatever's valuable! But we only ever rob money, we never take lives."
Meng Qingyin sneered, "You only rob people of their money and don't kill them? What would you do if the people you robbed refused to hand over their valuables?"
Robbers: "Then let's beat them up. We really only rob money, we won't kill anyone."
Meng Qingyin: "You just said there are more than a thousand of you, so you all know each other?"
"How is that possible?" The robber shook his head. "How could we possibly know all of the more than a thousand people? Our organization is hierarchical. My eldest brother is the boss, and he manages ten elites. Each of these ten elites manages ten captains, and each captain manages ten team members."
As he spoke, he smiled smugly, "My name is Zheng Shi, and I am an elite."
Meng Qingyin scoffed: "If someone like you can make it to the elite ranks, then your organization is nothing to be afraid of."
Zheng Shi dared not express his anger, so he changed the subject, "Is there anything else you want to ask?"
Meng Qingyin narrowed her eyes slightly and asked casually, "Since you don't know each other, do you ever fight each other when you meet?"
"No way!" Zheng Shiyi denied immediately. "We have tokens. Once you see a token, you're one of us. We won't fight each other."
Meng Qingyin: "Give me the token, and I'll spare your life."
Zheng Shi: "..."
Meng Qingyin thrust the tip of her knife forward, pressing it against Zheng Shi's throat. The icy touch made him shiver involuntarily: "Heroine, please have mercy! The token is in my pants pocket!"
Meng Qingyin squatted down and took the token directly from his pants.
The token is very small, with a tiny character for "robbery" written on it.
Meng Qingyin carefully put away the token. "What's your organization called?"
Zheng Shi blushed. "The Robbery Alliance."
This was the first time he had been taken advantage of by a woman, and his heart was pounding.
"The 'robbery' in 'robbery and smuggling'?"
Zheng Shi nodded, his face flushed, feeling his face getting hotter and hotter, and his heart pounding as if it were about to jump out of his chest.
Oh no, he seems to have fallen in love.
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