After the two major bases issued their statements, all the bases that wanted to participate in the campaign against Lin Ruo withdrew. These two major bases now control the lifeline of the major bases, and they cannot afford to offend either of them.
Moreover, with the B City base, the C City base, and Lin Ruo joining forces, even if they all unite, they are no match. There's no need to fight; the outcome is already obvious. Who would still rush forward to get beaten?
Therefore, the alliance that had just begun to take shape collapsed and became a scattered mess before it could even make its presence known to Lin Ruo.
After the high-ranking officials at those bases withdrew their orders and realized that the situation was irreversible, they all began to look for ways to break the deadlock. Fearing that Lin Ruo would come looking for them, they all left the bases one after another, not even caring about the bases they had worked so hard to build. Compared to these things, their lives were the most important.
They didn't even dare to tell anyone where they were going. In the bases Lin Ruo had visited before, it was all their own people who had tied up the targets and handed them over. They didn't think they had more personal charisma than those high-ranking officials before, and they were afraid that these people wouldn't be able to withstand Lin Ruo's torture and would confess.
After Lin Ruo dealt with the three bases, she flew back to the fortress. Along the way, she braved the wind and snow. In order to reduce the consumption of her superpower, she did not use her superpower to resist the wind and snow, so when she returned, her clothes were a little damp.
Although these three bases are not too far from City B, they are thousands of miles apart. Even with her supernatural abilities, Lin Ruo would find it difficult to travel between them without stopping for an entire afternoon.
Seeing that Lin Ruo's hair was plastered to her scalp, her clothes were wet, and her face was pale from exhaustion of her powers, Liu Zhi quickly took a large towel from the house, wrapped it around her body, and pushed her into the bathroom.
The cats, Afu and the others, didn't even have time to greet Lin Ruo before A Liu chased them aside to prevent them from disturbing Lin Ruo's bath.
Lin Ruo didn't refuse. She took out a clean set of clothes from her space and rushed into the bathroom. The little water-based ability she had left circulated in her body, dispelling the chill. With the hot water in the bathtub, she leaned her head against the edge of the tub and comfortably closed her eyes.
After Lin Ruo finished bathing, Ah Liu stretched her willow branch into the fortress and gestured to Lin Ruo.
Lin Ruo looked at the radio by the window, while running her fingertips through her hair, which had been wet just moments before, instantly became fluffy and dry.
She went to the kitchen, picked up the kettle on the fireplace, poured herself a glass of ginger tea, then went to the window, tapped the radio, and the announcement that Ah Liu had recorded earlier immediately came on.
The announcement was short, lasting only a minute, and then two announcements were played on repeat.
After hearing the two announcements, Lin Ruo pressed a button on the radio, and the sound stopped abruptly.
She gripped the water glass tighter, tapped her fingertips lightly on the glass a few times, then chuckled softly, brought the glass to her lips, and took a sip. The rich sweetness of the ginger and brown sugar water diluted the spiciness of the ginger, making it surprisingly delicious.
Afu, who had been lying on the sofa watching Ashou and the others play, stood up and moved closer to Lin Ruo. Although it was quite intelligent, it didn't understand these kinds of scheming and intrigue, so it just quietly kept Lin Ruo company.
Lin Ruo leaned against the windowsill, her gaze turning to the slowly darkening world outside, her hand gently stroking Afu's head.
The bases in City B and City C are really clever. They really know how to take advantage of a crisis, managing to tie her to their side at this time? They've got a pretty good plan.
Her hand stroked down Afu's soft fur, but her thoughts were elsewhere. She wanted to control her, but she would have to see if Afu was willing to let them control her.
She drank all the ginger and brown sugar water in the glass, placed the glass on the windowsill, rested her hand on the windowsill, and propped her chin up.
She knew that there was some goodwill in these two announcements, but they weren't entirely without benefit either; it could be said that they were mutually beneficial.
She didn't really care about the small benefit she received; it only reduced some of her troubles.
With her special abilities, even if all the people in these bases were tied together, they couldn't possibly harm her.
But considering that these two bases didn't really understand her specific strength, and their good intentions, she scratched Afu's chin, and Afu comfortably squinted his eyes.
Looking at Afu's expression, Lin Ruo slowly curled up the corners of her mouth. Oh well, let the announcement be sent out. Anyway, she wouldn't take orders from them. She knew herself that there was no relationship between them.
However, if the other party tries to use this relationship to morally blackmail her, she will not be lenient with them.
"What does this announcement mean?"
Jiang Yue frowned and went to Ye Lin's office to find Ye Lin. As soon as he entered, he asked what the announcement from that afternoon meant.
Chen Yu sighed and handed the message he had received earlier to Jiang Yue. "Lin Ruo's actions this time are quite significant. The higher-ups at those bases are afraid of her and are already preparing to form an alliance. We're doing this to protect her. Didn't you say before that we should do something..."
Jiang Yue frowned more and more as he looked at the documents in his hand. After reading them, he looked up at Chen Yu and said, "Silently helping and announcing cooperation are two different things. Although this announcement will deter those bases from making any rash moves, it also tells everyone that Lin Ruo is tied to us. Do you think Sister Ruo will be happy?"
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