"Smack!" With a thud, the hat snapped back on the officer's head.

"What's your name? …… Forget it, it doesn't matter. Get your people to go elsewhere for drills right away! The old man's tone carried the majesty of a man who had been in a position of power for a long time.

"Yes! …… But there was a ...... in the vicinity," the officer stared at his countenance, and became more and more sure of his judgment.

"No, but!"

The old man replied with four words and interrupted him rudely, not loudly, but in a stern tone that could not be questioned.

"Yes!"

The officer replied as if without thinking, and his body couldn't help but stand up straight, maybe it was the instinctive reaction of a soldier, I don't know. Even he didn't know why.

"Okay! Let's go somewhere else at once......"

The tense stiff muscles on the old man's face relaxed, and he squeezed out a slightly approving smile, and his expression softened a lot. He touched his two fingers lightly on his forehead and looked at the officer as if in a salute of some kind of affirmative glory.

The other party reflexively replied with a standard military salute.

He quickly turned, and without looking at the officer or the guards, he strode toward his horse.

The officer stared blankly at his figure, which had not yet gone far......

The old man knew that his heart must be beating faster than ever, and he was a little uneasy, not knowing if his actions would deter the people.

He was also a little anxious, if these people didn't withdraw, it would affect his plans later.

There is more important things to do, that caravan, he is determined to win. It's about the survival of those people in the mountains......

Just as he rode up the hill, the scout came to report.

“……”

"Well, did they move?" The old man asked.

"Yes! Just 10 minutes ago, I observed that they were packing up the tents on the camp. ”

"Very well, let the children prepare, bring weapons and disguises, and you continue to watch their movements." The old man commanded.

"Yes!" The sentry turned and went out.

"Hmph - you can't let go of this big fish, this battle must be won!" He was thinking about how he could take them down in one fell swoop.

……

Daddy's convoy is back on the road.

The mountains in front of them vaguely showed a faint green in the morning light, this is not the remnants of a large mountain range, and there are no other mountains as far as the eye can see, only this road. The roads in the wilderness stretch into the hills that are at most less than a kilometer high.

"Past those hills, it's Sand City's sphere of influence, and there are a few small towns on the road ahead, but the population is not very large, we should be able to find supplies in those places."

The old man in the cap reminded the crowd.

"Well, there's something...... You haven't even told us about your specific plans along the way, and now that you're in Shacheng, aren't you going to tell us? ”

Chen Liuwang turned his head in the car, he seemed to be asking the old man, and it seemed like some kind of pressure on him.

"As I said before, the scope of Sand City's domination is huge. The rulers there are a noble clan that has existed for hundreds of years - a stubborn and closed family, their power is huge, but unlike those forces in the Central Continent that rely purely on mining the technology of pre-civilizations, you listen to me! Once there...... That's when you'll know......"

The old man still refused to reveal his purpose, and this was also what made Chen Liuwang puzzled.

"Now that we're here, don't be too anxious. When you get to the city, I'll tell you something. The old man added, his tone still so calm.

"Bang!" The loud noise......

The sound of an explosion sounded.

As soon as the convoy entered the mountain road, a cart loaded with grain suddenly stopped, apparently with a burst tire.

"Stop, stop!" Daddy was startled by the voice.

"What happened? Check it out. ”

Several thugs jumped out of the car and ran towards the apparently inclined car.

"It's a rear tire that burst!" A thug shouted after inspecting the vehicle.

"Unlucky, hurry up and change the spare tire!" Daddy frowned.

"Wait! Let me see. ”

Chen Liuwang jumped out of the car and walked quickly towards the broken car. He didn't believe that there was such a coincidence, and he had a flat tire as soon as he entered the mountain road. He looked up at the terrain in the valley, and his iron-blue face quickly frowned.

It's obviously a great place to set up an ambush!

The journey was smooth, and nothing unusual happened except for a few waves of people who had been circling around them for a while.

This may have also made Dad and them relax their vigilance slightly, but Chen Liuwang knew that those waves of people were spies of certain gang forces, that is, "stepping on the spot", and he knew too well the style of these gangs.

It is likely that they took a fancy to the materials of the convoy and wanted to do it, but when they saw the markings on the body and the large number of people and horses on the car, they temporarily retreated.

But this does not mean that they are willing to give up the fat in front of them.

Then several possibilities arise: according to the general practice - they are either waiting in ambush somewhere; Either follow them and attack them at night, or unite several local forces to attack them together; Either set up some illusions, lure them and wait for them to drill into them.

In short, the calm along the way seems so eerie. He had also been keeping a close eye on the movements.

These signs may seem ordinary, but in fact they are too unusual.

He knew that this at least showed that those forces had a plan in secret, and the longer it went on, the more uneasy it made him feel, and usually a careful plan needed to be considered and prepared for implementation for a long time.

A normal caravan or traveler could encounter several caravans on the road and die on the road, and he didn't believe there would be exceptions! How much more is it a fat sheep like them with great rewards?

How is it possible that nothing happened to them?

Now that something really happened, the loud sound of a flat tire - this made the hearts of Chen Liuwang and his group suddenly hang in their throats.

After just one glance, Chen Liuwang judged that the broken tire was obviously not a natural puncture!

…… After a moment's thought......

"Attention! Spread out! Just as he was shouting, another accident happened......

Some "ding! Bite! Ding! The sound came from the road in front of the convoy.

"What's that?"

“……”

"Huh? It's not good, it's a bomb!! ”

Hearing the shouts, Daddy and the others hurriedly jumped out of the car and crawled in the depression at the foot of the mountain......

But the explosion did not sound in their ears, but the sound of "zi--" became louder and louder.

They hadn't heard it before, so they couldn't tell what it was. However, a voice shouted from the front, it was the old man named Su.

"It's poison gas! Cover your mouth and nose and don't smell the gas! ”

In an instant, everyone understood. That's right, a gas saturated with neurotoxins was released by a dozen small metal balls with many bumps on their surfaces.

The balls rolled down the mountain road, spraying a large amount of smoke and dust, and in less than a few minutes, the valley was filled with this high concentration of gas.

The metal ball rolls down the slope above, and the strong gas can make people feel weak for a moment, and they just want to lie on the ground. The gas is getting thicker and thicker, and the area of dispersion is getting larger and larger, covering almost a few hundred meters in the valley.

Sure enough, they fell into an ambush!