Chapter 20: Fighting wits and courage
Ben Ryan tried to calm his emotions as much as he could, he had long heard that the agents of the Chosen Army had been transformed into extremely powerful and possessed many incredible abilities, but he had always felt that it was exaggerated propaganda by the Alliance, and he could only pay for it.
Today he witnessed Livers's performance, and his physical body was comparable to a weapon, which was terrifying.
Lifus waved his hand to signal him to be calm, and then said to all the attendees, "Sit down, everybody, don't be inhibited." ”
It was supposed to be a living room, big and spacious.
A precious mahogany conference table and pear chairs with delicate tea sets and some beverages on the table.
Ben Ryan brought in a few of his men, and they were at the bottom of the table, with Lena carefully serving them.
Seeing that they were not seated, Li Fusi unceremoniously poured himself and Li Xinran next to him a drink and sat down on the main seat.
"I didn't think you still have juice here, it's a luxury." Lifus picked up the cup and tasted it, feeling that it tasted good, at least not spoiled.
Li Xinran also took a small sip of his example, she swore that she had never drunk such a delicious thing in her life, but she still put down the cup very calmly, without showing the slightest shock or joy, because it would make her look like she had never seen the world.
"That's a little vacuum fruit powder from the old stock, which can be stored for a longer time." Ben Ryan said with some embarrassment, seeing that the two of Rivers had already taken their seats, he dared to sit down and motioned for his subordinates to sit down.
"Allow me to introduce myself, I'm the person in charge here, James Banrien, I know that there haven't been many donors in the past few years, but I'm sure you've seen the situation here, it's remote, it's desolate, it's high, and it's not like the first few years, and I've basically found organizations that have survived until now, and there are people who expose us on the Internet, and no one wants to come to us at all."
Ben Ryan said with some trepidation, he would pull at the wound on his tongue when he spoke, and he had tried hard to get his voice to normal, but it still sounded like he had something in his mouth.
The alliance has never sent anyone over the years, it has always been a one-sided contact, and the arrival of Lifus makes him feel that it is a blessing and a curse, if Achilles thinks that the country of immortals has no more usable value, it is likely to destroy this place directly.
"I'm not here for the donor." Livers's words made Ben Ryan breathe a big sigh of relief.
"We need supplies, and we hope to borrow some from you." Lifus said slowly.
What's the situation? Are you kidding? Will the Chosen Army be short of supplies? Ben Ryan and his men thought it was ridiculous.
"Oh, that's right." Lifus coughed lightly, "We're on a mission around here, the planes and communicators are broken, we don't have much supplies to carry, and our mission will last a long time, I received your broadcast, you have granaries and helicopters here, right?" ”
"Well...... yes, but I don't know how much food you need?" Although Ben Ryan was distressed about food, compared to his previous worries, this was already a good result, as long as the Chosen Army didn't trouble him, he would always be the king here.
"About 20 people for half a year, in addition, I also need some salt, vegetable oil, condiments, medicines and utensils, these utensils are very good." Lifus pointed to the silver spoons, knives, forks, and chopsticks on the table, as well as the fine ceramic plates and bowls, "By the way, don't forget to bring me a couple of pressure cookers, and some clothes, quilts, and sheets." ”
Lifus deliberately said the dosage of many people, not only to make the other party feel pressure, but also to dispel their doubts, after all, the Chosen rarely act alone.
"Also, bring me some of these fruit powders." Seeing Li Xinran pushing the cup containing the juice far away from her, as if he was afraid that he would not be able to withstand the temptation, he hurriedly added this extra one.
"As you wish, I'll arrange for someone to prepare it right away. But I don't have many medicines here, only some antibiotics and anti-inflammatory and analgesic medicines. Ben Ryan winked, and two of his men stood up and hurried out, not forgetting to salute Lifus before going out.
"Haven't consulted ...... yet?" Ben Ryan wanted to inquire about Livers' name, so that it would at least be easier to call.
"It's not something you should know." Lifus said with a straight face, "Okay, take me to see your plane." ”
Ben Ryan's face was pale, he hadn't been reprimanded for a long time, and he couldn't remember what year the nuclear war took place, and what year he became the king of the Immortal Country.
But he endured it, he was still a cruel and cold-blooded thug at heart, but years of comfortable life made it impossible for him to be as mad as he had been as an outlaw before.
The helicopter was on the tarmac in the back mountain, and unfortunately, it was a small reconnaissance plane, which could not carry a large amount of supplies, and after seeing it, Lifus decided to use the tractor they drove to transport it.
"Finally, I need to take a donor with me." Lifus said with a blank face.
"But, you know, it's been a long time since we've had a donor here." Ben Ryan said embarrassedly.
"That's fine, I just need to take someone back to do it." Livers pointed to the iron cage over there and said quietly, the monkey watch had been locked there for a long time, Lifus was sure that it was the place where the distress signal was issued, there was a naked girl covered in blood, lying on her side on a dirty blanket with her back to him, she had waist-length black hair, covering her body and the dirty snow on the ground, she didn't move, I don't know if she was still alive.
"She? She can't. Ben Ryan began to get nervous, this toy belonged to him, and no one else could take it away, "She may not live long, you can't bring a dead man back, right?" Besides, don't you already have a donor? ”
It is a well-known fact that there are no women in the Chosen Army, and the little girl who follows Lives, Ben Ryan guesses that it is likely to be snatched from the road or "borrowed" from another community, looking at her stupid appearance, it is obvious that he does not know what kind of fate he is about to face.
"Are you teaching me to do things now?" Lifus's face became gloomy, and his tone became cold, "I want her, and I want to die." ”
"Then I can only say sorry to you, you can pick any of these people, and there are them." Ben Ryan pointed to the crowd around him, and then to his group of men, who all began to shrink their heads in fear, lest they should be chosen by Lifus, "But this woman alone can't give it to you, please forgive me." ”
Ben Ryan felt that he had lost enough face in front of everyone today, and he had to do something to save his dignity.
"Oh, that's right." Lifus was surprised by his stubbornness, and originally thought that this should be going very well, "This woman shouldn't be from your community, right?" You just said that there is no donor because no one went up the mountain, but you would rather die in your hands than give the League a donor? ”
Liphes walked under an iron frame with several huge hooks hanging from it, kicked open a strangely shaped snowdrift, and two human heads rolled out of it, a man with curly yellow hair, and a woman with short black hair, both frozen white, with ice crystals oozing from their skin.
Underneath the snowdrift was a messy mass of human entrails, red, green, pink, purple, frozen into a whole mass.
Li Xinran screamed in fright and hid behind Lifus.
"There's at least one more out there." Lifus pointed to a gnawed head in the distance, turned back to Ben Ryan and said, "Maybe I should take you the most, I hope you can explain the misunderstanding to the people at the headquarters, they always thought that the donors were eaten by you." ”
"You're threatening me?" Ben Ryan squinted at Lifuss, knowing that his accustomed subordinates knew that he was utterly furious. He pulled out his pistol and aimed it at Livers' head, "Or do you think you can dodge it every time?" Well? ”
"Yes, our small community in the remote area is not worth mentioning in your eyes, but that doesn't mean you can on my head just by being the Chosen One." When he pointed the pistol at Lifus, the people around him also raised their guns and pointed them at the two outsiders, as long as he gave an order, he could immediately beat the arrogant and arrogant young man in front of him into a hornet's nest, if Lifus kept being aggressive, he didn't mind a fish to break the net.
"I find that you don't understand people, Mr. Ben Ryan, so I'm not going to talk to you in the future, based on the principles and bottom lines of treating people." Lifus said arrogantly, "You can look at your right palm now. ”
Ben Ryan was holding the gun in his right hand, and he thought that Lifus must be playing tricks or stalling for time, but out of caution, he turned his hand sideways to look at it.
The palm of his right hand turned purple, like a birthmark he was born with.
Ban Ryan frowned deeply, and said gloomily, "What did you do to me?" ”
The little girl was frightened just now, and Lifus stroked her head and said, "You should have heard that the Chosen One will be rewarded with nanobots, right?" Unfortunately, I was one of them. ”
"When we shook hands just now, we accidentally ran into your body with a nanobot, these nanobots are very naughty, and I can't control them."
"It may be that he broke the veins and capillaries in your palm while playing, causing your subcutaneous soft tissues to become congested and swollen, but fortunately, it seems to be lost, otherwise when it reaches your brain, you may not be able to stand here and think about life now."
Ben Ryan's eyes narrowed and narrowed, and finally they almost closed, and the green veins on his forehead burst out and jumped, showing that he was extremely angry.
But Lifus ignored this and continued to babble.
"I forgot to tell you that this nanobot is actually a miniature photon bomb, which is not too powerful, and it is only enough to blow your head into a pulp."
"But the high-energy beam it emits can break through the atmosphere, the brightness, that is, 2.5 times the brightness of the sun, and the duration is also very short, about three seconds, if you haven't seen it with your own eyes, it's hard to compare it to you, let me tell you, it may be like a signal flare, it's also like a locator, if my team finds that it lights up the sky here, it means that something happened to me, and in a minute, there may be one or several nuclear bombs here, but don't worry, after all, you have guns, don't you?"
Ben Ryan suddenly laughed: "Haha! Nuclear bomb! It's a terrible weapon, but being killed by a bullet is death, and being killed by a nuclear bomb is also death, why do you think I don't dare to shoot? ”
"You dare, of course you dare! But it's not worth it to bury so many of your men here for a woman who is about to die, right? You should think more about them. Lifus's words can be described as attacking the heart, openly giving Ben Ryan a step, but secretly using the lives of these onlookers and Ben Ryan's men to force Ben Ryan to give up this girl, otherwise he will be separated from morality, and even a riot and mutiny may occur.
Now, Ben Ryan had no choice, he reluctantly put away his pistol and said to Lifus: "Okay, she belongs to you." ”