"Ahh

"Mutant ants again?" Lydia also quickly stopped, and looked in the direction of Frost and Snow's cry, and not far ahead, a group of mutant ant ants with an individual at least the size of a wolf cub were dragging a human corpse into the grass.

"How have the mutant ants been near Sail City?" Lin Ze was very puzzled, he encountered four groups of mutant ants on the road just in the morning today, he was still interested in waving his long sword and rushing up at first, but later found that it was a bit more than worth the loss, these mutant ants are large, there are many of them, and the chelicera carry corrosive toxins, the key is that the shell is slippery and not lost, and it is very hard, not to mention that it is difficult to deal with, and it is not easy to kill but there is no benefit, "Bypass them." ”

"It shouldn't be, it's hard to see", Lydia was a little silent, because of the proximity to the cross-sea highway in Fancheng, there are many caravans and residents coming and going, especially near Fancheng, the residents' strongholds are almost no more than two thousand steps apart, and the old city of Fancheng is a tall building that is a small organizational stronghold, under the disturbance of such a large number of intensive activities, mutant ants can't build nests at all, how can they openly appear on the road in groups like now, and attack the residents of the past, is this the change that has occurred in the past few years since they left?

"Well, bypass them, or you will be in my hometown in a short time, we are a medium-sized stronghold there, almost 200 residents, only 2 hours drive from Sail City, and there are several adjacent strongholds nearby, there are no exchanges, your weapons are so good, you will definitely be welcomed by everyone, rest assured, I will be responsible for contacting them", Lydia is more attentive to the hometown, and naturally agrees with the idea of bypassing.

"Our stronghold is not large, but there is everything in it, Uncle Clark next door to our house, who can make simple metal armor, and Uncle Ryry, he can repair almost all the machinery we have there, and he also taught me a lot of repair......" Lydia rode on the motorcycle, and his mouth did not stop.

"This~ is the stronghold you said?" Lin Ze looked at the ruins not far away, the collapsed iron house, and the brackets were scattered, as if he had encountered some terrible disaster, and only a pile of wreckage remained.

"This~ impossible, how can this be ......" Lydia covered her mouth lightly, staring blankly at the ruins and muttering.

"Didn't you say that there are still many strongholds nearby, maybe they know what's going on here", Lin Ze stepped forward to check it, the broken iron wreckage, the bent and deformed bracket, as if they had been hit by some violent impact.

"Yes, nearby, let's hurry up and ask around!" Lydia woke up.

The distance between the strongholds was really close, and Lin Ze followed Lydia, and it didn't take long to see another piece of ruins.

"It can't be!" Lydia continued to ride her motorcycle, picking up speed and speeding down the gravel path.

Lin Ze's motorcycle with the carriage, the movement was very slow, when he finally caught up, Ledia was lying on the side of the motorcycle, crying very sadly, a total of five strongholds in ruins, without exception, as if they had been dismantled by something, iron fragments and brackets scattered.

"Okay, Ledia, didn't you say that this place is very close to Fan City, let's go over there and ask, there are so many strongholds, what if there is a natural disaster", Lin Ze really didn't know how to persuade him, he knew very well that there might be a storm along the coast, but it would definitely not be this kind of collapsed ruins, and the storm would blow away everything that could be swept away.

"I shouldn't have left...... I shouldn't have gone in the first place, yes, go to Sail City, Sail City must be there! ”

……

"President Tiz, we have very bad news", a thin man wearing a full-face mask hurriedly walked into the chamber of commerce's office, "according to our treacherous insider, the Sisterhood is recently preparing to sell a fiber clothing production line to Ukiyo, and all the equipment has been loaded and transported, supposedly to use the money to buy rockets and directional plastic explosives. ”

"How is this possible, Ukiyo won't have sold so many supplies to the Sisterhood, they don't want to get involved in our war at all right now", Tiz shook his head calmly.

"Hmph, I have to ask you merchants, I got the news that Ukiyo embarrassed them in the second phase of their bidding, so they pinned their hopes on the weapon master that the Sisterhood was looking for, and this transaction came from this, in the final analysis, it is also to take revenge on you", the thin man was very unhappy.

"Impossible, isn't the floating world afraid of offending our business association?" Tiz wasn't convinced.

"How is it impossible, Ukiyo is not a sisterhood, many chambers of commerce in your business association are directly purchased from the factories under Ukiyo, especially some special fertilizers and special bacteriostatic agents, you have figured it out, your chamber of commerce alliance has never been a voice out of anger, maybe you can barely unify the attitude towards the fraternity, but you will never treat Ukiyo, I really don't know how you can be arrogant enough to tease Ukiyo's people, don't you know that the good old man is really ruthless."

"How can this blame us, it's not intended to embarrass Ukiyo, their kind of bullet has a small caliber and a large bullet diameter, it is simply a small-caliber rifle bullet, but the nerds in Ukiyo want to use this bullet to make small firearms, our weapon masters have evaluated together, if you want to make a finished weapon, the cost is too high, especially the high requirements for the barrel, and it is difficult for this firearm to meet the requirements of Ukiyo, so we didn't invest in the development of new weapons to participate in the bidding, of course we won't do this kind of loss-making business."

"You better explain it to the nerds of Ukiyo, they may be able to write a feasibility report on the use of this bullet in small firearms from the perspective of fertilizer nutrition", the strange spirit naturally knows that Ukiyo has strong scientific research strength in fertilizers and other fields, but it is not surprising to make some jokes about weapons and bullets, otherwise the Law Yuan will not also give up the second phase of the bidding.

"Sizzle~ Damn, this transaction must not be allowed to proceed smoothly, as long as the ukiyo temporarily suspends this transaction, it is impossible to design a new weapon that can be used by relying on the Sisterhood, and naturally there will be no more transactions at that time, the Phantom Eye Sisters are fighting this time difference, didn't you send someone to intercept the transport convoy?" Tiz suddenly woke up to the fact that the explosives that the Sisters had bought from Ukiyo last time had really hurt their side, and if they were asked to buy more rockets or something, I was afraid that the next battle would be even more difficult.

"It's too late, the sorority rented a few transport vehicles, and when the news came from our internal line, the convoy had already loaded up the equipment and set off from the factory, and this time the sorority not only acted quickly, but also sent an escort team along the way, and our people couldn't get close to the convoy at all."

"Then what are you still looking for me for?" Tiz tilted her head, her fingers rubbing lightly against the tabletop, her mind racing.

"Since the Ghost Eye Sisters don't have time to stop it, then they can only stop Ukiyo, do you have a way to do it, after all, Ukiyo is only angry for a while, give them a step down, according to their temperament, they may not stand on the opposite side of us."

"It seems that this is the only way, I'll contact the ukiyo side now, I hope it's too late."

……

"Sister Demon Blood, I said that you need to do this, dispatch so many sisters, and just let Ukiyo transport the equipment over", just on the route of the convoy, in a dilapidated building, Demon Blood is clearing the road with six sisters, and there are five more such teams, but they are mainly spies for strange spirits.

"Don't underestimate the treacherous spirits, there must be their eyeliner among us, there are also many spies on the side of the business alliance, the people of the merchant union are unreliable, if they send us the bullet production line directly, if the merchant federation finds out, the floating world will really only be involved in the battle of our sisterhood at that time, and the merchant union will not listen to any explanation."

"Cut, isn't it just that both sides want to please."

Demon Blood looked at the sky in the distance in silence, currying favor with all parties is the best way for an organization to survive, the less you offend people, the better, I have really been wrong in the past few years, the Sisterhood will be too strong, otherwise it will not cause this kind of situation.

"Then we can just sneak the device back from Ukiyo-e."

"We don't have much money, and the fiber garment production line is part of this transaction, and it is just through this action that it has been completed by the way."

The Sisterhood's convoy arrived at an explosives factory in Ukiyo and drove into the factory's garage, just as the communicator on the table of the director of the Ukiyo Institute rang.

There was a loud shouting and arguing from Jimi in the office, and it took a while before he calmed down again.

"Stop, stop", Ukiyo members who were carrying cargo boxes in the factory were stopped by a man in a white lab coat, who was followed by a woman in a clean gown.

"I have received the dean's communication, and according to the order, this transaction will be terminated immediately", the white-robed man said to the woman, "You can rest assured, don't forget the conditions you promised!" ”

"Naturally, our chamber of commerce is about integrity!" The woman smiled faintly, but her eyes did not take off the large cargo boxes on the trailers.

Sneaking in, walking away, hum, Sisterhood, the woman saw the cargo box being transported back, and the transports left gloomily, listening to the Sisterhood people shouting at the ukiyo-e staff there, and a smile appeared on the corner of her mouth.

Loudly protesting being pushed out of the garage by the ukiyo-e employees, the door closed, Effie returned to the transport car tired and helpless, picked up the communicator, and his voice vibrate, "Sister Demon Blood, this side is done, what should I do next?" ”

"Next, you and your people will drive to the headquarters first, and then rush to the western continent at night, remember to drag away the little lazy worm of the demon drag, and also, the cross-sea highway is related to the progress of our sisterhood's floating plan, the stronghold of Iron Claw must be cleared, you have to be careful."

"Understood, Demon Blood Sister!" The transporter drove back slowly, but the cargo boxes on the truck were no longer the same as when they came, although they looked the same size and appearance......

Ancestor, really ancestor, a thin woman in black sat at the entrance of the basement, her face was full of melancholy, in the basement, a dirty girl was grabbing a box of canned meat with an equally dirty little animal, hey~ I thought this was a welfare task with a lot of contributions, who knows, how long has this been taught, I can't even learn the lingua franca for so long, what should I do, I can't be so old here, Se Wu can only look at the sky in the distance, and sigh deeply.

Lexi quietly glanced at the dance who blocked the door and didn't let her out, and only took more than 20 cans of food and wanted to trick this woman into learning the lingua franca to be cannon fodder, there was no crack in the door, at least a few pieces of cow baba smashed it to taste, this woman was not so easy to be fooled, the girl continued to turn her head, the hateful little plush, eat so much every day and don't get fat, it's too much, how can you rely on you for the winter......

Fancheng, before really entering this city, can already feel the prosperity here, only to come to the suburbs of Fancheng, I encountered two caravans arguing in the middle of the road, many passers-by standing on the side of the road to watch the excitement, if it is not for the surrounding buildings only left with ruins, passers-by are dressed in tatters and dirty, I am afraid that this scene is not much different from in the ordinary city.

"Snowchair caravan, hum, dare to run to the sail city", the two caravan leaders who were arguing noticed the obviously different motorcycles and carriages among the passers-by, and after seeing the markings on the carriages, they snorted coldly, and they didn't make any noise, and each pulled their caravan away.

The lively passers-by also noticed the signs on the carriage and hurriedly dispersed, Ledia was still very eager to find someone to ask, but no one paid attention to it at all, it seems that the work of the business association is in place, Ledia is turning her head in frustration, and suddenly her eyes lit up!

The crowd dispersed, and order was restored on the road, and Lydia came to Lin Ze's side and said in a low voice, "We followed the person in the dark green mechanic's jumpsuit in front, it should be an acquaintance!" Her voice was a little eager, but her face couldn't help but smile.

Passers-by seem to avoid the plague god, for fear of being seen by the people of the business federation to see themselves walking next to the snow chair caravan, mistaken into a group, sail city is the base camp of the major chambers of commerce, here is connected to the two continents, almost every chamber of commerce is here shops and warehouses, the influence of the business federation is huge, no one pays attention, and the two motorcycles disappear on the road.

After the man in the mechanic's suit, he came to an underground tunnel full of discarded crystal car frames, and then stopped, and the man in the mechanic's suit took off the construction helmet and mechanic's welding glasses on his head, "Sister Ladia, is it really you?" ”

Lydia was taken aback, "You~ You're little Jinke, right, I haven't seen you grow so tall in so many years." ”

"I didn't expect it to be you, I'm worried that I saw it wrong just now, Sister Lydia, you're finally back, I miss you so much~" Jin Ke is also a Ryder person, he looked at Lin Ze at a loss, rubbing his hands unconsciously, looking a little shy.

"Jinke, what about everyone, where is our stronghold, I only saw a ruin when I went there, where are my parents, and little Lenny and little Lai Yu, where are they?"

Jinke lowered his head and muttered, "We were attacked, it was the Rippers, the two Rippers attacked our stronghold at night, we couldn't fight at all, we died a lot of people that night before we escaped." ”

"What about my parents, what about my brothers and sisters?" Lydia asked eagerly.

"Uncle Ryder, they lured the Ripper away to cover everyone's escape, and they never came back, but Auntie and they are fine."

"Impossible, even if our stronghold broke into the Ripper, why were all the nearby strongholds destroyed?" Hearing that her father had died and that her other relatives were still alive, Lydia was conflicted, but she was puzzled when she suddenly thought of the abandoned strongholds around her.

"It's all a business alliance, it's their conspiracy!"