Although it took a short period of twists and turns, the "Supply Squad" and "Patch Squad" finally completed their mission with the help of Natalia, successfully seizing the most critical food from the New Empire logistics troops stationed in the oasis, and did not lose any manpower, although everyone inevitably had some wounds. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

Back at the camp, while the others were busy unloading food from several large truckloads and sorting them in makeshift warehouses made of planks and canvas, Landis called aside a few "idlers" who had nothing to do, saying that they had something to discuss with them.

Among these "idlers" are outsiders such as turtledoves and insects, as well as insiders of the Resistance such as Bit and Helena, and Gao Xiang, who is currently the most talkative in the camp.

"I'm sure you've all seen her," Rantis said as she stepped sideways, "Caitlyn, she's back from outside. ”

The "Caitlin" in Lantis's mouth is the "evolutionary" who once saved the turtledove and the worm from Morrow's hands, as a "twin", she has one consciousness and two bodies, and these two bodies will have two consciousnesses after a certain distance apart, but as long as they get close again, the two consciousnesses will merge into one, looking at it is obviously two people, but in fact it is just one person.

Gao Xiang had said at the beginning that Catelyn had left the camp alone earlier, and went outside to inquire about the actions of the new empire in the barren land in the recent past, and now that she had returned, she must have brought back a lot of useful information.

Turtledove doesn't care about others, he just wants to ask this Caitlin, is the city of rats really like those refugees said, razed to the ground by the new empire, if this is the case, then what about the "man-eater" Hannibal, is he also like Grady was caught by the new empire?

When the words came to his lips, the turtledove suddenly didn't dare to open his mouth to ask.

"Most of the power in the wasteland will be swept away by the new empire."

As Caitlin narrates, everyone realizes that the New Empire has launched a series of operations months ago, and with the cooperation of the "Wolf's Den" located near the border of the New Empire, three armies have been sent from east to west, wiping out almost all the strength that can be named along the way.

You must know that the wolf's den has always existed in the extralegal land as the role of "the dog leg of the new empire", and on the surface, it is one of the bandit forces in the extralegal land, but in fact, it obeys the orders of the new empire everywhere, and this time the leader of the wolf's den, the lame wolf, will take the lead in the new empire, which cannot be regarded as news.

"The determination of the new empire is so great that it has put almost all of its wealth on the line," Caitlyn continued, "so that none of the robbers of the wasteland are any match for them, and they have been broken one by one by the new empire, and in the few places I have been to there are mountains of corpses and blood, and often I walk alone for days without touching any other living person. ”

"Later, with the gradual elongation of the battle line, no matter how strong the power of the new empire is, it is impossible to say that it covers the entire extralegal land, as the pace of the new empire's progress slows down, the robbers in the wasteland finally pondered the taste, and knew that it would definitely not be the opponent of the new empire if they continued to fight alone like this, so they formed a group, and they are currently gathered near the black iron mine."

"These bandits who have formed a group are undoubtedly a hard bone for the new empire, so the new empire did not choose to fight them to the end now, but bypassed the black iron mine and went straight to the rest of the scattered forces in the lawless land, and many forces have fallen in front of the new empire in the past few days, except for the black iron mine field, it is difficult to see robbers in the entire land outside the law."

……

In one fell swoop, it seems that the new empire's actions this time are indeed not small, as everyone expected before.

"What about the Mouse City, has the Mouse City really been razed to the ground by the new empire?"

It was not the turtledove that asked this question, but the worm, who noticed that the turtledove's expression had undergone several rounds of changes since Caitlyn's appearance, and after a little pondering it understood what the turtledove was thinking; The two are that Hannibal once saved her, at least when she was in the most danger, she withstood the pressure of the Wings of Freedom, and did not hand over the worm to Geraint and Enid, just rushing to this, the worm cares about the survival of the mouse city, there is nothing wrong with it.

"Yes."

Caitlin's answer was like a heavy hammer, and it slammed into the turtledove's chest, and the turtledove felt that his chest was stuffy, his eyes were dark, and his body shook and he was about to fall, and the worm and Schultz wanted to help the turtledove, but a hand grabbed them in front of them and grabbed the turtledove's arm first.

"Don't be like a."

Although Natalia was not as tall as the turtledove, she stood next to the turtledove, and the turtledove looked half a head shorter than her.

Caitlin on the other side also noticed the situation here, she stopped talking, and looked at the turtledove with the others, and the turtledove thought about Natalia's words, and then Schultz's previous words, took a deep breath, and the turtledove straightened his waist and said, "It's okay, you can continue to talk about yours." ”

"What I'm going to say next has something to do with you," Catelyn still looked at the turtledove, "I almost didn't remember it if it hadn't been for the worm who asked about Mouse City, well, there's a letter for you." ”

"Letter? A letter to me? ”

Turtledove couldn't figure out who else in this world would write a letter by himself, so he saw Catelyn first touch his chest pocket, and then touch his trouser pocket, but he didn't find a reason, and suddenly it dawned on him, Catelyn took the small cloth bag she carried with her when she was out to inquire about the news, and took out an ordinary brown paper envelope from the innermost layer of the cloth bag.

"You'll know when you see it."

Caitlin handed the envelope to the turtledove.

The turtledove opened the envelope in two or two times, and it contained a thin piece of paper, without any signature on the paper, just a line of small letters, "I'm fine", these three words, and nothing else.

Although it was only three words, the turtledove could already see that it was written by Hannibal's own hand, and since Hannibal could still write a letter to himself, it means that he was really as written in the letter, and there was nothing to do.

"Where is he now?"

Turtledove took the letter and looked up again about Caitlyn.

"After the city of rats was conquered by the new empire, Hannibal fled to the black iron mine with some of his men, and all the news I have on hand is from the black iron mine, without Hannibal, I am afraid I will not have the opportunity to enter the last place of residence of a group of robbers." (To be continued.) )