In the middle of the Pinecone Farm is a palatial manor house.

Standing in the study of the manor, the farmer Zhao Tiangan held a telescope in his hand, and was looking out the window intently, his eyes crossed the dense houses and landed on the trading post by the wall.

Six trucks were parked there, with the convoy's escorts and mercenaries standing next to them, and a circle of heavily armed soldiers outside.

Wu Wenzhou, who got off the truck, was talking to the officers who came forward to interrogate, and soon several people were holding LD-47

The rifle-firing soldier stepped forward and dragged several wooden crates from the truck.

One of the soldiers stepped forward and used a crowbar to pry open the boxes one after another, revealing the yellow bullets inside

and a neatly stacked rifle.

That's exactly what he needs.

Seeing this, Zhao Tiangan's face finally showed a bright smile and put the telescope in his hand aside

on the table.

Almost at the same time, there was a knock on the door behind him.

Zhao Tiangan, who was in a good mood, said casually. "Please come in."

The door opened. His butler walked in.

"Yang He's caravan has returned, and he has exchanged the silver coins he earned for arms as you ordered......"

Ma Zhongxian reported respectfully, and his eyes involuntarily fell on the table and the open window beside the master

Door.

He knew it.

Before he reported it, the lord had already seen it. Zhao Tiangan had a smug smile on his face, slowly

Said.

"I knew that Mr. Yang was a smart man, and he was really just delayed on the road for a while, and we were almost

Wronged good people. ”

Ma Zhongxian bowed slightly.

"One more thing, about ...... Apostle Mr. Zhang Zhengyang. ”

Zhao Tiangan immediately asked. "Any news?"

Ma Zhongxian nodded silently and continued.

"After you told me, I asked the guards to send a few scouts to the Dust Town to find out what was going on, Knot

Fruit...... It's been ruined. ”

"Ruined?!" Zhao Tiangan's eyes widened, staring at him and asking anxiously, "What's ......that?" Apostles

This?! ”

A bitter expression appeared on Ma Zhongxian's face and he shook his head.

"I don't know, the whole town was burned clean, but no bodies were seen. Our guys searched for one in town

No trace of Mr. Apostle was found, but a pile of corpses was found in the grave on the north side...... I

The militia they sent to assist Mr. Zhang was also among them. ”

Zhao Tiangan clenched his fists.

It was not the 41 militiamen who were distressed by him, but the number of serfs in the farms, and the most important thing was people

and livestock.

What made him nervous was that Zhang Zhengyang's whereabouts were unknown.

If he didn't take the Torch Church seriously before, he didn't care about offending those crazy people,

Now he never dared.

Since he was "cured" of the stubborn disease in his lungs by Naguo, he has been inseparable from the "gospel" of the Holy Son.

"Where's Mr. Apostle's body?!" Ma Zhongxian said respectfully.

"Our men have searched carefully, and they are not in the grave."

Zhao Tiangan breathed a sigh of relief and muttered in his mouth.

"At least alive."

Looking at the master, Ma Zhongxian hesitated for a moment and continued.

"Later, our men continued to explore the vicinity, trying to search for traces of the Apostle...... And yet it is

They walked a dozen kilometers or so to the south, but found traces of mutant activities. ”

Hearing this, a stunned expression appeared on Zhao Tiangan's face.

“…… Mutants? ”

"Yes, sir, and at least the scale of more than a hundred people," Ma Zhongxian nodded, his voice heavy

"There are traces of fighting in the vicinity, and there are signs of ...... It was the mutants who destroyed the dust

E-Town. ”

"And, after that, they went to Hope Town!" Zhao Tiangan looked out the window blankly.

When he went to Dust Town, he could understand that the Qi tribe in the city was an ally of the Torch Church, and the allies helped out in an accident

And rightfully so.

But what do you do when you go to Hope Town? Isn't that the parish of the Torch Church?

He remembered that the Apostle had personally promised him that if they converted to the Torch's faith, they would be free from mutant infestation.

And this is one of the reasons why he converted.

His intuition told him that something was happening in the land that he didn't understand, and that there was a good chance he had

The warp was caught up in it......

After thinking about it for a long time, he gritted his teeth. ”…… Let the pastor come and see me. "He must talk to the Bishop! horse

Zhongxian bowed slightly.

"Yes."

Just as Zhao Tiangan was pacing back and forth in the study, a group of players were standing at the door of the Pinecone Farm,

Curiously looking around.

Although the name of the town is a farm, it looks like a classical city, with granite walls

Brick and wood buildings are fenced off, and orchards and farmland are outside.

If you leave aside the pus-covered trees and the emerald green patchy farmland, there's a lot of land here

The feeling of garden pastoral.

Xiao Yu looked around a little nervously.

Noticing Xiao Yu's reaction, Luo Yu asked in a whisper on the communication channel.

"What's wrong? Uncomfortable? Xiao Yu whispered back.

"Babble......"

There's something annoying about it. Something dirty nearby.

It's like standing on the edge of excrement, and the garbage doesn't pose a threat to it, but it lets it

Its fruiting body instinctively felt unhappy.

"Bear with me a little longer, we'll be leaving soon." I heard the discomfort in that "babbling",

Luo Yu whispered a few words of reassurance in the communication channel.

Xiao Yu muttered sensibly. "Babble......"

At the same time, standing next to the truck at the head, Wu Wenzhou handed it to the middle-aged officer with a big belly

A cigarette.

The middle-aged officer skillfully took it, leaned close to his lighter, lit the cigarette, and said in a puff.

"Why didn't that guy surnamed Yang come back this time?" Wu Wenzhou said respectfully.

"Mr. Yang He, he just has business matters to deal with......

"Doesn't he want to spend time with his baby daughter?"

"The busyness is only temporary, and he will be reunited with his family afterwards." Wu Wenzhou smiled and looked around

"Anyway, it's changed a lot here......"

"Well," said the middle-aged officer, smiling, "since the old man brought it in from the south

A batch of new crops, life is gradually getting better. ”

"The new crop is ......"

"Emerald tree, that's all."

The middle-aged officer stretched out his hand holding the cigarette butt, pointed to the orchard outside the wall, and smiled mysteriously,

Go on.

"Not only can it be sold for a good price, but it can also be used for other purposes...... Isn't it great? ”

"That's ...... It's awesome. Wu Wenzhou smiled, but sighed softly in his heart.

He had read about "Nago" in the Daily Survivor and cited the Alliance Institute of Biology

The results of the analysis of this particular crop.

According to the Alliance Institute of Biology, this particular crop is actually a mushroom-like fungus that is eaten

Animals or people who drop it will eventually become its bait. Planted this thing.

The settlement is largely finished.

"It would be nice if we could sell this thing to the north." The officer was still dreaming, looking in the direction of the north

Squinted his eyes.

Wu Wenzhou said with a smile.

"I'm afraid it's going to be a bit difficult, survivors from the north...... It's not quite acceptable to this kind of thing that was ahead of its time. ”

"The solution was figured out by people," retracting his gaze from afar, the officer patted Wu Wenzhou's shoulder, grin

Mouth smiled and said, "As long as we can let them eat two bites, they can't do without us." ”

As long as the factory owners in the north become addicted to Nako, the status of Geumcheon Province will become important again.

Looking at the daydreaming guy, Wu Wenzhou smiled appingly.

It's okay to be inseparable......

If there is a day, in the style of the Alliance, those guys are afraid that they will come directly and physically eliminate them

Questioned.

While the soldiers on the farm were unpacking and inspecting the goods on the truck, Ye Shi, who was standing aside, was quiet

Looked at the people.

"Good fellow...... The soldiers here also use LD-47?"

Just looking at the weapons in these guys' hands, it makes him feel like he's home.

Fang Chang glanced at the rifles in the hands of those soldiers and said.

"They seem to be using a foreign trade version." Ye Shi looked at him curiously and asked.

"Does it make a difference?"

"To put it simply, the power and recoil have been cut a lot, and the 7mm full-power bullet has been replaced with an intermediate power

Theoretically, a distance of 100 meters should not be able to penetrate the K-10 iron wall and the frontal protection of the six-type "heavy cavalry" exoskeleton

Armor. ”

As he spoke, Fang Chang looked around and had a rough idea of the armed forces here

noted the distribution of several firing points at the door.

Like most farm-style settlements in Geumcheon Province, the Pine Cone Farm has almost zero and large independent industrial capacity

Most weapons come from Boulder or Alliance arsenals.

The most common here are weapons that have been eliminated by the Alliance.

The machine gun is mainly the Maxim I, the rifle is mainly the LD-47 and the "Whosp" assault rifle, and the exoskeleton is more

It is a KV series and a small number of "Miner" modifications, and there are some support weapons and some 20mm quadruple anti-aircraft guns

Wait.

In addition to this, he saw a number of RPGs and recoilless guns, all carried by the most elite soldiers

or install a mounting bracket behind the sandbag wall.

It's an enhanced version of an African plantation.

Except that the serfs were private soldiers recruited from the serfs, which was completely different from the town of Hope, where there were many free people.

From an equipment point of view, this settlement is not worth mentioning, the only thing worth noting is that here

There are really a lot of soldiers.

This 50,000-person settlement actually retains three teams of 1,000 people!

According to the NPC named Wu Wenzhou, the farmer named Zhao Tiangan had planned to do it a long time ago

The project integrates all the farms in the area of Geumkawa City, so it has never been stingy with investment in armaments

Enter.

In addition to these visible light weapons, they are said to have bought some exotic ones from further afield

Guy.

However, Fang Chang still didn't pay attention to this. Joke.

The gang next to him has even killed Falcon City, will they be afraid that this group of rookies who even bought their equipment from scratch?

At this time, Wu Wenzhou, who had completed the handover of the goods, walked over to this side and said in a low voice.

"I told the commanders of these guards that you are members of the Flame Mercenary Regiment, and you are very famous in the area of Xizhou City......

They hadn't been that far away, and they didn't even know where Xizhou City was, but that didn't stop them from wanting to please

You guys. Fang Chang raised his eyebrows.

"What do you mean?"

"They want to invite you to dinner, probably to win you over, and by the way, talk about your style...... place

The Xinglong Hotel on the farm. ”

Night Ten was surprised. "There's a restaurant here, too?"

If he remembers correctly, isn't this pine-cone farm closed to the public?

Moreover, the survivors here are basically serfs, in other words, the private property of the landlords, not to mention unpaid

The water is gone, and this place probably doesn't even have its own currency.

How about opening a restaurant and playing there?

Seeing the confusion in his eyes, Wu Wenzhou coughed lightly and explained.

"Of course, there is, although the Pinecone Farm is not open to the public, the officers and managers here are

For those who are paid, they are generally paid in dinars. They can't just eat with the dinar, they also need to consume

I can't always go to the town next door every time to spend money. And there are occasional guests to be entertained here...... in a word

The environment of the restaurant is not bad, and the chefs there are the same people as the chefs in the manor mansion of Mr. Zhao. ”

Not too concerned about those trivial questions, Fang Chang asked straight to the point.

"How far is that place from the farmer's estate?"

Wu Wenzhou thought for a while and said.

"Just across the street...... It's about six or seven hundred meters. ”

"Six hundred meters...... Fang Chang touched his chin and nodded, "No problem." ”

Through the previous Kong Lingkai, he somewhat understood the mentality of the farmers here who are suspicious and afraid of death, and it is not surprising

The old man would arrange their place to stay near or even outside the wall, and he would send someone to keep an eye on it.

And this was probably the only time they could get close to the manor in the middle of the settlement.

After all, nominally they are mercenaries who take money to do things, and no one can guarantee that they will take on a task.

It is not difficult to see from the surrounding soldiers that the farmer actually does not trust the perennial helper

Men who do their own business.

I'm afraid that this banquet itself also has a temptation in it, and those guys will try it at the banquet if they don't do it

Buy them.

Looking at Fang Chang, whose eyes flickered, Wu Wenzhou asked in a low voice.

"What are you going to do?"

All the way here, he was knocking on the side of the question, trying to get something out of the mouths of these people.

Yet these people would not reveal anything.

In his own words, his heart was actually more inclined to these people to use the fire-breathing plane from before to rush in and straighten people up

Take it away.

However, seeing the quadruple anti-aircraft guns on the fence, he thought that the plane might be able to fly in

Not easy.

Looking at Mr. Wu, who was asking carefully, Fang Chang smiled faintly.

"It's not something that can be said in a few words." That smile is unpredictable.

Wu Wenzhou couldn't help but feel apprehensive in his heart. "My family ......"

"Don't worry, let them stay at home, and we'll take care of the rest."

Fang Chang patted him on the shoulder and gave him a reliable look.

However, looking at the happy smile on this man's face, Wu Wenzhou couldn't feel reliable, and his heart was full of energy

Child's drumming.

But now it seems too late to get off this thief ship.

There is only one way to go to the dark.

Seeing that the officer had been looking at this side, Wu Wenzhou swallowed his saliva, nodded and said.

"Okay."

With that, he turned and walked back, and brought the officer the news that the men had agreed to the feast. That army

With a pleasant smile on his face, the officer turned to report to his superiors.

Seeing the man leave, Fang Chang stretched out his headset and pressed it.

"Here's your chance...... Lao Bai, the matter of support will be left to you. ”

After the noisy current sound, Lao Bai's voice came from the communication channel.

"No problem! We're ready! "You can't bring weapons into the Pinecone Farm.

With the exception of Falling Feather and Little Feather who stayed at the door, the players of the Burning Corps left their equipment in the settlement

The gates.

"I'll leave it to you to take care of the equipment."

Taking the rifle from Fang Chang's hand, Luo Yu said hesitantly.

"Is it okay for you to just go in like that?"

"No problem," Fang Chang smiled and said, "Anyway, what we need, Lao Bai, they will also help us deliver it."

Come here. ”

Luo Yu nodded and said solemnly.

"You guys take it easy...... Don't fix my mission. ”

"Don't worry, it won't be possible!" Fang Chang smiled, waved his hand, and followed the one who led them

The guy who attended the banquet is gone.

Xinglong Hotel is located in the heart of Songguomu Farm.

It's probably the cleanest and most prosperous street in the entire settlement.

Most of the businesses on the street are run by the farmer himself, with shops, restaurants, and some outside

I can't tell what I'm doing.

No matter what kind of store it is, the façade is quite luxurious and stylish, and the taste is good.

The feeling of walking here is completely different from the outside, except that it doesn't feel like a plantation at all, but even more

It looks like a shopping street in a normal settlement.

However, the contradiction is that these shops are deserted, there are no customers at all, but they seem to be planted on the side of the road

Landscape.

The person who accompanied the players to the hotel was the chief guard of the north gate, whose name was Liu Lei, and he was a very talkative person

years.

Under his leadership, the ten young players of the Burning Corps effortlessly weaved their way through the layers of defense on the farm

I came to the nearest street to the central farm.

Along the way, the NPC's mouth was not idle, and he kept introducing them to the pillar industry of Pinecone Farm

Nago.

It's as if they weren't mercenaries, but businessmen who came here to investigate.

Fang Chang listened with an interested expression, and occasionally catered to a few sentences, but he didn't think so in his heart.

He knew what the master behind this guy was having.

It's nothing more than trying to sell the "specialty" here through his own "mercenary group with considerable strength in the alliance".

The Union goes.

However, this guy probably wouldn't have dreamed of who he was talking to about his master's business plan

Scratch.

When they finally arrived at their destination, an officer in formal uniform who looked like he was not inferior was already waiting for them

Finish.

Seeing the group of people coming, the officer's eyes lit up, a bright smile appeared on his face, and he took the initiative to stretch out his right hand

Greeted him.

"Welcome! Friends from afar! I'm Luo Feihui, the commander here, and my lord asked me to do it on his behalf

Say thank you, thank you for helping us bring this precious batch of arms from the north! ”

Unexpectedly, it was the commander who was eating together, and Fang Chang made a flattered expression on his face and stretched out his right hand

I shook hands with him and said with a smile.

A hint of surprise flashed in his eyes.

Boy. Goofs?!