Chapter 32: Prepare for the Siege!
"Everyone, work hard, we will be in Black Rock City soon, tonight, we should be able to sleep peacefully!"
Meng Xian forced a smile and encouraged the few people who accompanied her.
The group traveled more than 100 kilometers, eating, drinking, and Lazar in the wilderness, and finally arrived near Black Rock City in another night.
"Sister Meng, I have something to tell you......"
Xiao Liu suddenly grabbed Meng Xian.
Meng Xian seemed to realize something and motioned for the others to go first.
When only the two of them remained, Xiao Liu opened his mouth with a complicated expression.
"Sister Meng, I like you......"
"I know!"
Xiao Liu pursed his lips and said, "I asked you before, what kind of man would you look for......"
"You said at the time that if you want to be your man, you must be stronger than you......"
"So, as an ordinary person, I resolutely decided to become a strengthener, I not only want to become a dual-attribute enhancer like you, but I also want to become a three-attribute enhancer......"
"But when I actually used the Agility Gene Potion, I realized how amazing it is that you can withstand the pain of dual-attribute enhancement......
Xiao Liu's face was bitter, and he shook his head and said: "At that time, I thought I was dead, but fortunately I survived, it was a nightmare, a dream that I didn't dare to try easily......"
"Since then, I haven't dared to say that I want to like you, I know I'm not qualified enough, I don't even dare to try to strengthen ......"
Meng Xian listened expressionlessly, she had seen too many of her companions die after using genetic potions.
said that they would support each other and go on, but in the end, she was the only one left.
A smile appeared on Xiao Liu's face, "After such a long buffer, I finally mustered up the courage again......"
"Second-order strengthening, the mortality rate is very high, I'm worried that if I don't say these words now, I won't have a chance in the future......"
Speaking of this, he looked relieved and said with a smile: "Sister Meng, thank you, if it weren't for you this way, I might have died a long time ago......"
He never imagined that it was not a god who illuminated the light of hope in the last days, but a woman.
Looking at Meng Xian's beautiful face after the vicissitudes of life, he couldn't help but say, "Sister Meng, if I succeed this time, can you give me a chance?!" β
Meng Xian smiled, "I said that if you want to be my man, you must at least be stronger than me, do you think your second-order can be stronger than me?!" β
Xiao Liu's eyes suddenly dimmed, and there seemed to be no light.
At this time, Meng Xian asked rhetorically, "Are you only satisfied with the second order?" β
Xiao Liu was stunned for a moment, and looked up at her in confusion.
Meng Xian continued: "I have met many people along the way, some of whom have made my heart move, and some of whom have noble ......."
"I used to have people who liked each other, and we agreed to strengthen them together, and we will always be together......"
"It's a pity that when I walked out with the belief that I would be with him forever, he didn't come out!"
Meng Xian's face was full of loneliness, and she sighed, "If you can become a third-order enhancer, and I haven't become a fourth-order enhancer yet......
"Really?!"
Xiao Liu's eyes suddenly lit up, and he said excitedly: "Sister Meng, as long as I become a third-order, are you really willing to follow me?!" β
"Pay attention to your words, it's you and me, not me and you, and one more thing, before you become a third-order, if I fall in love with someone else, then I can't do it," Meng Xian emphasized, but there was no trace ......of love in her eyes.
She knows very well that she doesn't like Xiaoliu, but she wants him to live and let him have faith to live.
Xiao Liu didn't think too much, his mind was full of becoming a third-order, and after a while, his eyes gradually became firm, and he nodded: "Sister Meng, I will definitely survive!" β
"Let's go!"
Meng Xian patted him on the shoulder and walked forward.
She can't accept someone who calls her sister, she is also a woman, and she also wants to find a man who can be relied on.
But unfortunately, in these last days, it seems that such people cannot be met.
The two walked for a while, and then caught up with the team.
The procession stopped at the edge of a rice field, and in the distance, the dense camp tents, and the crowd walking back and forth brought tears to everyone's eyes.
"It's finally here!"
Meng Xian once again recalled the excitement she felt when she first came to Black Rock City and saw so many people here.
In the team, none of the three enhancers came for the first time, but the rest of the entourage were basically first-time visitors.
Meng Xian smiled and introduced: "What you saw in front is not the Black Rock City, the real Black Rock City is in the back, protected by a serious city wall......
"These tents are people who can't afford to enter the city, can't afford to buy a house in the city, but are reluctant to leave Blackstone City......"
"So much?!" Some people exclaimed, just as far as the eye can see, there are not 10,000 but 8,000 people.
"This is only the east gate of Blackstone City, there are four gates in Blackstone City, and there are a large number of tents outside each gate......"
"Let's go!"
Meng Xian took the lead and led everyone towards that side.
When everyone approached, they found that although the outside of the city looked chaotic, it was orderly, and there were some people with blue armbands who were maintaining order.
Moreover, all the tents are neatly placed, obviously specially planned, especially in the center, there is a road more than 30 meters wide, and there are no tents for pedestrians.
"This main road is often driven by people from the city, so tents are not allowed......"
As he spoke, the crowd jumped and quickly got out of the way.
I saw four or five cars whizzing on the road.
Meng Xian hurriedly led everyone to dodge.
"Dirt bike!"
Everyone is a little envious, in the last days, those who can still drive are all big forces.
Although the five off-road vehicles in front of them were in tatters, and they didn't even have a shed to protect them from the wind and rain, they still didn't hide the longing gaze of everyone.
"In the future, we will definitely be able to get such a car!" Meng Xian saw everyone's obsessive gaze, and hurriedly cheered and said.
In fact, cars are still relatively common, and some of the larger car cities still have a lot of cars in good condition.
In the last days, what is really scarce is gasoline, before the gas station was full, the scattered people could still find a little, but when these ownerless resources are exhausted, if they want to get gasoline, they have to buy it from the big forces.
Oil price is a figure that ordinary people dare not think of, which also leads to the fact that cars are luxury goods that only big forces can afford, which is not only a row, but also a symbol of strength.
Most of the people in the vicinity were not surprised, but were just talking about what kind of force the convoy was in the city.
Only people like Meng Xian and others, who came from the vicinity, would show envy.
"Is this your first time here?!"
At this time, a middle-aged man who didn't know what glue to use to comb his hair back came over with an obscene expression.
"There is an entrance fee in the city, you can live outside the city for the first time, and it just so happens that I have a batch of tents under my hand, you can rent ......"
"No need!" Without waiting for the man to finish speaking, Meng Xian casually interrupted: "I know the boss of the seven-ringed snake......
"Seven-Ringed Snake?!"
The lewd man was startled, looked a few people up and down, and quickly retreated.
This made several people behind him puff out their chests, as if this was a great thing.
Xiao Liu coughed, quietly approached and asked, "Sister Meng, what kind of organization is the Seven-Ringed Snake?!" β
Meng Xian smiled slightly, turned her head to look at everyone, and explained: "Black Rock City is very large, there are six ring roads in it, according to the name of the old era, there are at most six ring roads......
"And these seven rings refer to these tents outside the city, of course, the people in the city do not recognize the seven rings, but the people outside the city think that this is the seven rings......"
"The Seven-Ring Snake is a force of the Seven Rings outside the east gate of Blackstone City, responsible for managing eight camps......"
Meng Xian pointed to the camps on both sides of the road and said, "Seeing these squares, every piece of land is counted as a camp, and these camps are all managed by these gang forces......"
"On our east side, there are almost thirty or forty camps, and there are more than ten or twenty large and small gangs, and the seven-ringed snake is one of them......"
Xiao Liu scratched his head and said, "Sister Meng, aren't we going to the city?!" β
Meng Xian couldn't help but smile, pointed to the goods pulled behind her, and said, "This little thing, I'm afraid the entrance fee to the city is not enough, let's deal with it in this seventh ring......"
After her introduction, everyone realized that every time they came here to trade, they were not really trading in Blackstone City, but trading in these camps outside Blackstone City, where there were multiple trading centers and markets, as well as various stall people.
There are forces in the city who don't want to pay for goods entering the city, so they deal with it here in advance, and there are also foreign forces who come here to deal with the goods.
"Didn't we live in the city last time?"
Xiao Liu was a little dazed, he didn't know much about Black Rock City, and when he came before, Meng Xian handled it all and entered the city directly.
Meng Xian shook her head and said, "Last time we walked through the exclusive privileged passage of the Reed Group, only those who signed up to participate in the use of genetic potions can enjoy it, so this time the two of you go in, and I will stay outside for one night......"
"Huh? Sister Meng, didn't you say that you wanted to find out about Zhao Yu with that Huang Steward?! Xiao Liu was puzzled.
Meng Xian smiled: "I have other ways to get in, but I have to wait until tomorrow, today you two will go in first......
"What about you?!"
"We just live outside, the rent of these tents is not expensive, and I have acquaintances......"
Xiao Liu then remembered that Meng Xian said that she knew the boss of the seven-ringed snake.
"Okay......"
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After more than two hours of trekking, Zhao Yu finally arrived near the destination with the convoy.
Far away, he saw a camp made of wood.
"Stop!"
Zhao Yu stopped the convoy at a safe enough distance, and he took out the eight-fold mirror and watched from a distance.
In the stockade, there are several towers standing tall, and at this moment, they have also seen the situation of their convoy, and someone has already run to report it.
Judging from their panicked performance, the arrival of Zhao Yu and others caused a lot of turmoil in this village.
"Boss, no, there's a convoy parked outside the door......"
In the stockade, someone was already in a hurry to report.
"Convoy?!" The leader of the village is a big bald head, with a horizontal face, and it doesn't look easy to mess with, hearing this, he couldn't help but be surprised, and hurriedly led his men to the gate of the village and looked out.
Sure enough, more than a dozen off-road vehicles were parked in the open space two or three hundred meters away, and on the top of each vehicle, there was a machine gun revealing the cold air of the forest.
"Boss, it can't be because of the gene potion, right?!"
A dog-headed military advisor on the side said nervously, although the convoy was far away, he could still see that the people in the car were wearing military uniforms, which was not something that a small force could do.
"How could it be so fast?!"
The bald boss was a little frightened, just today someone said that he had picked up the genetic potion left in the crashed helicopter of the Reed Group, and now a team of people appeared outside the village?!
"What about the guy from the school?"
"Still in jail ......"
But just handed over the things like this, the bald boss was a little unwilling, and after hesitating for a moment, he said: "Send someone over and ask them what they do!" β
"Yes!"
Soon, under the scolding of the dog-headed military advisor, a thin subordinate raised his hands above his head with trembling and walked towards Zhao Yu.
"Master Jun, don't shoot......"
Seeing this, Zhao Yu gave his subordinates an order not to shoot, and waited until the man approached, then leaned against the side of the car window with his arms propped up, and asked, "What kind of place are you?!" β
"Master Huijun, the small one is Black Wind Village, and they are all good people......"
Zhao Yu rolled his eyes and said directly: "How many people are in the stockade, how many guns?" β
"There are more than 500 people in the stockade, and more than 100 guns ......"
The thin man didn't forget the purpose of coming out this time, and asked cautiously: "Master Jun, I don't know if you came to our Black Wind Village?!" β
On the way here, Zhao Yu also thought about the situation of this mission.
According to his guess, there is a high probability that the helicopter crashed before, and someone secretly hid the genetic potion, and then secretly brought it here.
The mission statement is for him to destroy the three genetic potions, which means that these three potions can't run here with long legs on their own, and someone must have brought them with them.
Therefore, he didn't bother to go around in circles, and said directly: "I am the centurion of the Reed Group, yesterday one of our helicopters transporting genetic potions crashed, and some of the genetic potions were lost, according to the investigation, the genetic potions were brought to you......"
"Huh?"
The thin man was startled and hurriedly said that he didn't know.
Zhao Yu didn't think he could ask anything from the mouth of such a little minion, and said directly: "What is your village master's name?!" β
"The owner of the village is called Li Dazhuang......"
"Well, go back and tell you the owner of the village to hand over the three genetic potions!"
"Yes, yes, the little one will go back and report it......" The thin man nodded again and again, and hurriedly ran back.
"What's the situation?!"
As soon as the thin man returned, the bald boss hurriedly asked.
"Boss, no, they're from the Reed Group!"
"What?!"
Although he had a premonition, Li Dazhuang was still a little shocked when he really heard that the other party was a member of the Reed Group.
"What can I do?!"
The dog-headed military advisor on the side hurriedly said, "What do they say?!" β
The thin man recounted all the conversations between the two.
"Three genetic potions, they even know the numbers......"
"It's over!" The bald boss suddenly felt heartache, and only then did he get three genetic potions, but he didn't think of how to deal with it to get the maximum benefit, so the owner of the family came to him.
The dog-headed military advisor narrowed his eyes and said, "Big brother, will they be cheating us?!" β
"Huh?!" Li Dazhuang turned his head and looked at him with some puzzlement.
The kobold military master said: "The person from the school said that he hid these three potions in advance, and no one else knew about it......"
"After the school is finished, he came here alone, intending to trade with us......"
"This shows that the school may not know about his deeds......
According to his understanding of the school, there is a public ownership system, and all good things are handed over, credits are calculated and then distributed.
Therefore, it is no problem for that person to get up in advance and run to them to sell it privately, this is the selfishness of human nature.
The only problem is that he didn't expect that the boss of Heifeng Village would think about black and eat black, and he was a little naΓ―ve, but for the sake of him coming out of school, he could understand this naivety.
"So, you mean, just say no?!"
"That's right!"
The kobold military master nodded and said, "We bite to death and don't admit to seeing, what can they do?!" β
"Hmmm......"
After thinking for a while, Li Dazhuang nodded: "That's it!" β
After speaking, he turned his head to look at the thin man and said, "If you go over again, you will say that we don't know what genetic potion is......"
Soon, the thin man brought Li Dazhuang's words to Zhao Yu's side.
Zhao Yu shrugged his shoulders, and in the mission instructions, the location of the three potions was clear, and it was in this stockade.
He said directly: "The genetic medicine carries the tracker of our group, and it shows that it is in your village......
He wondered if he was too merciful, and continued: "Go back and tell your boss, hand it over now, and nothing will happen......
"If he is obsessed and wants to confront the Reed Group, then you, the Black Wind Village, will be buried with him!"
Hearing this, the thin man suddenly felt a shock in his heart, and ran back to the village in a trembling voice, relaying Zhao Yu's words.
"It's over!"
Li Dazhuang was taken aback, and subconsciously wanted to hand over the three genetic potions.
The dog-headed military master on the side frowned, and said, "Boss, you can't hand it over, these three genetic potions are all excellent level, with them, you and I are enough to become residents of Black Rock City......
"What if you don't pay it, they call in, who can stop it?!" Li Dazhuang glared angrily.
The kobold military master said in a low voice: "Boss, my idea is that there are not many people in front of me, and there are only a hundred or so people, and if you eliminate them, the Reed Group will still need time to react......"
"Take advantage of this time, enough for the two of us to run to Blackstone City, when we get there, as soon as we trade on the black market, we are serious residents of Blackstone City, protected by Blackstone City, even if the Reed Group can't take us, we can't ......"
"The people who killed them, can the Reed Group let us go like this?!"
"Who said we are from Black Wind Village?"
The kobold military master looked left and right, and whispered: "When we get over there, let's just make up an identity, these mud-legged people have never had a chance to enter Black Rock City in their lives, who knows us when we get there?" β
"Makes sense......"
Li Dazhuang continued: "Are you sure that three potions are enough for us to become residents of Black Rock City, and we can still have a faΓ§ade?" β
"I'm sure ......"
"What if you take my wife with you?"
"That may not be enough......"
Seeing Li Dazhuang hesitating, the dog-headed military advisor hurriedly said: "Big brother, it's just a woman, don't you just grab another one when the time comes, besides, when we become residents of Black Rock City, a lot of women outside the city want to stick upside down......"
The two muttered for a while, and then Li Dazhuang made up his mind, found the thin man, and said, "You go, tell that centurion that we really haven't seen the gene potion, could it be that there is something wrong with their tracker display!" β
"Huh?"
When the thin man heard this, he didn't dare to go, and under the reprimand of the dog-headed military division, he reluctantly walked out of the stockade.
At the same time, Li Dazhuang also gave the order, gathered everyone, and began to prepare for the battle.
On the other side, after getting the attitude of the owner of the village, Li Dazhuang, from the thin man, Zhao Yu frowned.
"Looks like we're going to have a siege battle!"
Especially from the eightfold mirror, he clearly saw that many people in the stockade had begun to carry weapons and ammunition, as if they were going to fight them to the end.
Although I don't know what the other party's boss thinks, but if they want to fight, then fight!