A Realistic Mount & Blade Game

【Task Name: Raid the Diesel Company.】

【Task Description: Your feud with the Diesel Company has been going on for too long, and the conflict between the two sides is irreconcilable. In yesterday's battle, you successfully annihilated the main force of the Diesel Company and severely damaged their armed forces. Now, the enemy is still in a panic and unable to organize an effective defense. In your opinion, this may be a good opportunity for a raid. Moreover, you also have insiders. Use them wisely, and you will achieve miraculous results.】

【Task Requirements: Break into the Diesel Company's rammed earth walls and inflict a certain number of casualties on their armed forces.】

【Task Reward: 10000 denars.】

A dialog box appeared before Shen Mu's eyes.

He raised his eyebrows slightly.

"Raid... the Diesel Company?" Shen Mu scanned the content above, as well as the task requirements, and his expression was slightly strange: "Break into the Diesel Company's rammed earth walls, and also inflict a certain number of casualties on their armed forces?"

Not only does it require a raid inside the city walls, but it also means killing some of the Diesel Company's armed forces?

This was a bit unexpected for Shen Mu.

"And make reasonable use of these insiders, and you will achieve miraculous results?" Shen Mu finally focused his gaze on the end of the task description.

He just couldn't figure out how to make reasonable use of these insiders to achieve miraculous results?

If these insiders opened the city gate for him.

Then they would definitely be discovered by the Diesel Company employees guarding the city, who would immediately order the spirit realm pig-men who followed them to come over and kill all these insiders, considering it a timely stop-loss.

It's as if these insiders are completely disposable tools.

Moreover, whether these insiders have the ability to open the city gate under the watch of so many pig-men and let his troops rush in is still debatable!

After all, Shen Mu clearly knows that these guys who have already chosen to surrender have now been completely defeated on the battlefield. Not a single spirit realm follower remains. Now, only these Blue Star humans are left. They can be considered lone wolves, having been beaten to the point of fleeing alone.

Without spirit realm followers, how could these Blue Star humans open the city gate on their own?

"This is completely like a joke." Shen Mu frowned subconsciously.

Normally, this Mount \u0026 Blade system is quite rational.

Why does it now give Shen Mu the feeling that it's a bit unrealistic for the temporary task issued because of winning this defensive battle?

"Lord?" Just then, Fatis slowly spoke, gently reminding him.

"Hmm?" Shen Mu came back to his senses from his thoughts.

"They have all finished eating and hope to talk to you." Fatis pointed to those Blue Star humans who were locked in the cage.

"Talk? Talk about what?" Shen Mu frowned. He was still thinking about the temporary task.

However, looking at the leftovers of wheat porridge and vegetable soup in front of him, which had finally replenished the food and water and made the Blue Star humans somewhat energetic.

Shen Mu still took half a step forward and said lightly: "I have to say, your choice was very wise."

Shen Mu was referring to their choice to submit.

Bringing him a reward of 16,000 denars, Shen Mu was quite happy.

Saying that, he instructed Fatis next to him: "Arrange another proper meal for our friends. If possible, I hope to see some meat in it."

"Understood, I will arrange it now." Fatis nodded, took two steps to the side, and whispered a few simple words to the Lake Rat Gang destroyers.

But during this process, those Blue Star humans now looked at Shen Mu with more gratitude.

"Thank you for your generosity and kindness, Your Honorable Human Lord."

Zhang Caidong also swallowed his saliva at this time, smiled bitterly, and used his tongue to push against the tooth that had been loosened by that slap. At this time, his tone of voice was also much more careful: "But I don't know, how can we cooperate with you?"

"Yes, Lord, we are all willing to cooperate, but I hope you can explain the specific cooperation matters to us."

The other Blue Star humans also nodded, looking at Shen Mu expectantly, their eyes full of doubt.

Since they chose to submit, then they had resigned themselves to their fate.

There was no way to not accept their fate.

Just as Shen Mu said just now, Zhang Caidong among them was the main culprit who personally killed Fu Jian, the deputy director of the Diesel Company's transportation department.

Among them, there were also several team leaders of temporary workers. When Zhang Caidong killed Fu Jian, they also killed those remaining formal employees of the Diesel Company because they wanted to submit their certificates of allegiance in the same way in order to survive.

They directly solved those remaining formal employees of the Diesel Company.

They also had the same blood debt to the Diesel Company as Zhang Caidong.

Although there were 5 people among them who had received a lot of favors from the Diesel Company on weekdays and did not kill the formal employees of the Diesel Company at that time.

However, it was precisely because of their good relationship with the Diesel Company that they knew the extent of the Diesel Company's revenge.

Even if they didn't really kill the formal employees of the Diesel Company.

But they still chose to surrender in hesitation.

That was also equivalent to betrayal.

That would also face the most crazy revenge from the Diesel Company!

Therefore, after Shen Mu analyzed the situation to them, these non-formal employees, whether they were contract workers or temporary workers, who were generally called temporary workers and were looked down upon in the Diesel Company, also made plans.

That was, during this period of time, they could only be forced to follow Shen Mu's pirate ship and go all the way down!

"How to cooperate? Of course, I need you to go to the Diesel Company's orc camp and become my insiders." Shen Mu replied with a smile.

"Of course, we know that we are becoming insiders and need to provide you with some intelligence on a regular basis."

At this time, another Blue Star human slowly spoke, saying in a tired tone: "These are all no problem, but you should also know, Honorable Lord, we have nothing left after experiencing yesterday's bloody battle. Even if we go back, we need to start over. In a short period of time, we simply can't bring you too much benefit."

When he said this, the other prisoners in the cage also pursed their lips and their faces turned pale.

Because what he said was the truth.

Even their spirit realm followers had been wiped out. Even if they went back, what importance could they receive?

"Wait... wait!" Zhang Caidong's expression suddenly changed when he heard this.

Knowing the dark side of human nature, he suddenly raised his head, looked at Shen Mu, who was expressionless, and the human warriors around him who were staring at him with cold eyes, couldn't help swallowing his saliva, and his tone of voice was a bit sharp because of his urgency:

"We are still valuable! Although our spirit realm followers have been wiped out, we can still go to the Star Realm to summon followers. After all, we have all completed a not low level of soul resonance. As long as you give us some fragments of marks, we can restore our previous strength at any time!"

Saying that, Zhang Caidong also said quickly:

"Moreover, the Diesel Company has experienced such a disastrous defeat. According to the way general forces respond, they will definitely select a lot of talents and add them to the formal employees of the Diesel Company. And I, as a formal employee who was previously supplemented, know some people in the personnel department and can add them all in and become formal employees. Then, we can obtain the materials issued by the Diesel Company, quickly restore our strength, and grow up quickly!"

Zhang Caidong said these words quickly and urgently.

It was as if he was afraid that Shen Mu would dislike their low value and directly drag them out and kill them if he spoke too late.

Although Shen Mu looked very easy to talk to.

But Zhang Caidong really didn't dare to gamble.

That's why he was so anxious to show all the value of himself and these prisoners.

"That's indeed not bad." Shen Mu frowned slightly, while nodding gently.

What he said was also right.

As long as these insiders that he secretly inserted grow up and become important figures in various positions in the Diesel Company, then they can quickly control a part of the power.

This part of the power can be a fatal sword straight to the heart when Shen Mu truly launches an attack on the Diesel Company!

"Yes, we will find various opportunities to make the people of the Diesel Company trust us."

Zhang Caidong swallowed his saliva again. Because of speaking quickly just now, his voice became more and more hoarse and had some broken tones, indicating that he was really anxious for his own life safety.

It was just that when he finished speaking, there was no other sound in the entire prison at this time.

Shen Mu was in deep thought.

Or rather, through what Zhang Caidong said just now, he seemed to have thought of something.

"Find various opportunities to make the people of the Diesel Company believe you?" Shen Mu always felt that he seemed to have noticed something special in this sentence.

Therefore, Shen Mu repeated this sentence again.

"Yes, find various opportunities!"

Zhang Caidong quickly explained again: "After all, it is very difficult to make the Diesel Company believe that we are loyal. Therefore, we must create something ourselves to make the people of the Diesel Company believe that not only did we not surrender in this battle, but we also bravely fought to the end. We had no choice but to escape back, and we are still loyal to the Diesel Company!"

"..." Shen Mu was thoughtful at this time: "Create something to make the Diesel Company believe that you are loyal?"

He found that there seemed to be something in his heart that was about to break out.

"These... we will find a way ourselves." Zhang Caidong smiled sheepishly at this time: "After all, we are the only ones who survived now. As long as we unify our statements, maybe there is a way to successfully survive. After all, I survived by this kind of trick last time."

Looking at Shen Mu's thoughtful appearance, Zhang Caidong also sighed slightly: "As long as you don't reveal the fact that we killed the formal employees of the Diesel Company, we have a way to lie."

This was the weakness of all 16 people, as well as their biggest secret now.

There was no way.

If this news were to leak out, it would be a devastating blow to them!

At that time, no matter what they say, or what merits they once had, the Diesel Company would definitely use the most cruel punishments to deal with them.

At the same time, it would also show all Blue Star humans under the protection of the Diesel Company the consequences of daring to betray!

"What if, I mean, what if," Shen Mu said at this moment.

"What… what if?" Zhang Caidong and the other captives looked at him curiously.

Not understanding what Shen Mu meant by saying this.

"What if there was news that I was going to raid the Diesel Company, and you learned of it in advance, then rushed back to report this news, and happened to discover my surprise attack, would that be helpful to you?"

Shen Mu finally spoke.

While saying this, Shen Mu's eyes also showed a certain resolute look.

"This…" Zhang Caidong was slightly stunned at this moment.

Including the other 15 Blue Star human captives imprisoned in the cage around him, they were all slightly dazed at this moment.

But then one by one, they understood that this new human lord wanted to put on a double act with them, who had already chosen to surrender and had grasped a deadly handle!

"Of course! There's absolutely no problem with that!" A look of surprise immediately appeared on Zhang Caidong's face.

He nodded repeatedly and said, "If you can cooperate with us, then we can quickly gain the trust of those pig-headed people in the Diesel Company in this process. You may not know, but those guys who have undergone frequency resonance with the pig-headed people are somewhat slow in their thinking. As long as the deception is cleverly set up, we will definitely have no problem!"

"Yes, no problem," the other Blue Star human captives also nodded repeatedly at this time.

They were all willing to cooperate.

"Very good, then that's settled," Shen Mu nodded, a smile appearing on the corner of his mouth.

This was his plan!

At the same time, it was also the first time he had given up the system's temporary mission, making a trade-off.

The mission reward was indeed tempting.

A full 10,000 dinars.

Even for Shen Mu, who had just obtained 16,000 dinars, it was still a considerable sum and a number that could solve his worries.

But there was no other way.

When it was time to make a trade-off, one should make a trade-off.

If he could exchange his temporary mission for future gains, or even gains that could kill the Diesel Company with one blow and uproot it completely, then Shen Mu would of course be willing to do so.

Abandon the system's temporary mission.

Instead, pave the way for these Blue Star human captives who had already had their deadly weaknesses grasped!

'Creak—'

Just at this moment, the second iron gate of the prison behind him was opened again.

The rusty iron gate made a harsh creaking sound as the five or six Lake Rat Gang destroyers outside, carrying food boxes, pushed it open forcefully because the door hinges had not been oiled for a long time.

"Lord, the food has been brought," the Lake Rat Gang destroyer said, placing the food boxes on the corner of the interrogation room.

Looking at these food boxes, each with five layers, one could tell that they were full of food.

Instead of the leftovers of wheat porridge and vegetable soup mixed together at random as before.

"Lord?" Fatis looked at Shen Mu.

"Send this food to our friends," Shen Mu nodded, saying calmly.

"Understood," Fatis nodded to the Lake Rat Gang destroyers behind him: "Distribute it."

"Come on, continue eating!"

These Lake Rat Gang destroyers had ferocious expressions on their faces, looking at those who, upon hearing that there was more food, stood up one by one and stood at the gate of the cage, eagerly looking at themselves, and snorted coldly as they opened the food boxes.

Inside were all baked black bread, baked onions, and mixed vegetables stewed with cabbage, pumpkin, and carrot juice, as well as a piece of oily dried meat for each person, and a section of sausage boiled in vegetable soup.

It looked quite rich.

"Thank you for your kindness, Lord!" Zhang Caidong and the Blue Star human captives, even though they had just eaten that bowl of vegetable porridge, immediately felt hungry and eager to eat as soon as possible.

They were indeed very hungry.

Although the black bread was very hard, even after being baked, it was difficult to tear and bite.

But after taking a bite, they found that although these black breads were made with a small amount of flour, various bean flours, and some ground wheat bran, they were indeed the kind of food that could fill their stomachs.

There was no sand or stones in it, and no bark or grass stalks.

In the Diesel Company, they were good things distributed to formal employees.

That's right, those formal employees of the Diesel Company also ate this kind of thing.

What's more, they also had vegetable soup made from boiled vegetables, as well as a piece of dried meat about two fingers wide, and a section of sausage the size of a thumb, all oily and salty, with a very wonderful taste!

For these temporary workers who could only eat meat once in a long time, this was simply delicious!

The pig-headed human tribe of the beastman tribe itself lived in a barren desert.

Although they occupied an oasis and had their own agriculture, able to plant some easy-to-grow wheat and various drought-resistant beans, it could be considered food that could be provided to the pig-headed human tribe to eat.

But life was also tight.

Eating enough was possible.

But wanting to eat meat was another matter.

At least after the pig-headed human tribe was summoned by Xue Zhigang and descended on Blue Star, establishing their own power on Blue Star, they were able to start planting some mass-produced beans as staple food with the help of the spirit world rules.

Most of these pig-headed humans still ate black bread mixed with a lot of impurities.

Otherwise, for this tribe, the best punishment was to kill those who made mistakes, and then turn them into blood food that only elite pig-headed human leaders could enjoy?

Even the elite pig-headed human leaders lived a tight life, let alone other ordinary pig-headed humans.

Or ordinary Blue Star humans, and those affiliated ordinary people.

Life was very miserable!

"These are actually those foods with spirit world rules!" At this time, the Blue Star human captives, eating black bread and soft stewed vegetables in big mouthfuls, stuffing dried meat and sausages into their mouths, couldn't help but exclaim: "These are not the garbage foods produced in the Blue Star world!"

"That's right! These are all foods with the power of rules! After I ate it, even my soul and spirit have been nourished!" The other Blue Star humans also exclaimed in surprise.

Even Zhang Caidong, eating boiled vegetables in big mouthfuls at this time, couldn't hide the shock in his eyes.

He even tore off a piece of dried meat and ate the fatty meat strip in big mouthfuls.

The shock in his eyes was even greater: "This… is actually true!"

They were all real foods with the power of rules.

In the beastman tribe.

They would only be allocated a little during important festivals as a reward, a very precious food!

Now, this new human lord actually gave them a meal casually.

It was still a meal that could fill them up, and in a large quantity!

"I said, my friends, as long as you choose to submit to me and secretly become my internal support in this battle with the Diesel Company, then you will be rewarded," Shen Mu knew that it was time for him to continue on stage, so he took half a step forward.

Holding the Holy Tree Knight Sword he carried with him at his waist, he walked back and forth in these cage aisles, his tone very calm: "This food is one of the rewards I give you. If you want, I will send you similar food every three days, the amount for three meals."

"Three meals!" Zhang Caidong and the Blue Star human captives all swallowed subconsciously.

This reward was already not low.

Usually, what they ate in the Diesel Company were just some ordinary black bread or bean flour paste.

Although it was difficult to swallow, it was an important supplement for maintaining their soul-level frequency resonance and preventing their bodies from degenerating.

If they wanted to satisfy their cravings, they could only eat those foods from Blue Star, which had no nutrition and could only satisfy their cravings.

This was how they barely survived.

Life was not good.

But it was not bad either.

It was just that now they had eaten food with the power of rules, which could be considered rich.

Thinking about what they used to eat, the most they ate was bean flour paste, a garbage food that made their throats sore and they could only continue to eat out of desperation.

These Blue Star humans, including Zhang Caidong, seemed to have more thoughts in their silence.

A more convincing thought about Shen Mu.

"Alright, my friends, after you finish this meal, it will be time for you to perform," Shen Mu was quite satisfied with this, and continued to say in a calm tone: "At that time, I will cooperate with you to complete a special performance. Then let you regain the trust of the Diesel Company, which can also be regarded as a small gift from me to you, you should have no problem, right?"

"No problem!" Zhang Caidong and the Blue Star humans spoke one after another, and their tone was much more certain in their answers.

"That's very good," Shen Mu nodded in satisfaction.

Then he turned and left.

It was just that when he turned and left, he also instructed Fatis: "Cooperate with these friends of ours. After they finish eating, remember to wash their hands and mouths, and then take two more circles around the battlefield on the west side of the city gate, so as not to expose their true intentions with any smell."

"Understood," Fatis nodded seriously, he already understood Shen Mu's plan.