Embers Ad Infinitum

The city defense troops in the alley asked a few passers-by going home and the owners of the shops that were still open, and then moved to other places. Apparently, they gained nothing.

At this time, the commotion in the city gate area was still very loud and did not subside.

Boom, boom, boom.

There was a knock on the door of Jiang Baimian and Shang Jianyao's room.

"Who?" Jiang Baimian turned around and asked, not panicking at all.

"Me." Long Yuehong's voice came from outside the door.

Shang Jianyao then walked over and opened the door.

——Both he and Jiang Baimian could sense that there were two people outside the door, but they could not confirm each other's identities and could only ask.

This is because they were completely focused on the alley just now and failed to grasp in time whether the knocker was coming from the opposite room.

After Long Yuehong entered the room, she asked with some fear:

"Will you check it out?"

He was still more cautious. After Bai Chen entered the room and closed the wooden door, he controlled his volume and asked.

"If the people in Weecao City can directly target us like this, that's a hell of a deal." Jiang Baimian replied with considerable confidence.

This made Long Yuehong feel a lot more at ease.

Jiang Baimian looked at Bai Chen, whose eyes were slightly red and swollen but in good overall condition, and added with a smile:

“Even if it’s really discovered, it’s nothing.

"Don't we all have a plan to retreat? We just need to take Aunt Nan and the others with us and let them open a store in a different place."

Their plan is:

Enter the yard first and drive straight to the end of East Street.

There is a city gate there that is not usually open, and there are relatively few city defense troops stationed there.

When the time comes, just use the "Reaper" individual rocket launcher to force open the city gate and leave at night.

On the dusty soil, this is not an uncommon thing. Many ruin hunters follow the rule of whoever has the bigger fist has the right to do anything. If they are forced to do something in a hurry, they will do anything. The worst is that they will not come to Weed City in the future. Pay attention to see if there are any. The task of wanting him is.

The stronger he is, he can also harvest the relic hunters who have taken over the capture mission.

For a team like Jiang Baimian who came from elsewhere, had the support of a big force behind them, and had no relatives or friends in the local area, they could be even more unscrupulous.

What do the rules of your Wild Grass City have to do with us?

Of course, the premise of all this is that you have enough strength, otherwise you will be shot dead on the spot before you can cause trouble.

Thinking of a way out, Long Yuehong felt more at ease.

At this time, Jiang Baimian changed the subject:

"But, Xiaobai has some problems here.

"Eugene was attacked within an hour after meeting you again. It is inevitable that some people will doubt you."

The dead bodyguard was the one on the dance floor before, not the two who protected Eugene and entered the underground trading market.

Hearing this, Shang Jianyao clenched his right fist and slapped his left palm, with a look of annoyance and regret on his face.

"You are here, what are you thinking about?" Jiang Baimian asked.

"After taking control of Eugene, I should drive back and kill all the bodyguards." Shang Jianyao said in a tone that said I was not cautious enough.

As long as they are all dead, there will be no witnesses and no one will think of Bai Chen.

Jiang Baimian was speechless for a while.

After a few seconds, she rubbed her forehead and sighed:

“There would be too many surprises, and the longer it goes on, the harder it will be for us to leave the scene without being discovered.

"Besides, the strength of those bodyguards is not weak. Even if you have the ability of an awakener, you may not be able to kill them all, and you may even be in danger.

"If one or two of them escape, your appearance might be exposed."

At this time, the movement in the city gate area gradually subsided.

Jiang Baimian turned to ask Bai Chen:

"Does Eugene have many enemies?"

"Many. There are many people who have interests involved with him and have the motive to kill him." Bai Chen replied calmly, "Even if it is limited to Weed Grass City, there are many such people and forces."

Jiang Baimian nodded gently:

"That's okay."

She asked about another thing:

"How many men are there in Eugene's slave-catching party, and what's their firepower?"

Hearing this question, Shang Jianyao's eyes suddenly lit up.

Bai Chen thought about it and said:

"There are two types of slave-catching teams in the 'Original City'. One is related to the military and is considered a semi-regular organization. The other is a team that is organized through connections. After obtaining the slave-catching license, Eugene's slave-catching team belongs to The latter situation.

"But even so, he still has fifty or sixty people, many vehicles, machine guns and artillery, and can destroy an ordinary wilderness wanderer settlement..."

Bai Chen was silent for a moment and then added:

"Eugene is a confidant of an elder in the Senate of the First City, and there may be controlled weapons in his ranks."

"No wonder..." Jiang Baimian said in relief, "No wonder Eugene's slave-catching team dared to attack Weed City."

Of course, this is just her personal guess and cannot be accurate. After all, she did not see the situation at the city gate with her own eyes.

After slowly exhaling, Jiang Baimian frowned slightly and said:

"What I am hesitating about now is whether to let Xiaobai take to the streets these two days.

"Let's go, someone must have asked her to assist in the investigation. Even if her suspicion is low and she has never been at the scene, there will be such a process. Moreover, this is not within the company. Those investigators will definitely ask questions about everything and what methods they use. They all know how to do it, and they might even ask Xiaobai to take them around this building. That would be more troublesome, and they might be exposed if they're not careful.

"Don't let it go. Wouldn't it be even more suspicious if he disappeared now?"

Bai Chen thought for a while and said calmly:

"I don't know which one to choose now."

"It's okay, let me think about it and I'll give you the answer tomorrow morning." Jiang Baimian first comforted the other party, then looked around, put on a smile and said, "If I can't figure it out, then let's discuss it collectively."

As soon as she finished speaking, the lights in the room went out.

Several street lights in the alley were swallowed up by darkness.

It’s time for the daily power outage again.

Seeing that the noise outside had calmed down a lot, Jiang Baimian asked Long Yuehong and Bai Chen to go back to their rooms to sleep and stop worrying about this matter.

When she and Shang Jianyao were the only ones left in the room, it was dark. Shang Jianyao suddenly said:

"I have a solution."

"What?" Jiang Baimian suddenly became more vigilant.

Shang Jianyao said calmly:

"Sneak out of the city at night and seize the camp of the Eugene Slave Catchers.

"As long as they are gone, the matter will be solved."

Without the suffering master, Weedao City will probably just investigate casually.

"Good idea." Jiang Baimian clapped his hands, learning everything from Shang Jian Yao.

She then said:

"The only question now is, how can the two of us take down armed men in a camp?"

Shang Jianyao seemed to have thought of a plan and opened his mouth:

“First, I pretended to have a clue, struck up a conversation with the guard at the entrance of the camp, and became friends.

“Then, I asked him to take me to meet the current person in charge of the camp, and seize the opportunity to become friends with that person in charge.

“Then, under the pretext of finding clues and preparing for action, have the person in charge call all the members together where they put the ammunition.

“Finally, we each threw a grenade inside to avoid any accidents.

"If you think it's not possible to rely on just the two of us, and that one to thirty is too dangerous, you can call Bai Chen and Long Yuehong on as assistants. One to fifteen is within a reasonable range.

"A reasonable size!" Jiang Baimian scolded angrily and amusingly, "Do you think you are a Jingfa master, with steel and iron bones, and you are not afraid of bullets?"

After scolding, Jiang Baimian said pertinently:

"Actually, this plan is really feasible. Although it is very crazy, it seems to be able to achieve its goal.

“The only problem was the timing was wrong.”

She said seriously:

"If Eugene's slave-catching team failed to enter the city, and the person in charge had some experience, and there were many enemies and hostile forces, he would definitely have all his men armed for the night, no matter who dared to approach the camp. Just shoot and kill.

"Even if he didn't issue such an order, there must be one sentry every three steps and one post every five steps in the camp now. On the way to see the person in charge, you will encounter many members of the slave-catching team.

"Are you sure that they won't say a few words to your new friends, which will invalidate the influence of the 'Mystery Clown'?"

Jian Shang Jian Yao was a little disappointed, Jiang Baimian smiled and said:

"Sleep peacefully, I have already thought of a way."

"What is it?" Shang Jianyao asked.

Jiang Baimian laughed:

"I'll tell you tomorrow morning so you don't have trouble sleeping at night."

…………

The next morning, at early six o'clock, it was still dark.

Shang Jianyao had already turned over and sat up, waiting for Jiang Baimian to wake up and tell him what the solution was.

After a while, Jiang Baimian climbed down from the upper bunk and said to him excitedly:

"I figured out a way!"

Shang Jianyao looked at her, frowned and asked:

"Didn't you think about it last night?"

Jiang Baimian was stunned for a moment, and then he remembered what he said to Shang Jianyao before he went to bed.

She immediately laughed twice:

“As the leader of a team, stabilizing military morale is always the first choice.

"Besides, haven't I already thought of this?

“There are always more solutions than difficulties!”

She made a show of asking me what solution I had come up with.

Shang Jianyao thought for a few seconds and then asked:

"Have you been up all night?"

"...It's not important." Jiang Baimian's expression almost collapsed, barely maintaining the tall image of strategizing.

Shang Jianyao then returned to the topic:

"What's the solution?"

Jiang Baimian's smile gradually grew brighter:

"Let Xiaobai cooperate with the investigation.

"But we can make some preparations in advance so that the investigation can be conducted under the expected scenario and the results are under our control."

Jian Shang Jian Yao was still a little confused, Jiang Baimian smiled and added:

"Xiaobai did not attack Eugene, this is something that can stand verification.

"As long as you use 'reasoning clown' in advance to make her no longer think that we are companions, and you have not participated in the subsequent executions, or even think about it, then she can pass any investigation, including possible awakening methods. .

"Then, wait until the investigation is over and undo the impact."

Speaking of this, Jiang Baimian smiled like a fox that had stolen a chicken:

“We can also choose the timing so that the investigators are people we know well.

“For example, Odik is suspected of being able to influence dreams.

"Don't you have experience in keeping people awake in dreams?"