Embers Ad Infinitum

The top floor of the building where the "Afu Gun Shop" is located.

Bai Chen placed the "Orange" rifle on the edge of the rooftop, using an awkward posture to shoot downwards.

boom!

Among the group of wilderness wanderers who tried to break through the barrier at the entrance to the yard, one person fell on his back with blood flowing everywhere.

Bai Chen was not greedy for success and immediately retracted his body, avoiding the group of people's subconscious counterattack.

After a wave of indiscriminate shooting, this group of wilderness wanderers, who had lost their leader and command, could only retreat in a rather chaotic manner because the firepower inside the yard was still sufficient, and fled to different places.

Seeing this scene, Long Yuehong breathed a sigh of relief, quickly checked the condition of his firearm and refilled the bullets.

This is a rifle he borrowed from Aunt Nan and her brother, the owner of the "Afu Gun Shop". It can be used as a sniper rifle.

He and Bai Chen took this opportunity to occupy the commanding heights and cooperate with the neighbors behind the barricades to deal with the scattered wilderness wanderers and the small number of disorderly city defense troops.

During the training, Long Yuehong also mastered the sniper skills, but he didn't have the opportunity to familiarize himself with them. After wasting more than a dozen bullets, he gradually got on the right track and could take away an enemy with two or three rounds.

Compared with him, Bai Chen not only hit every shot, he was also good at observation and could always find the leaders of the enemy group and call them by name.

In this way, after a few shots, the enemies who have lost their organization will often collapse on their own.

"I don't know when it will end..." Long Yuehong looked down at the rooftop and sighed.

Although these defenses were successful and easy, as long as the city continues to be in chaos, no one knows what will be waiting for them in the future.

"Almost." Bai Chen turned back and looked in the direction of North Street. "As long as the upper echelons of Weed City are not overrun and wait for them to catch their breath and reorganize their team, these wilderness wanderers will not be their opponents."

The simplest fact is that until now, the city defense army has not seen a counterattack.

No matter how bad they are, they are regular troops who have been trained for a long time and often go to the wilderness for actual combat. There is no way they can collapse at the first touch. Moreover, in the mansions of the nobles on North Street, each family can launch multiple artillery pieces and several machine guns at any time, and organize Create a very effective private army.

In addition, Bai Chen also heard that the City Lord's Mansion cooperated closely with the "Machine Paradise" with the help of the Hunter's Guild, and there might be some secret weapon hidden there.

As soon as he finished speaking, Bai Chen heard a slightly low roar.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

The sound of gunfire from the direction of North Street continued one after another, and the ground shook slightly.

Long Yuehong felt the trembling of the building. For a moment, she didn't know whether the city defense army had finally counterattacked, or whether the wilderness wanderers had grabbed enough artillery and started bombarding the barricades.

After this round of shelling, there was gunfire as dense as fried beans.

Not long after, the noise came from the north street to the south, as if a large number of people were rushing towards the city gate.

Immediately afterwards, a loud sound from the loudspeaker filled the sky:

"Put down your weapons, hold your head and squat on the ground.

"As long as you surrender, you can get relief, and you can also enter the manor and become a slave."

The announcements over and over again echoed in the city, and the noise and gunshots slowly subsided.

As long as there is a way to survive, few people will resist to the end.

Long Yuehong and Bai Chen looked at each other, exhaled and said:

"It's finally over..."

…………

In the city lord's palace, in the noble meeting hall.

Shang Jianyao, who was sitting at the bottom of the long table, stroked the small speaker with blue background and black surface, and said to everyone with satisfaction:

"Isn't it nice for everyone to be so harmonious and sincere to the outside world?

"If there is any conflict, let's have a dance, arm-wrestle, and see who can last longer without blinking."

Xu Liyan took a breath and agreed deeply:

"Yes, we are all brothers and sisters. Is there any threshold that we can't pass?"

"No, no," the slow-talking Meric retorted, "Everyone has to talk to each other, and you still have to call us uncle and uncle."

Just as Xu Liyan was about to respond, a guard came over to the door and reported with joy:

"City Lord, the first wave of counterattack dispersed those wilderness wanderers!

“Because of the promise of relief, many of them gave up their resistance, and order in the city was restored little by little.

"The city defense troops who lost contact before have also been found and organized."

Xu Liyan breathed a sigh of relief, smiled and said:

“Sure enough, we still have to work on both sides, and we can’t be stingy at times like this.

"Kindness is not necessarily worse than selfishness. Different situations require different methods."

After this battle, he felt that his authority had been established to a certain extent, but since everyone was already brothers, it was easy to discuss things and there was no need to force them.

He issued orders one by one to complete the aftermath, and saw another guard rushing to the door.

"City Lord, the wasteland sentry in the direction of 'First City' reported:

"A regular army from the First City appeared and joined several slave-catching teams."

Xu Liyan narrowed his eyes:

"really……"

Jiang Baimian was not surprised at all.

After confirming the true purpose of "Priest", she suspected that behind the matter was a certain force from the "Prime City", or directly the will of the Senate of the "Prime City".

They have long wanted to completely swallow up Weed City, a piece of fat that has a lot of autonomy.

Xu Liyan then looked around and said with a smile:

"If we fail to resolve the riot quickly, they will have enough reason to station here to stabilize the situation for their subordinate forces."

After saying that, he turned his head and looked at Uncle Liu:

"Send out a drone team and conduct a round of bombing on the wasteland in front of that army. Tell them that they are clearing out the rebellious people and ask them not to get close to avoid being accidentally injured.

"Haha, this large-scale fireworks should make the guests and hosts happy."

"Yes, City Lord!" Uncle Liu replied first, and then reminded, "From now on, peace must be the most important thing."

"I understand." Xu Liyan was angry, but he did not lose his reason.

For them, staying in the "Primary City" is the best choice, regardless of the resources they can obtain, the trade they can participate in, the protection they can get, or the degree of autonomy.

Seeing that the situation had been reversed and all matters were on track, Jiang Baimian winked at Shang Jianyao.

Shang Jianyao quickly stood up, put the small speaker back into his tactical backpack, and said:

"We have something else to do, so we have to leave first."

"When things calm down completely, you must come to the dance!" Zhao Zhengqi's eldest son reluctantly invited.

"If you are free." Shang Jianyao responded with bright eyes.

Xu Liyan glanced left and right:

"Aren't you still taking three people with you? It's inconvenient without a car.

"Someone, bring my specially modified bulletproof off-road vehicle to the door."

After giving the instructions, he looked at Shang Jianyao and said sincerely:

"Don't dislike it."

"Then I won't go out." Shang Jianyao responded with a smile.

…………

The military green bulletproof off-road vehicle drove out of the City Lord's Mansion and slowly drove along North Street towards the municipal building.

Jiang Baimian glanced at Wei Yu and the others in the back seat, and asked Shang Jianyao, who was in charge of driving:

"How long can your 'reasoning clown' last?"

This determines the time for them to escape from Weed City.

——In the previous search, they discovered Wei Yu and other members of Lei Yunsong's team as expected.

Originally, it was inevitable that there would be a fierce battle, which would probably result in casualties, but Odike happened to be involved, and with the help of fire suppression, he found an opportunity to put Wei Yu and others into a deep sleep.

Because there were many guards nearby at the time, Jiang Baimian did not let Shang Jianyao use the "reasoning clown" to handle the follow-up, nor did he directly wake up Wei Yu and others to try to break the "hypnosis" and exchange greetings to recognize their relatives.

She chose to have a shallow level of anesthesia and take it back for treatment.

Shang Jianyao shook his body slightly while driving and said:

“A circular argument has been formed, and if nothing unexpected happens, it can last for at least ten days and a half.

"Even if you encounter something that contradicts the 'reasoning result' in daily life, as long as it is not a particularly violent and diametrically opposed kind, it will be covered up by circular arguments and become accumulated until it reaches the critical line."

"That's good." Jiang Baimian nodded first, then asked curiously, "You just let them think that you are a brother, and they were moved by your spirit and chose to help. This has nothing to do with many things in real life, and there are counterexamples. The possibility is quite low. What will happen if there is no counterexample?”

"Then the noble meeting hall will become a brotherhood hall." Shang Jianyao made a serious guess.

Jiang Baimian laughed:

"This is unlikely. They have real conflicts with each other. As time goes by, they will find something wrong sooner or later."

Having said this, Jiang Baimian turned sideways, looked at Shang Jianyao, and asked seriously:

"What do you think you did wrong in this matter just now?"

Shang Jianyao thought for a while and said:

"I should send you away first!"

Jiang Baimian rolled his eyes:

"This is the wrong choice!"

She sighed and said helplessly:

"At least give me a look before you do it, don't make a surprise attack.

"If I had reacted slower just now, someone would have been killed!"

"Okay." Shang Jianyao agreed.

When they returned to the alley where the "Afu Gun Shop" was located, order in the city had been initially restored, and the obstacles blocking the entrance to the yard had been removed.

After Wei Yu and others were settled, they did not go out again and stayed in the room, listening to sporadic gunshots.

At five o'clock in the afternoon, the sky gradually darkened, and Weed Grass City finally returned to stability.

Shang Jianyao and others were divided into two groups, walked out of the alley and came to South Street to confirm the current situation.

At this time, there were people sitting in front of many smashed shops. They were either bending their backs, looking at the ground, sobbing quietly, or looking at the street in front of them, crying silently.

The streets were full of patrolling city defense troops, and many citizens and homeless people were there to help collect the corpses in order to get more food.

The dead were dragged away one by one, leaving blood-red traces on the ground.

Long Yuehong suddenly felt a little cold on her face, subconsciously raised her head and looked at the sky.

The low-hanging clouds were like lead, and crystal-clear ice fragments were falling downwards, more and more.

Long Yuehong stared at this scene in a daze, stretched out her right hand to pick it up, and said in a low voice:

"Snowing……"