Chapter 323: Aksai! (Begging for the minimum monthly ticket for the start of the month!)

Two vehicles advanced along the Gobi Desert beside the railway toward Aksai. The tires crushed gravel and yellow sand, and the vibration of the engines caused the sand, stones, and withered grass along the way to shake.

At this moment, the two moving vehicles turned and drove up a hillside, parking beneath a massive wind-eroded rock. Afterward, everyone got out and walked to the edge of a cliff overlooking a sand dune. In their field of vision, a town appeared in the vast wilderness in the distance, sitting lonely in the center of a large expanse of Gobi Desert. This Aksai had a national highway and a northern rail line passing through it; it was slightly larger than the previous Luo Bu Town, and the entire town was covered by wind and sand, sharing the same color tone as the Gobi.

There were no high-rise buildings; the vast majority were old, low-slung Western-style houses. Some of the more modernized roads and streets were now desolate, occupied by yellow sand.

Several people took out electronic binoculars and looked toward Aksai City. The town looked barren, but quite a few vehicle convoys were stationed there at the moment. Lin Xian adjusted the direction of his binoculars to observe outside Aksai City. Along the national highway, he saw a succession of survivor convoys fleeing, huddled together near an abandoned gas station. Observing this, the situation was different from what Lin Xian had anticipated when he heard the radio.

"Didn't they say other convoys and armed personnel were forbidden from entering the city?" Xiang Ningjing held up her electronic binoculars and spoke in a deep voice: "It looks like no one is paying attention."

"Abai?"

Abai shook his head, indicating he hadn't discovered anything.

Qian Dele said: "These convoys should all be ordinary ones, but they are all gathered here; perhaps it also has a little to do with the Sand Bandit Alliance."

"Are you saying they are wary?" Mo Nika asked.

Qian Dele said indifferently: "Not necessarily wary. Some might just find it troublesome. There are zombies everywhere here, the Spirit-Wavering Value is not low, and strange entities will definitely appear at night. After passing Aksai, there are thousands of kilometers of no-man's-land. It's best to hurry during the day, so for people like us, the less trouble, the better. That group of sand bandits has also figured out this mindset of the survivors."

Mo Nika put down her binoculars and said faintly: "With so many large convoys gathered here, they don't look like they take the sand bandits seriously."

Lin Xian looked at Kiki, who was operating her mobile terminal, and asked: "How is it?"

"Hehe, you guessed right. This Iron Alliance Order is really the same as the Phoenix Order; it can receive information packets from nearby areas. Many similar signal characteristics have appeared near Aksai." Kiki tapped her finger and continued: "There are none inside Aksai, though. It looks like they don't dare to attack Aksai directly."

Lin Xian nodded: "Sand bandits, after all. Harassing and bullying small convoys is fine, but with dozens of convoys and at least one or two thousand people stationed here, unless the sand bandits have lost their minds, they wouldn't come to attack this place."

Xiang Ningjing frowned: "Then this Fulu Shou convoy still dares to collect road tolls here?"

"Seeing is believing, hearing is doubting." Lin Xian's gaze fixed on the distant town, and he manufactured a signal antenna several meters high behind him: "But since they dare to put out such words in front of so many convoys, there must be a reason."

After saying this, Lin Xian pressed his communicator, debugging the signal communication with the United Train.

"Test, Chen Laoshi, can you hear me?"

"Static... Lin Xian, I can hear you."

"Shi Dage."

"Eh, Lin Xianwei, go ahead."

After connecting the signal with the United Train through the signal pillars he had manufactured along the way, Lin Xian arranged directly: "Shi Dage, Chen Laoshi, the United Train can drive another 100 li forward, and then, as discussed before, organize 10 assault teams. I will give you the coordinates in a moment; operate separately."

"Got it!"

Immediately, Lin Xian stood up and said to everyone: "Our people are coming. Let's go, let's go into the city and meet that old friend."

"I heard there's actually a bar in this barren land; that's really interesting." Qian Dele became interested: "It's certainly much freer than living in the Polar Night."

Mo Nika walked to the car, and just as she was about to get in, she suddenly said to Lin Xian: "Wait for me a moment."

After saying this, she directly activated her power armor and stepped out, took off her inner lining, changed into a desert sun-protective windbreaker, put on sunglasses, and wrapped a sand-proof scarf around her neck. Lin Xian was stunned—this woman actually kept casual clothes in her power armor...

The two off-road vehicles started up again, speeding through the wind and sand toward Aksai City. On the wilderness, heat waves surged, and scattered wandering zombies kept lunging toward the vehicles.

*Swish! Swish! *

At this moment, two silver cold blades flew out, spinning like a storm and skimming along the horizon, instantly slicing the zombies attacking from both sides of the convoy clean.

Kiki, sitting in the passenger seat, had her eyes glowing with the fluctuations of psychokinesis, the corners of her mouth lifting: "So useful."

Lin Xian frowned as he looked at her: "Where were you carrying those? How come I didn't notice?"

"On the roof, obviously." Kiki pointed upward: "I only brought two to test them out."

Lin Xian smiled: "This move is not bad; it's a top-tier way to clear monster tides and zombie tides."

"I just don't know if they can cut through those strange entities. I'll test it out when the time comes," Kiki responded.

Mo Nika sat in the back seat, listening to their conversation, a smile on her face: "Lin Dui, how come everyone who follows you is so formidable? How do you recruit your team members?"

"Recruit?" Hearing the word recruit, Lin Xian recalled when he was in Jiang City, he had posted to recruit members for the Infinite Train Project, but he hadn't found a single one. Chen Sixuan and Kiki were, to some extent, outside the plan.

He drove the car and responded: "No, we just met along the way."

A glare came from ahead. As the two off-road vehicles approached the outskirts of the city, many eyes watching through binoculars fell upon them. Looking around, the area outside Aksai City was covered in sun-dried zombie corpses. Some convoys had their camps stationed at the gas stations or motels outside, while a larger portion had driven directly into the city, stationed in streets large and small.

The cars rolled over the sand and stones, beginning to traverse the cracked town roads. On both sides of the road and on some rooftops, various survivor sentries holding guns cast their eyes toward them. These convoys had gathered from different places, each forming their own camps, with no communication between them. However, as a tacit understanding among travelers, just by looking at the vehicles, one could roughly know the style of a convoy. Anyone with a discerning eye could see that Lin Xian's two off-road vehicles were not their main vehicles for fleeing east, but were there to scout the path.

This situation was not uncommon. Many cautious convoys would scout ahead before the main convoy drove in. Places like Aksai were a mix of fish and dragons at the moment, all there to rest temporarily or gather information; there wouldn't be any overly lively scenes.

Lin Xian followed Xiang Ningjing's vehicle, turning here and there, and finally found the Black Rose Bar next to an old market. The street was full of parked vehicles. If it weren't for the bar's old sign being covered in yellow sand, the surrounding dilapidation, and the fact that those vehicles had all undergone various doomsday modifications, one might suddenly think this was a bustling street before the doomsday.

There were many fully armed survivors next to the parked vehicles on the street, all personnel from various convoys. As soon as Lin Xian and the others got out of the car, they attracted many gazes because this group was too young, and their appearance and makeup were completely unlike the weathered look of people fleeing for months in the doomsday. Strange looks were cast frequently.

"Is this a real bar or just a front? Why do I feel a bit uncomfortable..." Qian Dele looked at the people constantly entering and exiting the bar entrance, his face full of strangeness.

Mo Nika lifted her face, her eyes under her sunglasses observing the surroundings: "Indeed a bit. I'm very curious, what do they do here at night?"

"Let's go in and see," Xiang Ningjing said.

Lin Xian and the others walked up. Two big men in power armor stood at the entrance of the bar, raising their hands to block the way, and then one of them pointed at Xiaoqing in the group.

"Sorry, weapons cannot be brought inside."

Several of them were ability users, and only Xiaoqing was carrying a gun-blade, so she was stopped.

Xiaoqing looked at Xiang Ningjing and said directly: "I'll guard the car."

After saying this, she turned and returned to the car.

"That works too." Xiang Ningjing nodded, and then the two big men immediately let them pass.

As soon as they walked into the Black Rose Bar, the scene before them suddenly opened up. Unlike the yellow sand and dilapidated sign at the entrance, the interior, which had originally been abandoned, had actually been cleaned up by someone. A scent of alcohol mixed with the yellow sand of the journey immediately rushed toward them. The bar was lit with dim yellow lights, and the individual tables and the bar counter were full of people. The bartenders at the bar were two men wearing sunglasses, and the waitresses were several beautiful women.

But judging by their attire, it was clear they were all playing temporary roles, and the people who came in were also there with some purpose, each quietly drinking the limited types of alcohol available here.

Just as Lin Xian was marveling at this incomprehensible operation by Hu Lushou, a waitress with a tattoo on her face walked over, her eyes full of an expression that killing zombies was easier than doing this job, and she said impatiently to the group:

"A few of you, this way please."

Saying this, she led Lin Xian and the others toward the back.

Lin Xian followed behind the waitress, observing his surroundings, while also noticing many gazes falling upon them. At this moment, he noticed an unusual gaze, and immediately looked sideways, discovering a youth wrapped in a sand-proof mask sitting alone in a corner, watching him without moving. Those eyes were long and narrow like electricity, giving people a sharp and indifferent feeling.

Lin Xian paid special attention to this youth. He was dressed like a sand-traveler, with a pack beside him; other than that, there was nothing else around him.

Besides this, Lin Xian also noticed several quite unfriendly gazes, but when he looked over, those people withdrew their gazes.

The waitress led Lin Xian and the others to a booth toward the inside and sat them down, then took out a card and threw it on the table, on which three types of alcohol were written.

Whiskey, Rum, Brandy.

"We aren't here to drink," Lin Xian said bluntly: "I'm looking for your boss."

The waitress scanned the entire bar and said to Lin Xian: "None of them are here to drink."

"Then what do you mean by giving us this?" Kiki asked.

"If I'm not mistaken, these three types of alcohol represent three different meanings, right?" Mo Nika picked up the card and said calmly to the waitress: "Buy supplies, buy information, road toll?"

The waitress glanced at her: "Yes."

Xiang Ningjing looked puzzled: "You really collect road tolls?"

"Doesn't matter, whether you pay or not is up to you," the waitress said bluntly: "If you are strong enough, you don't need to consider it."

Qian Dele smiled upon hearing this and looked at the others, whispering with a smile: "Sure enough, the radio was just alarmist."

Lin Xian understood and pointed directly at the whiskey.

*Clap. *

The waitress threw down a pen, signaling Lin Xian to write on it himself.

Lin Xian thought for a moment and wrote his requirements on the card. The waitress picked it up, took one look, and immediately frowned, looking at Lin Xian with an extremely strange expression: "Are you sure?"

"I'm sure."

"Alright... fine."

It was the first time the waitress had seen such strange supply requirements. Her eyes kept scanning the group, and then she walked to the bar, gave a few instructions, and walked into a small door.

Not long after, another waitress brought up six glasses of iced whiskey. Mo Nika smiled and picked up a glass to look at it: "Not bad, it actually looks the part."

Kiki picked it up and took a sip: "Hmm, not bad. It seems this guy has managed to get quite a lot of supplies; even the alcohol has so many varieties."

Xiang Ningjing looked around: "There are quite a few people..."

"Those who come here all know a bit about the sand bandits. After passing Aksai, there is a large no-man's-land. Even if our train doesn't stop, it will take at least a day and a night to reach Quancheng. So, those who come here are all a bit cautious, scouting for information or joining a group; it's better than blindly entering the no-man's-land, right?" Qian Dele crossed his arms and analyzed calmly.

"Abai." Lin Xian looked at Abai, who was silent on the side: "Dark Mark, can you feel it?"

Abai put down his glass and nodded at Lin Xian: "Yes, many."

Xiang Ningjing said upon hearing this: "Now that there is a detection method for the Dark Mark, it's not easy to join a group. Others will check if your convoy members have the Dark Mark; otherwise, it's just inviting trouble for yourself."

Qian Dele nodded: "Without the protection of a large convoy, if you carry the Dark Mark, you can only find a way to deal with it yourself."

"But not every convoy is worth joining."

Lin Xian looked at Mo Nika, the lush who was tasting the wine on the side. Others hadn't even really started drinking, but she had already downed one in a single gulp.

"Mo Nika, can you help me keep an eye on a few people?"

"Oh~" Mo Nika looked at him with interest: "Tell me, let's see if it's the same as what I guessed."

Lin Xian lowered his voice and told her, and Mo Nika's eyes lit up: "Bingo!"

"Lin Dui, what did you notice?" Xiang Ningjing asked at this moment.

Lin Xian looked at her and spoke softly:

"Sand bandits."

Xiang Ningjing immediately frowned.

In a secret basement of the bar, it was brightly lit. The floor was covered with heavy carpets, and the corners were piled with various supplies. An old-fashioned fan was whirring. Hu Lushou, dressed in shorts and a shirt, was currently putting strange blood crystals into a metal box with a solemn expression.

"98, 99, 100..."

"Damn it."

Hu Lushou bared his big gold teeth and spat, then put away the metal box. Facing so many first-level blood crystals, he didn't seem happy at all; instead, he looked worried.

And there were several such metal boxes placed in the basement at this moment.

Hu Lushou paced anxiously, staring from time to time at a special communicator on a low table, but the light on it kept flashing red.

*Bang*, the heavy alloy door was opened. This basement was originally a small anti-nuclear shelter; after all, Aksai was a former nuclear test town, and many test sites for atomic weapons were in secret bases somewhere here.

The person who walked in at this moment was none other than his deputy, Sun Chang.

The mechanical arm on Sun Chang's body seemed to have undergone a systematic upgrade, and her whole body had been replaced with red armor components, looking much more powerful.

"Boss."

"Don't bother me, I'm annoyed." Hu Lushou sat on the messy sofa, his face full of ferocity.

"An acquaintance has come knocking." Sun Chang walked over with a cold face and handed a card to Hu Lushou with her mechanical arm.

Hu Lushou felt puzzled, looked at the card, paused, and then snatched it and took a look.

"Order 1000 Spark Type-26 fully automatic tactical rifles? Which idiot..."

Before the word "idiot" could come out, Hu Lushou's eyes immediately narrowed, and he looked up at Sun Chang and then at the card in his hand.

"Who gave this to you??"

"They are right outside, three men and four women. The Spirit-Wavering Value fluctuations are very high. Although not at peak, but... just these 7 people are enough to flip our bar over," Sun Chang said indifferently.

The expression in Hu Lushou's eyes kept changing, and he hurriedly shouted at Sun Chang: "Quick, quick, invite them all in!!"

Sun Chang glanced at him, said nothing, and turned to leave.

Hu Lushou was suddenly so anxious he paced the room. He prepared to hide the boxes containing the blood crystals, but after thinking about it, he dismissed the idea. Instead, he tidied up his clothes, swept the messy sofa clean, then found a bottle of fine alcohol from his private cabinet and hurriedly took out several glass cups.

Not long after, footsteps came from the stairs. Hu Lushou looked back and saw Sun Chang leading Lin Xian and the others into the basement.

"Wow, such a large space down here." Kiki looked around curiously as soon as she entered.

Hu Lushou heard this voice and immediately confirmed the other party's identity: "Captain Lin?"

Lin Xian took off his wind-proof mask and looked at Hu Lushou, who was dressed in shorts and a shirt, and couldn't help but say: "Boss Hu, as expected of you, doing business even with the sand bandits."

*Buzz~ Clack! *

The alloy blast-proof door slowly closed. In the spacious basement, Lin Xian, Kiki, Qian Dele, Mo Nika, Xiang Ningjing, and Abai were invited by Hu Lushou to sit in the reception area. He then hurriedly poured alcohol for them, his face full of smiles: "Captain Lin, oh my, that's great, how did you end up here?"

"We were about to ask you that," Kiki said, slamming the table and getting straight to the point: "Speak, what's this about collecting road tolls for the sand bandits?"

As soon as the words fell, everyone's eyes turned to Hu Lushou.

Sun Chang stood on the side, still with a poker face.

Hu Lushou paused in his pouring of the alcohol, gave a sheepish smile, and said: "Everyone is an old acquaintance, I won't hide it from you. Actually, it's like this..."

He cleared his throat, came to the sofa on the side, sat down, and said: "This place is rampant with sand bandits, and recently they even formed some kind of alliance. It's notorious, and evil winds are blowing everywhere. I don't know how many convoys have been looted, robbed, killed, and raped by them. I, upholding the perspective of maintaining justice, resolutely stood up, swearing to..."

"Tell the truth."

Sun Chang on the side suddenly spoke coldly, not giving her boss any face.

Lin Xian looked at Hu Lushou and smiled. He looked at the time on his watch and said: "It's about to get dark, don't waste time. I just want to know what the deal is with this road toll. If possible, learning a bit about the sand bandits' movements would also be nice."

Hu Lushou's eyes changed slightly: "Actually, it's not complicated. I encountered sand bandits as soon as I got here. However, I negotiated with them, saying I could help them collect road tolls. As long as the convoys pay the road toll, they will be given a special signal device. Later, when going to Quancheng, the sand bandits along the way will turn a blind eye. That's what it means."

"So to save your own life, you cooperated with the sand bandits?" Xiang Ningjing said with a cold expression.

"That's not the right way to put it!"

Hu Lushou immediately stood up and retorted: "You don't know, ever since I reached this deal with the Sand Bandit Iron Alliance, the number of attacks on the Western Gobi has decreased by at least 70%. 70%, everyone! Not to mention building a temple for me, at least you should be grateful."

Lin Xian chuckled upon hearing this, then stood up too: "I don't know about a temple, but the group of sand bandits around Aksai should have prepared an iron temple for you to go in and get comfortable."

After saying this, he made a move to leave.

"Captain Lin, save me!"

Who would have thought that before Lin Xian's words had even faded, Hu Lushou's smug expression changed instantly. He knelt on the ground with a *thump*, immediately showing a pleading expression: "Don't go, don't go, I'll confess, I'll confess everything, okay?"

"Wow, you kneel fast." Kiki said in surprise.

The others were also somewhat stunned.

On the contrary, Hu Lushou's deputy, Sun Chang, had a look of disgust, as if she had seen her boss kneel many times before.

After Lin Xian sat back down, Hu Lushou hurriedly stood up, his expression complex as he said:

"I'll tell the truth. Captain Lin, you might not believe it, but I do this, besides making money and saving my life, for one more reason: to help those small convoys find a way to live."

Lin Xian looked at him: "Do you believe that yourself?"

"Those are sand bandits. Will they keep their word?" Qian Dele said with a sneer: "Even if they do, 5 people for one blood crystal, you are profiting from the bandits' disaster."

Hu Lushou sighed and said: "Of course I know sand bandits can't be trusted."

"Then you still..."

Hu Lushou raised his hand, signaling for him to finish.

He pushed away the cup on the low table, revealing a map of Aksai underneath, and then pointed at the map:

"Because of the No. 5 Star Abyss, Haiqu can no longer be traveled, so Aksai is the main traffic artery to Quancheng. Of course I know 5 people for one blood crystal is expensive, and I also know that even if they pay the blood crystal, those sand bandits won't restrain themselves at all. It's nothing more than the few large bandit groups nearby behaving steadily because they were paid the road toll, but the ones in other places won't. They call themselves an alliance—bah, how could a group of doomsday thugs have any morality?"

"But the key is that as long as these survivor convoys gather in Aksai, whether they pay the road toll or just rest, with so many convoys here, those sand bandits don't dare to come and harass or loot. After all..." He said, glancing at Lin Xian, feeling a bit guilty: "There are still quite a few people who paid the road toll..."

After saying this, he immediately became solemn: "So the convoys here, regardless of whether they pay the road toll or not, can do one thing."

"What thing?" Kiki asked.

"Form an alliance!" Hu Lushou slammed the table, his expression serious: "Because those sand bandits actually only target small and medium-sized convoys. They don't dare to provoke any large convoy. So if small and medium-sized convoys can unite here, they can be much safer."

"Oh~" Kiki looked at him with interest: "So you mean you provided such a platform, and on the surface, you are collecting road tolls, but in reality, you are reminding passing convoys that there are bandits here, letting them come to huddle together for warmth and overcome the difficulties together?"

"Exactly!" Hu Lushou clapped his hands, showing a touched expression that his painstaking efforts had finally been recognized.

Lin Xian looked at him: "We encountered those sand bandits before. They were engaged in kidnapping and looting, and the weapons in their hands were not ordinary goods. There must be a large organization supporting them behind the scenes. If so, why would they agree to cooperate with you?"

Hu Lushou smiled upon hearing this: "Actually, sand bandits aren't stupid. Whoever they cooperate with is for the sake of profit. Kidnapping and looting requires weapons and killing people. On my side, they can collect benefits without firing a single shot. If I were a sand bandit, I would agree too."

"Also," Hu Lushou said, suddenly leaning in, his expression serious:

"The people in those large convoys outside actually don't take the sand bandits seriously at all, because the biggest danger in this place is not the sand bandits."

"You mean the dark night?"

Hu Lushou nodded: "The Western Gobi has a big problem: sandstorms. Even during the day, strange entities appear in sandstorms. The most numerous among them is something called sand ants. Those things are endless. Even if the Interstellar Military were here, they would have to hide obediently. Moreover, any open wilderness is highly likely to have strange entities. It's very difficult to avoid the Dark Mark. Previously, someone who luckily found the right direction and escaped back from the no-man's-land saw some kind of terrifying atmospheric creature there, swallowing people and cars into the sky..."

He spoke more and more seriously, saying to Lin Xian: "And, I know a piece of intelligence: in the no-man's-land, a Forbidden Item has appeared!"

"Forbidden Item?!"

As soon as these words were spoken, Lin Xian, Kiki, and the others all exclaimed in surprise.

"Yes," Hu Lushou said in a mysterious tone: "Because of this, the Federation's Angel Project sent people over, and an organization specializing in researching Forbidden Items, called... Divine Revelation, has also appeared here in Aksai, acting very secretively!"

"Divine Revelation? I've heard of this name," Mo Nika said, crossing her arms: "It also separated from the Angel Project and belongs to the Advent Sect, but this organization is quite mysterious, and I haven't heard it mentioned many times."

Lin Xian nodded: "I've heard of it too."

Hu Lushou said at this moment: "That's why I said the sand bandits are not the most troublesome problem. Now, once it gets dark, no matter if you have a Dark Mark on you or not, you absolutely cannot move. Even the most notorious sand bandits have to obediently hide in their burrows."

Lin Xian looked at Xiang Ningjing. Their eyes met. In their view, this information was even more important than the sand bandits.

"It seems that this no-man's-land from Aksai to Quancheng is the biggest trouble for us," Xiang Ningjing said.

"Boss Hu, what are the specific characteristics of these sand ants?" Lin Xian asked Hu Lushou.

"This..."

"They eat people." At this moment, Sun Chang, who had been silent on the side, suddenly spoke: "When sand ants pass, the wind rolls and devours. You can only hide in the car, and you must be tightly protected. Once they drill in, there won't be a bone left."

"Right, right, right!" Hu Lushou nodded vigorously: "That's not the most terrifying thing. Deep in that no-man's-land, there are many strange entities you can't imagine, a hundred and twenty times more terrifying than what we encountered at Hengshan Pass!!!"

Lin Xian exhaled a long breath upon hearing this and looked at Hu Lushou: "Thank you for the information, Boss Hu. Tell me, how do you want me to help you?"

Seeing Lin Xian satisfied, Hu Lushou immediately put on a difficult expression and said: "Now here, I receive many blood crystals every day. Every three days, people from the Sand Scorpion Gang and the Red Vulture Group come to collect their share of the road tolls. If I leave, then these small convoys, wouldn't they..."

Lin Xian raised his hand to stop him: "Cut the useless talk. You are trying to save your own life now."

Hu Lushou, who had just wanted to be sentimental, gave a sheepish smile: "Nothing else, Captain Lin. Now, this brother of mine is riding a tiger and can't get off. Although I only took 20% of the benefits, if I leave, those sand bandits will definitely not let me go. They will definitely kill the donkey after the mill is done and want to eat my whole group. So I have contacted several convoys, wanting to..."

"Wanting to join a large group with them and then retreat?" Kiki smiled.

Hu Lushou nodded.

"Oh, that's unfortunate," Mo Nika said politely at this moment: "Just now we already scouted that your plan has been exposed. Now there are at least three sand bandit team scouts in the bar watching you. Even if the whole city runs away, they won't let you run."

"Who told you to be so fat?" Qian Dele looked at the room full of rare supplies and those boxes of blood crystals, unable to help but click his tongue: "You are quite a talent, taking on such a job on the tip of a knife."

"Captain Lin, save me!"

Before everyone could react, Hu Lushou knelt on the ground again with a *thump*. Even Sun Chang couldn't stand it anymore, closed her eyes, and said:

"Captain Lin and the others want information about the sand bandits."

Hu Lushou stopped crying halfway, raised his head, and looked at Lin Xian: "Lin... Captain Lin, these few groups of sand bandits add up to at least five or six hundred people, and they have quite a few weapons in their hands. You can't possibly be their opponent."

Based on Hu Lushou's understanding of Lin Xian, one Infinite Train, although it had heavy artillery and ability masters, only had thirty people in the whole group. How could they fight those sand bandits?

"That's why."

Lin Xian said seriously: "With your caution, you must have investigated the stronghold information of those sand bandits who came to collect road tolls, right?"

"You... what are you doing? Aren't you afraid these sand bandits will unite..." Hu Lushou said with a puzzled expression.

Lin Xian shook his head and looked at Hu Lushou earnestly:

"I'm afraid they'll run away."

(End of chapter)