Chapter 325

I'm afraid they'll run away.

When Lin Xian said this, not only Hu Lushou but even Sun Chang was stunned, looking at Lin Xian in disbelief.

Qian Dele and Mo Nika also looked at Lin Xian with strange expressions. They had thought that playing the role of a desert bandit was just talk, but how did he sound like he was not only more of a bandit than the bandit leader, but also planning to attack Ping'an County?

Kiki giggled on the side, her face full of cunning. Lin Xian's plans often seemed counter-intuitive but were actually very prescient.

Lin Xian knew clearly that the most dangerous thing was the dark night.

It was not certain that everyone could survive the night even by working together, but a stab in the back from a villain could very likely lead to the annihilation of the entire army.

Thousands of defensive measures could not compare to the destructive consequences brought about by Tang Hai and the Deep Red World digging up the tracks.

Next, the United Train was going to rush into the no-man's-land, and hidden dangers like the desert bandits were, of course, better eradicated as soon as possible. Humans were much smarter than strange entities when it came to causing trouble for their own kind.

He now had over four thousand people on the United Train, over a thousand armed personnel in tactical-grade power armor, plus countless berserker-grade superhumans. His firepower was even comparable to an interstellar military regiment; why be so cautious when dealing with desert bandits?

So the only thing he was worried about was not cleaning them out completely and leaving behind some lingering trouble.

Through the information packet data of J-ge's Iron Alliance Order, it could be discovered that these desert bandits all had their own territorial ranges. They were not a monolith among themselves, and their interests were complexly intertwined. It just so happened that Hu Lushou and the several major desert bandit gangs in the area near Akse were all involved, which for Lin Xian was exactly an opportunity.

"Lin Dui..." Hu Lushou's eyes widened: "What... what do you mean?"

"What day was your original evacuation plan?"

"The day after tomorrow."

"How many convoys?"

"Three, plus ours, makes four. The largest one, the Dawn Convoy, has over two hundred people and quite a bit of heavy weaponry. The remaining two, a Haven Convoy and an Akse Brotherhood, are both small convoys. Even adding all four convoys together, it's only four or five hundred people. I've checked; none of them have dark marks."

"You're quite cautious."

Lin Xian sat on the sofa, leaned forward, gestured for him to come closer, and then whispered his plan to him.

"Ah?!"

After hearing Lin Xian's words, Hu Lushou's eyes almost popped out: "This... this is really..."

Before he could finish, Lin Xian suddenly took out an object and gently dropped it into the wine glass in front of him, making a clinking sound, and said to him in a seductive tone:

"How about it, Boss Hu, shall we cooperate one more time?"

Seeing the object in the wine glass, Hu Lushou's pupils constricted, and he took a sharp breath: "Good! I, Hu Lushou, will go all out. Everything depends on you, Lin Dui!"

At 16:20, Lin Xian and his group came out of the Black Rose Bar, all covering their faces with sand-proof masks, and then drove back along the original route.

Outside Akse City, the setting sun was scorching, and the horizon was full of heat haze and glare.

Two off-road vehicles drove all the way through the Gobi gravel beach. In a hidden wind-sheltered dry river valley, a temporary camp consisting of two armored base vehicles and seven or eight vehicles of various types appeared in their field of vision.

Looking closely, the people in the camp were actually Chen Sixuan, Lv Chang, and others.

"Chen Laoshi, 3 o'clock direction, clear the airspace."

"Received."

Chen Sixuan, wearing a desert-colored windbreaker, calmly fired a shot from the top of the base vehicle in a squatting position toward the rear where Lin Xian's two off-road vehicles were coming from.

Boom!

The roar of the sniper rifle reverberated across the wilderness. Right in the air behind Lin Xian's vehicles, a small, stealthy drone suddenly exploded, bursting into a small cluster of fire in the sky.

Kiki looked back and couldn't help but frown: "How come I haven't been able to find the guy flying that drone? It's impossible to have a remote control signal that far away, right?"

Mo Nika in the back row smiled and said: "It's a superhuman, well-trained, good at hiding, hiding right behind that wind-eroded rock behind us."

"So that's how it is."

Clang, clang.

The two off-road vehicles stopped in front of the camp, and Lin Xian immediately let Lv Chang take people to pursue in the direction Mo Nika just mentioned.

"He has already run away; it should be impossible to catch up."

Seeing Lin Xian and the others come over, Chen Sixuan got off the vehicle and said cautiously.

Lin Xian looked back and said with a smile: "Since we discovered their drone, how could we not send someone to search for them?"

Xiang Xiang Ningjing, who got off the front vehicle, walked over with Xiaoqing and Abai. She scanned the camp and looked at Lin Xian curiously: "I thought you called people over because you were worried we would run into trouble in Akse and needed support, but it turns out you were using them to act?"

"No, no, no," Lin Xian smiled helplessly: "Sister Ning, don't think of me as so godlike. I was worried we would run into trouble from the beginning, so I had the team members hide around Akse to prepare for support. It's just that after learning about the situation inside, I changed my mind on the fly."

Qian Dele looked at Lin Xian in amazement: "So you discovered long ago that someone was following us the whole way, and you deliberately didn't deal with it?"

"Of course. You forgot Lin Xian is a mechanical superhuman; how could he not discover a drone following behind him?" Kiki yawned and said: "But that guy is like a lizard, not making a sound at all; it's really well-hidden."

Mo Nika walked up, adjusted her windproof scarf in the sand, and said softly: "These desert bandits have been following us since we left the Black Rose Bar. They saw us enter the basement and took us for a convoy allied with Hu Lushou, so naturally, they would investigate our background."

Lin Xian looked at her: "What else did you hear?"

Mo Nika crossed her arms and said with interest: "A lot. There was a discussion about whose butt and chest, mine or Xiang Xiang Ningjing's, were bigger and more elastic. There was also a discussion about how many of us women were your concubines, your sexual ability, Old Qian's sexual orientation, and Kiki's chest size. Every one of us women was discussed by them, and you men were all mocked by them. The tone and words were unbearable to the ear and extremely disgusting. Which part do you want to hear?"

As soon as these words were spoken, the air suddenly froze. Everyone looked at Mo Nika in astonishment, and the atmosphere became a bit awkward.

Mo Nika looked at the quiet crowd, shrugged, and laughed in a helpless tone: "So I said, I don't have the hobby of eavesdropping on others."

Sometimes knowing too much and hearing too much is a kind of distress. Fortunately, Mo Nika had a proud temperament. Unlike other women, she could accept the covetous words of men behind her back with a pleasant mindset, because in her view, this represented the embodiment of her personal charm, and it also allowed her to see through hypocritical human nature.

Ahem.

Lin Xian cleared his throat, breaking the silence: "Not those, mainly information about the desert bandits."

"They have indeed been eyeing the Fulu Shou convoy, that fat fish, and now they have also figured out the situation of the convoys cooperating with Hu Lushou," Mo Nika said seriously: "Anyway, as long as Hu Lushou makes any move, they are ready to kill the chicken to get the eggs at any time."

"Now they also regard us as one of the convoys that might be allied with Hu Lushou, which is why they sent people to follow us after we left the city to probe the situation, the reason being to scout out our scale and combat power."

Lin Xian nodded. At this time, Lv Chang brought a dozen people back from the pursuit and said with some shame:

"Lin Dui, the person... ran away."

"It's good that he ran away." Lin Xian let out a long sigh of relief.

"Ah?" Seeing Lin Xian's expression relax, Lv Chang was immediately confused. How could it be a good thing if they didn't catch the person?

Lin Xian scanned the Gobi wilderness that was about to enter the evening, composed his expression, and said to everyone:

"Alright, we should withdraw. Hu Lushou said the Gobi beach is dangerous after nightfall, and we also need to go back and prepare early."

Everyone seconded the motion. Soon, the engine roared in this temporary convoy camp, and they left in the billowing sand and dust.

Akse, Black Rose Bar, basement.

Hu Lushou's face was full of anxiety, pacing back and forth constantly.

"Damn it, damn it, I just want to make some money steadily, why is it so hard."

Sun Chang stood quietly on the side, speechless. It was the end of the world; how could there be any talk of stability? So she said coldly: "The sky is going to get dark, Boss."

"I know, I know!"

Hu Lushou's eyes changed urgently. Suddenly he stopped and looked at the glass on the low table.

Inside was a dark golden life information packet device — the Iron Alliance Order.

Hu Lushou knew better than anyone what this thing represented. Lin Xian had solved an Iron Alliance member, but he actually dared to enter Akse swaggeringly with a few people, which showed that the Iron Alliance's chain threat was useless to him, or that the Iron Alliance people didn't dare to touch him, or it could also mean that Lin Xian had cracked the identification problem of this information packet network.

No matter which one it was, it represented that Lin Xian's methods and his team's energy were definitely not ordinary.

At this time, Hu Lushou remembered that at the Hengshan Pass Stadium, Lin Xian directly manufactured a Roarer K23 electric rotary machine gun in front of him. At that time, he was stunned, which made him realize for the first time the horror of mechanical superhumans.

Thinking of this, Hu Lushou looked at the dark golden Iron Alliance Order, his eyes fixed:

"Call people."

Hearing this, Sun Chang turned and went out directly.

20 minutes later, in an independent private room of the Black Rose Bar, a dozen people were sitting. These people were mainly divided into four forces. The one with the most people was a force called the Dawn Convoy. The leader was a slightly chubby middle-aged man in his forties named Lu Zhao, wearing a tactical suit, his face like sunken gold, giving people a feeling of being serious and not smiling. His convoy had over two hundred people, with various electric heavy trucks and anti-aircraft weapons, which could be considered a medium-sized convoy with decent strength.

Another team consisted of three men and two women. Compared with the people in other convoys, they had an extra sense of tension. Their attire looked a bit messy, but their tactical flashlights, daggers, firearms, and water bottle belts were very neat. This convoy, named the Akse Brotherhood, was actually newly established not long ago. It was reassembled from several convoys that were shattered after encountering desert bandits and crises after entering the West Gobi. The leader was named Xie Guan. He was only in his thirties but already had a face full of vicissitudes. After his convoy was destroyed, he took the remaining people and united the broken small convoys around Akse, naming it the Akse Brotherhood. Now the number of people was gradually increasing, but their weapons, equipment, and team strength were still extremely mediocre.

The last team was a convoy called the Haven. This convoy didn't have many people, about sixty, but their vehicles and equipment were very good, and their combat power was not bad. The convoy captain, Wu Dapeng, was also a middle-aged man, who could be considered the most easy-going one in this room.

Hu Lushou sat opposite with his deputy Sun Chang and had his subordinates pour drinks for everyone.

"Boss Hu, isn't the evacuation the day after tomorrow? What are you calling us over for at this time?" Lu Zhao of the Dawn Convoy frowned, lowered his voice cautiously: "This afternoon, our people discovered the Sand Scorpion Gang in the area of the Broken Flow Valley. Those desert bandits have been eyeing Akse every day, not even hiding. There must be desert bandit people in this city. If the desert bandits know we are allied, we will be passive."

"It's fine." Hu Lushou smiled, patted his chest and said: "My convoy is still here, what are they worried about? Besides, I help them make so much money without spending a single soldier, that's their own ancestor. Which fool would cut off their own wealth??"

"Heh."

Lu Zhao snorted and looked at Hu Lushou: "It's fine if you fool others, but can't you be clear yourself? This toll is indeed an idea you came up with, but you, Boss Hu, are not irreplaceable to the desert bandits. They let you collect tolls here for more than two weeks. They probably planned to eat you up, bones and meat, long ago, and then collect it themselves. Why share twenty percent with you?"

He said, squinting his eyes and smiling: "Brother, you are staring at the lice on the tiger's body, but the tiger is staring at your life. Otherwise, you wouldn't be looking for us to unite and prepare to run away, right?"

The man named Xie Guan from the Akse Brotherhood also said at this time: "Now the convoys in the city are all united. Tomorrow at dawn, we will prepare to enter the no-man's-land. If there are no new convoys, only a few of our convoys will be left in the city. At such a time, we are discussing secretly. If the desert bandits notice anything, I'm afraid they will act rashly."

Wu Dapeng of the Haven Convoy looked at the few people with some worry: "We have at least five hundred people in total, right? Do those desert bandits really dare to rush the city directly?"

"Hmph!" Lu Zhao snorted coldly, his fat face trembling: "I said Captain Wu, our five hundred people are five hundred people with families, at most three hundred can come up to fight. The desert bandit convoys don't have the old, weak, sick, or disabled."

As soon as these words were spoken, Xie Guan and Wu Dapeng's faces sank. Wu Dapeng clicked his tongue and quickly looked at Hu Lushou: "Boss Hu, didn't you say you could contact the Red Demon Assault Team sent here by the Star Morning Garrison? How is it, is there any news?"

"Yeah."

Lu Zhao also said directly at this time: "Boss Hu, although we took some of your benefits, you said before that you knew a safe route to Hengda Spring City and could contact the Red Demon Assault Team. That's what I care about. Otherwise, how could we risk confronting the desert bandits to cooperate with you?"

What Lu Zhao said was the truth. His convoy's strength was not weak; he could completely choose to unite with other convoys or simply pay a toll and leave Akse directly. But he also knew that this toll was likely just a short-term experience card, and although uniting with other convoys was a good way, the thousands of kilometers of no-man's-land plus various rumors of strange entities made him really uneasy. Lu Zhao was used to fighting battles he was sure of, so he found Hu Lushou to buy some useful information, and that was how he was fooled into the alliance chariot.

The angle of the Akse Brotherhood was a bit different. They were a small convoy with weak strength and had no say in the convoy alliance. Joining this united convoy not only had benefits but also a big thigh to hug, so Xie Guan discussed it with the team, and everyone was willing to take such a risk. Even if they were really targeted by the desert bandits, they were all willing to risk their lives to fight the desert bandits to the death. Anyway, these people more or less had their own relatives and friends who died at the hands of the desert bandits, and each of them carried hatred for the desert bandits, making them the group that supported Hu Lushou the most.

"I'll just say it straight." Hu Lushou took out a high-pitched demeanor and said to everyone: "Calling everyone here before dark is to tell you that the Red Demon Assault Team can't come here. They are currently stationed in the Sand Snake Mouth area. Time waits for no one, so the evacuation plan needs to be changed!"

"Changed? When?"

Hu Lushou turned his eyes, made up his mind, and said: "Tomorrow."

"Tomorrow?" Lu Zhao frowned: "Really?"

"Really." Hu Lushou said seriously.

Wu Dapeng was very surprised: "Boss Hu, you... you wouldn't be thinking of transferring with those convoys before dawn, would you???"

His words also hit the thoughts of the other two convoys. Lu Zhao sank his face: "Boss Hu, those convoys won't pay attention to us."

"They won't." Hu Lushou waved his hand and said: "Didn't I say, I have a way..."

Lu Zhao looked at him with a scrutinizing eye: "Are you sure the Red Demon Assault Team will really meet us??"

"Everyone, rest assured." Hu Lushou smiled and signaled everyone to stay calm: "Since I arranged it this way, I definitely won't fight a battle I'm not sure of. Everyone, put your hearts in your stomachs. Tomorrow, each convoy will assemble according to the plan, prepare enough ammunition, and set off fully armed, but always keep alert. We should enter the Akse no-man's-land before noon."

As soon as these words were spoken, the atmosphere in the room suddenly became solemn.

Xie Guan of the Akse Brotherhood took the lead and nodded: "Good, Boss Hu, I will go back and arrange it immediately."

Lu Zhao looked at Hu Lushou with burning eyes. After a long time, he slapped his thigh and said: "Fine, since we are already allied, there's no need to worry about this or that. In this world, life and death are all a gamble. After passing this ghost gate, there's no guarantee the next one won't be a single-plank bridge. I've seen enough; I'm not afraid of anything!"

Wu Dapeng of the Haven Convoy was very nervous at this time: "There might be desert bandit people secretly watching in this city. If we assemble tomorrow, we will definitely attract attention, so I suggest we don't make too much noise tonight."

"Isn't that nonsense? How much noise can we make?" Lu Zhao was directly angered into laughter: "I can't even dodge those sand ants. If we encounter any strange entity tonight, that would be the real trouble."

After speaking, he looked at Xie Guan of the Akse Brotherhood: "Xie, your convoy had better drive into the city tonight and find a spacious place. If the situation from last night happens again, no one can save you."

Hearing this, Xie Guan remembered the encounter last night and nodded heavily.

"Good, then there's nothing else. Everyone, withdraw." After Lu Zhao finished speaking, he took the lead and left.

A secret alliance meeting ended just like that.

The sky was about to darken, and the atmosphere of the survivor convoys surrounding Akse gradually became oppressive. People in each convoy began to carefully check their vehicles, even sealing the air intake channels of the cars with sponge-like items. After some convoys distributed food and supplies in advance, they had already boarded the vehicles one after another, locking the armor and doors.

In the basement of the Black Rose Bar, Hu Lushou was constantly collecting his 'property'.

Relying on his bright brain, in just two weeks, Hu Lushou earned hundreds of blood essences and various rare materials and exquisite goods.

Actually, there was one point the desert bandits didn't know, or didn't care about, which was that Hu Lushou didn't charge every convoy according to the 5 people per 1 blood essence fee. Many times it was a cheap form, or a slight exchange of interests. He gave out that 'safety badge', which was why the many convoys that came to Akse didn't have obvious antagonistic emotions toward Hu Lushou's convoy.

For large convoys, this 'safety badge' could also be considered something to avoid some trouble, and by the way, they could get some useful information from Hu Lushou. In contrast, giving up a little benefit was completely acceptable.

And for small convoys, even if they got this 'safety badge', they wouldn't feel at ease at all. In the end, they still had to seek alliance with other convoys. So from a certain perspective, Hu Lushou could be considered to have done a good deed. To pass through the no-man's-land, alliance was the best way to improve the survival rate, and the desert bandits were just one of many troubles.

"Tomorrow might be a fierce battle." Sun Chang stood at the door of the basement and said in that flat tone again.

"Nonsense..." Hu Lushou took a deep breath: "We still have to find a relatively safe base to show our ambitions. In this world, before we have strength, everyone treats me as a fat sheep."

As he spoke, his mouth twitched, and he looked at his supplies with tears in his eyes: "Pity me... I earned so much, but heaven hasn't let me enjoy any of it yet..."

While Hu Lushou was talking, he picked up a bottle of expensive whiskey at hand and took a fierce gulp.

Sun Chang rolled her eyes at him, then turned around directly and began to arrange for her subordinates to prepare for the evacuation.

At this time, on the desert Gobi beach under the setting sun, a car quietly drove out of Akse and headed to an abandoned motel in the distance of the highway.

Screech, the car swept up a cloud of smoke and dust, stopped, the door opened, two figures observed the surroundings, and then walked in.

The dilapidated abandoned motel was already a mess, with a few dried-up corpses lying sporadically on the ground, and yellow sand covered all kinds of tables and chairs. At this time, the person who walked into the motel was none other than Wu Dapeng of the Haven Convoy and one of his subordinates.

He changed his previous easy-going expression, his eyes carried a bit of gloom, then he walked to the center of the motel lobby, stood for a moment, and then said: "Don't hide, it's almost dark, hurry up and get things done."

At this time, in the corner, a figure that almost overlapped with the environment suddenly moved. Light and shadow changed on his body, and a bald young man with a face full of tattoos appeared in the line of sight. This person could actually change his body color like a chameleon!

The bald young man was chewing gum, and as soon as he came out, he said:

"Speak."

"Hu changed the plan, wants to run tomorrow, the time is tomorrow morning, go back and notify the big brother immediately!" Wu Dapeng said with a fierce look in his eyes.

The bald young man looked confused: "Together with other convoys?"

"No, he wants to take the Sand Snake Mouth, saying he contacted the Red Demon Assault Team."

"Fart!" The bald young man laughed wildly: "There are people who believe such ghost stories. That place is full of our people, hahaha!"

"I didn't expose him. This guy wanted to run long ago. Now he's fooling a few convoys to tie them up and wants to slip away. He really thinks we are fools." Wu Dapeng smiled and said: "Wanting to get benefits from our Sand Scorpion Gang and the Red Vulture Group and walk away, the big brother guessed this move long ago, but the big brother thinks this method is good, let him open the way for us, and just keep his life for a few more days."

The bald young man nodded: "Done, I'll rush back now. Tomorrow, let them not be able to run out of Akse. I heard this guy is super fat now. These hundreds of people are definitely enough for us to eat for half a month."

"Another thing is that Dawn team, seems to have some strength."

Wu Dapeng sneered: "It's fine, when the time comes, I'll cooperate from the inside and outside, these few people won't be able to jump for long."

"By the way." After speaking, Wu Dapeng looked at the bald young man: "How is the background of the convoy I asked you to follow? They have been in contact with Hu, maybe they were also fooled onto the pirate ship by Hu."

"Cut!"

The bald young man sneered: "A car full of handsome men and beautiful women, I thought it was some awesome convoy that raised people so well, but it turns out to be a small convoy, the number of people adds up to no more than 40!"

"Are you sure?" Wu Dapeng frowned slightly: "When I was at the bar, I felt this group of people was very unusual. To have so few people, wouldn't they be an elite convoy of superhuman masters?"

"Bragging!"

The bald young man said disdainfully: "I followed for thirty miles with a drone and didn't find me, what kind of superhuman master? I specifically checked, their camp has a dozen vehicles, two large vehicles have decent configurations, and apart from that, it's a bunch of new recruits, can't even catch my shadow. If the boss hadn't said not to alert the enemy, I could have sent a few away on the spot!"

After hearing this, Wu Dapeng's eyes lit up: "Damn, fortunately didn't alert the enemy, damn, the quality of the women in this group is too high."

"How about it?" The bald young man looked at Wu Dapeng with interest: "Aren't you worried that this group of people will unite with Hu?"

"Tsk!"

Wu Dapeng glared at him angrily: "I'm afraid they'll run away!"

(End of this chapter)