Chapter 856: Small City

Two days later.

Yellow sand flew, sand grains fell on the highway, and an off-road jeep sped past, kicking up large clouds of dust, the tires crunching over the sand grains.

In the driver's seat, Su Xiao yawned. He had been driving for two days, and at this moment, he was driving on a highway in a no-man's-land. This car was Ma Fatty's heart and soul, and the off-road performance was quite good.

Su Xiao picked up the electronic navigation map on the passenger seat. He was already very close to his destination.

A gust of wind blew, and a cloud of yellow sand slapped against the windshield, making a clattering sound.

After driving for another hour, a concrete bridge appeared ahead. The guardrails on both sides of the concrete wall had been forcibly removed, and an old SUV was parked diagonally on the stone bridge. The car windows were covered in fine sand, making it impossible to see the situation inside the car.

From a distance, the gap on one side of the stone bridge was enough for a car to pass through, but in reality, it was absolutely impossible to drive through unless you rammed it hard.

"Hey~"

In front of the old SUV, a woman covered in dust waved her arms. Her lips were dry and cracked, as if her car had broken down and she was trapped in the no-man's-land.

Su Xiao slowed down the car, and the woman immediately ran up, lying on the car window beside Su Xiao, slapping the window while shouting things like "help me."

Su Xiao turned his head to look at the woman, secretly thinking that her acting was really good. This person hadn't had a drop of water for at least 10 hours.

Su Xiao opened the car window, and the woman breathed a sigh of relief, leaning forward.

"My car broke down, help..."

The woman's expression gradually stiffened, her hands slowly raised, and she retreated.

"How can I help you?"

Su Xiao's elbow rested on the car window, and he was holding a pistol in his hand.

"No, nothing. Just trying to make a living. Offended."

The woman made a gesture to the old SUV, and the old SUV started immediately, driving away from the stone bridge. The woman put her hands together as she retreated, as if apologizing.

Su Xiao started the engine and drove away. As soon as Su Xiao left, the woman pulled a bottle of water from her waist and drank it in large gulps.

"Thirsty to death. Waited for a day, didn't wait for the rabbit, but waited for a 'lion'. Bad luck."

The woman dropped the empty water bottle in her hand. Suddenly, her legs bent, her arms curled, and she pulled a dagger from her brown leather boot.

Swoosh~

The dagger was thrown by the woman, her movements skillful. The dagger nailed into the sand beside her, and a gray snake more than a meter long twisted its body, pierced through the head by the dagger, and nailed to the ground.

"Today's dinner is you."

The woman touched her face covered in dust. Soon, the old SUV drove back, still blocking the stone bridge in the original way.

Locals called this stone bridge the "Money-Losing Bridge," meaning if you want to pass through here, you have to lose money to avoid disaster.

By the time you reach this area, it's no longer considered domestic. This no-man's-land in the border crack is almost a lawless place. Poaching organizations, drug lords, organized robber groups, etc., are very active in this lawless place.

There are no resources here, just yellow sand everywhere. The most valuable things are those wild animals. Therefore, no country would go to war over this barren area in the border crack. Moreover, the existence of this place happens to satisfy the needs of certain big shots.

A lawless place doesn't mean there are no rules. On the contrary, the special rules here are more like a jungle. For example, the group of robbers Su Xiao encountered, they only extort money and property, leaving the victims with some food, drinking water, and enough gasoline to reach civilized areas. As for other things, they all belong to them.

Continuing to drive for three hours, a checkpoint appeared ahead, and several soldiers wearing green uniforms and holding rifles stood in front of the checkpoint.

These soldiers didn't belong to any country but belonged to the local faction. There were 6 soldiers in total, coming from four different countries.

Su Xiao's car was intercepted, and two soldiers holding rifles blocked the front, while the other four soldiers vaguely formed a surrounding posture.

Don't think this is an ambush for Su Xiao; anyone who comes here, they are all like this.

Su Xiao lowered the car window, holding a roll of brand-new currency in his hand.

A soldier stepped forward quickly. Seeing the red currency, his vigilance clearly relaxed a bit.

"Gaba Tema, *****."

The soldier said something, but Su Xiao couldn't understand it at all. This should be the language of some small South American country.

A soldier blocking in front of the car stepped forward and said in broken Chinese: "You, good, carry firearms, enter city, fee, increase 3,000."

Su Xiao took off his tea-colored sunglasses, opened the storage box on the passenger seat, took out a bundle of currency, and pulled out about one-third.

After collecting the money, several soldiers stuck a blue sticker on the front windshield and then let him pass. In fact, they all knew Su Xiao wasn't a good person, and besides, would a good person come here?

On the map, this place simply didn't exist. Not only on the map, but even in the news, it wouldn't be reported.

The destruction of this small city in the no-man's-land was a matter of time. However, now, many big shots needed it to exist. This kind of "city" had a "shelf life." Once the shelf life passed, this place would return to being a no-man's-land, as if it had never appeared.

Su Xiao drove slowly into the small city. The small city was quite lively. It was noon, and rows of barbecue grills were set up on both sides of the street. Beside each barbecue grill, there were iron cages piled up. Inside the iron cages were not common poultry, but some wild animals.

Su Xiao parked the car on the side of the road and didn't lock the car at all, not even pulling out the key.

If it were in a civilized society, Su Xiao doing this would be very unwise. However, here, this was the most correct choice.

It wasn't that the public security here was good. If someone wanted to steal the car and Su Xiao pulled out the key and locked the car, the other party would likely smash the glass and forcibly start the engine.

Having traveled all the way here, Su Xiao could be said to have been sleeping in the open. His original physical fitness was fine, but his physical fitness was suppressed now, and he needed to find a hotel to rest.

When the sky darkened, Su Xiao carried the travel bag downstairs. The car was parked intact in front of the hotel. The car wasn't lost; the blue sticker on the windshield played a big role.

Su Xiao hadn't seen this logo before; it should be a newly emerging faction in the small city.

Small City was the name of this city. To be precise, it couldn't have a name; the less attention it attracted, the better.

Su Xiao had already arrived at the designated approximate coordinates. Sure enough, more detailed coordinates appeared.

Holding the electronic navigation map and determining the precise location, Su Xiao carried the travel bag and the blade bag on his back, walking toward the designated location.

In the night, several pairs of eyes full of malice were staring at Su Xiao.

"Staring for a day, should we do it?"

"No, he's very cautious and very dangerous. Let's change the target. However, Bagu's faction has been loving to meddle in other people's business recently."

"What can be done about that? Bagu is in charge of this small city now."

"Just a drug lord. Damn, there's been a strange smell recently. That guy must be manufacturing goods on a large scale."

"There's no doubt about that. I'm just curious, where did Bagu's subordinates come from? Those people are simply monsters."

The conversation came from the dark alley.

"Bagu?"

A male voice came from behind them.

"Who is..."

Pfft, pfft, pfft, pfft, pfft...

The unique gunshot sound of a pistol loaded with a muzzle suppressor appeared, and large amounts of brain matter and blood splattered on the wall of the alley.

"Ah... woo!"

A man whose arm was shot through just wanted to shout, but a foot stepped on his face, preventing him from shouting.

ps: (There will be three more updates in a while. Waste Mosquito has been writing since two in the afternoon and has been writing until now. I'm starving, so I'll eat something first. The remaining three updates have already been written and need to be checked.) ===== CHAPTER 857 =====