Chapter 405

Liao Youzhi said, "We will each send five brothers to go north to investigate the situation!"

"Seconded."

"Fine."

Li Zongkai and Yang Xin both agreed very readily, but Liu Yao had some issues. He raised his smoking cigar and said, "Hey, hey, Leader Liao, I agree with everyone sending people, but you all have big families and big businesses; don't you know my situation? I can't afford five people, three at most!"

The Survivor Alliance had the largest population among the four factions, now expanded to nearly four hundred people. The Guard, the Vanguard Regiment, and the Search Regiment added up to seventy or eighty people, plus some extra-budgetary combat personnel, bringing the total with combat capability to just over a hundred.

The Tianqi Regiment led by Yang Xin occupied an automobile sales park, located between the urban area and the suburbs. The environment in all aspects was quite good, and now it was at a scale of nearly two hundred people, but combat personnel were relatively scarce, only about forty people.

Everyone didn't know much about Li Zongkai's situation because the Civilization Guardian he led was quite far away. Although it was also in the North City area, it was located at the far east end. All that was known was that the number of people would not be less than one hundred.

The Little Eagle Society was the most pocket-sized, with only seventy-some people. Don't look at the word "Eagle" in the name; in fact, it wasn't fierce at all. More than half were old, weak, sick, women, and children who could only pick up trash and search for supplies. The actual combat personnel did not exceed thirty.

Liao Youzhi shrugged helplessly and said, "Officer Liu, this kind of thing... our Survivor Alliance has no problem, what do you say, Brother Gong?"

"Can do."

Gong Chengming nodded with a faint smile.

"So you have to ask President Li and Old Yang; as long as they agree, it's fine."

Liao Youzhi pointed at the two of them with a smile.

"Don't ask me, I definitely won't agree!" Yang Xin directly blocked Liu Yao's mouth.

"I'm not asking you!"

Liu Yao's anger surged. He took a deep breath and looked at Li Zongkai, saying, "Old Brother Li, can you take care of your little brother?"

"Tasks like investigating the situation are fine with one more or one less person. But when it comes time to get down to business, your Little Eagle Society is not allowed to drag your feet!"

Li Zongkai looked at Liu Yao playfully.

"You can rest assured about that, I will definitely go all out!"

Liu Yao patted his chest loudly, leaving handprints on his wool sweater.

"Good, the plan is set, there's no time to lose. In a while, during mealtime, we will pull the team out and set off directly under the cover of night. President Li, I still need you to sponsor a batch of night-vision equipment."

A smile rose on Liao Youzhi's ferocious face; it was only because the light in the restaurant was sufficient at this moment that he didn't scare the timid.

"This must count as a credit for our Civilization Guardian, haha."

Li Zongkai was not stingy; Civilization Guardian would also be a beneficiary of this operation, so he couldn't have too much selfishness.

"Good, good, good, the matter is settled, everyone is happy. Come, come, come, everyone eat your fill, drink your fill!" According to the past, eating was not critical at all; once the matter was discussed, they could disperse. The remaining table of delicious food might be packed by restaurant staff to take home, or it might be thrown into the trash can.

But now it was different. Only when the matter was settled did it reach the real mealtime. Even the leader of a faction couldn't bear to waste a table of delicacies. Everyone ate, drank, and chatted about the past, present, and future, and the atmosphere was very harmonious.

During this process, several people also wrote down the list of investigation personnel. Because Civilization Guardian, the Little Eagle Society, and the Tianqi Regiment all brought people with them, a crack investigation team was quickly pulled together.

On the fourth floor of the Le Gou Mall, Zhang Xin was leaning against the railing with a cigarette in his mouth, looking down. In the pitch-black first and second floors and the dimly lit third floor, no one knew what he was pondering in his heart. Suddenly, he heard a sound from the stairwell behind him, and his heart skipped a beat.

Not long after, Zhang Xin heard dense footsteps going up the stairs floor by floor, and at the same time, the sound of two people chatting, but it was too chaotic to hear clearly. However, he knew that the speakers were Leader Liao Youzhi and Deputy Leader Gong Chengming.

He pinched out the cigarette butt, returned to the room, pushed away the woman who threw herself into his arms, and gripped the walkie-talkie used for contact within the Alliance. Zhang Xin's expression was conflicted and nervous.

"It should be time to release the news..."

Zhang Xin glanced at the time and touched the gun at his waist. Ten minutes had passed since the two leaders returned. If there was any action, a notice should have been released. But the walkie-talkie was quiet. He checked whether the walkie-talkie was turned on, and suddenly remembered that if there was a big move, it would definitely be notified by loudspeaker, not by walkie-talkie.

Another ten minutes passed, and there was still no movement, only occasional coughing from downstairs, and the ethereal sounds of moaning one after another.

"No news? No news is the best news... just wait."

Zhang Xin gently put down the walkie-talkie, his heart never at peace. He even secretly hoped that Liao Youzhi would announce that they would attack Tianmayu tomorrow, so that he could jump ship in a justified manner, instead of being as conflicted as he was now!

Three motorcades left the Le Gou Mall one after another, illuminating the roads leading to the east and west. The two motorcades that left toward the west, separated by a few minutes, merged together after driving for a distance. It was unknown whether a conflict had occurred or if there was some other conspiracy.

After the three motorcades left the Le Gou Mall, several more cars slowly left, but they were heading north. The four cars didn't even turn on their headlights and just felt their way forward in the dark. The speed was not too fast, kept at thirty or forty kilometers per hour.

That night, many people in the Four-Party Alliance didn't sleep soundly, their hearts inevitably pondering repeatedly.

By comparison, the people at Tianmayu didn't have to think so much. After eight o'clock in the evening, those in love were in love, those reading and studying were reading and studying, and those who wanted to rest were already lying in their quilts preparing to fall asleep. Zhang Su was busy in the mountain stream with a few people! It took less than four hours. When they finished dinner, Wu Lue and Liu Tianji had finished the remote ignition device, and Yu Qing had made quite a few bombs, with five or six specifications ranging from small to large, suitable for different scene requirements.

After a simple test, the remote ignition device could successfully ignite the fuse to make the bomb explode. And if they wanted a big bomb with amazing power, they only needed to add a small amount of Ascension Original Liquid into a small plastic container attached to the outside of the bomb.

This was the name Zhang Su had newly given to the venom stock solution. As long as you had a drop of Ascension Original Liquid, it guaranteed you would ascend on the spot.

"Brother Su, the long-distance remote control device must be used sparingly. Currently, there is only this one. Unless we dismantle all the extra walkie-talkies, we can only build five such ultra-long-distance ignition devices."

After the test, Liu Tianji reported the situation to Zhang Su with some worry. With the current conditions in the camp, it was not difficult to realize remote ignition to detonate bombs, but the communication modules were limited, and there was no way to mass-produce long-distance remote control devices. If the distance requirement was not so high, such as a hundred or eighty meters, they could build quite a few.

Zhang Su looked at the device in his hand, pursed his lips, and said, "It's fine, when we set the bombs, we'll think of a way, just reuse them!"

Considering the lead time, if the fuse was set a little longer and protected with a material that wouldn't block the signal, there shouldn't be any problems. If they collected more communication modules later, they could build more remote ignition devices.

This kind of bomb was the main weapon for defending the camp in the future, and it could also be used flexibly when attacking certain places; it was indispensable.

(End of chapter)