I could understand R5's feelings.
He had originally brought these twenty thousand people here to strengthen their base.
Once the base had grown stronger, even if we knew of its existence, they could still rely on it to negotiate with us.
At that point, they might have flown the banner of cooperation as well, but that kind of cooperation would have been vastly different from what it was now.
After all, they would have held a certain degree of initiative. They could even have made harsh demands and reaped enough benefits. Under those circumstances, if we wanted to avoid trouble in the face of a great enemy, we would most likely have compromised with them.
But now, the situation had suddenly changed.
Their base was gone.
All their people here were gone as well.
And they had lost contact with headquarters.
So they could only settle for the next best thing. After learning that Yan Rou already had this connection with us, they hoped to achieve their goals through us.
Perhaps, in their eyes, it gave them temporary security—a temporary patron to lean on.
What they truly feared was not us, but the mysterious force that had silently wiped out their base.
Of course, they also knew full well that this mysterious force had not directly made enemies of us, since this was our home ground.
Yet it had shown no mercy at all to a lone force like R9 and his base, eradicating them outright.
That showed that R5 was far wiser than R9.
And although we clearly knew we might be used, we had no choice but to accept it.
"All right, I'll go over there," Yan Rou said softly. Before leaving, she glanced at me once more.
After Yan Rou left, the old man looked at Qianqian