The Blade Camp was looking for a way out.
Clearly, they had no intention of betting everything on the Guard Camp. What if the Guard Camp lost? Other people might not know how strong they were, but the Blade Camp certainly did. The Guard Camp was a little stronger than the Blade Camp, but not overwhelmingly so. They only had a slight edge.
The Blade Camp had already been beaten into disarray. The Guard Camp wasn't made of three heads and six arms, and the odds of them turning the tide were hard to gauge. The Blade Camp didn't dare be too optimistic.
Under Master Dao's orders, the Blade Camp's remaining forces had to do something. They couldn't just sit around and wait for the ending, could they?
Someone suggested to Master Dao that if their opponents were official representatives, they could use the base's prisoners and women as bargaining chips and negotiate with the authorities. If they couldn't win the fight, those people would be their best leverage in negotiations. At the very least, they might be able to save their own lives.
Unfortunately, the base never kept children. Otherwise, using them as bargaining chips would have been even more effective.
Xiao Pu had originally planned to sneak out of the base alone. But he couldn't quite bring himself to leave without doing anything. With so many prisoners inside, he felt he should do something for them before he went. He didn't expect them to be grateful or repay him; he just wanted to be able to live with himself.
He had attached himself to the base, and although he hadn't done anything bad, surviving by relying on it still counted as helping evil, strictly speaking. The fact that he personally hadn't committed any crimes didn't change that.
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