The City Defense Army on Border Stars held considerable authority. In emergencies, they could directly deploy heavy weapons, and few people dared refuse to cooperate with their inspections.
But not every member of the City Defense Army was a fool. Seeing the other side's tough attitude and the two armored hovercars, they knew these people were not to be trifled with—what ordinary family could afford armored hovercars?
So they did not dare open fire outright and merely ordered the others to get out of the vehicles. As for their forceful attitude? That was only to be expected.
Hesheng's security personnel had no fear of revealing their identities. Their duty was to stop these City Defense Army soldiers from pursuing He Runxian, so they halted their resistance, stepped out of the vehicles, and produced their identification. They were a paramilitary organization and were authorized to equip armored vehicles.
The City Defense Army naturally demanded to know who had been in the three vehicles that had just left. The security personnel replied indifferently that they were Hesheng executives, and there was no need for them to ask who exactly they were. They had urgent business and could not afford delays, so seeing how strict the inspections were, they had taken a detour.
This left the City Defense Army in an awkward position. They had plenty of authority, but this was no longer the wartime state of two years ago. Without wartime controls in effect, they really had to think twice before making a move against Hesheng.
If they had truly been unafraid of trouble, they would have opened fire earlier. Why would they have bothered shouting warnings?
In any case, the identities of these people before them were genuine, so they could not be bothered to pursue those three vehicles any longer.