Zhang Tie had Li Tao lead the group on a tour of the Energy Alcohol production base, while the other guards continued carrying out patrol duties within the base.
This alcohol production base belonged to Zhang Tie, but it was also his first time here. Looking at the towering iron tanks and lengths of piping throughout the facility, Zhang Tie found it all quite novel as well.
"The security arrangements at this base are good. The response was very fast. Did you recruit these men recently?" Zhang Tie asked Li Tao, who was leading the way, while examining the equipment inside the production base.
"Reporting to the Sect Master, those guards all belong to the All Goods Merchant Group that I manage. After the alcohol base was completed, I transferred some of them here specifically to handle the safety and security of this alcohol production base. Some time ago, the Blood Men disaster broke out in Passage Province. I heard that quite a few Blood Men had entered the Swallow Return Mountains from Passage Province. I was worried something might happen here, so I transferred everyone over!"
"You live here too?"
"Fewer than five of these guards are level-nine experts; the rest range from level four to level eight. I heard that every Blood Man possesses the strength of a level-nine Warrior. To prevent these guards from being unable to cope, I moved into the alcohol production base during this period!"
Li Tao was already a level-thirteen Battle General. With him stationed here, an ordinary group of seven or eight Blood Men would be no match for him. Even if a large force of Blood Men attacked, he could at least hold them off for a while. And during that window, once a distress signal was sent, the experts and