Upon hearing this, Wu Youren looked at the head guard speechlessly, "Sir, you also have your own intelligence network."
He refused to believe that the other side would actually lack explosives.
It might not be enough for combat, but it's more than enough to help His Highness escape.
Hao Wei shook his head, both amused and exasperated. "Who would complain about having too much of this?"
The boy calmly remarked, "Although Jeff is known as the Li Hu, he's quite cunning, no less so than the Wise Tiger or the Jiao Hu."
"Alright then," the head guard nodded, "I'll arrange for the goods to arrive before noon tomorrow."
The two vehicles came to assess the situation and did not carry many supplies, but Jin Garden had already made preparations.
They hoped to persuade the other party to return to the hostage residence; if he were to return to Jin Garden, what supplies wouldn't he have?
But now that we understand the situation, let's focus on providing assistance.
Could the other party be trying to scam me out of money? The thought did cross the guard's mind, but it only flashed through his mind briefly.
The little guy hasn't used his watch in so long, and the first thing he sends is a message asking for supplies. Is there really such a scammer?
The son of the Duke of Wei still remembered that he had promised to list the treasures and let the other party choose, but the other party remained unmoved.
Although the supplies to be provided this time are expensive combat materials, their value may not surpass that of his treasures.
Most importantly, the other party's reasoning was both bizarre and perfectly reasonable.
Even a fabricated story couldn't be this outrageous, so it must be true.
"Do you need a vehicle?" the head guard offered, "Otherwise, I'm afraid you won't be able to carry it."
Wu Youren glanced at him, pondered for a moment, and slowly spoke, "No need to spend any money?"
"Of course," Hao Wei replied firmly, "How could I take your money when I'm helping the country in its time of need?"
The young man didn't want to owe anyone too many favors. "If the car is still in good condition after this battle, I'll return it."
The head guard stared at him blankly, then slowly shook his head. "There's no need to be so clear-cut."
Such a promising talent, how come we didn't pay attention to him back then, making rebuilding the relationship so difficult now?
"Aren't you going to contact Jeff?" The head of the guard finally couldn't resist.
He wanted to see for himself how the other party communicated with the New Army; he couldn't help it, some emotions were hard to control.
Wu Youren glanced at him, thought for a moment, and then raised his wristwatch.
"Do you have any explosives? I'd like to buy some, the more the better."
Two minutes later, Li Hu sent a voice message, sounding a bit slurred, "Didn't I give you that much already?"
The boy sent another message, "You don't want to leave him in the Rust Zone?"
Half a minute later, Jeff sent a text message: "Are you sure you can do it?"
The boy smiled and said, "How will you know you can't do it if you don't try?"
Li Hu's reply was, "Early tomorrow morning, a car will pass by the quarantine point, and the people in the car will get off to use the restroom."
Taowan was ultimately a friendly state, while Jin was the real potential enemy. Selling explosives to them? That would be madness!
The head guard shook his head, "I'll send this one tomorrow—"
He pointed to the guard who had just opened the door, "Have him help you load the car."
Wu Youren remained silent; he disliked the other party's tactics: trying to subtly and gradually intrude into his life?
But never mind, now is not the time to argue, so he could only nod slightly.
How can you accomplish great things if you're too distracted by trivial matters?
Hao Wei was quite perceptive and, seeing this, changed the subject, " The Rust Zone?"
You just said you wanted to finish him off in the wasteland. He even had a fleeting question: Weird-Exterminating Grenade is very expensive.
The boy smiled dismissively, " Liang, there's nowhere we can't bury people?"
The head guard paused for a moment, then asked, "Are you really going to kill him?"
Wu Youren hesitated for a moment, then didn't answer directly, only saying, "He wanted to kill me!"
Hao Wei laughed, "If you really kill him, Jin Garden will reward you!"
He figured it out: even if the boy didn't return to Jin Garden, as long as he didn't cause trouble outside, he could effectively help distract him.
This role might be no less important than staying in Jin Garden. If something big happens, he and His Highness might actually have a chance.
Besides, Taowan a mere small state that has repeatedly participated in the war between Jin and Liang. The son of the enemy chieftain came to provoke us; why keep him alive instead of killing him?
The following morning, an armored personnel carrier from the New Army arrived and parked in the wasteland. Two soldiers got out and waited.
Seeing a masked man with a bird perched on his shoulder approaching, the two exchanged a glance and went around to the back of a nearby tree.
To be honest, I really can't help but complain, "If there's that bird, why bother with the mask? It's so careless."
Behind Wu Youren, an off-road vehicle followed, and a man got out. The two of them quickly emptied the armored vehicle.
The SUV was packed to the brim, making it feel unusually heavy to drive.
The supplies from Jin Garden arrived around noon, but were not transferred to the off-road vehicles until the following night.
By this time, the vehicle had been mostly emptied; otherwise, the supplies simply wouldn't have been able to fit inside.
It took Wu Youren three days to process most of the supplies, as the operations were mainly carried out at night.
Meanwhile, the Chief of the Guard activated certain intelligence networks and began gathering information on Saina.
This man's recent whereabouts have also been somewhat secretive, reportedly because someone has threatened to harm him.
That's not surprising. Once you've sided with the Crown Prince, you're blocking other people's path. All factions are omnipresent.
However, the head of the guards' attitude was that this guy might not be as important as he thought, and might just be using this opportunity to inflate his own value.
Self-promotion is something that has existed since ancient times, so it's not surprising.
As for the claim that Saina wanted to deal with a hostage from the Jin —no one had ever heard of this.
Wu Youren had no interest in verifying the authenticity of these messages; eccentric people often do things incomprehensibly.
The important thing is to make the necessary arrangements as soon as possible.
The good thing is that Jin Garden did not investigate whether he had lied about the situation to obtain supplies.
They confirmed that Saina was accompanied by one Great Knight, one Ability User Apprentice, and more than ten Knight.
Other reports suggest that there is very likely another hidden Ability User.
On the ninth day after receiving the supplies, he finally completed the general deployment and drove his off-road vehicle to the wasteland.
A lone vehicle still stands out in the wilderness.
The Barbarian Tribe have now spread across the wasteland, and due to the complex and unpredictable situation, their camps have become more concentrated.
Camps with seven or eight hundred people are commonplace; the reason they don't exceed a thousand is because the military monitors them and doesn't allow them to exceed that number.
However, in reality, the logistics alone are something that ordinary people dare not even think about in order to sustain a camp of more than a thousand people in the long term.
Meanwhile, most of the large camps had built semi-underground dugouts to withstand the harsh winter, resulting in fewer people being mobilized.
Wu Youren did not open the convertible top of his SUV, which meant he didn't have to worry about being targeted immediately.
If you see a large gathering of barbarians, just stay far away.
If you encounter a particularly troublesome small team, firing one or two shots will usually be enough to settle things.
He wandered in the wilderness for two days, even trying to see if he could get into the mountains via the main road.
There were three military checkpoints, each stricter than the last; the third one almost confiscated his off-road vehicle.
Wu Youren was fairly certain that trying to escape the pursuit by rushing into the mountains was unlikely to be feasible.
So he moved away from the main road and set up camp a little over a kilometer from the foot of the mountain.
After setting up for another two days, he turned on his wristwatch, deliberately revealing his location.
That very night, the Scops Owl attracted Weird Qi, providing Wu Youren with a platform to "level up."
One wave followed another, a total of three waves, but unfortunately, no strange creatures were unearthed.
However, the barbarian settlement a few kilometers away noticed the anomaly and sent people to investigate after daybreak.
The barbarians' slogan was: This is our hunting ground, and this off-road vehicle has crossed the line!
Of course, their real desire is still to obtain the strange creatures that the other party might have encountered at night, that much is certain.
Wu Youren did not hesitate to fire a warning shot at anyone who approached, indicating that this was the land of Great Liang, not theirs.
Some were truly stubborn and couldn't be dissuaded, so he directly used a homemade catapult to throw grenades.
Knight can throw a grenade and it might go 300-500 meters, or even 600-700 meters, but a catapult can launch it over a kilometer!
The grenade exploded, and then he announced through a megaphone that there were still landmines on the ground, and anyone who wasn't afraid to come over.
The snow hasn't melted much, and in some places it's still quite thick, making it difficult to find landmines.
The barbarians were not intimidated and said they would make some mine-clearing tools and teach the enemy a lesson.
By the afternoon, they had indeed gathered several dozen people and brought some large tree branches.
However, immediately afterward, the sound of an engine came from afar, and an SUV sped towards them, kicking up large amounts of snow.
The people who got out of the carriage were Daiqisi, Ranxue, Kenpa, and the female archer Bingma.
It's not just players like Saina, Jin Garden, and New Army who are paying attention to Wu Youren's positioning; several other players are also interested.
They discovered the boy had stopped there, and his wristwatch was still on. They made contact and learned that he was killing monsters there.
Wu Youren's goal was to lure that oddball over, so he naturally wouldn't hide his actions.
These four people completed the procedures of the City Guard Bureau and received a lot of rewards. Currently, they have nothing to do in Red Pine.
So they decided to come anyway, hoping to join in the fun and perhaps even get their hands on some strange items.
Upon seeing that these barbarians were plotting something, several instructors got out of the vehicle and immediately warned that this was Red Pine's territory.
If the barbarians feel that their own power is too great, Red Pine doesn't mind bringing in the military for a judgment!
The Barbarian Tribe still held the Liang's military in high esteem, and could only explain that the Foreign Affairs Agency had granted permission for this to be their hunting grounds.
This is typical Barbarian Tribe sophistry—distorting the truth and confusing concepts, making it seem like they are the ones who have suffered losses.
If you really try to argue with them, you'll end up going around in circles for ages, and you might even get confused yourself.
The instructors at Red Pine knew all this, but they couldn't be bothered to pay any attention and simply chased the people away.