Within Blue Country

The vehicle soon arrived at the border town of the Blue Country, where a majestic black city wall stood like a dam atop the farmland. At night, from a distance, it seemed as if Japan lights were shimmering inside.

"It seems Koyanskaya's business has extended this far."

Seeing the checkpoint letting the car through as soon as it saw the NFF logo, Ritsuka couldn't help but sigh. But before she could finish speaking, several men in guard uniforms silently walked up, their eyes like those of a hyena staring at a fat sheep on its last legs.

Why are you checking us? Our documents are all in order, aren't they?

Xu Fu, standing to the side, replied somewhat discontentedly. For safety's sake, Bai Mo and the others sat in the back of the vehicle, with Lanling Wang, who possessed the A-level Riding skill, in the driver's seat, and Xu Fu in the passenger seat. Although this guy was a bit eccentric, he was quite adept at negotiation.

"You're new here? Didn't the veteran NFF employees tell you the rules? Stop talking nonsense and get down here, or..."

The head guard looked at Lanling Wang sitting in the driver's seat and revealed a wicked smile. He swallowed hard and said:

"Or, I could have this young man help me with some paperwork."

Bai Mo, sitting in the back seat, pinched his trigeminal nerve. The people in Qin were mostly simple farmers, but the people he encountered after crossing this border were this kind of freaks.

Xu Fu glanced at the man's name tag on his chest and secretly memorized the number on it.

The Bai Mo on the vehicle lightly touched the iron plate, and a force pierced through the hard armor shell, like a venomous snake in the forest, completely unnoticed. Instantly, sparks erupted from the control panel at the checkpoint.

The iron gate slowly rose, and with Bai Mo's command to start the engine, the armored vehicle vanished in a flash.

"Hey! Stop, you..."

The guard watched the car disappear and immediately tried to give chase, but his legs suddenly twitched, and he collapsed to the ground. The others rushed forward in confusion to help him up, but his legs wouldn't move.

Inside the carriage that had been driven far away, Xu Fu was drawing a talisman, chanting incantations.

"What are you doing, Xu Fu?"

"I saw a string of numbers on the tag on that guy's chest, some of which looked like his birth date. I did some calculations and decided to try casting a spell."

It's not some dangerous curse; at most, it'll just give him diarrhea. Who told him to come and make things difficult for us? Speaking of which, why didn't he chase after us?

I let his legs rest for a while.

Bai Mo answered with a somewhat subtle expression, and then Xu Fu's lips twitched. She suddenly became curious about the guy who was surrounded by his subordinates—what was his situation, and how was he feeling?

"Master, I didn't expect we'd team up so well! Let's give each other a high five... Don't turn your head away, it's awkward with my hand up like that."

Amid Xu Fu's somewhat boisterous words, the group sailed into the Blue Country. The moment they entered, Ritsuka immediately understood why those people at the border had longed to enter this place.

Japan shimmered alluringly in the night sky, countless skyscrapers stood tall, and the scent of perfume filled the air. The aromas of food from the nearby brightly lit restaurants and eateries wafted into my nostrils, like baited hooks on fish.

Looking at this bustling city, she felt as if she had returned to the vibrant Tokyo Shinjuku Tokyo.

"Some ordinary people actually thought that the Blue Country would be turned into some kind of processing plant."

Bai Mo looked at the people on the street, most of whom were ordinary people dressed in very trendy clothes. Both men and women were dressed very stylishly, making it hard to imagine that the outside world was all farmland.

"Is that Wagyu beef? Brother Bai, are we in a hurry? If not, I'd like to go and get some more food."

"We just came out, we have plenty of supplies, why are you replenishing your food supplies?"

Qin Liangyu said somewhat helplessly, "It's obvious that Ritsuka is just craving it." Bai Mo waved his hand and said:

"Exactly, it's not really necessary to bring food in the first place. There are so many shops here; just ask if you want to eat."

"Yes, I really want to. Last time in Shinjuku, Artoria and I ate burgers for almost a month and didn't get to see anything."

Ritsuka Bai Mo's agreement, Ritsuka immediately became more upright, while Qin Liangyu frowned. Watching Bai Mo direct Lanling Wang towards the building filled with Japan logos, she couldn't help but criticize:

"Did we come here to enjoy ourselves? We still have work to do, what kind of behavior is this?"

"Alright, this time I'm the one in charge, stop acting like a mother hen."

Bai Mo waved his hand, and Qin Liangyu, upon hearing this, simply sat back down angrily. When the vehicle arrived, she declared that she would guard it and eat dry rations inside.

"Whatever you like, I'll pack one for you later."

"Unnecessary!"

Bai Mo and the others left. Qin Liangyu, possessing the strength of 550,000 horses, didn't need to eat, but she still maintained her previous habit. She took out a large flatbread from her rations and started eating. After a while, a soft sound came from the carriage door.

"NFF's car, it's incredibly valuable now, we're really lucky this time."

Qin Liangyu grabbed her spear, kicked open the door, and felt the force of the blow. The thief immediately fled, though he also carried some jet-powered machines and wasn't immediately subdued.

Seeing the group fleeing, Qin Liangyu chased after them without hesitation.

In the center of the mall, Ritsuka looked around curiously, while Bai Mo's gaze kept drifting upwards. Reines quietly moved between Bai Mo and Ritsuka and said:

"Master, Bai Mo, something's not right with the layout of this shop."

Something's not right?

Ritsuka looked puzzled, but Reines nodded, pointing to the crisscrossing passageways of the building, and said, "You see, the main entrance is wide, but the surrounding floors are interconnected, and there's plenty of space behind it for backup."

With Reines's gradual guidance, a well-planned military formation appeared in everyone's minds.

"This layout is layered and interwoven, seemingly chaotic, but actually orderly. In military terms, this would be the interior of a tightly controlled formation. If I'm not mistaken, this is the Five-Army Formation used by the legendary strategist Han Xin to defeat Xiang Yu."

Hinako Akuta to the side, belatedly realized what was happening. Looking around, a strange sense of familiarity washed over her.

"Bai Mo, you didn't come here just for a meal, did you?"

"That's for sure. The strongest in this part of the city is here. We're still far from our destination, and there might be passes and obstacles inside. Wouldn't it be troublesome if we encountered that situation every time?"

Although the Qin Shi Huang gave NFF relevant documents, in the Blue Country, NFF was basically a cash cow. Bai Mo planned to enter legally using a different method, find Qin Hong first, and then deal with Zhang Xianzhong along with him.