Chapter 50: New Intelligence, Bronze-Grade Stronghold
The entire mall fell into an eerie silence. At that moment, the only thing that could be heard, the only thing echoing beside everyone’s ears, was heavy breathing.
Everyone had been stunned by what had just happened.
What had happened just now?
One moment, they were talking about trusting in science.
The next, one person had leaped several times and jumped more than ten meters high, springing from the first floor into midair, catching a little girl who had fallen from the fifth floor, and placing her on the third floor.
You call this trusting in science?
“B-Boss, this... How should we handle this?”
Not far away, an officer walked over to his superior, the corner of his mouth twitching as he asked.
“Seal off the mall. Call the higher-ups and ask them how this should be handled. If necessary, have everyone sign a confidentiality agreement. Only after signing can they leave.”
“Package and take away all video data. Bring it back to the department and hand it to the higher-ups.”
...
While the mall was being inspected in an orderly manner, and before people began lining up to sign confidentiality agreements, Xiao Wen had already left after saving the little girl. Driving his Lamborghini with one hand, he returned to his villa residence.
After parking the car in the garage, Xiao Wen stretched lazily, then went upstairs and greeted Uncle Fu.
“By the way, Uncle Fu, remember to strengthen the security facilities around our house recently. People from the Public Security Department might come. When the time comes, help me receive them.”
The Public Security Department?
Hearing those four words, Uncle Fu raised an eyebrow and quickly asked, “Young Master, what... what did you do?”
“Nothing much. I just did a few righteous deeds at the mall, then left without leaving my name. I’m afraid they might come looking afterward, so just help me deal with them when the time comes.”
“I’m busy playing games. I don’t have time.”
After saying that, Xiao Wen said nothing more. He directly got into the game cabin and started the game.
Seeing this, Uncle Fu did not say anything either.
His young master had always been like this. Ever since what happened to the master and madam, he had held a deep prejudice against the Public Security Department.
But forget it. After all, that was all in the past.
Xiao Wen entered the game and stood inside the Dragon Estate. Looking at the completely renewed residence before him, he could not help but nod inwardly.
As expected of special troops. Not only were they fast at killing, they were even faster at cleaning!
Xiao Wen muttered to himself, wandered around the estate, then ordered the one hundred White Dragon Cavalry to remain stationed in Luoyang.
After all, once his territory level had risen to county city, the recruitment limit for his White Dragon Cavalry had also increased to five hundred.
Apart from the one hundred here, he could still recruit another four hundred.
It was just that those four hundred White Dragon Cavalry would have to be leveled from scratch.
That was not a big problem.
Xiao Wen returned to his county city. Looking at the territory before him, which had begun to take shape, the corners of his mouth lifted.
As long as the territory rose one more level and reached the main city rank, it could be named.
However, to upgrade from a county city to a main city, apart from the level requirement, there was still one hurdle that had to be crossed.
But that was a matter for later.
If he remembered correctly, after a main city was established, the main storyline should be arranged ahead of schedule, right?
If he wanted to increase his strength, he still had to speed up and get involved in the main storyline.
The thought flashed through Xiao Wen’s mind. He walked into the city and summoned Zhang Song before him, asking about what had happened in the territory today.
Zhang Song reported.
Recently, nothing unusual had occurred within the territory. Occasionally, wandering mountain bandits appeared, but they had all been repelled by General Ma Chao and Deputy General Lu Cheng working together.
“Is that so? It seems there have been quite a few mountain bandits coming to cause trouble recently. Have someone call Lu Cheng over and ask about the situation,” Xiao Wen said.
Zhang Song nodded and quickly ordered a soldier to deliver the message. Before long, Lu Cheng came running over.
The current Lu Cheng could be considered someone with a bit of authority in Xiao Wen’s territory. From the refugees brought back from Black Fiend Stronghold, he had selected six hundred sturdy people who still had combat ability and formed them into a separate unit under his command.
After repeated battles over the past few days, the six-hundred-man unit had been reduced to five hundred. However, the combat strength of these five hundred refugees was basically comparable to ordinary soldiers, which was quite decent.
Given more time to train, it was not impossible for them to become elite troops.
“Greetings, my lord!”
Lu Cheng arrived, saw Xiao Wen, and immediately bowed without hesitation.
Xiao Wen’s gaze fell on Lu Cheng. He nodded, signaling for him to rise, then asked, “I heard that mountain bandits have been appearing around the territory recently. What do you think about this matter?”
When Xiao Wen asked this, Lu Cheng fell briefly silent.
After a moment of silence, he finally answered, “My lord is asking about the power behind Black Fiend Stronghold, correct?”
“Behind every bluestone-grade force, there is a bronze-grade force backing it. This subordinate had already prepared this information and was only waiting for my lord to ask.”
As he spoke, Lu Cheng took out a sheet of letter paper from his chest and handed it to Xiao Wen.
Ding! Congratulations, player Half-Journey Through the Mortal World, you have obtained intelligence on the bronze-grade force, Flowing Sand Valley. Use it?
Use!
After choosing to use it, the parchment map in Xiao Wen’s backpack unfolded. Then, a large area appeared in a blank region. These were precisely Flowing Sand Valley and its surrounding forces mentioned in Lu Cheng’s letter.
Bluestone-grade stronghold forces were strong, but bronze-grade stronghold forces were even stronger!
Every bronze stronghold controlled five bluestone-grade strongholds as subordinate forces.
The Qingfeng Stronghold that Wang Heng had attacked that day was basically one of the weakest among the bronze-grade stronghold forces.
The reason Hua Feng and Zhou Qi had been able to become the first chief and second chief of the stronghold was mostly because of their fathers’ influence.
Therefore, even among bronze-grade stronghold forces, some were strong and some were weak.
Qingfeng Stronghold was considered the weakest, while the Flowing Sand Valley that Lu Cheng mentioned was the strongest.
Flowing Sand Valley had five strongholds under its command. Black Fiend Stronghold was one of them, but it had already been destroyed by Xiao Wen.
As for the remaining four strongholds, only rough information was known. Their specific intelligence was unknown.
If he wanted to deal with Flowing Sand Valley, he would first have to eliminate the other four strongholds under its command.
To put it simply, kill the small fry first, then solo the boss!
Moreover, the first chief and second chief of Qingfeng Stronghold were both above Level 25. One was a Level 28 Third-Rank General, and the other was a Level 24 Second-Rank General. Their strength was formidable, and they could absolutely crush Hua Feng and Zhou Qi.
Therefore, if he wanted to deal with Flowing Sand Valley, he could not rush. He had to proceed step by step.
“Sir, please help me summon General Ma Chao,” Xiao Wen turned and said to Zhang Song.
Zhang Song acknowledged the order and had a servant go invite him. Before long, Ma Chao was brought over.
Afterward, Xiao Wen unfolded the parchment scroll, circled each of the four mountain bandit forces, then looked at Ma Chao and Lu Cheng and said:
“Four strongholds. I’ll give you twenty days. Choose the soldiers yourselves, and I’ll also assign four hundred White Dragon Cavalry to you. Can you handle it?”
“Yes!”
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