Wasteland Hideout: Upgrading from the Sewers

Evening, three trucks loaded with wood and five wasteland combat vehicles traveled along a wilderness path.

"Second Brother, this time we've gathered all our goods, we must trade for more alcohol! The brothers are all dying for a drink!"

"Don't worry! I heard the boss mention this a few days ago too, it shouldn't be a problem." Anji exhaled a puff of smoke, watching the trucks behind through the rearview mirror.

He felt exceptionally relaxed.

After delivering this shipment, they could also rest for a couple of days. Having been stuck in the mountains for half a month straight was truly unbearable.

Soon, they returned to the logging camp.

As the vehicles gradually came to a stop.

Scavengers with guns began herding the lumberjacks.

"Hurry up, everyone off the trucks quickly."

Anji also got out of the car, flicked his cigarette butt onto the ground, and crushed it under his foot.

His gaze swept over the camp, an inexplicable sense of foreboding rising in his heart.

"Second Brother, what's wrong!"

A scavenger behind him, noticing Anji's odd expression, stepped forward.

Anji was just about to speak.

He saw three laser dots aimed at his men.

Forehead, heart, throat

Hiss—

Anji's pupils dilated, his body instinctively dodging to the side.

"Enemies!"

Bang bang bang—

The moment he opened his mouth, gunfire had already erupted.

Before the scavengers could even raise their weapons, bullets struck their bodies, splattering bursts of blood.

Every scavenger was hit by at least two bullets.

Anji didn't escape either, a bullet pierced through his calf, and he fell to the ground.

In less than three seconds, the battle was over.

Swift, precise, efficient.

Over a dozen scavengers lay on the ground without exception, none survived except for Anji.

That group of lumberjacks, however, suffered no casualties.

Because they were very experienced.

The moment the battle started, everyone immediately crouched down with their hands over their heads, forming a stark contrast with the scavengers.

Because that was the rule here; population was an important labor resource, no one would casually kill a laborer.

Several minutes later.

"King, the headcount has been confirmed. Everyone at the scavenger camp, including the lumberjacks, has been accounted for."

"The intelligence regarding the Dead Mine Brotherhood has also been cross-checked with what Ferson said, and it's basically consistent."

Alpha reported to Yu Yuan while holding a map.

"The Dead Mine Brotherhood has around 300 to 350 members, but in reality, several smaller factions around them have some connections with them..."

He pointed at the marked locations of several small factions along the highway.

"These factions are similar to the scavenger camp, the smaller ones have fifty to sixty people, the larger ones have seventy to eighty, all surviving by trading with the Dead Mine Brotherhood."

"If we want to take down the Brotherhood, these factions must be dealt with first."

Shadow walked in at this moment, holding a photograph in his hand.

"King, according to the camp deputy's description, this man is the leader of the Dead Mine Brotherhood—Quis."

Yu Yuan looked at the man with the aquiline nose in the photo, a decision already forming in his mind.

The Pioneering Group needed to see blood, needed battle achievements.

Only then would they have a higher probability of obtaining the [Elite Recruit] identity template.

Since the intelligence on the Dead Mine Brotherhood was pretty much gathered.

It was time for a swift and decisive resolution.

Yu Yuan stood up and looked at Alpha.

"Then let's begin!"

Yu Yuan pointed at the several small factions marked along the highway on the map. "Tonight, the Pioneering Group is under your command. My goal is only one: swift and decisive resolution.

We must take control of Dead Mine Town in the shortest time possible. Those who surrender are not to be killed, slaves are not to be killed, all other resisters are to be eliminated."

"Understood!" Alpha's expression turned stern.

"King, what about the faction leaders? Do you want them alive or dead?"

"Them?" Yu Yuan sneered.

"I only want the intelligence in their heads...."

"Understood!"

Soon, a lumberjack dressed in rags but with a relatively robust build was brought before Yu Yuan.

"You're the representative elected by these lumberjacks? What's your name."

"Sir, my name is Bre."

"How were you captured?"

"Sir, I was originally a worker at this logging camp. Later, this group occupied the place and have been enslaving us for logging ever since."

"Oh~ Are there any of the original logging camp people left?"

"Yes, there are still over a dozen!"

Yu Yuan pointed at the weapons nearby. "Then I'll give you a chance. I'm entrusting this place to you to guard, including these supplies and those scavengers. Keep a good watch on everything, can you do that?"

Bre clearly didn't expect Yu Yuan to say this, he froze for a moment.

But he quickly snapped out of it, his eyes shining brightly.

He nodded heavily. "Yes! I can do it!"

"Good, I believe you." Yu Yuan gave Bre a meaningful look and nodded slightly.

"I hope you won't disappoint me!"

Bre's expression instantly changed, his body trembling slightly.

"I won't disappoint you, sir."

"Go!"

Bre immediately called for people to take up weapons and began guarding the supplies and the captured scavengers.

The Pioneering Group had also finished assembling.

Under Alpha's command, they quickly boarded the vehicles and drove towards the highway.

Yu Yuan and Mie Mie disengaged their equipment, leaped onto Mie Mie's back.

Then, under the astonished gazes of Bre and the dozen or so lumberjacks, he ran in a straight line through the forest towards the direction of Dead Mine Town.

That was his true battlefield.

Only when Yu Yuan's figure was swallowed by the forest in the glow of the setting sun.

Did someone from the lumberjack team let out a soft exclamation.

"Did you guys see how that sheep appeared?"

"It seemed to come out of that person's body...."

"Right, I saw that too."

Hiss...

Everyone looked at Bre.

Then their gazes involuntarily turned towards the pile of supplies.

"Team leader, this is a great opportunity! Those bastards are in our hands, and these supplies...."

"Yeah! Team leader, if we finish off those bastards, all these supplies will be ours......"

"Shut up!" someone softly berated the two.

"Listen to the team leader!"

Bre's gaze had already fallen on the two who spoke, then swept over the others.

"If you trust me, then stay here honestly, keep a good watch on the things and the people, no funny business."

"If you don't trust me, I can give you some survival supplies to flee. If we meet again later, we'll be enemies."

"Choose for yourselves!"

Looking at Bre's grim expression, everyone quieted down.

"Team leader, I'll listen to you! Without you, I would have died long ago."

"Right, we all listen to you!"

"Right! Listen to the team leader..."

...

"Good, since you've all chosen to stay, I'll be blunt upfront. If you're hungry, you can eat from these supplies, but if anyone tries to hide any, don't blame me for turning hostile."

"Understood?"

"Understood!"

"Whelan, take two people to guard the scavengers. Leif, take two people up to the loft for lookout duty..."

Bre quickly arranged the guard duties. No one noticed.

In the shadows less than ten meters behind them, a mass of animated shadow twitched slightly, a flash of red light flickering and then disappearing.

Zhi Zhi—

Yu Yuan, who was charging towards Dead Mine Town, heard Zhi Zhi's report and narrowed his eyes slightly.

"Heh... not bad!"

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