At the beginning of the construction, Xiao Wen and Han Ya had already assigned the newly built military factory to the military side out of absolute trust. Not to mention that the matter of the military factory was originally told to them by Yan Wei Guo, but the time they spent together was enough to make the suspicious Han Ya and Lin Yan let go of their guard against Yan Wei Guo and his soldiers.
Distrust no one, but don’t be suspicious of the people you use.
So Yan Wei Guo directly notified the military factory to immediately start operation. Han Ya arranged for Yin Chengyang and Mo Yan to prepare for the defense of the base and be prepared for the worst. Even if the two sides started fighting directly after going out to meet each other, they would not be caught off guard.
At the same time, Bai Yang had already gone out to gather all the soldiers in the base. He selected eight hundred people, as well as local Tibetans, to follow the orders of Yan Wei Guo and Lin Yan, and cooperate with Yin Chengyang and Mo Yan to guard the base. The remaining soldiers, along with non-military supernaturalists, left the base with Xiao Wen to prepare to bring the last team back.
The convoy drove out of the base, with Bai Yang as the commander sitting steadily in the command vehicle. Han Ya was turning back to discuss the worst-case scenario with Xiao Wen and Wen Le.
Since the missing team stopped halfway, it meant that the number of enemies intercepting or discovering them would definitely not be too small. Otherwise, according to Han Ya’s earliest warning, any non-base military personnel discovered in the Tibetan area should be eliminated to prevent future troubles.
It was hard for Xiao Wen and his team to imagine why those members who often went out to collect resources and were fearless in the face of danger would stop and stay put with only twenty people facing two hundred enemies. Regardless of everyone’s inner struggles, what needs to happen will happen, especially when it was Xiao Wen and his team who were going to meet the enemy this time.
As they watched a row of black dots appearing faintly on the horizon, Han Ya took a deep breath.
As they walked, the four of them discussed back and forth, thinking that there was little chance of a fight breaking out when the two sides met. No matter how strong the other side was, they couldn’t just pull out one or two thousand people to intercept the small team of only twenty people. On their side, they had nearly two thousand people to support them. Moreover, since they had been in control of the factory for so long, if they knew there was another base in the Tibetan area, even a fool could guess that those machines were in their hands.
As they expected, it wasn’t until Bai Yang ordered all the vehicles to stop two hundred meters away from the other side that they opened fire.
Han Ya nodded silently. Since they didn’t directly attack, it meant there was still room for communication, which increased the possibility of getting the captured team back.
After the convoy stopped, Bai Yang didn’t make any arrangements and just waited quietly.
Indeed, they were waiting. One soldier who had been assigned to the command vehicle with Han Ya was adjusting the frequency of a communicator according to the record. At this moment, everyone was grateful that the communication channels within each team had been recorded when they left the base, or they would never have been able to contact those trapped inside by the enemy.
After the frequency was adjusted, Han Ya didn’t immediately contact the other side. After all, they didn’t know if the team and vehicles had been controlled. They could only wait for the three vehicles to contact each other since they were on the same frequency, and they could receive the communication once they did.
Soon, a faint voice could be heard from the communicator, and a clear voice followed in the next moment.
“Xiao Yu, what’s the situation now? Damn it, these bastards have blocked my car tightly. I can’t see anything. I should have applied for a big truck earlier.”
“Humph, now you know what it’s like to envy others? Let me tell you, if you guys had given me the big truck, your Xiao Yu would be standing on top of the world now, looking down at all the other vehicles~ Hahaha!”
“Okay, okay. If I gave you a fishing rod, you’d climb up it. Little bunny, tell me quickly, what’s going on? Didn’t we bring a bunch of reinforcements? Why is there no movement now?”
“I won’t tell you~ I won’t tell you~ la la la la~”
Originally, Han Ya wanted to listen to their conversation first to determine if they had been controlled, but as he listened to the conversation on the communicator, everyone in the command vehicle had a black line on their faces.
Wen Le chuckled silently, lying in Xiao Wen’s arms. Xiao Wen curled his lips.
“You guys seem to be having a good time!” A low, indifferent voice sounded in the communicator.
“Huh? Wen Zi, who’s talking on your end? Still pretending to be low and deep, aren’t you pinching your neck and trying to sound magnetic?!” This was the cheerful male voice called Xiao Yu.
“I said Xiao Yu, don’t you think this voice sounds familiar?” This was the first person who spoke with a loud voice.
“This is the voice of our Bai Team.” The last communicator finally sounded.
“Hahahaha!” Wen Le couldn’t help but burst into laughter, and laughter echoed from the other three communicators.
A gentle female voice came from the communicator as Wen Le’s laughter died down. “This is Wen Shao’s voice.”
As soon as the female voice spoke, everyone recognized her as Yi Lan, who was by Lin Yan’s side. The reason why she came here in such a hurry to pick up people was partly because Yi Lan was with this team. Despite Lin Yan’s calmness before they left, Xiao Wen and the others were well aware of Yi Lan’s status as the mistress of Lin Yan’s family.
Two howls sounded at the same time, and it’s estimated that both Big Ka and Xiao Yu were almost driven to despair by the absurd conversation.
Bai Yang cleared his throat with a black face, putting an end to the increasingly nonsensical conversation.
“What’s your current situation?”
Bai Yang’s question was addressed to the young man called Wen Zi on the intercom, and no one dared to tease him for speaking in a deep voice this time.
“After entering the Tibetan area, we did not find anyone following us. These people didn’t catch up with us from behind either. It seems that they already knew our route and were waiting to block us.”
Han Ya frowned and took the radio from Bai Yang.
“What happened after they blocked you? What did they do?”
“Only a few people came to talk to us. Because we didn’t head straight for the target, we didn’t respond to them for fear of being led into saying something we shouldn’t. But Big Ka saw more clearly than us in the two cars, so Xiao Yu, you explain.”
“Okay.” The young man called Xiao Yu spoke seriously this time, without his previous cheerfulness. “After we were forced to stop, a total of six people came to each of our three cars to try to communicate, but we didn’t respond. They didn’t make any forced moves either, but after those six people failed, they all went to the same car to talk.”
“Can you see the license plate of that car?” Han Ya asked.
“Yes, it’s XXXXX.”
Upon hearing Xiao Yu report the license plate number, Han Ya turned to look at Wen Le.
Wen Le squinted his eyes and carefully observed with his mental power. He finally found the car and nodded towards Han Ya, but suddenly froze and his eye twitched.
Seeing his expression, others wanted to ask, but Wen Le waved his hand to stop them, indicating for Han Ya to continue.
Han Ya turned back to the communicator and asked, “Anything else we need to pay attention to?”
“No, we can’t observe anything regarding the number of people or weapons,” the little fish replied with frustration.
“It’s okay. You’ve done well. Keep an eye on their movements and notify us immediately if there’s any action,” Han Ya instructed carefully. After all, they could only see the periphery from their direction, which was far less clear than the big truck seen from the inside.
“Yes!”
Han Ya handed the communicator to the officer sitting in the co-pilot seat and turned around with Bai Yang to look at Wen Le.
After all, Wen Le’s behavior just now was hard to ignore.
Wen Le sighed and smiled bitterly, “Old rivals always meet again!”
Others were stunned, and Xiao Wen’s face turned black before realizing.
Seeing that Bai Yang and Han Ya were still a bit puzzled, he explained, “Apart from today, the only time we had contact with the Tibetan Military District was during the arms factory battle. And the only team we could call old rivals is the one we clashed with at the factory.”
Now Han Ya and Bai Yang also wanted to curse.
“If we don’t have an official confrontation later, Wen Le and I won’t show up. Han Ya, you and Brother Bai will be responsible for negotiating with them. If we’re recognized by them, given their previous losses, it will be hard not to fight,” Wen Le said.
Han Ya nodded. He originally came along to negotiate with the other party, and Xiao Wen and Wen Le were only responsible for protecting him. Now the two of them couldn’t show up, and they had to notify other vehicles and ask the team members who had previously been to the arms factory and clashed with them to avoid appearing in their sight.
After about an hour, it was almost dark, and the other party still had no movement. Han Ya was starting to doubt whether they were luring them away from their base.
Han Ya’s team was getting impatient, and the team from the Tibetan Military District was also getting impatient.
Yao Jin opened his eyes, which had been closed to rest, and a hint of killing intent flashed in his eyes.
“No movement yet?” he asked.
Zhao De Yang, sitting in the co-pilot seat, turned back and said, “Commander, they haven’t taken any action since they stopped.”
Yao Jin sneered, “Are they so patient because they know we won’t attack these three cars?”
Zhao De Yang fell silent for a moment and hesitated before speaking, “I think they might have a way to communicate with each other. They waited calmly for our response only after confirming the safety of these three cars. Otherwise, why would they come all the way here and not do anything once they arrived?”
“Do you think there might be someone in those three cars who made them arrange for a large force to come and assist them?” Yao Jin squinted his eyes and asked.
Zhao De Yang looked at his superior officer hesitantly, afraid that his impulsive behavior during the last incident at the military factory might have caused him to ignore the commander’s orders.
However, speaking of the last incident, although he was scolded by his commander when he returned, after the scolding, even the commander had to admit that the orders of the superior officer at the time were completely correct, and no one else could have done better.
From the traces in the mountains and forests after the incident, only five or six hundred people attacked them head-on at the time. Who could have imagined that such a small number of people would dare to open fire with full force against the entire army, and that they would have so many psychic ability users with large spaces who could empty the entire military factory.
It could only be said that the other party had been lucky enough to encounter such an opportunity after a thousand years!
Seeing Zhao De Yang’s hesitation, Yao Jin snorted coldly.
Although he wished he could tear these brats apart, he couldn’t ignore the commander’s orders.
“Alright, don’t hesitate anymore. You go and inform these brats that we will negotiate in three days.” Yao Jin instructed Zhao De Yang.
He was not interested in continuing to waste time with the other side. Although he didn’t expect them to come so quickly, since they had come, he would just convey the commander’s orders directly.
Zhao De Yang got off the car to carry out his orders. The commander didn’t just want them to intercept, it was natural that he couldn’t just notify them of the negotiation time.
He wanted to get a sense of the other side’s bottom line, and it would be best if he could confirm whether there was a military presence. If there was, then negotiation would be necessary. If not, there was no need for negotiation.
They could just bring in the army, and no matter how many ragtag people were there, they wouldn’t be able to withstand the power of the military. The incident at the military factory could not be replicated.
But now there’s no need to guess. With so many military vehicles coming over, although their military district license plates have been removed, it’s impossible for anyone other than the military to have so many military vehicles at once.
It seems they’ll have to swallow their anger from last time.
When Han Ya saw someone coming over from the other side, he got out of the car directly, and Bai Yang followed him.
After seeing Bai Yang, Zhao De Yang suddenly realized something. As a military leader, although the leaders of each military district are not very active, they generally still know each other.
Seeing Bai Yang, it was not difficult to guess where this force that had been hiding in the Tibetan area was from.
When they arrived, Zhao De Yang saluted the two of them. “Captain Bai.”
Bai Yang also returned a salute. “Captain Zhao.”
“Who is this?” Zhao De Yang asked, looking at Han Ya, who was smiling next to them.
“This is a staff officer from the base, Han Ya.” Although Bai Yang is straightforward, he is not stupid. His introduction was somewhat ambiguous.
There is a position for staff officers in the military, and Han Ya’s role in the base can also be considered a staff officer. It depends on how Zhao De Yang interprets it.
Zhao De Yang also muttered to himself, at least from Bai Yang’s words, he couldn’t tell whether this invisible base was led by the military or the government. Although heroes emerge in troubled times, it is unlikely that the military would willingly follow the leadership of civilians.
“Putting aside these speculations for now, at least let’s make our intentions clear. As fellow soldiers, we are all one family, and in this post-apocalyptic world, we should help each other out. Why didn’t your army look for our military region when you came to the Tibetan area? We could have offered some assistance.”
Zhao Deyang spoke quite tactfully, and Han Ya smiled in response, “We don’t have any grand goals. It’s enough for us to find a place to settle down and not starve in the Tibetan area. Everyone is struggling in this world, so we don’t want to cause any trouble for you.”
Zhao De Yang almost cursed at this statement. No grand goals? Not wanting to cause trouble?
Wasn’t the matter with the factory obviously suspicious?!
Bai Yang held back a smile as he watched Zhao De Yang’s face turn purple.
Taking a deep breath and suppressing his frustration, Zhao De Yang stopped beating around the bush and directly stated their intentions, “Our leader wants to have a detailed discussion with your army. What do you think?”
Han Ya’s mind turned, but he remained expressionless, “When and where?”
“Three days later at noon, at your base?” Zhao De Yang’s last sentence was clearly a test.
Han Ya looked at him for a moment with a smirk before slowly speaking, “Don’t you want to come back alive?!” Damn, they dared to be so brazen and probe like this?!
Zhao De Yang cleared his throat, “How about you choose the location?”
Without hesitation, Han Ya immediately set the location, “Three days later at noon, at the northernmost point of the Salt Lake.”
Zhao De Yang nodded in agreement. The two sides didn’t say anything else and directly bid farewell and left.
Han Ya and Bai Yang returned to their car and saw the other team’s convoy splitting apart, with three cars that had been detained slowly driving away from the center. Bai Yang arranged for someone to inspect the inside and outside of the three cars that arrived, confirming that there were no issues, and then the convoy drove straight towards their base without looking back.
Since the other side didn’t directly come to their base, they must have had some reservations. Now that the meeting time had been confirmed, it was unlikely that they would come to their base to cause trouble.
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