Love and passion, cutting up the wasteland

"Thank you very much. I will pay attention to it." Seeing Lin Ji's straightforwardness and seriousness, Lu Meng stopped talking about other things and said frankly: "In any case, this will not affect our cooperation with Black Scratches - I will not let it affect it either."

As he promised when he sent Princess Seto to Black Scratches on a diplomatic mission, that place is safe but not easy.

It can be said to be a bloodless battlefield.

With the connections and spies that Bo had left behind for the anti-slavery, Lu Meng had already left his own intelligence source in Black Scratches. In this way, even if he did not go there in person, at least he could ensure that even if something big happened, they would not be caught off guard without knowing anything.

As for the current situation of the Gray Desert Relay Station, Lu Meng was not surprised - put yourself in their shoes. When the Tech Hunter sets up a station in Flash in the future, can he bear not to "deepen communication" with the relay station and use the other party's power to do something beneficial to himself?

Impossible.

It is better to say that from the beginning, Lu Meng envisioned promoting this plan with a similar purpose.

To put it in a nice way, it is to exert influence.

Simple and crude can also be called infiltration.

Both sides know it well.

What's more, Long En?

They are so tolerant of foreign forces, in the final analysis, because the purpose of the existence of the Tech Hunters is just to serve and hire the mechanics - to put it in an extreme way, if the Kral's Choice can help them explore the ruins like the current hunters, the World's End will probably not be stingy in supporting the Berserkers to restore their country.

But from Wolf's experience.

Even the seemingly purest mechanics have deep waters in their top management.

This job is not so easy.

The reason why Tech Hunters can still maintain a complete and relatively independent organization until now can only be said that their original founders still have some idealism.

And such glory, in the inheritance of several generations, will still occasionally flicker, and has not been completely eliminated.

"I understand the Sword Master's experience. I experienced the death bee infestation at the hub station. That outbreak was too sudden. If the cause is not found out and it is allowed to spread to the whole world, the consequences will be disastrous." Lu Meng continued, "And even if we don't talk about such a 'grand' reason, I have several friends in the direction of Kirishima. Like you, I don't want to see any accidents there."

"You..." Hearing Lu Meng suddenly mention her teacher, Lin Ji didn't react for a while, and then said in a daze, "You really noticed it."

Lin Ji was fearless when confronting Qin, but only when the watcher mentioned Kirishima did she show a trace of worry and hesitation.

In other words, the defense was broken.

Just as the Gray Desert will inevitably trip up Lu Meng secretly once it expands its influence among the technology hunters; Lin Ji is also worried that if the forces of other factions come to power, they will reduce their support for Alk's actions in Kirishima.

Five years ago, when a new round of death bee infestation broke out, Lu Meng was still insignificant and could not protect herself, so she could only choose to hide to the south.

But other big guys in the world did not ignore it.

The Kingdom of Shek set up a defense line along the Vanity Valley. They fortified the walls and cleared the fields to ensure that there was no monster invasion in the kingdom; the Prime Minister of the Holy Kingdom and the Senior Judge Seta led the army to attack the Mist Island, and even recaptured an abandoned sacred base as an outpost.

Even the hub station controlled by the Flotsam Ninja Group became a fortress to resist and eliminate the Mist Man after reconstruction, so that the King of Sand further east knew the key point, although he did not only send troops... send bandits to support, but also did not attack him.

It's a pity that Seta gave up the frontline position and returned to the court due to the war on the eastern front and the domestic political struggle environment, so that Griffin, who was caught in it, became a black knight... On the other side, the Kingdom of Shek, because the real threat was still in the Spider Plains and the Lord of Insects, even the final fortress was quite difficult to defend, and it was even more impossible for the northern line to take the initiative to attack and fight on both sides.

In this case, the only one who still has the strength and is really still fighting against the Mist Man is the Sword Saint Alc, the leader of the Tech Hunters, who has already led his team deep into the Mist Island.

However, his original decision and a series of changes in the situation later led him to be deeply involved in it, and even lost contact with the outside world for a time.

Everyone believes that a great swordsman will not die because of the influx of dead bees - but after a long time, if you can't get out, then for the world, it is no different from being dead.

This caused the influence of the faction of Alke's lineage within the technology hunters to continue to decline, forcing Lin Ji to take risks; and the watcher Qin in the depression lagoon town did not need to be intimidated by the remaining power of his former big brother and became disloyal.

The source of everything is strung together.

Finally, it converged into the current situation.

"That's right," Lin Ji took a deep breath, "most of the members of the Black Claw followed the teacher into the Mist Island. It was with this kind of internal and external cooperation that the army of the Holy Kingdom was able to advance so smoothly... We originally thought that it would be resolved in the short term."

The plan Alke proposed in the inner circle and the report to the end of the world are all the same.

To the Mechanics, the Mist Island and its surroundings are also part of the Lost Ruins, but they are too dangerous. In the past, not many Tech Hunters dared to go there and survived.

Now someone volunteered.

They are naturally happy.

When Alc was still there, his reputation was enough to overwhelm other factions and gain support.

However, it has been delayed for so long.

Both sides are a little impatient.

Many people hope that he will just withdraw, just like the retreating Holy Kingdom army. As for the fog people who may continue to spread, they will be left to the Holy Empire and let them reap what they have sown.

Anyway, there is no relay station in the Holy Kingdom.

There is one in the Shak Kingdom, but their development is still shallow and their faction is not loud.

"But with the teacher's character, he will never do this." Lin Ji smiled bitterly, "Then we, the remaining people, will have to work harder."

She complained.

But it seemed like self-mockery.

Lin Ji was just not mentally prepared. She originally planned to share some internal intelligence and remind Lu Beiyou, but she didn't expect to be directly pointed out the weakness.

This makes her seem a little impure.

Or... is it impure?

"So, our interests are the same." Lu Meng said, "You need to continue to win support for the Sword Saint's Fog Island Operation and expand your influence... I also need someone in the Technology Hunters who can really speak for us."

Lin Ji looked at him.     Their eyes met.

"What's there to hesitate about? Let's make it a done deal - take over the Lagoon and become the de facto ruler." Lu Meng smiled, "If the relay station in the Flash Land is built in the future, please ensure that there are fewer spies with ulterior motives, so that they can still be a force of support."

The Gray Desert is indeed strong, but in the final analysis, it is still out of reach. If they want to get involved in the Lagoon, they have already lost half of the battle since they did not select their own examiners to come.

Of course, the problem is very complicated.

Although they are also affected by the power of the United City, one is in the south and the other is in the north. If the Gray Desert really intervenes, the reaction of the South United City will be greater.

Especially now that Lu Meng has intensified the contradiction.

I'm afraid that the Gray Sand Hunters of this faction, knowing that the hope of success is slim, simply lie down and wait to see the joke of the Black Claw.

But unexpectedly, it's time and fate.

"Ha..." Listening to Lu Meng's words that sounded like an oath, Lin Ji breathed a sigh of relief and laughed at the same time: "I thought you would say 'I will take care of the depression lagoon.'"

"First of all, this is not my tone at all, and secondly..." Lu Meng stretched out two hands in front of her.

"What do you mean?" The Inquisitor looked at the tendons on the back of the young man's hand, and his mind couldn't help but emerge with the other party's image of holding the knife upright that night.

"People only have one pair of hands, and they can't take care of more-" Lu Meng was helpless, "Let me relax a little."

"Ha, you know you are tired now?" Lin Ji chuckled, and his tone became serious: "That being said, you still have to take over the 'other half' of Lake Town."

Lu Meng nodded.

He knew what the other party was talking about.

- Lower Town.

Or more accurately, the drifters.

The bard Bard had sowed the seeds of fire among them without authorization, waiting for Lu Meng to ignite it personally.

The protagonist of his story did not disappoint the poet.

This is more than just ignition.

Instead, it exploded directly.

It can be imagined that the new legend is already on the way, floating like the wind.

"A relay station really can't support so many drifters. Technology hunters don't exist for this." Lin Ji said softly about his own experience, "They just gather here like moths looking for the moon because there are few such safe places in the world, forming their own society and ecology."

No matter how bad the order is, it is still order.

Even the United City is the light of civilization for people living in the most evil places.

At the foot of every city-state, there are countless people who are starving and cold and want to sell themselves into slavery but can't.

Most technology hunters themselves are not keen on production. Except for a few high-precision and mature industrial lines, the products that are made with great effort at the average level of the continent may not be as cost-effective as the next trip to the ruins.

In addition to providing a platform, the relay station can only provide a very small number of jobs, most of which are service-oriented, which is already decent.

The rest of the people either risked their lives like the boss of the Skeleton Inn to fight for a chance, or just lived in the Drifters' Camp.

Qin Zheng saw this situation and intended to expand and utilize it, using them as his fuel to build a drug-making empire in the lower city.

But now.

They have a better choice.

"Whether it is the current city construction or the future construction of the relay station, Shandi needs a lot of manpower - and will give corresponding rewards." Lu Meng seemed to have made a promise, "They will not be drifters..."

"But real residents."

Drifting in the world is like a vine that grows on a big tree. They can have a place to survive in this cruel world, but they will eventually become nutrients that are devoured.

All the sunshine and rain were robbed away.

Only by taking deep roots in the earth and growing upright with your own strength - even if this process seems extremely difficult at the beginning, you will never be abandoned.

And many trees make a forest, which is indestructible.

It can also withstand the storm.

The reason why Lu Meng chose to start from the lower city this time was not to rely on their strength, but only after experiencing the real blood and fire, swords and swords on the battlefield could people be united.

Create an iron team.

Finally, use a victory to give hope.

"With the camel caravan and the safety spiders, it's no problem to cross the Skeleton Wasteland. The wolves and beaks won't be interested in the iron lumps. Once Wolfe receives his newly coded instructions and starts the machinery, they can return." Lu Meng didn't mention himself, "It's only after the rainstorm that the water level of the depression lagoon rises, which is a problem."

"Don't worry about that. The hunters of Lake Town will escort us." Lin Ji gave a positive answer.

The four original ships in the depression lagoon, the Raven and the Viper, have been completely destroyed and are not even worth salvaging.

But the Tortoise is still there.

And the ironclad battleship Reef was dragged out. Although the Lake Town mechanics were shocked by the horrific traces of battle on it, they said it was still possible to repair it.

Lu Meng felt that if they could really do it, they would be quite exaggerated.

But the time is uncertain.