The First Order

At a certain point in time, even Zhou Qi was sighing at how loyal Luo Lan was. In order to defend Ren Xiaosu, Luo Lan even shamelessly claimed he jumped rope as well.

Cheng Yu and the others around the campfire fell dead silent. No one knew what to say to that.

You must be deliberately rebutting us, right?!

However, Luo Lan was well-known everywhere for his meddling in affairs. Now that they heard what he said, everyone immediately felt the rumors were not unfounded. It was really true!

“Ahem.” Luo Lan changed the subject and said, “I heard that your Anjing House tried to ambush the Pyro Company’s convoy? What, you guys didn’t succeed? They were even allowed to escape back to the Sacred Mountains. You people are so useless!”

Luo Lan only had a C-rank cell phone in his possession, so he did not really receive that much information.

At the mention of this, Cheng Yu finally heaved a sigh of relief. There was finally a topic he could talk about. “Who says we’re useless? Didn’t their entire convoy get wiped out? It’s not that we failed, but that the Pyro Company’s convoy was not carrying the No. 001 Experimental in the first place. They were just trying to throw us off.”

“Hehe, you’ve already sold the intel, yet you’re still lying through your teeth? Were you the ones who killed the Pyro Company members in that convoy?” Luo Lan chuckled. As a matter of fact, Cheng Yu had already sold the intel for a high price, so almost everyone in the black market knew about it now. There were even a lot of people who used this information to scam others. Therefore, the Anjing House was not the one who took out that convoy.

As for who had wiped out the Pyro Company’s convoy, Luo Lan could guess. A sniper who could suppress five people and an expert who could take on a T5-ranked combatant head on, such a combination was far too rare in this world. But as it happened, there was such a team right here with them.

A lot of people thought Luo Lan was very rash and dumb, but the big shots of the organizations all knew Luo Lan was a bold and meticulous person who also happened to be smart.

Therefore, it was not surprising Luo Lan was able to guess it was Ren Xiaosu and Yang Xiaojin.

Cheng Yu was left speechless by Luo Lan for quite a while before saying, “How do you know they aren’t from the Anjing House? It’s quite normal for the members of the Anjing House to not know each other. If they weren’t from the Anjing House, why would they have attacked the Pyro Company?”

Cheng Yu did not know the two partners who had beaten the five of them into submissive quails were also here at the campsite.

When Luo Lan heard this, he fell into deep thought. That was true. Why had Ren Xiaosu and Yang Xiaojin gotten themselves involved in this mess? No matter how much trouble Ren Xiaosu had gotten himself into before, he was still someone who preferred to avoid trouble as much as he could. So why did he come out to the Sacred Mountains?

A young man at the side suddenly asked Cheng Yu, “I received intel that White Mask killed the T5 combatant the instant they met. Is that true?”

Cheng Yu was silent for a while before saying with a sigh, “Yes. If you had witnessed it with your own eyes as I did, you would also feel that the other party is probably not a superhuman at our level.”

Supernatural beings all knew they were extraordinary people, but in the face of such a vast difference in strength, Cheng Yu had no choice but to honestly admit how powerful White Mask was.

“Then did they also come to the Sacred Mountains?” the young man asked.

“My guess is they did.” Cheng Yu said, “Based on what happened, they had shown up back there because their target was the No. 001 Experimental. With their level of strength, there’s no reason why they would not come. I feel they might’ve already joined one of the groups. But I’ve checked with the other members of the Anjing House, and they said that they did not see anyone in their groups carrying a sniper rifle. This is where it’s quite strange, but maybe they’re already so powerful they don’t need to travel with others.”

Ren Xiaosu and Yang Xiaojin were of course not that powerful yet. They were currently at the campsite waiting to fish in troubled waters.

At this moment, Luo Lan stood up and waved his hand. “Alright, there’s no time to lose. We’ve already wasted a lot of time here, so let’s continue on our way!”

As soon as he finished speaking, the others at the campsite got up and started packing.

Cheng Yu looked at Luo Lan in surprise. He had taken over command of the group from him so naturally?

Luo Lan looked at Cheng Yu and said, “Um… tour guide, where do we head next?”

Cheng Yu was immediately irked by this. ‘Tour guide? Who the hell is the tour guide? Do you really think you’re here on vacation?‘

He gritted his teeth and thought to himself that this fatty was way too audacious by insisting on going to the Sacred Mountains. ‘Let’s see if you can come out alive once you’re in there!‘

It’d be just as well if Fatty Luo ended up getting killed by the Pyro Company. Then Qing Zhen could seek revenge on the Pyro Company to his heart’s content. This would also help the Anjing House get rid of an adversary!

While everyone was packing up, no one noticed a young man bending over quietly to carve a circular marking on a tree next to him.

This guy was the young man who had asked Ren Xiaosu what his expertise was. His identity was Wang Yun, the most promising person to take over the entire intelligence network of the Kong Consortium.

After Wang Yun witnessed the death of his superior, Kong Erdong, he departed from the Kong Consortium on a mission and left his other two competitors to vie for the leadership of the organization’s intelligence agency. It was as though he were not involved in the matter at all.

When his two competitors saw him leave the Kong Consortium at such a time, they couldn’t be happier. They even deployed more people to send him off personally and wished him good luck on his journey to the Sacred Mountains.

When he left, Wang Yun was even sneering in his head. Kong Donghai, who was the head of the Kong Consortium, was not fooled easily. The post of the intelligence agency’s director would definitely not be decided so quickly, as Kong Donghai would still have to observe the situation for at least three months.

At that time, when he returned to the Kong Consortium with his accomplishments, his two competitors would probably not even have a chance to regret things.

After Wang Yun finished inscribing the marking on the tree, he followed the group as though nothing had happened. Shortly after the group of more than 60 people had left the campsite, “Old Xu,” wearing the white mask, went to the place Wang Yun had left the mark.

Wang Yun had always been Ren Xiaosu’s main subject of observation. Earlier, while he had been putting away his belongings, his attention was actually focused on Wang Yun and a few others.

Ren Xiaosu had sent “Old Xu” out because he had wanted it to search the outer perimeter of the campsite for the intruder that appeared during the night. And now, he could also get it to check the marking Wang Yun had left behind.

There was only a simple circle carved onto the tree roots and nothing else. This puzzled Ren Xiaosu a little. What did this circle mean?

Without any clues, it would be difficult to guess.

Ren Xiaosu thought for a long time before finally deciding to not overthink it. All he would have to do was just destroy the marking.

In any case, it was still unknown whether this young man was friend or foe. By interfering with the other party’s plans, it might end up being an unexpected success.

Thinking of this, Ren Xiaosu made “Old Xu” draw an X in the circle. Then, he hurriedly rushed ahead of the group to continue scouting the route ahead.

Having experienced so many disasters, Ren Xiaosu was used to using “Old Xu” to clear a path in the wilderness. This was a habit he had learned through a lot of sacrifice.

Ren Xiaosu had discovered an interesting phenomenon in the strongholds. He noticed that some stray cats and dogs knew how to navigate the streets.

But upon further consideration, nobody knew how heavy a price they had to pay to learn how to do so.