32: Tianba team

Coming up from the school’s sewers, many students were already in class on campus.

Zhao Feipeng observed for a while and found that there were no Black Hawk Unit patrols within the school, so he walked out with relief.

Perhaps due to its neutral status, although the four of them appeared quite abruptly at the school, no one questioned them.

So, the four of them still followed their old route, climbing over walls and heading towards Xi City Bank.

On the main street, many businesses had already reopened, but the scars of war were still evident.

Bullet casings, pockmarked walls, and vehicle wreckage were everywhere, all showcasing the evils of war.

Li Xiao and his companions constantly dodged the Black Hawk Unit patrol teams in the city. Although the Empire’s main forces had withdrawn, there was still more than one regiment of garrison troops.

Upon arriving at Xi City Bank, Yun Dongliu was not there.

“If he’s not here, where could he be?”

Logically, this should be Yun Dongliu’s largest resource income area, and being within the city, he would usually be present himself to prevent any accidents.

This made things a bit difficult for Li Xiao. If he asked directly, Yun Dongliu definitely wouldn't say.

“Boss, aren’t his Engineers still here? Once the Engineers finish collecting resources, they will definitely return to the base. We just need to track the Engineers to find the person you’re looking for!”

“Smart!” Li Xiao patted Zhao Feipeng’s shoulder. As expected of someone from a reconnaissance background, his mind was sharp.

Following Zhao Feipeng’s method, they indeed saw Yun Dongliu’s Engineers leave the city through the sewers in the evening, and the group quickly followed.

After leaving the city, the Engineers headed straight west. After about six kilometers, they entered a grove of trees and walked towards the foothills of a high mountain to the west.

To avoid being discovered by the Engineers, Zhao Feipeng launched a drone, continuously tracking them from a distance of about three hundred meters.

However, midway, the drone unexpectedly spotted Yun Dongliu, who had just left.

“What is this guy rushing off to do?” Li Xiao wondered.

Yun Dongliu only brought one machine gunner and a subordinate of the reconnaissance profession, heading straight south.

Li Xiao followed him for an hour and arrived at a small lake. The lake surface at night shimmered under the moonlight, looking like an extremely comfortable place.

Four or five people were already waiting by the lake, and Yun Dongliu walked straight over with his people.

Seeing this scene, Li Xiao secretly thought, could this be a solo meeting?

Yun Dongliu walked up to the players who were sneering and said coldly, “Where is Nie Ba! Why isn’t he here!”

“Kid, who do you think you are? Our Boss Ba is busy with a million things… hmm… how could he have time to bother with you!”

“Exactly, so, did you bring the Star Coins?”

The opposing players spoke with extreme arrogance, but Yun Dongliu’s expression did not change in the slightest.

“I can only raise four thousand Star Coins now; the remaining portion will be raised within a few days!”

“What? Only four thousand?” The leading player on the other side angrily said, “Do you think we, Tianba Squad, are a joke?”

“I can give you these four thousand first, but I want to see my sister first!”

“Dream on! You want to find out your sister’s whereabouts? Don’t even think about it without paying the full ransom!”

Li Xiao, observing from not far away, heard that Yun Dongliu actually had a sister and couldn’t help but feel envious. To have a relative by his side after transmigrating to another world was the greatest comfort.

But now, his sister seemed to have been kidnapped by this group of players supporting Tianba Squad, no wonder Yun Dongliu would actively seek his help.

Logically, Yun Dongliu and his sister should be able to contact each other as friends, but looking at Yun Dongliu’s current situation, his sister must be imprisoned alone, and blindfolded, unable to identify her location.

“Moreover, you still have to give us these four thousand today, and then go back to raise more money, otherwise we don’t mind defiling your sister and then killing her at any time!”

“If you dare, I swear I will make your lives worse than death!” Hearing this, Yun Dongliu’s eyes instantly turned red. Even from a distance, Li Xiao could feel his furious killing intent.

“Oh, worse than death? I’m waiting for you!”

“Hahahaha!!”

“This kid must have lost his mind.”

The Tianba members, hearing this, didn’t care at all and mocked him one after another.

Yun Dongliu silently pulled out a card from his backpack and tossed it in front of the Tianba members.

“Two days later, Xi City High School, money for person!”

With that, Yun Dongliu left directly.

Li Xiao, hearing Yun Dongliu’s words, couldn’t help but admire his mind. Xi City was currently controlled by the Black Hawk Unit. To enter the city, besides finding a hidden path, one had to honestly discard their weapons and change into civilian clothes to go in.

Tianba might not be very clear about the hidden passages into the city, and they would most likely escort his sister directly into the city.

In this way, Yun Dongliu’s troops could ambush with guns. No matter how many people Tianba brought, they would be unarmed, and at that time, the initiative would be entirely in Yun Dongliu’s hands.

“This kid is brilliant!”

However, Li Xiao saw that this group of people on the other side were not trustworthy. Perhaps Yun Dongliu also knew this, but he had no other choice.

“It seems I need to help out!” Li Xiao pondered to himself.

The Tianba members, seeing Yun Dongliu walk away, then turned and headed south. However, they were clearly worried that Yun Dongliu would follow them, so they not only sent people to cover their retreat but also deliberately took a detour.

But they didn’t know that a small flying object in the sky was watching their performance.

At eleven o’clock at night, Li Xiao and his three companions returned to the base. Zhao Feipeng reported the information from his reconnaissance mission.

“Boss, based on their movement range, I found seven bases, but unfortunately, I didn’t find any suspected targets among these seven bases. There’s a high possibility they hid the hostage elsewhere.”

Li Xiao frowned. These Tianba Squad members really weren’t doing human things. If they couldn’t rescue her beforehand...

Who knew what the Tianba Squad would do to a girl in these remaining two days? After all, with her mouth gagged, the young girl wouldn’t be able to say anything.

“But I did discover another important piece of information!”

“Damn it! Can’t you just say it all at once!”

Li Xiao was in a hurry, and Zhao Feipeng suddenly blurted out another sentence. He impatiently urged, “Hurry up and tell me!”

“I found that one of these seven bases is a Level 5 base, so I repeatedly scouted the periphery a few times and finally discovered a useful piece of intelligence.”

Zhao Feipeng paused and said, “This Level 5 base and an adjacent Level 4 base are only one kilometer apart. The forces of both sides are in a state of mutual defense, and the Commanders of the two bases, one is about forty-six or forty-seven, and the other is at most in his early twenties, with quite similar appearances. I conclude that they are very likely father and son!”

“Father and son relationship? Level 5 base?”

Many pieces of information immediately flooded Li Xiao’s mind. At this stage, anyone who could raise a Level 5 base had some skill. This Commander in his forties or fifties was ninety percent likely to be the captain of Tianba Squad, the “Boss Ba” that group of people mentioned.

And if that young Commander was his son, Li Xiao immediately started making calculations in his mind.