Chapter 229: 229, Chen Wudi's problem (Third update, requesting monthly votes)

Ren Xiaosu looked at the Wolf King and said, "Don't chase anymore; we're not far from the outpost, and they haven't used all their cluster bombs. I saw them take out eight, but only three were used just now."

The Wolf King nodded, indicating he would stop the pursuit.

Ren Xiaosu took out nine bottles of black medicine from the palace and handed them to the Wolf King, saying earnestly, "Don't take it too frequently..."

The Wolf King: "..."

"Let's go, this time into the deep mountains. Once this group returns, a large force will surely come, and then there will be real danger," Ren instructed.

Only by hiding the wolf pack deep in the mountains could they truly be safe. Apart from the mission, Ren Xiaosu himself did not want the wolf pack to be harmed.

Though the nanorobots were important, he believed there were still many opportunities.

Including the nanowarrior killed earlier, the total number of fallen nanowarriors this time was ten. Ren Xiaosu stuffed all their sabers into the storage space, not rushing to study them, but needing to return to the outpost quickly.

When Ren Xiaosu returned to the outpost via a detour, the people inside had already been startled by the sound of the cluster bombs in the mountains. Everyone stood in the open area of the outpost discussing what had just happened. Ren Xiaosu took advantage of the chaos to join them, participating in the discussion.

Until Ren Xiaosu returned, Lin Qi and the others had not yet returned to the outpost, and the off-road vehicle remained quietly parked there.

However, not long after, these seemingly formidable nanowarriors rushed out from the mountain path, each in a disheveled state.

They saw the outpost people discussing something, and Ren Xiaosu immediately rushed forward to ask, "What happened in the mountains just now? Are you all alright?"

Ren Xiaosu's expression was very sincere, but Lin Qi and the others had no heart to talk much with a refugee at this moment.

"Move aside," Lin Qi said coldly, and Ren Xiaosu stepped aside.

All the people in the outpost watched as the nanowarriors boarded the off-road vehicle and drove down the mountain. Though their faces showed nothing, Li Qingzheng and others could see a hint of fear in their expressions.

"These people weren't this number when they entered," student Wang Yu said, "There were 48 when they entered; I checked specifically. Now only 38 remain."

Li Qingzheng nodded and said, "It seems they had a battle in the mountains—is it with the wolf pack? Remember, we don't know about the wolf pack's presence here. Got it? If this gets out, no one will have a good outcome."

"Understood," the outpost people said. The entire outpost had become a small group, sharing the same secret.

In fact, psychologists had long studied that a shortcut to bringing people closer was to jointly keep a secret.

At this moment, Ren Xiaosu suddenly noticed that Hu Shuo had never left the house since the beginning, as if he was not very interested in everything outside.

Of course, there was another possibility: Hu Shuo did not want to tear open the paper-thin barrier between him and the outpost people.

In fact, smart people could understand within a few days that this outpost must have problems; otherwise, how to explain the prey sent by the wolf pack?

What, do the wolf packs have to pay property fees to the outpost?

Unrealistic!

But Hu Shuo seemed not to care about these things, just wanting to spend a good year here...

...

After Lin Qi and the others left, no one came to the outpost for two consecutive days. If it were true as Hu Shuo said that Li would research combat data, then Li's research institute was probably working overtime analyzing Captain Zhou and the others' data.

But Ren Xiaosu knew that what was meant to come would come eventually; he just hoped that by then, the wolf pack had already taken the population far away.

These two days, Hu Shuo continued to give lectures to Ren Xiaosu as usual, as if nothing had happened, calm and composed. Moreover, Ren Xiaosu kept his promise to not ask questions in class for three days, which made Hu Shuo feel a hint of the New Year's atmosphere...

What exactly was the New Year's atmosphere? Probably the feeling of being physically and mentally relaxed, without having to work...

During dinner, Hu Shuo instructed Ren Xiaosu, "Three days without asking questions doesn't mean you can save up three days' worth of questions to ask me all at once on the fourth day. Don't play tricks on this matter, understood? It won't work!"

Ren Xiaosu was stunned; he hadn't expected Hu Shuo to block his path in advance. Old ginger is still spicy, indeed.

At this time, Chen Wudi, who was eating nearby, said, "I have a question I'd like to ask you?"

Hu Shuo looked at Chen Wudi and smiled warmly, "You're different from Ren Xiaosu; you can ask freely."

Chen Wudi nodded and said, "A cone s has equal height and base diameter, and this cone s and the base radius of the cylinder..."

Speaking to here, Chen Wudi looked at Ren Xiaosu, "Master, I forgot the latter half."

Ren Xiaosu patiently reminded him, "And this cone s and the cylinder's base radius and volume are also equal. What is the ratio of their lateral areas?"

Hu Shuo gazed at the starry sky and sighed, "You're truly amazing."

Ren Xiaosu suddenly said, "If you don't want to answer this question, I can ask another."

Seeing Ren Xiaosu's seriousness, Hu Shuo turned to look at him, "Let me hear what you want to ask first."

"What exactly is your identity?" Ren Xiaosu asked.

Hu Shuo paused; he suddenly felt this question was much simpler than Ren Xiaosu's other questions, and he had never been evasive about it before.

"I, Hu Shuo, serve as the director of Li's First Military Special Reconnaissance Department, with the military rank of Major General. Currently, I am temporarily in charge of 108 strongholds," Hu Shuo said.

Since the incident at the 109th stronghold, Li had quickly taken over the ruling rights of all strongholds. The original external stronghold managers were left in place due to unwritten rules among the consortiums.

At that time, it was still in the development phase of the consortiums, and they were not as powerful as they are now. They tried every means to infiltrate various strongholds and gradually trained their own armies. After decades, the consortiums slowly became the actual controllers of the strongholds. Yet even so, no one was willing to be the first to tear open that paper-thin barrier.

Now that Li had completely taken over all strongholds, they had also become the nominal true controllers of the eleven stronghold fortresses, and the banks within these eleven strongholds had completely refused to exchange currencies from other consortiums, causing other consortium currencies to depreciate rapidly within these strongholds.

Ren Xiaosu suddenly realized why Hu Shuo maintained a neutral stance. Could it be that as the manager of the 108 strongholds, Hu Shuo wanted to use other forces to weaken Li's power, thereby achieving the goal of truly taking control?

However, Hu Shuo looked at him and smiled, "I probably know what you're guessing, but the truth you see now is still just the surface. Maybe one day you'll understand. I look forward to seeing your expression then."

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