Chapter 244: 244, A bumper harvest of Thank You Coins

The squad leader paused, taken aback: "Where?"

Ren Xiaosu lowered his voice to speak to him: "The forward base. It's no more than four kilometers from here. In these uniforms, we won't just eat well—we can even bring some back."

The squad leader hesitated when he heard Ren speak of going to the forward base. What if they were discovered by the people there?

But he looked at Ren and the others, and wasn't this a textbook success story? If Ren and his men could eat, then others in Shenji Camp's uniforms could too.

The squad leader spoke sincerely: "Thank you, brother!"

"Thanks from Wang Dingguo, +1!"

"Mission complete: Reward basic skill learning map."

Ren Xiaosu suddenly received this thank-you coin, along with the mission completion notice, and it was as if a beam of light had been lit for him!

Just as the squad leader was about to lead the brothers to eat, they were stopped by Ren Xiaosu.

Ren Xiaosu said earnestly: "Don't the others say thank you?"

The squad leader was stunned at first, then quickly called out to the brothers to thank him. These private army soldiers were starving, and the notice Ren had provided truly solved their survival problem, so most of their thanks were genuine.

It couldn't be more sincere.

Ren Xiaosu had already gained 18 thank-you coins in one go.

He already had over 400 thank-you coins. If he could get the others in the camp to thank him, maybe the new weapon would unlock!

Ren Xiaosu turned to look at Li Qingzheng: "You go back to the tent and sleep. I have something to do."

Li Qingzheng was puzzled: "What are you going to do, squad leader?"

Ren Xiaosu spoke with righteous indignation: "We've eaten our fill, but there are many brothers in Iron Second Battalion who are still hungry. We can't be so selfish. We must inform them!"

When Li Qingzheng heard this, he felt a bit ashamed. He suddenly realized his own level was still lacking, that he lacked great compassion.

At this point, Li Qingzheng volunteered: "Then let's split up and act separately. That way, the notification will be faster."

Ren Xiaosu's face changed: "No, you've been exhausted for a day. You must rest quickly! Go on, don't wear yourselves out!"

The soldiers in the squad were almost moved to tears. They had never noticed that Ren Xiaosu cared so much for everyone. Li Qingzheng thought to himself, why had he somehow become a deputy squad leader? It was because the squad leader had such high ideological awareness.

After sending Li Qingzheng and the others to sleep, Ren Xiaosu began to notify each combat squad one by one. The tents were large military tents issued by the quartermaster, with bunk beds that could accommodate an entire combat squad.

Ren Xiaosu went on tirelessly, and although everyone was initially puzzled, when he showed them the steaming buns in his arms, they all believed him!

The notified combat squads thought Ren Xiaosu was a good person... though the requirement to say thank you was a bit odd...

Ren Xiaosu counted his thank-you coins. In just an hour, the number had surged to over 900, far more than any previous harvest!

Indeed, when people are hungry, their feelings for food become especially devout...

Ren Xiaosu lifted the curtain of the next tent and said: "Are you hungry? I know a place..."

At this moment, the five nano-soldiers inside the tent quietly stared at Ren Xiaosu. Ren Xiaosu smiled calmly: "Heh, sorry to disturb you."

He had made a mistake!

Each tent in the camp looked exactly the same to Ren Xiaosu. Who could tell which tent had what kind of people inside?

At this point, the nano-soldiers rushed out of the tent: "Stop! What did you mean just now?"

But as soon as they spoke, they realized that the curtains of many tents outside had been lifted, and there was no one inside.

The nano-soldiers quickly checked around, then drew a cold breath. The entire camp had emptied by half, and they hadn't even noticed!

Just then, the private army soldiers who had just eaten returned. These people were shoulder to shoulder, some even using toothpicks to pick their teeth.

Not only that, but each of them had bulging bellies, clearly carrying a lot of stuff.

The nano-soldiers approached them, and these people were terrified when they saw the nano-soldiers. The Shenji Camp nano-soldier asked coldly: "Where did you go?"

A trembling man replied: "We went to the forward base to eat."

This left the nano-soldiers stunned: "Just to eat?"

More and more people returned after eating, and they were all punished to stand in the camp.

The nano-soldiers walked among them, sneering coldly: "Leaving the camp without permission, do you know the charges?"

As they spoke, they knocked the buns from several people's arms to the ground, then crushed them with their feet into flat cakes: "You, you, you!"

The nano-soldier pointed at three people: "Eat the buns on the ground!"

The private soldiers who were pointed at didn't dare to speak and immediately picked up the crushed buns and stuffed them into their mouths.

The nano-soldier looked at them: "Who told you to go to the forward base to eat?"

As soon as he said this, he was shocked to find that almost everyone's gaze was fixed on Ren Xiaosu...

Not only that, someone even pointed at Ren Xiaosu.

So, all the people in the camp who went to eat were told by Ren Xiaosu?

This was easy to handle. Punishing Ren Xiaosu alone would suffice, and it wouldn't cause a riot.

In fact, the Shenji Camp officers were also helpless. If only one or two people had done this, they could have punished them severely, but now there were too many offenders. What if punishing them all caused a riot in the camp?

So, punishing one person as a warning to the others was the best solution.

But the Shenji Camp officer couldn't figure something out. He looked at Ren Xiaosu and asked in confusion: "Why did you tell others to go to the forward base to eat?"

Ren Xiaosu pondered for a moment: "The braised chicken legs at the forward base are really delicious."

Shenji Camp officer: "......"

As they spoke, the Shenji Camp officer's face had already changed. He decided to take Ren Xiaosu down that night to assert his authority!

But at this moment, Ren Xiaosu whispered to a Shenji Camp nano-soldier: "May I have a word?"

The nano-soldier, puzzled, followed Ren Xiaosu to the side. Ren Xiaosu showed his special forces officer ID without hesitation: "I suspect there is a Qing family spy in this camp. You need to cooperate with me to find him, but I have no clues yet. This matter, you and I know, no third person should know..."

Nano-soldier: "......"

Ren Xiaosu thought to himself, anyway, he had made up a story, and since Li Shenji's plans were grand, this small matter would surely be accepted. The pot would not be thrown away in vain.

This night's events left the nano-soldier overwhelmed. He felt he needed to sort things out...

A special forces major, to investigate the Qing family spy, told everyone to go to the forward base to eat?

This was illogical!

Special Forces, a military organization that even Shenji Camp had to fear. After all, Shenji Camp didn't dare claim they had no spies at all.

And espionage was one of the most serious crimes during wartime.