Chapter 61: 61, Turns hostile faster than turning a page

How difficult is it for refugees to enter the refuge bastion? According to Wang Fugui, in his over forty years of life, he had only seen four people successfully enter the bastion, all of whom were distant relatives of some high-ranking individuals within the bastion.

These people came to the bastion to seek their relatives, only to be turned away, forced to live in the settlement, slowly waiting for an opportunity.

Even the distant relatives of some high-ranking individuals find it so hard to enter the bastion—Luo Xinyu claims to offer three slots, and you take it at face value? If you were truly that capable, you wouldn’t need to cling to a private army’s mission to reach Bastion 112. Why not have the private army escort you directly?

The world treats others as fools, and you are the fool.

Ren Xiaosu thought Luo Xinyu was still too calculating. Though a refugee, he was not lacking in judgment. Another guide might have been fooled, but Ren Xiaosu was not.

If Ren Xiaosu agreed to her terms, where would he find someone to replace Luo Xinyu once she entered the bastion? Luo Xinyu could completely burn the bridge after crossing the river.

Honestly, Ren Xiaosu had no fondness for Luo Xinyu and Liu Bu.

At noon, everyone drank pig meat and grew thirsty, but their bottled water and food remained on the pickup truck—or rather, most of the water had been scattered by Xu Xiance and his men.

Xu Xiance looked at Ren Xiaosu: "How should we find a water source here?"

At that moment, the palace issued a task: "Task: Inform how to find a water source."

"Only rivers can be sought, or dew collected from leaves," Ren Xiaosu said without hesitation: "But I don’t recommend going to the riverbank. From my judgment, the nearby rivers are still a distance away. Endure the thirst—it won’t kill you. Collect dew tomorrow morning."

Xu Xiance nodded: "Thank you."

"A gratitude from Xu Xiance, +1!"

Ren Xiaosu waited a long while, curiosity stirring in his mind: "Where is my reward?"

The palace ignored him again, leaving Ren Xiaosu puzzled. It seemed the palace had never seen him complete a task properly without deviating, and there was a glitch in the judgment mechanism!

After a long while, the palace spoke in Ren Xiaosu’s mind: "Task completed, reward 1.0 strength."

Ren Xiaosu was stunned. The task was done, but not as he expected—the reward was strength.

Previously, he had wondered if the palace would fairly grant him strength and agility, but now his agility was still 4.1, while strength had reached 7.5.

Perhaps with a few more tasks, Ren Xiaosu’s strength would surpass three times that of a normal adult.

At that moment, Ren Xiaosu still had two bottles of bottled water he had traded for half a fish. Such items couldn’t be hidden, as the pockets of his coat were limited.

Suddenly, Liu Bu approached and said to Ren Xiaosu: "One thousand yuan per bottle, sell it to me."

Ren Xiaosu glanced at him: "No."

"Two thousand yuan!" Liu Bu urgently said: "Two thousand, will that do? I’m so thirsty!"

Ren Xiaosu thought Liu Bu was truly reckless. He looked at Liu Bu and said: "Money is useless here. The value of food and water is immeasurable. If you want water, go to the riverbank yourself."

At that moment, Liu Bu wanted to explode, but he no longer possessed the arrogance he had when he first left the bastion. He understood that Ren Xiaosu’s role was far greater than his own. If the two clashed or reached irreconcilable contradictions, Xu Xiance’s character would surely abandon Liu Bu, not Ren Xiaosu.

When he first left the bastion, Liu Bu had believed refugees were meant to serve the bastion, and those inside could forever remain superior. But now he had awakened.

Ren Xiaosu, on the side, wiped his hands with leaves, and after finishing, decisively went to seek out Wang Lei to flatter and collect gratitude coins.

However, gratitude coins couldn’t be endlessly farmed. After experiencing Ren Xiaosu’s flattery, Wang Lei noticed his attitude was off, and in the following attempts to thank him, there were no gratitude coins…

Seeing no gratitude coins to farm, Ren Xiaosu decisively abandoned Wang Lei. At that time, his gratitude coins had already reached 84.

In the afternoon, Xu Xiance glanced at the sky: "This place isn’t suitable for camping. We must find a less open area to avoid beast attacks. Let’s push forward and endure a bit more."

Ren Xiaosu agreed with Xu Xiance’s suggestion. After roasting the pig, this place had become a dangerous spot. Some snakes, insects, and poisonous ants were active at night. Though it seemed fine now, it might turn into everyone’s disaster by evening.

Had you not seen the discarded mouse already turned to white bones?

Xu Xiance walked to the stretcher and said to Ren Xiaosu: "Let’s carry him together."

Ren Xiaosu was unwilling: "Why should I carry him?"

Xu Xiance: "???"

Wang Lei: "???"

Ren Xiaosu looked at Liu Bu and said: "You carry him. If you don’t, I’ll kill you."

Liu Bu nearly collapsed then—was this madness?

This scene left the camp in stunned silence, thinking: This kid has a split personality, or what? To flip one’s temper so quickly? Didn’t you say earlier that whoever competes with you, you’ll kill?

At that moment, Xu Xiance didn’t want to waste time. He said: "Except for the girl, everyone come forward to take turns carrying the wounded. You’ll have your own injuries someday. If you don’t want to die, you must help each other now."

Ren Xiaosu suddenly found Xu Xiance quite rational. No matter what happened in the team, he was always trying to pull everyone back on track.

Along the way, some unruly private army soldiers began to intentionally approach Luo Xinyu, even brushing past her with their arms as if by accident. Each time, Luo Xinyu detected them in advance and dodged, after which the soldiers would lecherously laugh.

Logically, Liu Bu and Luo Xinyu should have a good relationship, but Liu Bu dared not speak up when he saw this—how could he provoke these private army soldiers?

After encountering obstacles with Xu Xiance and Ren Xiaosu, Luo Xinyu seemed at a loss, unsure of what to do, only passively evading.

These soldiers, in this perilous situation with no tomorrow, were unleashing the beasts within their hearts.

However, Ren Xiaosu didn’t want to meddle in such matters. After the team continued forward, he remembered he had obtained another skill learning map. He wondered if he could extract Yang Xiaojin’s advanced combat skill this time.

Just as he looked up to search for Yang Xiaojin, he saw her pointing a gun at a soldier’s head. Yang Xiaojin turned to Ren Xiaosu and said: "His gun is yours now."