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"No, no..."

Facing Chen Xing's greetings, Jin Chengen quickly shook his head and denied it.

"Why?" Chen Xing frowned slightly and asked.

"I, I thought..." Jin Chengen's voice stuttered because of nervousness, "You, you dare not chase..."

"Hmm..." Chen Xing thought for a while, and felt that Jin Chengen probably didn't lie. After all, the opponent has more than forty people, and they behaved very loosely, unlike the current reaction of the enemy. Since there is no danger, there is no call for help.

Then, a gleam of light flashed in Chen Xing's eyes, and he asked, "Do you think..." He paused, and his tone became meaningful, "How much will your family pay to redeem your life?"

Since ancient times, nobles have paid ransoms to redeem important prisoners of war. Anyway, it is the Qingguo, even if he can go back in the future, he will not go to Qingguo, so he is not afraid to offend the family of the family over there.

"I, I..." Jin Chengen looked dim and opened his mouth several times before saying what he said, "I have been abandoned by my father."

Without saying anything, Chen Xing pulled out the silver star and pointed at Jin Chengen's head, "Then goodbye." His voice was flat, as if he was talking about a trivial matter, but the deterrent power was amazing. The pampered Young Master Jin immediately trembled, limp on the ground, shouting, "Don't, don't kill me, father, father said, yes, will help me once!"

"How to help?" Chen Xing asked.

"He, he said he would think of a way to give me an airdrop once, and once the supplies." Jin Chengen said with his head in his arms.

"How much?" Chen Xing asked.

"No, I don't know, but there must be money, medicine, everything..." Jin Chengen raised his head and said hurriedly, for fear that Chen Xing would not believe it, and explained desperately, "I am the youngest son of the family, and my father will definitely not care. mine."

"Then you send a message now, don't play tricks, or you will be killed with one shot." Chen Xing raised the silver pistol in his hand and threatened.

"No, no, you can rest assured, absolutely not..." Jin Chengen vowed to say, got up, rushed to the dark web communicator, and turned on the power switch.

The green power light flickered a few times and became evergreen, and then a green light shot on Jin Chengen, scanning back and forth three times. Immediately afterwards, the screen in the middle part lit up, like an old computer, showing lines of small green characters word by word.

[Identity has been verified, customer number 118902]

[Place of use: Area 27 of the Black Dead Continent, coordinates...]

[Welcome to use the emergency communication system of World Money Trading Network]

[Please enter the communication number and information, the format is "target customer number# information content"]

Below is a flashing cursor. There was a waterproof keyboard at the bottom of the screen, and Jin Chengen operated with trembling fingers. Chen Xing stretched out his muzzle to withstand the former's head to prevent the opponent from playing tricks when typing.

[117406#Father, I need supplies, please arrange an airdrop as soon as possible, the code is five gunshots]

Jin Chengen pressed the Enter key, and the words "The message has been sent successfully" were displayed on the screen soon.

"How long will it take?" Chen Xing asked.

"The most, the fastest in three days." Jin Chengen replied with a trembling voice.

"Very good." Chen Xing put away the silver star, and then let the ghost fox and the big cat press the captives in.

Guard in the cave.

"Honestly, I don't like killing, don't force me." Chen Xing warned. The captives nodded quickly, indicating that they would be peaceful.

In the following time, Chen Xing has been waiting for the airdrop. But three days later, there was still no shadow of the floating boat, so I asked Jin Chengen to ask. Jin Chengen swears and promises that his father will definitely arrange the airdrop, but it will take time to bribe the officials of the floater.

By the morning of the fifth day, a floating craft finally flew over the sky. Among the clouds, the airship is like a small black spot, which is difficult to detect with the naked eye. After a while, the floater lowered its height. The large propeller behind the tail turned and moved forward slowly.

Chen Xing pulled out the silver star and fired five shots. Immediately, a small door was opened in the pod below the float, and then a large wooden box was pushed down. The box with a parachute drifted in the wind, and finally landed a few kilometers away.

Chen Xing and Guihu guarded the captives, and let Da Mao and Wu Jinjian go over and carry the boxes. Half an hour later, the box was moved back by the two. Pry it open, there are still a lot of good things.

There are two Commando sniper assault rifles wrapped in oilcloth. This is the standard weapon of the Qingguo Mountain Guards. It is manufactured by Chongshan Industry. The barrel is made of ordinary alloy and is more durable. Equipped with a triple mirrorless sniper mirror, the gun body is engraved with the standard rune loop "Xuanwu", the energy storage speed is increased by 15%, the penetration damage is 8%, the ballistic accuracy is increased by 10%, and the market value More than nine hundred gold coins.

Then there is a large bundle of gold bars, which can be exchanged for tens of thousands of gold coins. There are also various firearms, medicines, bullets, grenades, and military rations. A big box was packed full.

"Seriously, I envy you..." Chen Xing patted Jin Chengen on the shoulder and exclaimed, "You have a good father." The latter's eyes were shining, and there seemed to be tears.

Subsequently, Chen Xing divided the materials into two parts. The relatively low-value and heavy-weight military rations, grenades, and ammunition were left behind. The empty guns were left to be carried by the prisoners. Then they tied their hands with ropes and strung them into a long snake, which was escorted by the big cat and Wu Jinjian behind.

Chen Xing divided the two Commando between them, and M4 took them back.

Three days later, the four of Chen Xing escorted the prisoners, returned triumphantly, and returned to the 27th security station. Jin Chengen and his entourage regained their freedom. They didn't dare to say anything. They sullenly avoided the crowd and hid in the corner of the lounge and dining area and gobbled them up. During the period of being a prisoner, I couldn't eat well and sleep well, and I had to do coolies to move things. It was really miserable.

Just as Chen Xing put down the recruiter's sign, a group of exiles couldn't wait to join.

"Boss, we will confuse with you in the future." "Boss, we must accept me. I am a combat soldier with second-level psionic armor." "Boss, I am an assaulter. The scar of Nishiki Industry." "I am a cook, and I can do both Chinese and Western food. The best one is tomato ramen." "I am a medical soldier, intermediate battlefield first aid, don't think I am a man, I am very careful."

Taking into account the current economic situation, Chen Xing only recruited 31 people. Originally, he had more than 2,000 gold coins, plus the bundle of gold bars that Jin Chengen had brought by his side and the airdropped gold bars, totaling more than 27,000. Two thousand are given to Big Cat, Guihu, and Wu Jinjian, leaving more than 21,000.

The salaries of the personnel are the same as those of the mercenaries in the Red Earth Continent, depending on the type of arm, 12-18 gold per person per month, 20-25 gold for the team leader, and full board and lodging.

Thirty-one people were divided into three teams, two combat teams and one logistics team, each with about ten people. The big cat and the ghost fox lead the battle team, and Wu Jinjian leads the logistics team.

After recruiting personnel and training for seven days, Chen Xing led the team to the cave where Jin Chengen was before. The terrain there is complex, there are dangers to guard, and there are water sources, it is a good place to occupy the mountain as the king.

Since there were no vehicles, they purchased five simple rickshaws to transport supplies at the security station. The materials include all kinds of grains, bacon, compressed vegetables, dried fruits, as well as buckets and cups, cooking utensils, bedding tents, engineering shovel, and so on.

After six days of trekking, stop and go, move and lift, finally arrived at the destination. After patrolling the sentries, Chen Xing immediately arranged manpower to dig the passages around the clock. Half a month later, the area of ​​the cave was expanded five or six times, and two escape tunnels were dug. One leads to the south side of the foot of the mountain, and one leads to the north side. In addition, several vents were dug out, and there was a weak airflow in the hole.

After a while, at the end of October, when the weather started to cool down, the construction of the base was finally completed.

The cave is divided into three areas, the rest area, the granary, and the dormitory. The kitchen is located outside the cave, and the ammunition storage is located on the other side of the mountain.

Then set up three observation posts, built with stones, one on the top of the mountain above the stronghold, and the other two on the mountain next to it, forming a triangle, which takes turns for 24 hours. There is also a three-person patrol team patrolling the nearby area.

A large puddle was dug at the spring hole of the mountain spring, and a plastic pipe bought by the safety was used to lead it into the cave. There was also running water.

During the period, Chen Xing sent Wu Jinjian back to Survival Center No. 27 to transport supplies twice. Purchased three heavy machine guns and two "Hunter" 84mm rocket launchers, more than ten boxes of machine gun ammunition and several explosive rockets.

The heavy machine gun is assigned to the watch post, and the bazooka is used by the big cat and a heavy weapon supporter named "Lu Yan".

After a period of time, an orderly stronghold took shape. I have to say that Chen Xing's management ability is still good. In the first life, although he was a small staff member, he was also promoted to manager, but he didn't work for a long time before passing through inexplicably. In the second life, he was the team leader, and there were more than a dozen people under him. In this third life, he has operated the water station for more than half a year, and managed the food, clothing, housing and transportation of thousands of people, and he is still competent.

In mid-November, an exile ran to the foot of the mountain, shaking a small flag painted with colored stars, and begging to see the leader of the stronghold.

In the red earth world, the six-color star flag is the flag of the Human Survival Committee, representing peace and negotiation. Although it is painted in a white vest, it is also a friendly olive branch.

Chen Xing met the exile at the foot of the mountain, and the other party advertised that he was an envoy of the "grey pigeon group". The base was on the other side of the mountain, more than ten kilometers away. He expressed greetings to Master Chen on behalf of the head of the blue pigeon team, and hoped that the forces in the 27th district would be able to help each other in the future.

Since he often had to go back and forth to buy supplies from the safe place, Chen Xing did not expect to hide here for long. But I didn't expect to be noticed so quickly.

When asked about the name of the team, Chen Xing casually said a "master group". Since then, it has become the official name of the team.

The envoy of the Grey Pigeon Group brought a box of tobacco and an exquisite pipe to Chen Xing as a gift. After Chen Xing accepted it, Wu Jinjian asked Wu Jinjian to prepare some supplies and take a few people and envoys back. On the one hand, it is to return a gift, on the other hand, it is to investigate the other party.

Knowing yourself and the enemy will never end in a hundred battles. The neighbors on this land may be friends or beasts dormant around them.

Naturally, the envoy did not refuse, and after a short rest, he left with Wu Jinjian and others.