Jiang Baimian, Shang Jianyao, and Genawa arrived at Phokas's mansion nearly ten minutes earlier than the scheduled time, and hundreds of people had gathered in the open area.
They either surrounded the gray-green military vehicles, or lined up in columns, standing upright.
Jiang Baimian found the guard standing outside the gate of the iron fence and asked him to report to General Phokas that the team of relic hunters invited by the Zhao family had arrived.
That is, three or five minutes later, a man and a woman walked out of the main entrance of the house and walked along the road in the middle of the lawn.
They are not short in stature. The male is over 1.8 meters and the female is over 1.7 meters. All of them are of the Red River race, wearing gray military uniforms and major epaulets.
"The general mentioned you." The man nodded lightly.
He has short brown-red hair, his eyes are the same color, his arm muscles hold up his clothes, his temperament is cold, and he is unsmiling.
He immediately looked at the cloaked Genava:
"Who is this?"
"A member of our team, a secret weapon." Jiang Baimian laughed.
She used accents on the last few words.
The male major glanced at the three of them:
"You mean, don't want to lift the cloak for us to examine?"
"You can lean over to see, but don't let him lift his cloak. There are many people here, and there may be spies who are 'anti-intellectualism'." Jiang Baimian has long thought of a workaround.
"Yeah, he would be embarrassed to take off his clothes in public." Shang Jianyao thoughtfully helped Genova consider the issue of dignity.
The male major winked at the female companion beside him, signaling her to take precautions, and then he took two steps forward and approached Genova.
Such a distance and the height comparison of the two minimized the shielding effect of the cloak.
The red-brown-haired male major immediately showed a sudden realization.
He turned around and regained his ruthlessness:
"You don't have to let him come, we are prepared.
"If you take him with you, you must stay away from the general's vehicle later."
"No problem." Jiang Baimian responded with a smile.
The male major glanced at her and Shang Jianyao, nodded lightly, and said:
"For your height, you're still too thin and lack enough muscle."
The topic changed a bit suddenly, and Jiang Baimian couldn't react for a while, as if another businessman was standing opposite.
The male major added to her again:
"If you have muscles like mine, I can't help chasing you."
As he spoke, he bent his elbows and let his muscles bulge.
It was so exaggerated that it almost burst through the clothes.
No need... Jiang Baimian replied silently.
At this time, Shang Jianyao sneered and said:
"Excessive pursuit of muscle often leads to ineffectiveness."
The male major glanced at him:
"During the mission, I won't argue with you. After that, we can have a one-on-one fight, fight or wrestle for your choice."
Shang Jianyao smiled, pointed at Jiang Baimian and said:
"You and I are wrestling? You can't even beat her!
"Let's talk about it when you win her back."
It's like you can beat my left hand... Jiang Baimian's full stomach is hard to say.
The muscular man on the opposite side obviously fell into the trap of Shang Jianyao.
"Okay." The male major controlled his impulse.
He turned around and passed the iron fence gate and walked towards the main entrance of the house, preparing to report to General Phokas.
The female major who came with him was a few steps behind, smiled and said:
"Leave him alone, he's obsessed with muscles and almost changed his sexuality because of it."
"He's more powerful than I thought." Shang Jianyao said sincerely.
Seeing the female major's kind attitude, Jiang Baimian asked:
"What's your name?"
The female major had dark yellow hair, combed into a neat mid-part, just over the ears.
Her facial features are not bad, but like most people in Honghe, she has rough skin and large pores.
In addition, her face is not so soft, very hard and very manly.
She shook her right hand and said with a smile:
"My name is Cassirer and he is Dukas."
After that, Cassirer followed Dukas and entered the general's mansion.
At nine o'clock sharp, a gray armored car drove out from the inside. Phocas, wearing his straight general uniform, waved to the soldiers through the car window.
He saw Jeep and Jiang Baimian parked in the distance, Shang Jianyao, and nodded lightly, signaling them to follow.
The convoy went all the way to the south and left the Jinmaisui District.
Three or four hundred soldiers were waiting outside the city.
Some of them are driving tanks, some are holding drones, some are riding motorcycles, some are wearing iron-black combat robots, and some are driving armored vehicles, all fully armed.
This is the same army under the orders of Phocas, the two parts together, there are almost five hundred people.
To deal with the cultists lurking in several manors, this can be called huge.
Similar to the company, the organization that can directly command and mobilize is the action group, with four or five hundred people... Phokas should have applied for permission from the consul and commander-in-chief Beuris, or it would be very difficult for such an army to act autonomously on the outskirts of the city. Serious mistake... Jiang Baimian watched from a distance through the windshield, trying to use the model of "Pangu creatures" to fit the situation of "First City".
In the "First City" organization, this is a city defense battalion, and the commander is often a major.
The team moved towards the manor where Zhao Yixue and Meng Gang were in an orderly manner, and it didn't take long to reach the destination.
Under the command of Phokas, four-fifths of the people and several battle robots scattered and surrounded the place. Two majors, Dukas and Cassirer, led the remaining soldiers and battle robots, and met with Shang Jianyao and Jiang. Together with Bai Mian and Genova, they took out the warrant and forced their way into the manor.
Looking at the environment where the sparrow is small and complete, Jiang Baimian looked back at the armored command vehicle next to a small forest.
This time, Phokas did not rashly take the lead in searching the manor, but waited in the distance.
"He is qualified enough to be the target of 'anti-intellectualism'. There is a high probability that this trap was designed against him... If he doesn't enter the manor, how will the trap unfold? The purpose of the manor is to lure the strongest guard around him. Leaving, making a time difference? Phokas should not have thought of this, he will make corresponding arrangements, and he himself is very likely to be a strong man..." Following Dukas, Cassirer and others, Jiang Bai Cotton thought subconsciously.
When the servants and slaves in the manor saw the intrusion of the regular army, they all shrank in fright. No one dared to stop them, and the team easily reached the main house.
"Have you found a target?" Dukas turned his head and asked Shang Jianyao and Jiang Baimian.
Shang Jian Yao shook his head.
The next second, several stewards walked to the door of the main house and respectfully waited for the commander to speak.
Shang Jianyao's eyes lit up, he jumped to Zhao Shouren's side, and asked with a smile:
"Where are Meng Gang, Shen Kui, and Zhao Yixue?"
Seeing that he was a brother, Zhao Shouren breathed a sigh of relief, and Qiqing replied:
"They went into the basement after breakfast and didn't know what they were doing, hey, they've been weird lately!"
"Basement..." Dukas repeated, and ordered Zhao Shouren, "lead the way."
The entrance to the basement was on the first floor of the main house, and Jiang Baimian and the others soon saw the brown wooden door below the stairs.
Dukas raised his hand and pressed down, motioning everyone to stop, and then instructing the surrounding soldiers:
"Blast the door.
"Use flashbangs.
"Shoot a hypnotic bomb."
He had absolutely no idea of breaking into the basement and fighting with others.
It's not all muscles in his mind... Jiang Baimian sighed silently.
Several soldiers immediately entered the corresponding position.
Boom!
A shell flew out of the shoulder-fired bazooka, blasting the wooden door to pieces, shaking the house a few times, and shattering the glass.
Immediately after, flash bombs were thrown into the basement, and the sudden burst of white light caused most of those who looked directly to lose their sight for a short time.
Jiang Baimian and Shang Jianyao had quietly put on their sunglasses, and those without sunglasses chose to turn their backs and close their eyes.
After the flashbang, one after another cannonballs that can release hypnotic gas blasted into the destination one after another.
Without waiting too long, Ducasse and Cassirer put on gas masks and led soldiers in the same costumes into the basement.
Jiang Baimian and Shang Jianyao also took the corresponding equipment from the soldiers next to them, and followed them to help identify the person.
As for Gnavar, the hypnotic gas had no effect on him.
The basement of this manor is not too big, similar to a normal living room. As soon as Shang Jianyao and Jiang Baimian passed through the broken door, they saw the scene inside.
There was a circle of people on the gray-white slate floor. They seemed to form a circle. Everyone was wearing a black robe and a white mask without facial features. They looked a bit evil.
Dukas walked to a black-robed man, squatted down, lifted the iconic mask of "anti-intellectualism", raised his head and asked Shang Jianyao:
"Is it the target?"
"Shen Kui." Shang Jianyao reported the name of the comatose.
so smooth? The power of formalized warfare? Jiang Baimian frowned suspiciously.
Dukas lifted the masks of those people one by one, and Shang Jianyao identified their identities in turn.
But in the end, they found two people missing:
Meng Gang and Zhao Yixue, the second son of the Zhao family, who have the ability to "hypnotize"!