Strictly speaking, this was the second time Beicheng suffered a blow at the hands of Xu Qingran.
The first time was before Xu Qingran came back.
Because there are many local people, the efficiency and discipline of the military guards in the North City are better than those in other urban areas, and it has always claimed to be the most powerful area in Upper South Continent. When Chen Jianguang sent people out to investigate the situation in West City and South City, the people who came out of the North City held a proud and sarcastic mentality, expecting to see the two cities being tortured by the demons.
Unexpectedly, the situation outside was better than they thought.
The spies outside only told them that South City and West City had been in close contact with the new colonel in the past few months, working together and showing the intention to surrender. They did not tell them that the guards of the two cities seemed to be possessed, and their temperaments and attitudes had changed drastically.
No more lazy and lax attitude.
Several disaster areas that were so severe that they were about to affect residential areas were cleared out of the warning area. According to the original plan, before they robbed the resources, if West City and South City were willing to obey them and become the vassal of North City, they would be happy to help them in return after taking the resources.
As a result, when they went to the military district to make their announcement, they were ignored.
That’s why they skipped the intermediate process and sent the troops directly to the final result, grabbing everything that could be grabbed.
The North City guards got their weapons and were waiting to see the jokes of those "traitors".
Now, they have become the 'joke'.
Neither Chen Jianguang nor the scout spoke again.
In the distance, the sound of wheels of military equipment being transported past could be heard, which sounded like sarcastic laughter.
The looted spoils suddenly don’t taste as good anymore.
The scout thought about it and said, "I heard that this is a way for the colonel to win people's hearts."
"He first attacked South City and West City. Now that supplies are in short supply in both places, he took the opportunity to offer these benefits... Who knows, his next goal may be to seduce our North City."
Chen Jianguang quite agrees with this view.
In the past, it wasn't that there hadn't been colonels who had come to negotiate with Beicheng with such bargaining chips. It was just that they weren't as capable as Xu Qingran to really get the things. Those damn guys were mostly just empty talk, and at that time, only the two fools from the small place outside would believe them.
Now Xu Qingran has successfully conquered South City and West City with supplies, and has firmly grasped the military power of East City.
Then according to convention, the next target would be their North City.
Chen Jianguang snorted coldly: "Even if he has supplies, we in Beicheng can't be bribed so easily."
The officers of the Silver Dragon Battalion were all cunning and sly. They had been fooled before and swore that they would never work for the Silver Dragon Battalion again! When the new colonel came to negotiate with Beicheng, they would definitely give him a warning.
I can't wait to see the new colonel make a fool of himself in North City.
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Xu Qingran sent Silver Dragon's additional reinforcements to each division according to their current needs.
This solved the problem of staff shortage in Xicheng.
The cleanup progress in the disaster-stricken areas of South City and East City has been accelerated.
As for the North City—
"Colonel, the military guards of South City and West City have finally been officially unified with East City and are now under your management and arrangements."
The glass on the window was wiped clean.
Xu Qingran held a potted orchid in his hand and placed it on the windowsill. The sunlight poured in through the window, falling on the purple-blue orchid, and also quietly climbed onto the man next to it, diluting the color of his eyes a little.
Behind him was Adjutant Mao, who had just knocked on the office door and came in after being granted permission.
Xu Qingran’s new office building has been completed.
Today was his first day of work, and he received a lot of new office supplies and decorations from his subordinates. The orchid he just put up was given to him by a guard in the East City barracks who had smashed his old office building.
It seemed to be a championship-quality orchid planted by him at home.
Xu Qingran didn't know whether it was true or not, but he liked it very much and decided to put it on the most conspicuous windowsill.
The air conditioning in the room was at just the right temperature.
Adjutant Mao stood in front of Xu Qingran's desk and asked respectfully, "Is our next plan to conquer North City?"
Xu Qingran looked at the orchid for a few more times, then turned to Adjutant Mao and said, "Conquer North City?"
"Why would we recruit them? Didn't they claim they wanted to be independent and cut off from Nanzhou? Since they are so confident in their abilities and manage North City well, let them have fun on their own."
Xu Qingran chuckled.
"We don't lack the military forces in the North City right now."
Beicheng is the most powerful among the four cities in Upper South Continent, but that is its current limit.
Otherwise, they wouldn't have been fighting against the demons in the city for so many years. The ones who really needed help now were them, not him.
Adjutant Mao was stunned. He didn't expect Xu Qingran to have been so rampant in Shangnanzhou for so long. Now that Beicheng was about to collapse, and he had the bargaining chips in his hands, why didn't he want to subdue the rebels? !
Xu Qingran pulled out a chair and sat down, then started to open his computer to check a bunch of official documents that had been uploaded to the system during the time he was away.
While waiting, he said, "Besides, they looted the military camps of the two cities in the south and west right under my nose. Even if they just took away the garbage we didn't want, it would be very rude."
“So it’s not that easy for them to get new military funds from me.”
Adjutant Mao listened to him leisurely, pursed his lips and said worriedly: "But, unifying the four cities is the biggest task for the colonel of Shangnanzhou."
If Xu Qingran cannot do this, no matter how well the other three cities handle it, they will probably still have a hard time standing in front of Silver Dragon.
After a pause, he continued, "Besides, we asked Silver Dragon for so many supplies this time. If we don't count North City, when the next batch is delivered, we might have so much inventory that our small warehouse here can't hold it all."
"Is it a lot?" Xu Qingran asked, "I'm afraid it won't be enough."
"In addition to Upper Nanzhou, I also have some supplies that I want to distribute to Lower Nanzhou."
Adjutant Mao: “?!”
Xu Qingran smiled. He and Feng Yao's second sister Feng Huan discussed the unified cooperation between Shangnan and Xianan after they finished asking for reinforcements.
Although Xia Nanzhou was not peaceful either, the main reason was the conflict caused by the military personnel being looked down upon by the local residents.
The current colonel of Xia Nanzhou is an elderly man. He is in a free-range management state for Xia Nanzhou. Except for major matters that require him to make decisions, he basically does not intervene in other matters. Most of the internal urban management is arranged and handled by Feng Huan.
Feng Huan came to see him that day and talked to him in a tentative manner.
Probably because he had a good impression of him, he changed his mind and agreed to their request for support from Shangnanzhou. After the support ended, he received very good feedback from the reinforcements sent to Shangnanzhou about the current Shangnanzhou and Xu Qingran's ability.
So he contacted him again and said straight to the point: "When we met before, you mentioned that you were considering obtaining resources for Nanzhou."
"Anyway, our colonel's meaning is very clear. He has no power over Nanzhou. If you can also bring benefits to Lower Nanzhou, Lower Nanzhou will become its vassal and follow your Upper Nanzhou's arrangements to carry out the mission plan."
"Our condition is very simple, that is, to make this beautiful place in Nanzhou 'revive' again."
The troops in Xia Nanzhou were not so rebellious and all obeyed the orders and arrangements of their superiors.
Xu Qingran's negotiations with them went smoothly, and after being suppressed for a long time, the guards there also admired him. Some brothers had witnessed Xu Qingran's ability with their own eyes and had extra confidence in him, so when Feng Huan and the others proposed this idea, most of the troops had no objection.
So, the matter was settled simply like that.
The affairs of Nanzhou are being arranged in an orderly manner.
Not long after Xu Qingran came back, the technicians assigned to him by Mo Chengfei came to the whole city to install the network. All places except the disaster-stricken areas were set up, and even the mobile phone and telecommunications signals, and the connections of major satellite channels were adjusted.
The main military base in Nanzhou will be renovated.
The checkpoints in each city will be upgraded to a more intelligent system, and the trains will also re-plan their routes. If Nanzhou can really get rid of the demons in a few years, it will consider applying to the camp for the construction of high-speed rail.
Xu Qingran asked the finance department to record all the accounts one by one.
Once he cleans up Shangnanzhou, he can legitimately ask the camp to reimburse the cost of "repair".
In the few months since he returned, he has been busy with these affairs in Nanzhou.
Including arrangements for residents, some dilapidated areas also need to be demolished and rebuilt into apartments that can better accommodate so many people. Not only does it save land, the sharing cost is relatively low, and it can ensure that the residents of Nanzhou have enough places to live.
The next step is to assist in improving the local economy of Nanzhou.
The people of Nanzhou have basically suffered a lot along the way, and with insufficient resources available from outside, most of them are good at farming. First, they need to meet the food supply of all the people in Nanzhou, and then further implement breeding when there is more space.
The people of Xicheng are good at handicrafts such as sewing and weaving, some of which are even traditional skills unique to their area.
If we do it now, we will have something to use as a promotional point in the future.
Several companies under the Mo family and the Qi family will soon build factories here. In addition to increasing production, they will also provide employment opportunities for people in Nanzhou.
After helping the responsible personnel lay the foundation, Xu Qingran began to join the cleaning work with the military department.
During this period, Ma Biao and his team members have also been working hard to detect source crystals for the Type I demons in Areas 3 and 5. Seeing that the progress was almost there, Xu Qingran took over the final command and led them to kill the overlords of these two areas.
With new tools and manpower, the subsequent cleanup operation was several times faster and smoother than before.
During this time, Lin Xuan also led his army in the lower half of South City and finally completed the cleanup of District 10. Earlier, with the assistance of Xu Qingran, the group of demons in District 10 where the Type I Overlord was killed were successfully dealt with!
"South City District 10... ah, my family and I lived here before we moved to Andromeda!"
After clearing Area 10, they began working overtime to build power stations in the border areas to defend against the demon swarms.
After this period of cooperation and working together, the former soldiers in Nancheng have established a good relationship with the reinforcements dispatched. The main reason is that most of them were once Tianlong people, so they would not reject or despise them, and it was easy to get along with them.
"It doesn't matter. Once we follow the colonel and take back Nanzhou, we can come back with our families to have a look!"
At the same time, in South City District 3 and District 5, the Overlord that had been targeted for a long time was successfully killed.
The safety of the surrounding residential areas was further guaranteed. Ma Biao could not help but shed tears in front of a group of people. The army that had fought with him for many years was also very happy to see the light of day.
The guards from other galaxies had more experience in winning and were calmer than them.
They just sighed: "To be honest, if I hadn't heard the news about Master Xu's troop deployment, I would have almost forgotten that our empire still has the Tianlong faction."
"This piece of land in Nanzhou is really small compared to other larger habitable planets. I didn't expect that after all these years, no area has been successfully cleared?"
"Indeed, and the Silver Dragon officials don't seem to report much news about the Sky Dragon. Before I came here, I never thought that in this era, there would still be such a bad environment!"
After all, the current situation in various galaxies is quite bad. The empire is surrounded by enemies and its human resources are very limited.
So I can only choose to give up the worst one.
It is said that the 100,000 people that Mu Ziyu transferred to Xu Qingran this time was already the limit.
There might be a new batch of supplies delivered later, but Mu Ziyu reminded him that the camp could not allocate more personnel to him for the time being. These people were even used by the entire Taiyue Star. If Xu Qingran stabilized Nanzhou in the future, if other continents encountered trouble, he would be ready to cooperate in dispatching troops for support.
Xu Qingran had no objection.
But here in North City, there are some slight objections.
—It’s been several months, why hasn’t Xu Qingran come to negotiate with them yet? !
The land border of the North City is very close to the West City.
Their station was located on a high slope, overlooking a large area of West City, and sharing a wide and long river with them.
So the scene that the watchtower sees every day is either the West City guards driving their mighty chariots and mechas to practice the use of new weapons in the open countryside, or they drive brand-new ships and warships to patrol and test artillery on the other side of the river.
Sometimes they would deliberately launch mental missiles at high altitudes or sea water in a direction visible from the North City Watchtower, and their attitude was extremely arrogant.
The people in North City felt really frustrated.
Even during this period, what kind of news did they receive from the spies outside the city
The cleaning progress in a certain area in South City has reached 50%!
The overlord of a certain area was killed!
A certain area has been completely cleared, defense points have been established, and it has been recaptured from the hands of humans!
Or the overlord of a certain district in West City has been successfully locked down!
A large I class in a certain area was killed again under the command of the new colonel!
They were all good news, and no matter how big or small the news was, the new colonel's name was always mentioned.
They also heard that even Xia Nanzhou was now in close contact with him and had reached a cooperative relationship! At some point, half of Xia Nanzhou's military power fell into his hands, and the reinforcements from both sides could be deployed at will, greatly improving the cleaning efficiency.
"I heard that the colonel brought back a lot of food resources from other places, and the residential areas in other parts of Nanzhou are now developing exceptionally smoothly."
"The high mountains in the south of the city have even been reclaimed and are ready for tea planting."
"It is said that the richest group in Yinlong is coming here to build a factory, preparing to carry out production and research and development... It's the formal kind!"
"besides-"
"enough!"
The guard who came to report was interrupted by Chen Jianguang before he could finish his words.
The people standing in front of him were so scared that they even breathed carefully.
I dare not continue to report the news.
Chen Jianguang is now full of resentment towards Xu Qingran.
A few months passed, and he took good care of other places in Nanzhou, even taking good care of Lower Nanzhou, but he never came to visit their North City once!
What does this new young colonel mean
Do you look down on them, Beicheng
People are always so contradictory.
Although the army led by Chen Jianguang was unwilling to obey Silver Dragon, they had to watch other people on the same continent having such good resources while they were still suffering here using the leftover or even unwanted defective products of others.
For some reason, I felt as if my alliance had been betrayed by other regions in Upper South Continent.
—We had clearly agreed to resist together, but now they are bowing to the enemy for a little benefit!
Chen Jianguang sat in the military tent where they were temporarily stationed and immediately assigned someone to say, "Call Ma Biao."
"I want to hear what he says and what the attitude of the brothers in South City is now."
The subordinates took the order and did it.
Chen Jianguang was not originally from the North City, but a resident of the South City.
Ma Biao and he were distant cousins. They both entered the military at about the same time, and their respective strengths were among the best in Upper South Continent, so they established a good relationship.
When Chen Jianguang led his troops to garrison North City and was prepared to fight to the death with Yinlong, he also invited Ma Biao to join the North City army.
Ma Biao refused because he was worried about his family in Nancheng. They rarely met after that, but for the harmonious development of Shangnanzhou, they would occasionally talk on the phone.
Chen Jianguang is quite righteous.
Earlier, Ma Biao's position was not very stable. When he was questioned and refused to cooperate by the army in the same city, he used the name of the North City Military Guard to put pressure on those disobedient people, which allowed Ma Biao to secure his current position.
The people Chen Jianguang arranged to go down came back not long after.
He was hesitant and his expression was not very good.
He frowned and said in a loud voice: "How is it? What did that kid Ma Biao say?"
The subordinate said in a voice as thin as a mosquito: "Major Ma, he didn't say anything, he just praised the new colonel from Shangnanzhou."
It was said that Xu Qingran was a 3S-level psychic.
He also said that he was a particularly rare type D.
He praised his talent in source crystal detection and said that he was different from other colonels and was sincerely working for Shangnanzhou.
Finally, I asked sincerely whether Beicheng would consider cooperating with this new colonel.
Hearing this, Chen Jianguang's expression turned blue and purple again.
Even Ma Biao was bribed! He was now somewhat interested in this colonel whom he had never met, but he was the opposite and had no intention of winning over Beicheng, and he could not lower himself to contact him in person.
He was feeling depressed when suddenly a guard who had followed him for a long time mustered up the courage to speak.
He said: "Brother Chen, actually... we refused to submit to the Silver Dragon because they despised us, did not regard us as human beings, and wanted to exile our homeland. All the colonels and admirals over the years were insignificant and only wanted to use us to gain merit."
"But after observing for some time, it is clear that the new colonel sent by Silver Dragon is different from the previous ones who did nothing."
Chen Jianguang suppressed his temper and asked him in a bad tone, "What do you want to say?"
The man said stubbornly, "What I mean is, if the new colonel wants to make Nanzhou a better place and manage Nanzhou well, can we also...?"
The other guards present also listened thoughtfully.
Yes, they had previously protested against the lockdown, mainly to express their attitude to the camp.
Putting all that aside, they were still members of the Silver Dragon Battalion after all. Now that a colonel who sounded like he met the requirements had finally appeared, why were they still being stubborn
The more they thought about it, the more confused they became.
Chen Jianguang sat on the stool in a heroic posture, with his hands resting on his legs, one on each side, and his fists slightly clenched.
He did not rebuke the guard who raised this point, but fell into deep thought and confusion.
He knew these people were right.
The reason why they were angry was that it was a rare opportunity to have a new colonel who sounded quite strategic, but this colonel took care of all places but ignored their North City, leaving them with nothing but to sit here and worry.
And because they had spoken to Silver Dragon earlier, if they took the initiative to seek peace with the colonel now, wouldn't that be a slap in the face of Beicheng themselves
Besides, Chen Jianguang had always had great trust in the high-ranking officials in the Silver Dragon Camp who were well-dressed, handsome, and dressed in exquisite and gorgeous clothes. In his eyes, the badges on their uniforms were supreme merits and were admirable.
It is precisely these people who are so contemptuous of the soldiers who work so hard for them in private.
They also engage in regional discrimination and look down on the poor people who are forced to stay in Tianlong.
Who knows if this new colonel is just pretending again
Once they had gained the trust of the people in Beicheng, they would turn around and proudly show off their achievements, using them as tools to prove themselves.
While Chen Jianguang was thinking silently, someone hurried in from outside to report military matters to him.
"… Lieutenant Colonel Chen, we have already sent people to set up a cordon for the big thing that fell on Tianguang Mountain in District 18 that day."
It refers to the huge rock that suddenly fell from outer space into District 18 of North City three days ago.
The diameter is about one kilometer, and the landing point is Tianguang Mountain, the power station on the top of the mountain. It is the largest power plant in District 18, supplying power to many places to prevent the approach and invasion of the demon group.
"The big rock is currently motionless, and the detectors used have not detected any signs of life. But the location where it landed is exactly the Tianguang Mountain Power Station. Currently, some residential areas in District 18 are without power, and Tianguang Mountain is temporarily out of defense..."
Although the probability is small, if the demons sense the loophole and attack at this time, that area may not be able to withstand it.
The most important thing is the big thing from the sky. In this era, any unidentified object that falls from the sky, even if it is just an ordinary meteorite, is likely to bring terrible disasters.
Unfortunately, the big guy that fell down could not be dealt with in a short period of time.
As for the outer layer, relevant personnel need to collect and study it before we can know what material it is. Also, we have to prevent the existence of extraterrestrial life forms in this big thing. If it is just an ordinary meteorite, it doesn't matter. If there is really something inside...
Given the current situation in North City, it may not be possible to defend it.
"Hurry up and send more people to repair the power station, the sooner the better! Ignore that thing for now, repair as much as possible around it!" said Chen Jianguang.
I felt anxious again.
It seems that we have to think of a way to put pressure on Dongcheng.
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South African affairs gradually stabilized.
Xu Qingran went to Xia Nanzhou some time ago and led the military guards there to eliminate several Type I overlords in one go.
The rest of the cleaning will be left to the army.
After finishing the more important things, he has been resting these two days and his life has been particularly leisurely.
But he couldn't sit still, so he drove the big car produced by the Mo Group, starting from the East City, passing through the South City and then to the West City, as an inspection, to see if the soldiers and guards were doing their work seriously and to see how the residents were doing in their daily lives.
The underground party in West City was cleared out by Su Wenxu and his men, and public security is now much better.
The inner cities that were not invaded by IV demons were more lively at night, and he even saw them setting up night markets in busy areas.
Xu Qingran hadn't been to such a lively place for a long time, and couldn't help but stop the car to take a look.
There were unexpectedly a lot of people, and judging by their accents, half of them were from South City.
The three cities of the east, south and west are now united, and residents between the cities have also started to move around.
In addition, the checkpoints are now equipped with intelligent identity detection, so there is no need for so many guards to conduct manual screening. It is fast and convenient, and the number of people coming and going has increased unconsciously. He also met the South City guards who had just finished their work and had not had time to change their clothes.
Those were the ones he had beaten before.
Seeing him, I subconsciously stood up straight, raised my head and chest, and stammered, "Colonel, we have finished our rotation for today..."
"I know." Xu Qingran waved his hand, his tone was unusually calm, "I was just passing by, just pretend you didn't meet me."
After saying that, he walked into the crowd alone.
The prices at Xicheng Night Market are very cheap.
It's hard to imagine that you can buy several kinds of snacks here with just a few star coins.
Xu Qingran carried bags of food, took out his cell phone, took a picture, and sent it to Shen Tingyu.
PS: "I'll take you for a walk next time you come."
The person on the other end didn't reply immediately.
Xu Qingran didn't care.
He remembered that the dog man had told him a few days ago that he would be carrying out a rather troublesome mission on behalf of the Golden Wing Battalion. The location seemed to be thousands of light years away from the Kaian Empire. He was said to be helping the empire collect important protective energy magnets.
Xu Qingran had only heard about this roughly and didn't fully understand it.
All I know is that the repellents that the Kaian Empire currently launches around the area to drive away most foreign species require such energy magnets to work with the machinery. Collecting these things seems to be a regular task for the two battalions.
After Xu Qingran sent the message to Shen Tingyu, he put away his phone.
At the same time, thousands of light years away, in an underground cave of a remnant star.
The screen of the mobile phone lying on the uneven stone ground suddenly lit up.
There was a notification floating above saying 'My boyfriend sent you a message'.
A short distance away from it, a man in dark gold military uniform lowered his head slightly, with a faint glow of spiritual power in his deep blue eyes.
His sight seemed to be startled by the message on the phone, and the ripples it created shook off the strange light in the depths and refocused his sight. Immediately, with a red light flashing in his eyes, he tightened his grip on the short knife in his hand, turned around and forcefully cut off the tail with the tail blade that was deeply inserted into his shoulder.
The connection that was being attempted to be established with him was suddenly severed.
Shen Tingyu was in a stone chamber.
There were luminous crystals that glowed faintly in the darkness. On the wall deep inside the crystals, there was an extremely large yellow-black creature. From a distance, it had skin like snake scales, and its lower body was very flexible. When it was spread out, it looked like a big octopus, clinging tightly to the wall.
The upper body is like a mechanical dragon head with sharp teeth. It is very hard and fixed in shape, and cannot be stretched and retracted as freely as the lower body.
There are nine python-like long tails around its body. Once the soft tails hit a non-liquid object, they will become extremely sharp and hard. They can even ignore all mental defenses and directly pierce the target's skin.
This is a Type X demon.
It is a high-level devil that can compete with 3S-level and E-type.
The one in front of Shen Tingyu had already had eight tails cut off by him.
Fortunately, Article 9 found an opportunity and stabbed him.
When the ninth tail was cut off by Shen Tingyu, it made a strange sound like a music box.
Shen Tingyu first picked up the mobile phone that had accidentally dropped during the fight, then lowered his eyes to look at the message, and tenderness in his eyes rose as he became sober.
Then he used his uninjured hand to raise the mental gun, poured in his greatest mental power, and fired at the devil on the crystal wall.
The spider-thin spiritual beam pierced through the gaps in the X-type's body and hit the tiny source crystal inside. The powerful force penetrated the defense of the source crystal shell and smashed it into pieces.
There was another howl with a chaotic tone.
Before it disappeared, it stared at the man in front of it, and the other's beautiful blue eyes were reflected in its crystal green eyes like crystal.
Seeing him speak slightly, his voice was low: “Don’t even think about controlling me in this life.”
As the words fell, the Type X demon in front of him instantly shattered into powder.
The surroundings became quiet again.
In an empty place, Shen Tingyu's expression was cold and ruthless. He walked to the wall covered by X-type demons and reached out to pick up a small stone buried in the crystal wall.
About the size of half a fist.
After finishing the job, he pressed the headphones on his ears and said, "I got the things. I'm going out now. Please help me clear the way."
The reply came immediately from the other side: "Okay Admiral!"
He let go of his hand and picked up the phone again.
I unlocked the screen and clicked into Xu Qingran's chat box. I stared at the photo and short message he sent for a long time, and a faint smile unconsciously appeared in my eyes.
[Shen Tingyu: OK, I'll wait.]
When the message came back, Xu Qingran was standing in front of a stall in the night market.
The young woman at the stall was busy doing business, and he was looking at the girl in front of the pot.
After a while, the girl frowned and took the initiative to speak: "Sir, would you like a bowl of mixed noodles?"
Xu Qingran smiled.
The girl who was carrying a knife and killing people half a year ago is now wearing a bib and selling noodles here.
"Ah, my savior!"
The woman next to him saw off the last customer and turned around to see Xu Qingran with a look of surprise on her face.
He was one of the people he and Shen Tingyu had rescued in a military district in Xicheng.
If I remember correctly, she seems to be from the same village as the girl next to her.
"Ya Ya, hurry up and make some potato noodles for the colonel!"
"Wait a minute, Colonel. I'll bake you another pancake and skewer for free!"
Nanzhou has undergone such great changes recently that the residents have long known through word of mouth that it was the work of the new colonel Xu Qingran.
The military guards in South City and West City also put his photo and profile on the newly installed large LCD TVs at each rest stop, introducing his identity and achievements to everyone in the city. Whenever there is a new plan or development, he will be brought along to publicize it.
Now the residents of Nanzhou worship him as a god.
"Just charge the normal fee." Xu Qingran said, "I'm not short of money, I just want to see you make money."
Anyway, when Nanzhou becomes rich in the future, he will be the beneficiary.
The woman looked at the bustling night market and sighed, "The environment in West City is really great now!"
"Not only do we have a house to live in, we no longer have to worry about being ambushed and captured... Thank you so much, so this is my way of expressing my gratitude to you on behalf of the people in our village!"
“These are all things I grew myself. They don’t cost much!”
After hearing this, Xu Qingran did not refuse.
When he was leaving with his things, the girl named Yaya suddenly caught up with him.
She stared at him for a few more seconds before taking off the bow-tied headband on her head, handed it to him and said, "This is for you."
Xu Qingran raised his eyebrows and said, "Why did you give me this? I don't need it."
The girl said, "You have been looking at it before."
"It feels like you have someone you want to send off."
Xu Qingran was stunned when he heard this.
I thought to myself, Type E really has terrifying insight.
He said: "I did say to myself, I'm going to get a new bow for someone to replace the one she was reluctant to throw away because it was dirty."
"It's just that she's gone."
Xu Qingran smiled, with no sadness on his face: "So, keep it for yourself."
Yaya asked him, "Is she your sister?"
"That's right." Xu Qingran did not hide it.
Yaya lowered her head and frowned, thinking for a while, then put the headband back on and said to him seriously, "It's okay, I can be your other sister."
Xu Qingran paused with a smile: "...?"
He glanced at her stall with a smile: "What about your family?"
Yaya said, "I don't have any family." There was no sadness on her face either, as if she was stating someone else's story calmly, "I was an orphan since birth, and the people in West City took me in."
Xu Qingran was silent.
In the end, he didn't take Yaya away.
Leaving the night market, the streets were very quiet at night.
When he passed a checkpoint in Xicheng, he happened to meet Chen Bin again.
Chen Bin looked like he was just getting off work. He wanted to light a cigarette, but when he saw him coming, he silently gave up the idea.
"Child, we meet again." Chen Bin said with a smile.
Xu Qingran remembered that Chen Bin was from North City, so he asked him, "Are you ready to go home? If it's on your way, I'll give you a ride."
Chen Bin did not refuse and got into the car carrying his equipment.
On the way, Xu Qingran talked to him about things related to North City.
As they were chatting, they happened to enter the area of West City that was invaded by IV-type demons, which happened to be the place he and Shen Tingyu passed by at that time. Thinking of his experience with Shen Tingyu at that time, he asked him: "By the way, you have been in West City for almost a year. Do you know why the IV demons here are so fearless?"
Chen Bin was puzzled by his question.
Hesitantly asked, "Aren't they afraid of humans?"
"Yeah, we drove before..."
Xu Qingran paused before he finished speaking.
It's obviously the same area, but these IV demons behave very differently today.
They were not as crazy as last time, jumping up one after another without fear of death. Instead, like in other urban areas, they hurriedly and actively dispersed when they saw a car with electrical protection, and were very timid.
Chen Bin waited for a long time but he didn't continue, so he took the initiative to ask: "What happened before?"
Xu Qingran was silent for a long time before he said calmly, "Nothing serious, I was probably tired from driving at that time and had hallucinations."
Chen Bin didn't ask any more questions.
The car became very quiet, and a call suddenly came into Xu Qingran's cell phone.
He could only park the car on the side of the road.
I took out my cell phone and saw that it was a call from the Dongcheng Military Region.
He answered and asked, "What's wrong?"
If you call him late at night, there must be something wrong.
As expected, the staff member who called him immediately cried, "Colonel Xu, it's bad!"
"Adjutant Mao... he was kidnapped by people from North City!"
(End of this chapter)