Embers Ad Infinitum

On the upper floor of a building close to the lakeside villa, Jiang Baimian looked down at the entrance to the underground parking lot:

"Shang Jianyao and I just conducted reconnaissance. There are many people inside, which means Ankhbas lives here today."

"You can't blindly believe it." Shang Jianyao seized the opportunity and said this.

Long Yuehong wanted to echo "Yeah, yeah", but in the end she endured it.

Jiang Baimian was not angry and took the opportunity to educate the team members:

"Under normal circumstances, I would definitely not dare to make this judgment. With the vigilance of the residents of Redstone Market and his own conditions, Ankhbas is likely to have some of his subordinates gather in a certain place to pretend that he is there. The illusion there.

"But today is different from the past. Baz exposed his and Herwig's conspiracy, making him guilty of colluding with the mountain monster and betraying the Red Stone Collection, and we all know this is true.

"Under this premise, Ankhbas, as a believer of 'Yougu', must lack a sufficient sense of security and will always be wary of accidents.

"According to this logic, while he is looking for a solution, he will definitely strengthen the defenses around him. If something goes wrong, he will rely on the number of people to delay time and take the opportunity to escape from the Red Stone Collection."

Bai Chen echoed:

"Normal humans, the more afraid they are, the more they will keep all the power they can get around them."

Long Yuehong gradually understood:

"At this time, Ankhbas would definitely not dare to disperse his men and let them disguise themselves elsewhere, because the object of his vigilance is not us, but the Vigilant Sect. There is a high probability that the people around him will directly betray his hiding place. , allowing his arrangement to be easily disintegrated.

"In this case, it's better to keep everyone around, and at least force some of them to delay."

Jiang Baimian nodded gently:

"That's pretty much it."

Shang Jianyao proposed another possibility:

"Ankhbas can put the men belonging to Hongshiji in one place, and hide himself and the exiles in another place. Those exiles should not be followers of 'Yougu', and they are unlikely to betray him."

"That's right." Jiang Baimian nodded in approval, "If Anhebas was not a citizen of Hongshiji and was wary of the members of the sect, then he would probably have chosen this way. With his vigilance, he would be completely at ease with those outside exiles. Or? He can't make 'friends' like you, making Lopez reliable enough."

Bai Chen followed and said:

"I have seen too many small forces that rely heavily on mercenaries. The best outcome for them is that they are robbed and then protected by mercenaries."

Well, if Ankhbas was planning to flee, he would definitely bring with him the supplies he had accumulated over the years. Why didn’t those foreign exiles just rob him, leave the Red Stone Collection, and go somewhere else? The dust is so big, and there are so many supplies in his hands, there is plenty of room for him... Long Yuehong thought for a moment and was sure that Ankhbas would not choose this.

"Okay." Jiang Baimian clasped his hands and said, "We take turns monitoring the lakeside parking lot, observing changes and waiting for opportunities."

As she spoke, she picked up the military telescope placed next to her, handed it to Long Yuehong and said:

"you first."

Long Yuehong took the telescope with a little excitement, walked towards the handrail where the window frame had fallen off, and said doubtfully:

"Why not just ask Shang Jianyao to come to your door and 'make friends' with Ankhbas?

"Anyway, that batch of munitions has become a hot potato, so you might as well leave it to us."

Jiang Baimian smiled:

"This is to tell you not to rely too much on Shang Jianyao's ability. If you can solve it with normal methods, try to use normal methods. This can effectively improve you. Besides, you have also seen the chaos in the Red Stone Collection. It is a good thing to keep more cards. .”

Team leader, no need to say "you", you can directly report my electronic card number... Long Yuehong replied silently in her heart.

While he was monitoring the lakeside parking lot, Jiang Baimian said to Shang Jianyao and Bai Chen:

"Find a place to sit down and recharge your batteries."

After rotation after rotation, the sky gradually dimmed, and the winter night fell early.

The "old tune team" has replaced the telescope and used night vision goggles.

Around ten o'clock in the evening, Bai Chen, who was in charge of monitoring, whispered:

"There's movement."

She didn't deliberately raise her voice because she knew the team leader could determine the situation by observing Shang Jianyao and Long Yuehong's reactions.

Sure enough, when Long Yuehong and Shang Jianyao walked to the window, Jiang Baimian followed them.

With the help of night vision devices with telescope function, they spotted two cars driving out of the lakeside parking lot.

One was the khaki all-terrain vehicle that Lopez was riding in before, and the other was a red and black light truck.

The two cars, one behind the other, drove toward the east of the ruins of the city along the roads that were still intact.

"Are you asking the exiles to take out the arms and donate them to the town guards?" Jiang Baimian guessed thoughtfully.

"Do you want to catch up?" Long Yuehong was a little excited.

If you catch up, you can find the batch of arms. If you find the batch of arms, you will have the opportunity to switch to a military exoskeleton device. Switching to a military exoskeleton device can greatly improve his survivability.

Jiang Baimian laughed:

"How to chase?

"We are going downstairs now. They have all driven far away and are out of my sensing range."

As she spoke, she sighed:

"It's a pity that I didn't ask Xu Liyan to get a drone in Wee Cao City before. Otherwise, things would have been much simpler."

At that time, I was thinking of saving supplies to exchange for military exoskeleton devices, but a simple drone was of no use to the "Old Adjustment Team" most of the time.

Long Yuehong asked with concern:

"What should we do?"

"Find a place to ambush and wait for them to come back." Jiang Baimian had already thought of a plan.

Long Yuehong nodded first, then became confused:

"But there's more than one way to the lakeside parking lot."

No one stipulates that those exiles must return the same way they came.

More likely, they were alert enough to return by another route.

"It depends on how fast you run." Shang Jianyao looked like he was going to race against Long Yuehong.

Um, you mean to observe the return route of the foreign exiles from the high-rise building in advance, and then rush down to seize the time to enter the ambush location? Long Yuehong guessed what Shang Jianyao was thinking.

It took a few seconds for him to react:

"Why not leave one upstairs and leave three in ambush?"

We have walkie-talkies!

What a simple thing!

"This is a plan, but you have to take into account the possibility of them constantly changing their route. In that case, they still have to rush to the scene based on the latest observation results." Jiang Baimian smiled, "Now there is a better solution."

Without waiting for Long Yuehong to ask, she said directly:

“We set up an ambush outside the entrance to the Lakeside car park.

"No matter which route they take back, they must enter the underground parking lot through the entrance."

Long Yuehong stuttered a little:

"But, but, there are many Ankhbas' men hiding in the entrance area. We, we don't have enough manpower."

This is the enemy's base camp!

How could there be an ambush at the entrance of the opponent's base camp?

Jiang Baimian laughed:

"It all depends on tactics. The mountain people have their own tricks."

…………

After confirming that the all-terrain vehicles and light trucks were returning to the lakeside area, several members of the "old adjustment team" followed Jiang Baimian's instructions, descended from the high-rise building, and sneaked into a low building not far from the underground parking lot.

Although this building was not damaged by the war, there was a clear lack of follow-up maintenance, with the walls peeling off and glass falling everywhere.

"Have you remembered your mission?" Jiang Baimian asked again.

Of course, she looked at Long Yuehong and asked.

"Remember it." Long Yuehong answered in a low voice while carrying the "Reaper" individual rocket launcher.

He had roughly understood what the team leader's plan was, and he thought it was very magical and unbelievable. However, after careful consideration, he found that it was very consistent with the reality of Hongshiji and the Ankhbas gang. It would probably not work if it were changed to another place. There is a high probability of a miraculous plan here.

Jiang Baimian then looked around:

"Everyone in his place."

After they entered the preset positions, the passage of time seemed to slow down. The clouds in the sky moved little by little, making the earth sometimes dark and sometimes slightly bright.

Lopez, who was in the khaki all-terrain vehicle, held a walkie-talkie and asked the light truck behind him to change its route.

This was the third time he changed lanes in order to avoid possible ambush.

Although he is tall and strong and looks like a barbarian whose muscles are stronger than his brains, this is just an appearance. Moreover, years of formal training and exile have given him enough experience to know what to do when.

After driving for a few more minutes, the lakeside area came into view.

Seeing that the entrance to the underground parking lot was getting closer, Lopez put down the walkie-talkie, leaned back on the passenger seat, and quietly breathed a sigh of relief.

Once here, it's safe.

There are countless hidden sentries here, and the number of heavily armed personnel in the underground parking lot is astonishing.

On the third floor of the low building on the left side of the vehicle, Bai Chen was wearing night vision goggles and holding an "Orange" rifle, aiming at the red and black light truck.

Calculating the distance silently, she pulled the trigger.

With a pop, the bullet accurately penetrated the left front wheel of the light truck.

The tire then burst and deflated, and the truck that was running normally suddenly tilted, causing the driver to scramble to save it.

With a squeaking sound, the truck stopped.

Lopez, who was in the khaki all-terrain vehicle ahead, was frightened and angry, and raised the light machine gun on his body.

The secret sentries in the lakeside parking lot area also reacted one after another.

At this moment, a sound too loud to be heard by a human voice sounded from the right side of the low building:

"I am the church warning person, and I am here to report Ankhbas' collusion with the mountain monster!

“It has been found out that Ankhbas was deceived by foreign exiles into doing this, and the evidence is in that truck!

"All Hongshiji townspeople give up resistance and stand by where they are!"

Since Lopez returned from church around noon, word of Baz's accusation had slowly spread among the Redstone townsfolk of the Ankhbas gang. They didn’t have blind faith, but they didn’t have blind disbelief either.

At this moment, they hesitated when they heard the content played repeatedly by the loudspeaker.

As believers of "Yugu", they obviously believe more in the church and are more willing to obey the instructions of the bishops and warnings. Moreover, they are only dealing with the foreign exiles now and do not involve them.

Lopez, who was in the khaki all-terrain vehicle, heard the content of the "broadcast" and his mind suddenly buzzed:

He suspected that Ankhbas had betrayed them and wanted to use them as scapegoats!

Without hesitation, Lopez opened the car door, held a light machine gun, and called on other foreign exiles to charge towards the place where the loudspeaker was.

For them, there are only two ways now:

The first is to break up the group of ambushers and identify them as the fake church armed forces of the Gray Whisperers - or not, in order to buy time!

The second is to break out immediately and drive away.

In a hurry, because the person warning on the other side did not name himself, Lopez intuitively thought that they were probably fake, so he chose the first route.

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