On the other side of the hotel camp, in the room of the slave merchant Huo Zhi.

He looked at the glass window and said to himself:

"The team that approached us just now actually had a robot. We can't underestimate their strength..."

After pondering for a few seconds, Huo Zhi said to his subordinates:

"A Qiang, while it's not dark yet, go find out what the team is. Be careful of sailing for a thousand-year-old ship."

Aqiang was short and looked quite strong. He said in a bit embarrassed when he heard this:

"Boss, I know you are cautious, afraid that they will come to watch us for no reason, but now at this point, the Red Stone Collection is closed. Where can I find people? The people here are so hiding that they can't find them."

Huo Zhi knew that this was not a refusal, so he thought about it briefly:

"Go and be alert to the church and ask, and find a familiar guard."

They often need to send slaves outside the "underground ark", which will inevitably pass through the alert church.

"Yes, boss." Aqiang didn't say anything more, went out to find a car and headed straight to the north of the city ruins.

Huo Zhi sat down and waited patiently for the return of this confidant.

When the sun was completely set and the darkness enveloped the earth, the car driven by Aqiang finally appeared at the entrance of the hotel camp.

He got out of the car with a serious expression, entered Huo Zhi's room, looked around and said in a low voice:

"Boss, that team is quite famous!"

"What do you mean?" Huo Zhi stood up.

Aqiang swallowed and said:

"A guard of the church told me that the team had previously dealt with a very powerful awakened man and saved the entire Redstone collection from the hands of the secondary coalition.

"If you have to find something to compare, they can destroy the Redstone collection that is not alert to the existence of the sect, and at that time, they have not yet obtained the robot!"

"This..." Huo Zhi's eyes forgot to turn when he heard it.

As far as he knows, although the Redstone Collection has many internal contradictions, even if it is not vigilant against the protection of the sect, its firepower is strong enough. It can definitely rank first in the Nuhu area, and it can easily kill countless caravans like itself.

So a four-person team can actually be compared with such a large settlement?

After a while of silence, Huo Zhi asked as confirmation:

“Does this include the power of ‘underground ark’?”

"It shouldn't be." A Qiang answered truthfully, "The people in the church are not very clear about the true strength of the 'Ark Underground'."

Huo Zhi nodded slowly and said "hiss":

"No matter whether the church guards brag or not, the team opposite is not simple.

"It should be the kind of people who can destroy a settlement in just four or five people. Maybe all the members have reached the level of ‘senior hunters’, which is no worse than the incredibly powerful teams of ruins hunters we know."

Having said this, Huo Zhi breathed:

"Fortunately, a team of this level must look down on us, only a few dozen slaves. Even if Mr. Dimarco offers a high price, he cannot exchange the supplies they are interested in.

"They should have noticed the movement and habitually came over to see each other and confirmed the situation."

Aqiang was persuaded by the boss and asked worriedly:

"Will everyone be brought out to speak out tomorrow morning?"

"No need." Huo Zhi shook his head without hesitation, "I went into their room myself and said one by one, so I must not disturb the other side."

When he said these few words, his voice unconsciously lowered a little.

Seeing that Aqiang seemed to be a little worried, Huo Zhi smiled and said:

"Can a team of this level deal with us for dozens of slaves?

"What are their identities? Will they still lack slaves?"

Aqiang said "yes":

"I will arrange a patrol for the evening."

…………

In the middle of the night, Jiang Baimian woke up in a daze, turned over and grabbed the water bag on the bedside table.

At this moment, she saw a figure sitting quietly on the bed opposite.

Jiang Baimian woke up instantly.

When she looked at it, she found that it was indeed Shang Jianyao.

"Isn't sleeping so late?" Jiang Baimian asked in surprise and amused.

Shang Jianyao supported the bed with both hands and turned his body over.

In the faint moonlight sprinkled outside the window, he replied with bright eyes:

“I’m thinking of a feasible solution.”

"So serious..." Jiang Baimian didn't know how to evaluate it, so he said casually.

She turned to ask:

"Are you thinking?"

Shang Jianyao shook his head:

“Not yet.”

"Oh..." Jiang Baimian felt relieved.

Before her voice fell, Shang Jianyao added:

“There are so much inspiration.”

"..." The smile on Jiang Baimian's face became a little reluctant.

Shang Jianyao continued to say:

“I am now considering this matter with breaking through the third island.

"Isn't it said that I'm afraid of giving everything and still not changing anything? Then do something difficult in reality and strive to change some cruel state that I can't see.

"Saving all mankind must of course start with saving small groups and small changes."

"At that time, I hope to get some gains and can be fed back to the spiritual world."

After listening quietly, Jiang Baimian hugged the quilt and adjusted his posture so that he could lie more comfortably.

"This idea...is really good." She said truthfully, "The key to defeating the third island may be to link with reality, and to break the doubts in the heart through the affirmation of reality."

Having said that, she changed her mind:

"However, you don't have to pick such a difficult thing from the beginning, right?"

Shang Jianyao smiled, his face blurred under the moonlight:

“I didn’t consider feasible plans to defeat the third island.

“This is just by the way.”

At this moment, Jiang Baimian felt inexplicably that his smile was like a child, very clean and pure.

Jiang Baimian opened his mouth and closed it again. After a long time, he complained:

"You can wait until dawn to think about it. It's midnight, go to bed quickly, and only after you have enough energy can you come up with a good solution."

She originally wanted to snatch a pillow and throw it over, smash Shang Jianyao, and increase the intensity of her words, but considering that she had only one pillow, she gave up this idea.

"Yes." Shang Jianyao thought for a while and nodded.

Bang!

He fell straight down and stretched his legs.

Jiang Baimian wrapped the quilt tightly and changed his back to the opposite bed.

In the quiet night, she suddenly whispered:

"Sometimes, I really envy your purity..."

Shang Jianyao replied in a serious tone:

"This is for the doctor's certificate."

"..." Jiang Baimian chose to close his eyes.

…………

The next morning, the "old tuner group" had a simple breakfast and watched the Hongshiji townsmen who were repairing the hotel camp fault circuit and drove a jeep to the underground mall in the park.

This is their original plan, to visit "Visa Trading Company" and discuss high-performance batteries.

The woman on duty in "Visa Trading Company" is still the lady who is wearing a blue ghost mask but is as timid as a rabbit.

"Go up, go up, good morning." Obviously, the lady recognized the former Red Stone Game.
To be continued...