127 Gaining legal resident status in the stronghold! (1/2)

Damaged cars?

After hearing what the driver said, many of those in the truck were startled. How could there be cars around here?

”All of you, stay in the truck.” Ren Xiaosu turned to Chen Wudi and said, ”Wudi, get out with me and look.”

The truck was already stationary. After jumping off the back of the truck, Ren Xiaosu discovered Luo Lan had also jumped down with them. The three of them slowly advanced towards the damaged cars. But before they even got close, Ren Xiaosu could smell blood in the air.

Just as the driver had mentioned, three cars were blocking the road up ahead. They were all badly damaged and dripping with blood.

”Be careful,” Ren Xiaosu said. As he spoke, he inspected the nearby pavement to see what on earth could have attacked the convoy.

”Strange,” Luo Lan said in surprise, ”these are indeed vehicles from Stronghold 109, but why did they send them out at this hour? And they were even headed in the direction of Stronghold 113?”

At present, Luo Lan had no idea that Qing Zhen had threatened the Stronghold 109 overseer. Lu Yuan, who was the overseer of that stronghold, had no choice but to hold off the pressure from the Li Consortium and send out a small group of private troops to search for Luo Lan's whereabouts.

However, they ran into an accident.

The three cars were parked in a crooked manner on the road. The trio of Ren Xiaosu, Chen Wudi, and Luo Lan did not see any bodies and were only greeted by a trail of blood that led into the depths of the dark wilderness.

The bloodstains had already dried. Judging by the color, Ren Xiaosu deduced that the battle must have taken place around half a day ago.

Wait a minute! Ren Xiaosu noticed a strand of white fur on the ground. Following, his expression turned to one of great shock. ”This is the fur of a wolf!” Ren Xiaosu retreated with Chen Wudi. He finally realized what the bloodstains leading into the wilderness meant. It was the blood of the victims as they got dragged off in the mouths of the wolves.

What were the wolves doing here half a day ago?

But Ren Xiaosu didn't care think too much. He just wanted to get back to the truck and get out of here!

”Wait a second for me!” Luo Lan whispered.

Ren Xiaosu watched him jog all the way over to the three cars. It seemed that he was looking for something in them.

A second later, Luo Lan took out a device Ren Xiaosu hadn't seen before. ”I found it!”

When the three of them returned to the truck, Ren Xiaosu asked, ”What were you searching for in their cars?”

”Hehe,” Luo Lan chuckled. ”A satellite phone! I hope the PIN on this hasn't been changed from the original '1111,' or I won't be able to use it. We're going to have to take a gamble.”

Ren Xiaosu examined it. So this was what the legendary satellite phone looked like? But what was that PIN Luo Lan mentioned? Ren Xiaosu had never even remotely heard of it before.

When the truck started moving again, Luo Lan said in surprise after keying in ”1111” on the satellite phone, ”It works!” Right after, he dialed another series of numbers with a sense of familiarity. He had memorized this number a long time ago.

”Who are you calling?” Ren Xiaosu asked.

”My little brother,” Luo Lan replied and then waited patiently for the call to connect.

Suddenly, a man's voice could be heard on the other end. ”Hello, who is this?”

”I'm Luo Lan. Get my little brother on the line!” Luo Lan said in delight.