223 Encircling the wolves! (1/2)

The quest rewards given by the palace had always been extraordinary. The first quest reward he received was the black saber, while the second one was Explosive Poker. By now, Ren Xiaosu's gratitude tokens had slowly increased to 460 coins. However, he had exchanged some of them for Explosive Poker cards in between, although nobody knew how many of those handy explosives he now carried.

And now that the palace issued yet another quest to him, the quest reward did not seem related to any type of lethal weapon. It was just some small ”seeds.” However, Ren Xiaosu placed a great deal of importance to it.

These ”seeds” represented a dream, and Ren Xiaosu could only hope that it would live up to the rewards the side quest gave.

If these seeds turned out to be something magical, Ren Xiaosu could find a plot of land and become self-sufficient!

The only problem was that it might not be so easy to ensure that there would be no deaths in the wolf pack over the next seven days.

It looked like Ren Xiaosu would have to pay extra attention to the Li Consortium's nanosoldiers. If he couldn't complete this quest, what should he do if the palace decided not to issue another seeds-related side quest to him?

While everyone was processing the cured meat, Hu Shuo was practicing tai chi off to the side. Ren Xiaosu suddenly thought of something, so he asked, ”Are you practicing tai chi as a form of cultivation?”

”Cultivation?” Hu Shuo looked at Ren Xiaosu and said with a laugh, ”I'm only doing it as a form of exercise and discipline, so don't be overthinking things.”

Ren Xiaosu really wanted to know what powers Hu Shuo had. In fact, Hu Shuo didn't dodge any questions, but the one who witnessed Hu Shuo fight was Chen Wudi. This rendered Ren Xiaosu speechless.

When Li Qingzheng mentioned he had been learning boxing styles since he was a child, Ren Xiaosu brushed it off like it was some kind of superstition. But seeing Hu Shuo practice tai chi every day with so much vigor, Ren Xiaosu could not help but think that Li Qingzheng also knew a powerful boxing style.

Right at this moment, over a dozen off-road vehicles suddenly roared up from the foot of the mountain. When everyone here saw the off-road vehicles, they immediately stopped working.

”Put everything away,” Li Qingzheng instructed quietly.

The cured meat they were making was definitely not going to be considered official business around here. After all, their primary duty was to keep a lookout for enemies. If those people were here for an inspection, they would definitely fail them.

However, Ren Xiaosu already knew they couldn't be the inspection personnel.

The dozen off-road vehicles arrived in such a hurry with an overbearing manner.

It looked like it was going to get really busy at this outpost.

Everyone had thought they wouldn't have much contact with people after getting posted to this faraway outpost. But in the end, all these different people came here every few days.

What was going on here?

Ren Xiaosu quietly observed the situation. He realized Hu Shuo had gone into a house at some point. It was as though he didn't want to come face to face with these people.

When the off-road vehicles came to a stop at the entrance of the outpost, four people stepped out from each of them. They were all dressed in combat uniforms and held the rank of officer.

On this topic, Ren Xiaosu and the others were soldiers as well, but they were all irregularly dressed with only a few of them in their military uniforms. On the other hand, the soldiers who had just arrived were all smartly dressed, resulting in a stark contrast between the two sides.

From appearances alone, Ren Xiaosu and the others looked more like they were on chow duty. All they were lacking were some aprons.