238 Treachery (2/2)
But from the looks of it now, Yan Liuyuan's synchronization rate seemed really high.
”Don't use them in normal circumstances.” Ren Xiaosu said, ”If you use them recklessly, it will definitely attract the attention of the Li Consortium.”
”Alright.” Yan Liuyuan nodded in agreement.
All of a sudden, a cry came from outside. ”Where's Liu Zhaojiang?!”
Ren Xiaosu pushed the door open and went out. ”What's the matter?”
Li Qingzheng looked at Ren Xiaosu with a terrified expression and said with great difficulty, ”Liu Zhaojiang took some salt and cured meat and disappeared. He even took a rifle and half of the ammo we had.”
”He disappeared?” Ren Xiaosu was taken aback. This outpost was on top of the mountain, and there was only one path leading to the bottom. If Liu Zhaojiang had disappeared, then it could only mean that he had gone into the mountains.
Liu Zhaojiang was formerly a refugee who had escaped to Stronghold 109 with Ren Xiaosu and the others. As he had no relatives here, he started getting thoughts of running away when he realized he would be going into battle as cannon fodder.
Not only did Liu Zhaojiang run away, he even took some supplies with him for his own survival.
Li Qingzheng turned ashen. ”How could he run away! What will happen to the rest of us now that he's fled!”
Li Qingzheng had only stayed behind because he regarded the soldiers at the outpost as his brothers. But he ended up getting betrayed by one of them.
Chen Wudi looked at Ren Xiaosu. ”Master, why are there such people in the world?”
Ren Xiaosu said calmly, ”They're the darkness that's trying to devour the light that you are.”
”What should we do now?” Li Qingzheng mumbled, ”With one less person, all of us are going to get punished.”
Someone suddenly said, ”Why don't we flee as well? We'll die on the battlefield anyway.”
But someone else started pleading with everyone else. ”My wife and daughter are still in town. Please, we mustn't flee. Who knows, we might escape being punished with only one soldier missing?”
Another man also begged, ”Please, everyone, we can't run away. If you run away, what are those of us with families here going to do?”
Li Qingzheng looked at Ren Xiaosu, and everyone else's gaze followed his. In reality, everyone understood that the decision maker in the platoon was Ren Xiaosu, not Li Qingzheng.
Ren Xiaosu met their eyes and considered it for a couple seconds before saying, ”Let's go and assemble. I have a plan.”
”Really?” Someone asked, ”Platoon Commander, you aren't joking, right?”
Li Qingzheng felt reassured by Ren Xiaosu. ”When has our Platoon Commander Xiaosu ever not been serious? It won't go wrong as long as we listen to him!”
Finally, Ren Xiaosu became the real leader in everyone's hearts.Plasticity: the quality of being easily shaped or molded. See also