255 Cooperating for a win-win situation (1/2)

The crimson vines were savage and horrifying. These Divine Arms nanosoldiers were resorting to using the strength of their nanomachines to tear themselves out of this terrifying plant's grasp. But every time they broke free from some of the vines, new ones would wrap around them again. The sharp thorns on the vines pricked into these officers' bodies and attempted to suck out every last drop of blood from them.

But the most frightening thing about these brambles was the endlessness. It felt as though there was no end to them regardless of how they tried to tear through it all.

None of the private soldiers who caught up dared to go forward and rescue them. The moment they saw those brambles, they started to back off together. Some of them even fell into the snow in their panic.

Only Ren Xiaosu knew that these Brambles were not as strong as they looked. Although they were weakening the Divine Arms officers by drawing out their blood, they didn't have an infinite number of branches.

At this moment, one of the Brambles had all of its branches completely torn away.

However, Ren Xiaosu had planted four seeds all in the same location just for assurance.

When the officers of the Divine Arms Battalion felt their strength getting sapped, they shouted to the private soldiers, ”Come and save us!”

But how would a mob like the private troops be willing to go forward to help? It was more likely they would run away than help!

When Ren Xiaosu saw this, he heaved a sigh of relief. He was most worried that some of the private troops would go and attempt to save them. After all, no matter how strong the four Brambles were, they couldn't possibly stand up to nearly a 1,000 people ripping at them.

The officers of the Divine Arms Battalion only had themselves to blame as they did not once help the private troops during the entire journey. So everyone watched from the sidelines when they saw the officers in distress. Some people were even gloating in their fear.

Ren Xiaosu blended into the crowd and watched impassively. This incident could be considered a test of the Brambles' power. He believed they would definitely come out on top if facing a single, lone nanosoldier.

Although the Brambles were effectively fixed to a spot and could only be used as a trap, it was cost-effective enough since it only took one gratitude token to get a chance at finishing off a nanosoldier.

The only thing that Ren Xiaosu was unsure of was whether there were even more powerful nanosoldiers within the ranks of the Li Consortium's military.

Yes, there would certainly be more.

But in terms of their ranks, these five officers were not high ranking at all. As such, there had to be even stronger nanosoldiers in the Li Consortium.

All of a sudden, Ren Xiaosu whisper-shouted within the crowd, ”Run! Head back to the campsite and take cover!”

Although he did not shout very loudly, it seemed like the ”run” he uttered had some sort of a magic to it. It made everyone run back to the campsite as fast as they could, as though they would be safe if they just hid there.

Ren Xiaosu did not hang around since he would have plenty of time to collect the nanomachines later on in the night. As of this moment, he didn't need to rush things. It would be bad if he somehow revealed his intentions here.

Meanwhile, the GPS device and satellite phone were also being held onto by one of the officers of the Divine Arms Battalion. When Ren Xiaosu collected the nanomachines later, he could take them together and give them to Tang Zhou.

When they got back to their tent, Li Qingzheng was still in a state of shock. ”Xiaosu, what the hell was that? It was way too scary!”

Ren Xiaosu panted, ”Yeah, I was scared to death too!”

”Do you think those Divine Arms officers will survive?” Li Qingzheng asked.