Chapter 572 - Theres a bomb (1/2)

Actually, Old Li and Qin Sheng did not care so much about the battle between Stronghold 74 and the Experimentals anymore. To them, they were simply defending Stronghold 74 out of a sense of justice.

Just as a hero would step in to help when there was injustice, Old Li and Qin Sheng did not intend to sacrifice themselves to save Stronghold 74.

It was not that they were not resolute in facing a common enemy with the entire human race, but if they could not protect the city even after trying their best, they would rather not die in combat here.

Even though everyone said the Riders were kind and good people, it was only because they had helped a lot of people and were remembered fondly.

But the Riders had something more important they needed to do.

That was why they had carved “only faith, the sun, and the moon are eternal” at the top of the mountain instead of protecting world peace.

In the Riders’ opinion, world peace might be important, but it was not as important as what they believed in.

As part of the Riders, they would have to put finding that Rider’s descendant as their main priority.

Old Li and Qin Sheng kept contacting the rest of the Riders as they wanted to verify whether the Experimentals were really looking for the same person as them.

But after asking around for a long time, everyone expressed that due to severe loss of information, they only knew the person they were looking for was called Ren Xiaobei and that he was rather handsome. He was known to be in the Pyro Company’s research laboratory and was definitely still alive.

This information might seem like a lot, but it was actually very vague.

Old Li and Qin Sheng were sitting on a rooftop in the stronghold with no one around. Old Li suddenly said, “Why would the descendant of that Rider be in the Pyro Company’s research lab? Before this, I didn’t quite understand why that Rider would send his son to the Pyro Company as a guinea pig for research, so it didn’t feel to me like that Rider was someone who could be counted on. But now, combined with what that Experimental told me, I figured that Rider’s descendant must’ve also contracted a terminal disease. Hence, as his last hope, he was forced to send his own son to the Pyro Company.”

Qin Sheng nodded in seriousness. “That makes sense, Teacher.”

Old Li continued to deduce, “That Rider said his son must still be alive, so does it mean his son’s fully recovered? So could the Experimentals be looking for the same person as us?”

Qin Sheng nodded again. “That makes sense, teacher.”

Old Li tugged at his own hair. “But what’s the use even if we know all this? Where are we going to look for him now that the Qing Consortium’s Stronghold 113 and Stronghold 112 have been buried? It’s useless even if we know that he’s quite handsome. Why don’t we put out a notice in the newspapers that we’re looking for Ren Xiaobei? If he sees it, he might just come looking for us. If you say that I made sense again, I’m going to beat you up.”

Qin Sheng said awkwardly, “But wouldn’t he be put in danger if other forces with ulterior motives also start looking for him after we put out a notice in the papers? Besides, the Pyro Company has already deviated from their path, so who knows if they might have other ideas about Ren Xiaobei.”

“That’s true.” Old Li looked at the sky and sighed, “This is so difficult!”

The Pyro Company had been pushed into the spotlight again because of the Experimentals. It seemed that everyone had already forgotten the Pyro Company was also involved in guarding the city and started turning their attention to attack them for creating those monsters.

They even speculated that the Pyro Company had ulterior motives for guarding the city. The garrison in Stronghold 74 gradually began ostracizing the Pyro Company members and no longer told them about any important details regarding the protection of the city.

It was both sad and laughable that humans started fighting among themselves before the final battle had even begun.

The residents in Stronghold 74 had run out of food again. In a large pot of porridge, there were probably only several dozen grains of rice. After eating the porridge, the residents would at most feel bloated with water before starting to feel hungry again in less than an hour.

Fortunately, there was still water available in the stronghold. If not, a lot of people would have died.

The greenway and trees by the roadside had already been stripped clean, leaving only bare branches behind.