Chapter 788 - Zero (1/2)

Translator: Legge

Suddenly, a quarter of the Wang Consortium’s military forces that were stationed at the Kong Consortium’s border split off and headed north.

No one knew what the Wang Consortium was doing. That was because the entire Alliance of Strongholds was still unaware of the changes taking place in the Northern Plains. They thought this was just another strategy by the Wang Consortium.

The Wang Consortium’s northern territory bordered the Pyro Company, so perhaps the Wang Consortium intended to join forces with the Kong Consortium to invade the Pyro Company.

However, those troops did not head to the Pyro Company’s border. Instead, they headed to Stronghold 176.

The war between the Pyro Company and the Kong Consortium had already been going on for half a month. In this war, the Kong Consortium had lost the initiative. During this fortnight, their main forces were constantly forced to retreat, over and over again. They were forced to abandon a defensive line and a stronghold in order to stop the decline of their war efforts.

However, the Pyro Company did not seem to be in a hurry to pursue the enemy. They retreated back to their northern defensive line without even occupying the abandoned stronghold. This disappointed the Kong Consortium a little. The backup plan they had left behind in that abandoned stronghold was not going to work anymore.

Ren Xiaosu would go out early every day to buy a copy of Hope Media’s newspaper before going back to the courtyard house to make breakfast and wait for Yang Xiaojin to climb over to join him.

It was not that Yang Xiaojin did not want to cook, but after she did it once, Ren Xiaosu decided to take on the responsibility of preparing the meals for the sake of their safety.

Ren Xiaosu even consoled himself thinking that the Heavens were fair after all. The focus of a genius was always different. The Heavens had blessed her with a unique talent in firearms, so they took away her talent in cooking.

“Did anything major happen recently?” Yang Xiaojin asked as she ate.

Ren Xiaosu put down the newspaper and said, “Teacher Jiang Xu is still publishing his investigative report on Stronghold 61. Each day, he releases some positive facts and some negative ones so that the readers can judge for themselves. But my guess is that the entire Alliance of Strongholds is probably feeling some resistance towards the AI. Also, it says in the papers that the Wang Consortium has deployed their troops north. Could they be preparing for an attack from the Northern Plains?”

“No.” Yang Xiaojin shook her head and analyzed, “The war between the Pyro Company and the Kong Consortium has not ended yet. Based on the Wang Consortium’s style and goals, they would definitely not miss out on such a big show. Although the nomadic enemies managed to take down Stronghold 176, they shouldn’t be taken that seriously by the Wang Consortium yet. The Wang Consortium knows full well the nomads are not big enough of a threat to the Central Plains as of now.”

“Then that’s strange.”

The screeching of brakes came from outside. Wang Run got out of the car and knocked on the front door. “I’m here to pick you two up to Base 1.”

Ren Xiaosu and Yang Xiaojin got up and pushed open the door. “Let’s go.”

Ren Xiaosu had promised to do three things for Yang Anjing, but the first request she made was to show him around the place? He could not be happier to oblige if it were going to be this simple.

Besides, Ren Xiaosu also wanted to know what Wang Shengzhi was planning.

The off-road vehicle drove for more than 30 minutes in the stronghold before stopping in front of a building that was not too tall.

This building was mainly fitted with floor-to-ceiling glass windows and looked just like a huge greenhouse.

After entering the building, Wang Run did not lead the two of them upstairs. Instead, they took the elevator down after passing through layers of security.

The elevator doors were transparent. Ren Xiaosu watched as they made their way down through the concrete foundation of the building before passing through the soil and gravel layer below that.

When the elevator descended until it was 70 meters underground, Ren Xiaosu’s eyes lit up. A huge square appeared in front of him, and the white walls and lights made the place look extremely bright.

If Ren Xiaosu did not see the elevator going down with his own eyes, he would have found it very difficult to believe the Wang Consortium had actually established such a huge base under the stronghold.