Chapter 865 - No Hostages In The Eyes Of The Pyro Company (2/2)

“Yeah, I saw. Maybe that intelligent being caught some of the barbarians and turned them into Experimentals?” Yang Xiaojin asked, “What’s its actual combat strength?”

“The Experimentals that were transformed from the barbarians are obviously more powerful.” Ren Xiaosu sighed and said, “Even I can’t face more than a dozen of them at the same time. I can only carefully hold them off with my speed. Fortunately, their CQC techniques are relatively simple. Otherwise, it would be really difficult to deal with them.”

When Yang Xiaojin heard this, she got up and took out a pistol she was carrying and fired it at a barbaric Experimental’s corpse. However, the bullet did not even manage to lodge into its skin!

She frowned. “If it weren’t for the sharpness of your black saber, I’m afraid you couldn’t have held them off with your speed. With such tough skin, it would be a disaster for normal soldiers to encounter them.”

Ren Xiaosu started getting worried. “Our Central Plains have experienced before how it was to deal with the Experimentals. If the already powerful barbarians are all turned into Experimentals by that intelligent being, it’ll be absolutely disastrous when they make a comeback.”

“And I feel that it might’ve played a very important role in this war.” Ren Xiaosu analyzed, “Think about it. We just encountered a dozen or so of the barbaric Experimentals. We all know that the conversion rate of these creatures is very low. Back then, it wreaked havoc in quite a few strongholds in the Southwest before the number of Experimentals climbed close to 10,000. If it had injected so many barbarians and turned them into Experimentals, would it not get discovered? And what’s with those Experimentals that used to be normal people? It was only Stronghold 176 that fell in the North, and with so many barbarians everywhere there, how could they possibly allow it to capture those people for its experiments? I think that the intelligent being has probably formed an alliance with the expeditionary army. It was also probably the one that instigated the barbarians to head south this time. Speaking of which, why did the barbarians evolve as a whole population and not become stronger individually like those in the Central Plains?”

“Maybe it’s because it’s too cold in the North. I’m not sure why either. It could also be due to different genetics…” Yang Xiaojin nodded. “But it’ll be very easy to identify that Experimental when we see it again in the future. Even if there’s a lot of them together, we can still find it. After all, the others are all gray, while it’s black.”

This way, they might have a chance to kill the other party from afar in the future.

“How should we pass on this information to the Pyro Company?” Ren Xiaosu wondered, “Let’s leave a note for them and direct them to this spot. They’ll understand many things once they see the Experimentals’ corpses.”

“Mhm, mention Black Robe in the note as well.” Yang Xiaojin nodded. “Alright, I’ve dressed the wound for you. I’ll carry you back.”

“No, no, there’s no need.” Ren Xiaosu quickly said with a laugh, “It’s just a minor injury, I don’t need you to carry me back.”

Yang Xiaojin sighed and said, “You’re even worse than Liang Ce. Don’t laugh at others about getting it in the future.”

Ren Xiaosu was speechless.

When the two of them returned to the forward operating base, the battle there was still ongoing. Ren Xiaosu had a look from afar and realized some of the barbarians had occupied a building and even captured a few hostages.

This place was several hundred meters away from where the earliest skirmish had broken out. This meant the barbarians had broken through the Pyro Company’s encirclement once during the battle. As a matter of fact, the barbarians were still very strong in close combat, and their willpower was also extremely tenacious.

Ren Xiaosu could not help but sigh. The barbarians were way too smart. They even knew how to hold hostages like bandits.

Unfortunately, the barbarians had miscalculated. To the Pyro Company, being held hostage was not something they cared about at all. From a distance, Ren Xiaosu could see the Pyro Company had no intention of rescuing the hostages either. No one went to negotiate with the barbarians. Instead, they pushed a cannon over, and it looked like they were planning to level the building.

When these people were faced with the trade-off to make a sacrifice, they really excelled at it, whether they were sacrificing themselves or others.

Suddenly, Yang Xiaojin said, “Have you ever thought of asking P5092 to go to the Prosperous Northwest?”

Ren Xiaosu nodded. “I did have such thoughts before, but I somehow feel like he doesn’t fit in with the Northwest.”

“No, I think he’s quite suitable,” Yang Xiaojin said.