Chapter 738 A wave of unrest
The noisy campsite quieted down. Everyone looked at Ren Xiaosu and Wang Congyang. Even a fool could tell they were acquainted and had a grudge against each other.
As Ren Xiaosu walked up to him, Wang Congyang retreated, while Yang Xiaojin remained seated where she was. She could conjure her black sniper rifle at any moment to help Ren Xiaosu take out his adversary. Back when Wang Congyang attacked with his band of bandits, she was present as well.
Meanwhile, the ones here who were most interested in this matter were actually Cheng Yu and Wang Yun. Wang Congyang’s reputation was no longer a secret in the underworld. He would often help the consortiums carry out some top-secret escort missions for money and was a very tight-lipped person.
In the early days, the consortiums just sought Wang Congyang to carry out some ordinary transportation missions. Later, they realized there wasn’t any info related to the missions carried out by Wang Congyang being traded in the black market. Only then did they realize the man was a consummate professional. As such, they started working together more and more.
Wang Yun remembered the Kong Consortium had cooperated with Wang Congyang on three occasions.
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However, Wang Congyang never accepted any assassination jobs. He seemed to be a very cautious person.
Wang Yun was also interested because he was very curious about Ren Xiaosu’s identity, but Ren Xiaosu would always come up with all kinds of ridiculous excuses to brush him off.
Now that Wang Congyang had a feud with Ren Xiaosu, he would likely learn of Ren Xiaosu’s identity. In this way, Wang Yun would have a new lead! Thinking of this, Wang Yun jumped to his feet and wanted to mediate the situation.
But before he could speak, he was surprised to see Wang Congyang turning around and running away. Furthermore, Wang Congyang had quickly conjured up his steam locomotive and escaped as fast as he could!
Everyone onsite was stunned. Most of them were still unaware of what was going on.
Wang Yun and Cheng Yu looked at Ren Xiaosu in silence. Wang Congyang was an extremely strong supernatural being. The people from the consortiums had tested this and found he was definitely not mediocre. But still, Wang Congyang actually ran off without hesitation when he saw Ren Xiaosu?
This incident indirectly confirmed their earlier speculation.
Ren Xiaosu stood where he was and did not chase after Wang Congyang. However, that guy had started fleeing when he was still about a 100 meters away. As the Pyro Company’s troops had not gone too far away yet, Ren Xiaosu did not want to complicate matters further.
Moreover, Wang Congyang had fled in the same direction as the Pyro Company’s troops. In his attempt to escape, he did not even hesitate to pull in the enemy to make the situation even messier.
At this moment, the Pyro Company’s troops were retreating in an orderly manner. They were instructed not to approach the group of intruders at the west for the time being. The Pyro Company combatants thought it was better that way as well since they had also heard the story of those people singing and dancing fearlessly in the mountains.
But before they could retreat, the steam locomotive whistled again behind them. The commander of the troops was stunned. “How arrogant!”
After the other party’s teams had joined up, they did not stop there and actually turned around to pursue the Pyro Company’s troops? Didn’t they know whose territory this was?
But when the commander thought about it again, he felt that something was not right. If the other party did not have any confidence, how could they turn around and chase after them?
The commander quickly reported to his superior at the rear over the radio, “Sir, after we retreated, the other party turned around and started chasing after us. It seems like they’re very confident in beating us!”
The superior on the radio was silent for a couple seconds before saying, “Retreat at full speed. I’ll arrange for someone else to head there.”
After hanging up, the commander of the Pyro Company’s troops closed his eyes and pondered things. Just what was going on with this group of people? Why were they even more aggressive than Li Shentan’s group? Not even Li Shentan initiated a pursuit on them.
On the steam locomotive, Wang Congyang was initially so nervous he was prepared to bring out his black cauldron. But when he saw the Pyro Company’s troops were terrified of him, he guffawed. Since he no longer wanted to be involved in the mess that was the Sacred Mountains, he might as well leave the place!
At the campsite, Ren Xiaosu watched silently as Wang Congyang left. Yang Xiaojin went up to him and asked in a whisper, “Why didn’t you take action? You should’ve been able to catch up to him at your full speed. Although you might have to face the Pyro Company’s attack as well, you’ve never been afraid of such matters.”
“This is different.” Ren Xiaosu shook his head. “If I wanted to pursue him, I would have to resort to using ‘Old Xu.’ If I did that, my relationship with White Mask would get exposed. Moreover, if I kill Wang Congyang in public, it would be inconvenient for me to use the steam locomotive again in the future.”
In the end, Ren Xiaosu was still thinking about having someone take the blame for him in the future.
If he wanted to cause trouble for Wang Congyang, he would have to do it secretly so no one would find out. Only then would a lot of people blame Wang Congyang for the deeds.
For example, the laboratory data from Stronghold 73 had been quietly transported back to the Qing Consortium by Luo Lan. However, the Pyro Company still believed Wang Congyang had stolen it. Every time he did something like that, Ren Xiaosu would secretly feel very happy about it.
In the past, he would always feel a little bad for making Xu Xianchu the scapegoat since they were friends.
By letting Wang Congyang take a share of the blame, the mental stress was not as great.
Cheng Yu, Song Qiao, and the others had already joined up with their Anjing House colleagues. “Were you all attacked by the Pyro Company?”
“Yes, they suddenly appeared. There were originally more than 50 people in our team. But after the battle, only a dozen-odd of us managed to escape. We even met another team while we were fleeing, and only around 20 people were left after the two teams merged.” An Anjing House member said, “Why didn’t you all encounter an attack here? It makes no sense that they would only let you guys off.”
Song Qiao expressed that he was also a little puzzled. However, Cheng Yu suddenly thought of something. Could it be that the atmosphere over here was too joyous, so the Pyro Company did not dare to make a move on them?
Although this answer sounded incredulous, he really could not come up with any other explanation for the moment.
It was very late right now, and there were still battles going on elsewhere in the Sacred Mountains. From the look of it, there were also some hidden experts among the scattered members of the expedition. Otherwise, they would not have been caught in a deadlock with the Pyro Company for such a long time.
Since everyone was too scared to sleep, they changed to a new campsite overnight and kept watch for the second half of the night.
Just as the horizon was starting to brighten, footsteps suddenly came from the forest. As the other party stepped on the soft soil and decomposing leaves at dawn, the sound reverberated in their ears like a strange melody. It was as though someone was whispering into their ears.
When Ren Xiaosu turned around, he was surprised to see everyone at the campsite slowly closing their eyes.
Looking around, everyone other than him had fallen asleep. There were no exceptions!
A person emerged from the forest. When he saw Ren Xiaosu, he suddenly said in surprise, “Why aren’t you asleep?”
Ren Xiaosu pondered it for a bit before replying, “Well, I’m not sleepy yet…”
