The previously quiet Stronghold 31 livened up. At almost the same time, countless troops started gathering towards Honghu Road.
As it was currently wartime, all of the stronghold’s garrison troops were in an extreme state of alert. If there were even the slightest commotion, it would kick up a storm.
If they were to discover that the target had not been apprehended, all of the patrolling troops, from top to bottom, would probably get punished for it.
As the off-road vehicles drove through the streets, some of the mobile columns set up roadblocks on the main traffic arteries.
The residents in the stronghold were jolted awake. Many of them did not know what was going on and thought the Pyro Company had invaded Stronghold 31.
The most amazing thing was that some of the stronghold residents ran out in their long johns before they could even figure out what was going on. Then they headed straight for the nearest shops to snap up food and daily necessities.
After these stronghold residents came running out, they ended up staring at the patrol troops in the streets downstairs. Then, with the black muzzles pointing at them, they retreated back to their homes.
Ren Xiaosu was not hung up on fighting. He made a run for the north before making a big detour and turning back towards the residential neighborhood.
At this moment, two members of the Public Order Division were walking in the opposite direction of Honghu Road. One of them said, “I’m sure that I saw a black shadow fly over my head just now. You didn’t believe me when I told you earlier. Now look, something has happened!”
The other person slapped him upside his head exasperatedly. “Enough of that nonsense! I saw it too, but I don’t want to die!”
The person who spoke earlier was taken aback. “What do you mean?”
“Our salary in the Public Order Division is not as high as what the troops are getting. Do you think we can afford to provoke someone who can fly around in the sky like that?” The other person said, “Think about it! If you alert everyone with your shouting, he might just jump down and silence us. Could we escape that?”
“That sounds valid…” Halfway through his sentence, the person speaking started trembling. He said in a shaky voice, “Look at that person up ahead….”
When Ren Xiaosu, who had stopped in his tracks to orientate himself, heard their voices, he turned around and looked at the two of them with his face hidden under his hood. The two Public Order Division officers immediately turned around and walked in the other direction. “Hahaha, it’s so dark tonight.”
“Yeah, why’s there suddenly fog? I can’t see anything at all….”
Ren Xiaosu glanced at the two of them and calculated the distance between them. He was silently planning something in his mind.
Tonight’s pursuit had happened rather unexpectedly, but Ren Xiaosu was not flustered in the slightest.
The two officers who had encountered Ren Xiaosu were walking with their backs facing him. They muttered softly between themselves, “Has he left? Why don’t you turn around and have a look?”
“Why don’t you fucking turn around and have a look instead?” the other person snapped. “What if he’s right behind us?”
“Come on, it won’t kill you to take a look….”
Suddenly, Ren Xiaosu’s voice rang out behind them. “Stop arguing! Why don’t you two turn around and have a look?”
The two officers reacted quickly. When they heard the voice behind them, they wanted to make a run for it. But before they could do so, they felt their vision turning dark as they were knocked unconscious to the ground.
Ren Xiaosu quietly picked up their walkie-talkies and said in a nasally voice, “Suspicious person discovered at 172 Hero Hill Road. I repeat, suspicious person discovered at 172 Hero Hill Road!”
After saying that, Ren Xiaosu quickly climbed to the top of a tall building and quietly looked in the direction of 172 Hero Hill Road.
He was currently about 400 meters away from Hero Hill Road. In a street fight, this was already considered a very far distance.
The reason why Ren Xiaosu did that was so he could observe from the best possible vantage point how the patrols in Stronghold 31 would react.
After the walkie-talkie crackled, the troops who were patrolling the stronghold quickly assembled. Some of the stationary troops also advanced towards Hero Hill Road.
Ren Xiaosu took out his sniper rifle and aimed it at an off-road vehicle 600 meters away. When he pulled the trigger, the bullet pierced the air and hit the fuel tank of the vehicle. With a loud explosion, the entire off-road vehicle turned into a ball of fire after being hit by the incendiary bullet.
Ren Xiaosu shouted into the walkie-talkie, “A vehicle north of Hero Hill Road is under attack. I repeat, a vehicle north of Hero Hill Road is under attack. The enemy is an individual!”
The sound of the vehicle exploding stirred up a hornet’s nest. Some of the tactical troops hiding in the shadows could no longer stand by and started moving out.
Meanwhile, the perpetrator, Ren Xiaosu, quietly returned to the villa amid the chaos he created.
The troops in charge of pursuing and intercepting the attacker could not find any trace of Ren Xiaosu. Almost all of them had headed straight for Hero Hill Road.
But just as Ren Xiaosu was thinking the Kong Consortium’s troops were not that great, he noticed some tactical troops still lying in wait on his way back to the villa. They all kept their vigilance up, and there was not even a single person chatting or taking a smoke break.
Fortunately, Ren Xiaosu remained very cautious while he was heading back, or he could’ve gotten caught in a surprise battle.
He silently noted the locations of the troops so he would not accidentally run into them later.
Ren Xiaosu sighed. The garrison troops responsible for guarding Stronghold 31 were definitely the Kong Consortium’s elites. In that case, it would make it even more difficult to rescue Wang Yun’s 200-odd subordinates from the prison.
However, he still gained some insight tonight. Ren Xiaosu confirmed there was at least a brigade garrisoned in Stronghold 31, and if he counted those who were hiding in the shadows, there might be even more. This could very well be a reinforced brigade.
Moreover, he had also gotten an understanding of the garrison troops’ encirclement and suppression tactics. He considered this as making preparations for the subsequent operations.
Not long after Ren Xiaosu returned to the villa, something unexpected happened.
Through the windows, Ren Xiaosu could see it had suddenly turned bright outside. There were dozens of vehicles parked at the villa’s entrance. Moreover, the people did not knock on the door right after they arrived. Instead, they surrounded the entire villa!
Due to this unexpected incident, everyone in the villa walked out of their rooms. Yang Xiaojin gave Ren Xiaosu a quiet look as if to ask, “You were followed?”
Ren Xiaosu shook his head and expressed that it was unlikely.
Yang Xiaojin stood quietly at the window and watched through a gap in the curtains. She whispered, “It’s not the garrison troops. These people should be from the intelligence agency’s field operations division. It’s an entire company of troops. If we need to bust out of their encirclement, we can do it from the north. I’ve already identified their commander, so we can kill that person first before breaking through.”
“Mhm.” Ren Xiaosu said, “Once we start fighting, I’ll use Old Xu first to distract them before breaking through their encirclement. But let’s watch and wait. I think they’re just here to check on some suspicions.”
With just a few words, the two of them came up with a battle plan. It was not that detailed as they both trusted each other’s ability to adapt to the situation.
Honestly speaking, if not for the consideration that the Kong Consortium might have more reinforcements waiting, they would have just killed all of these people here.
When the troops outside had fully surrounded the villa, a young man in a black suit walked up and knocked on the door. Behind him were heavily armed field troops.
