Chapter 678 - 321: Silver Bullet 3

"Additionally, the portion of supplies I earned from collecting tolls also counts as ill-gotten gains from these sand bandits, so I’ll contribute that as well. You two, Captain Lin, Captain Shi, go ahead and allocate them!"

As soon as these words were spoken, the leaders of the caravans, including Lu Zhao and several others in the Joint Fleet who were unaware of the situation, looked at Hu Lushou with expressions of amazement and newfound respect.

"Wow, so Boss Hu had his reasons for collecting tolls!"

"I misunderstood you before."

"Boss Hu is truly noble!"

"Not at all, not at all..." Hu Lushou grinned sheepishly with his gold teeth showing.

Lin Xian and Shi Deyuan exchanged glances and both smiled secretly.

They thought to themselves that this guy played his cards right, not only clearing his own name but winning over people’s hearts by putting on a good show.

However, Lin Xian didn’t mind. Hu Lushou gave up the benefits he gained from collaborating with the sand bandits, which essentially made a statement. After all, in the eyes of so many caravans, he wasn’t really seen in a positive light. Without doing something like this, letting a former sand bandit accomplice into the no-man’s land would invite criticism from other caravans.

Thinking back, just collecting a 20% toll benefit already left him very well-off. Those sand bandits must have been loaded. With this in mind, Lin Xian decided not to waste any more time.

"There are still about 5 hours until nightfall, it should be enough time. Let’s split forces and eliminate the nests of the Sand Scorpion Gang, Earth Dragon Association, and Red Vulture Group. The rest will regroup at Akse. Tomorrow, we’ll enter the no-man’s land before dawn!"

Shi Deyuan nodded: "Then let’s send more vehicles and people, so any issues can be resolved more easily. It’s best to take them out all at once!"

"Me, me, me, me!"

As soon as Lin Xian finished speaking, KIKI immediately raised her hand with wide eyes and an eager face looking at Lin Xian: "Taking out other’s nests sounds like so much fun, Lin Xian, let me go, please."

She put on a tone of eagerness, as if she were the sand bandit...

"Brother Lin, I wish to go as well!" Rarely seen, Lu Xingchen wanted to carry out a long-distance mission. It seemed his excitement hadn’t worn off since gaining flying ability.

"I’ll go too, I’ll go too, Brother Lin, can we take that Night Flight Star Flying Device?" Sha Sha was excited at the moment as well.

"Young lady, we’re going to take out outposts, not blow them up. What else can you do apart from alarming them by flying there?" Shi Deyuan said with a smile.

Lin Xian nodded: "Once the main force is eliminated, there might not be many left at the outposts, but they definitely have defensive heavy weapons, so we can’t underestimate them."

He then looked around at everyone, and Qian Deli stepped forward directly.

"I’ll lead the team to the north’s Black Oil Ditch. We’re already familiar with the route, it should be an Earth Dragon Association outpost, but there’s likely more than one."

"There’s definitely more than one!" Hu Lushou chimed in excitedly: "Although the Earth Dragon Association has the fewest people among the three caravans, that Old Dragon is quite cunning, hiding many treasures. He has more than one base; I’ve scouted out three small outposts myself."

Ning Jing glanced at Shi Deyuan: "I’ll take some people to the Red Eagle’s side."

Shi Deyuan nodded: "Take Lao Mao and the others just in case."

Lin Xian thought for a moment and looked at Chen Sixuan: "Alright, you take Brother Huo and KIKI together, go to the Sand Scorpion Gang."

"Also, Sha Sha Building, Luo Yang, you all go too, and listen to Teacher Chen’s commands."

Chen Sixuan was a bit surprised to hear this, not expecting Lin Xian to actively let her participate in an external operation. Her heart was delighted at once, and she nodded in response.

"Okay, I’ll prepare right away."

Lin Xian’s purpose in assigning Chen Sixuan was simple. She’s more composed compared to the younger ones and Brother Huo. Lin Xian felt more at ease with her presence. Besides, with her evolution in perception and equipped with the Black Hawk Power Armor, her strength was quite formidable.

Even if the Sand Scorpion Gang’s outpost had strong firepower, having these people should reduce any issues.

"Li Yi," Lin Xian turned to Li Yi: "You have a lot of people on your side. Call Liang Lei, but you stay. I plan to take this opportunity to adjust the train deployment, and then we’ll integrate your train with ours."

Li Yi nodded: "Okay, everything follows your arrangement."

The task of clearing out the outposts was quickly distributed.

Each team was outfitted with at least 50 people. Lin Xian arranged for 10 base vehicles and used Hu Lushou’s caravan’s off-road vehicles as well. With the sun high in the sky, several teams roared to action.

The remaining caravans stayed in place for rest, so many caravan leaders arranged for their team members to relax and stretch their legs, since staying in the train cars all day long wasn’t good, a bit of sunbathe was needed.

In no time, the Black Rose Bar was filled with people drinking Hu Lushou’s liquor. Since everyone had just fought side by side, Hu Lushou was too thick-skinned to charge them, so could only watch his treasured liquor decrease one case after another, his eyes showing his heartache.

At that moment, Hu Lushou saw Lin Xian, who was preparing to return to Infinity for train readiness, hurriedly approached and pulled him into the basement, his face bitter.

"Captain Lin, we have an agreement that you’ve got to protect us during the no-man’s land passage."

Lin Xian sighed softly: "Whether I can cover you or not, I don’t know. If it’s sand bandits, that’s fine, but if it’s Abnormal Bodies, you know, even the interstellar army of the Phoenix Society has no guarantee here!"