Void Jigsaw Puzzle

After taking the dry food and water handed to him by Huo Yue and watching her car drive towards the city center, Guo Ling turned around and asked Fan Ting, "Why don't you go back with her?"

Fan Ting raised her lips and said, "I volunteered to help you. Now the mission is not yet completed, how can I give up halfway?"

"Think it over carefully. If Ciqikou is the source of weapons, our lives might be in real danger if we go there now."

"What are you afraid of? Anyway, my life was saved by you...you guys."

Guo Ling stared at Fan Ting for a long time, then sighed, shook his head, and said softly, "Fool."

Fan Ting pretended not to hear and followed him all the way south to Ciqikou.

After the last fork in the road, there was only one road left, the almost ripped-apart road they had taken when they drove to see Pierce.

If that can be called a "road".

When I first drove on this road, I wanted to die, but now when I walk on it, I feel much more comfortable.

Moreover, the roadside is full of abandoned buildings or wastelands, with almost no pedestrians, so they can make good use of the terrain to plan their routes.

The two men bent over, eating dry food while carefully observing everything around them.

It was already afternoon, the brightest time of the day, and they had to remain 200% alert to ensure they were not discovered.

Suddenly, the roar of an engine came from the front.

They quickly lay down in the grass, pushed aside the weeds, and peeked over.

Another line of camouflaged cars was struggling to move on the road, heading north.

Obviously, their destination must be Nitou Mountain.

"We've already made two deliveries in one day. Each trip has eight carriages. Assuming each carriage is equipped with twenty boxes of crossbows, with one crossbow per box, that means we can transport 160 weapons per trip, and 320 weapons across two carriages. The Pu Yue team only has less than 2000 people in total. This way, it'll only take five or six days for everyone to have a crossbow... But what if today isn't their first day of delivering weapons?"

Guo Ling frowned.

He immediately sent this speculation to Zhong Chenmu.

"Make preparations quickly, especially to prevent crossbow fire, and strengthen your equipment with weapons and tools."

To deal with this kind of long-range attack weapon, if you lack the production capacity, it is better to use melee weapons and tools to overcome it.

Because once they get close to the enemy, bows and crossbows lose most of their effectiveness.

Fan Ting didn't say anything, but stared intently at the tires of the vehicle.

When the train of cars had gone far away, she gently nudged Guo Ling and asked, "Did you notice its tires just now?"

"no, what happened?"

"Judging from the tires, this train came from the same place as the one we just saw at Nipple Mountain."

"Oh? Really? Which place?" Guo Ling already knew Fan Ting very well and knew that Fan Ting would not simply tell him such a thing without much information.

Sure enough, Fan Ting replied, "It's the Pierce factory we went to last time. I was just skeptical at Nitou Mountain just now, but now that I see the markings on their tires again, I'm even more certain of it, because I've seen these same markings on tires at the Pierce factory before."

Guo Ling sighed: "As expected, 'no venture, no gain'..."

Fan Ting asked, "Are you scared?"

Guo Ling glared at her: "What am I afraid of?"

Fan Ting smiled and said, "Then get up and let's go."

This smile melted away the fear that had just sprouted in his heart.

"Well, let's go!"

Guo Ling brushed off the grass debris on his body and continued walking along the weeds on the side of the road.

Fan Ting followed closely behind him.

Finally, the familiar gate appeared before them. To be exact, it was several dozen meters away.

Because the broken wall where they were hiding at the moment was the closest shelter to the gate.

If we go any further, there will be nowhere to hide.

Two bored security guards were standing at the gate, with beige halos above their heads and shiny black crossbows behind them.

One of them was the one who had received them the last time they came and brought them to the door of Pierce's room.

At that time, although Pierce finally showed his true intentions, at least he showed a cooperative attitude at the beginning. If they walked over now, they would probably be shot on the spot.

Guo Ling carefully observed the ground at the door and said to himself: "Sure enough, it's closed..."

Fan Ting asked in a low voice: "What are you talking about?"

"Remember the crack in the ground that Captain Zhong created with his ability before we escaped last time? Did you notice it's closed?"

"Ah! As expected..." Fan Ting covered her mouth.

"Actually, before we came here, Captain Zhong told me that when he first looked down the crack, he saw a red flash. Although it was just a brief glimpse, he was certain it wasn't natural light. So, there's a high probability that Pierce is doing something underground. And based on today's observations, maybe they've set up a factory underground, secretly producing weapons... But now that the crack has closed, how can we go down and investigate?"

After hearing Guo Ling's words, Fan Ting finally reacted.

"You mean, those crossbows were all produced underground by Pierce?"

"This is just my speculation, but it's highly likely. Otherwise, what else would he be doing underground? Could he be having an affair with Pu Yue?"

"..."

Although he was joking, Guo Ling was extremely anxious.

If they couldn't enter the factory, all the effort they put into coming here would be in vain, and it would be essentially no different from staying in the hotel room at the entrance of Cuiyun Corridor.

Fan Ting suddenly suggested, "Should we do the same thing? Just like we did when we escaped from Nitou Mountain? When the weapons train returns, jump into the carriage and then enter the factory?"

Guo Ling's eyes lit up, and he immediately rejected the idea: "The external environment is different. Look at this road. The cars are not driving smoothly. They are jumping irregularly. There is no way we can get on the car smoothly..."

"That's right..." Fan Ting lowered her head and seemed to be hesitant to speak.

"What do you want to say?"

"Forget it, it's definitely not feasible."

"Just say it, say it out loud. Even if it doesn't work, it can still make me laugh."

"..."

Fan Ting finally whispered, "Let's pretend to surrender, and then wait for an opportunity to act..."

Guo Ling suppressed his laughter and asked, "Do you want to become like Feng Yue?"

“So I said it’s definitely not feasible…”

Before Fan Ting finished speaking and did not hear Guo Ling's further response, she looked up and saw that he seemed to be petrified, not moving at all.