The lakeside villa district, inside the underground parking lot.

An Hebas's trusted aide, whom he had sent out, had returned and was reporting the situation on the ground:

"The all-terrain vehicle has been driven away, and most of the ammunition on the truck is gone..."

Hearing this, An Hebas finally understood.

The real purpose of the "grand" attack just now was to seize the ammunition!

The so-called clearing of foreign refugees and dealing with collusion with mountain monsters were all fake!

Those people went around in a big circle just for that ammunition!

"Damn it!" An Hebas cursed.

His trusted aide, who had gone out to check the situation, also roughly understood the truth and asked with confusion and bewilderment:

"Boss, who could have done it?

"The Gray Speakers? DiMarco's butler?"

An Hebas thought carefully for a moment and said:

"It's not them. If it were them, they would directly target me."

If they solved An Hebas, would they still be afraid of not getting the ammunition?

There would be even more supplies!

And countless other benefits.

An Hebas's trusted aide very much agreed with the boss's judgment:

"Then who could it be?"

"In the entire Redstone Collection, there are only three groups that value that batch of ammunition more than internal strife." An Hebas's mind was definitely not bad, and he said as he thought, "One is Lehman and his people, the second is Teresa, and the third is the relic hunter team that took on the mission."

Lehman was a smuggler from "United Industries," and he was the one who sold the ammunition to Hewig.

"Before we determine a winner, Lehman won't easily take a stand. He can't possibly move his family to Redstone Collection unless he has completely sided with the Gray Speakers or DiMarco's butler. But in that case, his focus would also shift to attacking us." An Hebas's trusted aide analyzed along this line of thought, "Hewig's subordinates don't have a leader right now, so it's unlikely they could do something like this."

An Hebas, whose beard was so thick it looked like a natural mask, nodded slightly:

"In that case, it can only be that relic hunter team.

"With the defenses Han Wanghuo has set up, foreign sub-humans and bandit groups can be ruled out."

"They really have courage..." An Hebas's trusted aide suddenly fell silent as he spoke.

He remembered the relevant information.

An Hebas asked with a hint of doubt:

"What's wrong?"

He hadn't paid much attention to the relic hunter team that had taken on the mission to retrieve the ammunition, because there didn't seem to be many of them, and they didn't pose much of a threat to his side. Therefore, he directly handed it over to Lopez to handle.

Now it seemed that he had to reassess the strength of this team.

Hmm, they seemed to have beaten up Lopez this afternoon, not only did they have some confidence, but they also liked to take risks... No wonder they dared to suddenly attack here and seize the ammunition... An Hebas had a sense of sudden realization.

At this moment, his trusted aide said rather stammeringly:

"They, they only have, only four people."

"What?" An Hebas doubted his ears. "Four people?"

Only four people dared to snatch the ammunition right under his nose, in front of dozens of armed personnel?

And they succeeded!

Judging from the momentum just now and the final result, he thought there would be at least ten or so people.

"Yes, only four." An Hebas's trusted aide swallowed hard. "I asked the people at the Hunter's Guild. It's winter recently, and there are no other foreign relic hunters besides them. It's unlikely they could find any helpers."

He was just thinking that this relic hunter team had courage, but now it seemed that courage was not enough to describe it, it was simply crazy!

Four people, right at the gate of their own base, under the deterrence of dozens of armed personnel, easily seized the ammunition!

An Hebas was speechless for a moment. He had never encountered such a thing in all his life.

After several dozen seconds, he asked again:

"Really only four people?"

His trusted aide nodded heavily.

An Hebas pressed on:

"What about Lopez and the others? How many died?"

"It seems, it seems none of them died, they all, all ran away." An Hebas's trusted aide became more and more shocked as he spoke.

The whole thing was not only crazy but also absurd.

An Hebas fell silent and said after a long while:

"That hunter team has a strong manipulator of people's hearts.

"The most critical part of this drama is that announcement. It amplified our internal suspicion, fear, and defensiveness to the extreme and cleverly exploited everyone's habit of being too vigilant and not blindly believing.

"After that announcement, the people in town thought it was possible that it was really the Church sending armed forces, and suspected that foreign refugees were indeed colluding with mountain monsters. And the 'clearing' didn't involve their interests. Lopez and the others must have thought that I betrayed them and wanted to use them as scapegoats, so naturally they wouldn't resist desperately...

"No matter how many people we have or how much firepower we have, we are far stronger than them. But after that, we are as fragile as a dilapidated house, falling apart with just a touch..."

He didn't mention those little thoughts he had at the time.

It wasn't appropriate to reveal that to his subordinates.

His trusted aide listened with shock and anger:

"Do they think they can run rampant in Redstone Collection just by manipulating people's hearts?

"Boss, do you want to retaliate and let them know that the most important thing on the graylands is strength itself?"

An Hebas hummed:

"We'll see for a chance later.

"There's something else to do now."

"What?" his trusted aide asked with some confusion.

Shouldn't they be going all out now to get back the ammunition?

An Hebas picked up a white mask with black eyes and put it on his face:

"Go and be vigilant of the church."

After speaking, he ordered in a deep voice:

"Find Lopez and those people and kill them!"

...

Outside the fortress-like Vigilant Church, Long Yuehong, escorting the awakened Lopez, got out of the jeep.

He looked at the crates that filled every space of the all-terrain vehicle, and a thing called happiness welled up in his heart.

He still felt a little unreal and thought things had succeeded too easily.

At this time, Shang Jianyao, wearing a monkey mask, had rushed to the closed gate of the Vigilant Church and was banging on it.

Soon, the gate opened, and a church guard in a black cloak, carrying a submachine gun, asked vigilantly:

"What is it?"

"It's very important." Shang Jianyao emphasized seriously, "We're looking for Watcher Song."

Bang!

The gate closed again in front of him.

After a few minutes, Song He, who was not wearing a mask, personally opened the slightly heavy gate and looked around.

His gaze quickly fell on Lopez, who was wearing handcuffs, and the khaki all-terrain vehicle.

After a little contemplation, Song He asked:

"Gentlemen, did he attack you?"

Shang Jianyao immediately replied:

"We attacked them and retrieved the ammunition."

Song He's gaze swept back and forth between them several times:

"You followed Lopez and found the ammunition?"

He gave an explanation based on his own understanding.

"Almost." Jiang Baimian stopped Shang Jianyao from refuting and said loudly, "Watcher Song, we would like to stay at the church for one night. Tomorrow, we will return the ammunition, complete the mission, and discuss a deal with the town guard."

Song He smiled with some understanding:

"No problem.

"Under the gaze of 'Silent Nun,' no one dares to cause trouble."

Jiang Baimian turned her body and pointed to Lopez:

"You can ask him about the specific things, we don't care.

"Um... give us a four-person room."

"Okay." Song He agreed.

...

Seven or eight minutes later, An Hebas arrived at the Vigilant Church with several trusted aides.

He immediately saw the khaki all-terrain vehicle parked on the wasteland outside the gate, but it was empty inside, with no ammunition present.

An Hebas's eyelids twitched, he took a breath, and walked towards the gate.

The gate was ajar, not closed.

Before An Hebas could knock on the door, Watcher Song He's voice came from inside:

"Please come in."

An Hebas and several trusted aides entered the hall, first raised their arms, crossed them in front of their bodies, and took a step back.

After saluting "Silent Nun," An Hebas looked at Song He next to the huge symbol and knelt down on one knee with a thud.

"Watcher, I want to confess!" he shouted in a self-reproachful tone.

Song He's expression did not change:

"Speak.

"Silent Nun is watching you."

An Hebas told "exactly" how he was deceived by foreign refugees and how they snatched Hewig's ammunition.

At the end, he said with tears streaming down his face:

"Greed blinded my eyes, I am willing to accept the Lord's punishment."

Song He nodded slightly and said:

"Knowing how to confess is the first step to redemption. After that, you must make enough contributions to the defense of Redstone Collection against sub-human attacks."

"Yes, Watcher." An Hebas breathed a sigh of relief.

Song He continued:

"Now Redstone Collection lacks manpower. Those foreign refugees can be added in and let them redeem their sins with meritorious service."

An Hebas agreed without hesitation.

After his several trusted aides also finished confessing, he bid farewell to Song He and prepared to leave.

Just as he turned around, a lively monkey mask suddenly appeared in front of him.

Shang Jianyao did not know when he had sneaked behind them.

"I have a few questions." He announced his purpose.

Without waiting for An Hebas to agree, he looked at the eyes behind the other party's mask and asked seriously:

"Why did you sell ammunition to mountain monsters?

"Don't you know that after mountain monsters have many weapons, they will attack Redstone Collection and cause everyone to lose their relatives and friends?

"Aren't you worried that you and your family will also die because of this?"

These three questions seemed to pierce through the emperor's new clothes, leaving An Hebas fumbling, not knowing how to answer.

After a few seconds, he said loudly:

"I, I didn't sell!"

After refuting, he strode past Shang Jianyao and hurried towards the door.

Outside, as he swept his gaze, he saw Lopez in a black cloak.

"You?" An Hebas was a little surprised.

Lopez, the foreign refugee, showed a smile to his former boss:

"I am now a church guard."

...

At the side door of the hall, Long Yuehong saw An Hebas leaving with his subordinates and saw Shang Jianyao walking back.

He complained:

"Didn't we say we were going to the toilet together?"

Shang Jianyao laughed:

"Just happened to run into you."

ps: Asking for monthly tickets~