Xiao Wu exchanged glances with the few confidants who had defected to him, but did not notice anything unusual. However, out of caution, they did not rush into action.
The subordinate who was the first to point out that there was someone in the wooden house should have some kind of special awakening talent, and he could sense the situation inside even from across the wooden house.
After a while, the man said again: "Brother Wu, there are only three or four people inside, and it doesn't seem like they are waiting to plot against anyone. They should be hiding here from the limelight."
Xiao Wu frowned: "Could that be Wu Degang?"
The subordinate shook his head and said: "My subordinates can only sense their existence, but cannot determine their identities."
Xiao Wu nodded and waved his hand: "Let's go and have a look. We don't have to be secretive. Let's tell them straightforwardly that the chaos in the core area is over, the wizard is in charge of the overall situation, and everyone no longer has to hide."
"Yes, even if Udegang is inside, he has no reason to refuse the wizard."
However, Xiao Wu was still cautious in the end. He looked at Jiang Yue and said, "Brother Dapeng, you have to take action. If there is Wu Degang inside, it will be more convincing for you to lure them out. They will not be suspicious."
Jiang Yue naturally would not refuse and said with a smile: "As long as everyone can trust me, of course I am obligated."
To put it bluntly, these guys just wanted him to be an outpost to explore the situation. To avoid being ambushed by the people inside.
In the final analysis, no matter how nice they talk, they still have their own little ninety-nine.
Jiang Yue didn't act coy and walked directly towards the wooden house.
Then he waved to Xiao Wu and others to follow.
Jiang Yue opened the door of the wooden house without hesitation and walked in without hesitation.
Of course he knew that the few people here could not be Wu Degang at all. They may not even be the people in the original core area, but more like some peripheral agents in the fringe area.
These guys were in the wooden house. They were obviously not seeking refuge. They were rummaging through boxes and cabinets in the house and digging three feet into the ground. They seemed to be looking for supplies.
This is not surprising, after all, in troubled times, supplies are indispensable at any time.
Without supplies, survival is unsustainable, and there is no point in talking about anything else.
Precisely because these three guys were so involved in rummaging through boxes and cabinets, they didn't notice Jiang Yue pushing the door open and entering.
They didn't react until Jiang Yue stood within a few meters of them with a sneer.
Just as he was about to scold him, Jiang Yue knocked him to the ground.
These small characters do not require Jiang Yue to use any skills at all. Jiang Yue's close combat physical skills alone are far beyond what these guys can compare with.
After all, Jiang Yue copied Yin Yue's melee talent. Skills that can be targeted by copying skills, skills that allow Zhiling to give Jiang Yue, will definitely not be ordinary.
These three people didn't even have time to react to what was going on until they were knocked down.
However, one of them saw Jiang Yue's face clearly and hurriedly shouted: "Boss Jiang, aren't you Boss Jiang who belongs to Mr. Wu?"
Jiang Yue frowned: "Do you know me?"
The man kept nodding like a chicken pecking at rice: "Boss, I know you. A few days ago, Master Riwu was hunting down the human undercover, and I was assigned as your servant. You may not remember me as a small role, But I remember you, boss. I used to be Captain Ji’s subordinate... You should know our Captain Ji, right?”
Who is Team Ji?
Jiang Yue naturally didn't know him, but he knew the power structure in the core area and knew that Captain Ji was probably a second-level agent like Lao Xia, who was usually the team leader. This kind of captain is very common in the periphery and fringe areas, with one captain leading dozens or hundreds of agents.
Jiang Yue nodded noncommittally: "Since you are Lao Ji's subordinate, what are you doing here? This is not Lao Ji's defense zone, right?"
The man smiled bitterly and said: "Boss, there are no defense zones left now. Everyone has left."
"Where have people gone?"
"Boss, you don't know, right? The core area collapsed, everyone heard that all the top agents were dead, and everyone ran away for their lives."
"Then why didn't you leave?"
"Our team also dispersed and we were about to leave. Before we left, someone said they knew there was a wooden house here that might have supplies, so..."
Jiang Yue said indifferently: "Did you find anything?"
The man smiled bitterly and said: "I don't know how many people have visited me, and I haven't even found a grain of rice." The man said in frustration.
"Have you met Mr. Wu?"
The man shook his head and said: "I am of low status, how can I be qualified to see Lord Wu?"
Jiang Yue looked at the other two people again: "Are these two people with you?"
"We were not in the same group before. We belonged to different teams. After the team broke up, a few people got together to join the team to keep warm. Boss, we really haven't done any bad things. Those who have done bad things have fled away long ago. . We are honest people and have not stocked up any supplies, so we can only risk staying here to find some supplies. Otherwise, even if we escape, we will starve to death sooner or later."
"What bad thing are you doing?"
"Boss, you don't know that since the rumors spread, the people's hearts in the periphery have been completely confused. Some restless guys have begun to take advantage of the situation, killing their companions, and searching for supplies. It's not that we didn't have any supplies at first, just because we were alone. Li Gu was robbed of nothing. Otherwise, we would have left long ago."
Jiang Yue finally understood why these three guys hadn't left yet and were here.
These three people were just insignificant characters, and Jiang Yue did not continue to ask.
"Other people will come in to question you later. You'd better be honest."
With that said, Jiang Yue whistled outside to indicate to them that there was no problem inside.
After a while, two people entered from outside, and then several others entered one after another.
After Xiao Wu and the others came in, they were obviously a little wary. It wasn't until I found out there was nothing else going on inside that I felt relieved.
"What's going on here?" Xiao Wu glanced around and asked with a frown when he saw the three people knocked down by Jiang Yue underground.
Jiang Yue briefly explained the situation.
Naturally, Xiao Wu wanted to inquire in person, but Jiang Yue pretended to be generous and said: "Brother Wu, I will step aside for a moment and take a look outside to prevent anyone from intruding."
He took the initiative to avoid it, which naturally gave Xiao Wu and the others a little more trust.
"Okay, Brother Dapeng, please be on guard outside. Brother Xiaochun, you and Brother Dapeng can take care of you." Xiao Wu assigned another person to follow Jiang Yue.
It can be seen that although Xiao Wu basically trusts Jiang Yue, he is still unwilling to let him be alone. This is an instinctive behavior.
Jiang Yue secretly scolded this guy for being cunning and suspicious.
But since the other party insisted on appointing someone to follow him, he couldn't refuse. He accepted it with a smile and took the initiative to walk outside the house.
The man lying on the ground was a little worried: "Brother Jiang, what is going on? Who are these people? Are they Mr. Wu's subordinates?"
Jiang Yue didn't respond, but someone next to Xiao Wu stepped forward and kicked him.
"What is it called? Shut up! Listen carefully, there is no Mr. Wu, Mr. Jiang, this Mr. Wu is the boss appointed by the Master Wizard to reorganize the core area. You'd better be wiser."
The man was kicked and his teeth were gnashing in pain.
"Master Wu, Master Wu, I understand, Master Wu has the final say now, right?"
This man was alert and quickly begged for mercy.
Xiao Wu asked expressionlessly: "Tell me, why are you here, and what's the situation outside now?"
The man honestly repeated what he had said before, and did not forget to emphasize: "Master Wu, I swear to God, everything I said is true. The three of us have never done anything bad, nor have we killed anyone. Extraordinary, we..."
Xiao Wu didn't care whether they had done bad things or killed people.
For him, these are not important.
"You said that the periphery collapsed and people's hearts collapsed because the core area collapsed. So who told you that the core area collapsed?"
"People in the core area are constantly escaping, and everyone is seeing it. If they are acquainted with each other, they will tell them. Rumors are like this. They spread from one to ten, and from one to another. ”
Rumors may spread faster than the plague.
It goes without saying that the escape of the people in the core area will have an impact on the periphery.
The core area is already in chaos, what else do they want to do if they stay on the periphery? Of course there is no reason to stay and be buried.
Their treatment on the periphery is even worse, and they also have to face the frontline threats from the human camp. If the core area was stable before, they at least had backing and a way out.
But after the core area collapsed, there was no way out. How could they still sit still? Who will you continue to fight for?
Master Shuzu?
Everyone is gone, and Lord Shuzu's mere commander is of no use.
Therefore, the speed at which rumors spread is the speed at which the periphery collapses, spreading thousands of miles and scattering like birds and beasts.
In this process, naturally, all kinds of killings, all kinds of robberies, and all kinds of bloody and gloomy tragedies were constantly staged.
Xiao Wu basically understood what these three people said.
After everyone listened, their faces turned pale and their mood suddenly became extremely depressed.
They also hope that the external situation will be better. They feel that with their reaction speed, they should be able to save the situation.
Only now did they know that the peripheral collapse was much faster than they imagined, and the situation was much more serious than they imagined.
"So, among the people who have not escaped now, how many do you think there are left?"
"It's hard to speculate. Anyway, we passed through the sentry checkpoints all the way without any obstruction. No one was still at the post. Those who should have escaped or should not have escaped anyway. Of course, there are some who stayed, or people like us who didn't. Those who have supplies in reserve are those who don’t want to leave and have nowhere to go. We have encountered them along the way, and I estimate that less than 10% of them will do so.”
Less than 10%!
Hearing this data, Xiao Wu's heart was bleeding.
If he could recover to 30% to 40%, he thought that under the auspices of the wizard, the situation should be stable. When Master Shuzu issues the summons, people will definitely return one after another.
But if there is only 10% left, or even less than that, the situation will be very difficult.
Of course, no matter how difficult it is, you have to bite the bullet and persevere.
"Do you guys know the whereabouts of Wu Degang?"
"Jiang Dapeng asked us just now. How can we know the whereabouts of Mr. Wu Degang, a small character like us? It is impossible for him to show up in front of characters like us."
Xiao Wu was in a bad mood, but now was the time to employ people. Although these three people didn't seem very smart or very capable, they still had to keep them after all.
He was about to speak when Xiaochun hurried in from outside the door and whispered: "Master Wu, Jiang Dapeng said that he found some clues. He has already tracked him down and asked me to inform you."
"What clue?" Xiao Wu was surprised.
"It has something to do with Wu Degang." Xiaochun said seriously.
Xiao Wu was moved and said without hesitation: "Let's go, follow and have a look."
Those few people were not suspicious and followed Xiao Wu outside the house. But he didn't notice that Xiaochun was lagging behind, and a weird smile that was difficult to detect escaped from the corner of his mouth.
A few people just rushed to the door, but before they got close, they suddenly saw a beautiful giant tiger jumping out of the door. Several people were surprised and were preparing to fight. Suddenly, a strange force surged from behind and engulfed them directly. The strange force invaded their bodies like invisible air currents.
"Xiaochun, what are you doing?"
"Master Wu, this kid Xiaochun unexpectedly attacked us!"
Xiao Wu obviously sensed something was wrong and turned around, looking at Xiao Chun not far behind him in disbelief.
"Xiaochun, what do you mean? Are you going to betray Lord Shuzu and Lord Wizard?"
Xiaochun smiled mysteriously: "Everyone, I'm sorry. In comparison, I still trust Mr. Wu Degang more. You Xiaowu is Feng Dengfeng's man. I seriously doubt that you are a human undercover. You fooled the wizard. No. I will never collude with you."
He said it seriously, but Xiao Wu was dumbfounded.
However, someone immediately screamed: "No, you are not Xiaochun! Xiaochun is my brother, he will never talk like this! Who are you? You are the human undercover!"
"Where is Jiang Dapeng? Has Jiang Dapeng also joined the human camp?"
There is no Jiang Dapeng at all, and the Xiaochun in front of him is naturally not Xiaochun himself.
Xiaochun followed Jiang Yue out before, but Jiang Yue took care of him without saying a word. Xiao Wu and others were pressing for information at that time and ignored the subtle movements outside.
When Jiang Yue disguised himself as Xiaochun, he came in to inform them of news that shocked them, successfully confusing them.
Taking this opportunity, Jiang Yue's slow divine light hit steadily, completely covering these people.
…
A minute later, Jiang Yue transformed into another identity, and Shi Shiran left the wooden house.
A moment later, a sea of fire burst into the sky around the wooden house, and the bodies in the room were burned to ashes by the sea of fire.
The wizard who was a few kilometers away quickly sensed the situation here. By the time he arrived at the scene, it only took twenty or thirty seconds.
The wizard even ignored the sea of fire.
But when he rushed into the wooden house, what was waiting for him was the long-burned corpses of Xiao Wu and others.
The wizard only felt like his chest was hit hard by a heavy hammer.
