"What! You actually let outsiders in!"
There was an exclamation in the building made of green bricks that could not disperse for a long time.
"Captain, don't worry, now that Boss Tang and the others are outside to help, outsiders will not pose any threat at all!" A red-armored soldier hurriedly explained.
"Don't worry! The outsider I'm talking about is Boss Tang!" The red-armored captain frowned and said fiercely.
"Ah?" The red-armored soldier was a little surprised, "But Captain, Boss Tang and the others are just here to help, so it shouldn't matter..."
"Why doesn't it matter?" The captain squeezed his fist, "Now the master and the main force are not here. Although we have a lot of people left, we are completely unable to pose any threat to Boss Tang and the others! Once they know that they have invaded and taken away Crystal Core, the territory our master has worked so hard to maintain for hundreds of years will finally change hands!"
"This... they shouldn't have the courage, right?" The red-armored soldier was a little flustered.
"Alas! You guys still underestimate Boss Tang... He can reach this point not just by his strength!" The red-armored captain had a worried look on his face.
"Go! Call back all the patrols outside the city! All of you fight to defend the core! I'll find a way to send him away!"
After the explanation was over, the red-armored captain did not dare to delay any longer and left the city alone.
…
Not long after Mr. Tang and Mr. Wen left here, they saw a crack in the tree trunk not far away, and a figure jumped out of it.
This person is Wu Fan.
Just as he was walking forward, he saw the dark shadows in the sky in the distance, and he had nowhere to escape. Fortunately, Mu Qianren took action in time and hid his figure again, so he was not discovered by the group of guys.
Through the holes in the tree trunk, Wu Fan knew that this man named Wen Laosi was in the same group as Mr. Tang.
Then, the more he listened, the more frightened he became. Unexpectedly, this dry green old man was very courageous...
But that's fine. At the moment, my goal is unclear and I don't want to attract attention. Since they gave up on me voluntarily, they can save a lot of trouble.
"Thank you, Senior Qianren, for helping me again." Wu Fan hurriedly thanked him.
"It doesn't matter...Trees are originally a shelter from the wind and rain, so you don't have to take it to heart...It's just that I didn't expect that you could still remember my name."
The first half of Mu Qianren's words made Wu Fan feel familiar, but the second half made him feel strange. This name was obviously something he had told himself before.
"Senior Qianren, you just said that he is waiting for me, but this junior really has no clue. I wonder if you can give me a clear path?" Wu Fan was afraid that Mu Qianren would send him away again, so Wu Fan learned to be smart this time. Yes, just ask directly.
"You already know that he is waiting for you? Unfortunately... he doesn't know that it is you who is waiting for you."
Wu Fan was speechless for a while after hearing this, wondering whether Mu Qianren was really confused or just pretending.
"Senior Qianren, do you know who he is and where he is now?" Wu Fan didn't mince words, I don't believe Mu Qianren could still pretend to be confused.
"Of course I know, but it's useless even if I say it, so I can't say it."
"For you, I dare not hide it and will not hide it, but it is different for variables! Even if you have the answer now, the answer will be reduced to nothingness among the variables, or even cause new variables."
Hearing this, Wu Fan fell into silence. No wonder some things would change unexpectedly even if he knew the results. .
Could it be that things are really as Mu Qianren said, that the changes in the results of these things are actually due to reasons he knows?
"Senior Qianren, do you know how I can escape from the variables?"
"I didn't expect you to still remember Lao Chan's name? Go ahead, he's waiting for you...Waiting for you..." Mu Qianren repeated his previous words again.
"..."
Since there are no more clues from Mu Qianren, Wu Fan can only take one step at a time.
"Thank you, Senior Qianren. I will take my leave now."
"Who are you talking to?" Familiar
A voice rang out, and the person who answered him was not Mu Qianren, but Ma Laosan again.
"I'm talking to myself." Wufan replied subconsciously, and then suddenly felt that this scene was somewhat familiar.
"Bah! You kid is here! It's because of you that I was reprimanded by big brother!" Ma Laosan tilted his nose with an indignant look on his face, "Come here and follow me to see big brother!"
Ma Laosan's reaction made Wu Fan sigh in relief. It turned out that he was not trapped in a loop, but he was a little strange. Ma Laosan had obviously been away for some time, so why did he come back?
"Boy! Don't waste my time while you are having fun over there! If you don't leave me obediently and wait until night falls and the crystal core is activated, you will still be dead!" Ma Laosan saw that Wu Fan had no intention of moving, and the two With a kick of his legs, he came to Wu Fan.
Ma Laosan's words made Wu Fan think about it and he had a countermeasure.
His voice turned cold and his face became gloomy: "Who are you talking to?"
Ma Laosan twisted his head: "Nonsense! Of course it's with you, there's no third guy here!"
"I mean, do you know who I am and you dare to talk to me like this?"
"Who are you? Aren't you the kid that brother asked me to catch?" There was a trace of doubt in Ma Laosan's eyes.
"You mean Boss Tang?" Wu Fan sneered again, "Boss Tang has just left. Ma Laosan, don't think about it. If I were really the person he was looking for, how could I be left alone? ?」
"What you said seems to make sense..." Ma Laosan fell into confusion.
"Ma Laosan, let me ask you, didn't Boss Tang ask you to catch that kid? What are you doing back here?" Wu Fan struck while the iron was hot.
Hearing that Wu Fan knew everything about him, Ma Laosan no longer dared to have any doubts.
"The elder brother only told the third child to arrest the person, but he didn't tell the third child what that person looked like. If there is another misunderstanding, the elder brother will reprimand the third child again..." Ma Laosan muttered in explanation.
"Don't worry, Boss Tang, I will explain it to you." Wu Fan patted Ma Laosan on the shoulder and comforted him softly.
Ma Laosan was giggling, but suddenly he became serious: "Logically speaking, brother would never tell such private things to outsiders... Could it be that..."
Seeing the sudden change in Ma Lao San's expression, Wu Fan also held his breath. Could it be that Ma Lao San was smarter than he thought?
"Could it be that you are from the Red Ant Army?"
Fortunately, Ma Laosan didn't see any flaws and just raised new questions.
"Red Ant Army?" Wu Fan didn't know about the Red Ant Army, but when he saw Ma Laosan staring at him, he didn't hesitate to ask. He could only say vaguely: "How do you know?"
"Hahaha... I just know it!" Ma Laosan said with a proud look on his face, "My eldest brother always said before that I was not very smart, but in fact I was just pretending to be like that!"
"..." Wu Fan couldn't bear to disturb Ma Laosan's confidence.
"There's been a battle over the demon king here recently, and everyone is occupying land to divide their power among the kings! And you must have been ordered by the red ant king to disguise yourself to find out the situation, am I right?" Ma Laosan clapped his fingers. The analysis is well-founded.
"You...are right." Ma Laosan said everything that should be said and shouldn't be said, which saved Wu Fan a lot of trouble.
Just as Wu Fan was thinking about how to escape, he saw two red-armored figures descending from the sky, blocking their way.
"What are you two doing sneakily?" One of the red-armored soldiers had a bad vision and held the two swords behind his back in his hands.
"Don't be nervous, you two. We didn't do anything. We will leave as soon as we find that guy!" Ma Laosan didn't want to cause trouble, and his attitude was very reserved.
"No need, outsiders should leave the red ant army's territory immediately!" Although another red-armored soldier did not draw his weapon, he had the same fierce look on his face.
"Hey! Aren't you from the Red Ant Army? Please help Lao San explain!" Ma Lao San looked at Wu Fan and whispered to each other.
Wu Fan was worried that he had no excuse to leave. Hearing this, his face suddenly lit up, but just as he was about to agree, he suddenly had a change of heart. If Boss Tang's conspiracy really succeeds, in the end he will only
Will be struggling.
So no matter what, I can't let this guy move smoothly!
"Take me to the captain, I have something to report."
"Don't waste time. It's the captain's order to let you leave! If you don't leave, don't blame me for being rude!" With that said, the red-armored soldier holding a double blade was about to take action.
"I said, are you like Lao San, who doesn't have a harmonious relationship with your own people?" Ma Lao San looked depressed.
Although Ma Laosan's reaction was half a beat slow, once the other party made a move, his identity would be exposed. Wu Fan's mind was racing, and he was thinking about what excuses to use to deal with it, but he saw another red-armored figure appear. In front of the other two people.
"Captain." After seeing who was coming, the two red-armored soldiers hurriedly showed respect.
"Leave it to me to handle this. You should hurry up and join the main force."
After the two of them said goodbye and left, the red-armored captain waved to Wu Fan: "Come here and talk."
Unlike the harshness he imagined, the red-armored captain treated him very kindly, even to the point of making Wu Fan feel uncomfortable.
"Then Ma Lao San didn't make things difficult for you, right?"
"No..." Wu Fan really couldn't figure out what he meant.
"Don't worry, it was Mu Lao who asked me to rescue you." The red-armored captain smiled.
"Mu Lao? Senior Qianren?"
The red-armored captain nodded.
Wu Fan suddenly realized that Mu Qianren was within the sphere of influence of the Red Ant Army after all, and it was understandable that there was some kind of relationship between them.
"You can just leave. You don't have to worry about Ma Laosan." Rather than being acquainted, Wu Fan always felt that the attitude of the person in front of him was more respectful to him, and he really doubted what Mu Qianren said to this person.
"It's okay, Ma Laosan, I'm still useful...On the contrary, you red ant army is having trouble..." In exchange of courtesy, Wu Fan told him everything he had overheard in the tree.
"It's just as I expected... Boss Tang, this bastard, is so brave!" After hearing Wu Fan's explanation, the red-armored captain became furious.
"Before, Mr. Tang was very wary of entering your sphere of influence. It was only after he came in that he learned about your master's absence from Mr. Wen... So between these two things, he must have been instigated by someone. I wonder what you think?" Wu Fan asked.
"Yes, although Boss Tang is bold, he is not reckless. According to his character, he will not act so impulsively. Unfortunately, the deputy captain who ordered this matter has been massacred, and I have no clue. "
"In that case, you'd better go back quickly! Otherwise, you, the Red Ant Army..." Wu Fan did not continue, but both parties knew it well.
"What about you?" At the critical moment, the red-armored captain did not forget Mu Qianren's instructions.
"Ma Laosan regards me as one of yours, so as long as I don't meet Boss Tang, I can avoid a lot of trouble by taking him with me."
"Is this what those mortals call darkness under the lamp? This kind of strategy is interesting! Farewell!"
With that said, the red-armored captain hurried back the way he came.
"Those mortals?" Wu Fan's smile froze. Although he didn't know what Mu Qianren said, he had a pretty good guess.
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