"What are you laughing at?" said Yelena, walking up to his side.

"It's nothing, it's just that it suddenly feels a little ridiculous. Lin Rui turned his head to look at her and said, "Why don't you take a break, we'll have action later." If you don't have enough rest, it will affect your body. ”

"It's okay, I'm used to it. Yelena sat by the wall with her gun in her arms and suddenly spoke, "Lin, why did you become a mercenary?"

"My reason is simple and common, it's just a lack of money. Really, I'm short on money. Lin Rui looked at her and said, "At that time, I thought I would be in debt for more than ten years, relying on a low salary to survive at the bottom of society. Until Michelle the Silver Wolf gave me a chance, full of danger but an opportunity after all. And I couldn't think of anything else I could do. ”

Yelena was silent for a while and said, "So, if you have money, you will leave?"

"It's the best I can aspire to. More likely, maybe I'll leave without making any money, and a bullet will force me to leave. I never knew that life was so fragile before I joined a private military company. There is an old Chinese saying that life is thinner than paper, and it is the best commentary on our line of work. Lin Rui said lightly.

Yelena was silent, only holding the gun in her arms tighter.

"Yelena, you're a good girl, you shouldn't have done such a thing. Lin Rui said lightly.

"You don't know me. Yelena shook her head.

"No one person can fully understand the other, and sometimes it's hard for us to know what we want. Lin Rui smiled slightly, "But so what? we still have to live." Whether there is tomorrow or not, at least we still have the present. ”

Yelena smiled a little melancholy, "We've been abandoned by Morningstar, do you think there's any hope for us now? I mean, we're in a terrible situation right now. ”

"Morningstar Company is over, but at least the silver wolf is still there, and the things he promised me will definitely keep his promises, so the things I promised him will not change. It's as simple as that. Lin Rui sighed and said, "Think about it differently, we are already like this, how bad can it be?"

"Are you really that optimistic?" said Yelena with a smile.

"It's not optimism, it's helplessness. Because of the helplessness of life, we are not left with many choices. We are like pawns in chess, advancing and retreating. Lin Rui said calmly.

Vitak didn't return until after seven o'clock in the evening, and his face was a little gloomy.

"What's the situation in the city?" asked Lin Rui.

"It's bad that the so-called government spies are being executed almost every day. Some of my old relationships have fled, disappeared, and not many people have been left behind. It also took me a lot of work to get into the power plant. "It's a little tricky. Due to its special position, the Mantebella power plant is not only heavily guarded, but also the headquarters of the Free Liberation Union in the city is near the power plant. ”

"How many, how are the armaments?" said Ivan at once.

"The people of the Free Liberation Alliance are at least three hundred or more. Add to that the mixed ranks of some small warlords, at least five hundred people. In order to prevent air strikes by government forces, they even deployed a few anti-aircraft missiles among the rebels around, which shows that they attach great importance to this. Virtak whispered, "They have a door control, and there must be a certificate to enter and exit." Moreover, the passage is limited to the outside, and we can't get into the location of the generator set inside the power plant. ”

"The defense is so strict?" Qin Fen said in surprise, "Could it be that they have taken precautions against us?"

Lin Rui shook his head and said, "It's not us that they're guarding against, it's the Harlot government army." The city of the estuary is the choke point of the Mantebella River, and the Mantebella power plant is of great importance to the rebels. That's why we have led to such a situation, and it seems that our previous estimation of the situation is somewhat insufficient. ”

"I haven't thought about this before, but the rebels' defense of this place seems to be far beyond our estimates. Is there something wrong with that?"

"What's the problem?" said Peng Lefeng.

"You think, the rebels we met earlier by the river, they were on their way to reinforce the mines along Route 7. There was at least one company in number, and if we added the information that Virtak had just heard, the total number of this force would have even reached more than six hundred.

This is extremely rare among the rebels. After all, this is not a front-line combat area. Isn't it suspicious to garrison so many troops in a central city that has been occupied and is relatively secure, rather than being sent to the front line?"

"Didn't you say that the Mantebella power plant was important? Maybe that's why they're stationed so many people. Qin Fen thought for a while.

"That's not the reason at all. Shogishi waved his hand and interrupted, "The most important thing in the supply of electricity is to ensure industrial production. And Santujak is very backward and does not have any particularly valuable industry. General Dunby and his ilk were just warlords who did not have such a long-term vision for the development of industry. This can be seen from the fact that he sold ore raw materials on a large scale, rather than building a related smelting and processing plant. Under these circumstances, it seems somewhat unusual that he has spent so much energy to protect the largest power plant in central China. ”

Lin Rui nodded and said to Vitak, "In Hekou City, have you found anything else?"

"Nothing else is out of the ordinary, but I noticed that in addition to the rebels of the Free Liberation Alliance, there seem to be people from the Order in the city. Unlike the blacks of the Free Liberation League, they were of all races, and they all wore blue-gray uniforms. The equipment is also much better. Virtek thought for a moment.

"It's even more unusual. Lin Rui's expression moved, "The people of the secret society have always been very hidden. Even if they set up a temporary base, they would stay away from these rebels. Because they don't believe in these rebels at all. Although nominally employed by General Dunby, in fact they were completely ** in terms of operations. Take the Red Baron, for example, he simply didn't take Dunby seriously at all. ”

Shogishi nodded, "General Dunby is just a puppet in front of the stage. The strength of the Santuyak rebels was only an illusion, and if it weren't for the Secret Society behind him to help him, Dunby would have been unable to get along. ”

"But what are these members of the Order doing in Estuary City?" Peng Lefeng frowned.

"That's what I want to know. But I'm almost certainly not a good thing. Ivan asked Lin Rui. "Shall we leave tonight?"

Lin Rui thought for a while and said, "Of course. Whatever secrets these Secret Society members are hiding, at least we'll have to try to sneak into the city first. ”