Chapter 654: Recruitment! My Ident.i.ty Doesn’t Matter! Part 3
“Your conditions are very tempting, and I can feel your sincerity, but I have one last question I’d like to ask you.”
Su Mo nodded. “Go ahead.”
“Regardless of whether you are the real Almighty Su, you said that you have a territory, so you must be aware that the current punishment rule is that a territory lord cannot be outside of his own territory.
“The moment you leave your territory, the authority of your shelter and territory will be confiscated by the game, leaving your residents without a territory.
“Yet, you’re here right now. I find it hard to believe that you would give up your position as territory lord to another person. Additionally, I don’t believe that our human G.o.d, Almighty Su would give up his mighty territory!”
She had well-founded doubt, which was the most challenging part for Su Mo in explaining his journey.
The questions she had raised were the same as those of the Liu brothers during their journey.
However, Liu Jie and Liu Zhi were captives so it was not necessary for him to explain. He simply fooled around with them and answered them with nonsense.
The situation was different now. He needed to provide her with a convincing answer.
“How about you keep the question for now. We’ll talk about it in detail later.
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“A lot has happened tonight, and it’s bound to be a sleepless night. We’ll travel to your territory first, and I’ll discuss it further with your territory lord to conclude this matter.”
“Okay!”
The woman’s eyes flashed with joy as she heard that the man was not planning to avoid the question but instead was willing to bring his people over to her territory.
She immediately suppressed her joy and remained silent.
So far, all the people, including the opponent’s commander, were under their control.
The expedition team had won a ma.s.sive victory in the battle.
Su Mo instructed a soldier to monitor the woman and inquired of Feng Tianmin’s location, then hurriedly left.
In the center of the site.
Feng Tianmin could be seen from a distance standing on a high platform and shouting.
Compared to before nightfall, his physical condition was not optimistic. His face was covered with blood, and there were a large number of scratches on his left hand.
Seeing Su Mo approaching, Feng Tianmin jumped off the high platform, rubbed his face, and showed a forceful smile.
“Shelter leader, you’re here!”
“What’s the current situation?”
Su Mo untied a bottle of psychic energy water on his waist and handed it over to Feng Tianmin.
Feng Tianmin did not hesitate to take off the bottle cap and raised his head to take a huge mouthful.
His mental state evidently improved through the naked eye, and his injuries had also healed to a certain extent after he had swallowed the psychic energy water.
He drank another two sips and then recapped the bottle before finally reporting with a frown.
“Shelter leader, I’m afraid we briefly made a trip to the gate of death after this battle.
“We left three soldiers at the Cliff Territory, leaving us with 97 people in the team. As a result of the battle, 74 people sustained minor injuries, and we have nine severely injured.
“One of the severely injured had his leg blasted away by the thunderbolt crossbow. Our team suffered heavy losses in this battle.
“In comparison, the opponents had the geographical advantage, and only 14 sustained minor injuries out of the 164 people.
“Although we won the final victory, it was because you had personally partic.i.p.ated in the battle. Otherwise, we would have been defeated with great losses on our side!”
Since ancient times, a cunning general would only report good news and not the bad, whereas a loyal general would report bad news and leave out the good news.
Feng Tianmin immediately unabashedly reported the failure of the battle and started reflecting on their shortcomings.
He went through their formation, choice of campsite location, defense vigilance, and finally reflected on their tactical choices during battle.
There was a saying that powerful generals and soldiers are born through real war.
It was vividly reflected through Feng Tianmin.
“It’s okay. Discovering our shortcomings in time and ensuring that we do not repeat the same mistakes in the future is what we should be focused on right now.
“What about the supplies? How much ammunition do we have left, and how many weapons did we confiscate?”
Su Mo was also responsible as the territory lord for the campsite selection.
He used one sentence in reply to the mistakes that were exposed by Feng Tianmin in the report and changed the topic.
“We carried 40,000 rounds of ammunition and are now left with 16,000 rounds. We can distribute five cartridges to each soldier.
“We also seized the enemy’s supplies, and according to our preliminary estimation, we’ve exceeded the amount for what we had used!
“The powerful crossbow and technology we acquired enable us to fire our explosive packs. We will definitely be able to blow up and kill all our enemies if we ever face a similar situation!”
A lot of money was needed during wars.
The 40,000 rounds of bullets they had were made with the machine tool provided by the game in the early stage.
Apart from the basic materials used to produce them, it also cost 4,000 disaster points!
A small-scall battle already cost them half of their ammunition which was very distressful.
However, the supplies acquired after winning the battle were also gratifying.
Su Mo was initially pleased to hear that their losses could be replenished through the goods confiscated from the enemies but afterward was slightly displeased.
It would be acceptable to seize their resources to supplement the strength of their team if they were enemies. However, since he wanted to recruit this unfamiliar territory into his own, then it would mean that they were still using their own resources.
“D*mn it!
“I want resources, people, and technology! I want them all!
“Under the current circ.u.mstances, I won’t let any of them run away from me. Otherwise, all my efforts will be in vain!”
After expressing a few words of indignation, Su Mo gritted his teeth and turned toward the Three Dollar Mountain with smoke rising from it.
‘To develop the territory, relying on words alone was not enough.
‘Annexation and conquering other territories as my own! I’ll do whatever it takes, even if I have to use these disgraceful means!
‘The Three Dollar Mountain Territory will be my first target!’
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