Chapter 945: An alliance of six-and-a-half powerhouses
With his and the Great Hoodwinker’s combined strength, and as long as they did not encounter the expeditionary army’s main forces, the enemy would die in the wilderness for sure if they met the two of them.
For a supply convoy like this which only had a 100-odd barbarians escorting the supplies, they would definitely be dead upon meeting them.
Ren Xiaosu looked at the chubster, Xun Yeyu, again. He realized the chubster’s power would be very useful.
“How are things? Is the future commander coming back now?” w.a.n.g Yun asked P5092.
P5092 shook his head. “He said he’s joined up with the Great Hoodwinker and wants to do something else.”
“As I’ve said, there’s no need to worry about his safety. Now that the Great Hoodwinker has appeared, those two might be able to cause the enemy even greater trouble,” Ji Zi’ang said.
In any case, P5092 realized Ren Xiaosu would always be able to complete the missions he a.s.signed to him, and he would even get more than he bargained for. For example, in the previous mission, he killed all of the enemies when he was simply instructed to flee after he was done.
Meanwhile, Ren Xiaosu looked at the chubster. “Your superpower can locate people within a 100-kilometer radius?”
Xun Yeyu said, “Yes, I can sense everyone’s vitality within a radius of a 100 kilometers.”
Ren Xiaosu gasped. It was no wonder the Great Hoodwinker wanted to take this guy to recruit people for the Prosperous Northwest. After all, a stronghold was only so big. This guy would not even have to get into the strongholds to find the superhumans inside?
“Tell me about the principle behind your power. Since you can sense the vitality of everyone, how do you differentiate who’s a supernatural being and who isn’t?” Ren Xiaosu wondered.
“It’s like this.” Xun Yeyu explained, “In my mental perception, everyone’s life force is like a ball of fire. Supernatural beings have a much stronger life force than normal people. When I first awakened my power, I did not know what was going on. Later on, I realized that the stronger a supernatural being is, the more intense the flames in my mental perception are.”
“So that’s how it is.” Ren Xiaosu nodded. “We’re about 80 kilometers from Mt. Zuoyun now. Can you sense the barbarians over there?”
“Yes.” Xun Yeyu said, “I could already sense them. There’s a lot of flames gathered over there, and several hundred of them seem exceptionally strong.”
Ren Xiaosu’s heart skipped a beat. “What’s the criteria that you judge them to be exceptionally strong? Compare the size of my flame to theirs.”
Xun Yeyu nodded and closed his eyes. But he was stunned and quickly opened them again, because he could not sense Ren Xiaosu’s presence at all. It was as though Ren Xiaosu had turned invisible in front of him!
Before this, Xun Yeyu had never encountered such a situation. No one could escape his detection!
And Ren Xiaosu was also stunned, because he heard the voice from the palace in his mind say, “An unknown energy has been detected trying to detect the host. It has been blocked.”
The word “blocked” was mentioned with hardly any emphasis, but this was a direct rejection of the power of a supernatural being.
It was not easy for the other party to awaken and become a supernatural being with rare powers. But Ren Xiaosu’s power had completely nullified the other party’s power with just a simple “block.”
Of course, it was only Ren Xiaosu who had turned invisible in the enemy’s mental perception.
Xun Yeyu found it a little unbelievable. He even examined Ren Xiaosu to see if he had a shadow. Ren Xiaosu snapped, “I’m alive. Don’t make a.s.sumptions like that. It’s just that your power’s useless against me.”
The Great Hoodwinker praised, “As expected of our future commander!”
Ren Xiaosu said, “Compare the strength of those barbarians to the Great Hoodwinker.”
“OK.” Xun Yeyu nodded and said, “Commander Zhang Husheng’s life force is about nine times that of a typical adult male. Among the barbarians, the most powerful experts should be about eight times stronger.”
Ren Xiaosu did a mental calculation. His own physical condition was nearly six times that of a normal person’s, and his strength was rated at 17.5.
The Great Hoodwinker’s strength was a.s.sessed to be around 27, while the most powerful barbarian was 24, and “Old Xu” was rated at 35.
Thinking of this, Ren Xiaosu heaved a sigh of relief. At least with Old Xu, he would not have to worry about being unable to defeat the opponent.
However, Mt. Zuoyun was not the main battlefield. There should be more powerful barbarians over at Mt. Daniu, right?
Xun Yeyu said, “In my perception, it’s like those barbarians are all superhumans. Have they all evolved?”
“Mhm, their evolution path was quite relative, but it’s mainly their physical fitness that has increased.” Ren Xiaosu said, “Then can you sense if there are any other supply columns in the wilderness, like a group consisting of several hundred barbarians?” Ren Xiaosu’s eyes lit up as he looked at Xun Yeyu.
If the supply columns were unable to transport supplies to the front line at the specified time after they were attacked, the expeditionary army would definitely realize something had happened to them.
Therefore, there would surely be changes to the subsequent supply routes. Before the expeditionary army got rid of the hidden threats, the supply columns would even likely give up on convenience and take a more difficult route to ensure the safety of their supplies.
Of course, they would also a.s.sign more troops to protect the supplies, but Ren Xiaosu temporarily disregarded that.
Right now, Xun Yeyu’s search range covered a radius of a 100 kilometers. The man was basically a mobile human radar. No matter how far the barbarians detoured, it would not exceed the range of a 100 kilometers. Any more was too large and would waste too much manpower and resources.
When Ren Xiaosu thought of this, he even got the bold idea to capture all the expeditionary army’s supplies in one fell swoop. He thought about it seriously for a long time and believed it to be quite feasible.
Ren Xiaosu told the Great Hoodwinker about this plan. However, the Great Hoodwinker chuckled without even thinking and said, “Future Commander, we’ll go wherever you go.”
Ren Xiaosu looked at Xun Yeyu. “How’s your combat strength?”
Xun Yeyu quickly waved it off. “I’m not good at combat. I’ve never fought before.”
“But you dared to infiltrate the supply lines with the Great Hoodwinker?” Ren Xiaosu was surprised.
“I didn’t want to either, but it’s useless even though I didn’t want to,” Xun Yeyu said with a bitter expression. Commander Zhang had told him he only needed to settle down in Fortress 178 and no one would conscript him into the military.
But look what happened! He had been abducted to the Central Plains!
Back at Fortress 178, people provided him with good food and drink every day and even gave him money to spend.
During that period, Xun Yeyu’s life was as comfortable as it could get.
But one day, no one sent him anything anymore, and his allowance was also cut off. Xun Yeyu had developed a habit of being extravagant by then, so when he suddenly ran out of money, it became too unbearable.
Then Xun Yeyu went to look for the people from Fortress 178 to give feedback on this problem, but no one cared about him at all.
After that, Xun Yeyu suffered for two months. In order to make money, he even went to look for Fortress 178’s people to volunteer to work. However, no one hired him.
Xun Yeyu was nearly driven to despair during that time. Only when the Great Hoodwinker suddenly came knocking on his door that Xun Yeyu realized that he had been f.u.c.king played.
The people of Fortress 178 were very simple-minded, but among these honest people, it definitely did not include people like the Great Hoodwinker, w.a.n.g Fengyuan, and the other intelligence agents. These people were all extremely wily!
Ren Xiaosu looked at Xun Yeyu and said, “I was just about to say that this would become an alliance of seven powerhouses, but since you’re so weak at combat, I can’t say that anymore. Let’s just consider you as a half. Although it sounds a little awkward, this will be an alliance of six-and-a-half powerhouses.”
Xun Yeyu could not even rebuke him. How did he suddenly end up becoming half a powerhouse in the words of the future commander? ‘You also know that it sounds awkward, right? So I’m not even qualified to be a complete person?!‘