I Carry a Game World With Me

Chapter 186: Chapter 169: Reality and the Game Can Complement Each Other

In the game, a convoy appeared at the entrance of Qingfeng Base.

There were about a dozen hover trucks, and the convoy flew the flags and emblems of the City East Alliance.

The convoy had come from the City East Alliance.

Then, through the game screen, Lu Feng saw Zheng Lin standing on one of the hover cars.

Seeing this, he had a good idea of what was happening.

Zheng Lin had said before that he would pretend the Gray Wolf Mercenary Corps had gotten out of control. He would claim that he had taken control and eliminated them, and that he was still subservient to the Li Family.

Although this was a ploy Zheng Lin had concocted to save his own skin, he had also promised to swindle some benefits out of the Li Family, such as grain.

In Zheng Lin’s eyes, grain was the most important thing in the apocalypse, but to Lu Feng, grain was truly nothing special.

’Still, there’s no reason to refuse something I can get for free. More importantly, if Zheng Lin wants to make a gesture, I have to give him the chance, don’t I?’

Now, it was clear he had successfully swindled the grain from the Li Family.

So, Lu Feng entered a room in the courtyard, locked the door from the inside, and with a single thought, entered the game.

Although Zheng Lin had managed to swindle grain from the Li Family, Lu Feng also wanted to know the Li Family’s attitude toward Qingfeng Base. The people at Qingfeng Base had already spotted Zheng Lin and his men long ago.

When the guards spotted the convoy, they immediately reported it to Lin Jiao.

Lin Jiao appeared on the lookout post by the main gate at once. She was looking through a pair of binoculars, and when she spotted Zheng Lin, she knew what was going on.

’They have that guy under control with a Vein-Splitting Chip.’

’He’s clearly reaped some rewards from the Li Family now.’

She immediately ordered the guard beside her, "Open the gate. Let them in."

Hearing the order, the guard didn’t dare hesitate and immediately had his men open the gate.

A moment later, Zheng Lin and the Li Family’s convoy entered Qingfeng Base.

Upon seeing Lin Jiao, Zheng Lin hurriedly said, "Conductor Lin, this is the grain the Li Family is providing to support Qingfeng Base!"

As he spoke, he gave Lin Jiao a meaningful look.

Lin Jiao understood instantly.

’There are people in this convoy specially placed here by the Li Family.’

’The Li Family aren’t fools. Even if they sent grain, they wouldn’t trust Qingfeng Base immediately. Besides Zheng Lin, they would definitely send someone else to observe.’

It was like an ancient emperor sending a general off to war; often, he would also send spies to monitor the general.

In many cases, everything the general said or did would be reported back to the emperor. Many arrogant generals who grew complacent with their achievements were targeted by the emperor for misspeaking.

Someone as shrewd as Lin Jiao immediately understood Zheng Lin’s meaning and played along. "Mr. Zheng, thank you so much. And the Li Family, thank them so much for us! I can’t believe they supported us with this much grain."

Hearing this, Zheng Lin couldn’t help but feel impressed. ’No wonder that Mr. Lu made this woman the base’s overall conductor. She’s too clever.’

He also played along, saying, "Conductor Lin, besides this grain, our Li Family has another matter we need Qingfeng Base’s help with. It’s something the Li Family can’t be directly involved in."

Hearing this, Lin Jiao immediately gave her assurance. "Rest assured, Mr. Zheng. Qingfeng Base will certainly carry out the Li Family’s instructions. We hope the Li Family will continue to look after us in the future."

These words made one of the men in the convoy nod involuntarily.

’The Li Family naturally wouldn’t trust Qingfeng Base so easily, so they sent me to observe in secret.’

’Even Zheng Lin doesn’t know my special identity.’

’From the looks of it now, the people of Qingfeng Base are very respectful toward our Li Family and have truly submitted.’

’After all, the words coming from that woman’s mouth sounded very sincere.’

Just then, Lu Feng’s voice sounded in Lin Jiao’s earpiece. "Lin Jiao, bring Zheng Lin to see me."

The earpiece was connected to a walkie-talkie. After all, as upper management of Qingfeng Base, sometimes their walkie-talkie conversations weren’t suitable for ordinary combat personnel or regular survivors to hear.

So, connecting an earpiece solved that problem.

Moreover, the upper management of Qingfeng Base had a dedicated walkie-talkie channel with a special password that only they knew.

Having received her boss’s order, Lin Jiao immediately said to Zheng Lin, "Mr. Zheng, as for the Li Family’s instructions, shall we go discuss them in detail inside the base?"

Zheng Lin nodded and followed Lin Jiao inside.

He naturally knew this was to avoid the person the Li Family had sent.

The man sent by the Li Family saw Zheng Lin follow Lin Jiao inside but had no way to follow them.

The Li Family had instructed him not to expose his identity. Otherwise, he might displease Zheng Lin or even cause unhappiness among the people of Qingfeng Base, which would be detrimental to the Li Family’s plans.

Lin Jiao led Zheng Lin into the base’s air-raid shelter, bringing him before Lu Feng.

Lin Jiao looked at her boss in surprise. ’Did he know in advance that Zheng Lin was coming back?’

Upon seeing Lu Feng, Zheng Lin said respectfully, "Mr. Lu, the matter is settled. The Li Family has sent a considerable amount of food to Qingfeng Base."

Lu Feng didn’t care about that at all. Instead, he asked, "What about the Li Family’s attitude toward our Qingfeng Base?"

Zheng Lin immediately replied, "Mr. Lu, you still need to be careful of the Li Family. Although they’ve sent grain, they only want Qingfeng Base to help find that squad of Salvation Army members."

"The people they sent before were wiped out, which has already attracted the attention of other factions in the City East Alliance. They don’t want anyone else to know about this."

"So, they originally wanted the Gray Wolf Mercenary Corps to do the search. Now, they’re just reluctantly having Qingfeng Base do it, and I was sent to monitor you."

"If you really do find that Salvation Army squad, I’m afraid the Li Family will move against Qingfeng Base to ensure the matter doesn’t leak."

Just like that, Zheng Lin sold out the Li Family completely.

"It’s fine as long as we can keep them stable for now." Lu Feng wasn’t bothered by this. As long as the Li Family didn’t move against Qingfeng Base right now, there would always be a way to handle them.

Zheng Lin then added, "Oh, right, Mr. Lu. There’s one more thing the Li Family wants Qingfeng Base to do. They want you to go to the East Suburban Area to eliminate bandits!"

"The East Suburban Area is where the City East Alliance grows its crops, and the Li Family has always been responsible for its defense. A batch of the people they sent there before has already been wiped out."

"So, the Li Family clearly doesn’t want to waste any more of their own men. They want Qingfeng Base to search for the Salvation Army and, at the same time, wear down Qingfeng Base’s strength."

"That way, when your Qingfeng Base actually finds that Salvation Army squad, they’ll have you right where they want you."

"Eliminate bandits?" Hearing Zheng Lin’s words, Lu Feng was reminded of some information about the game *After the Apocalypse*.

Celestial Sea City was huge. Besides large Survivor Bases like the City East Alliance, there were also many other smaller ones.

In addition, factions like the Gray Wolf Mercenary Corps and the Sister and Brother Thieves’ Gang also roamed the city, running rampant.

And this was just the situation within Celestial Sea City; the city also had suburbs.

Much of the urban soil was unable to grow food due to high acidity. Most of the soil still capable of cultivation was in the suburbs.

But after the apocalypse, the suburban soil was still poor, and crop yields were low. On top of that, there were also incursions from factions that lurked in and around the suburbs.

According to the official lore for the game *After the Apocalypse*, there was a bandit mechanic. These bandits were active throughout the suburbs and beyond, specializing in robbing survivors or raiding some of the City East Alliance’s farming and cultivation sites.

In the game, during the City East Alliance Chapter, players could even accept bandit-elimination quests issued by the alliance, and the rewards were substantial.

More importantly, players could also capture these bandits and hand them over to the City East Alliance for processing, which also came with a reward.

There were even daily quests specifically for capturing bandits.

Thinking of this game mechanic, he suddenly had an idea.

’In the game, you can capture bandits and give them to the City East Alliance to be dealt with. So in this real game world, can’t I capture these bandits too?’

’If I put electronic shackles or Vein-Splitting Chips on these bandits, I could control them completely.’

Lu Feng had no qualms about using such methods to control these kinds of people.

Moreover, in the real world, once he had control of the Kurdar Clan and got his hands on their weapon configurations, he could even procure weapons later and build a real army.

This would also allow Qingfeng Base to rapidly increase its strength.

When the time came, if any fighting broke out, he wouldn’t have to send in the people from Qingfeng Base first. Instead, he could send these controlled bandits to be used as cannon fodder.

When the enemy was worn down, he could send in the people from Qingfeng Base to finish the job.

In other words, to a certain extent, the ways reality and the game could complement each other weren’t limited to just food.

With this in mind, Lu Feng said, "Since the Li Family wants us to go eliminate bandits, then we’ll go. It’s not necessarily a bad thing."

He then instructed Lin Jiao, "Gather some people for training, and prepare a large warehouse in the base’s air-raid shelter."

’That way, once I acquire the weapons from the real world and have the configuration for an army, I can take on this bandit-elimination mission.’

Lin Jiao was a bit puzzled. Training people was understandable, and it was also fine to go through the motions of eliminating bandits to keep the Li Family stable.

But what was her boss’s purpose in preparing a large warehouse?

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「Time passed.」

Lu Feng stayed in the game for a night, only logging out early the next morning and returning to the Kudar Clan’s encampment.

He took out the remote control to check it and found that three more indicator lights had gone out.

This meant that three more unlucky souls had died overnight.

According to the time log, they had still been trying in the early hours of the morning.

He believed that Feisen and his men wouldn’t test it on themselves. The ones who died were probably their subordinates; after all, he had put electronic shackles on quite a few people yesterday.

’These people really don’t treat their subordinates’ lives as if they matter.’

They were still trying overnight, but after the early morning hours, no new indicator lights had gone out. Feisen and his men must have given up.

’I wonder what’s on their minds now?’

With that thought, Lu Feng opened his door and walked out. The moment he stepped into the courtyard, he looked on in surprise at the scene before him.