"I ask, you answer, understand?"
"Understand, understand!"
Looking at Li Chonglou's icy eyes, the man felt goosebumps all over his body, losing any will to resist.
Before Li Chonglou could speak, the man spoke first, "Brother, who are you with?"
Li Chonglou retorted, "Who are you with?"
The man first pointed to his neck, and Li Chonglou eased his grip.
The man's complexion improved slightly, and he quickly said, "Brother, don't kill me. I'm one of the managers, and I'm still useful."
This survival instinct was something else, but Li Chonglou wasn't looking for that.
"If you babble any more, I'll kill you now."
"No, no, no, I'll talk. I'm Tian Yi, a manager from the General Bureau. I'm most familiar with the situation here, and I can lead the way."
Li Chonglou said indifferently, "It seems I have to cripple a hand to get you to be honest."
Tian Yi's expression changed drastically, and he quickly shut his mouth.
Then Li Chonglou began to inquire about the situation.
With Tian Yi's cooperation, in less than two minutes, Li Chonglou had a good grasp of the situation.
"So the main problem stems from here, they've controlled the villagers."
At this point, Li Chonglou understood one of the reasons why the General Bureau hadn't sent heavy troops.
According to Tian Yi's account, only villagers who had grown up there for generations could develop the special ores below. As for why, no one had fully understood it yet.
They could only roughly guess it was related to some special magnetic field.
Only the native villagers who grew up here could ignore this special magnetic field. The surprise attack by the island nation was achieved by controlling some villagers, including the most crucial figure, Uncle Fei.
According to Tian Yi, among all the villagers, only Uncle Fei knew the specific method. Even if other villagers could enter, they would need special training. In other words, only this Uncle Fei knew this special training method.
As Li Chonglou was thinking, Uncle Tian suddenly asked again, "Brother, are you from Black Forest or from our General Bureau?"
Having understood the situation, Li Chonglou was no longer in a hurry. He looked at the sturdy man in front of him, who had clearly served in the military.
He said indifferently, "Is this question important?"
Tian Yi nodded seriously, "Extremely important. If you're from Black Forest, I can cooperate with you, but if you want to know core matters, I won't say even if you kill me. But if you're from our General Bureau, there are some things I can tell you."
So direct?
Tian Yi's words somewhat baffled Li Chonglou. Wasn't he afraid that someone would really interrogate him about core matters?
After all, if this guy didn't say anything, he wouldn't know what the core matters were!
Li Chonglou said with some exasperation, "If I were from the General Bureau, would I treat you like this?"
Tian Yi's expression froze.
"Ah, that seems to be the case."
From beginning to end, Li Chonglou had been choking his neck without any mercy. Tian Yi had revealed his identity from the start. From normal logic, the answer was obvious.
Li Chonglou nodded, "That's right, I'm also from the General Bureau."
Tian Yi nodded, "I understand, so you don't need to think about asking me any more core secrets."
Someone suddenly reacted, his large eyes widening.
"Wait, what did you say?"
Li Chonglou smiled, "I'm also from the General Bureau. Say whatever you want to say quickly, I'm in a hurry."
Tian Yi was a little stunned for a moment.
"Wait, but didn't you just say..."
"Don't you understand human language?"
Li Chonglou's eyes turned cold again. Although they were all ordinary people, even if they had practiced, to those who hadn't entered the realm, they were still ordinary people.
But facing Li Chonglou's gaze, Tian Yi felt an unprecedented sense of pressure. Below the realm powerhouses, this was the first time he had encountered such a situation.
However.
If they were all from the General Bureau, would they treat their own people like this?
Tian Yi immediately questioned, "How can you prove you're from the General Bureau?"
Li Chonglou took out his mission manual from his backpack without a word. Others might have lost it long ago, but Li Chonglou kept it in his bag, guarding against such situations.
After taking it and examining it, Tian Yi's expression was first overjoyed, but then he quickly suppressed it.
"Wait, this only contains the mission content, and it doesn't prove it's yours, does it? What if you killed one of our people and took it?"
Li Chonglou rolled his eyes and snatched the mission manual back.
"Believe it or not, if you don't say anything, I'll find the next one."
With that, Li Chonglou released his grip. Tian Yi subconsciously rubbed his neck. He had to admit that someone really hadn't held back on him. His neck was now bright red.
Seeing that the person was about to leave, Tian Yi became anxious, "Wait, where are you going now?"
"Didn't you just say that the crucial figure is Uncle Fei? If I rescue him, won't everything be alright?"
Li Chonglou didn't look back, still walking towards the direction they came from.
Tian Yi became even more anxious after hearing this, and quickly strode forward to stop him.
"You're going to storm the island nation's camp alone?"
Li Chonglou didn't speak, just looked at him indifferently.
"Are you crazy! They have ten special forces soldiers there! And they're the kind who can fight two of me!"
Li Chonglou spread his hands, "Guess how many of you I can fight?"
Tian Yi was stunned again.
Li Chonglou bypassed him and continued forward.
Tian Yi stood there, a conflicted expression flashing across his face. Only when the person reached the stone steps did he grit his teeth and rush forward again.
"Wait a minute! Even if you're one of us, the most important thing right now isn't to save Uncle Fei!"
Tian Yi blocked him again, and Li Chonglou's brow immediately furrowed.
"Give me a reason."
This time, Tian Yi no longer held back and stated directly, "Uncle Fei has two, no, three very important people. Two are his wife and daughter, and the third is his neighbor and friend, who reportedly saved his life back then. They are sworn brothers."
"It's because of these three people that Uncle Fei has persisted until now and hasn't surrendered to the island nation. His brother is still under our control, but yesterday he was about to give out. Without excellent live grass, he probably won't live for a few more days."
Li Chonglou frowned, "You mean, we should save his brother first?"
Tian Yi nodded very seriously, "Yes, otherwise if he finds out that person died in our hands, he might not be able to withstand the pressure from the island nation."
"But wouldn't it be better if I rescued him first?"
Once the person was rescued, the pressure would naturally disappear. In Li Chonglou's opinion, this method was more direct, convenient, and trouble-saving.
Tian Yi shook his head, "It's not like that. Uncle Fei was already dissatisfied with our General Bureau regarding this matter. If his brother dies again."
Tian Yi sighed.