The convoy from Oasis City stopped.
"Where are you from? Get out of the way!" The security captain on the other side, cigarette in mouth, got out of the car and walked forward.
"Damn it, you've got guts. Do you know whose goods these are?!"
Black Smoke snorted.
"I know, City Lord Ke'er's oil, going to the North Camp Area, right?"
The other party didn't speak.
To maintain their disguise, none of the players on this mission wore combat gear or tactical helmets. They communicated with the natives using automatic translators and earphones hidden under special masks.
Except for Lu Yuan himself.
As a transmigrator who had been on Li Star for nearly a month, and an Executive Officer of Cangyuan with plenty of free time every day, it would be a bit unreasonable if he still hadn't learned the native language.
This was a survival skill, an essential skill.
"Oil tanker drivers, get out and wait where you are!" Black Smoke continued. "Our people will drive. The camp area is not open to you birds."
"Wait a minute!"
The security captain gestured, stopping his drivers who were about to get out, and walked forward.
Although Lu Yuan had already confirmed that the Stormwind Gang would not send armored vehicles to meet them, and the convoy and personnel attire this time would not expose their identities, they couldn't account for the other party's vigilance.
After all, he was someone who could rise to the rank of security captain.
"First, verify your identities!"
Black Smoke was not flustered: "We appeared at the exact time in the exact location, and we know where you're from. Isn't that enough?"
Security Captain: "Stop talking to me in rhetorical questions! Show me the Stormwind Gang tattoo!"
At this moment, the hearts of the live stream viewers were in their throats.
What?
The Stormwind Gang has gang tattoos?
"It's over, the other party has anti-counterfeiting marks. I knew it, freebies aren't that easy."
"Strike first to gain the upper hand, fire, fire!"
"Right, as long as there are no witnesses, it's still a secret operation!"
"That's not good, don't just randomly bring in the logic of Assassin's Creed... If the convoy doesn't return safely, Oasis City might realize the previous communication was intercepted. The enemy AI in this game is ridiculously high."
In the "game," two or three players also secretly looked at the Executive Officer.
What should they do?
"Calm down, don't look around."
Black Smoke whispered a reminder through team voice chat.
At this moment, Lu Yuan raised his hand towards Black Smoke, signaling him not to say anything more, and walked forward himself.
"Kid, are you testing us?"
His tone was slow and relaxed, as if he saw through a child's boring trick.
The security captain was startled.
Although the other party's tone was not aggressive, the look revealed from behind the mask made him instinctively feel danger!
This is a ruthless character! Can't waste words with him...
Unless he's tired of living.
Who is this person? A capable subordinate of Hart? No... If I didn't know in advance that Hart, known as the Desert Lion, was a bit shorter, I would even believe this was Hart himself!
"Hahaha... Just occupational habit, don't mind it..." Before he even reacted, he was already forcing a smile.
"No need for nonsense, hurry up."
The drivers from both sides quickly completed the handover.
On the players' side, Caoyuan and Ma Lou had driven large vehicles in real life, the other two also had good driving skills, and had listened to Caoyuan's explanation of the driving points for large transport vehicles in advance, so they wouldn't give themselves away.
"Oh, right," Lu Yuan said, looking at the gradually receding 90 tons of finished oil, suppressing the joy in his heart, "We'll borrow these four trucks for a while, you can go back."
"What?" The security captain was anxious. "This... this definitely won't do!"
Those were four heavy trucks with a load capacity of 35 tons, which were valuable assets even for Oasis City.
Everyone knows what the Raiders mean by "borrow."
Lu Yuan shook his head.
"If City Lord Ke'er asks for the reason, just tell him that it's because of your low work ability, which made the 'Desert Lion' very unhappy, and you had to apologize to save your life."
"Or do you have a reason why you must test me?"
The security captain's mouth opened and closed, but in the end, he didn't have the courage to say the word "no."
There are more people on the other side...
Being foolish comes at a price.
He turned around and silently gestured to his subordinates, indicating for them to get in the car and leave.
"Just you wait, your Stormwind Gang will pay the price sooner or later!"
The players didn't waste words with him, they jumped into the cars one by one, stepped on the gas pedal to the floor, and happily returned to the camp.
【Achievement unlocked: The Most Simple Business War; Robbing a competitor, gained 5 exchange points】
They hit the jackpot this time!
Besides the 90 tons of finished oil, they also stole the trucks, which was an unexpected bonus!
The players had to admire the Executive Officer's eloquence. Of course, some live stream viewers believed that this was another case of the planning team using deus ex machina, temporarily lowering the difficulty for the internal test players.
According to the normal mission process, they should have first investigated the Stormwind Gang's warband tattoos, gotten tattoo stickers for the handover personnel, and then they could avoid conflict.
"Executive Officer, do you have some hidden 'haki' or eloquence skill? Why did you intimidate the other side with just a few words?" Like everyone else, Black Smoke was very curious.
Lu Yuan smiled.
"You're thinking too much. The reason the other party chickened out so quickly is mainly because he was bluffing us from the start. Oasis City knows that Cangyuan is active in this area and is suspicious."
"Ah? This... How did you see that he was bluffing us?"
Lu Yuan: "It's very simple, the Stormwind Gang has too many people and too many branch docks, so it's impossible to guarantee that any two members know each other. It's very likely that there is indeed a set of gang tattoo systems used for identification.
"However, it is absolutely impossible for Oasis City to know the specific patterns of these tattoos, otherwise the other party could easily forge warband member identities through the tattoos and plant spies within the warband."
So that's how it is!
Everyone looked at each other, and like the many live stream viewers in front of the screen, they gained a new understanding of this game.
The details of Xing Hai are truly devilish.
This is actually how personal ability affects dialogue options, and dialogue options affect event outcomes. It's top-notch non-linear storytelling!
In traditional RPGs, these were made into text options; in Xing Hai, these are hidden, more concealed, and have greater freedom!
As long as you know in advance that the Stormwind Gang and Oasis City do not completely trust each other, and are not in a father-son relationship, this point can be completely deduced.
The premise is to be focused enough and careful enough.
Don't just treat NPCs with a gaming mindset, treat this as a real world!
This time, they didn't fall into the enemy's trap because the Executive Officer was leading the team. Next time, when they encounter a similar situation, they will have to rely on us players.
Once people start to overthink, it's hard to stop. The image of the Executive Officer grew taller and taller in everyone's hearts.
............
5 minutes later, Red Iron Town.
30 young people were woken up by the security team knocking on their doors. Some were from the metal smelter, some were town guards, and more were from the mine.
The common point was that these people were all upright enough, strong enough, and clever enough, they were good citizens of the town.
The 30 people were groggily taken to the mining area, where a tall old man was waiting, his hood covering most of his face.
"Everyone, you were all personally handpicked by me."
Everyone discovered that the voice coming from under the hood was that of the Town Chief. His tone had changed from his usual kind and amiable demeanor to one of authority, even a bit stern.
Only when something big happened would the Town Chief show this side.
Thus, everyone's drowsiness was swept away.
"An important mission has been assigned to you. In the process of carrying out this mission, you may be injured, and you may even lose your life! Accepting the mission is completely voluntary. Those who do not intend to accept can go home now."
The young people looked at each other, hesitated for a moment, and finally all stayed.
"Very good."
The Town Chief nodded with satisfaction.
"Early this morning, I will notify your families and tell them that you have gone to explore and open up a new underground mining area, and it will take at least a week to return to the surface.
"But in reality, by then, you will have quietly left Red Iron Town by car."
"Where to?" Someone asked impatiently.
"Devil Mountain, Cangyuan camp!"