Life Game In Other World
Chapter 312: South City (Please Favorite, Subscribe, and Vote for Monthly Tickets)

Chapter 312: Chapter 312: South City (Please Favorite, Subscribe, and Vote for Monthly Tickets)

Huge buses one after another left the Hope Building.

Wanderers from the wilderness, each armed, leaned against the windows, silently watching the bustling city outside.

These were the vehicles and weapons that Christos had managed to provide for He Ao, which were far better than the cargo trucks they had arrived in, but everyone looked solemn.

Among those who were standing, He Ao picked out one thousand five hundred more experienced individuals with greater strength to accompany him to South City.

It was now dawn, but the sky was still covered by heavy clouds, as if the night continued.

The Exotic Beast Attack on the City had lasted past midnight; the gates of South and North Cities were shut, but fortunately, the attacking exotic beasts were not very powerful, and the City Defense Army could handle them with ease.

Throughout the night, He Ao had the Wanderers from the wilderness organize themselves, forming hunting squads of five, action groups of three squads, action platoons of three action groups, and companies consisting of three action platoons, just as they would in the wilderness.

Of course, these numbers were not absolute; some squads had more people, some fewer, with a company typically ranging between 160 and 170 individuals.

Three companies made up a battalion, totaling around five hundred people.

The one thousand five hundred wilderness Wanderers comprised three battalions, which He Ao then assigned to the three city gates of South City.

In truth, it was difficult to gather such a large organized force of wilderness Wanderers; most wanderer camps or families numbered around a few hundred people for ease of movement.

Camps or families with over a thousand individuals were considered to be of significant size.

As these wilderness Wanderers hadn’t undergone formal military training, He Ao did not expect them to fight like a military force, he merely gave them a rough structure to prevent them from losing contact and fighting chaotically from the onset of battle.

The strength of the wilderness Wanderers lay in their squad maneuvers and knowledge of the habits of exotic beasts. Thus, for half the night, He Ao mainly focused on ensuring the squads harmonized and understood each other.

Although many of these roamers had already spent a long time in the city, the hunting skills ingrained in their marrow had not been forgotten. After a brief period of familiarization, they swiftly regained the sensation they once had in the wilderness.

He Ao asked Christos to procure dozens of smart wristbands for him, and one thousand five hundred long-range walkie-talkies.

The smart wristbands were mainly for the commanders of the battalions and companies, enabling He Ao to remain in contact with them from great distances, while the walkie-talkies were issued to every wilderness Wanderer.

These devices were not uncommon, as, without dense networks of signal towers like in the cities, smart wristbands had no access to the internet. For wilderness Wanderers who frequently went hunting, walkie-talkies were standard equipment.

He Ao didn’t equip every wilderness Wanderer with a smart wristband, as once the battle began, the signal towers might not remain intact, making the wristbands’ signals unreliable. Moreover, many of the Wanderers were unfamiliar with wristbands and would need to waste a great deal of time learning to use them.

The elongated buses shuttled through the curtain of rain.

Inside the bus, an unusual silence prevailed as everyone adjusted and familiarized themselves with their new weapons, while a faint tension permeated the entire space.

"Leader, are the exotic beasts really going to breach the city?" Linda whispered, sitting beside He Ao.

She was the captain of the first battalion, following He Ao to the southwestern gate.

The few dozen individuals from the original camp had been dispersed by He Ao, placed into the battalions as commanders, shaping the essential command structure.

In Ronald’s camp, due to the larger number of people present, they actually had such organized small-scale hunter military units, and every wanderer was required to participate, with related military knowledge being taught in schools.

Therefore, these people from Ronald’s camp did not need to relearn related military operations; they already knew them.

While their knowledge was limited, their presence enabled the entire army of wilderness Wanderers to maintain a semblance of stability, preventing total collapse at the first strike.

Chances were, they would not be facing an organized military force, but rather chaotic exotic beasts.

"They will," He Ao replied, turning his head to gaze at the rain droplets blurring the entire window, speaking calmly.

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At nine thirty in the morning.

Everyone had reached their planned positions, and it wasn’t just the wilderness Wanderers who had arrived there, but also some members of the Money Rat Gang.

The three city gates in South City, the southwest gate, and the main south gate are both located in Aston District, while the southeast gate is in Kwei District, though it is also very close to Aston District.

Here, no one is more familiar with the terrain than these gang members.

He Ao leaned beneath a low eave, as a sudden curtain of rain obscured the view in front of him.

The Wilderness Wanderers, wearing thick raincoats, came off the buses through the violent sheet of rain, guided by members of the Money Rat Gang, searching for suitable defensive positions.

He Ao lifted his head, his gaze penetrating the hazy veil of rain to look at the towering city wall and the tightly shut city gate ahead.

Noan was a man who loved to lie.

He said he liked the Wilderness Wanderers with his lips, but he didn’t truly like them in his heart.

While analyzing his video materials, He Ao noticed that every time Noan heard people discussing the Wilderness Wanderers in more private settings, a look of disdain and disgust would flash across his face.

’Like’ was just a mask he wore.

In fact, when He Ao was reviewing the City Defense Army’s data from South City, he saw a familiar name on the list of military supply for the City Defense Army,

’Kyle Manufacturing Company’.

That was the factory that enslaved the Wilderness Wanderers, which was also connected to the standardized military products He Ao had seen in the factory warehouse.

About ten years ago, Kyle Manufacturing Company became one of the suppliers of basic materials for the City Defense Army of South City, and it was also around that time that Kyle began to enslave the Wilderness Wanderers for his work.

According to the information accessed by Eve, ten years ago, Kyle Manufacturing Company was just an obscure small company with a registered capital of only one hundred thousand federal coins and not even a single effective trading record.

Yet, this small company displaced the large consortium that used to supply the City Defense Army of South City and forcibly became a supplier for the City Defense Army.

Moreover, looking at the purchase prices announced by the City Defense Army, the cost of these basic materials had gone up, far above regular commodities.

There was indeed a ’big shot’ behind Kyle.

The Federation has a separation of military and government functions. Although, in name, the Mayor of Dawn City is the supreme commander of the City Defense Army, in reality, the mayors have found it difficult to involve themselves in the internal affairs of the City Defense Army.

And the one who could manipulate the suppliers had to be someone within the City Defense Army itself.

Being referred to as a ’big shot’ by Carven, the Nord Consortium’s executive director, one could naturally not be any small fry, at least someone at the level of the commanders of the Southern and Northern Armies.

And this person was also capable of being held to account by the Nord Consortium—I would be impossible for an A-level Captain, while the chief of staff doesn’t have the authority to meddle with suppliers at such a detailed level, and even if they did, they should be involved with both the Southern and Northern Armies.

Nor could the commander of the Northern Army interfere in the Southern Army’s affairs.

So that left only one person as Kyle’s ’big shot’ backer—Noan, the commander of the Southern Army.

It was also starting from ten years ago that Noan gradually began to relax the restrictions on the Wilderness Wanderers, lowering the difficulty for Wanderers to enter the city.

The factory that enslaved the Wilderness Wanderers, ostensibly belonged to Kyle, but in reality, it belonged to Noan.

To increase the ’labor’ force for his own factory and create more ’profit,’ Noan eased the restrictions on Wilderness Wanderers entering the city, allowing a large number of them to come in.

This wasn’t a significant matter.

In fact, very few people noticed how many Wilderness Wanderers entered the city or how many people disappeared within it.

Of course, getting to this step was simple, but what had actually been troubling He Ao was another issue.

Just then, a pair of blurry headlights approached from the distance.

An old, silver-gray van slowly stopped in front of He Ao.

A young man with a large gold ring hopped out of the driver’s seat, lifted the tarp at the back of the truck, and a black heavy motorcycle that had been polished until it shone appeared in He Ao’s view.

It lay crouched in the rain, like a wolf ready to burst forth, its claws and fangs retracted.