"Approximately how many troops and equipment are there?"

He Ao looked at Scott's projection in front of him and asked slowly.

"It looks like there is only one mercenary group, a fully mechanized force, and there is currently no trace of the aviation force."

Scott replied quickly.

"I see."

He Ao nodded lightly, "Pay close attention to the actions of this mercenary group, and try to protect the caravans entering and exiting the north gate. If there is an emergency, you can temporarily close the north gate. Thank you for your hard work."

"You are joking, this is my duty."

Scott gave a military salute, "Yes!"

He Ao reached out and hung up the phone.

Watching the figure in military uniform slowly disappear before his eyes, He Ao leaned back on the chair and gently rubbed his forehead.

A mechanized mercenary group has come from the north. Although this mercenary group may not be strong enough to break through the North City Gate directly, it is possible to drag the main force of the North City Defense Army to the North Gate if it is equipped with advanced equipment.

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In other words, the Nancheng City Defense Force has to face the mercenary regiment and aviation force of the Ivis Space System outside the south gate.

Bang bang bang——

There was a crisp knock on the door.

He Ao reached out and pressed the door open button on the table.

The office door opened, and Tucker, who was standing outside, looked at He Ao with confusion, "Mr. Linn, are you looking for me?"

"something,"

He Ao motioned for Tucker to come over, then clicked on the map on the desktop and pulled up the personal information of the warehouse owner who was next to the Nancheng command center. "This person should be in the St. Yilan District. Can he be found?"

Tucker glanced at it and walked to the desk, looked at the information, and nodded lightly, "It should be okay."

"This person has clear facts of collusion with gangs, and you can go to him for this reason,"

He Ao raised his hand and sent this information to Tucker's bracelet, "I need all the recent transaction information in his warehouse, the records of people entering and exiting, especially the suspected transactions with the Prisoner Gang in recent years.

His business is getting worse and worse, but his days are getting more and more prosperous. There should be a reason."

"Okay, I'll do it right away."

Tucker nodded.

"As soon as possible, preferably tonight, you can give me the answer,"

He Ao rubbed his eyebrows, and then sent the information about the machinery factory and the chemical factory, "Check these two places for me as well, and ask people around the southern block if they know about them."

"good."

Tucker raised his bracelet, glanced at the message sent, and nodded slightly.

"And one more thing,"

He Ao seemed to have remembered something and looked up at Tucker, "Have you been active in the nearby wilderness before? Are you familiar with the wanderers in the surrounding wilderness?"

Although Linn ran through a lot of wilderness back then, it was mainly in the central and western regions of the federation. On the contrary, he didn't travel much near his hometown of Yilan City.

"I'm not very familiar with people in the south, but I know some people in the north."

Tucker thought.

"Is there still contact?"

He Ao then asked.

“I’ve been contacted more recently, mainly because it’s more convenient to contact me,”

Tucker smiled and explained,

"After Chenxi City promulgated the Wilderness Wanderer Act, basically all the surrounding wilderness wanderers entered Chenxi City, obtained social security card numbers, and ran between the city and the wilderness, relying on selling furs or being escorted by armed forces. They all had contacts in the city.

people,

"In the past, if you wanted to find them, you had to ask someone to go to the wilderness to deliver a message. Now you can contact them with just a phone call."

"Contact them, find a few tight-lipped and energetic people, and find out if there has been any disturbance in the northern wilderness recently, especially those mines in the north of Copes Mining,"

He Ao lowered his head, zoomed the map on the desktop to a map of the entire Yilan City, and looked up at the wilderness to the north of Yilan City, "Most of the way from Yilan City to Chenxi City is plain, and there are no traces of it.

It’s hard to get completely covered.”

"OK."

Tucker responded slightly.

"One last thing,"

He Ao raised his head and looked at Tucker, "Among the new people you recruited in the Southern Block, are there any people who are familiar with the Southern Block and the area around the Nancheng Command Center?"

Hearing He Ao's question, Tucker was stunned for a moment, and then seemed to fall into memories. Soon, he said,

"There really is one guy you've seen. He's the guy who queued up to see you in the morning. I talked to him. This guy can't sit still, and he's very courageous. He likes to run around. He's very familiar with the terrain of the entire southern neighborhood."

Following Tucker's narration, He Ao quickly recalled that Tucker was talking about the young man hiding outside the signboard in the low-rise neighborhood.

"Is he still in the South Block?"

He Ao looked at Tucker and asked slowly.

"He is now in the police station building behind the White Jasmine Palace,"

Tucker smiled and said, "I thought this kid had good abilities and was quite courageous, so I brought him here to train him and rented him a house near the police station building as a dormitory."

"Exactly. Are you going back to the police station building later?"

He Ao lowered his head and glanced at the map on the desktop, raised his hand, and closed the map directly, "Let's go together."

"What are you doing?"

Tucker was slightly startled.

"There are some things that cannot be solved in the White Jasmine Palace."

He Ao shook his head. At the same time, he raised his bracelet and made a call.

"Mr. Linn, what's the matter?"

The blond chief of staff appeared on the bracelet projection.

"Daisy, from now on, I will refuse anyone's visit. If anyone contacts me, I will transfer it to my personal bracelet."

He Ao looked at the blond chief of staff, "You will be solely responsible for the affairs of Bai Moli Palace for the time being."

"Mr. Linn..."

The blond chief of staff opened his mouth slightly.

"Just execute the order."

He Ao said quickly, "I will leave White Jasmine Palace in Director Tucker's car later."

"OK."

The blond chief of staff finally nodded in understanding.

He Ao hung up the phone, picked up the brass cane next to him, raised his bracelet, glanced at the time, and then looked at Tucker in front of him, "Let's go."

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low-rise block

It was getting late, and the fading sunlight shone on the narrow and quiet streets, as well as on the old shops beside the streets.

The young man sitting on the roughly welded iron stool lowered his head, shining a light on the scattered parts on the table.

The TV at the far end of the room flickered, still playing replayed news.

The young man carefully welded a small chip onto the small and delicate motherboard, then raised the mechanical tweezers in his hand and asked slowly, "What's the matter?"

At this moment, under the rusty rolling shutter door of the store, stood a man holding a silver suitcase, wearing sunglasses, and wearing a dark formal suit.

"The higher up asked me to bring you something."

The man raised the suitcase in his hand and said quickly.

A faint light flowed through the gaps on his cheeks, showing a mechanical coldness.

"What else do I need to keep?"

With a cold expression on his face, the young man clamped the motherboard on the table to the left, took out a broken bracelet from a blue basket on the right, and quickly took it apart.

"An extraordinary object, part of a bargaining chip in this negotiation,"

The man said slowly, "It says it is safest to leave it here with you. If necessary, it can also temporarily increase your strength."

"Just leave it there."

The young man put the newly repaired motherboard into the disassembled bracelet, removed the broken glass from the bracelet, sealed it with a tape, and replaced it with a new piece of glass. Then he took out a small grinder from the side and removed the broken glass.
To be continued...