After questioning a few passersby heading home and the owners of shops that were still open, the city defense soldiers in the alley moved on to other places, apparently without gaining any information.

Meanwhile, the commotion in the city gate area was still significant and had not subsided.

Knock, knock, knock.

Someone knocked on Jiang Bai Mian and Shang Jian Yao's door.

"Who is it?" Jiang Bai Mian turned around and asked, not at all flustered.

"It's me." Long Yue Hong's voice came from outside the door.

Shang Jian Yao then walked over and opened the door.

--Both he and Jiang Bai Mian could sense two people outside the door, but they couldn't confirm their identities and had to ask.

This was because their attention had been focused entirely on the alley just now, and they hadn't been able to quickly determine whether the person knocking had come from the opposite room.

After Long Yue Hong entered the room, he asked somewhat fearfully:

"Will they investigate us?"

He was still relatively cautious, and after Bai Chen entered the room and closed the wooden door, he asked in a controlled voice.

"If the people of Weed City can directly pinpoint us like that, then it's really seeing a ghost." Jiang Bai Mian replied with considerable confidence.

This immediately reassured Long Yue Hong a lot.

Jiang Bai Mian looked at Bai Chen, whose eyes were slightly red and swollen but whose overall condition was still good, and added with a smile:

"Even if we are discovered, it's not a big deal.

"Don't we all have retreat plans? It's just that we have to take Nan Yi and the others with us and have them open a shop somewhere else."

Their plan was:

To rush into the courtyard first and drive straight to the end of East Street.

There was a city gate there that was usually not opened, and the city defense soldiers stationed there were relatively few.

At that time, they would directly use the "Grim Reaper" man-portable rocket launcher to forcibly blast open the city gate and leave under the cover of night.

In the Greylands, this wasn't too uncommon. Many ruin hunters followed the rule that whoever had the bigger fist had the right. When pushed to the limit, they would do anything. At worst, they wouldn't come to Weed City in the future and would pay attention to whether there were any wanted posters for them.

If they were strong enough, they could even turn around and harvest the ruin hunters who had taken on the mission to capture them.

For teams like Jiang Bai Mian and the others, who came from elsewhere, had the support of a powerful force behind them, and had no relatives or friends locally, they could be even more unscrupulous.

What do the rules of your Weed City have to do with us?

Of course, all of this was premised on having enough strength. Otherwise, before they could even cause trouble, they would be killed on the spot.

Thinking of the retreat route, Long Yue Hong felt more and more at ease.

At this time, Jiang Bai Mian changed the subject:

"However, there is a bit of a problem on Bai's side.

"Less than an hour after Eugene reunited with you, he was attacked. It's inevitable that some people will suspect you."

The bodyguard who died was the one in the dance floor earlier, not the two who were protecting Eugene and entering the underground trading market.

Hearing this, Shang Jian Yao clenched his right fist and slapped his left palm with a "pa," looking annoyed and regretful.

"What are you thinking about?" Jiang Bai Mian asked.

"After controlling Eugene, I should have driven the car back and killed all those bodyguards." Shang Jian Yao spoke in a tone that suggested he hadn't been careful enough.

As long as they were all dead, there would be no eyewitnesses, and no one would associate it with Bai Chen.

Jiang Bai Mian was speechless for a while.

After a few seconds, she rubbed her temples, sighed, and said:

"That would have too many unexpected events. The longer the time drags on, the harder it is for us to leave the scene without being discovered.

"Besides, those bodyguards are not weak. Even if you have Awakened abilities, you may not be able to kill them all, and you may even be in danger yourself.

"If even one or two of them escape, your appearance might be exposed."

At this time, the commotion in the city gate area gradually subsided.

Jiang Bai Mian turned to ask Bai Chen:

"Does Eugene have many enemies?"

"Many. There are many people and forces with whom he has vested interests and have a motive to kill him." Bai Chen replied calmly. "Even if limited to Weed City, there are quite a few such people and forces."

Jiang Bai Mian nodded slightly:

"That's good."

She then asked about another matter:

"How many people are in Eugene's slave hunting team, and what is their firepower like?"

Hearing this question, Shang Jian Yao's eyes suddenly lit up.

Bai Chen thought for a moment and said:

"The 'First City' slave hunting teams are divided into two types. One is related to the military and is considered a semi-formal organization. The other is through connections, obtaining a slave hunting license and then organizing their own team. Eugene's slave hunting team belongs to the latter type.

"But even so, he has fifty or sixty people, many vehicles, machine guns, and artillery, enough to destroy an ordinary wanderer settlement…"

Bai Chen paused for a moment and added:

"Eugene is a confidant of an Elder of the 'First City' Senate. His team may have controlled weapons."

"No wonder…" Jiang Bai Mian said in realization, "No wonder Eugene's slave hunting team dared to attack Weed City."

Of course, this was just her personal guess and could not be taken as fact, since she had not personally seen the situation at the city gate.

After slowly exhaling, Jiang Bai Mian frowned slightly and said:

"What I'm hesitating about now is whether to let Bai go out these two days.

"If I let her go, someone will definitely ask her to assist in the investigation. Even if her suspicion is low and she hasn't appeared at the scene, there will still be such a process. Moreover, this isn't within the company. Those investigators will definitely ask everything and use any means possible. They might even ask Bai to take them around this building, which would be more troublesome. One careless move could expose us.

"If I don't let her go, wouldn't this sudden disappearance make her even more suspicious?"

Bai Chen thought for a moment and said frankly:

"I don't know which one to choose right now."

"It's okay, let me think about it and give you an answer tomorrow morning." Jiang Bai Mian first comforted the other person, then looked around, put on a smile, and said, "If I can't figure it out, then we'll have a collective discussion."

As soon as she finished speaking, the lights in the room went out.

The streetlights in the alley were swallowed by darkness.

It was time for the daily power outage.

Seeing that the noise outside had subsided a lot, Jiang Bai Mian told Long Yue Hong and Bai Chen to go back to their rooms and sleep, and not to worry about this matter anymore.

When only she and Shang Jian Yao were left in the room, in complete darkness, Shang Jian Yao suddenly said:

"I have a solution."

"What?" Jiang Bai Mian immediately became alert.

Shang Jian Yao said calmly:

"Take advantage of the night to sneak out of the city and destroy Eugene's slave hunting team's camp.

"As long as they're all gone, the matter will be resolved."

Without the victim, Weed City would probably just investigate casually.

"Good idea." Jiang Bai Mian clapped her hands, imitating Shang Jian Yao perfectly.

She then said:

"The only problem now is, how can the two of us destroy a camp of armed personnel?"

Shang Jian Yao seemed to have already thought of a plan and said without hesitation:

"First, I'll pretend to have a clue and strike up a conversation with the guard at the entrance of the camp and become friends.

"Then, I'll have him take me to see the current person in charge of the camp, seize the opportunity, and become friends with that person in charge as well.

"Then, using the excuse of finding a clue and preparing to take action, I'll have the person in charge gather all the members together in the place where they store the ammunition.

"Finally, we'll each throw a grenade inside to avoid accidents.

"If you think it's too dangerous to rely on just the two of us, with a ratio of one to thirty, we can call on Bai Chen and Long Yue Hong to assist, making the ratio one to fifteen, which would be within a reasonable range."

"Reasonable my head!" Jiang Bai Mian scolded, both amused and annoyed. "Do you think you're a Nether Nirvana master, with steel bones and invulnerability to bullets?"

After scolding, Jiang Bai Mian said fairly:

"Actually, this plan does have some feasibility. Although it's very crazy, it seems like it could achieve the goal.

"The only problem is the timing is wrong."

She said seriously:

"If Eugene's slave hunting team hadn't entered the city, and the person in charge had some experience, in a situation with many enemies and hostile forces, he would definitely have all his men armed overnight, and anyone who dared to approach the camp would be shot and killed directly.

"Even if he hadn't given such an order, the camp now would definitely have a sentry every three steps and a post every five steps. You wouldn't encounter a few slave hunting team members on your way to see the person in charge.

"Are you sure they won't say a few words to your new friend, and won't that cause the 'Reasoning Clown' effect to fail?"

Seeing that Shang Jian Yao was a little disappointed, Jiang Bai Mian smiled and said:

"Go to sleep peacefully, I've already thought of a solution."

"What is it?" Shang Jian Yao asked.

Jiang Bai Mian laughed and said:

"I'll tell you tomorrow morning, lest you can't sleep tonight."

...

The next morning, a little after six o'clock, it was still very dark.

Shang Jian Yao was already sitting up, waiting for Jiang Bai Mian to wake up and tell him what the solution was.

After a while, Jiang Bai Mian climbed down from the upper bunk and said to him with an excited expression:

"I've thought of a solution!"

Shang Jian Yao looked at her and asked with a frown:

"Didn't you say you had already thought of it last night?"

Jiang Bai Mian was immediately speechless, only then did she remember what she had said to Shang Jian Yao before he went to sleep.

She immediately gave a dry laugh:

"As the leader of a team, stabilizing morale is always the first choice.

"Besides, haven't I already thought of it?

"There are always more solutions than difficulties!"

She struck a pose as if she was about to ask what solution she had come up with.

Shang Jian Yao pondered for a few seconds and asked:

"Did you not sleep all night?"

"...That's not important." Jiang Bai Mian's expression almost collapsed, barely maintaining her lofty image of strategizing.

Shang Jian Yao then returned to the topic:

"What is the solution?"

Jiang Bai Mian's smile gradually widened:

"Let Bai cooperate with the investigation.

"But we can make some preparations in advance to have the investigation proceed in the scenario we expect, and to have the results under our control."

Seeing that Shang Jian Yao was still a little puzzled, Jiang Bai Mian added with a smile:

"Bai really didn't attack Eugene, which is something that can be verified.

"As long as you use 'Reasoning Clown' in advance to make her no longer think of us as companions, and that she didn't participate in the subsequent execution, or even think in that direction, then she can pass any investigation, including possible Awakened methods.

"Then, when the investigation is over, cancel the effect."

Speaking of this, Jiang Bai Mian smiled like a fox who had stolen a chicken:

"We can also choose the timing to have the investigator be someone we are familiar with.

"For example, that O’Dick who seems to be able to influence dreams.

"You have experience with keeping people awake in dreams, don't you?"