628: Go west, there are traitors.

Lu Jing and Xiao Niannian cleaned the pigsty and chicken coop, while others chopped firewood, wove baskets, and so on.

Soon, someone knocked on the door and barged in.

"Did any of you go out today?"

"Someone blew up a factory today. Did you notice any suspicious people?"

Xiao Niannian shook her head, feigning fear, her broom still stained with pig dung.

Smelling the stench in the yard, the expressions of these people turned ugly.

"We don't know anything..."

Seeing them weaving baskets and cleaning the pigsty, with some even having pig dung on them, these people naturally dismissed their suspicions.

"Let's go, search other places."

Meanwhile, people from the other few families were very happy to hear that the factory had been blown up.

"Who on earth attacked them?"

All three families suspected each other.

The family whose factory was bombed sent many people to investigate, and some suspicious individuals were caught and interrogated.

"It's a misunderstanding, I was just passing by..."

"Bang."

The factory owner was so angry that he killed several people, but still found no information.

He sent out several groups of people to specifically investigate the situation of the three families.

They all believed that, apart from those three families, no one else would have the guts, let alone the ability, to do this.

"Investigate thoroughly; I must find out the truth within a day..."

"Yes."

The small town was visibly descending into chaos.

The subordinates of the bombed family got into a fight with another family, shooting and injuring some of their people.

Soon, the bombed family was confronted by the other family.

"Brother Man, what's wrong with your people? They injured several of our brothers. You must give us an explanation..."

They started fighting amidst the shouting and arguing, resulting in several casualties.

Xiao Niannian and Lu Jing received the news and were pleased.

"Captain Lu, we just went to check there. Those foreigners went in and talked for a while. They probably think that with things in chaos now, someone will go to that shop..."

They had placed the radio in the forest, and Xiao Niannian even found animals to guard it, so they would be notified if anyone discovered it.

While Xiao Niannian was using the radio, she received other messages.

"We have searched everywhere these past few days, including the mountains, but we haven't found any Great Xia people..."

"We haven't found those Experts..."

Hearing the radio message, Xiao Niannian immediately recorded it.

Lu Jing took the message Xiao Niannian recorded, a smile also appearing on his face.

"It's a good thing they haven't found the Experts. We'll continue searching, and we'll definitely find their whereabouts..."

Xiao Niannian proposed an idea.

"Let's go explore that shop. We'll find a way to knock those people out and see if there's a secret passage or any messages left inside..."

Lu Jing looked at Xiao Niannian.

Instructor Qin and the other Soldiers also arrived.

Seeing them look like wildlings after a few days, Xiao Niannian was somewhat amused and exasperated.

"Are you all doing okay?"

Hearing Xiao Niannian's words, Instructor Qin nodded.

"We're fine. There's plenty of game in these mountains, and the food you sent is enough. There are also many fish in the rivers here."

These past few days, they had searched many places in these mountains, but had not found the Experts.

"We have now searched these few places. Next, we plan to search these other places."

Instructor Qin pointed at the map, with the circled areas being the ones already searched.

"Alright, then you all continue searching. We'll contact each other by radio. Today, a factory here was bombed, and the four families have already started infighting..."

Lu Jing spoke about the situation in the town.

"Okay, if we find any clues, we'll contact each other by radio."

"Okay."

After agreeing on a contact time, Instructor Qin led his people away.

Xiao Niannian had quietly released some game into the mountains earlier; Instructor Qin and his team would surely catch them later.

Lu Jing and Xiao Niannian chopped some firewood and carried it back to the backyard.

Uncle Dao saw them return and said.

"Two families in town fought today, and several people died. Be careful when you go out."

"Thank you, Uncle, we will be careful."

Seeing that they had filled a storage room with firewood in just two or three days, Uncle Dao was happy.

However, thinking of their identities, he felt a little worried, but he didn't say it out loud.

Xiao Niannian looked at Uncle Dao's expression, then retracted her gaze.

In the evening, Comrade Dao stayed in the room, while Lu Jing and Xiao Niannian led their people to the backyard, to a place not far from the shop.

Xiao Niannian saw someone patrolling the entrance.

Soon, they reached the back of the house.

Xiao Niannian had already heard about ten people inside.

She signaled to Lu Jing.

Xiao Niannian handed them the prepared sleeping gas, telling them to go into five rooms and knock out the people inside.

Several of them, like agile monkeys, quickly climbed into the courtyard and went to the rooms.

As soon as the sleeping gas was released, the people inside quickly collapsed.

Lu Jing led his people to open the door and entered the shop.

These people were indeed all guards.

They first checked two rooms, where seven unconscious people lay.

After searching several rooms, no clues were found.

Xiao Niannian went to the shop counter.

She opened many cabinets.

When she touched one cabinet, she found something stuck to its surface, and she peeled it off.

She opened it and saw a sentence written on it, along with some patterns.

Head west, there's a traitor.

She put the item in her pocket.

"Captain Lu, there's a cellar here."

They entered the cellar and carefully checked it for a while, but found nothing.

"Withdraw."

Lu Jing and Xiao Niannian returned to the mountains.

Everyone's faces showed some disappointment.

"No situation was found."

Xiao Niannian took out the paper from her pocket.

"I found this in the drawer."

Hearing Xiao Niannian's words, Lu Jing took it and looked at it.

Head west, there's a traitor?

Heading west from this direction, isn't that the direction back to their country?

They had long suspected there was a traitor. However, who this traitor was, they still didn't know.

Because they hadn't seen those Experts either.

"Head west, isn't that where Instructor Qin and his team are going to search?"

Xiao Niannian recalled that direction.

"It's that direction."

"That side is a primeval forest. I heard that during the war, there were still some landmines..." Lu Jing explained the situation.

Hearing this, Xiao Niannian's expression became serious.

They hadn't found the Experts here, and the clue pointed to the border forest.

"Captain Lu, what do we do now?"

Hearing Niannian's words, Lu Jing spoke.

"I'll contact the chief and the others now to report the situation here..."

"Okay."