CHAPTER 135: CHAPTER 103: COURTING DISASTER

But does directional electromagnetic interference count as an attack? This question... is quite subjective.

It could be considered an attack, or it might not be, depending primarily on which side has the dominant voice in the conflict.

However, the ones implicated now are the Guards, and someone is on the brink of death.

The Guard hesitated only for a moment, then continued to roar, "Your shells killed our brother!"

"That’s not true," Qu Jianlei loudly replied, "The shell that killed your brother was one from the Sai Family, not mine!"

"Bastard!" Someone from the Sai Family shouted, "Our people are all here!"

"Cowards who won’t take responsibility, what a bunch of garbage!"

"Who dares to say it wasn’t a shell from the Sai Family?" Qu Jianlei’s voice was much louder and unusually resonant.

"It was clearly carried by your Impact Type Mecha. Just because I destroyed the Mecha and captured the shells, you deny it?"

Dammit... The Guard’s face changed at these words: the other side had destroyed the Sai Family’s Mecha?

During the night’s clamor, everyone heard it, and eventually, they realized it was a faction capturing wanted persons.

As for that earth-shaking explosion, it had already spread outside the city, waking countless people from their sleep.

They all knew there was a fierce battle in the wasteland, but no one dared to go watch; otherwise, it would truly be pointless death.

However, the Guards truly hadn’t expected that the wanted person would destroy the Sai Family convoy’s Mecha.

Arguing over whose shells they were was truly meaningless; who pulled the trigger is what truly mattered.

But now they had to face the fact: the faction that pulled the trigger had the capability to destroy Mecha!

Zhou Six, being a particularly prosperous Settlement, naturally wasn’t short on Mecha.

But precisely because of that, everyone knew how difficult it would be to provoke a force capable of destroying Mecha.

Someone even caught onto a detail, "Was it really an Impact Type Mecha?"

Those who couldn’t identify the Mecha type clearly were even more driven to ask others what an Impact Type Mecha was.

They got an answer quickly: in a nutshell, it was the most expensive and hardest to destroy Mecha.

The Guards’ faces turned even darker as they found the remaining Sai Family convoy members, "Was it really an Impact Type?"

Not many in the Sai Family convoy knew about this; the key figures were mostly dead.

The old man, the woman, and the leading young man were all dead.

Fortunately, among those who had come to gather information last night, there was a Sai Family member, who asked with a sullen face.

"So what if it’s an Impact Type Mecha, are you scared now?"

"Speak properly, damn it!" The Guard was furious at the response, "Your mess got our brother killed!"

He knew the other side had suffered heavy casualties, but he couldn’t help but be angry because he was very aware that the deceased was likely killed for nothing!

The reason was simple: while the Sai Family was possibly very powerful, their opposition was definitely not weak!

The person on the brink of death was actually an auxiliary Guard, merely a Settlement resident.

To fight head-on with a force capable of destroying Impact Type Mecha over an ordinary city resident?

Unless Zhou Six’s managers were crazy, they definitely wouldn’t act so recklessly.

Put more bluntly, a hundred lives wouldn’t be worth an ordinary Mecha, let alone the most expensive kind.

Moreover, from the Guard’s perspective, the Sai Family convoy’s sudden retreat to the outskirts undoubtedly had the motive of "leading trouble east."

Not to mention that after the ceasefire, the Sai Family actively provoked the other side and launched electromagnetic interference.

As for mentioning wanted criminals, the Guards didn’t even consider this reason—who knows if it’s true?

As long as the power is strong enough, distorting the truth wouldn’t be that big of a deal, would it?

However, the Sai Family people shouted again, "Those were criminals wanted by the General Settlement, and you’re blaming us?"

"You should be out there counterattacking now!"

The Guards were once again stunned; they hadn’t expected the outside criminals to have such an identity.

However, someone spoke coldly, "You say they’re wanted criminals, so they must be? Have we not suffered enough?"

The others quickly grasped the situation; this Sai Family convoy had a history, just causing their side to lose a teammate.

So everyone stopped worrying about the identity of the one outside and focused on defense.

Regardless, without orders from the upper levels of the Settlement, they wouldn’t actively venture out.

Qu Jianlei wasn’t in a hurry to leave either. Seeing the Guards not going on the offensive, he opened the loudspeaker again.

"Listen up, Sai Family scum, our grudge is big now. Have the guts to hide in the Settlement forever; don’t let me meet you in the wasteland."

As for his grudges with the Sai Family, he almost blurted it out before out of indignance but was interrupted, and now he couldn’t be bothered to talk about it.

The situation was already one of complete hostility; what’s the point in saying anything? The Wasteland has never been a place for reasoning.

Moreover, after Flower Scorpion heard about his situation, they even asked, "Will they dissect you?"

Which showed that the reason he was wanted was indeed quite sensitive.

Originally, he intended to fight back a bit then leave, but now having sealed them nearby the Settlement, he wasn’t in a hurry to go.

He wanted to see how the other side would move next, which would help him plan his response strategies.

After a moment of silence, someone suddenly asked through the loudspeaker, "Hey, are the friends outside still here?"

"No," Qu Jianlei replied coldly, "Sai Family scum, hide your whole life if you have the guts."

The one who asked seemed somewhat frustrated, "Will our comings and goings be hindered?"