Chapter 17: Prelude to Madness_2

Yet Lu Yuanming paid them no attention and simply walked on. Intimidated by his stature, these people dared not make any sudden moves. As they continued forward, a structure resembling a bunker-like outpost appeared on the street ahead. When the group was still five hundred meters away from the outpost, a voice from a loudspeaker commanded them to halt. Then, a ten-man squad emerged from the outpost. Eight of them took positions in the defensive emplacements, while the other two approached the convoy.

Lu Yuanming observed the approaching team. Among the ten men, only one carried a rifle; the rest were armed with defense weapons like crossbows. Everyone was equipped with close combat weapons and leather or mail armor. They all looked like robust men, and their uniform attire clearly placed them in a league far above the group of twenty-something youths.