Saving System: Calm Down, My Fleeing Host!

Chapter 250: The Greatest Secret

Most of the bandits around have been killed, so it doesn’t matter to kill a few more to prevent this group from rising again.

Since the scourge has been removed for the people, then completely destroy their stronghold, eliminate the root of the problem.

The team continued to advance, Cheng Beiniu assigned thirty Patrol Team members and Cheng Xiaoxiao to swiftly move towards the mountains.

Fang Zheng originally wanted to go together to raid the bandits’ lair, but unfortunately, Cheng Xiaoxiao did not agree.

The reason is that her Patrol Team Captain has left, and Fang Zheng has the highest Combat Power in the team; if he leaves, who will protect the team?

She said staying behind was entrusting him with important responsibility, putting all her possessions and family’s lives in his hands, speaking earnestly and with deep trust, Fang Zheng was already convinced, nodding repeatedly, with no reason to refuse.

Cheng Hao watched the sister’s impeccable performance, shaking his head and laughing, thinking this blockhead might even help count the money after being sold by his sister.

Cheng Jia secretly sighed, lamenting that his sister’s ability to deceive people had grown, wondering when he’d catch up.

The others: As long as Xiaoxiao speaks, it makes sense.

Half an hour later, Cheng Xiaoxiao and Cheng Beiniu stood on a mountain peak, escorting a bandit lackey to show them the way.

Looking ahead, all they saw were endless mountains; without someone to lead the way, it would be really hard to find the bandits’ lair in a short time.

Cheng Xiaoxiao smacked the bandit lackey at the back of his head, "Are you sure we take this road?"

The person looked at him coldly, the bandit lackey nodded vigorously; his life was in their hands, how could he dare to play tricks?

He trembled as he tried to secure a bit of hope for survival, saying, "I, I promise to find the stronghold for you. Do you really agree to let me go free?"

"That depends on your performance." Cheng Xiaoxiao said maliciously, she chose this person after careful consideration.

This person’s features were regular, with a look of being timid and easily frightened, avoiding trouble during group battles, not a heinous individual; that’s why she chose him. If he doesn’t pull any tricks, letting him go was possible.

"I, I will definitely lead the way properly," the bandit lackey quickly pledged loyalty and started to guide them, leading them past a mountain and continuing forward, the deeper they went, the denser the vegetation became.

Their base was behind a canyon, with steep cliffs on both sides, only room for one person to pass in the middle; it was unexpected that the bandit lair was so concealed, indeed very hard to discover.

After passing through the canyon, they saw a wooden fence enclosing the area and watch towers built among the trees. They immediately hid to avoid alerting the enemy.

Cheng Beiniu sent two people to sneak onto the watch towers, first dealing with two sentries, then they charged in; the people guarding the stronghold couldn’t really fight and were quickly defeated by their thirty-person squad.

Those women cooking and washing clothes were so frightened that they trembled, squatting in the yard without daring to move.

Scattered around the stronghold were small and large huts, and in the middle was a natural cave, which was much warmer inside than outside.

These bandits were indeed lucky to find such a naturally good place, no wonder they were able to occupy it for so long without being discovered.

According to Fang Zheng, there had been many raids on the bandits in this area, but each time only small fry were caught, never finding their real stronghold.

They also found many young girls inside the cave, all poorly dressed, pale, and tortured to the point of being lifeless like zombies.

A few sympathetic men cursed these inhumane beasts repeatedly, calling them utterly deranged; even if you snatch women, they serve you, can’t you treat them a bit better?

Look at these people; they’re not much different from livestock kept in pens.

Despite their complaints, everyone scattered in groups of three, searching for the bandits’ belongings.

Soon, bags of food were carried out, along with boxes of jewelry, jade, antiques, paintings, and fabrics, they also seized five or six jewelry boxes.

"Damn, how many people did they rob to accumulate these assets?"

"With so much food, they’re still robbing travelers, filthy rich yet leaving others with no way to survive, this group deserves to die."

"Who would complain about having too much food!" Cheng Beiniu lamented, a gang of heartless thieves, no sense of morality.

Cheng Xiaoxiao casually opened a few bags, most contained fine grains, only a small part was coarse grains.

It’s likely those fine grains were for the bandits themselves, while the coarse grains were for the women and girls.

That’s why the complexions of both groups differ so much.

This time they seized quite a lot of Silver, with boxes full of copper coins, silver ingots, and two boxes of gold bars.

The bright yellow gold bars were truly dazzling; the team members had never seen so much gold before, staring wide-eyed at the gold bars, eyes glowing with greed, eager to know what it feels like to hold a gold bar in their hands.

Cheng Xiaoxiao raised an eyebrow, this time they really hit the jackpot.

Finally, they left some Silver and coarse grains for those girls and women, showed them the way out of the mountain, and left on their own, with no intention of taking them along.

A few women tried to follow them but were scared off by Cheng Beiniu’s large knife; these dubious people, Cheng Xiaoxiao dared not take in.

Seeing them walk away one by one carrying things, the women felt jealousy and regret.

The thirty-person team ran back and forth three times to move all the food and boxes out of the canyon from within the cave.

When they transported the second batch, the first batch of things had disappeared, only Cheng Xiaoxiao stood there waiting.

While everyone was shocked, they vaguely felt some truth was about to be revealed.

Cheng Xiaoxiao didn’t plan to hide it anymore; the past few days with Fang Zheng’s group had exhausted her taste buds, turning this little rich lady who lacked nothing into a beggar, having good things but unable to use them, was a cruel thing!

Since they were all members of her 132th Regiment, it was time to show them more trust.

Now she had close to ten thousand System Coin, could buy many daily necessities, with Xiao Li as a hidden weapon and Healing Light to prevent injuries, and with so much food stored in the warehouse, she calculated and found she had quite a few aces up her sleeve.

The 132th Regiment was something she had gradually built up; even if there were some oddballs, at most they’d be greedy for small benefits, bicker right and wrong, causing minor friction, but there were no deceitful people, and given her current skills, she could completely control the entire team.

Moreover, she had the system as an advantage, so why was she living so harshly?

Thus, Cheng Xiaoxiao made all the things seized the second time disappear into thin air in front of them.

Amidst everyone’s astonished gaze.

Cheng Xiaoxiao casually said to everyone, "Don’t be surprised, I was lucky to get a storage bag from the Old Immortal, it can hold a lot of things."