Since he had seen a Blood-Exchange Realm Martial Artist, Lu Yao had lost interest in small-caliber weapons.
Being in the Blood-Exchange Realm was like being a human-shaped dinosaur; even .50 caliber weapons couldn't kill them in one shot.
But powerful weapons were regulated, and ordinary people simply had no way to obtain them.
"Hongsha Country" was in constant chaos, and... it wasn't far from where he was in Ning City. He could get there within three hours if he left now.
Lu Yao decided, "Since it's so close, I might as well take a look and see if there's a chance to get something."
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Lu Yao promptly made his way to Ruihe City.
This was the largest inland port in the southwest of Xia Country, bordering Hongsha Country.
The street's greenery was quite distinctive, all being broad-leaved tropical plants.
Lu Yao withdrew 200,000 from the bank, planning to use this money to bribe military officers in the conflict zone.
The average annual income in Hongsha Country was about 5,000, so 200,000 for a machine gun wasn't too much, right? In the past, he had obtained weapons through robbery, but this time he wanted to try being a good person.
He took a taxi to the border checkpoint at a leisurely pace, but at the base of the wall, he saw many people squatting, and armed police had drawn a cordon and were keeping watch.
Lu Yao was curious, and the taxi driver explained, "These are refugees who smuggled themselves over from Hongsha Country. They're afraid to go back because of the war, and it's not right to ignore them, so we can only temporarily take care of them."
Lu Yao understood.
The driver sighed and added, "For them, foreign land has become the safest refuge. It's really pitiful."
"It's not very peaceful out there, huh."
The two of them chatted idly until they arrived at the checkpoint, only to find that it had been cut off by the border army.
The driver said helplessly, "It was open yesterday. It seems the fighting over there has gotten fiercer. It's definitely dangerous. I advise you not to go."
Lu Yao smiled, didn't say anything, paid the fare, and got out. With his current physique, he could easily make his way through the jungle and enter on his own.
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Lu Yao went to the supermarket and bought a large backpack full of snacks, all prepared for Liao Qe, and all sweet.
The conflict in Hongsha Country had flared up again, and it looked like heavy weapons were being used. The light from modern weaponry was especially noticeable in the dim light.
"Modern army massacring a village!?"
This place was at most 100 kilometers from Xia Country, and Lu Yao had never imagined such a thing could happen.
"It's not very peaceful out there..."
Lu Yao stepped forward and closed the eyes of several heads on the poles that clearly belonged to children.
Then his ears twitched, and he heard the sound of a car engine in the distance; it was most likely a jeep.
He dashed after it in a flash.
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A Toyota pickup was stuck in a quagmire, with only one-third of its body visible above the ground. Two Wuling Hongguang vans were going full throttle in an attempt to drag it out.
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The pickup bogged down in the mire was presumably the officer's vehicle. At this moment, the officer, who was short, dark, and fat, was hopping mad, cursing furiously and waving a blood-stained, curved military saber.
By his side, several women bound at the hands and feet begged in the language of Xia Country. Once taken back to the army camp, they would face a fate of being violated to death.
Lu Yao had already arrived and saw everything clearly.
He suddenly noticed—the enemy's civilian car had a heavy machine gun rigged up on the roof! Judging from its appearance, it should be a Browning M2!
One could simply understand this gun as an automatic shooting "Barrett!"
Lu Yao moved his wrists and couldn't help but mock himself, "It looks like I'm going to have to plunder again, even though I wanted to be a good person."
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At this moment, the camp leader "Cha Ai" was fuming with rage.
A perfectly good road had a massive mud pit that had ensnared his beloved pickup, and no matter how hard they pulled, it just sank deeper.
On this outing, they had only slaughtered a village and captured 5 women. Losing a vehicle would be a huge loss.
Just then, as men and vehicle struggled, the beloved pickup suddenly stopped sinking and began slowly emerging from the mud pit.
Cha Ai's face brightened with joy, and as he looked at the 5 captured women, he already started fantasizing about the delights awaiting him back at the camp.
But suddenly, with a "bang," a gust of wind blew by, and two of his men were sent flying into a tree trunk and then rebounded off, spewing chunks of their innards on the ground.
A man from Xia Country with a backpack was seen picking up an AK, flipping the selector switch to full automatic mode!