บท 335: Acting alone

"Then why didn't they send some more people?" Ren Xiaosu asked, "Aren't they sending us to our deaths? They could have just sent the army to eliminate the bandits!"

"Do you know why that place has become an unincorporated zone?" Yang Xiaojin said, "It's because it's the transit hub of the Northwest with links to four different places, of which three lead to the Zong Consortium, the Yang Consortium, and Stronghold 178. Whoever sends their troops into this area will attract the suspicion of the other two. In the past, there was no lack of friction among the three groups over this matter. None of them wants anyone else to gain control of this route."

"So that area eventually became a gathering place for the bandits since no one could do anything about it?" Ren Xiaosu asked. "No wonder the three organizations are conducting this operation together at the mention of exterminating bandits. Even Xu Xianchu had to specially make a trip to the Yang Consortium."