Kingdom of Corrosion

Maya asked, "Has the target appeared?"

"Starlight is seen." Nightmare said, "But Nightmare is not in sight. The bandit group’s field operatives are accustomed to wearing masks, perhaps only taking them off when entering the library to rest, drink tea, and have a meal. It looks like they are going to rest at the library base during the day today."

"Snipers, be alert." Nightmare said, "Starlight is talking to the jeep driver by the jeep, I guess they are discussing the jeep, can’t tell if the driver is Nightmare... The driver pulled down the mask... but turned their back to us... The driver went in, damn it!"

Sniper Beard said, "Nearly everyone has arrived, count how many people there are in the bandit group?" The sniper rifle’s scope had a very limited view.

After observing through the binoculars for a while, Nightmare replied, "About 30 people are in sight, with 12 field operatives among them. They’re moving the supplies that the jeeps brought. Wow, that’s rice, about 20 bags of vacuum-packed rice."

Still no sign of Nightmare, the wait continued.

An hour later, three people walked towards the main entrance from the south, attempting to pry open the trunk of a car on the side of the road in search of supplies along the way. Near the main gate, they peeked inside. At this time, a sentry dressed in a ghillie suit, lying in the side bushes, stood up to talk to them.

Soon after, Peanut rode a motorcycle to the main gate, and several gunmen appeared on the 10th and 8th floors of nearby Building 1. Peanut let them cross the small bridge through the large hole, reached the dilapidated guardhouse, and had a chat with the three, using a walkie-talkie to communicate with someone inside. Then, the three people took turns entering the guardhouse to change clothes, Peanut checked their backpacks, clothes, and bodies, and after finding no problems, let them in.

The three people arrived at the library one after another, where they were greeted by a girl Nightmare didn’t recognize. Peanut rode back, parked the motorcycle aside, walked to the side of the library, sat on an outdoor bench, picked up a book from beside the bench, and continued reading, as if the work to follow had nothing to do with him.

Maya, listening to Nightmare’s briefing, said, "Peanut doesn’t seem to have a very important job." At the Sawmill, Peanut was a Deputy Commander, his status akin to half Maya half Lin Wu, mainly responsible for field combat missions. Here, he was not only unrelated to field operations, but also did not hold any leadership positions, his job was to inspect physical conditions and belongings of prospective new members.

Maya had a bold idea: "Lin Wu, can we make a call through the phone Beard left, have a chat with Peanut, see if he could help us get rid of Nightmare? He doesn’t need to do it himself, just if he could talk to Nightmare outside for a while."