Currently, Feng Jun's troops have begun clearing out the missile silos and underground bases. There should still be a few survivors there, and they can also take the opportunity to plunder the wealth left behind by the five major business associations. As for the population of Huai City, they are slowly trying to replenish it.
Good news kept coming in after that. The army quickly cleared the missile silos and underground bases. There weren't many Mutants left inside, and it took almost no time to fully reclaim them.
Due to the Black Fog, the siege weapons and heavy equipment Feng Jun had prepared were not put to use. The two Giant Spirit Power Armors only fired that one shot at the beginning and didn't fire again afterward.
Quite a few survivors were found in the missile silos, totaling about three thousand people after counting. This was already very difficult; Feng Jun had originally expected to take over an empty city. However, it was also due to the Black Fog that Huai City did not suffer another round of combat destruction. The previous battle between the Zhu Hong Business Association and the rebels had already destroyed a portion of Huai City's buildings and equipment, and in the end, only two N1 Tanks that Feng Jun had been longing for survived. All the others were destroyed in the fighting between the two sides, but Feng Jun also acquired all the inheritance of the five business associations. Not only did Feng Jun obtain a massive amount of equipment, but he also gained possession of the production lines and accumulated resources that the five previous forces had. Just the helium crystal stockpiled in one of the Zhu Hong Business Association's warehouses amounted to tens of tons, and this didn't even include the food and various goods they had accumulated.
Previously, Feng Jun had maintained a special trading relationship with the Blackwater Merchant Guild and the Zhu Hong Business Association, with both sides engaging in large-scale food transactions. But now, a large portion of that food has returned to Feng Jun's hands, suddenly making his granaries plentiful again. Originally, Feng Jun was still thinking that he would have to be a food porter for a few more days after this war, but now it seems his workload can be significantly reduced.
Moreover, there were some astonishing discoveries during the process of rescuing survivors. The most important of these was that patrolling soldiers successively captured Fang Xinglong, Jiang Si Yuan, and Zhu Wenyao. Fang Xinglong was the first to be caught; this guy was over two and a half meters tall, making him conspicuous everywhere. When soldiers spotted him, they even thought he was a Mutant hidden in Huai City. Fortunately, although Fang Xinglong's body had evolved to resemble a Mutant, he could still speak and react like a human. However, this guy didn't intend to surrender initially, wielding a gravity hammer to destroy over a dozen soldier combat robots, until he was surrounded by Power Armor soldiers, at which point Fang Xinglong put down his weapon and chose to surrender.
Jiang Si Yuan, on the other hand, tried to sneak out of Huai City with his subordinates, but Feng Jun had already occupied the city gates and roads leading out of the city and had ordered everyone to remain within Huai City. After trying to bluff his way through, Jiang Si Yuan attempted to force his way, but he was immediately surrounded by the UAV swarm and soldier robots controlled by Ling Jiu. Knowing he was powerless to resist, Jiang Si Yuan also raised his hands.
Zhu Wenyao was found in one of the Zhu Hong Business Association's missile silos. When she was captured, she was accompanied by over a dozen soldiers and four terminator Power Armors. This old fox, however, was unhurried. After learning that the troops occupying Huai City were Feng Jun's, she actually breathed a sigh of relief and directly ordered her subordinates to cease resistance.
As for Tian Jia, the perpetrator of this tragedy, he was also captured by soldiers. He was also mingling among the survivors. However, as one of the five major forces in Huai City, and with UAVs clearly recording him walking in the Black Fog, Feng Jun naturally transmitted Tian Jia's appearance to every soldier via the Quantum Network. Therefore, Tian Jia was easily pulled out of the crowd by soldiers and separately detained.
As for the large iron barrels, the tools Tian Jia used to release the Black Fog, Feng Jun had people collect them separately. After being sealed and packed, they were sent to Yan Xin for research.
After learning that these four had been captured, Feng Jun did not rush to interrogate them. Instead, he detained them separately, waiting until the Blood Nest was completely cleared the next day before meeting them in front of the government building in the center of Huai City.
Feng Jun's Imperial Guard, wearing unified golden Power Armor, stood in two straight rows in front of the government building's entrance, exuding an aura of solemn dignity. The Imperial Guard uniformly carried the best Gauss Rifles; this equipment was something Feng Jun had brought back from underground in Shangqing City last time.
Feng Jun himself had set up seats in the lobby on the first floor of the government building. At this moment, he resembled a feudal lord, sitting on his throne, preparing to deal with his captives.
Zhu Wenyao and Jiang Si Yuan were brought in first. Both of them were arranged to sit at a table not far from Feng Jun, though their seats were lower than Feng Jun's. Then came Fang Xinglong, but he was not treated as politely. Although Feng Jun had never met Zhu Wenyao, their relationship was good due to Hei Qin. While Feng Jun had never dealt with Jiang Si Yuan, this person had also never coveted Feng Jun. Only Fang Xinglong had attempted to assassinate Feng Jun.
Immediately after being captured, Feng Jun arranged for Fang Xinglong to be taught a lesson. Considering Fang Xinglong's powerful Evolver physique, Feng Jun directly sent Ling Jiu to control a Giant Spirit Power Armor to watch him, directly dispelling all his unrealistic notions.
Before being brought in, Feng Jun had fitted Fang Xinglong with five enslavement collars: one on his neck, one on each arm, and one on each leg. Additionally, two miniature bombs from the enslavement collars were injected into Fang Xinglong's internal organs, and only after being bound to Feng Jun's IEM were he brought up by several Imperial Guards.
As for Tian Jia, Feng Jun did not intend to arrange him with these three. He was temporarily detained separately, to be dealt with after other matters were handled.
Seeing that the three had arrived at their designated positions, Feng Jun then ordered tea to be served.
"Please, gentlemen, have a cup of tea first," Feng Jun said, raising his teacup.
The three looked at each other, then at each other again, and finally, Zhu Wenyao was the first to pick up the teacup in front of her and drink. Feng Jun silently observed the three.
Zhu Wenyao was indeed as Hu Kun had described; although her true age was nearly a hundred, she looked only fifty, so it was not an exaggeration to say she had a youthful appearance with white hair. Jiang Si Yuan was a more ordinary-looking young man, though he also wore a military uniform. However, there was always a hint of defiance in his eyes when he looked at Feng Jun, as if he greatly despised Feng Jun's act of 'taking the peach.' This was completely opposite to Zhu Wenyao's calm and composed demeanor.
As for Fang Xinglong, there was naturally nothing much to say. His physique was out of place in the room, and he was now sitting obediently to the side, completely devoid of his former violence and arrogance.
"Fang Xinglong actually has a gene seed on him," a prompt from the storage space entered Feng Jun's mind the moment Fang Xinglong entered the room. Thus, Feng Jun couldn't help but look at Fang Xinglong a few more times. Looking at his rugged appearance, he truly was already leaning towards the appearance of a Mutant.
Actually, Feng Jun could have considered directly killing Fang Xinglong, Jiang Si Yuan, and Tian Jia. However, Fang Xinglong and Tian Jia had previously dispatched two armies to Shangqing City. These two armies withdrew from Shangqing City after annihilating the Zhu Hong Business Association's army. However, their return was a little late; Feng Jun had already completely controlled Huai City and captured these two.
As for Jiang Si Yuan, Feng Jun was even more interested. Hu Kun had mentioned that Jiang Si Yuan started out from a Refuge. This meant that Jiang Si Yuan controlled at least one Refuge.