Shen Cong frowned, his tone cold as he faced the supervisor of the logistics support section. "What did you say? Half the supplies on this purchase order are stored at the Jianhu County settlement?"

"Yes, Major General Hu. Jianhu County is the agricultural-goods storage base. The supplies you want, we here in Huai'an City haven't yet transferred over — if you need them, they can only be gotten from Jianhu County. But as you know, Jianhu County is surrounded by jin beasts now and could fall at any moment. Every transport vehicle is busy rushing people out; there's no way to move goods."

What the logistics supervisor described, Shen Cong already knew.

He'd no sooner arrived in Huai'an City than Liu Yiwu had sought him out and laid a whole heap of reasoning on him.

Summed up, it came to a single sentence: he hoped Shen Cong would go to Jianhu County, take part in the relief, and rescue the county's residents.

"My body's had some issues lately. I'm not in a fit state to fight." Shen Cong refused Liu Yiwu's request without leaving the slightest room for maneuver.

The trust that had been so hard to build up toward him vanished in an instant, like smoke.

A dangerous, biting chill flashed in his eyes. One ultimate-grade jin beast, a whole pack of super-grade jin beasts — and Liu Yiwu actually wants me to go to Jianhu County. Plainly, he's trying to send me to my death. This Liu Yiwu is a man I need to guard against carefully; there's every chance he means me harm. The affairs of the world change, and so do the hearts of men — sure enough, I can't relax my guard against these people for a single moment!

Confident as Shen Cong was, he wouldn't dare claim he could take on an ultimate-grade jin beast single-handed; even super-grade jin beasts called for caution. Facing the situation at Jianhu County was no different from going to die.

Still, Shen Cong didn't react any more drastically than that.

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