C199 Big Beard "Pirates"

That man was really fast, in the blink of an eye he had already ran a long distance away. There was nothing Du Yue and I could do, we could only fire a few shots at the two of them from behind, but we missed.

After all, our bullets are limited, so the number of times we practice shooting is not that much. In addition, with this kind of fast moving target, it's even more difficult to hit.

It seems that Du Yue wanted to give chase, but she was stopped by me.

I have witnessed the madness of these 'pirates'. If we rashly chase after them and get caught by those fellows, the consequences would be disastrous.

The question now was, where had the two 'pirates' come from? Was it the 'pirates' who had previously clashed with the Salvation Army? Or was it only later that she took a boat to this island?

But no matter what, we have to find out.

Although I didn't ask Du Yue to chase them, it didn't mean that I would just let these two fellows slip away. I had already remembered the direction that the two of them were running in, and they seemed to be at the location of the third base.

I quickly ran out of the house, went into the cellar and brought out the two bags of rice seed. I hid the two of them in a secluded spot in the forest, then headed towards the direction of the third base with Du Yue and Yue Yang.

Once I'm gone, I can see the problem.

This was because there were no longer any corpses on this side. It had to be known that there had been a fierce conflict before. Now, not a single corpse or skeleton could be seen. This could only mean that someone had cleaned up the area.

There was no need to guess. Someone must have planned to stay in this area for a long time.

I was a little surprised. Could it be that the 'pirates' had already settled down here?

I told this thought to Du Yue, and she would understand after she saw it.

The further I went, the more likely I realized that I had been guessing, for soon we had discovered a great deal of felled trees, and some obvious trails in the woods, which had never existed before.

To avoid being discovered, Du Yue and I quickly moved to a place that was thick with trees, distanced ourselves from the paths, and walked for less than five or six minutes. Then, I heard a series of footsteps in front of us, accompanied by a series of voices.

Du Yue and I quickly moved behind a tree and looked in the direction of the voice. In the depths of the forest in front of us, we saw a dozen or so people in tattered clothing, each male or female occupying about half of the total.

Some held self-made earthen spears in their hands, while others held sharp weapons such as long spears and sharp blades.

If I hadn't been able to completely confirm these fellows' identities before, then from the moment I saw the Earth Rod, I could already be 100% sure of my identity.

However, these fellows gave me a feeling that they were more normal, different from the crazy "pirates" we met back in Microislands.

From these people, I quickly found the man and woman who were talking to each other, pointing in the direction of the farm. They must have brought someone with them to find us.

I say in my heart that I am not an idiot, how could I let you catch me where I am? Du Yue and I hid ourselves in the bushes behind the trees. After waiting for everyone to leave, we headed in the direction of the third base.

Soon I could see, through the gaps between the trees, a thin plume of smoke coming out of the air. It looked like cooking smoke.

Look at the sun, no, it's lunchtime now.

In front of us, we could faintly hear some voices. We carefully moved forward about 50% to 60%, and then the outline of the third base appeared.

If I hadn't been using the compass on my machete to orient myself, I would have thought that I was in the wrong place, because this third base had already changed greatly.

The last time I came here, although some of the surrounding walls had already collapsed, 80% of the walls were still alive. However, this time is different. The entire third base's wall has been flattened, and the buildings and facilities in the center of the base are also gone.

In its place were a large number of wooden huts.

At first glance, this place looked a little like the Nicky settlement, but the buildings of these people's cabins were clearly more to my taste than those of the Nicky settlement. Now I knew why I had seen so much of the felled trees in the woods.

These people were quite good at building cabins, and I even saw a building that looked like a small second floor.

From the looks of it, they did "set up camp" here for a period of time, and at this time, it must have been something that happened after we left the small building.

Thinking of this, I couldn't help but feel a lingering fear. I don't know if these fellows were already here when we were digging up the sea in the Great Canyon. If that's really the case, then we were lucky to not be found out.

Du Yue and I observed the place for a while longer and discovered that there were around forty to fifty pirates here. Adding the group that left just now, there were already sixty to seventy pirates.

At that moment, I saw a familiar figure walking out of one of the wooden houses. This person was sturdy and domineering, and his face was covered with a full beard.

F * ck, this is that Beard pirate!

The first time we were on the west coast, we were attacked by this guy with his men. The one who took the lead when he attacked our building and caused the death of a large number of people was him!

Initially, I was still hesitating about whether I should kill these people, but upon seeing this Beard pirate, I didn't have any hesitation. Moreover, this proves that these "pirates" are the bastards that attacked us before and killed a large number of our men. They must have been hiding somewhere on the island like us before, and only appeared after the members of the Salvation Army left.

Fortunately, we found them a step earlier, so we were able to strike first. Then, Du Yue and I quickly investigated the situation around the camp, I don't know whether it was because these guys had low IQ or because they thought that there was no one else on the island, but we didn't find any sentries around the camp.

However, I was still a little worried. Du Yue and I spent an entire two hours to double the radius of the investigation. In the end, we confirmed that there were no other camps or sentries within half a kilometer of the campsite.

After Du Yue found out the identities of these people, she immediately agreed to my decision. She had to take care of all the people in this camp.

Just now, Du Yue and I observed that the most advanced weapon in their hands seemed to be the earth gun s that they made themselves, but we can't deny that they would find some automatic rifles and pistols from the corpses of the Salvation Army like us, but no matter what, we have to give these fellows a debt of blood. It would be worth it even if we used up all our ammunition reserves in our camp.

After confirming, Du Yue and I quickly returned to the place where we hid the rice seed and brought the seeds back to the camp.

When we got back, we told everyone what we had seen. Everyone was surprised, but to my satisfaction, no one was in a state of panic.

"Hmm?"

Liu Yong and Niu Zhuang seemed to be a little afraid. I thought to myself, if we really want to destroy these "pirates", I definitely wouldn't let them stay in the camp, they must go to the front lines.

I immediately told them my plan to exterminate these people. Other than Liu Yong and Niu Zhuang, the rest of them immediately agreed to it as they all understood the danger of these "pirates". If they didn't exterminate these people, we wouldn't even need to mention growing rice, we would even feel nervous if we were to plant flowers. Furthermore, we have a certain amount of ammunition in reserve, so it shouldn't be a problem for us to fight an assault.