"Hi~ Did it disturb your sweet dreams? If so, I'm sorry."
The other party's frivolous words made Haoma and Carissa frown, but Robin showed a thoughtful expression.
Bahram was silent for two seconds, then responded:
"who are you."
"Ha, this is a weird question. Is there any difference between our identities and yours?"
"It was you who killed Ford."
"It's as if you didn't kill anyone? But I'm not sure whether the person you mentioned was killed by us. We just found this on the body."
Bahram glanced at Haomo, who nodded, indicating that he could continue.
So he pressed the conversation button again.
"What is your purpose?"
"The purpose is very simple. Judging from the corpses outside, there should be only half of you left, right? It is impossible for this number of people to survive to the fifth day. You should know better than me."
"We now have a stronghold and a machine gun. If you want to seize the point, you can give it a try."
"No need to bluff with me. If we wanted to attack you, you would all be corpses by now."
"Oscar, just say what you have to say."
Suddenly, Robin beside Bahram spoke.
The other end of the walkie-talkie immediately fell into silence. It took a while before the voice came again, but the tone was much more restrained.
"Who are you."
Robin did not reply, but raised his chin towards Bahram.
"He is one of our team members. If you have anything to say, just say it."
"Ha, I thought I met an acquaintance. Okay, let me tell you straight. I propose that we cooperate."
"cooperate?"
Bahram was stunned for a moment. It was not that he had never had this idea before, but in this environment, it was almost impossible for the two teams to have a sense of trust, and there was no basis for cooperation.
Now that the other party suddenly proposed this, could it be some kind of trick?
"How to cooperate."
He asked cautiously, and made a gesture to the other people, ready to fight at any time.
Suddenly, everyone except him stood up, clutching the guns in their hands, ready to fight the invading enemies at any time.
"I didn't see a dog, I didn't see a machine gun, and I didn't see any armor. I guess... you definitely didn't bring a dog with you. If you brought grenades, you wouldn't be suppressed by the machine gun, so your team should have a flare gun.
And flares, right?”
Bahram did not respond, but the other party seemed to think that he acquiesced, and said in a deep laughter:
"So your confidence is not the machine gun, but the combat robot, right?"
"Speak directly if you have something to say."
"There is a foothill stronghold about two kilometers away from you."
"so?"
"I hope you will help us capture it."
Bahram couldn't help but sneer. He felt that the person on the intercom was either a madman or a fool.
"Do you think we are such easy-to-talk people?"
"Ha, of course this is not free. In return, we will also help you defend your stronghold. We are an offensive and defensive alliance."
Bahram almost laughed.
"Are you kidding me? We now have machine guns, strongholds, and more trump cards. Although you have more people, your camouflage uniforms cannot make our defense stronger. If we can't resist the enemy like this, you guys are here.
It will not help. On the contrary, we will seize the stronghold for you, and the price we pay may be very high. This is not an alliance of equals."
"Well, you are good at bargaining."
The voice on the other end of the intercom became cheerful.
"Okay, then I'll add another chip."
"I have to see if it's worth it."
"Almost one kilometer away from the foothills stronghold, we discovered the tenth secret stronghold."
As soon as this statement came out, the team members around Bahram looked sideways, and even he was surprised.
"Impossible, there is no secret map, how can you find it?"
"It's not difficult. The two teams neither went to seize points nor find a safe campsite. They just wandered there. You can guess without thinking that they must be guarding the secret stronghold. And those two teams
In order to hide, people also choose camouflage clothes.”
After hearing what the other party said, Bahram probably had an idea in his mind, but this did not mean that he trusted the other party.
After all, there is a high probability that they are the ones who killed Fud.
"But what good will that do to us?"
"Think about it, you have so few people now, it would be difficult to defend any single stronghold, but it's different if it's a secret stronghold, it's safer there."
"You mean, you will give us the secret stronghold?"
"Of course, everyone gets what they want."
"Everyone gets what he needs, so what do we have to pay?"
"To put it simply, the stronghold at the foot of the mountain is in a good location, and it happens to be guarded by a group of lucky people with machine guns. The surrounding terrain is basically impossible to rush up to it under normal circumstances, and it is also difficult to sneak up there, because there is basically no vegetation cover in that place."
Bahram immediately guessed the other party's intention.
"So, only combat robots can charge forward."
"Yes."
"This is our last trump card."
"I know."
"Once we use it, if you go back on it, we will be helpless."
"But what good does this do to us? What we want is just that stronghold, not to eliminate more people. Killing you is meaningless to us and will only increase casualties."
"How should I trust you?"
"Ha, your team member seems to know me. You might as well ask him to find out more about me."
Bahram glanced at Robin.
"I want to discuss it with them."
"No problem. In order to show our sincerity, we will camp near here. You can have a good sleep without worrying about being attacked in the middle of the night. Good night."
After listening to the other party's promise, which was unclear whether it was sincere or threatening, Bahram turned off the intercom with a complicated look on his face.
Then, he called everyone together and explained the entire situation in general.
"No! Absolutely not! Those guys are sneaky and are definitely not a good thing!"
Kaelissa immediately expressed opposition, and the two boys from the upper echelons of the hive probably maintained the same attitude. After all, these people had attacked them not long ago.
The attitudes of Haoma and Robin are relatively ambiguous.
"But the secret stronghold he mentioned is indeed very suitable for us."
"We have machine guns and combat robots here, and we are afraid of a bird!"
Kelisa immediately retorted.
"What if another team with battle droids attacks?"
"Then fight!"
"Everyone has a robot. Once the robot's usage time is over, do you think 6 of us can fight 10? Even if we fight, how many will be left?"
"this--"
Bahram's attention was all on Robin.
"Robin, do you know that guy?"
The boy who never spoke much nodded.
"know."
"What kind of person is he?"
"An arrogant maniac, but a little clever, but usually he can keep his word."
"How do you know that guy?"
Kaelisa joined the conversation unwillingly, but Robin ignored him at all.
"But the decision whether to cooperate or not is still in your hands, Bahram."
Bahram nodded.
"Please be careful tonight and don't sleep too much. I have to think about it and make a decision tomorrow."