Chapter 155: Three shots ended, group invisibility

After the pursuit and annihilation operation is over, the next project is the mobile raid operation.

Wu Chutai took a sip of water and didn't look in Yu Cang's direction.

Well... although Yu Cang stole the limelight from the Imperial Capital in the last project, this project no longer has the Ancient Capital, so it should be fine.

After all, his two students would not tell Yu Cang about it. In this case, if Yu Cang could guess one of them, how could he guess all of them?

But if you sign up for more than five projects just to snipe yourself... it's not worth it.

No deck is perfect. Even if Gudu performs well in the first few projects, it is possible to suffer a Waterloo in an inconspicuous small project. Just one failure will have a huge impact on the results.

Thinking of it this way, I can finally watch the soldiers kill everyone in peace in this last project.

Wu Chutai secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

But...from the current perspective, the imperial capital may no longer be able to take the first place this time.

Gu Du's results were simply perfect. He registered for seven events and won first place in every one of them. Now it seems that he has already lost, and it is impossible for him to turn the tables in this last event no matter what.

He had a slight headache, but... it was still bearable.

Anyway, he is no longer the project leader now, and he has so many projects on hand. It's a pity that he didn't win the first place in the major armament reform this time. He can make up for it in other awards later.

Thinking of this, Wu Chutai shook his head and stopped thinking about these troubles for the time being. He looked up and looked at the list that had just been announced.

Well, the first one is...huh?

Wu Chutai's breathing stopped.

Why is it still an ancient capital?

You guys haven't finished yet?!

That’s not right…how did they know about the project I applied for?

Wu Chutai's eyes darkened. He glanced at Wen Yang, narrowed his eyes, and turned his head back.

...It's a bit strange, let's take a look.

Wu Chutai did not reveal his inner doubts, but Wen Yang, who had just noticed something, still felt the distrust in his eyes.

He couldn't help but clench his fists tighter, feeling aggrieved and irritated.

What is this!

I have done so much work for you over the years. Why would you suspect me first at a time like this?

But Wu Chutai was very cryptic and didn't say it directly, not even giving Wen Yang a chance to explain.

If I rush to distance myself from Yu Cang with Wu Chutai now, wouldn't it seem like I have something to hide?

If Wu Chutai had asked directly, Wen Yang wouldn't feel so uncomfortable now.

…

Direction to Shendu

When Yun Yan saw the list being announced, he was stunned, then he couldn't help but shook his head and smiled.

"This little friend Yu Cang...haha."

Seeing this, Zhong Lin cast a glance over and said, "Grandmaster, what happened to Yu Cang?"

Yun Yan tutted his words and said, "It seems that Gudu is planning to apply for all the optional projects."

"Huh?" Zhong Lin blinked. "No way... Aren't they afraid of angering the judges by being so arrogant?"

The jury's score for that item actually accounts for a very high proportion.

"I don't know about that." Yun Yan said cheerfully, "But... since Gudu has already applied for so many projects, then whether it's five or nine, it doesn't make any difference anymore."

"……Too."

…

Of course, the jury will not deduct points for the ancient capital's "madness".

Lei Wanqing has been sitting in that small conference room.

It was he who proposed the plan to report the entire project, and he certainly would not let this matter affect the team's performance.

Soon, all the teams were ready, the screen on the broadcast soul card lit up, and the ancient capital team appeared on it.

This time the mission will test the marching ability to a greater extent.

The intelligence said that the target to be attacked this time was an outer outpost of a wild beast settlement.

Yes, the Wild Beast Colony. New Wild Beasts have appeared in this project, and they are similar to the Pteropterans in the Netherworld Heaven, infected by intelligent races.

This kind of wild beast, even ordinary or rare ones, may have a certain ability to think and can easily form settlements.

The name of this wild beast is "People of the Border Country". To be honest, when Yu Cang saw this name, he was a little confused. Could it be that there is a country composed of wild beasts in this nightmare border?

Given the habits of wild beasts, can they really form a stable social structure?... It's surprising that settlements can even exist.

However, the intelligence did not reveal much information, and Lin Yunqing's search was fruitless. Yu Cang could only put this question in his heart and concentrate on watching the soldiers' performance.

…

Dire Border

As soon as Fang Pei landed, he began to be alert to his surroundings. He only relaxed a little after he found that there were no hidden wild beasts.

At this time, all members of the team had walked out of the space channel.

Gong Zhen took out a piece of dim light crystal with a slightly different shape. Inside the crystal, there was a tiny light spot moving around. Although the movement was chaotic, it was faintly pointing in one direction.

This piece of dim light crystal is the "mission prop" of this project.

In this mission, the military will give you the direction of an outpost, and then the entire team needs to march quickly, across a distance of about two kilometers, and quickly deal with all the people from the border country in this outpost without alerting the distant settlements, and finally return to the space channel.

There are probably two or three people from the border country in the outpost, most of them are epics. They don’t have very convenient means of information communication, so we just need to make sure that none of these people from the border country run away so that the settlement won’t notice.

The previous projects were all extremely difficult, but this project only has three epics, and it is a small team project... It sounds like the difficulty has been reduced a lot, but it's actually an illusion.

The people of the border country possess a certain degree of wisdom and already know how to set some traps. Combined with their strange abilities, the distance of less than two kilometers from the space channel to the outpost will be extremely dangerous for most teams.

Once a trap is triggered, the danger is not only one aspect. More importantly, the people of the border country in the outpost will definitely notice their approach and send people back to tell the settlement, thus causing the mission to fail.

Since it is a "raid", naturally no one can discover it.

It must be said that this mission requirement is still a bit difficult for Fang Pei and his team. After all, the silent field cannot make the body disappear, the opponent's ability is unknown, and it is a bit unsafe to fly into the sky rashly. If they just check the traps along the way, it will not be easy to widen the gap with other teams, especially Miaodu.

So, they changed their strategy.

Thinking of this, Fang Pei said, "Proceed as planned."

"yes!"

The soldiers immediately took out their soul cards, and suddenly, they were equipped with individual reactive armors, and the protocol attributes were replaced as the swarm of magazines flew around.

This time, their upgraded abilities are very uniform.

String mode!

You know, although before, they used the string mode to accumulate power to attack, but the string mode is an ability upgraded by accessing the tenth-level "increase range" protocol attribute. While accumulating power to increase power, the increase in range is even more exaggerated!

Its real use is to charge up energy to launch ultra-long-range attacks!

…

In the hall

Seeing the soldiers standing still and accumulating their strength, many people showed puzzled expressions in their eyes.

What’s going on… The project has already started, why isn’t it moving forward?

Many of them were waiting for Gu Du to gather intelligence for them.

After all, once someone tries a trap in advance, its threat will be greatly reduced.

Towards Youdu

"Old Bai." Jin Zhaoshan stared at the relay soul card. "Do you think they want to destroy that outpost in one shot?"

"...No way." Old Bai frowned slightly. "In the previous battle, Gudu didn't seem to have demonstrated a strong ability in long-range attacks. That sniper rifle had never attacked a target more than two thousand meters away... And the darkness within the Nightmare Border made it impossible to locate. Aren't they afraid of exposing themselves if they miss?"

"Is that so?" Jin Zhaoshan nodded in understanding. "Lao Bai, I feel relieved with your words."

Lao Bai: “…”

While Jin Zhaoshan was talking, Gu Du had already taken action!

Eight warriors were seen lined up in the air in front of the space channel, with lightning flashing on their arms. Abundant energy kept gathering towards their palms, and electric arcs danced wildly in the air. Two of them connected to the ground backwards, like a longbow stretched to its limit!

Two other soldiers activated the magnetic catapult module and took everyone aloft, ensuring a superior field of view. Even after over a week of training, only a handful of people had successfully mastered this advanced technique of carrying people aloft.

When the electric light reached its limit, Fang Pei became serious.

"put!"

Buzz!

A soldier whistled softly, and the electric light that had been condensed long ago was released instantly. Suddenly, a beam of light shot out, and the azure light instantly illuminated the terrain in front. Particles overflowed from it from time to time, and the surrounding space was shaking constantly because of the energy rolling over!

The two thousand meters of darkness was pierced in an instant. The soldier waved his hand, and a beam of light suddenly swept across the ground, and then dissipated in the air in the blink of an eye.

Fang Pei's expression froze.

The beam of light illuminated for a very short time, but it was enough for him to see the exact location of the outpost and how many wild beasts were inside!

Although these wild beasts have a certain degree of intelligence, it is not very high. The outpost is extremely simple. It is called an outpost, but in fact it is just a small hill made of stones.

That’s right, we didn’t intend to gain anything from this first shot, it was just for positioning.

After determining the location of the outpost, everyone quickly adjusted the angle and took action in sequence according to the original plan.

Buzz!

The darkness was pierced again. This time, the beam of light, ready to be launched, accurately hit the watchtower in the darkness! While destroying the watchtower, it also pierced a humanoid beast with a black and purple body and a stunned expression on its face!

boom!

Half of the watchtower collapsed directly, and a purple-skinned wild beast fell from the sky, its expression still stunned.

This...what happened?

Within the Nightmare's borders, ordinary light could only travel four meters. Only special light like the Phantom Crystals or light carrying immense amounts of energy like energy bombardments could travel further. Therefore, the wild beast couldn't see Fang Pei and his men's energy storage from two kilometers away.

From their perspective, a thick beam of light suddenly swept across the ground in front of them. Before they could react, an identical beam of light… no, an even thicker and larger beam of light suddenly melted the surrounding creatures…

What a horror story!

No, that's not right... I must tell the settlement!

He was an epic after all. After a brief moment of shock, he came to his senses. He couldn't gain any leverage in the air, but he was already prepared to land. As soon as he touched the ground, he would...

A deep blue light suddenly surrounded its sight.

Before its thoughts could be completed, its consciousness had already disappeared in the boundless light.

Two thousand meters away.

A soldier fired another shot, and after confirming that no fish had escaped, the others slowly put away the artillery fire that was being charged.

They were lucky, there were only two wild beasts, and they were not too strong, so they still had a few more shots.

With enough time and soul energy to charge, it is quite easy to kill an epic with this shot. The difficulty lies only in positioning.

In fact, if you don't need lighting, using the Killing Star might be better than the String Mode. However, each has its pros and cons. If you are hit by the Killing Star, if you have strong vitality, you may still be able to survive for a while, but in the String Mode... you will melt directly.

Several soldiers landed one after another, turned around, and walked out of the space passage.

In the lobby

There was complete silence.

This...what just happened?

Fly up, fire three shots, and the battle is over?

Shouldn't the normal procedure be to approach stealthily, gather intelligence, encircle and seal off the enemy, and then annihilate them?

How come you missed so many steps!

This, this, where is the intelligence they want... How could a team complete a project without being able to gather any intelligence about the enemy?

What about the traps on the road? What about the enemy's abilities?

After these three shots, the only thing they could see clearly was that the skin of those wild beasts should be purple.

The distance was too far, and they couldn't see any more.

Even the director didn't react to these three shots, and his camera was still fixed on the soldiers nearby.

Towards the Imperial Capital

Wu Chutai took a deep breath.

Depend on!

How can we fight this!

Although he had expected Gu Du to perform very well, he hadn't expected the battle to end so quickly... With this, they really had no hope of catching up with them...

Wu Chutai quickly looked at the staff and saw that the staff recorded Gu Du's score with a calm expression. Obviously, the score was valid.

...How can we play this?

I heard that in a previous project, the ancient capital's performance was more than ten times that of the imperial capital... He originally thought it was outrageous enough, but now it seems that the performance gap in this project may break the record.

hateful……

Wu Chutai clenched his fists. He tried to keep his expression calm and looked forward calmly.

Right now, Yu Cang must be looking at me! I can't let him see me lose my composure!

However, after a long time, he still didn't feel anyone looking at him.

Unable to help it, he secretly glanced in Yu Cang's direction, but found that he didn't care about him at all, and was smiling and chatting with the female student next to him!

you!

Wu Chutai just felt a tightness in his chest.

What is worse than ridicule is, of course, ignoring.

...No, I can't stay here anymore.

Wu Chutai stood up and said, "You guys stay here and watch. I'm going to go out for a walk."

What else are you looking at?

After that, my own team appeared, and compared with the ancient capital, I would only feel more annoyed... I might as well just ignore it.

In fact, there were no more projects in the imperial capital. If it weren't for the major armament reform that didn't allow him to leave midway, he would have really left on the spot.

But thinking about it, doing so would seem to make Yu Cang even more proud, so forget it.

"Teacher, let me accompany you..."

"No, I'm just going to go shopping by myself."

"Okay, be careful." Wen Yang could only nod.

Towards Miaodu.

Miao Xue was at a loss for words: "No way, this is just cheating... How can I have fun with this!"

In this project, Miaodu has a considerable advantage, and they can compete even against the ancient capital.

After all, the mustard flying insect is very small and has a stealth effect, so it can easily pass through the trap area and approach the outpost.

At that time, they would suddenly teleport and launch a surprise attack, making this project basically not difficult. Even if the ancient capital was strong, it would still waste time on checking for traps.

But now... this is too much. You guys just rushed through it without even leaving any information behind!

Miao Feng came up and said, "It's okay, little sister. It's great that we can come in second."

"roll."

"Okay."

…

Afterwards, more and more teams entered the project challenge one after another. It can be seen that as the competition has progressed, everyone has become more proficient in how to fight in the Dire Border, but compared to the ancient capital... the gap is still too big.

Even when encountering some teams with outstanding performances, no one wanted to be surprised.

Soon, this project was over. Among the results that often took more than ten or twenty minutes, and some were even unfinished, Gu Du's result of twenty seconds was simply as fake as a fake. To those who were not aware of the situation, they would definitely think that there was some shady deal going on.

The project ended without any setbacks, and soon the list of the next project was announced.

It's "armed infiltration."

Wu Chutai strolled outside the hall and heard the noise in the hall, which seemed to indicate that the project was over, so he walked back with his hands behind his back.

As soon as I entered the door, I suddenly saw the team list posted on the platform out of the corner of my eye.

Um?

How come there is still an ancient capital!

Wu Chutai took a deep breath.

You know what, the scenery outside this border is pretty, but the wind and sand are so strong.

Don't rush back, walk around a few more times.

Wu Chutai turned around and left.

but……

Wu Chutai muttered to himself.

Armed infiltration has always been relatively unpopular. Have you all signed up for this project?

Don’t tell me you’ve applied for all nine projects in this major revision!

When Wu Chutai thought of this possibility, the corners of his mouth twitched.

He came here today to watch his own team kill people, not to watch you, Gudu, take charge of the game!

Moreover, he originally thought that the two consecutive collisions with Gudu in the morning were caused by Yu Cang's interference, making the Gudu team deliberately target him... Now it seems that it is not the case at all, they are targeting every participating team equally.

I just happened to catch up... Damn, how could that Yu Cang kid be so lucky! If the person in charge of Gudu had always intended to report everything, then Yu Cang wouldn't have needed to use Ren Zheng's connections to make fun of me. He wouldn't have to do anything, and I'd be so angry right there, like a clown...

If he had known earlier, he would have stayed in Yujiangli... He shouldn't have come here!

Forget it, there’s no way I can go back. It makes me angry just thinking about it, so I’d better continue shopping.

By noon...

Wu Chutai narrowed his eyes slightly.

He's going to complain to the jury!

Gu Du's behavior is too outrageous, it's simply a disregard for the Armament Overhaul competition system! This kind of behavior must not be tolerated and must be severely punished.

Well... after all, he has the four major families standing behind him, so there should be people who listen to his advice.

…

The rules of armed infiltration are quite simple.

The previous mobile raid was to destroy the outpost, and this armed infiltration is naturally to infiltrate the enemy's settlement.

The project requires that the team must bypass all the settlement's defenses while ensuring combat effectiveness and sneak into their warehouse where the phantom crystals are stored without being discovered.

The mission ends here, but if you can take out as many ghost crystals as possible from the warehouse, you will get extra points.

The first one to appear is still the ancient capital.

On the seat.

Miao Feng was very interested.

In the past two days, I have been watching the ancient capital’s killing spree in every project. To be honest, I am a little aesthetically fatigued.

But occasionally, the ancient capital seems to come alive and use some unexpected ways to get through, which is quite interesting to watch.

Seeing Miao Feng's expectant expression, Miao Xue said without even looking up while flipping through her personal terminal:

"Don't think about it. This battle in the ancient capital will definitely be boring."

"Hmm?" Miao Feng turned his head. "What do you mean?"

Miao Xue sighed, "The ancient capital can become invisible... Never mind, the project has already begun, you can see for yourself."

Miao Feng was stunned and turned around to look. The broadcast soul card in front of the stage had lit up, but... there was no sign of the warriors from the ancient capital.

Where are the people?

Didn’t come?

However, although no one could be seen, the perspective of the broadcasting soul card was still moving. Along the way, they passed by those wild beasts with black and purple skin from time to time, but none of them noticed them... It was as if they were watching a documentary.

The settlement is not populated only by people from the border country, but also by many other wild beasts. However, judging from their appearance, they are held in the hands of the people from the border country like pets. Obviously, their relationship is not symbiosis, but slavery.

Even the Phantom Light Eater that would explode at the slightest touch was behaving well in the hands of the people from the border country, showing no signs of self-destruction at all, and no one knew why.

Until one moment.

The perspective of the broadcasting soul card passed through the entire settlement and came to the warehouse in the center.

The so-called warehouse was nothing more than a cave with many vines at the entrance. These vines seemed to absorb light, and although the warehouse was brightly lit, not a single light leaked out of the cave entrance.

Everyone felt a flash before their eyes, and their vision suddenly entered the warehouse. Irregular dim light crystals all over the ground came into view. However, before they could react, these dim light crystals... disappeared in an instant!

Disappeared in full view of everyone!

Everyone was stunned.

What happened...

You can become invisible, yes, but shouldn't this ability only work on yourself? Then how did these ghostly light crystals disappear...

Miao Feng took a breath of cold air.

"Is this their invisibility, or is it group invisibility?"

Thanks to book friend 20220701210007899 for the reward!

(End of this chapter)