Chapter 455 Stepping into the Rock!
At 2:30 a.m., a convoy consisting of three off-road vehicles and two pickup trucks drove out of the Flameheart Base, quickly blending into the night, and sped towards their target—the Rock Base.
The headlights were only turned on with the necessary low beams as the car cautiously explored the road in the dark.
As they approached the outer perimeter of the rocky area, the lead vehicle noticeably slowed down.
To avoid attracting the attention of the Pan Shi base too early with the beams of the headlights and the noise of the engine, Lu Nange and her group chose to park their car at the edge of an abandoned factory area that was farther away than the parking area in the morning, with more complex terrain and more cover.
The vehicle is turned off.
The continuous abnormal temperature rise meant that even in the dead of night, the residual heat in the air had not dissipated, and there was even a faint glimmer of light on the horizon, rather than pure darkness.
The moonlight and sparse starlight barely outlined the ruins. While visibility was poor, it wasn't a problem to see the uneven ground beneath their feet and the obstacles not far ahead, which provided some convenience for their subsequent stealth advance...
With a slight thought, Lu Nange stored the five cars into her personal space.
He turned his head and his gaze fell on Shi Xu.
"I'll lead the way, and I'll be responsible for reconnaissance and route selection... Brother Xu, you cover the rear, and use your mental energy to cover the fan-shaped area behind us. Immediately warn us of any unusual activity."
"Don't worry, leave the rear to me." Shi Xu turned around and walked towards the end of the line.
Lu Nange: "Attention everyone! Stay close to the person in front, watch your step, avoid any objects that may make noise, and breathe softly!"
Remember our guiding principles for the next operation—stealth, speed, and a single, decisive strike!
Chi Yanzhou: "From this moment on, we are the shadows, until the moment we tear apart the rock-solid defenses with our own hands! Do you understand?"
"Understood!" the fifty men replied in hushed tones, their voices short and forceful.
"Let's go!" Lu Nange waved her arm forward and moved first, as if blending into the night.
The entire team began to operate silently.
The team members maintained a distance from each other, following Lu Nange one after another like ghosts.
The team stayed close to the ruins and shadows, avoiding the searchlights sweeping back and forth from the watchtower at the stone gate...
They moved silently along the base of the rock wall, using its shadow as the best cover.
Everyone was on edge, their ears catching any unusual sound, their eyes scanning their surroundings warily...
After a tense and suspenseful stealth, the team finally arrived at an area located to the side and rear of the base.
Lu Nange used her mental energy to probe the area and found that there were relatively few sentry posts above, making it the weakest point in the rock-solid defense system.
Lu Nange lowered her voice to a whisper: "Aye, Xingyou, Zhuoge, Xiange... get the ladder halfway up!"
Lu Beiye, Luo Xingyou, He Zhuo, and Ji Xian immediately reached out, and metal and earth-elemental steps appeared on the wall, leading them up the perimeter of the wall...
Chi Yanzhou scanned the surroundings and above: "Maintain absolute silence, steady your breathing, and don't move! Wait for the signal!"
"Shi Xu, let's go!" Lu Nange shouted in a low voice and took the lead on the earthen steps.
Shi Xu followed closely behind, the two deliberately maintaining a safe distance of several meters between them, so that they could support each other and avoid overlapping or interfering with each other's mental detection range due to being too close.
As their bodies began to move upwards, their immense spiritual power silently spread towards the watchtower above them.
Inside the sentry post, the atmosphere was completely different from the tense and solemn one outside the wall.
The patrolmen on the three rocks were in a state of complacency.
One of them stretched and yawned widely...
"Third brother, it's our turn to rest tomorrow, how about it? Let's go to the slave quarters and pick out a few girls to play with? I heard Captain Xiao got a batch of 'new stock'!"
A man with cloudy eyes nudged his companion with his elbow, a lewd smile on his face.
The man called the third brother licked his slightly chapped lips and chuckled softly.
"Perfect timing! I haven't even had a chance to warm up the crystal cores I just received! Let's go check them out! If there are any good ones, we'll have some fun together! Old Zhu, are you coming?"
He turned to look at another man leaning against the wall, who seemed somewhat absent-minded.
"I'm not going... This batch of 'new goods' isn't of good quality. Yesterday, news came back that even Team Leader Huang was caught and died outside 'Flame Heart'."
The higher-ups are furious and discussing how to deal with 'Flameheart'...
I have to go help out downstairs after my shift ends, so I don't have time to hang out with you guys.
"Old Zhu, you're going down there again? In the slave district now, apart from those who grow vegetables and raise pigs, the rest have almost all been killed, haven't they?"
"If it weren't for Captain Xiao bringing in this batch, we wouldn't have many 'new supplies' left at this base... And that lab downstairs, it's still operating!"
Old Zhu gave a vague reply: "Hmm... who knows what the higher-ups want... anyway, if they tell me to go, I'll go..."
Third Brother: "Old Zhu, have you heard when we're going to make our move? If we take down 'Flameheart,' we'll have all our supplies and 'new goods' in our hands, right?"
Just as the echoes of that conversation had barely faded away—pfft…pfft…pfft…
Three extremely faint, muffled thuds, like ripe berries falling naturally from branches and hitting the soft earth, came almost simultaneously...
Inside the sentry post, the three patrolmen didn't even have time to react. They felt as if they had been struck by an invisible hammer between their eyebrows or on the back of their heads. Their consciousness instantly plunged into boundless darkness, and their bodies slumped to the ground, lifeless...
Having achieved their primary objective, Lu Nange and Shi Xu did not pause their ascent.
They continued up the steps, and stopped when they were about halfway up the height and in a blind spot to the side of the watchtower.
This height and angle were just right so that their extended mental energy could reach the other two sentry posts on the left and right sides, which were a little further apart.
Lu Nange tilted her head slightly and pointed to the direction to her right.
Shi Xu immediately nodded, indicating that he understood.
The two men's mental strength was once again like that of two top snipers, silently pulling the trigger at the same time!
The mental energy entered the minds of the patrol personnel on both sides of the sentry post.
Puff... Puff...
Puff... Puff...
The same muffled sound, so faint it was almost drowned out by the night wind, came from the watchtowers on both sides.
Cleaning complete!
Clean and efficient, leaving no survivors, and without alerting any alarms!
The first breach leading into the interior of the Rock Base was silently pried open!
Lu Nange stopped at the top of the steps. Using the shadow of the outer edge of the watchtower as cover, she quickly scanned the inside of the watchtower and the surrounding area with her mental power. After confirming that it was absolutely safe, she immediately waved her hand vigorously down the steps.
The moment Chi Yanzhou saw the hand gesture, he shouted, "Go!"
Following the pre-arranged order, the team members climbed upwards one by one along the temporary metal and earth-based steps.
Everyone moved as quietly as possible, and apart from the rustling of their clothes and extremely faint breathing, there was no other noise.
When the last team member successfully climbed onto the watchtower, the group did not linger for a moment, nor did they even glance at the three gradually cooling corpses on the ground.
Lu Nange has found the stairs leading to the bottom of the wall.
She made a "follow" gesture and took the lead in walking down the path.
Behind them, Lu Beiye, Lu Xici, Chi Yanzhou... and all the team members followed in turn.
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