Chapter 1570 Destroy the Mountain Road, Aliens Take Action!

As night fell, the unlit wilderness was almost pitch dark, with only a few faint moonlights struggling to penetrate the clouds, casting a dim glow.

On the first night after leaving the checkpoint, except for the three unlucky guys in the Youyue team, who were exhausted after running for four days and nights without sleep and were now sleeping very soundly, the others did not sleep very deeply.

Including Su Mo, they were basically half asleep and half awake, and would be woken up from time to time by the noise made by Torres.

At four o'clock in the night, it was the darkest and the coldest.

Just when everyone finally managed to get a little sleepy, as expected, Torres's loud voice like a bell exploded in the camp again:

"Shit! What the hell!"

Wow.

This time even the three injured were scared and sat up, and the whole camp was boiling instantly.

The team members in the tents grabbed their weapons in a hurry and rushed out, their eyes terrified and confused.

However, after more than ten seconds, everyone saw Zhao Lei walking out of the darkness with an apologetic look on his face, waving his hands constantly, and his expression was quite embarrassed.

It turned out that a garbage bag was blown from nowhere and put on Torres' head, which almost scared this guy to death, thinking that it was a magic released by an alien race.

Until now, Torres was still in shock, and his hands trembled as he pulled off the garbage bag on his head, and he kept muttering dirty words.

"Captain, why don't you take a rest, and let me take them on duty?"

Merrick sighed helplessly. If this goes on, the people on duty will be tired, and the people who sleep will not sleep well.

If there is really a tough battle to fight tomorrow, this depressed state will definitely not work.

"Okay, we will leave later today and wait until the sky is completely bright before leaving."

Zhao Lei yawned loudly, resisting the sleepiness.

Seeing Su Mo and Gao Ruoyun pick up their weapons swiftly, their movements were neat and their eyes were clear, he finally let go of half of his worries.

Although both of them were new members of the team, especially Su Mo, who had just become a new mercenary.

But since they left the checkpoint, their performance was no less than that of the old members of the team. Facing various emergencies, they were calm and composed, and they could handle them with ease. At least they looked much more reliable than Torres and Sanchez, the two "silly brothers" who made trouble from time to time.

In this dangerous wilderness, it was a blessing in disguise to have such a reliable new teammate.

"Brother Qin, you guard the left side. If you feel sleepy, tell me."

"Miss Gao, you guard the right side. If there is any situation, we will contact them with the communicator first, so as not to wake them up."

As the deputy captain, Merrick was responsible for patrolling the surrounding area with weapons after instructing the two.

Su Mo responded and walked steadily to the guard position on the left.

After Merrick's figure gradually blended into the night and disappeared from sight, he flipped his hand and took out the copy of Zero from the storage space.

Su Mo gently stroked the small square, and after about a few seconds, Zero's main body in the level projected over.

"Master, your location is... 494 kilometers east?"

"Yes, I have already gone deep into the east."

Su Mo nodded slightly, "Help me check the recent movements of the aliens and simulate their deployment and sweeping map."

Zero did not reply immediately, and replied after a few seconds, "Master, according to the latest intelligence summary, I have sent the simulated deployment map to the copy. In recent times, they have increased the frequency of external sweeps, but at present, the probability of preparing for a larger-scale military operation is only 4%."

"I understand, I should leave your signal coverage tomorrow, and just notify Su Deben if there is any situation."

After that, Su Mo closed the communication with Zero and opened the deployment map sent from the copy to check.

Because the aliens in the eastern region used special environmental magic to block signal transmission, the maximum coverage range of Zero is only 600 kilometers, so the alien deployment within this range is very clear.

Outside, we can only rely on the information brought back by the mercenaries to speculate.

"Fortunately, although the Baiduan Mountains are a high-risk area, as long as we can avoid the directions where the aliens sweep at a high frequency, we should not encounter too many patrols."

Soon, Su Mo found a relatively safe route from the route map deduced by Zero.

As for how to persuade Zhao Lei to change the team's route, it is not difficult.

Su Mo quickly edited a message through the Zero copy. As long as Zhao Lei opened the task ball at dawn, he would receive the route change information from the terminal at the same time.

In the following time, the camp finally calmed down, and no accidents happened.

Until dawn, when it was time to release the task, Zhao Lei was awakened by the vibrating watch.

He took out the mechanical task ball from his backpack, and there were only a few minutes left on it.

By the time Zhao Lei got up and washed his face, the countdown of the mission ball had just finished.

Click.

A mechanical transmission sounded, and a small chip storing mission information fell out.

Zhao Lei caught it in a hurry and inserted it into the terminal he carried with him.

About a few seconds later, the specific content of the A-level mission of the fire suppression team was displayed on the screen.

[A-level mission: destroy the mountain road]

[Task description: There are more than three million aliens in the Baiduan Mountains. Please choose the main mountain roads in the mountains to destroy them, block the efficiency of the aliens' entry and exit, curb the expansion of the aliens, and gain valuable strategic advantages for mankind]

[Task point: 0/8 (just destroy eight main mountain roads at will)]

"Destroy the mountain road?"

Zhao Lei was overjoyed, this kind of task was basically the simplest type.

There is no need to confront aliens and fight to the death, nor does one need to take huge risks and sneak into a designated mission location, always being on guard against being discovered by aliens.

If they're lucky, maybe the fire suppression team won't have to fight aliens until the mission is completed.

At the same time, the terminal sounded a new prompt.

When Zhao Lei opened it, he was even more delighted.

Since the aliens have stepped up their raids, a safe route map to the Baiduan Mountains came with the mission.

This route map not only marked in detail which areas along the way were blind spots for alien patrols, but also marked which areas could be used as temporary hiding spots to avoid danger, and even pointed out the most suitable time period for quick passage.

"God is really helping me!"

Zhao Lei couldn't help but patted his thigh excitedly, with a fiery light shining in his eyes.

Fortunately, he was not frightened by those three people and returned directly last night. If he retreated, how could he possibly encounter such a simple A-level mission in the future?

After breakfast, Zhao Lei made an excuse to send away the three members of Youxue team, and then announced the mission content.

As he expected, no one in the team backed down, and everyone thought this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

Each of the four A-level missions required to advance to S-level is like walking a tightrope on a cliff.

Even if the team disperses after completing this mission, everyone's treatment will be greatly improved by virtue of completing an A-level mission.

"Okay, leave them three days of supplies and we'll set off immediately."

Zhao Lei ordered in a deep voice.

There is a lot of food carried in the storage space, which is enough to feed eight people for three months. Even if three days' worth is left for the three survivors of Youxue Team, it is just a drop in the bucket and will not affect the subsequent itinerary at all.

Following Zhao Lei's order, everyone quickly took action and packed up the camp in an orderly manner.

The tents were neatly dismantled, and all kinds of equipment were carefully returned to their places. After a while, only an empty grassland remained in the originally bustling camp, as if no one had ever stayed here.

At nine o'clock in the morning, the sun penetrated the clouds and cast thousands of golden lights, giving the all-terrain vehicle a golden coat.

Under the slightly envious and grateful gazes of the three surviving members of Youxue Team, the vehicle started slowly. The engine hummed in a low speed, and the wheels kicked up bursts of dust as it sped forward.

Relying on the route map deduced by Zero, the next two days went really smoothly.

Like a sharp long sword, the guided route cut right into the gap between the alien patrols, leading the fire suppression team to escape the encirclement of the alien patrols several times.

Of course, the planned route was inferred based on intelligence after all. The closer to the foreign hinterland, the greater the possibility of encountering enemies along the route.

Zhao Lei also knew this very well and constantly controlled the speed of the team's progress.

On the first day, the fire suppression team successfully advanced 300 kilometers during the day without encountering any aliens.

On the second day, as they were approaching the limit of the B-level mission, Zhao Lei once again ordered the team to slow down.

And due to the complex and changeable terrain, with rolling mountains and crisscrossing ravines, we only advanced about two hundred kilometers in one day.

Until the morning of the third day, the convoy came to a narrow valley.

Choosing the detour would mean walking nearly 150 kilometers longer, but going directly through it would only take 12 kilometers.

Perhaps it was the success of the first three days that paralyzed everyone's caution, but Zhao Lei finally bit the bullet and chose to cross.

Passing along the steep and towering mountain walls on both sides, the speed of the all-terrain vehicle can only be maintained at about twenty yards.

In the constant prayers of everyone, the alien attack finally arrived, although it was late.

A sharp whistling sound pierced the sky, and several boulders rolled down from the top of the canyon, exploding in front of the convoy, sending up smoke and dust all over the sky.

"Enemy attack! Take cover!"

Zhao Lei roared loudly.

He Qin's reaction was extremely fast. He clenched the steering wheel with both hands and gave it a sharp turn. The all-terrain vehicle drifted sideways and accurately hid behind a huge rock the size of a house.

With the help of this natural bunker, everyone quickly got out of the car and found the enemy.

A group of about twenty flying aliens.

The wings spread out are more than two meters long, and the feathers all over its body glow with a metallic luster under the sunlight.

"Hit me!"

Firemen Torres and Sanchez fired at the same time, bullets flying high into the sky like raindrops.

Merrick and Neil quickly spread out, taking advantage of the surrounding terrain to outflank and find blind spots for shooting.

Sumo saw the right opportunity, took out a few smoke bombs and lit them nearby, blocking the view of the aliens in the sky.

Surprisingly, these flying aliens didn't seem to want to fight. After paying the price of six corpses, they screamed and left the battlefield.

"You're lucky. If you encounter a foreign race on the ground, you'll have to kill them for at least a few rounds."

Zhao Lei exclaimed that he was lucky, and quickly called everyone to get into the car, and drove out of the Grand Canyon as if running for their lives.

It was not until they completely left the canyon and there were no towering stone walls on both sides that everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

Because they were attacked and were likely to fall into the encirclement of aliens, the team did not continue to move forward, but took a detour to a low-lying area dozens of kilometers away from the canyon to camp and rest, and decided to set off again in two days.

But no one expected that during the two days of rest, the fire suppression team would encounter seven mercenary teams in succession.

There were unfamiliar teams, and the two sides simply communicated their identities with flags, and even the communicators would not be connected. Until they confirmed that they were all mercenary teams, they would leave far away and not disturb each other.

But there were also familiar mercenary teams, such as the Wolf Fang team.

The two teams quickly approached and greeted each other.

Zhao Lei and the captain of the Wolf Fang team seemed to be very familiar with each other, and they hugged each other as soon as they met.

"Lao Xu, you're pretty fast. Weren't you still short of two people when I left?"

"Hey, how can I say that? Didn't you find two people in one day?"

The two of them exchanged pleasantries and learned that the Wolf Fang Squad also received a mission near the Baiduan Mountains.

However, the mission location is a bit far from that of the Fire Suppression Squad, at least 300 kilometers away.

"Hey, that's not right. Why did you take this road to go there?"

"Isn't it because of the aliens?" Lao Xu sighed heavily, his face full of helplessness, and began to complain, telling the Wolf Fang Squad's experiences in the past few days one by one.

"We originally planned another route, but we encountered a crazy attack from aliens not long after we set out. Those guys were like crazy, one wave after another. We could only fight and retreat, and there was no way to change the route temporarily. We detoured to this side and finally felt a little safer."

"Eh? Didn't you get attacked by aliens?"

"Yes, we stayed here to rest after being attacked."

Zhao Lei replied later, but his face became more solemn, thinking in his heart that this matter was a bit strange.

If only the Wolf Fang team was driven here by the aliens, he wouldn't be surprised.

But in the past two days, we have encountered seven teams one after another. Could it be that those teams were also driven here?

Su Mo, who was sitting on the side, also frowned. In fact, as early as when the teams passed this route one after another, he had already felt something was wrong.

Logically speaking, he had picked this route based on Zero's intelligence, which was very different from the original routes of those teams, but now everyone was driven to the same route...

"Does the alien race have any special plan?"

According to Zero's analysis, the possibility of starting a war was only 4%, so Su Mo ruled it out at the first time.

But what would be the purpose of driving all the mercenary teams to one route without a war?

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