Chapter 1571: No Way to Escape, Fighting Each Other!

It's evening.

The Wolf Fang team left wisely and did not ask to share a camp.

This is very common in the eastern wilderness where there are no rules. After all, each team has its own secrets and considerations, and too much intersection often means more risks.

No one knows when night falls, whether a friendly friend a second ago will change his face in an instant and draw a sword against him for a little resource.

You can't even be sure of the other party's identity. If you have taken refuge with a foreign race and become a traitor, camping near the other party will be like a sheep in the tiger's mouth, and you don't know how to die.

The bonfire was lit, and the members of the fire suppression team sat around, eating dry food in silence.

The atmosphere was solemn, and occasionally someone whispered a few words, which were also considerations about the next trip.

"Captain, something seems to be wrong. How about we go back?"

Torres frowned and broke the brief silence, with a bit of irritation and uneasiness in his voice.

"What do these aliens want to do? They can't drive us all together just for fun, right?"

Zhao Lei did not, his expression was solemn, as if he was considering whether to give up the mission.

Although the fire suppression team only encountered one attack, no one knew what the aliens were planning. If they fell into a trap and wanted to leave, it might not be that simple.

"Merrick, what do you think?"

"I don't know, what if it's just the Wolf Fang team being driven away by aliens?"

nonsense.

Zhao Lei looked at He Qin speechlessly, "What about you?"

"Go back, keep the green hills, and don't worry about running out of firewood. This time it's really a bit weird."

+1 for return ticket.

Counting Torres and Sanchez, three of the eight people want to escape.

"We've come this far, and now we're just going back. We won't do A-level missions in the future?"

Neil voted forward with some dissatisfaction. The journey was uneventful, far smoother than the previous missions of the fire suppression team, and they only encountered one alien attack.

Moreover, in the past, other teams were beaten to pieces, but some teams were lucky enough not to encounter a foreign race even once?

Zhao Lei paused and then looked at Gao Ruoyun, who simply voted forward.

Her team had failed in the Baiduan Mountains before, which was far more dangerous than this time.

We don't even see any specific danger right now, so there's no reason to retreat now.

Vice-captain Merrick abstained, leaving the score three to two.

Zhao Lei thought for a moment. As the most experienced mercenary in the team, he really shouldn't be so retreating right now.

Being a mercenary is a job where your head is tied to your belt, so there is no reason to be so timid.

Three to three.

The decision-making power passed back and forth, and finally it fell on Sumo.

"Qin Yuan, what about you, do you think we should go back now or move on to complete the mission?"

Zhao Lei's eyes looked directly at Su Mo with a bit of expectation and anxiety, and everyone's eyes also focused on him.

For a moment, the atmosphere in the camp seemed to have solidified. Only the campfire was still burning cracklingly, and sparks popped out from time to time, as if waiting for Somo's answer.

"Well..."

Sumo pondered for a moment, "Captain, this matter is easy to say. If the alien race is really as Captain Xu suspected, they are deliberately driving us here and intending to circle everyone together, then what we want now If you retreat, I’m afraid it will be impossible.”

Zhao Lei was startled and instinctively asked quickly: "How do you say this?"

Sumo glanced at everyone and explained with a calm expression: "If you think about it carefully, the aliens always have a clear purpose in their actions. If they want to force us to give up the mission and return to the level, there is no need to use such troublesome means. Right now. , in my opinion, there are actually only two possibilities.”

"The first possibility is that the teams we met before may have activities that are important to the alien race in their respective mission areas, so the alien race has put those areas under martial law. During the execution of the mission, the patrol team Then the teams were driven here."

"If this is the case, not only will we not need to escape, but we will be able to complete the task more conveniently while the alien race's attention is distracted."

Neil and Gao Ruoyun couldn't help but nod, they thought so too.

Since the alien race has put all its troops on those routes, doesn't it mean that the route where the fire suppression team is located is empty of troops?

"What about the second one?"

"The second one is a bit tricky. If they deliberately drove people to this route and carefully planned and laid it out, they would definitely not give us the possibility of escaping. The aliens will definitely be there when we return. There are heavy troops on the route, and as soon as we step into the trap, we will be under siege.”

After saying that, Su Mo paused and said, "It's very simple to verify. As long as we try to walk a little further tomorrow, we will know. If we don't encounter a foreign race, it means the first possibility is high. If meet..."

"Okay, just give it a try as Qin Yuan said!"

Zhao Lei made the decision on the spot.

He felt like a mirror in his mind. The forward votes and backward votes in the team were almost equal at the moment. If one of them was chosen hastily at this time, those players who supported the other option would definitely murmur in their hearts and breed dissatisfaction.

If there is danger in the future, the team may be dispersed in a few seconds.

But if he followed Soma's suggestion, the situation would be completely different.

If the first possibility comes up, everyone will carry out the task resolutely without worrying about encountering additional dangers.

If it's the second kind...

Then we can only take one step at a time.

Although everyone still had doubts in their hearts, they all nodded in agreement.

The night became darker and darker, and the camp gradually became quiet, with only the occasional "cracking" sound of the campfire and the slight footsteps of the guards on duty.

Everyone was lying in the tent, but they could not sleep. Somo's words and the unknown road ahead kept appearing in their minds, making them feel uneasy.

But this night, Sumo had a good sleep for the first time in a long time.

Until the sky lit up, Zhao Lei didn't ask him to get up for duty, so he just sat there and stayed up all night.

According to the plan set yesterday, after having breakfast and packing their bags, the team returned the same way.

Everyone had a dignified and vigilant look on their faces, weapons tightly held in their hands, and their eyes scanning the surroundings from time to time.

At first, the journey was peaceful and nothing unusual happened.

But just when everyone was about to breathe a sigh of relief, fierce firefights and explosions suddenly came from the front.

Everyone looked around and saw a group of flying aliens approaching quickly from the sky like dark clouds. They were huge, with their wings whipping up gusts of wind, and green wind blades spraying from their mouths.

The two mercenary teams on the opposite side could only fight while running, and they were in an extremely embarrassed state.

"Turn around quickly, don't be targeted by them."

Zhao Lei was so frightened that his face turned pale and he quickly shouted to turn around. The all-terrain vehicle drifted and roared towards the opposite side of the flying alien race.

However, soon, before they had gone thirty kilometers, they encountered another alien patrol team.

It was dozens of rat monsters holding dwarf energy knives.

Seeing the car approaching, the rat monster bared its teeth and was about to rush forward. However, He Qin braked in time and turned around, and then relied on speed to escape the rat monster's pursuit.

"Damn, Qin Yuan really got it right!" Torres' face turned pale, his body stuck outside the car, and he was shooting and cursing.

The ferocious rat monster looked terrifying, but it only chased it for a kilometer or two before it stopped immediately. It could be seen that it was just not letting the convoy leave this range.

"What should we do now? These aliens have surrounded us."

Sanchez shrank back, his lips were bloodless, and the gun in his hand was somewhat unsteady.

Being cut off by the alien race means that even if they complete the A-level mission, they may not be able to return alive.

Moreover, the alien race has driven everyone to this route, who knows what plans they are preparing.

"Don't panic, everyone, let's go back to where we camped yesterday!"

At this moment, Zhao Lei could only play his role as captain and forcibly stabilize the morale of the army.

When we return to the camping site, the surrounding environment will be a little safer.

Not only did others turn their attention to Su Mo, but even Zhao Lei also looked at him asking for help.

"Brother Qin, it seems that the second possibility you mentioned is true. What do you think we should do now?"

The doctor found in the team suddenly became a think tank.

No one thought this huge change was abrupt, but they all thought it was very reasonable.

"As for us now...actually we haven't been affected too much. On the contrary, it has helped us."

"Um?"

"Since the alien race won't let us leave and keeps driving surrounding teams here, we might as well take advantage of this gap and speed up to complete the task first. Once we find an opportunity to escape, we can break out immediately."

Sumo smiled naturally.

After verifying his conjecture last night, the strange movements of the alien race suddenly gave him a bold idea.

Because the level of the abyss city beast is too strong, it has reached the demigod level restricted by this world.

As a result, they have been restricted by the game for a long time and cannot directly participate in the main battlefield between humans and aliens to prevent the balance from being disrupted.

The last time he obtained 30% of the authority, Sumo used it as a back-up, allowing Connie to rewrite the dead soldiers trained inside at any time and deliver a fatal blow to the alien race at the critical moment.

Unexpectedly, the foreign race had no intention of using the city beast on the battlefield, but only used it as a tool to cultivate dead soldiers, leaving it alone in the Baiduan Mountains, leaving it to fend for itself.

Now, since the aliens have tried their best to drive the mercenary team towards the Baiduan Mountains, does that mean that he can use the powerful abilities of the city beasts to catch these aliens off guard?

"If these aliens really have any special plan to directly rewrite the beliefs of the tens of millions of dead soldiers who came out of the city beast, it would be a great scene..."

On this trip to the Baiduan Mountains, Soma's main purpose was to completely occupy the remaining authority of the city beast.

It would be great if we could take the opportunity to give the alien race another hard blow, directly breaking up the alien race's effective forces and ensuring that there would be no more accidents during the second gambling battle.

"You're right. If we can complete the task as soon as possible, we can focus entirely on escaping."

Zhao Lei fell into deep thought, and after a while, he still agreed with Sumo's proposal.

Opportunities come with risks, and risks may bring opportunities at any time.

If the fire suppression team can complete their mission, everyone will be united as never before in joining forces to escape.

On the contrary, if there is no common interest, everyone will only care about themselves and not care about the life and death of others.

At the same time, Zhao Lei also believed, "Since the aliens are so arrogant in driving the mercenaries on the front line, our rear checkpoints will definitely be aware of it, and maybe they will send out a response team?"

"The captain is right. We should complete our mission first. If we rush to escape now, we will only become the first target of the alien race."

Merrick also agreed, but his idea was much darker.

As the saying goes, it is better to die than to die.

"Even if it is time for us to break out, it is easier for dozens of mercenaries to rush out together than for our fire suppression team to break through the alien defense line alone."

"Okay, I agree, let's do this mission first."

"We are afraid of the aliens. At most, we can dig a hole in the mountain and drill it. It's easy to rely on the supplies in the storage space to support them for a year."

"Yes, one year later, Su Shen won the second gambling fight, and the aliens were completely defeated. Will they still pay attention to us?"

"Let's go! Let's go now and try to catch up with the progress of the teams ahead!"

The morale of the team was mobilized, and the two tough guys who wanted to escape were also excited.

"Well, let's set off now and try to make up for the rest of the previous two days today."

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Eastern front checkpoint

As Zhao Lei guessed, the large-scale mobilization of personnel by the aliens did attract the attention of the commanders.

At first, only a few mercenary teams were driven away, which was still within the normal range of abnormal movement.

But after two or three days, hundreds of mercenary teams were driven by the aliens to embark on a route, and Zero immediately sent the warning information to each commander's terminal.

However, considering the confidentiality of Su Mo's trip, he did not tell these people that Su Mo was also in the mercenary team.

Including Su Deben, he was unaware of this.

"Since the aliens are so blatantly besieging our mercenary team, why don't we send out a group of new recruits and practice with these guys?"

"I think it's okay. There are no major battles to fight recently. If the aliens want to show off, we will join them."

"How many people should we send? 50,000, isn't it a bit too much?"

"If there are too many people, it may evolve into a big war. The second gambling fight is about to begin. We'd better keep a low profile."

"Then 30,000 people. If there are fewer, if the aliens increase their troops, our manpower may not be able to support them."

"30,000 people are not safe. It's better to match them with two heavy armored corps to support them in the rear."

In the meeting room, a group of commanders discussed.

For the arrogant behavior of the aliens, everyone quickly reached a consensus that they must severely strike a wave of the arrogance of the other side and never let these aliens launch tactical actions recklessly.

Besides, the mercenaries are also fighting for humans. There is no reason not to support them.

"Let's divide them into 20 legions, each with 2,000 people, 1,500 new soldiers and 500 veterans."

"Ten legions form a group, and take turns to train."

After summarizing the opinions of the commanders, the commander-in-chief Su Deben quickly made up his mind.

The information was transmitted to Terminal Zero.

The artificial intelligence worked for a long time, but in the end, it did not give any extra suggestions.

After all, from his point of view, considering the challenges Su Mo had encountered before, the current situation is just like an outing, and there is no threat at all!

At the same time, if Su Mo wants to leave, he can use the game's teleportation to leave at any time. It is completely a fantasy for the aliens to want to surround and kill him in such a stupid way!

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