Chapter 353 Assessment Point

Chapter 353 - Assessment Point

The mobile base vehicle painted with a layer of desert camouflage was not driving fast to begin with, and it was even slower with the ups and downs of the sand dunes. In addition, it had to consider the power storage. It could only travel for 12 hours a day. Not only did the vehicle need to rest and recharge, but even Chen Fei, the driver, had to take a break.

Even if he spent thousands of energy points to upgrade the "supercapacitor" skill to level 50, the capacity had more than doubled, but the power replaced by the "optical/electrical/magnetic/crystal energy universal conversion and management component" still could not be stored for 24 hours.

The feeling of being hollowed out was like being bored with everything, even beer was not fragrant.

After three days of dawdling along the way, the mobile base vehicle arrived at an oasis in the inner circle of the Central Desert. Fortunately, there was a means of transportation, otherwise it would take at least ten days to walk this road by foot.

In addition, there were many high-radiation areas along the way. If you don't want to take more anti-radiation drugs, you have to spend more effort to go around a big circle, and the time spent will only be more, not less.

According to satellite positioning, the location of the small oasis with a diameter of less than 1 km is exactly the scheduled stopover point of Team 18.

The oasis has its advantages. It can obtain water and some food on the spot, reducing the pressure on supplies. In addition, the radiation level in a small area is also low, so there is no need to worry about excessive radiation. However, the disadvantages are also obvious. Rather than being disadvantages, it is more dangerous.

The oasis will inevitably become an important habitat for mutants to fight for instinctively.

"Warning, within a radius of 5 kilometers, the number of mutants exceeds 300, and there are no mutants in the core area!"

"Adam", who is responsible for managing the mobile base vehicle, issued a warning.

The large circle surrounding the oasis is clearly a small mutant base. There are a large number of mutants above and below the sand, and some mutants visible to the naked eye are wandering back and forth.

Perhaps they have reached some kind of tacit understanding. Those mutants did not fill the small oasis. Instead, the oasis with a lake, green grass, and some large trees and bushes has become a safe pure land.

Perhaps they sensed the approach of the huge mobile base vehicle, and many mutants looked up vigilantly, but none of them made any rash moves. Perhaps they were still in doubt, judging the combat power and threat of this big guy.

The 20-meter-long mobile base vehicle was enough to intimidate some timid mutants with its size.

Team 04 and Team 18 were both sweating secretly.

Adrian Benjamin, a first-level fire magician, said to the people of Team 18 who were packing their equipment with some concern: "Do you really want to go?"

After all, they only have 12 members, and there are more than 300 vicious mutants outside. The only way to enter the oasis is to attack with all their strength.

However, this is the scheduled assessment point for Team 18. The mobile base vehicle of Team 04 can bring them all the way here, which is already a great favor. If they rashly help, the assessments of both teams may fail at the same time.

One assessment point can only accommodate one team.

"Don't worry! It's a piece of cake. You go first!" The gray-bearded captain of Team 18 waved his hand confidently, turned his head and said loudly to the young man of the Feather Tribe carrying the rail sniper rifle: "Simba, go to the farthest one first."

"Got it, sir!"

The young man of the Feather Tribe carrying the rail sniper rifle led the huge and heavy ammunition box, walked to the top of the sand slope with one foot deep and one foot shallow, set up the thick and long gun body, and set up his posture.

This position is enough to cover the entire small oasis.

Beat the mutants in the distance first, and the mutants in front may still be confused. This is indeed a good way to safely reduce the number of mutants.

"Then... I wish you good luck!"

Seeing that the other party was well prepared, Adrian Benjamin said no more.

This is a severe test that each team must face. Danger is inevitable, but for those who fight and fight, these are commonplace.

The members of Team 04 waved goodbye to their counterparts from Team 18. The two teams became familiar with each other during the days they rode in the same car.

The mobile base car turned around and sped up. Seeing this huge monster moving away from the oasis from a distance, the mutants nearby who were watching it breathed a sigh of relief.

Adrian came to the driver's seat in the car and asked, "Chen Fei, how many more days will it take us to reach the scheduled location?"

In order to take Team 18 with him, the mobile base car took an extra day, but it still needed to reach the assessment location within the scheduled time.

Chen Fei glanced at the electronic map and said, "It will take another 18 hours to reach the destination."

With the current endurance of the mobile base car, it is impossible to drive continuously for more than 12 hours. Even if it can, people can't stand such a long roller coaster state. They must rest continuously during the journey. On the one hand, they need to restore their physical strength. On the other hand, which is more important, they must maintain the combat effectiveness of most people to deal with the mutant attacks that may appear at any time. Therefore, the exact time is two days, and it is not surprising that it takes even three days.

"Beep!"

Not only Chen Fei, but also other people all heard various electronic notification sounds.

"There is a message coming!"

Adrian, a first-level fire magician who was talking to Chen Fei, frowned slightly, took out his mobile phone, and checked the group message that everyone received at the same time.

Due to the ubiquitous nuclear radiation and mutants, it is impossible to establish a large number of communication base stations in the central desert of Yangzhou Continent to cover signals to every corner, so everyone's communication equipment can be connected to satellites.

There are also multiple relay drones following that will alternately stay in the air for long periods of time to help supplement the signal strength and minimize the impact of nuclear radiation and special mutants on communications.

"Team 07 is destroyed!"

Adrian, who was the first to see the news, looked in disbelief.

It was only a short time before Team 04 even arrived at the scheduled assessment site when they received news that another team was suddenly wiped out without any warning.

You must know that the personnel ratio of each team has been carefully considered, and the abilities are comprehensively covered. Even if the overall combat effectiveness of the teams is high or low, there will not be too much difference.

Everyone in Team 04 was already mentally prepared for the dangers in the desert, but...

Another loud call ring rang.

It's Gouri's liaison officer Rossi. This guy has been indifferent to Team 04 since the departure. It's probably not good to call him at this time.

"It's Rosie, you guys, please keep your voices down, and Apu, don't talk nonsense!"

The cautious Adrian explained it once before answering the call.

"Why are you only connected now?"

Rossi's voice was as if he had been fed gunshot, full of impatience and irritability. Before Adrian could answer, he spoke quickly: "You all already know about Team 07, right?"

Adrian responded businesslikely: "Got it, Liaison Officer Rossi!"

Rossi said very rudely: "You all should be careful, don't die so casually!"

"Hey! Old Man Luo, are you worried about your bonus?"

The big black guy Apu really made a splash, and he couldn't control himself again and started telling the truth.

There was silence in the cabin of the mobile base vehicle.

"..."

Good guy, it’s really hard to say anything surprising.

Everyone's eyes focused on the big black man again, and they stared so hard that he had to swallow his next words, and instead looked innocent.

This upright boy is talking nonsense again.

"Who? Who's talking? Is it you? Adrian?"

There was a sudden silence during the call, and then the furious voice of the liaison officer came from the phone.

He will not admit that his bonus is tied to the team responsible.

Team 07 was wiped out unexpectedly. Not only did the various bonuses of the liaison officer go to waste, but they also had to be held accountable to determine whether the liaison work and various warnings were conveyed in a timely manner.

"Uh...it's not me, someone is watching a movie!"

Adrian had no choice but to open his eyes and tell lies with a wry smile. It wasn't a video call anyway. He could just talk nonsense without any proof.

"Hmph! Be careful!"

Liaison officer Rosie gritted her teeth and hung up the call.

Having been unable to get off the stage twice, no matter who it was, the mood would become very bad.

"call……"

Adrian let out a sigh of relief and slowly put away his phone, finally getting through it.

He turned his head, straightened his face, and said in a bad tone: "Apu, next time someone calls, stand farther away!"

Twice in a row, the liaison officer was furious at this big black man. Sooner or later, everyone in Team 04 would have to settle this debt. Why did this sudden disaster happen?

"Oh! Oh!"

The big black man touched the back of his head, feeling a little at a loss.

Until now, he didn't realize his mistake.

…

After 15 hours of driving on the continuously bumpy mobile base vehicle, a terrain that was incompatible with the vast sea of ​​​​sand appeared in front of the field of vision.

A rocky hill appeared on the desert horizon.

Captain Adrian Benjamin, who temporarily acted as the navigator, compared the satellite map and positioning coordinates and said loudly: "15 kilometers directly ahead is the crater of an extinct volcano. That's right, that is our assessment point."

The mobile base vehicle arrived near the assessment point earlier than expected.

Maori Meixin, who was exhausted from the car ride, lay on the table and said feebly: "We can finally stop!"

She has gradually begun to adapt to the bumpy ride, but she still feels dizzy and cannot tell the difference between east, west, north and south.

Adrian's cell phone rang. He picked it up and looked at the others and said, "Shh! It's Liaison Officer Rossi!"

Then they glared at Apu fiercely, and the others immediately pushed the big black man into the toilet and locked him in.

"Hey! What are you doing? Let me out!"

Bang bang bang!

Monk Zhang Er was confused and Apu slammed the door hard in the toilet.

"Don't make any noise, the captain needs to answer the phone."

There was a guy, Kitli, the A-level metal superpower, kicked the door angrily.

"oh!"

The big black man finally calmed down, and the others all showed expressions of relief.

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