Chapter 378 The War Has Begun

The light of the campfire disappeared.

The dark forest returned to silence.

Vito, who was crawling on the pile of rocks, moved his right eye away from the scope of the sniper rifle, and a moment of surprise flashed across his brows.

Discovered?

His eyes narrowed slightly.

He decisively put away the sniper rifle, raised his index finger and gently touched it beside his ear, and said to the other two hunters who approached.

"Vallet, Xiu, pay attention... the other party is an awakener, suspected of hearing and visual enhancement. They have entered a state of alert, you be careful."

Two responses came from the headset.

"Understood."

"Received."

After the order was issued, Vito did not hesitate at all, pulled out the signal gun on his waist, and fired a shot at the sky.

The red signal flare flickered and rose into the sky, hanging in the night sky like a red lantern.

There is a patrol team on a search mission five kilometers away. After seeing the signal they sent, they will rush to reinforce immediately.

At this time, Valet's voice came from the headset. The muscular guy said in a somewhat teasing tone.

"Is it necessary to call for reinforcements? There are only three little girls, at most a half-dead wounded soldier and two stupid bears."

In his opinion, his captain was completely too cautious.

He admitted that the disastrous defeat of the 29th Marines was indeed worthy of vigilance, but there was no need to scare himself.

Those unlucky guys who were shot in the head were just a group of recruits who had not served for two years. Whether in terms of ability or experience, they were not at the same level as the elite Marines.

Hearing his teammates' ridicule, Vito just replied indifferently.

"Be careful."

Whether the opponent is an old man, a child, or a woman, as long as it is a living enemy, he will not take it lightly.

After a pause, he continued.

"Besides, I only saw two just now, which is different from the three people in the intelligence."

A low laugh and the creaking sound of bones rubbing came from the communication channel.

"That's perfect, Xiu and I will each have one."

Xiu, who had not spoken from beginning to end, said impatiently. .

"Stop talking nonsense, hurry up and finish the work and go back."

Valet clenched his fist and grinned.

"Okay!"

...

As the campfire went out, the camp was shrouded in darkness.

His eyes gradually adapted to the dark environment. Zhimahu, who was squatting behind the tree trunk, held his breath and was alert, listening attentively to the sound of the wind passing through the forest and the rustling whispers hidden in the wind.

The awakening of LV10 did not give her particularly powerful abilities, but it gave her unparalleled hearing. Any slight movement within a radius of 100 meters could not escape her ears.

Time passed by minute by minute.

The other party did not launch an offensive immediately.

Just when she thought the confrontation would continue, a gunshot suddenly came from a distance, and a red flare rose into the sky.

Faint light from the air sprinkled into the woods. Looking up at the flare in the sky, Sisi's face changed slightly.

Almost at the same time, a loud roar suddenly tore the silence in the forest, accompanied by heavy steps, a burly figure rushed towards the direction of the camp.

The two-meter-five body was as strong as an ox, and what was particularly incredible was the exaggerated running speed. In a few breaths, it was close to the edge of the camp.

Zhimahu pulled the trigger first, and dozens of bullets were poured out in the flash of fire, forming a dense firepower network in the forest, but it did not stop his charge at all.

"Is it fake?!"

She didn't have time to be surprised, and she quickly replaced the empty magazine.

Just when Zhimahu stopped firing, Sisi, who was calmly aiming, finally waited until the man entered the attack range.

The magnetic slingshot that was ready to go suddenly fired, focusing fire towards his face, but the next scene made Sisi open his eyes in surprise.

The man raised his sturdy left arm, not only resisting the six magnetically accelerated projectiles, but also running without any pause.

This guy——

Is he a mutant? !

"Haha! It's useless——!"

With a rebellious laugh, Valite threw the short axe in his right hand.

The distance of more than ten meters passed in a flash, and seeing that the flying short axe was about to hit Sisi's chest, the big white bear in steel armor roared, slapped the flying axe away with a slap, and then rushed up with his legs.

Seeing the big white bear rushing towards him, Valite was not panicked at all, but met it without dodging, and fought with Rourou in close combat.

"Are you the talking bear?"

Being stared at by those two green eyes, Rourou was panicking, but she still managed to stay calm and shouted at him intimidatingly.

Valet squinted his lips, exerted force with both arms, and his knotted muscles expanded like a wriggling earthworm, and he actually forced the white bear back half a step.

The pressure suddenly increased, and Rourou shouted hurriedly.

"This guy is so strong... Don't just watch, come and help me."

"You are too close, I can't aim at him... Why did you rush up just now?" Zhimahu, who was holding a gun, looked at the struggling figures with a face full of laughter and tears, aiming at them and unable to fire.

The key is that Rourou is too big.

If he fires at this distance, I'm afraid his teammates will be shot into sieves before the enemy.

"I, I, I, I don't know, I just rushed forward." The force holding her bear paw was getting stronger and stronger, and Rourou was almost crying.

She admitted that she was a little excited when she saw her friend in danger, and she rushed forward without thinking much, but who would have thought that this guy was so strong.

The opponents she had met before were basically slapped away by her, but this guy actually used his body to exert force, and his strength was not inferior to hers at all.

Is this still a human? !

Sisi suddenly spoke.

"Zhimahu, take Luo Hua and run east. How far can you run? If it doesn't work, hide the person, at least bring the card back."

Zhimahu was stunned.

"But-"

"Please."

Without explaining, Sisi quickly pulled out the dagger tied to her thigh and rushed to help, but someone-or should I say a bear-was one step faster than her.

Seeing Rourou in danger, Teddy, who had been kept in captivity until he almost lost his wildness, finally let out a long-lost roar.

Seeing another mutant brown bear rushing up, Valet's excited expression finally showed a trace of panic.

"Xiu! What the hell are you dawdling about!" He roared anxiously and angrily.

A slow voice came from the communication channel.

"I'm just worried that I'll ruin your fun."

The moment the voice fell, a cold light flashed, and a whoosh sound of breaking through the air followed.

Teddy let out a painful roar after being hit by an arrow on his back, but still rushed towards Valet who was in a stalemate with Rourou.

Holding a short crossbow in his hand, Xiu's eyes were filled with surprise.

The poison he applied to the arrow was a dose that could even knock down an elephant, but this brown bear was like nothing happened?

Just as he was about to fire another arrow, a tongue of fire suddenly shot out from the darkness, and bullets rained down on his exposed position.

"Fuck!"

Falling behind a nearby bunker, Xiu threw away his short crossbow and took down the assault rifle hanging on his chest.

However, just as he was about to raise his gun to fight back, the whistling cold light forced him to give up firing and smash the butt of the gun head-on at the man who rushed in front of him.

The butt of the gun and the dagger came into close contact, and it was smashed out without any suspense.

However, Xiu had no time to be surprised, and he saw that the girl in front of him took out two daggers from nowhere, holding one in her hand and the other in her hand, and slashed two knives straight to his vitals.

He was so scared that he quickly stepped back.

Without giving him a chance to breathe, Sisi quickly closed the distance and stabbed the dagger in his right hand.

Seeing that the dagger was about to pierce his neck, a gunshot suddenly came from the forest.

The huge kinetic energy hit her abdomen. Sisi groaned and fell backward uncontrollably, hitting the tree trunk behind her.

The strong dizziness almost made her lose connection on the spot.

Sniper!

After roughly locking the direction of the shooting, she loosened the dagger in her left hand, pulled off the smoke bomb hanging on the bulletproof vest and threw it to prevent the man from shooting again and threatening her teammates.

The smoke was everywhere.

However, the second and third gunshots still rang out. Although the bullets were not aimed at her, they made her heart sink even more.

She thought of Zhima Hu who retreated with Luo Hua.

However——

At this moment, she was not worried about other people's free time.

Holding on to her shaky consciousness, Sisi used all her strength to throw the dagger in her right hand at the approaching man.

But unfortunately——

The man just tilted his head and dodged lightly, and pointed the gun at her who was about to draw her pistol.

"You are strong, but still too young."

"Surrender, it's better to be my prisoner than to be the prisoner of that guy Valite."

The thin man pointed his chin at the man fighting with the bear and said jokingly, "I have never seen anyone who can survive a week in his hands."

The mutant brown bear finally lay on the ground.

Sisi didn't say anything, just stared at him.

"Haha, it seems that you are not ready yet." Xiu showed a cruel smile on his face, "I need someone to help you."

He took a step forward, and at this moment, three faint muffled sounds suddenly floated in the distance.

Before he could come to his senses, the forest not far behind him exploded with three deafening explosions.

The heat wave passed through the forest slowly with the evening breeze.

Xiu was slightly stunned, with a look of surprise and confusion on his face.

What happened? !

Sisi was also confused.

However, the roar of the three explosions seemed to come from the same direction as the previous sniper rifle. Almost at the same time, a familiar voice came from outside the smoke.

"Die for me!!!"

A figure as fast as lightning broke through the smoke that filled the forest, and almost rushed into the battlefield with the flames ejected from the muzzle.

Xiu's pupils shrank violently, and he caught a glimpse of the girl holding the assault rifle.

However, at such a close distance, even if he saw it, he had no time to react.

Bullets rained down like raindrops, and a blood mist exploded on his body in an instant. He didn't even have time to scream before he was pressed to the ground by the fierce firepower.

"Si! Are you okay!" Rushed out of the smoke, looked at Sisi leaning against the tree, and hurried forward anxiously.

"It's okay, Ah Wei came just in time! Thumbs up to you!"

A smile appeared on her pale face, and Si Si gave her a thumbs up.

However, Wei Wei did not take over the conversation, but was frightened by Si Si's blood-stained clothes.

"Giao! How are you so badly injured!"

The bulletproof vest was pierced.

The blood almost dyed the whole clothes red.

However, Si Si did not care. Anyway, this game has a pain shielding mechanism. After the battle, just find a bandage to bandage it and it will be over.

"It's a small problem. There is no bone injury. I am a physical system. This little injury will recover almost tomorrow... Stop talking nonsense, hurry up and help Rou Rou——"

"Repair!"

Through the diffused smoke, Valet finally saw the brothers who died tragically, and his eyes were instantly filled with blood red.

With a roar, he suddenly pushed away the flesh entangled with him and rushed towards the tail and Sisi.

He was about to rush to the near place.

In a split second, a "whoosh" sound was heard suddenly.

An RPG with a thick tail flame rushed out from the darkness and hit the left shoulder of the strong man!

It was an anti-armor armor-piercing shell.

The exploding metal jet was like a hot spear of light, ruthlessly pouring into his left shoulder and bursting out from his right half of the body.

The flesh and blood were scorched and evaporated by the high temperature of thousands of degrees.

Even a mutant with pure blood could not rebuild the burned half of his body in such a short time.

Valite roared in pain, but soon there was no sound, and his huge body fell to the ground with a muffled sound.

Carrying the launch tube with green smoke, Zhima Hu's chest rose and fell violently, and her heart was beating wildly, almost jumping out of her throat.

"Zhima Hu?!"

Rou Rou looked at her in surprise.

"You didn't take Luo Hua with you?"

Zhima Hu whispered.

"I... can't leave you behind."

"Thank you, but having said that... our mission is probably going to fail."

Looking up at the red flare slowly falling into the forest, Si Si sighed silently in her heart.

Whatever.

It's a game, as long as everyone is happy.

Anyway, they did their best.

What really made her feel sorry was the cargo of Wei Ba.

After all, it was only three days since the death of the person, and it would take a long time to earn back the cargo worth hundreds of thousands of silver coins.

But at this time, Wei Ba said optimistically.

"Don't worry, our reinforcements are here too!"

"Our... reinforcements?"

Sisi smiled bitterly and was about to complain about how there could be such a thing, but at this moment, she suddenly thought of something and quickly opened the VM tied to her arm.

On the dark map.

Sure enough, a series of green dots flashing with hope were lit up!

"Yeah!"

Tails nodded excitedly and continued to say, "It was Brother Quanshui and the others! It was a close call just now, I was almost hit by that sniper."

It turned out that the two gunshots just now were for Tail who came to support him.

A hint of realization appeared in Sisi's eyes.

As for the explosion...

It was probably the 120mm heavy mortar of Commander Quanshui.

If she remembered correctly, the name should be "Destroyer" - the exoskeleton that looks like a water turtle.

But that's not the point.

She couldn't figure out why the Storm Troopers appeared here? !

They...just officially set out yesterday, right?

It would take at least five days to march 150 kilometers in the wasteland, so how could they reach Ruigu City from Qingquan City in less than 48 hours?

As they were talking, dense gunfire was heard in the distance.

The Legion Squad that came to reinforce after seeing the signal flare collided with the elite Storm Corps that also came to reinforce, and a fierce exchange of fire broke out between the two sides!

Then, three more deafening explosions sounded.

Facing the fierce firepower of the players, the Legion Squad that came to reinforce quickly suffered more than half of their casualties, and after leaving behind 20 to 30 corpses, they fled westward in disarray.

The gunfire in the distance gradually subsided, and the players of the Storm Corps did not choose to pursue.

After bandaging his wound with a bandage, Sisi soon saw a group of people walking in the distance.

There were about 20 of them, and judging from the five-style light cavalry exoskeleton, these people were the elite of the Storm Corps.

The man who led the charge was a veteran player in the Battlefield Atmosphere Group - Storm Troops, and also a tough guy who entered the game in the early version.

Looking at the familiar teammates, Sisi said in a daze.

"How did you... get here?"

"Of course I ran here."

"... ran?"

"Yeah."

The Battlefield guy grinned and cursed, carrying the rifle on his shoulder.

"The Fountain Coin is not a human being. He organized a separate team for the players equipped with "Light Cavalry" in the group, saying that cavalry should look like cavalry, and then let us form a group of two, take turns to be mounts, one person runs and the other hangs up, and marches continuously for 30 hours... Damn, my exoskeleton is almost out of power."

Sisi was stunned.

What the hell is taking turns to be a mount? !

She tried to imagine the scene in her mind, but felt that her imagination was a little insufficient.

However, in theory, with the performance of the "Type 5" Light Cavalry exoskeleton, this operation is not impossible.

Just a little bit inhuman.

"... The one who always follows you is the most evil?"

The battlefield guy said with a smile.

"He went to help the fountain correct the firepower!"

"That guy's awakening ability is unexpectedly useful when guiding artillery fire. Not only can it lock the approximate direction of the gunfire in a wide area, but it can also determine the landing point of the shells. The old Goubi who was squatting in the pit and shooting secretly just now has been blown up by our 120mm shells!"

Tail gave a thumbs up.

"Oh! Thank you, brother, it was a close call just now!"

"Hahaha, you're polite!" The battlefield guy said with a smile, "You are not bad either, you can hold on for so long."

Tail said with a smug expression: "Just kidding, my Sisi is super brave! Of course, Tail is too!"

Sisi coughed lightly and changed the subject.

"Come to think of it, did you just abandon the baggage train?"

"Almost. We only have 23 sets of light cavalry. Except for Quanshui who uses his own Destroyer, other players are equipped with KV-1, which has too weak endurance... By the way, why don't you wear exoskeletons?"

"Who brings that when trading... But you didn't bring any supplies at all."

"It's okay, don't we still have you?" The Battlefield Atmosphere Group laughed, "Brother Quanshui said that he felt that something must have happened to you when he flew back that day, and he kept urging us to hurry up all the way. Once we save the rich woman, we can just eat her."

Sisi: "..."

Tail said enthusiastically.

"Oh! Eat well, I brought a lot of delicious food!"

The Battlefield Atmosphere Group laughed and said, "Haha, just kidding, we won't occupy your supplies for nothing, please give us the market price, anyway, the military expenditure manager will reimburse it."

Sisi sighed.

"Let's not talk about these polite words for now... We've made such a big noise, we should move to another place. Tail, can you please pack your luggage?"

"Ok!"

Tail went to the truck, and Zhimahu also went to help.

The battlefield atmosphere team glanced at the bandage wrapped around Sisi's waist.

"Are you okay?"

Kakarot, who was standing aside, interrupted.

"I'm a strength system, I can carry you!"

Upon hearing this, Kevin with a broken leg immediately yelled.

"Damn, aren't you my mount?"

Kakarot rolled his eyes.

"Get out! Who the hell is your mount!"

"It's okay... I can do it myself."

Took a deep breath, Sisi picked up the rifle on the ground as a crutch, and stood up with the help of the tree trunk. Just as she was about to go back to the truck, she suddenly saw Rourou sitting in the corner of the camp with her head down in silence.

"Rou Rou?"

The broad back did not respond.

Her eyes moved downwards, looking at the mutant brown bear lying on the ground, Sis was slightly stunned and fell silent.

She walked behind Rou Rou and put her hand on the furry shoulder.

She finally couldn't hold it anymore.

The broad shoulder trembled slightly, Rou Rou hung her head, and said with a choked voice.

"Teddy... has no heartbeat."

Although she had just kept the stupid bear in the group as a joke, she had already regarded it as a partner after traveling together for so long.

The same was true for the other members of the White Bear Knights.

The open space was quiet for a while.

Zhimahu secretly wiped the corners of his eyes, and even the most optimistic and noisy tail was silent at this time, and lowered his head silently.

The players standing around were also silent.

Most of them are old players who have obtained the closed beta test qualification for the Alpha version, and they understand the feeling that the people in their memories can never come back.

The most realistic and worst setting of this game is probably that NPCs cannot be resurrected.

Players can be reborn with memories, and no matter how they commit suicide, they will never really die. They will always have the opportunity to start over and will always see the sun three days later.

However, the NPCs accompanying them only have one life.

Those memories are sometimes more like curses, and they are also the only pain that helmets cannot block.

That's why they always rush to the front.

Battlefield guy scratched the back of his head.

Although he didn't want to say much at this time, and he wouldn't say comforting words, they had to go.

"Brother Quanshui said that we should move immediately after we meet up with you... The other side may send regional firepower to us, and we don't have much time left."

Sisi nodded silently.

Patting the furry back gently, she said softly.

"Let's take it with us."

Rourou nodded with mixed feelings.

"Hmm..."

...

Heart of Steel.

An officer trotted through the corridor and rushed into the bridge in a panic.

The door opened.

He shouted with a trembling voice.

"Report! The 29th and 31st Marines were wiped out! Someone blocked the ground forces we sent to the eastern suburbs to recover the parachutes!"

The first day in the Valley Province.

They suffered such a heavy loss.

"A bunch of trash!"

General McLennan cursed in anger, looked at the crew sitting in front of the console, and ordered almost in a roaring voice.

"400mm main gun reload!"

"Blast those wild dogs into pieces!"

He knew those people must have run away.

No one would be stupid enough to stand there and let them blow them up.

But he still had to do it.

Not for anything else.

He wanted to let those ants feel the rage rising from hell with their eyes, ears, and souls, let them tremble in front of the artillery fire, and kneel on the ground to regret their mindless stupidity.

No one can stop the Legion!

No one can stop him!

The crew sitting in front of the console responded loudly.

"Yes!"

...

In the silent night sky, a flash of fire flickered, a thick column of air shot up into the sky, and the subsequent cannon sound was like rolling thunder that shattered the clouds.

That night, all the wastelanders in Ruigu City, whether survivors or looters, heard the devastating sound.

The shells fell on the forest-covered col 20 kilometers away.

The red flames engulfed, billowing smoke shot up into the sky, and the flying debris and the spreading shock wave swept across the entire forest.

Standing on the hillside several kilometers away and looking far away, Commander Quanshui handed the telescope in his hand to the battlefield guy standing beside him.

"General mortars can't hit so far, it's probably a rocket-assisted bomb... Judging from the shape of the gas column and the area of ​​damage, the warhead should be a fuel-air bomb."

Legendary subnuclear weapons.

Can instantly consume the oxygen in an entire area.

After a pause, he continued.

"The war has begun."

The battlefield guy didn't speak.

It wasn't until half a while later that he suddenly spoke as if he had come back to his soul.

"Fuck, this is powerful enough!"

"How about we build one too?"

Hearing this, Commander Quanshui rolled his eyes.

"Without air superiority, what's the point of building one? Are you going to be a living target for others to shoot at?"

The battlefield guy was stunned.

"What should I do then?"

He is good at charging, but he is only good at charging.

If you ask him how to fight a war, he will be confused.

Commander Quanshui laughed and said calmly.

"We can do whatever we have to do. It's not like we can't fight without air superiority. We just have different ways of fighting."

What's the point of bullying a group of monkeys fighting with fire sticks?

This is the real battlefield!

Looking at the thick smoke that lingered for a long time, Quanshui's eyes were not afraid at all, but flashed with excitement.

It's time to show real skills!