Planet of Sand and Oasis of Iron

Chapter 118 117. Some gaps cannot be made up by equipment (Part )

Under Sefer's guidance, the three of them instantly left the area where they were suppressed. After moving a distance in this complex group of water tanks, Sefer stopped.

"The flashbang can only be used once. Next time, these four people will definitely pay attention... Besides, let's set a trap. They are hiding in the dark and think we will definitely turn on the lights."

His tactical thinking was so fast that even Isaiah himself was impressed by his intelligence. He mapped out the entire water storage area.

The plan is simple.

Seifer and Trigger groped their way to the upper corridor, while the other two remained quiet below, groping in the dark to delay time and attract the attention of the upper level.

Z4 said that it was okay for him to use his broken hand as bait, and as for the flying squirrel... he grinned and strapped the lighting to his weapon.

"I'm very familiar with this job. You guys go up and leave this to the two of us."

After whispering to each other, Cypher and Trigger followed Cypher's lead - in fact, no one else knew until now that Cypher's eyes could be adjusted to night vision mode.

The downside is that he still has to emit infrared light, which is invisible to the human eye and may be seen by others... in theory?

Since he hadn't been attacked by anyone so far, Seifer assumed that those people were not using the same system as him.

The two of them crept up the pier, sneaking along. Cypher suddenly raised his hand to block the trigger: "There's one right up ahead."

"other?"

"No, he didn't move. He was still aiming downwards."

Trigger thought for a moment and pulled out an empty magazine from his pouch. "I'll give you a diversion. You seem to be able to see someone... go and take care of it?"

"Row."

Cypher dangled himself over the edge of the metal trestle, the unsuspecting creature three meters below—and pulled the trigger, unleashing the magazine.

It drew a gentle parabola, almost inaudible in the sound of the water tank shifting, and then slammed hard into an empty water tank.

'when! ’

Amidst the long and peculiar sound of an empty chamber, the man below immediately raised his gun and aimed at the source of the sound, and Seifer also jumped up at the same time!

His superior body gave him incredible jumping ability. By the time the man realized something was wrong, it was too late. Cypher grabbed his head directly.

Twist hard before he can scream!
The human brain cannot turn 270 degrees like an owl, so after the "crack", he instantly lost all his strength and was restrained by Cypher, slowly falling to the ground.

——He is a mercenary, and a very experienced one at that. His various pieces of equipment and specially customized weapons are enough to prove it.

Yet he still died in such a dark place.

Breaking a man's neck with his own hands felt a bit like deboning a chicken to Cypher. He slowly lowered the body... and began searching!
From a common sense perspective, searching the body is the right thing to do.

Because independent mercenaries are full of treasures, and I didn’t have time to do all those fancy things when fighting them before, so this time I have to take a good look at them - huh?

After a threat scan, it was found that the other party didn't even have any cash on him. His equipment was good, but it was just a bulletproof vest, two replacement weapons and ammunition, explosives and night vision goggles.

No, there is no more advanced equipment other than this.

It's like suddenly seeming to have synthesized a room-temperature superconductor, but upon closer inspection, discovering it was just a copper ion reaction, a complete failure.

Seifer didn't think about the specific reason for the time being. He took off the night vision goggles and jumped back to his previous position easily. If there was light now, Trigger would probably be so surprised that his mouth would be wide open.

Which mercenary can jump over a corridor bridge that is several meters wide and even has ups and downs while carrying several guns and ammunition on his back? Is he still a human being?

Fortunately, he didn't see it; he only heard the whirring of wind past his ears. After a slight sound, Seifer whispered to him to take the night vision goggles.

Finally, it was no longer pitch black, and Trigger nodded steadily - then he was frightened by the guns all over Cypher.

"Why are you taking so much?" "It's free anyway, so just take a little."

Seifer shrugged and adjusted the sniper rifle in his hand... You know what, you really don't say, this thing is quite valuable!
If the group had not dodged quickly enough, they would have probably fallen to the ground in pieces.

This electromagnetically accelerated gun makes a loud noise, but it's equally powerful. It could probably penetrate the bulletproof armor this person is wearing.

He probably didn't fire because he was too conspicuous and might have been exposed if he had fired.

The tactical design was very successful. While his three teammates were fighting there - one could still hear the gunshots and the faint glow of electromagnetic weapons - he was here to eliminate the enemy with great precision.

It's a pity that he encountered a robot like Cypher, who was unreasonable and quite terrifying in all kinds of battles.

Terror Robot for short.

The other three seemed to notice the disappearance of their teammates and began to retreat amid the noise of the huge tanks adjusting and shifting.

But mistakes are inevitable in a hurry. While they were fleeing in a panic, they did not block the infrared light they used for observation, so that Cypher and Trigger saw the three people in an instant.

The distance was not far, and the exit was nearby. He pulled the trigger and aimed the gun at the three people and started shooting. The roaring gunshots made the three people run faster!

Sefer's eyes were shining - this was not an adjective, they were really shining!

The converged beam of light hit one of them directly, and the two people who had been running for their lives below finally reacted and were now in different positions of attack and defense!
Gunshots rang out repeatedly in the area like a farewell. In the end, it was the new weapon that Cypher had just seized, and the accelerated bullet that tore through the air, accurately hitting one of the men's backs.

The man pounced directly on the other person, and the corpse and the living person rolled into a ball. In the end, only one person disappeared at the corner of the corridor.

The two people on the bridge above and the two people on the tank below quickly moved towards the location of the corpse, but the mercenary who was knocked over had no intention of surrendering at all.

The result was obvious. He was shot to death without knocking down anyone, and he didn't utter a word of surrender until his death, which is puzzling.

Let Z4 and Flying Squirrel manually update and adjust those fully automatic machines, and Cypher squatted beside the two corpses.

The lighting swept over them, and if you ignored the horrific wounds, these two fully armed mercenaries were... very professional.

"Can their identities be found? Laika."

Leica, who had been online the entire time but rarely spoke, was silent for a moment. "They didn't carry their mercenary ID badges. Red Crossbow, the identity of an independent mercenary is the foundation of all mercenaries' livelihoods. Not having an ID badge means..."

"It means a secret mission. These guys aren't here to help unclog toilets."

The metaphor was very direct, and Leica hummed, asking him to focus on the task.

The trigger of the autonomous machine that was on guard for a possible intruder but hadn't made any movement so far suddenly tapped Cypher's shoulder.

"Let me see...these two are not independent mercenaries. They are ordinary mercenaries under a certain mercenary."

"Why are you so sure?"

"Their equipment is too uniform. It's not customized according to their own habits at all. Even the poorest independent mercenaries wouldn't do that."

Trigger used the flash to sweep the chicken hunter that was previously killed by Cypher... No, the sniper.

"That guy is the same, so it's very likely that the guy who just ran away is also a thug. Tsk... We actually spent so much time fighting a group of thugs?"

Cypher shrugged. "After all, a lot of things aren't as convenient to use here as they would be otherwise. Has the thing in your hand been adjusted by Abian?"

“Who doesn’t love free?”

That's the truth.

　So (17/22)
　　
　
(End of this chapter)