Planet of Sand and Oasis of Iron

Chapter 193 192. If I can choose, I hope the mission will not go wrong

We had fought back and forth with the autonomous machines before, and even felt like we were being crushed by numbers. The main reason was that we had too few people on our side.

Before, when there were only four of us, we felt a lot of pressure, as if we were against the whole world. Now, with a lot of firepower and even machines joining in, and even the company as a solid backing, the pressure is instantly reduced.

What Seifer was guarding was the road area between the city and the elevator hub in the lower area. The autonomous machines that swarmed in, the smaller ones simply ignored him... or rather, they knew they couldn't defeat such a big thing and ignored him.

Only various large weapon mounting platforms and those guarding transportation hubs and cities will take the initiative to attack the bodies of Cypher and others.

There are various vehicles equipped with weapons, and there are also enemies that look like the mechas that mercenaries drive, but these things move stiffly and slowly, making them mere targets for independent mercenaries.

Honestly, it's not an exaggeration to describe this kind of enemy as 'enjoyable'. Fighting them is effortless, and their weapon lock-on fire can be easily dodged and reduced to scrap... while also making money.

Although there are many enemies and the locking sound never stops, as long as you blow up or chop these things, you will make a lot of money.

The mercenary system will continue to accumulate income and distribute it together with the basic rewards after the mission is completed. These rewards that have been received but not yet credited to the account encourage mercenaries to persist in completing the mission.

Try a little harder, and then try a little harder... When you finally get the extra money, I guess every mercenary would laugh out loud.

Clearly this was an incentive—something Cypher had found time to think of in the midst of such a busy battle.

At the same time, he was always paying attention to the area where the fog composed of energy was spreading.

On the comms, Laika no longer warned him of impending attacks. It was useless, as Cypher always reacted some time before she issued a warning, and sometimes she didn't even think of issuing a warning until the danger was eliminated.

"--Red Crossbow, the energy level of the anomaly on your side is constantly increasing. It may be activated in a short time."

"Even if it's activated, I can't do anything about it. We're too far from the city." Cypher chopped off the thing that was trying to scrape his paint with a chainsaw. "But what's more inside the giant anomaly than in ordinary anomalies?"

"A variety of situations are possible. It's not necessarily that you are being dragged into the vision, but that some of its rules are being imposed on you."

Leica analyzed the situation carefully and reminded him, "The Phantom Mist Group's plan has been discovered. Other companies are also using this method to jump into the node cities in the lower areas."

It didn't matter if they came in. The lower area was so big anyway, and those people might not think of occupying the lower level of the elevator first. When thinking about this, Seifer saw the stars shining above his head.

I have to say, anyone who can run such a big company must be pretty smart.

Those were all lights from the propulsion engines at work. Although Huanwu Group was the first to come down, the imitators... had already prepared sufficient production capacity!

If nothing unexpected happens, more units will be transported in continuously.

Sefer still didn't have a clear idea of what the output of the giant vision would be, but seeing how much they were invested in it, it seemed that it wasn't just for the first wave of profits.

Only long-term possession can bring more output, and now the Gate of Vision has not been established yet, so we can only wait and watch from the side.

After completely eliminating this round of enemies, Seifer maneuvered the machine to retreat. Turning around, he saw that the transportation hub that was just connected in all directions was now covered with layers of barriers.

These things may be useful in blocking various assault armors, but it may be a bit difficult to stop mercenaries because the flexibility of the body is indeed beyond the common people's cognition.

The same applies to the load on the driver. Just now, Cypher had witnessed that even the corporate mercenaries were not as efficient or as powerful as himself.

Was it because the machine's body didn't need to consider load, or was it simply that the various components of this machine were more effectively coordinated? Cypher didn't know. He only knew that his number of kills was equal to the sum of the others. The mercenaries were still muttering that Cypher's machine didn't look like something a serious person could operate, but more like a killing robot created by the company's advanced technology.

However, Cypher was able to communicate and sounded like a normal person, so they had to believe that there was a person driving this machine.

After one round of attack and defense ended, the next round appeared at the edge of the horizon. Without even a break, Sefer plunged into the battle again.

This kind of physical strength and mobility makes his teammates envious.

Gao Shan even contacted him on the comms: "Red Crossbow, are you interested in working at the company?"

"I'm not interested at the moment. Anyway, there are too many of these. What should we do if we run out of ammunition?"

"Don't worry. Do you think the company has any plans for running out of ammunition? Quickly take out those big guys the mercenaries like, and then come back and check!"

The communication ended temporarily, and Sefer looked at the cold sky, where light was still descending.

All of them have allocated a certain number of manpower to various military units that can be deployed below - to think of the worst case scenario, after these people come down, the actions of each force may intersect with each other.

Then a fight would ensue, wasting manpower in a pointless manner. But on the bright side, the number of autonomous machines that could flock in this direction would be several times smaller.

If someone acts as a meat shield to attract fire, the rest time will be longer. At least the unlucky guys next door who are already panting in the communication should be able to get a chance to rest.

Cypher rushed in alone and easily destroyed a mobile turret that was riddled with gun barrels and was firing heavily but moving very slowly. As he put away his weapon with a sense of loss, he heard a call from behind.

"Red Crossbow, it's time for a rotation. Go to the platform to restock your ammunition, check the condition of your aircraft, and prepare for the next mission."

The others retreated immediately, complaining about the intensity of the work and why no heavy artillery had been sent down to help. Seifer stood above the hub passage, looking at the floating, hazy mist.

"Leica, let me ask you a question."

"what's up?"

“Before entering the vision, can you see the images in the vision with your eyes?”

"That shouldn't be possible, because the vision itself seems to send the intruder into a... hazy concept? Anyway, it's hard to explain."

Laika swore it with all her heart, but Cypher then said, "But I saw a patch or a mass of strange phenomena expanding towards me, and inside it seemed that there was an asteroid that was only made of seawater."

"What are you talking about... Hey, really? Wait, it's flying towards you? Red crossbow arrow, retreat quickly!"

Well, it was a little late to say that, and it was only then that Seifer realized that these strange clouds were not "flying over" but were rapidly expanding.

Not only the one in front of him, but also many foggy clouds around were expanding. In just a breath of time, this thing swallowed up Sefer directly.

Also engulfed were the mercenaries who were in mid-air preparing to participate in the defense, as well as the mercenary groups who were actively defending near the city.

When the complex cloud of the giant anomaly expanded to near the heavy-load elevator, it suddenly stopped and remained there.

(End of this chapter)