Planet of Sand and Oasis of Iron

Chapter 48: The combat level is not on the same level, understand?
In three minutes, the two men spilled the beans and told everything they knew.

Just a month ago, a group of unknown mercenaries came to him and said that the operating efficiency of this mine was declining and it would be better to find a way out as soon as possible.

Doing this boring work underground for years, killing insects and fighting pirates every day, gave these defense team members the illusion that "the job is very easy."

Although some people felt something was wrong, everyone was very unhappy after the mine cut funding, reduced operating funds, and even reduced the abundance of supplies!

The mercenaries did not make any strong threats, but waited for a month or so, and when the minerals produced by the mine had temporarily piled up, they came over to pick them up again.

We even hired an accountant to chat with the defense team during their break, calculating the value of the minerals and so on. After all the calculations were completed and everyone figured it out for a while...

Just do it!
Anyway, it's just a job of moving goods. Once the goods are sold and the money is paid, who will remember these people? Besides, the defense team also wants to disgust the big boss of the mine - in a word, it's a win-win situation.

This reason left Sefer speechless.

Didn't they consider this as a final meal? Even if they didn't, they should at least consider why others had persuaded them to defect... They hadn't even paid the deposit.

After being silent for a while, Seifer asked them what kind of mercenaries they were. The people he captured all shook their heads, indicating that they didn't know.

So he could only lock these people in the communication room first, inform the defense team that they had almost evacuated, and then drive out in the vehicle used to transport the minerals.

Cypher didn't care what to do with the defense team members - after all, they could even say they were threatened, and whether their boss listened or not was irrelevant.

The unhindered pursuit ended at the outskirts of another warehouse where items were stored. Of course, Seifer didn't drive in brazenly - first, a threat scan.

The vision in front of him immediately penetrated the rock layer and quickly fed back all living things and objects with energy reactions within the scanning range.

You can see that the entire cave is filled with a resonating energy field.

Especially in the central area where the minerals were stored, the spreading energy field really shocked Seifer - judging from the feedback, that thing was even more exaggerated than the energy released by the engines of some devices.

So his first reaction was, how valuable must this thing be!
Weighing the backpack, Seifer tied the detonators together, squatted behind the weaker partition door, and at the same time strung together several flash grenades.

He had measured it and found that the support structure of the mine here was incredibly strong, and it was also relatively close to the ground (so the temperature was very high). Even the explosives used for mining would not cause it to collapse.

So, while the people inside were still busy working, Sefer had already kicked the decorative partition welded together with metal plates.

Then yelled, "Flashbang!!"

The group of people who were loading and unloading cargo closed their eyes as soon as they heard this, but they didn't expect that the flash bomb was indeed real, but it was not the first wave.

The mechanical arm was filled with strength beyond the reach of humans. This strength threw the heavy and thick detonator package directly above the hall, and the binding ropes connected to the back of it continued to decrease.

All the detonators were scattered like flowers from the sky. Those who dodged or subconsciously closed their eyes only felt a gust of wind behind their heads.

"Boom boom boom—"

Although it is called a detonator, it is itself a huge explosive. The shock and expanding flames blew those people unconscious.

Then, as they yelled and got into fighting position to fight back, a series of real flashbangs went off!
The intense shock and the flash brighter than the sun instantly made everyone with open eyes see white and then black, while Seifer swaggered out from the entrance.

With heavy footsteps and every clang of the mercenary weapon held in one hand, he took away an enemy's head, and every shot was fatal.

The other hand was holding the rifle, which for most people would need to be fired from the shoulder to maintain a stable posture to supplement firepower.

With the help of threat scanning and combat-related UI, Cypher now looks like an invincible giant, never wasting a single round of ammunition, silent but determined.

The firepower points, undeterred by the stun grenades, opened fire in a flurry of activity. The light machine guns ripped holes in Seifer's protective suit, but they couldn't harm him. The clanking and clashing of weapons didn't deter him from continuing forward until a few distinct gunshots were heard.

Sefer paused slightly, then swiftly hid behind the ore bricks. As the continuous torrent of metal came from the firing point, the opponent's voice also came.

"Independent mercenary, we warn you not to meddle in other people's business. This mine is under our control. Get out of here if you don't want to die."

How did he manage to say such tough words in front of the corpses with their heads blown off all over the ground?

Seifer turned around and hit the unlucky guy who was coming around from the side and preparing to throw a grenade at close range with the butt of his gun.

"I should be the one to say this: What do you rely on to think you can withstand a frenzied counterattack from a mine owner?"

Seifer's words were ignored by the other party. Taking advantage of the favorable terrain, they continued to suppress the enemy with firepower, so that Seifer could only sigh silently.

The protective shield seized from the mercenary before, which could only withstand frontal attacks, was fully charged. He rushed forward directly from behind the cover, and his almost leaping sprint scared his opponent so much that he trembled with fear.

——Everyone is doing this for money, why are you risking your life, you bastard!
The frontal defense shield blocked the attacks of most weapons. When Seifer was at the last distance, he pushed hard with his feet, and the entire leg structure made a slight sound... ejection!
He threw the gun that had run out of ammunition to the ground. Under the desperate gaze of those people, the mercenary in the tattered silver protective suit had a little light on his left arm that was charging.

A blazing beam of particles gushed out, sweeping across like a sharp sword!
"Quack!" "Yeah!"

Amid screams, the metal barrier in front of him and the machine gunner and loader behind him were directly cut off. Then Seifer rushed forward and pushed the unlucky guy who had just spoken to the ground.

After a few harsh noises, the gang no longer dared to act rashly and could only drop their weapons obediently - after all, there was a detonator rolling out of the mercenary's backpack!
"...I have no grudge against you. I'm simply accepting this temporary mission. Now tell me, which mercenary unit are you from?"

Sefer had no hope that he could really get anything out of it.

"Yes, it's about desert transformation... No, it's about maintaining the organization! We can't do anything about it, we won't do this job!"

"Maintain the organization? Maintain this miserable desert climate? Are you insulting my intelligence?"

"Really? It's true! Look at this mark on my body!"

Only then did Sefer notice that under the ID card of the unlucky guy he was holding down was a particularly obvious emblem that looked like a prohibition symbol.

"...Okay, then tell me, you're here just to move the ore? Forget about fooling those defense team with nonsense, and be practical."

The other party was also stunned. He quickly shouted that he really didn't know. Their mission was just to occupy the mine and transport the stored ore.

I didn’t even know…

Cypher pondered for a few seconds, then suddenly stood up and stomped on the guy's weapon to pieces. The creaking sound of the twisted metal made the man tremble all over.

"Go away, and remember to take your little brother with you."

The other party immediately showed an expression of gratitude for surviving the disaster, and hurriedly ran to the back of the passage... and the others followed suit and fled after they found that they would not die.

Only after the warehouse used for transfer was cleared did Sefer put away his weapon.

He searched among the racks of cut ore that were stacked like city walls. After a while, he scanned and pulled out a gray stone covered with a layer of cement from the thick "brick wall".

Cypher felt his treasure hunter radar go off... just kidding.

(End of this chapter)