This game is so weird!

Main Mission: Project Photon Missile (4-star)

Mission Objectives: 1. Coordinate with the elite D Squad to reach the armored train carrying the photon missile launcher. 2. Successfully scan the photon missile launcher and the photon missiles. 3. Ensure the successful launch of the photon missiles, severely damaging the Orc core lair.

Mission location: Head to Gridlock and wait for the armored train to arrive at the viaduct.

Final command: "Success is the only option; failure is not an option! For Sera, for humanity!"

After changing her equipment, Ye Yu returned to the lobby and looked at the mission displayed on her earpiece, feeling that something was off.

Getting to the train is no problem, eliminating the Orcs is no problem either. But isn't that scanning photon missile in the middle a bit odd?

According to the lore, we were pioneers sent by the Empire to Seraphim to explore and develop the planet. Then we received a distress signal and came to Seraphim to save humanity from disaster.

That's exactly what they've been doing; the base has been rescuing quite a few homeless people from Sera.

But...

Why does it feel like the speed at which technology is unlocked in the game has been getting faster and faster since I came to Sera?

The technologies unlocked are all unique to Seraphim, ranging from firearms and ammunition to various vehicles, and even the train technology was unlocked just by looking at it.

So we came here to learn their skills and incidentally help civilians?

Although it's the same game, the reuse of assets isn't incomprehensible, and the plot isn't entirely without merit, but something just feels off...

Filled with doubt, Ye Yu boarded the giant raven helicopter provided by the base with her teammates, strapped herself to her seat with a seatbelt, and flew north with the helicopter.

Before long, five helicopters arrived over the town of Godovie.

Marcus and his three companions silently observed the town, now somewhat dilapidated and no longer as prosperous as it once was, without uttering a word.

"The game map is so big, and the immersion is amazing..."

The pilot of the helicopter, Er Miao, clicked his tongue in amazement. Instead of using the aircraft's internal communication, he chatted privately with Ye Yu and the others in the team voice chat.

"Yes, there are dilapidated buildings everywhere, and abandoned cars scattered around. It's not much different from what I've seen on the internet about Israel..."

"That's not right. Killing animals and being killed by animals are different." Muyu, in the passenger seat, shook his head. "The townspeople here are innocent."

Looking at the townspeople who have disappeared from the dilapidated town, even with the most optimistic guesses, and considering the vast uninhabited area surrounding the town, it's hard to say that they could all have escaped beforehand.

Especially considering the story background that Er Miao has been collecting and organizing from Miley and other gamers recently, which she is preparing to post on the official website, it is highly unlikely that anyone would have evacuated in advance after the humans retreated to the Jacinto Plateau and were attacked again.

Scanning the town's surroundings with the corner of her eye while driving, Er Miao was preparing to find a suitable landing spot.

At that moment, a tall tower in the town square caught her attention.

The tower is located at the highest point in the center of the town; it is a square concrete tower.

The tower was riddled with bullet holes, scorch marks, and exposed steel bars. The top had collapsed, forming a jagged crown of ruins, with a tattered, net-like camouflage cloth hanging from the top, fluttering in the wind.

Muyu followed Er Miao's gaze and, upon seeing the tower's location, exclaimed, "This tower is probably a sniper's paradise!"

Just as he said, the next second, a blinding light flashed from the top of the tower, followed by a gun barrel marked in red protruding from the camouflage.

"Holy crap, there's a sniper at the 12 o'clock position!"

"Where? Where?!"

The wooden fish operator fired a dozen or so bullets from the machine gun at the bottom of the cockpit towards the top of the tower, forcing back the eager Orc sniper. Then, he shouted into the communication device:

"On top of that sniper tower in the center of town!"

"learn!"

Seeing the trajectory of the laser bullets in the barrage fired by the wooden fish, the Welding Emperor and the Quantum Saltfish, flying in the armed Fat Crow helicopter at the forefront, quickly locked onto the enemy's position.

The Fat Raven accelerated away from the helicopter group, reaching a suitable distance for attack, and gradually descended in altitude until it was parallel to the top of the tower.

Looking at the orc elites holding communicators and shouting, along with several other snipers aiming at the target, the Welding Emperor revealed a satisfied smile.

"Go to hell, you ugly thing!"

The Orc snipers fired in succession, bullets capable of tearing a large hole in the body of a COG soldier struck the thick protective plating outside the cockpit of the Fat Raven without making a splash.

It bounced off the protective plate, leaving only a few dents, and didn't even manage to destroy the external camera on the swaying Fat Raven.

Soon, the four Gatling guns mounted on the Fat Raven, manufactured by the Quantum Weapon Factory, unleashed a dense barrage of bullets. Under the control of the upgraded monitoring module, the bullets accurately flew towards the few Orc soldiers present, effortlessly turning them into pieces.

"Whoosh~ The battle was awesome!"

Having once again experienced the joy of suppressing enemy firepower, Welding Emperor and Quantum Salted Fish laughed happily.

The Fat Raven, pushed backward by the impact, quickly returned to its original position and began searching the area around the town.

Because Quantum Saltfish updated the monitoring module last night, the upgraded monitoring drone can quickly lock onto the Orcs based on the characteristics of various Orc units and fire Gatling guns to kill them.

The two quickly wiped out all the beastmen lurking in the town, and even destroyed two arrogant mortars deployed outdoors.

Marcus's face showed little smile as he looked at the orcs who had been wiped out of the town.

He pressed the communication switch on his headset and said:

"Anya, there are orcs lying in ambush in Godovie Town. Their numbers are abnormal. Our plan has been discovered."

"This is impossible!" Anya exclaimed in shock upon hearing Marcus's message. "No one from the office has left in the last two days, and no one has mentioned this plan in their communications..."

As she spoke, Anya's voice grew softer and softer.

Since there is no risk of information leakage for Team D and the office, the problem most likely lies with the command center.

Colonel Hoffman would be mindful of information security, but what about the intelligence agents below? The monitors reporting to the top echelons of the Security Government Alliance and the communications officers notifying frontline troops to prepare for the general offensive might not be able to keep everything completely secret.

In addition, there is the risk of system intrusion.

But no matter what, it's still pretty absurd that the Orcs were able to pinpoint the exact location of Godovie Town.

"Marcus, I'll report to Colonel Hoffman immediately. The train will arrive soon. You all need to clear the town as quickly as possible to ensure the train's safety."

"Can the train route be changed?"

"No, this railway is the only remaining usable route to the launch site."

"receive."

After Marcus answered, he ended the communication, turned to look at his teammates and players who were staring intently at him, and said in a deep voice, "Latest order: Clear Godovie town and wait for the train to arrive."

"learn!"

The players present nodded, then split into different teams and scattered into the town.

Marcus remained silent as he watched his comrade vanish in the blink of an eye.

Are these explorers always this excited?