This game is so weird!

With the arrival of support teams, the human side quickly gained the upper hand in terms of firepower.

The crossfire from both inside and outside made life miserable for the orc soldiers, who could only huddle behind a few bunkers that could withstand attacks from both sides and make a last stand.

"superior!"

"superior!"

After gaining the upper hand, Ye Yu and Mu Yu exchanged glances, whispered a shout, and pulled the chainsaw of their cavalry assault rifles, charging forward once more.

Seeing this, Marcus, who was observing the wooden fish out of the corner of his eye during the battle, was taken aback by the octopus-man's identity. Were these reinforcements so reckless? Then I can't lose! He also pulled the chainsaw and charged forward with his dark-skinned teammates.

During the charge, he even used agility beyond his weight to flip over two obstacles in succession, running directly to the front of the group.

"Wow! Is this NPC that powerful?"

Wooden Fish muttered a complaint to Night Rain, then charged forward with all his might, bypassing the orcs' cover with Marcus, and slashed at a shocked orc soldier with a chainsaw.

The rapidly spinning chainsaw sliced ​​through the leather armor on the orc soldier's shoulder, sinking deeper and deeper amidst a sickeningly loud sound.

"Gah—"

With a thud, the orc soldier with a huge wound on his upper body fell to the ground.

Marcus, standing nearby, also finished off an orc soldier and raised his gun to knock back a conscript.

Just as the other orcs reacted and prepared to kill the three brutes, more and more players rushed over, using their numerical advantage to engage the orcs in melee combat. With the help of their chainsaw guns, they quickly wiped out the orcs, leaving only a mess behind.

"Whew—that was exciting! I earned 1500 contribution points."

Muyu stood there, propping himself up on his knees, catching his breath. He felt a little weak.

I don't know how long it's been since I felt this desperate. The real world is nothing compared to this. Even doing a good deed on the street wouldn't be this exciting. And here, I don't have to worry about anything afterward.

"Octopus monster, well done!"

At that moment, a thick, muscular hand appeared in Muyu's line of sight. The muscles bulged beneath the tight tactical bodysuit, revealing the strength of the forearm's owner.

When Muyu looked up, he saw that it was Marcus, who had just charged with him. Muyu also had a good impression of this bald, strong man with a turban, so he reached out his right hand and put it on Marcus to help him stand up.

"Thank you. By the way, I'm not some kind of octopus monster. I'm Octopus Man, who was bitten by an octopus and unexpectedly awakened octopus abilities. You can call me Wooden Fish."

"Hahahaha," Marcus paused for a moment, then burst into laughter, patting the wooden fish on the shoulder. The force from his shoulder almost knocked the wooden fish to the ground again. "You're quite an interesting guy."

"Marcus Phoenix, you can call me Marcus."

"Let's go, Octopus Man, it's not safe here."

After saying that, Marcus walked out without waiting for Muyu's response. Team A had also come to provide support, so he could go and communicate with them to find out who these support troops were.

Another burly man who was surrounded also came over and patted Muyu's arm in a friendly manner.

"Thank you for your support. I am Dom, Dominic Santiago."

"What are contribution points?"

"Hmm, you can think of it as our currency?" Muyu smacked his lips, unable to think of a suitable adjective. "It's roughly like how we earn contribution points by killing orcs, and then we can use these contribution points to exchange for various rewards, including weapons and ammunition, at the base."

"You guys even have your own currency!?"

Dom's eyes widened. He hadn't seen money in years. The Security Government Alliance after the Orc Wars had basically lost its concept of trade.

"Can we also earn contribution points? I want to buy Maria a new outfit."

"Uh," Muyu thought about the homeless people in the base and said uncertainly, "It should be okay. After receiving the terminal at the base, they'll be the same as us."

After speaking, he pointed to the headset on his ear.

"Okay, thanks. I'll go check it out with you guys after this mission is over." Dom patted Wooden Fish's shoulder lightly and quickly caught up with Marcus.

"Hey! You can't say that!"

Black Duck looked at the corpse on the ground with regret, "How many contribution points must that have taken..."

"Stop thinking about it, let's just pick up some ammo and go." Ye Yu patted him helplessly. He understood Black Duck's thoughts all too well. When he first started fishing, he couldn't bear to lose a single fish, and he would drag them back no matter what. It only got better later when he had a little more money.

However, there's nowhere to retrieve these bodies right now. The mission isn't over yet, and carrying them back would be too difficult.

"Come on, Thunderstorm Assault Rifle!"

He tossed a Thunderstorm Rifle, a common Orc weapon, to Black Duck, then bent down and, together with the others, carefully collected the guns and ammunition from the Orc soldiers' corpses. As he walked back to Bard, the other players gradually returned.

At this moment, Marcus also exchanged information with Bard, and he and Dom were staring at a player carrying an orc soldier with a broken leg, their expressions becoming increasingly strange.

As Ye Yu and his companions walked over, they overheard the player's last words.

"...I dare say this leg will be really chewy after grilling."

???

Dude, you're really starving! Didn't you buy a couple of packs of emergency food before you came?

"Ahem, stop talking, the NPCs are listening."

As Ye Yu passed by that player, she quietly reminded the other players, and together with Mu Yu, Zhan Di Lao Bin, and Bai Mao, they walked to Bard's side.

"Captain Bud, what do we do next? Should we evacuate now?"

"Oh, night rain."

Bard was impressed by Night Rain and Battlefield Old Bin, the two explorers who had killed the Orc sniper, and they briefly introduced themselves to each other along the way.

In reality, Bard had the opportunity to talk to most of the support team members one by one, trying to gather some information about aliens. Unfortunately, he didn't get much information except for rescue, contribution points, and fun.

"We just communicated and found that Team A and Team D have been severely damaged, and the other teammates have been killed, making it impossible for them to carry out the mission independently."

"It just so happens that Team D's objective is to replace us and complete the original mine exploration mission. We plan to regroup and travel together by train to the mine to complete the mission objective."

"Our direction is exactly the same as the Lycia Energy Plant; both are in the Im Energy Mining Area. Would you like to come with us?"

Bard's eyes held a hint of anticipation. It wasn't that the players had particularly good combat awareness; simply adding 20 combatants would provide more security, especially since the players had performed exceptionally well along the way.

Aside from some initial difficulties adapting to the battles against the orcs, their combat performance was consistently strong, as evidenced by the fact that they suffered no casualties along the way.

Even the one-armed warrior followed after waking up, and in the recent battle, he even used a pistol that his teammate had picked up from a sniper to kill an orc laborer.

With teammates who have amazing combat skills, the success rate and survival rate will skyrocket when carrying out missions together.

Just as Bard finished speaking, a system voice message popped up in the players' ears.

[Detected that key figures "Damon Bard" and "Marcus Phoenix" have issued a mission request; mission calculation in progress]

[Urgent Mission: Mine Exploration]

[3-Star Combat Mission: Join Bard, Marcus, and their party of five to explore the Orc tunnels in the abandoned mines and bring the survivors of both squads back to base. (This mission is a derivative of the rescue mission, and the rewards are cumulative.)]

"Let's go together!"

Upon hearing the notification, Ye Yu and the others, who were also planning to go, agreed to Bard's request. Soon, all the players accepted the mission without hesitation.

No player would run away after completing half of a series of quests; the highest reward is always achieved by completing them to the end!