This game is so weird!

The group boarded the train and headed towards the mining area.

Perhaps because the Orcs' main force was drawn to the command center, the train arrived at the mining area without incident. After smashing through several more wooden cargo boxes that had collapsed on the tracks, it reached its planned destination—

An abandoned mining plant in the central area of ​​the Lycia Im Energy Mining District.

According to the intelligence gathered by Bard and his A team in the early stages, there is an entrance to an underground tunnel leading to the Orcs. All they need to do is detonate the sonic detection device—the Resonator—provided by the command center deep underground to obtain a complete map of the Orc burrows.

Hearing this, Ye Yu glanced at the unassuming equipment on Bard's back. Four or five bubble-like sacs were distributed around the backpack, which did not look high-tech at all. Instead, it looked like a life-saving backpack used in water.

Bard had been carrying it all the way here, and the players hadn't paid any attention.

I never expected it to be a key mission item. I can only say the development team is incredibly careless. What if it got destroyed by the orcs on the way?

Seeing this, Ye Yu and the white cat discussed it and decided to send Little White, Little Black, and Black Duck to stay with Bard, ready to risk their lives to protect the props at any time.

Although we don't know if the planners will include a storyline where the prop is lost/damaged and a replacement needs to be found, it's best to protect it just to be safe.

If it breaks down and we need to find three parts to fix it, and those parts are located in rooms with many enemies and doors that require three fuses to open, then we'll be in trouble.

After speaking, he gathered the captains of the player teams and discussed the matter. They decided that each team would follow and protect one NPC, and the five teams would be able to protect five people.

Night Rain and White Cat's team performed quite well along the way, with Marcus and Bard, the two captains responsible for protecting COG.

On the train, Marcus mentioned that the previous captain of Squad A had just heroically sacrificed his life, and he was temporarily filling in. Clearly, as captains, they were more likely to encounter danger and die in the story, so it was safer to have a strong player in charge.

After the assignments were completed, several groups of people dispersed and followed. Marcus and Dom were taken aback. They tentatively circled around to the left and right, and when they saw that four players from each group were also following them, they were speechless.

On the contrary, Bard and his group were used to it. On their way to Efila City, they had encountered snipers and had been protected like this for the rest of the journey.

"Hey! We're soldiers, we don't need this kind of protection!"

"I can't take it anymore!" Marcus exclaimed. Having fought in the Pendulum Wars and participated in the Orc Wars, he was a war hero; he didn't need protection. "Octopus Head! What's going on with you guys?"

"Well, relax, Marcus."

Muyu stepped forward to comfort him, saying that he, Yeyu, Zhandi Laobin, and Baimao were responsible for following Marcus. They had also discovered in the previous encounter that compared to the steady Captain Bard, Captain Marcus was definitely a troublemaker on the battlefield.

He recited the prepared statement once again:

"This is to distribute combat power more evenly."

"We don't fight either. Spreading people out evenly and having them follow you elite soldiers will definitely allow us to perform better."

"We promise to obey orders and will not act recklessly!"

Marcus frowned, feeling that the "Octopus Man" in front of him was definitely not thinking about obeying orders when he said those words, but he couldn't find a reason to refute them.

In the end, I decided to just go along with it.

"Alright, spread out and follow!"

Marcus and Bard exchanged glances and stepped into the factory gate.

"The enemy has invaded!"

"Beep beep beep beep beep————"

As soon as I entered the factory, a piercing alarm sounded, and the dark mining factory on the mountain was instantly brightly lit, with three or four searchlights shining towards the gate.

Heavy footsteps echoed, clearly indicating that orc soldiers were running down the mountain. At the same time, a low "thud" came from the mountaintop.

"Mortar!"

"Get hidden!"

Marcus and Bard shouted at the same time. The players who had been sniped on the way reacted quickly and followed the two COG squads to the pits on both sides of the factory, climbing over the piles of materials and crawling inside.

"Bang!!!!"

Just as everyone had climbed over the cover, a violent explosion erupted at the factory entrance, instantly blowing several players who were a step slower off the cover.

Fortunately, everyone had already run some distance, and the players who were blown away by the shockwave only suffered some scratches.

"What do we do!?"

"Wooden Fish asked anxiously from behind the cover," Mu Yu asked.

While asking questions, he also peered out and fired at the orc laborers who had run the fastest and had already entered the battlefield.

Marcus peered inside the factory and pointed to a small path on the side, which looked like the tunnel where the mine carts used to go up and down.

"Split up. One group will draw fire, while the other group will go up through the tunnel, eliminate the orc artillery, and then turn back to flank the orcs coming down the mountain."

As they were talking, two more mortar shells exploded in the open space in the middle of the factory gate, gradually approaching the place where everyone was hiding.

"The enemy has started calibrating; we need to eliminate them quickly!" Marcus lifted his chin at Bard. "Bard, your resonator is more important. You guys provide guerrilla cover here. Dom, come with me!"

"Okay, be careful!"

"Walk!"

Seeing that Team A had no objections, Marcus nodded and led Dom out. Seeing this, Night Rain also chased after them, saying, "I'm leaving this to you guys, be careful!"

"OK!"

The 10 people crouched low and ran along the pile of goods, quickly circling around to the side of the minecart track. Seeing that the minecart system was still running, Marcus signaled the players and Dom to separate and huddle inside the minecarts.

After everyone else had taken cover, he kicked the control lever hard and then jumped into the minecart.

As soon as the power was turned on, the minecart sped up the mountain along the track, and was quickly spotted by the orc soldiers on the mountain, who fired bursts of bullets at it.

Dozens of bullets flew around the minecart, which was difficult to hit while it was moving. The few bullets that did hit the minecart were deflected by the sturdy cargo box and failed to cause any penetration damage.

The only threatening mortar was still bombarding the gate at the foot of the mountain, and there was no way to adjust it onto the minecart track for the time being.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Marcus and his team successfully reached the mountaintop. As they passed a platform, they jumped out of the cargo container one by one, found cover around the equipment on the mountaintop, and opened fire on the mortar positions not far away.

They quickly killed several unsuspecting mortarmen and captured the mortar position.

Muyu walked over to a mortar, kicked away the orc corpse lying on the barrel, and turned to Yeyu: "Second Battalion Commander, shall we fire a few shots too?"

"I think it's okay."

Ye Yu walked behind the mortar, and the smart headset quickly projected the parabola predicted by the mortar, pointing from the muzzle to a pile of goods down the mountain.

He tentatively turned the control panel a few times, aiming the parabola at an orc soldier hiding behind cover and firing stealthily. "Fire!"

Wooden Fish lowered the cannonball from the muzzle, and with a "bang," a burst of flame shot out from the muzzle. The cannonball traced an arc and hit the orc soldier, blasting his elbow and the rifle in his hand flying towards Black Duck.

Black Duck looked up at the mountain and saw Old Bin, the battlefield veteran, waving a beastman battle flag wildly.

"They succeeded!!!!"

Bud looked up, confirmed that Marcus's plan had succeeded, and waved his hand, "Let's go!"

Seeing that his teammates down the mountain had reacted, Marcus glanced at Muyu and Yeyu, who were having a great time playing with the mortar, and said, "Let's go! Let's go down and support them. Octopus Monster, you guys stay here and operate the mortar to provide support."

"Got it!" "GoGoGo!"

The group rushed down the mountain path, forming a pincer movement with the people below.

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