This game is so weird!

The birthday party festivities lasted until midnight.

The veteran players present brought out many of their most prized possessions, such as fragrant grilled fish, delicious juice, and plant-based cheese that Er Miao had stolen from the chef.

They didn't go home to rest until everyone was so full they didn't want to move.

The next day.

As the morning sun rises over the mountain peaks, its rays bathe the entire campsite. The nomads leave their dormitories and head to their respective work posts.

Just then, a group of players rushed into the hall and headed towards the energy plant.

Over two days, thanks to the efforts of more than 1000 players, most of the already limited building area in the surrounding area has been explored. Apart from the particularly dilapidated ruins, all the movable supplies in the other houses have been taken away, and the items that could not be moved have been scanned and dismantled into scrap for recycling.

Even if a few manage to slip through the net, it's difficult to attract the attention of all players.

Just like playing Delta Force, some people like to engage in gunfights in high-loot areas, while others prefer to scavenge from remote areas all the way to the city, and then help the players who are engaging in gunfights to clean up their corpses, and occasionally they can even pick up some undiscovered fish that have slipped through the net.

Therefore, having tasted the sweetness of a rare mission and made a considerable amount of money selling the beta test code rewards, the Welding Emperor decided to organize a small team to go to the energy plant to see if they could find clues to the hidden mission.

If all else fails, picking up some rare supplies is a good idea; it's better than scavenging for trash in overcrowded ruins or demolishing buildings to recycle waste.

Aside from those with limited resources and a more honest approach, players who enjoy survival games are diligently completing base missions and building their bases.

Most of the new shooting game players chose to follow the main storyline. After receiving the mission to clear out the orcs issued by Anya, they gathered several squads and marched towards the mission objective, Efila, along the road that Bard and his group had previously traveled.

Welding Emperor was one of the few players in this group who wanted to try their luck at the Im Energy Plant.

During the closed beta testing phase of Scar Planet, he explored many maps. Even though the Im Energy Plant was marked as high-risk on the map with three skulls, he had been to the Skull Sea on Scar Planet before.

They'll die quickly, but if they're lucky, they might come back alive.

Moreover, dangerous places often offer high rewards, so Hanwudi found three veteran players who loved adventure and some new players who were not afraid to take risks, forming three exploration teams to go to the energy plant together.

Relying on the healthy laborers in the game, they bypassed the hill and crossed the captured factory in less than an hour, entering the orc-occupied territory.

"See, I told you it was fine, there aren't many beastmen here," said the Welding Emperor, pointing to the nearest factory building.

When the energy plant at the entrance was attacked earlier, all the Orc soldiers that could be seen from afar had vanished.

One player slung his gun over his shoulder and scratched his back with the butt, boldly speculating, "Maybe the game hasn't even implemented the Orcs for this area yet. We'll be trapped by invisible walls in no time..."

"Whoosh—Pfft!"

Before he could finish speaking, a yellow dot appeared at the factory entrance in the distance, instantly transforming into a beam of yellow light that shot towards him, becoming an arrow that pierced the player who had his back to the factory.

"Ouch! That hurts!!"

Seeing the arrow pierce his chest, the player collapsed to the ground in pain, rolling weakly. Several new players from his team rushed over to help him up, while the others raised their guns and opened fire on the direction from which the arrow had come, using firepower to suppress the attacker and provide cover.

"Ah, what is this? Why is it flashing?"

The fastest newbie had just reached the fallen player and was about to help him up when he heard an increasingly loud charging sound coming from the player's body. At the same time, an ominous yellow light flashed from the arrowhead protruding from the player's body, and some yellow gas was also emanating from the center of the flashing light.

"Holy crap! No way..."

At this moment, several players who had arrived also gathered around. They were stunned for a second when they saw the first player turn around and run away, and only realized what was happening when they saw the yellow light on the arrow.

Before the group could run away, the flashing yellow light suddenly accelerated, and a completely silent, intense flash exploded around the players, obscuring their vision like a flashbang, before a deafening roar followed.

The Welding Emperor felt a wave of energy behind him, followed by a basin of water being splashed on him. He turned around during a lull in the fire and was shocked to see what was happening.

"Holy crap!!"

It wasn't just water that splashed on him; his whole body had turned bright red, and there was even an elbow lying on the ground not far behind him.

A deep pit appeared where the injured player had been lying on the ground. The three teammates who went to rescue him were reduced to wreckage. The ground around the pit was stained red with blood, and a lot of yellow gas was slowly dissipating in the air.

Seeing the human squad at the factory gate thrown into chaos by the explosion, the orc who had been hiding behind the gate after the attack stepped forward and hissed in a hoarse voice, "Hiss! Hiss hiss hiss!!"

Upon hearing the sound, the Welding Emperor quickly turned his head and saw that orc soldiers were rushing out from various hidden corners of the factory, with the leading conscripts almost rushing out of the factory.

The orc standing at the factory gate has distinctive gray skin and black scales, but its face appears even more ruthless and calculating. What sets it apart is that it wears a full suit of heavy armor, with only its head exposed. The thick armor is decorated with bright red spots, and a long, leather-like strip hangs down from its waist, trailing behind it as it charges forward, adding a touch of "trench coat" elegance to its heavily armored and formidable image.

"Damn, it's an elite monster!"

The Welding Emperor glanced at the mechanical bow in the hands of the elite orc, the arrowheads on the bow glowing yellow as it charged. He gritted his teeth and shouted to the surviving players beside him, "Retreat! There are too many of them, retreat first!"

After saying that, Hanwudi took out two pre-prepared oxygen cylinders from his backpack and threw them at the factory. He then turned and ran, firing two more shots at the oxygen cylinders halfway there.

Taking advantage of the oxygen cylinder explosion, they darted behind a titanium alloy plate pulled out by a player, and together with the remaining players, they ran and fought back, heading towards the small factory at the foot of the mountain that had been recaptured.

At the same time, the terminal at the front-line base also issued an alarm, startling Li Ang, who was celebrating the number of homeless people he had taken in exceeding 50. He quickly switched to the alarm page, and Yue Qing and the garrison captain Xiao Jin rushed in from outside the office.

"Beep—beep—beep—"

"Serious warning! Surveillance drones have detected a small-scale Orc attack, totaling approximately 80 Orcs, targeting the Im Energy Refinery."

"The Orcish forces contain a small number of elite individuals, and the refinery is severely under-defended. Please send reinforcements as soon as possible!"

"They really came after all," Yue Qing frowned. He had been communicating with Li Ang about the beastmen's reaction since the day he captured the refinery, but he didn't expect the beastmen to attack just three days later.

After all, this place isn't exactly a strategic location. The Orcs' attention is currently focused on attacking Efila, the capital of the Security Government Alliance, so they shouldn't have such a strong reaction.

Li Ang suddenly began to doubt the reality of this world and did not react immediately. The attack was launched as soon as the number of vagrants reached 50, which was too much like the attack triggered after a city-building game reaches a certain size.

"President! Let's issue the defense mission as planned first, and send reinforcements at the same time!"

"Ah, right, Elder Yue issued the defense mission as planned. Xiao Jin led half of the city's bio-engineered human guards to provide support, along with the newly manufactured but unsold batch of spiked grenades!"

"Yes!" X2

At the same time, the resurrected new player team reunited, the image of being shot through by arrows and exploding still vivid in their minds, and they discussed how to take revenge with faces full of anger.

The person in the middle kept pressing on his chest, as if trying to get rid of the lingering phantom pain in his body.

"Beep! Friend voice message request."

The player who was unfortunately killed by the arrow chose to answer the call. As soon as the call connected, he heard the urgent shout from the other end: "Hey! Are you resurrected? If you are, go find Quantum Saltfish and bring the secret weapon that he and I made to the factory. Let's wipe out these orc bastards together!!!"

"I'm going right now!!!" The player's body stiffened, as if he had found the direction for revenge, and he replied loudly.