At this moment, Long Ming jumped out of the truck immediately, using it as cover, and quickly raised his carbine to return fire.
Wei Zhang and the others jumped out from the left side of the truck and desperately sprayed bullets at the mountain.
However, just then, a boulder rolled down and hit the truck.
The entire truck tilted severely to the left, seemingly about to overturn.
"The truck is going to overturn!"
Qin Ye and the others shouted in terror.
Fortunately, this time, everyone stepped in to hold it up. Finally, the truck tilted slightly to the left and stabilized itself again.
"Lie still, don't move!"
Long Ming shouted to Qin Ye and the others while returning fire.
Qin Ye and the others immediately lay down, covering their heads and not daring to look up.
At this moment, Zhao Chen and Xu Lie also jumped out of the driver's seat.
Long Ming and the others then used the truck as cover to frantically return fire at the players on the mountain.
Bang bang!
"Ah!"
Instantly, players on the mountain were killed one by one.
The players who were lying in ambush were all poorly equipped; it was obvious they entered the game solely to hunt and loot.
Their skills were also mediocre.
Therefore, within minutes of the exchange of fire, most of them were dead or wounded.
"Damn, how are their shots so accurate?"
The ambush players all wore expressions of terror.
They then shouted at a man wearing camouflage and a black mask over his face.
"Brother Yanqiu, we can't hold on much longer!"
Lin Yanqiu turned and looked around, seeing his companions falling one by one, and cried out in fear.
"Retreat!"
The remaining players immediately turned to flee.
Seeing the group trying to escape, Qin Ye angrily gave the order.
"Trying to run after an ambush? No way! Kill them all! Leave no one alive!"
Upon hearing this, Long Ming and the others stopped hiding behind the vehicle and rushed out at lightning speed, firing as they pursued.
...
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Outside the Observatory Base City.
On a towering mountain peak, a telescope extended from the lush foliage.
A man in a green combat suit, with small eyes and a round face, leaned against a tree trunk, secretly observing the distant bridge through the telescope, muttering to himself,
"Brothers, let me tell you! This time, the dungeon has 3,000 players. The three major guilds are all here. They'll fight to the death for that quest reward."
"Wow, that's exciting!"
"Are they crazy? How many people will die and how much money will be lost for one quest!" "
You don't know anything. Can money measure that?"
"Yeah, hurry up and start fighting! I want to see rivers of blood!"
"Just thinking about it is thrilling."
...
A barrage of comments popped up on the bracelet's interface.
"Brothers, don't worry. This time, I, Sun Zhou, am going all out. I'll definitely film the frontline battle for you."
Sun Zhou whispered during his livestream.
"Awesome, streamer!"
...
The many viewers responded excitedly.
At this moment, Sun Zhou said nervously,
"Brothers, look! The Sinful Abyss Guild is entering the city!"
"Where?!"
"Streamer, switch the perspective quickly!"
...
Messages kept popping up.
Sun Zhou raised his bracelet and tapped a few times to switch to his own view.
Everyone immediately saw through Sun Zhou's vision that a large group of vehicles were driving in from afar, with a heavy machine gun mounted on the lead vehicle.
"See that? A heavy machine gun! This is the strength of a major guild."
"Streamer, you're too far away!"
"Yeah, get closer."
...
"No, these people are professionals. I'm taking a huge risk by secretly filming them. Brothers and sisters, please give me some gifts for my hard work. I would be very grateful."
Sun Zhou quickly asked the fans in the live stream for gifts.
...
Upper District, Illusionary Sea Courtyard.
Qian Wu sat sideways on an elegant mahogany chair, resting her chin on her hand, watching the live stream projection in front of her.
In the projected image, Qianwei, leading a group of subordinates, had arrived at the Observatory Base City. Players encountered along the way were swiftly and decisively defeated, unable to hinder their progress in the slightest.
"Lord Qianwu, Young Master Qianwei is truly outstanding. He entered the Observatory Base City so quickly and without taking any damage. It seems the victor is undoubtedly him this time,"
said Butler Akane with a smile.
"Hmm,"
Qianwu replied with a smile, quite satisfied with Qianwei's recent performance.
At this moment, a pale-faced man with a deep scar on his left eyebrow, sunken eyes, and an aura of danger, gave a hoarse warning.
"Lord Qianwu, the Star God Guild and the Sin Abyss Guild have also gone in. Defeating them won't be easy. And as far as I know, Miss Luobing is also in. She definitely won't give the mission to Young Master."
"I know,"
Qianwu replied calmly to Lu Ran.
Seeing this, Lu Ran stood quietly to the side, saying nothing more.
...
Star Wish Cafe, first floor lobby.
Mira, Xiao Qi, Cao Jie, and others were watching the live stream.
In the live stream, a short, shrewd-looking man with a mustache was hiding in the rushing river, occasionally peeking out to look at the bridge ahead, broadcasting in a low voice.
"I'm currently in the river outside the Observatory Base City. This bridge is one of the only routes to the Observatory. So far, I've seen three teams cross the bridge, and more than a dozen solo teams have died on the bridge."
"No wonder he's the most sneaky streamer!"
"So awesome!"
...
A barrage of comments kept popping up.
At this moment, Xiaoqi, watching the live stream, said enviously to Mira,
"Sister Mira, when can we participate in the Observatory Dungeon Assault?"
"That's a bit difficult. Although the number of Observatory Dungeon Invitation Tickets is increasing, the price remains very high. The invitation tickets we've collected are barely enough to get in once! Therefore, the guild won't launch an assault unless we're fully prepared."
"What about the Safe Box quest?"
"Don't think about that for now. Even if we could get in, let alone win, even if we did win, we probably wouldn't get to complete that quest."
Mira said to Xiaoqi.
"Understood."
Xiaoqi nodded.
...
Krot Mountains, winding mountain road.
Long Ming stood on the hillside, raising his M24 and aiming at the distance.
At this moment, Lin Yanqiu was running forward in a sorry state, as if he had seen a ghost.
Long Ming immediately pulled the trigger.
Whoosh~
Lin Yanqiu fell to the ground.
Long Ming looked at the fallen corpse, his eyes flickering slightly, seemingly lost in thought.
Seeing that the last player had also been eliminated by Long Ming, Zhao Chen and the others said,
"They're all done, let's retreat!"
"Wait!"
Long Ming pulled the trigger again, firing another shot.
"Ah! Damn it!"
A scream rang out.
The fallen player gradually turned into white light and disappeared.
Zhao Chen and the others hadn't expected that the guy was still alive.
"Alright, let's go."
Long Ming put away his sniper rifle and turned to leave.
Not long after, they returned to the mountain road.
Qin Ye asked angrily,
"Did you take them all out?"
"Young Master took them all out, we can continue."
Zhao Chen nodded hurriedly in response.
"Damn it, they really don't know what's good for them."
Qin Ye and the others cursed angrily.
At this moment, Dino walked over and said,
"The road ahead has been checked, no mines."
"With their poor appearance, they don't even have a decent gun, how could they afford to lay mines?"
Qin Ye's face was full of disdain.
"Yeah, but the road ahead is blocked by a large rock, we need some manpower to move it."
Dino continued.
"Let's go!"
Long Ming and the others immediately followed Dino and headed forward.
A moment later.
They moved the rocks that were acting as roadblocks and returned to the truck.
Zhao Chen restarted the truck and drove forward, but since the motorcycles that were clearing the way were all damaged, there was no one to clear the way for them for the rest of the journey, so Zhao Chen slowed down.
Along the way, Long Ming and the others also vigilantly looked around to prevent being ambushed again.
The rolling mountains were perfect for an ambush, and it was fortunate that the previous ambush team didn't have decent equipment and weapons, otherwise they would have been caught off guard.
However, this risk was unavoidable; after all, they couldn't go without a vehicle.
...
More than two hours later.
Outside the Observatory Base, on the north side of the bridge.
The entire bridge was a hundred meters long, spanning a swiftly flowing river.
At the end of the bridge, large iron boxes were piled up on both sides, behind which were seven-meter-high stone walls with an open gate at the bottom.
More than a hundred players were hiding behind the iron boxes and the walls.
At this moment, a man wearing a gray bulletproof vest, with thick eyebrows, big eyes, a black mole on the corner of his mouth, and a red short blade-patterned armband, sat on a wooden box smoking.
"Brother Obi, the car's here!"
A thin, weasel-faced henchman ran over and said excitedly.
"Jiafei, quickly tell everyone below to hide, don't give us away."
"Understood!"
Jiafei quickly replied.
At this moment, Zhao Chen drove a truck from a distance, and braked to a stop as he approached.
"We've reached the bridge,"
Bai Xiu said, glancing around.
"Let me do it!"
Qin Ye picked up his binoculars and began to observe.
After looking for a while, he frowned and said,
"Strange, I haven't seen a single person."
"Big brother, there can't be no one here, they're definitely hiding."
Qin Ying reminded him with certainty.
"That's right, it would be a miracle if there wasn't anyone here." "
I remember that time when we used a speedrun strategy and found the car immediately to get to the observatory without being intercepted, every other time there was an ambush."
...
Wang Yin and the others were also very certain.
"Get out of the car first!"
Long Ming jumped down without hesitation.
Qin Ye and the others also got out of the truck.
At this time, Obi, who was hiding on the city wall, was getting a little anxious when he saw that Long Ming and the others were not crossing the bridge.
"Damn it, cross the bridge!"
"Big brother, have we been exposed?" Jia
Fei asked hesitantly.
"Bullshit, I set up a perfect setup, and the scene was cleaned up so well, how could they possibly find us?"
Obi was very confident in his masterpiece.
"Big Brother is right."
Jiafei nodded quickly.
At this moment, Qin Ye and the others looked at the quiet bridge and felt a bit troubled.
"What should we do? These people keep hiding. This can't go on forever."
Bai Xiu asked Qin Ye.
"Watch me!"
Qin Ye said disdainfully.
Bai Xiu and the others all looked at Qin Ye. Qin
Ye then shouted at the top of his lungs,
"You don't need to hide anymore. We've seen you. Come out!"
Jiafei said to Obi after hearing this.
"Big Brother, it seems like they've really found us?" "
Pah, trying to fool me? No way. I won't fall for it."
Obi sneered.
At this moment, Qin Ye saw that he hadn't received a response after shouting for a long time, and he was a little worried.
"What's going on? Not responding to me?"
Long Ming activated the heat sensor of the Red Ghost Mask and looked at the iron boxes at the bridgehead. He then saw a little bit of a foot sticking out from the edge of one of the iron boxes.
He decisively put away his carbine, then switched to his M24 sniper rifle, locked on, and quickly pulled the trigger.
Whoosh!
In an instant, Long Ming hit the exposed foot.
"Ah!"
A shrill scream rang out.
Qin Ye, seeing Long Ming's actions, excitedly gave him a thumbs-up and praised him.
"Beautiful!"
Obi and the others were speechless upon hearing the scream; they couldn't hide it anymore. They angrily shouted to their subordinates,
"Damn it, take them down!"
Obi's men immediately sprang out, unleashing a barrage of fire on Long Ming and his group.
At this moment, Zhao Chen slammed on the gas, jerked the steering wheel, and then slammed on the brakes.
The entire truck veered sideways, acting as cover.
Long Ming and the others immediately took cover behind the truck!
Clang clang~
A dense hail of bullets rained down on the truck.
Qin Ye and his patrons quickly dropped to the ground, while Long Ming, Zhang Wei, and the other escorts began to retaliate.
Bang bang~
Their firing rate wasn't high,
but their accuracy was extremely high!
"Ah!"
Obi's men screamed as they were hit one by one.
After several rounds of long-range firefights, Long Ming's side was unharmed, while sixteen of Obi's men had been killed.
Seeing this, Qin Ye shouted excitedly,
"Give it your all! Whoever kills the most gets an extra 2 million One-Dimensional Coins!"
"I'll add 2 million too!"
"Count me in!"
...
Wang Yin and the others excitedly increased their bets.
Long Ming glanced at Qin Ye and his group; as expected, a rich man is a rich man, he doesn't care about money at all.
At this moment, Xu Lie and the others heard Qin Ye's words and became even more ruthless, constantly firing at the players on the bridge.
"Three."
Dino counted excitedly.
...
Even though Obi's group had more people than Long Ming's, they were completely overwhelmed.
Basically, they were killed as soon as they showed their heads.
The combat power of the two sides was simply not on the same level.
Seeing this, Jia Fei anxiously said to Obi,
"Big brother, it's not working! These sons of bitches are so fierce!"
"A bunch of trash, but they really think they can beat us like this? They're dreaming. They'll see soon enough."
Obi said through gritted teeth.
At this moment, several water ghost players silently climbed out of the rushing river and crept towards Long Ming and his group from both sides, then opened fire fiercely!
Bang bang~
In an instant, one of the team's thugs, named Joseph, was shot in the thigh and fell to the ground.
Long Ming reacted extremely quickly, immediately drawing his venomous fang and firing rapidly at the approaching water ghosts!
Bang bang!
Two were instantly killed.
Wei Zhang and the others also quickly turned their guns and fired.
"Ah!"
One water ghost after another fell, shot.
At this moment, a woman with wheat-colored skin, flaxen hair, and full of vitality in the team quickly pulled the fallen Joseph back to the back of the truck.
Immediately afterwards, Fimi pulled a syringe from her tactical belt and injected it directly into Joseph's arm.
The next second, she drew her tactical knife, ripped the bullet out of Joseph's thigh, and wrapped it with a medical bandage.
Joseph's injury was immediately contained, and he was forcibly saved.
"Damn it!"
Joseph cursed under his breath, then took out a medicine box from his backpack, swallowed a blue pill, and the bandaged wound visibly healed.
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After regaining his mobility, he immediately rejoined the battle.
At this moment, Dino and Wei Zhang rushed out of the truck from the left and right, heading straight for the riverbank ahead, and then jumped in.
Long Ming saw the two jump into the river and a hint of surprise flashed in his eyes.
These escort guys are really going all out.
At this moment, Gaffaele, who was hiding on the wall, saw Dino and his companion jump into the river. His expression tightened, and he hurriedly said to Obi,
"Big brother, those guys jumped into the river."
"What are you afraid of? Do you think you're Superman who can swim across? The river is so turbulent, they'll be swept away in a minute!"
Obi replied irritably.
The water ghosts he had arranged were only lurking on the riverbank; crossing such a turbulent river was impossible.
Hearing Obi's words, Gaffaele looked at the turbulent river and, seeing no sign of Dino and his companion, his heart, which had been hanging in suspense, finally relaxed.
However, the current situation was becoming increasingly unfavorable for them. So far, they hadn't taken down a single enemy, while they had already lost over thirty men.
"Big brother, it seems we're a bit outmatched by these guys?"
Gaffaele swallowed hard and said to Obi.
"Damn it, even if we can't beat them, we'll block them!"
Obi replied fiercely, his eyes red. He was also getting a little carried away.
At this moment, Dino and Wei Zhang swam ashore from the left and right, quickly making their way towards the bridge.
However, Obi's subordinates spotted them immediately.
Wei Zhang raised his gun and aimed at the player, but before he could fire ,
*whoosh
*—a bullet whizzed past, instantly killing the player in the head.
Wei Zhang was startled, turned his head and glanced back, seeing Long Ming firing at him. An excited smile appeared on his face, and he licked his lips.
He then quickly maneuvered around to the back of the metal box.
"Quick, take them down!"
Obi panicked when he saw Wei Zhang and Wei Zhang flanking them.
Unfortunately, Long Ming and his men kept firing from a distance, suppressing Obi and his men with firepower.
They couldn't concentrate their fire on Wei Zhang and Wei Zhang; occasionally, one or two would try to peek out, only to be picked off.
Soon, Wei Zhang and Wei Zhang approached from both sides, pulled the pins on grenades, and threw them behind the metal box.
*Boom!*
A huge explosion erupted.
Wei Zhang and Dino immediately rushed over, raising their guns and rapidly firing.
"Ah!"
Accompanied by screams, one surviving player after another was shot dead.
Before long, the players at the bridgehead were cleared out.
Wei Zhang and Dino then crept towards the wall, pulling out high-explosive grenades and throwing them at the wall's firing positions.
"Big brother, watch out!"
Seeing the grenade thrown, Jiafei immediately lunged at Obi.
Boom!
A massive explosion swept out.
Seeing this, Long Ming and the others immediately rushed out from behind the truck and crossed the bridge.
Meanwhile, Wei Zhang and Dino rushed into the city, climbing the steps to the city wall and quickly eliminating the remaining players.
Obi, dazed and confused from the explosion, shook his head, enduring the ringing in his ears as he struggled to his feet, only to see Wei Zhang standing before him with a sinister grin.
Before he could react, Wei Zhang raised his rifle butt and smashed him to the ground.
Not long after, Long Ming, Qin Ye, and the others arrived.
Wei Zhang dragged Obi over and threw him in front of Qin Ye and his patrons.
Long Ming looked at the disheveled Obi and secretly admired their strength; they had managed to fight their way through the bridge and into the base city without sustaining any injuries.
At this moment, Qin Ye stepped on Obi's face and arrogantly cursed,
"Damn it, you think you're so tough? You think a nobody like you can block our way?"
"Go to hell, don't fall into my hands!"
Obi retorted defiantly.
"Hmph, you're asking for it!"
Qin Ye pulled out an automatic pistol and fired repeatedly at Obi.
Bang! Bang!
Obi was riddled with bullets, beyond dead. After emptying his magazine, Qin Ye spat on Obi's corpse. At this moment, Obi's body began to dissipate into specks of light. Long Ming watched this scene without saying anything. After venting his anger, Qin Ye spoke magnanimously to Long Ming and the others, "You did a great job. All the spoils here are yours. You have ten minutes to clean up!" Upon hearing this, Long Ming and the others immediately dispersed and headed towards the fallen backpacks. As for Obi's backpack, they tacitly agreed to leave it to Wei Zhang and his companion, since they were the two who had captured Obi.
A few minutes later,
Long Ming scavenged nine backpacks, taking out two 5.56mm magazines and two high-explosive grenades.
He didn't take anything else, including firearms, as carrying too much weight would hinder their subsequent operations.
Long Ming glanced around; the other backpacks were basically empty. He then walked over to Qin Ye and the others to wait.
He looked up and gazed into the city; countless reinforced concrete residential buildings came into view, making the entire base city quite magnificent.
Long Ming and his group were currently in the base city on the outskirts of the observatory base.
This area had once been used to house the families of the observatory base's staff, and the observatory base itself was located on a protruding mountain peak in the center of the base city.
At this moment, Xu Lie and the others gradually arrived.
Seeing that everyone was present, Bai Xiu said to Long Ming and the others,
"Alright, we're about to enter the base city. Let me explain the details."
Upon hearing this, Long Ming and the others all turned to look at Bai Xiu.
Of the five investors, this guy seemed the most intelligent and reliable.
"You all see the observatory base located on the central mountain peak, right?"
"Yes!"
"There are only two ways to get to the observatory base from the base city. One is through the 12 surrounding steel elevators, but unfortunately, the elevators are broken and you can't go up at all."
"What's the other way?"
Dino asked Bai Xiu coldly.
"The other way is to climb up four large staircases and go straight to the observatory base. Of course, I don't need to elaborate on the difficulty. Those straight staircases make anyone going up or down a target!"
Bai Xiu replied very seriously.
"It shouldn't be that simple. If it were just a matter of the staircases, this dungeon wouldn't be difficult at all. You could just speedrun it and be the first one there."
Long Ming questioned Bai Xiu in a low voice.
"You're right, it's not that simple. First of all, although the observatory base has fallen, its defenses are still operational. There are close-in weapon towers—Grey Ravens—and Kag turrets at the base, middle, and top of the mountain. Of course, that's not the most terrifying part. The strongest defense is the round-headed Magnetic Storm Towers on the mountaintop. Anyone detected by hidden cameras and infrared sensors will be classified as an intruder and subjected to terrifying firepower,"
Bai Xiu explained in detail to Long Ming and the others.
Long Ming frowned upon hearing this, but he didn't speak, instead patiently watching Bai Xiu.
They dared to come to this instance; they must have a strategy for clearing it.