"Our location is completely under their control. If they suddenly attack us while we're fighting officers…" Nishi paused, clutching her head with both hands in frustration. "Wouldn't that put us at an overwhelming disadvantage?!"
"Exactly. That's why we can't stay in one place for too long."
Cyan looked at the countdown, which had less than 40 seconds left. Her eyes sharpened as she cast Random Summon.
30 Spirit points max. Let's see what I can summon!
From within a mysterious summoning circle, a strangely shaped calico cat wearing a headset appeared. It looked around blankly, then walked over to Cyan after spotting her and put down the headset it was holding in its mouth.
(The image shows the Spy Cat.)
(Anyone who has played Metal Slug will definitely recognize this cat.)
"Meow! Meow!"
The calico cat meowed, tapping the headset with its small paw.
[Summon: Spy Cat] STR: 6 | AGI: 12 | CON: 5 | INT: 5 | SPI: 4 | PER: 8
[Genetic Modification (Passive): This is a genetically modified cat with intelligence comparable to a normal human. Its physical attributes far exceed those of its kind.]
[Disguise (Passive): A specially trained cat. Unless someone knows in advance, it is very difficult to realize that this cat is a spy. It will sneak into mission areas undetected and complete surveillance tasks.]
[Cat's Payment (Passive): To have the Spy Cat work for you, you must pay 20 Survival Points per hour as its fee.]
[Recording Device (Active): The Spy Cat has an invisible recording device on its neck that can transmit images to a special device. When activated, it consumes 10 Survival Points per minute as usage cost.]
[Note: Amadeus modified this cat and provided it to General Modern for use as a spy. In truth, the Spy Cat was an accidental creation from inhumane experiments. This cat has long grown tired of being ordered around by stupid humans. Of course, as long as you pay enough dried fish, it is still willing to work for you.]
"What a cute cat~!"
Nishi looked at the calico cat squatting on the ground with its round, beautiful green eyes and reached out to pet its head.
The Spy Cat raised its paw and blocked Nishi's hand. A hint of disdain flashed in its green eyes.
Hmph! Stupid human! You think you can pet me?
Spy Cat…
Cyan picked up the headset from the ground and put it on. A blank screen appeared in front of her eyes with options to turn it on or off. It seemed to be connected to the recording device on the Spy Cat's neck.
"The job of scouting the surroundings is yours."
"Meow."
The Spy Cat nodded in a very human-like manner. The moment the countdown ended and the barrier disappeared, it ran off. The recording device on its neck started working, and everything in front of the cat was transmitted to the screen in front of Cyan, occupying a portion of her vision.
"Who's there?!"
As soon as the invisible barrier disappeared, some soldiers immediately noticed Cyan and Nishi. Seeing two strangers, they instinctively treated them as enemies and charged over with killing intent.
Nishi gripped her short blade. As she passed between two soldiers, she instantly slit their throats.
"Master, more enemies are coming."
Nishi looked at the charging soldiers and drew her weapon.
"Kill them all. We can't stay in the same place for too long."
Every ten minutes, their location would be sent to those two survivors. They couldn't stay here.
"Got it."
Nishi nodded, her hazel eyes coldly watching the surrounding soldiers.
Cyan glanced at the footage from the Spy Cat. Seeing the blue-capped soldiers surrounding them, she placed her hand on the hilt of her demon blade and charged forward.
Iaijutsu!
A silver-white blade flash passed. Two soldiers were cut in half. Cyan swung her blade, cutting down the defenseless soldiers. Through the headset, she contacted the Spy Cat: "Go to the camp and find a map for me. When you're done, there'll be dried fish."
"Meow?"
The Spy Cat paused for a moment.
"Really."
"Meow!"
After receiving confirmation, the Spy Cat looked around and ran toward what looked like a camp.
"Dynasty Warriors 7 world, and it's still the Battle of Hulao Pass. This place is way too chaotic. Should we take advantage of the chaos to ambush them?" Lisa looked at Asuke, who was holding a golden shield inlaid with gems in one hand and a heavy sword in the other, cutting down charging soldiers.
"No, we have to kill Survivor No. 11766 head-on."
Asuke swung his shield, sending a soldier flying. Several teeth flew out of the soldier's mouth and landed on the ground before being pierced through the heart by a sword.
"Still that boring knight faith?"
Lisa stroked the staff in her hand inlaid with a fiery red gem.
"A knight always wins fair and square. Underhanded methods are not allowed. I will not rely on ambushes to kill Survivor No. 11766."
Asuke said stiffly. They had used a special item to enter this world. Because of that, the two of them had no survival missions. As long as they killed the target on the Avenger's Warrant, they would leave the Dynasty Warriors 7 world. And as a reward for successful revenge, each of them would receive 5 attribute points.
It was precisely because of the generous reward that they had chased all the way to the Dynasty Warriors 7 world to avenge Zhang Chengfu. Otherwise, they wouldn't have gone to such lengths for a teammate.
"You're right. Survivor No. 11766 has probably experienced at most four survival games. Her strength is far inferior to ours." Lisa glanced at the current location of Survivor No. 11766 transmitted by the Avenger's Warrant. She extended her hand, and faint electric light flashed. The surrounding messy items, corpses, and rocks floated up and smashed toward the charging enemies.
"Truly worthy of the Dynasty Warriors world. The grunts keep coming endlessly. Asuke, we should go find him."
"Mm, let's go."
Asuke flicked the blood off his sword and left with Lisa. After they walked far away, a figure with a grappling hook latched onto a tree branch, flipped down to the ground, and looked in the direction they left with a hint of shock in his eyes.
"What's up with those two veterans?"
"I heard them say they used a special item to hunt down Survivor No. 11766."
A short, skinny figure like a monkey landed beside him, dressed like Freddy from A Nightmare on Elm Street, with special claws on his hands.
Sharp claws that could gut a person with just a light swipe.
"Survival space has items like that?"
The man adjusting the grappling hook launcher on his wrist paused.
"Who knows. For something that can revive someone like me who was pushed into the sea and drowned, it's not strange for there to be even more exaggerated items."
The monkey-like man shrugged indifferently. "Instead of thinking about things unrelated to us, we should think about how to complete this mission. Our survival mission this time is to kill two officers and kill 200 enemy soldiers before the Battle of Hulao Pass ends. We'd better complete the mission here at Sishui Pass. Otherwise, when Lü Bu comes out at Hulao Pass, one encounter might be enough to end us."
Lü Bu in the Battle of Hulao Pass is ridiculously strong. Even if they might not encounter him, they should be extra cautious.
The man finished adjusting his wrist grappling hook launcher and nodded in agreement. "Indeed. If we complete the mission early, we can wait for the Battle of Hulao Pass to end and leave this world."
"Where's the map?"
In the camp, Niu Fu was about to go out to meet the enemy when he suddenly noticed that the map on the table was missing. The map that was just on the table had disappeared in the blink of an eye. How strange!
"Report! The coalition army is charging this way!"
"Go! Let's dampen the morale of these ragtag forces!"
Niu Fu didn't have time to think more. The coalition army had already attacked his position. This was intolerable! These ragtag forces actually dared to rebel!
Just as Niu Fu was about to go out and fight, the map stolen from his camp was carried away by a calico Spy Cat. With elegant cat steps, it silently took the map away.
"Meow~!"
The Spy Cat placed the map it was holding in its mouth in front of Cyan, looking at her with a hint of anticipation in its eyes.
"Good work."
Cyan looked at the map and used the Golden Grail to create delicious dried fish for the Spy Cat. Although it was a bit wasteful, she had no food on her, so she could only use the Golden Grail to create dried fish.
Otherwise, with the Spy Cat having nothing but dried fish in its eyes, it might become dissatisfied with her.
While using the Golden Grail to create dried fish, Cyan also created other food and stored it in her inventory for when she got hungry.
"Meow~!"
The Spy Cat meowed happily and lowered its head to eat the dried fish, its tail held high and twitching slightly.
Cyan spread the map on the ground and pointed to the locations on it. "We are currently at Sishui Pass. Survival Mission 2 and the Rescue Mission require us to go to Luoyang. Dong Zhuo will likely burn Luoyang when the coalition army's main force arrives at the city walls to buy time for his escape."
Nishi crouched beside Cyan, looking at the map and thinking about their missions. "In other words, we need to reach Luoyang before the coalition army's main force arrives, and either deal with the soldiers setting the fires or dismantle the mechanisms Dong Zhuo has prepared in advance?"
"Mm. Before reaching Hulao Pass, we need to defeat 5 officers to complete Survival Mission 1." Cyan pointed to the location of Hulao Pass on the map and looked at the Spy Cat. "The task of monitoring the coalition army's movements is yours."
"Meow~!"
The Spy Cat, still eating dried fish, nodded in response to Cyan.
"We've been staying here for almost 10 minutes. We can't stay here any longer."
Cyan put away the map and looked toward the defensive position in front of Sishui Pass, where the sounds of killing continued. Before heading to Hulao Pass, they needed to complete Survival Mission 1 by defeating 5 officers.