Chapter 893: Chapter 893

Ludi was so happy seeing the canned food that he even forgot his own father. Even if Tang Zheng asked a hundred questions, it wouldn’t bother him.

"Did he just ask about our location?" Tang Zheng inquired, beginning to survey the surroundings.

"Yes, he’ll bring your men back soon." Ludi’s men couldn’t wait anymore, they cracked open a can of food and took turns eating, one bite each.

Chen Hong curled her lips in disgust, the company commander sighed incessantly too. Life was really harsh for these people.

"How soon is ’soon’?" Tang Zheng didn’t need vague answers, "Are there any dangerous places nearby? Like a large insect nest?"

"If they have a vehicle, it’s a twenty-minute drive. The most dangerous place is the large insect nest in the city center, one-third of it contains mutant bugs, and even insect-humans. But let me make it clear first, I will only show the way, I absolutely won’t set foot in there."

Ludi shook his head; that place was too dangerous. Once targeted by the bugs, there was no escaping death.

"Did you feel any difference in the scout’s tone during the call, compared to usual?" Tang Zheng checked again, already beginning to prepare the trap.

"He seemed a bit stuttery." Ludi didn’t understand why Tang Zheng was being so cautious.

"I’ll give you a hundred assault rifles and two hundred thousand bullets, take me to the insect nest." With such a hefty reward on offer, a dozen fearless natives stepped forward. Ludi hesitated for a moment, then also took a step forward, "Can I get some advance payment?"

"No deal," Tang Zheng tossed an ordinary AK74M to an eager native, "You lead the way."

"Alright, could I get some canned food though?"

In the end, Ludi couldn’t resist. He followed Tang Zheng to the insect nest – the reward was too generous.

"Tell your men to gather here. If they ask why near the insect nest, just say I’m going to kill the bug mother here." Tang Zheng started setting up bomb traps, this time all of them with high yield, enough to level a block. It might not kill the Conquerors, but it could heavily injure them.

Twenty minutes wasn’t a long time. Tang Zheng was constantly busy, and the four survivors he brought were of no use. The company commander wanted to help but didn’t know how to begin.

After confirming the nearby terrain, afraid the enemy might arrive early to scout, Tang Zheng took them to hide in a building a hundred meters away and set up the Gauss sniper rifle.

A military Hummer drove up and stopped on the street. Two neo-Nazis and two brewery workers jumped out, guns at the ready. Then came Tares, the glasses-wearing male, a Third-order Conqueror. Not seeing Tang Zheng anywhere, he angrily opened the car door and dragged out the native captive.

Because they were too far away, Tang Zheng couldn’t hear what they were saying. He just watched as Tares shouted something at two flight attendants. They mustered their courage and started punching and kicking the native. They even took a dagger passed by the neo-Nazi and cut flesh from the captive’s body, clearly trying to build their nerve.

After the native was tortured, under the threat of the neo-Nazis, he contacted Ludi again with the walkie-talkie.

Ludi didn’t respond. The other natives saw this through a telescope and were furious, ranting about teaching them a lesson.

Tang Zheng’s brow furrowed as he pondered.

"Do you think they will fall for it?" Sara and her group hid in the shadows, watching over the block and simultaneously scanning the nearby buildings for Tang Zheng’s position.

Without any sign of Tang Zheng, the Germans weren’t surprised. If Tang Zheng wouldn’t hide and observe the situation, that would be disappointing. Such lack of cunning didn’t befit a Group Leader’s status.

"For sure, he is the Group Leader and must be proud and confident. Facing an ordinary member like Tares, do you think he will stage an ambush?" Lena released her Ability unnoticed. Two hundred meters up in the air, a nearly invisible giant eye opened, overseeing a 500-meter radius of the battlefield. Should Tang Zheng fire, he wouldn’t escape her detection.

"What if he suspects it’s a trap?" Sara, unconvinced, asked, "Why not let the Suit join too? Two Conquerors would make him lower his guard even more."

"No need; there’s already a sixty percent chance now. Plus, he’s surely laid traps nearby, so there’s a big possibility he will ambush us," Lena replied calmly. Besides that reason, with both sides having three people, should their Suit also become heavily wounded, the balance of power might tilt, and they could be wiped out.

The two squads, while appearing cooperative, were also keeping an eye on each other. Anyone careless would be dead.

"You know it’s a trap, yet you send them to their doom? You malicious woman," Sara slandered Lena, deliberately loud enough for the newbies hiding behind them to hear.

Lena was unconcerned – after all, most of the newbies would die in the Game given its difficulty.

"To shoot or not to shoot?" Peering through the scope, observing the Germans’ expressions, Tang Zheng was leaning towards taking action.

Lena almost anticipated Tang Zheng’s psychological analysis. As a Group Leader, he was confident, so he decided to kill Tares. Besides, teleporting separately and being alone was quite normal, and with several German Newbies by his side, it was a safe bet. Even if they couldn’t win, they could always use the Hellfire to escape.

"The timing and people are balanced on both sides, and the geographical advantage is yours. Eastern kid, attack, don’t let me look down on you," Lena thought darkly to herself, "It would be best if you also deal heavy damage to Tares."

"It’s happening!" Lena made the sign of the cross over her chest, to offer a prayer for those Bait Newbies. Her gaze suddenly hardened, and she let out a low growl, invoking the Armed Hellfire.

In the scopes of several Telescopes, a Cannon Beam could be seen heading straight for Tares’ head. At the same time, the entire Street exploded in an all-encompassing blast, shaking the ground, collapsing buildings, with dozens of huge Fireballs rising into the sky, instantly depleting the oxygen nearby, and the shockwave hurling all kinds of Debris into the air.

As a Third-order Conqueror, Tares had already activated his Ability when he entered the Street, and furthermore, the moment the Light beam fired, Lena alerted him through her Ability. Dozens of Vines rapidly emerged from the ground beneath him, wrapping around him. As for the fate of the Newbies, he couldn’t care less.

Six Newbies were instantly devoured by the explosion, disintegrated beyond recognition, not even a scream could be heard. To prevent Tang Zheng from detecting any flaw, the Newbies were chosen at random rather than being weak or injured invalids.

Lena, with one hand, grabbed the man in the Suit and flew towards the location where Tang Zheng was hiding.

Landeck invoked the Armed Hellfire; casually picking up Sara, he followed Lena, intending to annihilate the enemy completely.

Just as Tang Zheng was about to don the Hellfire to chase after the German guy, he saw four figures flying towards him. They didn’t even fire their palm Light beams to attack first, instead, they stormed directly into the five-story building.

Tang Zheng couldn’t escape because he couldn’t leave the four survivors behind. But this moment of hesitation trapped him.

The explosion was so powerful that although Tares wasn’t injured, he had consumed more than half of his Life Energy. After all, he was in the epicenter of the blast. The entire Street had been leveled.

Eyeball Man, not waiting for the dust to settle, extended eight Vines from his back that spun like a Helicopter’s Propeller, carrying him towards a building.

Tares never considered to shirk his duty, waiting for them to be both seriously injured before entering the Battlefield to pick up easy Spoils of War. His group was far too strong.

Half of an insect nest was destroyed, and a multitude of Bugs swarmed out, drawn by the scent, and followed him closely.

"Landeck, a Fourth Order; Lena, Third Order; Sara, Third Order; Suit Man, Second Order; plus myself, a Third Order. Even if that Eastern youth is a Fourth Order, he’ll die here," Tares thought as he hurried on, looking forward to dividing the Spoils of War. In his mind, the outcome of this battle was beyond doubt.

Upon seeing the two Power Armors, about a dozen Natives were so frightened they wet themselves and turned to run. Landeck and Lena stretched out one hand each; zz, zz, a few Impact beams shot out, blasting several unfortunate Natives into Broken Flesh, followed by the rotors of Gatling Machine Guns also starting to spin.

The Natives screamed in agony, and without exception, they all fell into pools of blood. Ludi’s body was torn in half; painfully dragging his guts, he crawled with his hands, eyeing the backpack just a few meters away hungrily. Canned food had rolled out, and he wanted to grab it, wanted to taste it, but alas, his chance was gone.

Zz, Landeck blew his head off. The four had not yet attacked; they were waiting for Tares to arrive, which would increase their advantage. Besides, whoever took the initiative would surely become Tang Zheng’s target. They were not foolish.

"Chen Hong, take Cheng Cheng and go!" Tang Zheng saw Tares and knew he couldn’t delay any longer. He immediately activated Second Order, released Gravity Suppression, and started firing at the ceiling, blowing it open.

All four Conquerors immediately felt their shoulders weighed down, being pressed towards the ground.

Chen Hong nearly collapsed with fright but didn’t hesitate. She picked up Cheng Cheng; a pair of pristine wings unfurled suddenly, and she flew away through the battered ceiling. She wasn’t foolish enough to be beyond help.

Whoosh, whoosh, Lena and Landeck each shot out a Moon Blade, aimed at Chen Hong, but Tang Zheng’s own Moon Blades intercepted them, causing a collision and deflection.

"Thinking of escaping? Impossible!" Lena, in a frenzy, her eyes blood-red. As Chen Hong flew out of the building, the giant eye in the sky shot down a dozen Light beams. If not for a Light Defense Shield that popped up, she would’ve been injured. Nevertheless, the blow threw her off balance, causing her and Cheng Cheng to plummet.

Thanks to the performance of the Limited Edition Steel Hellfire, Tang Zheng forcefully lunged at the man in the Suit, repelling him and bursting out of the building, chasing after Chen Hong, with the three Conquerors closely behind. Sara turned her attention to the remaining two Soldiers.

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Sara not only put up a Light Defense Shield to block all attacks but also sneered and pulled out a Heavy Gravity Gun, firing two black Gravity Bombs.

Zhang Kai was hit, half his body turned to butchered flesh. The Company Commander was splattered with blood and became enraged, shouting his attack, but it was useless.

"Idiot." Sara blew off the Company Commander’s legs, then leaped out of the building to chase after Tang Zheng. She enjoyed Massacring her enemies, so she wanted the Company Commander to suffer a little longer.

"I am the weak one!" The Company Commander, reduced to half a body, lay in a pool of blood, looking at Zhang Kai’s shattered corpse, tears streaming down his face, then he died. (To be continued. If you book, please come to Qidian (qidian.com) to cast your recommendation votes and monthly votes. Your support is my biggest motivation.)