Blind Spot
Chapter 268 - 250 ambush 2

Chapter 268: 250 ambush 2

The Blind Spot Team kept pushing forward.

Hordes of giant lizards would occasionally burst forth from beneath the sands, ambushing them.

At first, everyone was not well-adjusted, but as time passed, they gradually learned how to cope most efficiently and no longer panicked, systematically dispatching wave after wave of the giant lizards.

By this time, the Blind Spot Team that initially had over two hundred members was reduced to around a hundred and ten.

However, those who remained were almost all absolute elites, the weaker ones had been eliminated earlier on.

After one day, on the morning of the third day, they were two hundred li away from the oasis.

Finally, a new wave of attacks arrived.

A large group of sand thieves’ military units, riding sand land vehicles, hovercraft, and helicopters, launched a surprise assault on the Blind Spot Team.

Boom!!

Huge cannon shells exploded near the troop carriers, sending up large waves of sand.

"Disembark! Charge on foot!" Lei Shan, a military man, now took command over everyone and ordered loudly.

"Spread out the formation, move, move, move!!"

He bellowed over the channel. He himself was covered in a purple-black exoskeleton, instantly transforming from an ordinary person into a two-and-a-half-meter tall armored behemoth with a slender antenna on top of his head.

This was clearly not a commercial system, but some kind of custom experimental model.

The Blind Spot individuals dispersed, each wearing bulletproof suits, holding bulletproof shields, and sprinting madly towards the sand thieves.

Explosions from shelling erupted amidst them, with people occasionally being thrown high into the air by the blasts.

But such explosions soon became ineffective.

Because the number of people had dwindled to a certain limit, those who remained were extremely fast.

Among them, Lei Shan and Wang, as well as Alisa, charged towards the sand thieves’ position at close to the speed of sound.

The three propelled with flames spewing from their backs, rapidly breaking into the sand thieves’ position to engage in close-quarters combat and disrupt their formation.

Rainbow Candy couldn’t keep up with the speed and could only fire her heavy machine gun continuously from behind to provide cover.

This surprise attack battle lasted for more than half an hour.

It ended with the complete annihilation of the sand thieves and over half of the Blind Spot members killed or injured.

"It’s just... too cruel," Li Chengyi sighed as he approached a corpse blasted in half, gently closing the eyes of the dead.

"The good thing is, we’re all still alive," said Alisa, dragging a severed arm and lighting a cigarette with her one good hand, taking a satisfying puff.

It wasn’t like there were no experts among the sand thieves; a collegiate officer burst from the crowd and launched a sneak attack, blowing off the joint of her arm with a heavy sniper rifle.

This almost cost her life on the battlefield.

Fortunately. Rainbow Candy swept over with her heavy machine gun just in time, and Li Chengyi controlled Flying Yi to fly over and rescue her.

"Sea Wolves is down to three people. Northern Shore Star is impressive, no decrease in their numbers, same for Garden of Fate," Alisa said with a glance at the other two teams.

But she harbored no resentment because in this fight, the other two teams had not killed any less than theirs.

Feiyi Masters were extremely efficient on the battlefield, and with just a thought, Li Chengyi could slay several soldiers.

The crucial two heavy artillery were also destroyed by him.

And Lei Shan was at the forefront, acting as the most solid shield on their side.

His exoskeleton, combined with a Level Five Force Field Generator, provided extremely strong defense. Unless targeted by heavy artillery fire in succession, no one could breach his armor.

"In the end, we’re just too poor..." Wang uttered the crux of the problem.

Li Chengyi and Lei Shan both had protective force field generators, and their own mobility was strong, so they were unharmed.

The other members of the Sea Wolves were different.

"Shall we continue?" Li Chengyi asked.

"We’re almost there. Why not continue?" Alisa countered.

"What we’ve encountered so far is just a small patrol of special forces. If we continue... It’ll be pointless even if we fight off everyone," Lei Shan explained.

"What are you suggesting?" Wang understood his implication.

"I’m saying, from now on, we should split up. Sticking together will only lead to nowhere. But if we disperse and use disguises, taking advantage of when the sand thieves are engaged with other enemies, our chances of infiltration increase significantly," Lei Shan said.

"Let’s get in touch with the leaders of the other Blind Spot Team," Wang proposed. "We may scatter as individuals, but we must have a complete cooperation plan. Otherwise, no matter how many people we have, it’ll be like a scattering of sand and impossible to enter the Oasis and locate the target."

What followed was a meeting of all the surviving Blind Spot Team leaders.

Li Chengyi did not show up, citing ill health, and had Rainbow Candy attend the meeting on his behalf.

The Blind Spot individuals began to unite, and his objective was initially achieved.

His need was for the Blind Spot members to consolidate into a force, regardless of who took the lead.

The important thing was that they were eye-catching enough to attract all external attention to them and leave a seed for the future.

That was enough.

After getting acquainted and exchanging contact details.

That night, they formulated a special plan to infiltrate the Oasis.

A direct confrontation with the military forces would certainly end in failure, but for individual special operations.

The Blind Spot Team leaders’ exceptional and expensive equipment gave them a significant edge.

After being covered with an optical cloaking paint provided by a group called the Celestial Knights.

The Blind Spot individuals approached the Oasis from three different directions.

"According to the target location provided by the Noel Group, the Book of Record is in the central treasure exhibition room of the Oasis, where the sand thieves display it as a rare treasure. It looks like a light blue, linear book with white pages filled with indecipherable text. If anything similar is seen, bring it all back," Lei Shan instructed his two teammates, occasionally glancing over at Garden of Fate.

While Sea Wolves were transparent enough, the trio from the Garden of Fate left him somewhat puzzled about their intentions.

This time, the three teams would still cooperate to launch the assault, each responsible for one direction.

As a Feiyi Master, Li Chengyi was arranged to stay at the strategic rear, while the Rainbow Candy sisters were divided into groups and sent to the frontline to provide support.

In the desert at night, the moonlight was like silver gauze, draping a thin blanket over the rolling sand dunes.

The temperature was much colder than in the daytime, and members of the three teams separated from each other, approaching the oasis in the direction agreed upon earlier.

"Should we use that thing, Lei Shan?" the bespectacled man from Northern Shore Star suddenly asked.

"...Let’s use it. Remember to signal one minute in advance," Lei Shan replied after a pause.

"It’s a pity we only got one. If we had more, this oasis would be sent back to the Stone Age in an instant," the bespectacled man said with a laugh.

Not far away, at the base of another sand dune.

The remaining members of Sea Wolves sat quietly on the sandy ground, waiting for the right moment.

"Have all the brothers disguised as the merchant convoy arrived?" Wang asked in a low voice.

"They have," Alisa confirmed with a nod.

It’s true that the Sand Thieves didn’t have much contact with the outside world, but they ultimately needed supplies to survive, making the presence of a merchant convoy inevitable.

They had managed to send people to infiltrate through the channels of the merchant convoy.

Now was the time for coordinated action from inside and outside.

They weren’t there to attack the Oasis City but merely to take the Book of Record and leave.

As for this final hurdle, everyone was now relying on their own abilities to snatch the objective.

"How much time is left?" Wang asked.

"Five minutes," a team member answered.

"It seems that no one would guess that the most dangerous obstacle, for us, is actually the easiest," another team member said, relaxing.

"Just don’t know what preparations the Garden of Fate and Northern Shore Star have made," Wang said, frowning.

While these two teams were lying in wait to infiltrate.

Further away, on a stretch of sand.

Li Chengyi, Rainbow Candy, and Dragon Gate Crane sat on the ground, forming a triangle.

"Tang Tang, are you ready?" Li Chengyi looked at Rainbow Candy.

"Yes, everything’s set up, but are we really not going in?" Rainbow Candy still felt a bit regretful.

Having come all the way to the destination, they were only one step away. Why give up all of a sudden?

"We’re not going in," Li Chengyi said with a smile. "Do you really think the Sand Thieves are that weak to send only a handful of people against us?"

"Of course not, but their main force must be guarding against the Sutan Official and the Noel Group. We’re just minor characters, not worth deploying a large force against. Isn’t that normal?" Rainbow Candy said.

"Yes, it sounds like there’s no problem. But... don’t you think it’s been a little too easy getting here?" Li Chengyi said.

"Indeed... it’s a bit," Dragon Gate Crane said softly. "Even though we Blind Spot Individuals are all elite, the Sand Thieves number in the tens of thousands, a force even the Government Office can’t handle. It’s impossible that they only have such small strength."

"So, the most likely scenario is that they’ve hidden their main force," Li Chengyi said.

"Hidden? Hidden where?" Rainbow Candy said, surprised.

"For the Sand Thieves, both we and the Book of Record are insignificant, the ones they really fear are the Sutan Officials and the Noel Group.

So... both the Government Office and Noel Group will definitely launch an attack during our entry into the city. Moreover, among us Blind Spot Individuals, there must be insiders from the Sutan Officials and Noel Group! And possibly even from the Sand Thieves," Li Chengyi said.

"These insiders would actively coordinate with the external forces."

"If that’s the case... perhaps, this Oasis City is likely a trap for both sides!" Rainbow Candy realized.

"Yes... after all, they dare to come here despite knowing their own strength is insufficient. The Blind Spot Team now must all have their own trump cards and confidence.

Where does such confidence come from?" Li Chengyi said with a laugh.

"Sheesh... If some of them have agreed with the Sand Thieves to take the Book of Record after coordinated actions..." Dragon Gate Crane also understood, taking a sharp intake of breath.

Too insidious...

The Sand Thieves set a trap hoping to catch the main forces of the Sutan Officials and Noel Group in one fell swoop.

The Officials and Noel Group, on the other hand, used the Blind Spot Team as bait, and may even plan to use the Blind Spot Team to weaken the Oasis from within and capture it in one fell swoop.

Both sides must have made numerous calculations...

"It’s too insidious..." he felt his head was about to explode.

"What we need to do is wait," Li Chengyi said, looking off towards the brightly lit Black Deer Oasis.

"Wait until when?" Rainbow Candy asked.

"Until the end, to clean up the mess," Li Chengyi replied.

He wanted the Book of Record, and he also wanted the elites among the Blind Spot Individuals.

Moreover, he intended to fully test his current strength and what level he had reached.

It was the best moment to take advantage of the situation when others didn’t consider him a strong contender.

"In a while, I’ll make a move and assault to snatch the Book of Record; you two will provide support from here," he instructed.

"Boss... what if enemies come our way?" Dragon Gate Crane asked, unable to help himself.

"I’ll try to kill all those who see me," Li Chengyi replied.

"But... what if we still get discovered? What then?" Dragon Gate Crane’s voice trembled slightly.

"You can die in a way that has more value," Li Chengyi said, patting his shoulder.

"You’ve got to be kidding..."

"You want some T6? I have a few here," Rainbow Candy interjected, pulling out some bombs.

"Listen to me, bombs are the easiest, enemies die quickly, and you go even faster."

"If you meet a strong opponent, you can maintain your dignity until the end. You don’t want to be captured and made into a **, right?"